Back home Everybody's searching for somethin' But all they can find is a
whole lot of nothin' Back home Ain't nobody hoping and praying 'Cause
they feel like nothing can save 'em And they try to hold out but they can't
fight the fact that Life goes black when those lights go out But I guess
you gotta just watch out for your own 'Cause ain't a damn thing free Back
home
[Common:] Back home they holler "disciple" and
"blackstone" Same block they freebase yo we trapped on Where our
grandmothers marched The guns clap on There's liquor stores, beauty
supplies, and rap songs I travel the world just to come back to it The
crib got a lot of soul like black music I'm attached to it In many ways
the city raised me and gave me The drama, honor, and bravery The
streets seem hollow when I go to Chicago It's cheap wine and
sorrow Times is hard to swallow In search of God's tomorrow I borrow
words from the Bible and use them for survival gangs rival Signs
painted on walls like hieroglyphics I tell 'em that this is all
tribal Used to do dirt shorty's goin' through the same cycle And trials
like Michael tryin' not to stay idle
[Ryu:] Back home it's not
Compton but close The same problems exist and the pain throbbin' And folks
are so common It don't really bother us much we just swallow
it uh Crack the bottle and smoke hope tomorrow something Magical
happens that'll put me back in the biz But the chances of it actually
happening's kinda slim Back home we get the good life at a glimpse In
the form of a rap star, drug dealers, and pimps I'm back
home
[Tak:] Back home I try my best to keep it together it's
cold Like the Windy City streets of December I pace back and
forth looking for the courage to shine But can't tap the source need
something to nourish my mind I know we all lose quite a bit in life Only
to gain some Life of the dark winding roads we came from But I move with
the night so I'm used to the shade And never lose sight bringing truth
back to the game
[Mike:] Back home we've got a lot of shit on our
minds We're always behind on something cause there's not enough time And
we're non-stop bottom line doing what we gotta do to get some food in the
fridge and stay out of the hosptial Back home there's people calling us
hopeless People trying to tell us all we need is some focus But
focus Focus is overrated Cause you see every blemish and mistake and can't
change it Back home is Alvarado K-Town and J-Town Or Little Tokyo for
those that don't know Where figures shiver living right inside the LA
river On the concrete a symbol of our everyday way Its that color and
concentration over the heavy and grey And by the time the ink dries on this
page I'll be half a day away from the place where I stay
[chorus] I guess That this is where we've come to If you don't want to Then you don't have to believe me But I won't be there when you go down Just so you know now You're on your own now believe me
I don't want to be the one to blame You like fun and games Keep playing em I'm just sayin Think back then We was like one and the same On the right track But I was on the
wrong
train Just like that
Now you've got a face
to pain And the devil's got a fresh new place to play In your brain like a maze you can never escape the rain Every damn day is the same shade of grey
Hey I used have a little bit of a plan Used to Have a concept of where I stand But that concept slipped right out of my hands Now I don't really even know who I am Yo, what do I have to say Maybe I should do what I have to do to break free What ever happens to you, we'll see But it's not gonna happen to me [chorus]
I guessThat this is where we've come to If you don't want to Then you don't have to believe me But I won't be there when you go down Just so you know now You're on your own now believe me
Back then, I thought you were just like me Somebody who could see all the pain I see But you proved to me unintentionally That you would self-destruct eventually Now I'm thinking like the mistake I made doesn't hurt But it's not gonna work Cause it's really much worse than I thought
I wished you were something that you were not And now this guilt is really all that I got
You turned your back And walked away in shame All you got is a memory of pain Nothing makes sense so you stare at the ground I hear your voice in my head when no one's around What do I have to say Maybe I should do what I have to do to break free What ever happens to you, we'll see But it's not gonna happen to me
[chorus] I guess That this is where we've come to
If you don't want to Then you don't have to believe me But I won't be there when you go down Just so you know now You're on your own now believe me
[bridge]
[chorus] I guess That this is where we've come to If you don't want to Then you don't have to believe me But I won't be there when you go down Just so you know now You're on your own now believe me
Do what i have to do You're on your own now believe me
What ever happens to you
You're on your own now believe me
What do I have to say You're on your own now believe me
It's
not gonna
happen to me You're on your
own now
believe me
I love this rap game Mainly cuz its coolTo add a little spice to the life
you’ve been through Everyone exaggerates a tiny little bitTo make that shit
sound more gangster than it really is You cant appear weak man We wanna
hear street Wanna hear you spit your thug over this here beat Don’t take
it as sarcasticI can’t get enoughI’m telling you You can call my bluffIf
it’s not rough, then I really don’t need it I’m not even ashamed I got
too much reality that’s filling up my brainso sell me on that chronic, I’m
addicted to the game Suck it up like a cigarette, light it up
Its
just like a cigarette, its something that I do Once in awhile but between me
and you Its just like a cigarette Nobody’s really fooled I don’t want
the truth, I wanna feel fucking cool
Let me tell you something that I
realized tonight My hip hop radio is like Marlboro lights They’re both
selling stories and they sound about the same Cigarettes say their safe,
wrappers claim they really bang We don’t care if it’s true when we lay the
money down We don’t believe the words, we just love the way they
sound They’re acting like we’re idiots, They’re lying to our face Maybe we
are idiots, we buy it anyway
I’m runnin out to get the next rapper’s
CD Just suckin up the guns, drugs, and misogyny The same way that I suck
up all the stories When I breathe that little bit of death supposedly
cancer-free and Everything they say’s got the truth twisted up But twisted
up’s what I want man, I can’t get enough Cuz even though we know it’s all
just a big bluff We just light another up, what We don’t give a
fuck
Its just like a cigarette, its something that I do Once in awhile
but between me and you Its just like a cigarette Nobody’s really fooled I
don’t want the truth, I wanna feel fucking cool
Its just like a
cigarette, its something that I do Over and over but between me and
you Its just like a cigarette Nobody’s really fooled I don’t want the
truth, I wanna feel fucking cool
Listen to the words, Listen for
awhile Lip Service radio, don’t touch the dial If you’re in the
car Turn up the track man Give the whole neighbourhood some second hand
rap
Matter of fact Listen to the words, Listen for awhile Lip
Service radio, don’t touch the dial If you’re in the car Turn up the track
man Give the whole neighbourhood some second hand rap
Its just like a
cigarette, its something that I do Once in awhile but between me and
you Its just like a cigarette Nobody’s really fooled I don’t want the
truth, I wanna feel fucking cool
Its just like a cigarette, its something
that I do Over and over but between me and you Its just like a cigarette
Nobody’s really fooled I don’t want the truth, I wanna feel fucking cool
These days are dark and the nights are cold, people acting like they lost
there soul, and everywhere i go i see another person like me, trying to
make it all feel like home.(x2)
Standing on a bridge in the dark and im
seeing my breath, trying to make it home with out freezing to death, and
my grandfathers face is stuck in my mind, and how seeing him tonight is going
to be the last time. I should of brought a jacket, blowing in my hands
like its really going to stop the chill, i buy a cup of coffee with a five
dollar bill, thinking layin` in that box people look so still,
At
times like these you start thinkin`, your first breath in and the clock
starts tickin`, im not try to bumm anyone out, not tryin` to be drammatic
just thinking out loud. I'm just tryin`to make sense in my mind, some
defence from the cold that im feeling outside, and for a minute this gig was
some rythem and ryhme, and get away from the grey just a bit at a
time.
Yeh, kinda funny how this world can treat you, like a freak at a
side show a carnival creature, cimbing out of cans im a diamond in the
sand, but you cant tell the diffrence on a beach full of grimestones. my
lifes like trying to swallow a pinecone, its tough when you live fast just to
die slow, talk to doubt tones my dreams are far fetched, its seems so i
sleep underneath this park bench. I know it dont make sence and i dont
expect, for you to know what its like smoke, drink, piss, sniff, every
thing in my sight push rocks in my pipe, lift off ill keep puffing `till my
lips turn white, and my chest is tight but who the fuck really cares, when
your so far up that even death looks right, all i can do is hope for the best
and pray, that it gets a little better then yesterday.
these days are
dark and the nights are cold, people acting like they lost there soul, and
everywhere i go i see another person like me, trying to make it all feel like
home.(x2)
Yo, part of me i can think im next to hurl, to many problems
goin` on thats why i left my girl, packed my bags and i traveld with a pen on
my notepad, it said i was wrote in all the things that i dont have, but
still i try to find away to escape, from what i hate plan it in my head wich
led to mistakes, but now my, break in the most the adults paciently
called, many sleep in the grim but im the break in the storm, right in my
life in the short film the rise and fall , how i manage to scorch hills and
cilmb the wall, funds paid the endlless the cold egsistans, even the
things that change that change end up goin a distance, over come the doubt
that had control for so long, i put it all behind me `cuz life still goes
on, now im much stronger and i know where i stand, now the lost soul
search is on over and over again.
These days are dark and the nights are
cold, people acting like they lost there soul, and everybody try not to
cry tryin, go bye and tryin not to feel out of control, and if you look
hard enough somtimes you`ll find, a place that might remind you of home
, or if i doesnt feel like home, you can do what i do, just pretent you
dont feel so alone.
The dude, he said that, like, when we were making the first Linkin Park
record He was like, «Yeah you know, I don’t know about the rapping like, I
don’t know… maybe you should just be a rock band.«You know what I mean, like,
trying to change us like they signed us as an act like what we sound like and
then he’s like «Oh I don’t know maybe you should just play
keyboard»
Before the first song that you heard me on There were people
already tryin’ to get me gone Tellin? me to quit rapping «Just play the
keys» That my band had a singer They didn’t need me But my band had my
back So we did the tracks Put out the album and the talk went flat It
was funny at first but then the humour faded When some magazines printed that
our label made us We were to be good to be true Some were saying ghost
writers were writin’ all that we do So we had to disprove it We spelled it
out to the detail how we do it when we’re making this music After that I made
it a rule I only do e-mail responses to print interviews Because these
people love to put a twist to your words To infer that you said something
fucking absurd
Oh, did I lose you at infer? Not used to hearing a
verse that uses over first grade vocabulary words? People used to infer that
we were manufactured Now I?ve got the interviews on file Which people said
what Which number to dialSo now every enemy screaming insanity All they’re
ever gonna be’s another big fan of me Bitch
These people are running off at the mouth Tryin to
convince me that I’m running on empty Tryin to convince themselves that the
record with Jay was a fluke That the record that I’m makin is a mistake
and I cant take this Lemme tell you where I’m at with this You
bastards are gonna have to take back that shit I’m not plastic and
fake When I make tracks I take facts and lay them out for the masses You
assholes are gonna see soon that I’m not playin Start askin me the names that
I’m not sayin But I’m tryin to be bigger than the bickerin bigger than the
petty name callin under the breath talkin rumors and labels and
categorization I’m like a struggling doctor, No patients But you can say
what you want about me keep talkin while I’m walkin away
You can say
what you have to say cuz my mind’s made up anyway I’m taking the high road
going above you this is the last time that I’m gonna trust you You can say
what you have to say cuz my mind’s made up anyway all that bullshit you
talk might work a lot but it’s not gonna work today
You people are
running off at the mouth Tryin to make me take myself off safety Tryin to
make my friends turn their backs on the team we built buildin up some
mistaken information and I cant take this lemme spell it out plain for
you angry groups complain about the things we do im not changing
direction, I’m stepping my game up Maintainin my name, the same way I came
up You’re gonna see that I’m not playin start asking the names that I’m
not sayin but im tryin not to mention the names of people who wanna sight and
attention You like the hype but pretendin you’re part of the picture wont
pass You’re like a high school dropout, no class You can say what you want
about me keep talkin while i’m walkin away bitch
You can say what you
have to say cuz my mind’s made up anyway I’m taking the high road going
above you this is the last time that I’m gonna trust you You can say what
you have to say cuz my mind’s made up anyway all that bullshit you talk
might work a lot but it’s not gonna work today
Why does it always have
to be Somebody’s always watching me All I really need is some room to
breathe Is anybody out there listening? Cuz I cant stand to keep this
in All I really want, I’ll say it again
You can say what you have to
say cuz my mind’s made up anyway I’m taking the high road going above
you this is the last time that I’m gonna trust you You can say what you
have to say cuz my mind’s made up anyway all that bullshit you talk might
work a lot but it’s not gonna work today
This is how it goes Welcome one and all to the
show We’re wired up, fired up, Fuckin ready to go In the back of the
parking lot outside of the bar twenty deep, twenty feet from the
boulevard black hoodies, black caps, black label in glasses Previewin the
new shit before all the masses cos the first thing i need when i got a new
beat is to see how it sounds echoing off the street I just take it for a
spin, pop the CD in Slide it up to ten and get that rear view shakin And
play it again so there’s no mistakin San Andreas, the block got this bitch
earth quakin like
Oh-oh Ready for it? Here we go We got the whole
block rockin in stereo Takin control, lettin everybody know And if you
feel it lemme hear everybody go Oh-Oh
You’re not ready, I got plenty
cups But twenty months drop steadily plenty tracks to empty on you wack
pedigree i’m backed heavily, while you’re back pedalling forget the chit
chat on me, homie kick back i’m on that shit that can get your homie bitch
slapped so zip your lip back, listen and watch we got the whole block
rockin off the way the beat knocks you dont have to warn the people on the
corner — they know that if you’re standing on that corner then you’re getting
that show world premiering, hearing that machine shop flow San Andreas,
the block get this bitch earth quaking like
Oh-oh Ready for it? Here
we go We got the whole block rockin in stereo Takin control, lettin
everybody know And if you feel it lemme hear everybody go Oh-Oh
Oh-oh Ready for it? Here we go We got the whole block rockin in
stereo Takin control, lettin everybody know And if you feel it lemme hear
everybody go
Turn the key, turn the volume up to loud Roll right, roll
every window down Let the whole block know what this is about Turn it up,
y’all, burn that system out Turn the key, turn the volume up to loud Roll
right, roll every window down Let the whole block know what this is
about Turn it up, y’all, burn out that system like Oh-oh Ready for it?
Here we go We got the whole block rockin in stereo Takin control, lettin
everybody know And if you feel it lemme hear everybody go Oh-Oh
Oh-oh Ready for it? Here we go We got the whole block rockin in
stereo Takin control, lettin everybody know And if you feel it lemme hear
everybody go Oh-Oh
Let’s go ahead and test out the speakers you
ready? let’s go, like this
My father came from Japan in 1905 He was 15 when he immigrated from
Japan He, he… he worked until he was able to buy this patch And build a
store
Let me tell you the story in the form of a dream, I don’t know
why I have to tell it but I know what it means, Close your eyes, just picture
the scene, As I paint it for you, it was World War II, When this man named
Kenji woke up, Ken was not a soldier, He was just a man with a family who
owned a store in LA, That day, he crawled out of bed like he always
did, Bacon and eggs with wife and kids, He lived on the second floor of a
little store he ran, He moved to LA from Japan, They called him
’Immigrant,’ In Japanese, he’d say he was called «Isei,» That meant ’First
Generation In The United States,’ When everyone was afraid of the Germans,
afraid of the Japs, But most of all afraid of a homeland attack, And that
morning when Ken went out on the doormat, His world went black
’cause, Right there; front page news, Three weeks before 1942, «Pearl
Harbour’s Been Bombed And The Japs Are Comin’,» Pictures of soldiers dyin’
and runnin’, Ken knew what it would lead to, Just like he guessed, the
President said, «The evil Japanese in our home country will be locked
away,» They gave Ken, a couple of days, To get his whole life packed in
two bags, Just two bags, couldn’t even pack his clothes, Some folks didn’t
even have a suitcase, to pack anything in, So two trash bags was all they
gave them, When the kids asked mum «Where are we goin’?» Nobody even knew
what to say to them, Ken didn’t wanna lie, he said «The US is lookin’ for
spies, So we have to live in a place called Mandinar, Where a lot of
Japanese people are,» Stop it don’t look at the gunmen, You don’t wanna
get the soldiers wonderin’, If you gonna run or not, ’Cause if you run
then you might get shot, Other than that try not to think about it, Try
not to worry ’bout it; bein’ so crowded, Someday we’ll get out, someday,
someday.
As soon as war broke out The G.I came and they just come to
the house and «You have to come» «All the Japanese have to go» They
took Mr. Lee People didn’t understand Why did they have to take
him? Because he’s an innocent labourer
So now they’re in a town with
soldiers surroundin’ them, Every day, every night look down at them, From
watch towers up on the wall, Ken couldn’t really hate them at all; They
were just doin’ their job and, He wasn’t gonna make any problems, He had a
little garden with vegetables and fruits that, He gave to the troops in a
basket his wife made, But in the back of his mind, he wanted his families
life saved, Prisoners of war in their own damn country, What for? Time
passed in the prison town, He wanted them to live it down when they were
free, The only way out was joinin’ the army, And supposedly, some men went
out for the army, signed on, And ended up flyin’ to Japan with a
bomb, That 15 kiloton blast, put an end to the war pretty fast, Two cities
were blown to bits; the end of the war came quick, Ken got out, big hopes of
a normal life, with his kids and his wife, But, when they got back to their
home, What they saw made them feel so alone, These people had trashed
every room, Smashed in the windows and bashed in the doors, Written on the
walls and the floor, «Japs not welcome anymore.» And Kenji dropped both of
his bags at his sides and just stood outside, He, looked at his wife without
words to say, She looked back at him wiped the tears away, And, said
«Someday we’ll be okay, someday,» Now the names have been changed, but the
story’s true, My family was locked up back in ’42, My family was there it
was dark and damp, And they called it an internment camp
When we first
got back from camp… uhh It was… pretty… pretty bad
I, I remember my
husband said «Are we gonna stay ’til last?» Then my husband died before
they close the camp.
Yall are not, not, not Ready HO Not not ready HO We're gonna drop it
steady so Do it like that Like that (like that)....
Now why is
everybody so petrified? WHAT? Petrified? WHAT? Step aside.
And just drop that... COME ON! Drop that... COME ON! Drop
that... COME ON! Drop that... COME ON! [x2]
Yeah How you
doin’, y’all? My name is Mike. I’m fooling with the new shit I’m
doing it all like I like what i do I do what i like I could quit and
get it back like i’m riding a bike Like stop... ...bring it back, bring
it back
We got that balance keeping us on track That ya get what ya
move and quit, wit no slow You stare like you don’t care But you do it
though
I know You really must be so lonely Puffed up, lookin’
tough, but so phony You and your boys, you don’t know me You really
wanna hold me show me, homie.
Lets get it over with for good I got a
friction addiction i wish you would Machine Shop rockin’ when we step inside
And we got everybody so petrified
Now why is everybody so petrified?
WHAT? Petrified? WHAT? Step aside. And just drop that...
COME ON! Drop that... COME ON! Drop that... COME ON!
Drop that... COME ON!
Listen you are not ready Like children
in a building you can’t stand steady It must be the beat so heavy Coz i
panic attacks like a crack in the levy
Give you that Rob or plant
Dancing days are back Feeling all in the track and in fact For those
knowing the name Of back with some brand new crap Who can do it like
that?
You really must be so lonely Puffed up, lookin’ tough, but so
phony You and your boys, you don’t know me You really wanna hold me show
me, homie.
Tough talk doesn’t mean a thing You know for yourself you
know when we’re up in a scene Its Machine Shop rockin’ when we step inside
And we got everybody so petrified
Now why is everybody so petrified?
WHAT? Petrified? WHAT? Step aside. And just drop that...
COME ON! Drop that... COME ON! Drop that... COME ON!
Drop that... COME ON!
Now why is everybody so petrified?
WHAT? Petrified? WHAT? Step aside. And just drop that...
COME ON! Drop that... COME ON! Drop that... COME ON!
Drop that... COME ON!
Yall are not, not, not Ready HO Not
not ready HO We're gonna drop it steady so Do it like that Like that
(like that)...
Yall are not, not, not Ready HO Not not ready HO
We're gonna drop it steady so Do it like that Like that (like
that)...
Get UP
Now why is everybody so petrified? WHAT?
Petrified? WHAT? Step aside. And just drop that... COME ON!
Drop that... COME ON! Drop that... COME ON! Drop that...
COME ON! [x2]
Like stop... ...Bring it back Bring it back We
got that balance keeping us on track
Like stop... ...Bring it back
Bring it back We got that balance keeping us on track
Like stop...
...Bring it back Bring it back We got that balance keeping us on track
Like stop... ...Bring it back Bring it back We got that balance
keeping us on track
I had a friend named Victor The two of us used to hang every single
day And it seemed like overnight that his whole life just changed I know
when his mom and dad broke up It didnt make sense but I know that his dad was
a drunk And he gambled away the rent Pretty soon vic was seein
red Pissed off but instead He drank every night til he passed out Then
he’d do it all again The whole time smiling on the outside to cover the
pain But on the inside all he was tryin to do was get away
Dying to
get away Let the pain of yesterday go slipping through the
cracks
Funny how things change color Then fade to another
shade When you had it made it was all good But now look just another
day It was so fresh it was so clean Now its all gone 1, 2, 3, lights
out Which way to turn Can't get a grip All alone in a big white
house Everyday gets worse and you just curse 'til your head bursts and it
hurts so bad She left like yourself should have thought of that one
first No family, no kids, can’t accept what you did Now you wanna runaway
but you can’t cuz the past comes back again
Slippin through the
cracks Sip a little jack Go to bed half dead What about rent Why
does every cent gotta be a bet Whens it gonna end Oh my god, we dont got a
penny left My mom’s gotta find a way to get a job Outta debt, outta dodge,
outta breath, outta this big problem My pops wanna get away from the
pain In a better place in his brain But the medication he takes makes him
wasted So sick if hes gonna think the good lord would come take him Im
shakin him wake up you son of a bitch
He’s dying to get away Let the
pain of yesterday go slipping through the cracks Hiding himself away watching
all the memories fade Away From red to black
He’s dying to get
away Let the pain of yesterday go slipping through the cracks Hiding
himself away watching all the memories fade Away From red to black
Yeah For those of you who wanna know what we’re
all about Its like this y’all
[chorus] 10% luck 20% skill 15%
concentrated power of will 5% pleasure 50% pain and 100% reason to
remember the name
[verse1] Mike! He doesn’t need his name up in
lights He just wants to be heard whether it’s the beat or the mic He feels
so unlike every body else, alone In spite of the fact that some people still
think that they know him But Fuck ’em He knows the code: It’s not about
the salary, it’s all about reality And making some noise Making the
story Making sure his clique stays up That means when he puts it down,
Tak’s pickin it up
[verse2] Who the hell is he anyway? He never
really talks much Never concerned with status But still leavin’ ’em
starstruck Humbled through oppurtunities Givin despite the fact That
many misjudge him Because he makes a living from writing raps Put it
together himself And the picture connects Never askin for someones’ help,
or to get some respect His only focus is what he wrote His will is beyond
reach And now it all unfolds The skill of an
artist
[verse3] This is 20% skill 80% beer Be 100% clear ’cuz
Ryu is ill Who woulda thought he’d be the one to set the west in flames I
heard him record with the Crystal Method name of the game Came back dropped
megadef, took ’em to church I like bleach man Ryu had the stupidest
verse This dude is the truth Now everybody’s givin’ him guest spots The
stock through the roof I heard he’s fuckin with s-dot!
[chorus] 10%
luck 20% skill 15% concentrated power of will 5% pleasure 50%
pain and 100% reason to remember the name
[verse4] They call him
Ryu The Sick And he’s spitting fire and mic Got him out the dryer he’s
hot got him in fort Minor With Tak He’s a fucking nihilist
porcupine He’s a prick hes a cock The type women wanna be with and rappers
hope he gets shot 8 years and the makin’ Patiently waitin’ to blow Now
the record with Shinoda’s Takin over the globe He’s got a partner in
crime His shit is equally dope You won’t believe the kinda shit that comes
outa of this kids throat
[verse5] He’s out there every day on the
block He knows how to work with what hes got makin his way to the top He
often gets a comment on his name People keep askin’ him was it Given at
birth Or was it stand for an acronym
No He’s livin’ proof, look at him
rockin the booth He’ll get you buzzin quicker than a shot of vodka with
juice Him and his crew are known around as one of the best Dedicated to
what they do, and give 100%
[verse6] Forget mike Nobody really
knows how or why, he works so hard it seems like he has never got time Becuz
he writes every note, and he writes every line And i’ve seen him at work,
when that light goes on in his mind It’s like a design is written in his head
every time Before he even touches a key or speaks in a rhyme And those
mothafuckas he runs with, the kids that he signed, rediculous Without even
tryin’ How do they do it?
[chorus] 10% luck 20% skill 15%
concentrated power of will 5% pleasure 50% pain and 100% reason to
remember the name 10% luck 20% skill 15% concentrated power of
will 5% pleasure 50% pain and 100% reason to remember the
name
Fort Minor M Shinoda Styles of Beyond Ryu, Takbir,
Cheapshot!
Someone right now is leaving their apartment Looking down at the street and
wondering where their car went Someone in a car is sitting at a signal
In front of a restaurant, staring through the window At someone right
now with their finger in their teeth Who could use a little floss, right
across the street There’s somebody on the curb who really needs a jacket
Spent half the rent at a bar getting plastered Now he’s gotta walk
fourteen blocks Just to work at a shop where he’s about to get fired
Someone right now is lookin pretty tired Staring at a laptop trying to
get inspired And somebody living right across the street Just wrote the
best thing that she’s written all week But her best friend’s coughing up
blood in the sink He can’t even think what happened, feeling so confused
And he knows it looks bad but there’s nothing he can do I wonder what
it’s like to be right there in his shoes but…
No, I’m just taking it in
Out the window of a hotel bedroom again Tomorrow I’ll be gone, I don’t
know when I’ll be back But in this world everything can change just like
that…
Yo, somebody right now is dropping his vocal Inside a box and
trying to knock this shit out his throat For the act of freedom right now
somebody’s stuck in Iraq Hoping that he’ll get shipped back breathing In
a war but he’s not really sure of the reasons So we show our support when
the press mislead them Though we mourn, remain main proud, salute the troops
Get some, I know you boys got some work to do
Meanwhile, right now
someone’s 25-to-life And they’re standing on a corner with their thumb up
hitch hiking Scratching off a Lotto ticket hoping for a real winner
Sneaking through ??? just to work and eat a real dinner Right now
someone wishes they were you and I Instead of second-guessing frequent
thoughts of quite suicide Right now staring out window at a fiend With
holes in his arms and holes in his jeans He pulled out a cigarette and
sparked a light And walked right around a corner just out of my sight but…
Yo, I’m just taking it in On the second story hotel window again
The TV’s on and my bags are packed But in this world everything can
change just like that…
Yeah, right now somebody’s sitting in the
darkness Tryna figure how to put some heat in their apartment But they
got a little matress, no carpet And they appreciate it ’cause some people on
a park bench You see them when you rushing to get to the office Wife
ride by 'em when she comin' from the market Right now somebody comin out the
pocket Tryin' to dump that rock, they running 'round the block Same time
the cops is raisin' the glack With aim to fill your legs and your back with
some bullshit Right now someone’s struggling to stop this man Who’s
kicking and punching and cussin at the doctors Down the hall a child taking
it’s first breath The doc hasn’t even passed him to the nurse yet Yo, I
wonder if he understands what it’s worth yet Life, the time spend while we
here on the Earth yet The answers to the questions we all seek Can be
found, it depend on how free y’all think Right now there’s somebody who
ain’t eat all week That would kill for this shit you throw away in the
street I guess one man’s trash is the next man’s treasure One man’s pain
is the next man’s pleasure One say infinity, the next say forever Right
now everybody got to get it together man…
I’m just takin it in In
another strange hotel lobby again With my luggage on my back, I don’t know
where I’m at I’m in a world where it all change just like that…
Yeah, I’m just taking it in Out the window of a hotel bedroom again
Tomorrow I’ll be gone, I don’t know when I’ll be back But in this world
everything can change just like that…
You know me I used to get caught up in everyday life Trying to make it
through my day so I could sleep at night Trying to figure my way through the
maze of rights and wrongs But like you used to say Nothing feels like it’s
really worth it
Forget perfect I’m trying not to be worthless Since
I last saw you I’ve been looking for a purpose Well, I met this kid who
thought like I did He had a weird way of looking at it This is what he
said
Slip out the back before they know you were there And at the
worst you’ll see nobody cares Cuz you don’t wanna be around when it all goes
down Even heroes know when to be scared
Slip out the back before they
know you were there And at the worst you’ll see nobody cares Cuz you don’t
wanna be around when it all goes down Even heroes know when to be
scared
Now I don’t remember where I met him or remember his
name But he walked funny like he was just too big for his frame Just over
five foot but he weighed a buck-fifty And what he said seemed so right It
stuck with me
Listen It’s like poker You can play your best But
you gotta know when to fold your cards and take a rest And know when to hold
your cards Hold your breath And hope that nobody else is stacking the
deck Because
I don’t need to tell you that life isn’t fair It
doesn’t care It arbitrarily cuts off your air And like you I want someone
to say its okay In the truest part of our hearts everybody’s
afraid
We’re just underappreciated and overwhelmed Fighting so hard to
hide our fear that we’re scaring ourselves You understand what I’m saying cuz
you always did But it’s different in the words of a cowardly kid
Who
said slip out the back before they know you were there At the worst you’ll
see nobody cares Cuz you don’t wanna be around when it all goes down Even
heroes know when to be scared
Slip out the back before they know you
were there At the worst you’ll see nobody cares Cuz you don’t wanna be
around when it all goes down Even heroes know when to be scared
And
I’m no hero You remember how it was You know All I ever did was
worry Feeling out of control To the point where everything is going end
over end I’m spinning around in circles again This is where you come in
All of this to explain to you why I had to separate myself away from
yesterday’s life Please remember This isn’t how I hoped it would be But
I had to protect you from me That’s why I slipped out the back before you
knew I was there I know you felt unprepared But every single time I was
around I’d just bring you down And I could tell that it was time to be
scared That’s why I slipped out the back before you knew I was there And I
know the way I left It wasn’t fair I didn’t wanna be around just to bring
you down I’m not a hero but don’t think I didn’t care
These hungry rappers battle for a buck and some change There really be kids
starving / give a f___ if it change Shock rap / Not that / you get
signed you might blow up Release "Party In Iraq" / you might blow up I
see you trying to think a few lines you might get at me with Slap happy with
babies who`re born with crack in their cribs Too much to cram under your
oversized fitted And the public school system failed you / either you`re
ignorant or...]
Come with me Let me walk in through the world that I currently stay in You
can take a look around and tell me if I’m mistaken You can even talk to
everybody that I live with Maybe you could tell me why everybody’s so
distant Is it me or maybe, when I look around daily I don’t even know the
people I can put my trust in lately People that I used to hang with now their
actin’ to different I’m still the same person why doesn’t anybody
listen Can somebody please just explain to me What happened to the way
that we always said we’d be Right now I dunno why I push through the pain
that I got through And I’m losin’ hope
[chorus] Deafening
voices That frequency inside my head that says I’m going at it the hard
way I focus Get everything inside out of my brain that claims I’m going at
it the hard way
Come with me Let me walk in through the world that I
currently live in Not a thing is forgotten, not a thing is forgiven Nobody
can hold their own underneath the weight but Nobody can take the blame for
their own mistakes so What do you do when somebody lets you down And you
wanna say something but you can’t cause their not around Inside you think
they know the extent of the pain But they won’t even admit that they were the
one to blame Can somebody please just explain to me What happened to the
way that we always said we’d be Cause right now I dunno why I push through
the pain that I got through And I’m losin’ hope
[chorus]
Voices
in my head
Can somebody please just explain to me What happened to the
way that we always said we’d be Right now I dunno why I push through the pain
that I got through And I’m losin’ hope, give me one reason not
to
Where’d you go? I miss you so, Seems like it’s been forever, That
you’ve been gone.
She said «Some days I feel like shit, Some days I
wanna quit, and just be normal for a bit,» I don’t understand why you have to
always be gone, I get along but the trips always feel so long, And, I find
myself tryin stay by the phone, ’Cause your voice always helps me to not feel
so alone, But I feel like an idiot, workin’ my day around the call, But
when I pick up I don’t have much to say, So, I want you to know it’s a little
fucked up, That I’m stuck here waitin’, at times debatin’, Tellin’ you
that I’ve had it with you and your career, Me and the rest of the family here
singing «Where’d you go?»
I miss you so, Seems like it’s been
forever, That you’ve been gone. Where’d you go? I miss you so, Seems
like it’s been forever, That you’ve been gone, Please come back
home…
You know the place where you used to live, Used to barbeque up
burgers and ribs, Used to have a little party every Halloween with candy by
the pile, But now, you only stop by every once in a while, Shit, I find
myself just fillin’ my time with Anything to keep the thought of you from my
mind, I’m doin’ fine, I plan to keep it that way, You can call me if you
find you have somethin’ to say, And I’ll tell you, I want you to know it’s a
little fucked up, That I’m stuck here waitin’, at times debatin’ Tellin’
you that I’ve had it with you and your career, Me and the rest of the family
here singing «Where’d you go?»
I miss you so, Seems like it’s been
forever, That you’ve been gone. Where’d you go? I miss you so, Seems
like it’s been forever, That you’ve been gone, Please come back home… I
want you to know it’s a little fucked up, That I’m stuck here waitin’, no
longer debatin’, Tired of sittin’ and hatin’ and makin’ these excuses, For
why you’re not around, and feeling so useless, It seems one thing has been
true all along, You don’t really know what you got ’til it’s gone, I guess
I’ve had it with you and your career, When you come back I won’t be here and
you’ll can sing it…
Where’d you go? I miss you so, Seems like it’s
been forever, That you’ve been gone. Where’d you go? I miss you
so, Seems like it’s been forever, That you’ve been gone, Please come
back home… Please come back home… Please come back home… Please come
back home… Please come back home…
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