if the pen is mightier,
 

why do you want to go grab a gat?

# Rep yourself, rep your fam
Rep your health and rep your clan
If the test of a man
Is to throw up your hands
Then we gonna do that part of it
'Cause it's united we stand (x2)


I put my heart in this
I'm a part of the art of this
My cartilage is seeping out my nose
like smoke from Parliaments
If God is just,
Then why do I continue to sweat it
I'm ready to set it
Don't anybody down who ain't jetted


I'm headed for a brawl
I like to get locked up and then bailed out
Can't wait to get a taste
And meet my mates at the alehouse
These soldiers in the war for sport
Report on the double

Forever blowing bubbles


I can't resist, it takes one dis
I get pissed and here come my beer balls
I flip my ****, get ballistic
When one of my peers falls
We got a man down,
See how this fam bound?
Step up and face them, adjacent
That's how we stand ground
I feel serenity when I'm facing my enemies
Knowing any friend will be
Sending me plenty of energy
Lending no thought to penalties
Never get what the end will be
It's time to knuckle up
And yo, you ready? Well, you better be



# Rep yourself, rep your fam
Rep your health and rep your clan
If the test of a man
Is to throw up your hands
Then we gonna do that part of it
'Cause it's united we stand (x2)


From both coasts of the Atlantic
From the seas to seashores
Once the fires undo our alliance
In these wars
We see the probable cause
In most of our killing
But what about the ones not willing
And the ones who was children?
We supposed to be building
A better day for tomorrow

I feel like we climbing a mountain
As big as Kilimanjaro
If you feeling the sorrow
You know that your heart isn't hollow
I'm ready to lead a new mission
Are you ready to follow?
Not swallow government interests
Or their excuses devour
While corporations killing millions
With the abuses of power
I refuse to sour
To just step by and be quiet

But I'm curbing my urges
So these mother****ers are riot
We gotta question the weapon
Used for reppin' up in our habitat
The pen is mightier, why do you
Wanna go and grab a gat?
The goal is evolution
But it has to be passive
Start with the health of self
To pass the mental wealth to the massive

# Rep yourself, rep your fam
Rep your health and rep your clan



# The real test of a man
Is to put down his hands



# And we can be united
'Cause if we divided, we damned #

mude, i'm usually all for your lyric threads. but you just lost me.

[Grouch]
What are you?
I'm just a simple man
I like pretty things
I'm a simple man, really
I'm just a simple man
I like pretty things; I like funny things
I like my high hats on eight notes
Basic, don't double up the flow
I ride the beat; you chase it
Hennessey straight with the lemon squeezed to quench
Sounds from the town, they pound with intent
Experiment with this like it's different 'cause it is
They make the norm, and it's not what I live
I give my all and want to ball like y'all
But I can only spit my ****, you get it?
I'm not a clone; I got a zone, and Grouch fits in
Forever rockin' twenty-dollar pants to the end
I stand six-one and eat food with cheese in it
Make g's and spend it at the music store
I never use no more than my head to be led where I'm goin'
Knowin' points of interest well
And with the sense it takes to make underground tapes dope
I formulate how I set sail
Whether direct or retail I prevail on tracks
A few bars deep and bizarro on scratch [Ah, yeah]
Borrow from a batch of, let's say, garbage-ass records
Not too safe to me with few exceptions
True direction comes from inside the mind
And everything else is just accessories
That is my recipe for life, invest in me
I want my lady here tonight caressin' me
Now you can pay me in this type necessity
Electricity of mic, invest in me the soul
I'm just a simple man
I like pretty things
I'm a simple man, really
I'm just a simple man [Yes, I am]
I like funny things; I like beans and rice
I'm just a simple man
I like stupid things
I'm a simple man, really
I'm just a simple man [What you like?]
I like funny things; I like cheap things
Give me the body of a goddess ???? from God
It's odd how things fall in place
I'm all about good taste, expensive or not
No sensitive spot in you, I like what I got
Now don't mistake man for mind, 'cause I'm not simple-minded
Just logical, efficient and completely on time
With my thoughts in the process always bring progress
I guess this clockwork enabled me to not work
Nine to five, I rhyme and drive to eat
Check the Internet, **** and make a beat
Go to wack show, sometimes it's still fun
We criticize fools for bitin' on Big Pun
Since this is the West Coast I like my hip-hop bumpin'
Get heated off some wax with the side of sayin' something
In the trunk and in the earphones
I'll make it clear, homes
I'm all about how it sounds
I deal with audio
My graffiti looks like ****
I dress how I dress and can't really dance a lick
The chance is this **** might never catch on
But my friends like my songs, and I like my songs
Life-long endeavors for the pleasure
Measure of ??? comin' weak, that's the treasure
I'm just a simple man
I like basic things
I'm a simple man, really
I'm a smart man [Yes, I am]
I like pretty things; I like dope things
I'm just a simple man
I like music fresh
I'm a simple man, get it?
I'm just a simple man
I like pretty things; I like pretty girls
[That's the point, got it? Not too hard. Yeah!]
[Don't you just be something on a shelf; just always be yourself]

Slug]
They love the taste of blood
Now I don't know what that means, but I know that I mean it
Maybe they're as evil as they seem
Or maybe I only look out the window when it's scenic
"Atmosphere finally made a good record."
Yeah right, that **** almost sounds convincing
The last time I felt as sick and contradictive as this
Was the last time we played a show in Cinnci'
"Get real." they tell me
If only they knew how real this life really gets
They would stop acting like a silly *****
They would respect the cock whether or not they believed in it
Doesn't take much and that's messed up
Because these people do a lot of simple **** to impress us
While everyone was trying to out-do the last man
I was just a ghost trying to catch some Miss Pac-man
Hello ma'am, would you be interested
In some sexual positions and emotional investments
See, I'm not insane, in fact I'm kind of rational
When I be askin' ya'll, "Where did all the passion go?"
East coast, West coast, down South, Midwest
Nowadays everybody knows how to get fresh
Somebody give me a big yes (YES!)
God Bless America, but she stole the B from "Bless" AND KEPT IT
Now I'm too ****ed up to dance
So I'ma sit with my hand down the front of my pants
You can't achieve your goals if you don't take that chance
So go pry open that trunk and get those amps (You know!)

[Chorus x2]
In the days of Kings and Queens I was a jester
Treat me like a God, or they treat me like a leper
You see me move back and forth between both
I'm trying to find a balance
I'm trying to build a balance

[Slug]
So now I keep a close eye on my pets
Because they make most of they moves off of instinct and sense
It's eat, sleep, **** in self defense
So straight you can set your clocks and place bets
Wait, let's prey on blind, deaf, dumb, dead
Hustle, maybe a couple will love what you said
Emcees drag their feet across a big naked land
With an empty bag of seed and a fake shake of hands
Yeah I got some last words, **** ALL OF YA'LL!
Stop writin' raps and go play volleyball
Gotta journey the world in a hurry
Cause my attorney didn't put enough girls on the jury
Guilty of droppin' these bombs in the city
But I'm innocent, love is the motive that's why you're killin 'em
Guilty of settin' my fire in all fifty
But I'm innocent, blame it on my equilibrium

[Chorus x2]
In the days of Kings and Queens I was a jester
Treat me like a God, or they treat me like a leper
You see me move back and forth between both
I'm trying to find a balance
I'm trying to build a balance

I gotta find my balance
I gotta find my balance

[Slug]
Now all my friends are famous
It's either one thing or another
They all don't know what my name is
Probably know both of my brothers
The one is a hard workin' savior
The other's a hard workin' soldier
I'm just your next door neighbor
Workin' hard at tryin' to stay sober
You wait for the car at the corner
Pretend like you know what the pot is
Won't quit till I hit California
And make you my Golden State goddess

I'm lost as well.

they tell us that
we lost our tails
evolving up
from little snails
i say it's all
just wind in sails
are we not men?
we are DEVO!
we're pinheads now
we are not whole
we're pinheads all
jocko ****
are we not men?
D-E-V-O
monkey men all
in business suit
teachers and critics
all dance the poot
are we not men?
we are DEVO!
are we not men?
D-E-V-O
god made man
but he used the monkey to do it
apes in the plan
we're all here to prove it
i can walk like an ape
talk like an ape
do what a monkey do
god made man
but a monkey supplied the glue
we must repeat
o.k. let's go!

i'm forever blowing bubbles
pretty bubbles in the air
they fly so high
they reach the sky
and like my dreams
they fade and die
fortunes always hiding
i've looked everywhere
i'm forever blowing bubbles
pretty bubbles in the air

i know what you guys are doin...i feel smart

I don't. Unless they are just posting lyrics.

Me too

My frustration into what I created has me feeling discombobulated,
I hate that the boredom so I reinstated entertainment for a well being down
Seeing I made the wrong decision, my project had appeared easy,
But had no direction and procession, beginners luck?
Only up to recent time do I feel stuck,
Im the only one to blame for the things that ran muck,
I built up, a universe that is now building me you see,
Technological advances is the creator now,
And all things to be decided, will not even ounce touch my hands,
My poor uncloned followers still constantly fill the stands,
On the so called seventh day, for years it’s been this way,
But these people can’t figure out weather it’s the first or last day,
They pray, they seem to think that im forgiving them all,
Which means they have escape goats, if they happen to drop the ball,
Ive been cornered, these rinse names witch none to me are flattering,
They look to me for guidance, but to me they do not matter, in my eyes,
There’s nothing I can do to help this situation, when they happen internal conflicts,
With there whole congregation, they gather every week and speak of me in song,
These beings I have created in this project are terribly wrong,

You all claim that you know me, but you really don’t ever be forgiving, so what,
In reality I really won’t,
From the day I gave you life to your last anointment,
You have all been nothing but divine disappointment,
You all claim that you know me, but you really don’t ever be forgiving, so what,
In reality I really won’t,
From the day I gave you life to your last anointment,
You have all been nothing but divine disappointment,

So now im stuck to figure out what I should do at this point in time,
These creatures think that there’s an afterlife so they spend there whole life,
But now one of these creatures a few years ago claiming to be my son,
So now they mould there lives after him and claim that he’s the one,
The one that will save them that will lead them to a new breath,
I hate to break it to them; I have nothing for you after death…
So carry on if and what you’re knowing, breaking bread, winds blowing,
Magnify, light bulbs aren’t the sun and tears or joy are flowing,
Think that every bad thing is at my will, like bankruptcy,
Adultery and the reason why others kill,
Go on and be miss lead because you have your entire life,
To think that some how ill reward you for all your pain and strife,
I can’t control destiny, where’d you come up with that notion?
There’s no cure for AIDS, so don’t even bother with that bull****,
I didn’t create the disease to punish others, I didn’t even make it,
So if you have that frame of mind just go ahead and break it.
Im sick and tired of feeling responsibility for all you unfaithfuls,
Im willing to share the crops as you enjoy it off your platefuls,
Even if I had the power to help you I wouldn’t even bother,
So stop thinking that I love you and stop calling me you father,
I didn’t plan of you evolving into this mess with witch ideal,
Asking for my forgiveness when you lie, cheat and steal,
What the hell do you want me to do? Try and save yourself…
I can’t help your marriage, children nor status of health,
My problems far away all these so called devastations,
Like the oncoming war between the so called united nations,
I regret making all of you; you make my blood pressure climb,
I wish I didn’t make you but not even I can take back the hands of time…..

You all claim that you know me, but you really don’t ever be forgiving, so what,
In reality I really won’t,
From the day I gave you life to your last anointment,
You have all been nothing but divine disappointment,
You all claim that you know me, but you really don’t ever be forgiving, so what,
In reality I really won’t,
From the day I gave you life to your last anointment,
You have all been nothing but divine disappointment…

Cheese Cheese Cheese Cheese

I get lost sometimes.
I'm just trying to get clued.
Sometimes you speak in rhymes.
Thanks for mind food.

I wish i had cool lyrics to post and contribute.

Give me a few days, i just downloaded a bunch of Jawbreaker and some other stuff.

All our times have come
Here but now they're gone
Seasons don't fear the reaper
Nor do the wind, the sun or the rain..we can be like they are
Come on baby...don't fear the reaper
Baby take my hand...don't fear the reaper
We'll be able to fly...don't fear the reaper
Baby I'm your man...

Valentine is done
Here but now they're gone
Romeo and Juliet
Are together in eternity...Romeo and Juliet
40,000 men and women everyday...Like Romeo and Juliet
40,000 men and women everyday...Redefine happiness
Another 40,000 coming everyday...We can be like they are
Come on baby...don't fear the reaper
Baby take my hand...don't fear the reaper
We'll be able to fly...don't fear the reaper
Baby I'm your man...

Love of two is one
Here but now they're gone
Came the last night of sadness
And it was clear she couldn't go on
Then the door was open and the wind appeared
The candles blew then disappeared
The curtains flew then he appeared...saying don't be afraid
Come on baby...and she had no fear
And she ran to him...then they started to fly
They looked backward and said goodby...she had become like they are
She had taken his hand...she had become like they are
Come on baby...don't fear the reaper

I like that song. Props to Mude.

I like the HIM version

HIM doesn't do much for me. I find them sort of weird.

It's all about The Grouch, Jawbreaker, Big L, At the drive-in and Lucero. Covered all the bases.

word.

Well, life on the farm is kinda laid back
Ain't much an old country boy like me can't hack
It's early to rise, early in the sack
Thank God, I'm A Country Boy

Well a simple kinda life never did me no harm
A raisin' me a family and workin' on a farm
My days are all filled with an easy country charm
Thank God I'm a country boy

When the work's all done and the sun's settin' low
I pull out my fiddle and I rosin' up the bow
The kids are asleep so I keep it kinda low
Thank God I'm a country boy

I'd play "Sally Goodin'" all day if I could
But the Lord and my wife wouldn't take it very good
So I fiddle when I can, work when I should
Thank God, I'm a country boy

Well, I got me a fine wife, I got me old fiddle
When the sun's comin' up I got cakes on the griddle
Life ain't nothin' but a funny, funny riddle
Thank God I'm A country boy

Well I wouldn't trade my life for diamonds or jewels
I never was one of them money hungry fools
I'd rather have my fiddle and my farmin' tools
Thank God I'm a country boy

Yeah, city folk drivin' in a black limousine
A lotta sad people thinkin' that's a mighty keen
Son, let me tell ya now exactly what I mean
I thank God I'm a country boy

Well, I got me a fine wife, I got me old fiddle
When the sun's comin' up I got cakes on the griddle
Life ain't nothin' but a funny, funny riddle
Thank God I'm a country boy

Well, my fiddle was my daddy's til the day he died
And he took me by the hand and held me close to his side
He said...'Live a good life and play my fiddle with pride
And thank God you're a country boy"

My daddy taught me young how to hunt and how to whittle
He taught me how to work and play a tune on the fiddle
Taught me how to love and how to give just a little
Thank God I'm a country boy

Well, I got me a fine wife, I got me old fiddle
When the sun's comin' up I got cakes on the griddle
Life ain't nothing but a funny, funny riddle
Thank God I'm a country boy

haha

The screen door slams
Mary's dress waves
Like a vision she dances across the porch
As the radio plays
Roy Orbison singing for the lonely
Hey that's me and I want you only
Don't turn me home again
I just can't face myself alone again
Don't run back inside
darling you know just what I'm here for
So you're scared and you're thinking
That maybe we ain't that young anymore
Show a little faith, there's magic in the night
You ain't a beauty, but hey you're alright
Oh and that's alright with me

You can hide 'neath your covers
And study your pain
Make crosses from your lovers
Throw roses in the rain
Waste your summer praying in vain
For a savior to rise from these streets
Well now I'm no hero
That's understood
All the redemption I can offer, girl
Is beneath this dirty hood
With a chance to make it good somehow
Hey what else can we do now
Except roll down the window
And let the wind blow back your hair
Well the night's busting open
These two lanes will take us anywhere
We got one last chance to make it real
To trade in these wings on some wheels
Climb in back
Heaven's waiting on down the tracks
Oh oh come take my hand
Riding out tonight to case the promised land
Oh oh Thunder Road, oh Thunder Road
oh Thunder Road
Lying out there like a killer in the sun
Hey I know it's late we can make it if we run
Oh Thunder Road, sit tight take hold
Thunder Road

Well I got this guitar
And I learned how to make it talk
And my car's out back
If you're ready to take that long walk
>From your front porch to my front seat
The door's open but the ride it ain't free
And I know you're lonely
For words that I ain't spoken
But tonight we'll be free
All the promises'll be broken
There were ghosts in the eyes
Of all the boys you sent away
They haunt this dusty beach road
In the skeleton frames of burned out Chevrolets

They scream your name at night in the street
Your graduation gown lies in rags at their feet
And in the lonely cool before dawn
You hear their engines roaring on
But when you get to the porch they're gone
On the wind, so Mary climb in
It's a town full of losers
And I'm pulling out of here to win.

The black rock is where I spend my time
Writing a memory or writing a rhyme
Thinking about what is right or wrong

On the black rock is where I like to go
After a long night coming home from a show
And that's where I write my song, all day long, the black rock

Sometimes I just look around to take in the feeling coming out from the ground
But that's just something I do sometimes
And then I just step out the door to take in the wind coming off of the shore
And that's just what I'm doing tonight

The black rock is where I spend my time
Writing a memory or writing a rhyme
Thinking about what is right or wrong

On the black rock is where I like to go
After a long night coming home from a show
And that's where I write my song, all day long, the black rock

And when you are on your own, not speaking out is like fighting alone
And that is the worst damn way to fight
And when you are scared no more, reach your hand out and just open the door
And that's just what I'm doing tonight

The black rock is where I spend my time
Writing a memory or writing a rhyme
Thinking about what is right or wrong

On the black rock is where I like to go
After a long night coming home from a show
And that's where I write my song, all day long, the black rock

yesterdays gone? yesterdays gone!!!!
 

i'm back in gear, its not forced anymore





If you wake up and dont want to smile,
If it takes just a little while,
Open your eyes and look at the day,
Youll see things in a different way.

Dont stop, thinking about tomorrow,
Dont stop, itll soon be here,
Itll be, better than before,
Yesterdays gone, yesterdays gone.

Why not think about times to come,
And not about the things that youve done,
If your life was bad to you,
Just think what tomorrow will do.

Dont stop, thinking about tomorrow,
Dont stop, itll soon be here,
Itll be, better than before,
Yesterdays gone, yesterdays gone.

All I want is to see you smile,
If it takes just a little while,
I know you dont believe that its true,
I never meant any harm to you.

Dont stop, thinking about tomorrow,
Dont stop, itll soon be here,
Itll be, better than before,
Yesterdays gone, yesterdays gone.

Dont you look back,
Dont you look back.

Haha that's such a bad song