Higher .......... Ice Cube

Something To Think About .......... Ice Cube

Soul Searchin' (I Wanna Know If It's Mine) .......... Me'shell NdegeOcello

Situation: Grimm .......... Mista Grimm

Ask Of You .......... Raphael Saadiq

Losing My Religion .......... Tori Amos

Phobia .......... Outkast

My New Friend .......... Cole Hauser

Year Of The Boomerang .......... Rage Against The Machine

Higher Learning / Time For Change .......... The Brand New Heavies

Don't have Time .......... Liz Phair

Butterfly .......... Tori Amos

By Your Side .......... Zhane

Eye .......... Eve's Plum

The Learning Curve .......... Stanley Clarke

[Verse 1:]

Yo, I wanna get high
I wanna get high

Walking through campus with my backpack
bailin' to orientation
so I can change the nation
See many faces but none of 'em mirror me
show my ID to the punk ass security
Step on the quad lookin' for the track squad
walked by a bitch who think she's God
Passing me a flyer talkin' 'bout the Messiah
she wanna take me higher
Keep your rhetoric in the heavens
look and see a bro' with a fro like Michael Evans
Done spent 6 years in the college
always telling me to question the knowledge
Sittin' in the black hole with the black stroll
and not even one cave bitch in our click
Sayin' fuck Professor Fitz
I come from the land of the Bloods and the Crips (What's up nigga)
Don't like scholarships because they hurt me
nothin' but a slave to the university
That's why ya see me on the track field run by ya
caught by a liar who wanna take me higher

[Chorus]

Shit, he wanna take me higher
wait until they get a load of me, shit shit
I wanna get high so high
Chocolate Thai

[Verse 2:]

I wanna take flight ya Goddamn right
it's a party every fucking night
Been there for about 6 weeks
walked by the freaks
look, black greeks
How the fuck ya figure
I dig ya me bein' from niggafied nigga
white boy in the room with me
who never saw BET what the fuck
He's about to erupt and turn red
start hangin' with the muthafuckin' skinheads
'Cause he can't deal with the overkill
college ain't nothin' but niggerville
and he regret that his school is filled
with niggers jews and wetbacks
Plus chinks now he drinks
hour after hour screaming white power
Motherfucker want me to call him sire
he wanna take me higher

[Chorus]

Shit he wanna take me higher
Shit wait until they get a load of me
Shit shit shit

[Verse 3:]

A girl gets date raped just like that
at a frat now she chase the cat
Feminist saying women is God's gift
do you need a lift can I take a sniff
Do I sound sexist cause I'm chasin'
after Deja she from Texas?
Down to kick the asses of the fascists
who wanna put me in the oven and burn me to ashes
but I'm not burnin' the world keeps turnin'
and nobody learnin'
'Cause college is full of shit
teachin' me to memorize nothin' but the lies
Chillin' at a rally for peace
the beast from white power up in the tower
with the M-1 gun and a scope on dope
thinkin' he's the great white hope
Motherfucker levels off
he wanna see me 6 feet deep shoveled off
Cause Columbus University is nothing but a empire
who wanna take me higher

[Chorus:]

Shit they wanna take me higher
Wait until they get a load of me
Shit they wanna take me higher
They wanna take me higher
Unh damn they wanna take me higher
Damn wait until they get a load of me
Damn unh they wanna take me they wanna take me
Them muthafuckas'll never break me shit

[Fudge:] "One beatdown'll never compare to 439 years of captivity. Never. Y'all know shit. Freshman."

Don't nobody hold me
Don't nobody kiss me

Come caress my southern/settin' heart
My sunrise and my darkest dreams
All my hostility's tamed
When you kiss me

Come into my darkened room
Where I'm waitin'

I'm waitin' here just to please you
All I want is you - All I want is you
Your love on me
All I want is you - All I want is you
All I want is you to love on me

Don't nobody hold me
Don't nobody kiss me

Not a day goes by that I don't burn for you
Find myself yearnin' for the heaven that you bring me from your black hands
Touch me, wanna feel you inside of me

All I want is you to love on me

Don't nobody hold me
Don't nobody kiss me

The way you do

So you finally came
I've been waitin' here for hours
Kiss me - Just waitin'
Come inside me - I have something for you
Kiss me - Come inside me

Just a little while longer

So you wanna know if it's yours
I should have to say you should feel that
Come here

Kiss me

[Thanks to btoma@hotmail.com for lyrics]

[Val Young]
All the hustlers in the house better recognize
All the players in the house better recognize that
things are looking grimm.

[Verse1]
It was a cold dark night full moon shining bright
rain showers wind blowin' at 90 miles an hour
I could barely see my shadow
sparked up a fat ol' Philly
as fat as free Willy really
it's kind of chilly in my brain
Rappers get nightmares like Dana Dane man
this type scares optometrist
Plain and simple it's all mind and wrist
on a tempt Oh my goodness could this
be the format where I'm at
in the abyss underground other sound
top ten list-erine just to keep my vocals cleanest
meanest you ever seen this incredible like the Hulk
I stay awoke alphabetical twista mista
with a rap book guaranteed to leave a
gloomy outlook

[Chorus (Val Young)]
All the hustlers in the house better recognize
that things are looking grimm
All the players in the house better recognize
that things are looking grimm

[Verse2]
Oh boy watch me throw the bomb like Troy Aikman
and knock out eight men
Goddamn shit it's miraculous
this mysterious immaculate
history makin' rap sheet on a beat
Leavin' niggas shakin' from follicle to feet
with funkanisms shining like a prism SPINK
Sparkling remarkably glowing as I think thought thunk
conceived off the skunk but funk
best believe that it stunk
Not your ordinary fragrance
Wash cleanse your mind with Grimm
Squash wash watch out now
here's me hear me Smack
Check your eardrum
Is it intact in fact?
[coughing] when?
Approximately when the situation's grimm.

[Chorus]

[Verse3]
Normally I formally introduce afflawed
not true and technique and stick to it
Magnifique unique eek what have we
mathematics for attics that equal cavi
and then some then some MC's make 'em crumble
when I mumble 'cause I'm fly like a bumble
C-O-V-I-N-A on the western area
Niggas are sick like malaria
Never smoke rock 'cause it's deadly
I just stick to Indo smoke and the medleys
steadily developing on the constant
causing a heat wave like Linda Rhimestead
Can't we look at how I hook it and present
Proof how the mind was took and shook in past tense
For ladies and gents here's the invitation
[over last line]
one way ticket to a grimm situation

[Chorus with ad libs until fade out]

Just give me all your lovin', girl, after all the rubbin'
That's all I ask of you
I'll kiss you anywhere, yes, love, even there
That's all I ask of you

Kissin' you is not enough for me
You know I'm a big boy and big boys have desires
Makin' love is what I wanna do
But I need a true friend to make it come together

Just give me all your lovin', girl, after all the rubbin'
That's all I ask of you
I'll kiss you anywhere, yes, love, even there
That's all I ask of you

I'm not tryin' to put you on the line
But I gotta tell you what's exactly on my mind, girl
My big heart leads me right to you
Every time the phone rings I pray to God that it's you, girl

Every time I close my eyes
A vision of your face always pops into my mind, girl
I will do anything to receive love from you
So show me the way that this could happen soon

I'll be right there on time
'Cause your always for mine
To show me the place

I really love you
I love you, Deja

Just give me all your lovin', girl, after all the rubbin'
That's all I ask of you
I'll kiss you anywhere, yes, love, even there
That's all I ask of you

Let's blow out the candle and see if I can handle
That's all I ask of you
The little things I do, it's just because it's you
That's all I ask of you

See, time is all we need
And time is all we have
To show me the place

I really love you
I love you, Deja

Just give me all your lovin', girl, after all the rubbin'
That's all I ask of you
I'll kiss you anywhere, yes, love, even there
That's all I ask of you

Let's blow out the candle and see if I can handle
That's all I ask of you
The little things I do, it's just because it's you
That's all I ask of you

Yeah, all these things that I promise
I'll do 'em all for you...

[Thanks to btoma@hotmail.com for lyrics]

Me in the corner
Me in the spotlight
Losin' my religion

Thought that I heard you laughing
Thought that I heard you sing

Think I saw you try

Consider this, consider the lengths that I would go to
A slip that brought me to my knees and I don't know if I can do it

Oh, no, I said too much
I set it up

Thought that I heard you laughing
Thought that I heard you sing

Life is bigger, bigger than you, and you are not me
The lengths that I would go through

Hey, honey, I said too much
I set it up

Think I saw you try

It's me in the corner, losin' my religion
Tryin' to keep an eye on you and I don't know if I can do it

Oh, no, I said too much
I set it up

Thought that I heard you laughing
Thought that I heard you sing

Losin' my...

[Thanks to btoma@hotmail.com for lyrics]

[Talking:]
The feeling of being 12 years old and waking up in the middle
of the night and somebody in yo room. Yo heart starts beating so fast
you can hear it pumping. The veins in yo temple pulsate as you stare at
the intruder. Then after a few minutes you realize he ain't moving. So
finally you let 'em hang and turn on the light and the killer turns into
yo coat throwed over the chair.

The feeling of sitting at the red light early in the morning and two or
three motherfuckers cross the street. Yo senses heighten, reflexes
sharpen vision's enhanced adrenaline flows as they rush across the
street you leave the print from the heater grip in yo palm then yo heart
rate and breathing drag back to normal as you realize these niggas just
goin' to the store.

Many of us mistake Phobia for true fear. Whereas fear is a gift from
God to be used for self-preservation. Phobia are obstacles strategically
placed in society by opposers of positive existence. Through
stereotyping, innuendo, false documentation, and glorification they'll
turn your fear switch to a permanent on. We can change this by changing
the small truth within' the lie. Death is a small price to pay for
respect. Death is a small price to pay for respect. You know who it is.
You know what it is. Peace out.

[Verse 1: Andre]

In these troublin' times
a nigga like me be thinkin' of rhymes
that makes my quarters nickels
plus my pennies and my dimes stack
Don't be lookin' for trouble it be finding me
Try turning the other cheek
I understand but never mind that
Yes Sir guess the light is getting dim
at the end of the tunnel tried to hit me for my rims
I never thought thirty spokes
could attract too much attention
I gotta protect my own therefore
I'm heated just like a kitchen
full of pots and pan Glocks in hand
Shots rung out like ringin' the bells
and then that sucker nigga ran
Damn, I never thought that it
would come to this conclusion
the folks that throwed us
on them boats should be the one's I'm losin'
but naw we don't see it that way
in '94 this is the real no time for play play
betta believe the playas on the loot
need to get they head screwed on tight
when it really get down to the nitty grit
who gone fight pipe down
'cause ain't no better time
to crank it up than right now
we gots to see rump crum down here
and I don't hear nobody disagreein'
Orga-no-i-z-e-Mr. D.J. and me and Big Boi

[Chorus]

So don't spend yo whole life
livin' it for the white
You got a 9 to 5 and now
you choose to live it right
You takin' yo ass to the Army
'cause you scared of Revolution
I'm writing everyday to stop that brain pollution
I got a baby on the way that stress is in my chest
I'm 18 years of age and black so I can picture less
I'm smokin' and drinkin' e'ryday
So play your fuckin' job
educated and black I will resort to rob

[Verse 2: Big Boi]

See why in the muthafuck
do niggas be acting up
Do they want me to grab my shit
and lettin' that pistol go ruck
See I be gettin' stuck and stuff
havin' to knock a nigga out about my clout
That's not what it's about
see yes indeed I got that weed
like Daddy Q be havin' them ounces
That nigga the B-I-G be chokin' 'em out
and then I bounces
I got that lyrical flow to make
a hoe pull up her skirt
I drunk that herk & jerk boi
thinkin' of future things to work on
I got my fuck on and
then I took my clothes off
Washed my nuts up in the sink
and then I got more nuts off
Cough it's time to be out
see bein' a pimp is bein' a pimp
I'm dirtier than the shit
on the back of a shrimp
Now ain't that foul
the way a nigga can spit that style
My nigga I spit it I did it
Now suckas need to quit it
'Cause it's real

[Chorus]

[Verse 3: Big Boi]

Well it's that nigga that be
wearing Nautica V-necks
and Polo sweats
I got some food up in yo thoughts
and that cess off in yo chest
See livin' up in the dungeon
where we stayed in '93
see that nigga the B-I-G B-O-I
that be me
and when we rock it
Niggas be jocking just like ?
you snitch I fucked yo bitch
See and my niggas G'd that hoe
on the South side of Camelton Road
No slippin' in this pimpin'
she was just a horny toad
See I'm a mystery like the
killing of Michael Jordan's father
Was steadily packin' the hoes
when I worked at Foot Locker
I'm gettin' higher than learning
smokin' 'em up and then burning
East Point is on the map
and now my clothes is hurtin'

[Andre:]

Now shit done got boring ass
molin' when excess closed down
but niggaz kept sewin' shearin'
stirrin' bein' the pharm assistant that missed
of the folks but some people
tend to joke about this
but it's really dead spirits
You can bet my lyrics
now ya wonder why that we
done stopped and got serious
Wantin' to know where I'm from
and where I need to be
Now that I know comfortable
living give me meat
Can I get back ya wonder why we split back
lure us into pitch black dark
but I sit back and spark
another one to leave ya discombobulated
in that dust livin' in a world
where in nobody do you trust
Then hush never became a major trade
but us in major trouble
'cause we made a too many mistakes
off in the past
Thinkin' you could make it this world
and now we laugh 'cause it's all faults [Chorus starts here]
either way ya go ya gotta pay the cost of the mic wind

[Chorus repeat (last line is changed to:]
[I'm hangin' with the G-O-O-D-I-E Mob Nigga yeah)]

Takin' you a li'l higher knowwhatI'msayin' when you learnin' when you
burnin' up that smoke so you can choke on my quotes
and get my * down yo throat you just don't understand
youknowwhatI'msayin' Organized Noize for '95 Bitch!

[Remy:] "Sorry, man."
[Scott Moss:] "Nah."
[Remy:] "It's a new city."
[Scott Moss:] "Nah, it's okay. You know, I understand.
Listen, we'll forget all about it. We're gonna go have a drink... I got a couple of good people. Good friends of mine. We'll
have a good time. Whaddaya say? Yeah?"
[Remy:] "Alright, man."
[Scott Moss:] "Pick up your stuff, come on. We're men, white,
in America. What more do you need, right?"
[Remy:] "What?"
[Scott Moss:] "I said we're white in America. What more do you
need to have a little time? Right? Alright, here we go..."

[Thanks to btoma@hotmail.com for lyrics]

Tha sistas are in so check the front line
It seems I spent the '80s in a Haiti state of mind
Cast me into classes for electro shock
Straight incarcerated, the curriculum a cell block
I'm swimmin' in half truths and it makes me wanna spit
Instructor come separate the healthy from tha sick
Ya weigh me on a scale I'm smellin' burnt skin
It's dark now in Dachau and I'm screamin' from within
'Cause I'm cell locked in tha doctrines of tha right
Enslaved by dogma, ya talk about my birthrights
Yet at every turn I'm runnin' into hells gates
So I grip tha cannon like Fanon an pass tha shells to my classmates
'Cause tha bosses right ta live is mine ta die
So I'm goin' out heavy sorta like Mount Tai
Wit tha five centuries of penitentiary so let tha guilty hang
In the year of tha boomerang
I got no property but yo I'm a piece of it
So let tha guilty hang
In tha year of tha boomerang
And now it's upon you

[Thanks to btoma@hotmail.com for lyrics]

texttext

Take a look around
This is what it's now
It's a little bridge now, baby
It's a little bridge now

Just a photograph
Kinda makes me laugh
It's a little kid now, baby
Some little kid

If I could solve your problems, what do you think I would be?
One stupid seagull, picking styrofoam up out of the sea

Don't have time for all your problems?
Why don't you solve them?

Take a look around
This is what it's now
It's a little bridge now, baby
It's a little bridge now

Just a photograph
Kinda makes me laugh
It's a little kid now
Pudgy dumb little kid

If I could solve your problems, what do you think I would see?
All of my beautiful banquet receipts have been layed out for me
It's been played out for me

Don't have time for your fear
Your truth and your queer little feets
And your joy and your sweet little boy
And you're trapped in your sphere
I'm sorry, but no one's home

I couldn't hear you and now I think I've lost you
I could have made it easier and you would think that's good
Don't remember feeling older any worse than feeling wooden and alone

[Thanks to btoma@hotmail.com for lyrics]

Sticky soul, get a little lost on my own
Hey, general, need a little love in that hot hole of yours

One way's now and Saturdays
Are now kittens, all wrapped in cement
From cradle to gumdrops
Got me running, girl, as fast as I can

And is it right, butterfly?
They like you better framed and dried

And, daddy dear, if I can kill one man why not two?
Well, nurses smile, when you got iron veins you can't stain their pretty shoes

And pompons and cherry blondes
And their kittens, still wrapped in cement
From God's saviours to gumdrops
Got me running, girl, as fast as I can

And is it right, butterfly?
They like you better framed and dried

Got me a pretty garden

[Thanks to btoma@hotmail.com for lyrics]

I'll be by your side whenever you need me
I'll be by your side whenever you call my name

I saw you there, you were standing all alone
But you didn't know that I'd become wither so soon to take you home

I'll be by your side whenever you need me
I'll be by your side whenever you call my name

You thought I walked out, you thought that I walked out of your life
It isn't easy to forget someone like you, it's gonna be alright

Dry your eyes, baby, don't you cry, open wide
Open your heart to me, let me see what is in your mind
Now, baby, try, you know what you mean to me

I'll be by your side whenever you need me
I'll be by your side whenever you call my name

[Thanks to btoma@hotmail.com for lyrics]

It's dark in here
So follow me
I'm so scared
Your hand's so cold

No, it can't be - I'd never leave you standing there
No, it can't be - I want you here with me

And I'll be waiting

Remember me?
I'm still the same
You seem so real
You haven't changed

No, it can't be - I'm dizzy from the twist of fate
No, it can't be - I want you here with me

No, it can't be - I'd never leave you standing there
No, it can't be - I want you here with me

And I'm shaking

No, it can't be - I'd never leave you standing there
No, it can't be - I want you here

No, it can't be - I'd never, never leave you there
No, no - I'd never leave you standing there

And I'll be waiting

[Thanks to btoma@hotmail.com for lyrics]

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