Had money in my pocket. But he had a gun. How was I to know. That I was a lucky one?. You got me through this time. But my time will come. When things get wild.
If that was a lie. That was the sweetest lie that I have ever heard. Every word, if that was a lie. Was it something that you didn't really mean to say.
I wear rat's shoes. I pay rat's dues. I make rat's moves. I sing rat's blues. . I see the world through. Rat's eyes [4x]. Burning. Rat's eyes [4x]. Sullen.
The sign says, "Do Not Touch", you're out of bounds. You're forbidden fruit, don't come around. It says don't make plans 'cause on your hand. Is a promise made to another man.
All of my life, I've been waiting for you. Night after night, I've been praying for you. Now that you're here I believe. You're the one in this world meant for me.
I would crawl through your grief. I'll cry 'til I drown. Cut a path through your dark. 'Til I'm lost and your found. . Turn your blue into gray. I won't hurt when I bleed.
This fucking city. Is run by pigs. They take the rights away. From all the kids. . Understand. We're fighting a war we can't win. They hate us-we hate them.
She hasn't done a thing that really has to mean she's going anywhere. I haven't seen it showing in her eyes but I swear it must be there. I don't know why I feel it so strong but I feel it just the same.
(yeah...!). Spinning down the drain again. Walls closing in again. Curling up inside again. No way in out up down or otherwise again. . I can't move. I can't speak.
I need a car when I'm drivin', plane when I'm flyin'. A call takes a quarter and dime. I need a radio playin', when there's nothin' we're sayin'. And help when I falling behind.
Earth's a padded cell. Defanged and declawed. I'm living in hell it's a paradise fraud. Straight jacket minds in line to be old. Telling me to want,. Let time slip through my teeth.
The first thing she done when they set her free. From the women's correctional facility. Was to come here. Asking me for a reconciliation. . She said she'd changed her ways for good.
All by myself I was fine, no one else to remind me. Of all my pain inside. You looked at me and I knew you would be. The last thing I needed in my life.
I'm out of this world. And I'm never comin' back. Ever since that day by the side of the road. I got a smile on my face and i'm. Never coming to. Never coming to.
There's an agony hangin' over me. You know I'm losin' sleep. And I've run out of excuses. For why I let you leave. . You said you needed a little time.
It's nothing you can wear. Fascist anti fashion jades me. No one's running scared. I wanna smash the mold that made me. . Somehow, I think it's all gone wrong.
You had tragic 8-ball eyes. But you laughed at your demise. like it was a joke. . All goosed up, suburban trash. Your arms are tied, you're failing fast.
It's another back-door sneakin' in. Where you been midnight?. Quiet as a mack truck, lots-a luck. Thinkin' up an alibi. . But every light in the house is on.
She's black, everything I need, everything I have. She's black, everything I need, everything I have. She's black, my love is true, so true to you. She's black, everything I love, she's everything I have.