Across 110th Street .......... Bobby Womack

Beaumont's Lament .......... Dialogue

Strawberry Letter 23 .......... Brothers Johnson

Melanie Simone And Sharonda .......... Dialogue

Who Is He (And What Is He To You?) .......... Bill Withers

Tennesse Stud .......... Johnny Cash

Natural High .......... Bloodstone

Long Time Woman .......... Pam Grier

Detroit 9000 .......... Dialogue

Letter To The Firm (Holy Matrimony) .......... Foxy Brown

Street Life .......... Randy Crawford

Didn't I Blow Your Mind This Time .......... The Delfonics

Midnight Confessions .......... The Grass Roots

Inside My Love .......... Minnie Riperton

Just Ask Melanie .......... Dialogue

The Lion And The Cucumber ( Instrumental ) .......... The Vampire Sound Inc.

Monte Carlo Nights ( Instrumental ) .......... Elliot Easton's Tiki Gods

I was the third brother of five,
Doing whatever I had to do to survive.
I'm not saying what I did was alright,
Trying to break out of the ghetto was a day to day fight.

Been down so long, getting up didn't cross my mind,
I knew there was a better way of life that I was just trying to find.
You don't know what you'll do until you're put under pressure,
Across 110th Street is a hell of a tester.

Across 110th Street,
Pimps trying to catch a woman that's weak
Across 110th Street,
Pushers won't let the junkie go free.
Across 110th Street,
Woman trying to catch a trick on the street.
Across 110th Street,
You can find it all in the street.

Woooooh oooh-oooh ah

I got one more thing I'd like to y'all about right now.
Hey brother, there's a better way out.
Snorting that coke, shooting that dope man you're copping out.
Take my advice, it's either live or die.
You've got to be strong, if you want to survive.

The family on the other side of town,
Would catch hell without a ghetto around.
In every city you find the same thing going down,
Harlem is the capital of every ghetto town.

Across 110th Street,
Pimps trying to catch a woman that's weak
Across 110th Street,
Pushers won't let the junkie go free.
Across 110th Street,
A woman trying to catch a trick on the street, ouh baby
Across 110th Street,
You can find it all in the street.
Yes he can, oh

Look around you, just look around you,
Look around you, look around you, uh yeah.

Louis:
"Who's that?"

Ordell:
"That's Beaumont."

Louis:
"Who's Beaumont?"

Ordell:
"Oh, an employee I had to let go."

Louis:
"What'd he do?"

Ordell:
"He put himself in the position where he was going to have to do ten years in prison,
that's what he did. If you know Beaumont, you know there ain't no goddamn way he gonna do ten years.
And if you know that, you know that Beaumont is gonna do anything
Beaumont can to keep from doing them ten years,
including telling the federal government any, and every motherfucking thing about my black ass.
Now that, my friend, is a clear cut case of him or me, and you best believe, it ain't gonna be me.

Hello, my love
I heard a kiss from you
Red magic satin playing near, too

All through the morning rain
I gaze - the sun doesn't shine -
Rainbows and waterfalls run through my mind

In the garden - I see west
Purple shower, bells and tea
Orange birds and river cousins dressed in green

Pretty music I hear - so happy
And loud - blue flower echo
From a cherry cloud

Feel sunshine sparkle pink and blue
Playgrounds will laugh
if you try to ask
Is it cool?, is it cool?

If you arrive and don't see me
I'm going to be with my baby
I am free - flying in her arms, over the sea

Stained window, yellow candy screen
See speakers of kite - with velvet roses diggin' freedom flight

A present from you - Strawberry letter 22
The music plays, I sit in for a few

Ooh...ooh...ooh...ooh...ooh...

A present from you - Strawberry letter 22
The music plays, I sit in for a few

Ooh...ooh...ooh...ooh...ooh...

Louis:
"But I mean, what, what is she to you?"

Ordell:
"You know, she just one of the bitches I got set up. I got Mel over in Hermosa Beach,
and I rent this little place for Simone over in Compton where you stayin,
and about four blocks away, I got this young 19 year old country girl named Sheronda.
I found her at the bus stop two days outta Georgia, barefoot and country as a chicken coop.
Took her to my place in Compton, told her it was Hollywood.

Louis:
"You told her...she believed you?"

Ordell:
"Hell yeah, to her dumb country ass, Compton is Hollywood, closest she ever been anyway."

A man we passed just tried to stare me down
And when I looked at you, you looked at the ground
I don't know who he is but I think that you do

Dag gummit dag
Who is he and what is he to you

I have something in my heart and in your eyes
Tell me he's not someone just passin' by
And when you cleared your throat was that your cue

Dag gummit dag
Who is he and what is he to you

Now when I add the sum of you and me
I get confused and I keep coming up with three
You're too much for one man but not enough for two

Dag gummit dag
Who is he and what is he to you

Hey you tell me man don't have not much for intuition
That what you really think or are you wishin'
Before you wreck your old home be certain of the new

Dag gummit dag
Who is he and what is he to you

Dag gummit dag
Who is he and what is he to you

Dag gummit dag
Who is he and what is he to you

Dag gummit dag
Who is he and what is he to you

Back about eighteen and twenty-five
I left Tennessee very much alive
I never would've made it through the Arkansas mud
If I hadn't been riding on the Tennessee Stud

Had some trouble with my sweetheart's Pa
One of her brothers was a bad outlaw
I wrote a letter to my Uncle Fudd
And I rode away on the Tennessee Stud

The Tennessee Stud was long and lean
The color of the sun and his eyes were green
He had the nerve and he had the blood
There never was a horse like Tennessee Stud

Drifted on down into no man's land
Across the river called the Rio Grande
Raced my horse with the Spaniard's foe
Til I got me a skin full of silver and gold

Me and the gambler, we couldn't agree
We got in a fight over Tennessee
Pulled our guns and he fell with a thud
And I rode away on a Tennessee Stud

The Tennessee Stud was long and lean
The color of the sun and his eyes were green
He had the nerve and he had the blood
There never was a horse like Tennessee Stud

I rode right back across Arkansas
I whupped her brother and I whupped her Pa
I found that girl with the golden hair
She was riding on a Tennessee Mare

Pretty little baby on the cabin floor
Little horse colt playing round the door
I loved the girl with the golden hair
And the Tennessee Stud loves the Tennessee Mare

The Tennessee Stud was long and lean
The color of the sun and his eyes were green
He had the nerve and he had the blood
There never was a horse like Tennessee Stud

Why do I keep my mind on you all the time
And I don't even know you

Why do I feel this way
Thinking about you every day
And I don't even know you

Take me in your arms
Thrill me with all of your charms

And I'll take to the sky on a natural high
(I want to take to the sky)
Loving you more 'till the day I die
(On the natural high)
Take to the sky on a natural high
(I want you to be mine)
Loving you more.

If you have anything to do
Call me and I will do it for you
And I don't even know you

If I only had one wish to give
That wish would be for you to live forever and ever.
When I see you on the street
My heart skips a beat

And I'll take to the sky on a natural high
(I'll just take to the sky)
Loving you more till the day I die
(on a natural high)
Take to the sky on a natural high
(Loving you more and I don't know you)
Loving you more

I'm gonna try to do
All the things you want me to
If you'll just give me a chance
I'm trying to make something out of a nothing romance
And I don't even know you

Take me in your arms
Thrill me with all of your charms

And I'll take to the sky on a natural high
Loving you more 'till the day I die
(To the sky)

I'll take to the sky on a natural high
Loving you more

And I'll take to the sky on a natural high
Loving you more 'till the day I die

I'll take to the sky on a natural high
Loving loving you

I'll take to the sky on a natural high
Loving you more 'till the day I die

I'll take to the sky on a natural high
Loving loving you

La la la la la la ...

I'm a long time woman
And i'm serving my time
I've been lock away so long now
I forgot my crime

Then working on the road now,
I've been working by the sea
Been working near the cane fields
And I wanna be free

Well ninety nine years is a long long long time
Ninety nine years is such a long long long time
Ninety nine years is a long long time
Well look at me, I'll never be free

I'm a long time woman
Ain't nobody to please
Got a natural feelings
Like a bad disease

Well ninety nine years is a long long time
Well ninety ninety nine years is such a long long time
Well ninety nine years is a long long time
Well look at me, I'll never be free

I'm a long time woman
Hmm, hmm, hmm ..
Doo, doo, doo, doo...

The day I follow Obray Hill climbing on a wet deck...
That day... I cut my throat.

Uhh, I mean damn
Me and you forever hand in hand
I'm married to The Firm boo, you got to understand (understand)
I'll die for em, gimme a chair and then I'll fry for em (fry for em)
And if I got ta take the stand, I'ma lie for em (lie for em)
It's me and you, hand in hand (forever)
I'm married to The Firm boo, you got ta understand (that be we)
I'll die for em, gimme a chair and then I'll fry for em (fry for em)
And if I got ta take the stand, I'ma lie for em (uhh, suga)

Whattup Firm we got these niggaz cornered, so maintain
I got the drugs here, a good amounts the bed behind the back stairs
Like twenty grams plus the caravan
I left the keys by the safe, erase the phone and flip the license plate
Got all the phone calls tapes, and all the weights and ice
To get the dough and the guns, and then we straight
He had the block locked he knew the spot block
On some real web shit to get your spot knocked by killer cops
Tryin to get your shit rocked, he don't know, cause all along
We was plottin to drop on the low, he straight snitch
He don't know how it go, he saw Nas in all the Lex
Then a triple GS, foreala, I kinda think he got a
Feeling I'm squealing me and Tone was on the phone
Probably thinkin we dealin this bug, make sure Un got all the guns
His man Son had the whole mob of arsons
Runnin through Parsons

I mean damn, me and you forever, hand in hand
I'm married to The Firm boo, you got ta understand
I'll die for him, gimme a chair and then I'll fry for em
And if I got ta take the stand, I'ma lie for em (lie for em)
It's me and you, hand in hand (hand in hand)
I'm married to The Firm boo, you got ta understand (forever we)
I'll die for him, gimme a chair and then I'll fry for em (Nas, AZ)
And if I got ta take the stand, I'ma lie for em

Check it peep the plot, so when I beep him y'all be creepin
Cormega know the spot, diminish him, 'Mega finish him
We power, the whole team shinin through like Ma rule
Worse come to worse we got shorties layin on forty-first
They want The Firm som'in awful, to tax som'in
The way we style have a nigga tryin to blast som'in
I guess the way we politic em probably got the niggaz
I know they layin like "Dunn, we got ta stick them niggaz"
In due time, they probably see the Apple sour
and once, we takin over, they'll realize The World is Ours
The faggot niggaz don't deserve bein CREAM
A bunch of snitches on the same team, tryin to reign supreme
Brooklyn Queens thing, we lionhearted never dear departed I mean
You're fuckin with Scarlett O'Hara
Desert em like Sahara, shit you never heard The Firm strictly murderous
Gun is out punana, The Firm's First Lady organizer

G'damn, me and you forever, hand in hand
I'm married to The Firm boo, you got ta understand
I'll die for em, gimme a chair and then I'll fry for em
And if I got ta take the stand, I'ma lie for em
It's me and you, hand in hand
I'm married to The Firm boo, you gots ta understand
I'll die for em, gimme a chair and then I'll fry for em
And if I got ta take the stand, I'ma lie for em

The General, soak time, my partner in crime, Nas and 'Mega
Gon' cry together, shit get real, we gon' die together
I'm like whatever for my team through the cheddah
Through the CREAM we gonna stay together, it's Doe or Die
Through the slanted eyes, I organize family style
Lady Godiva, forever Firm Fox Boogie never lonely
We were wed in Holy Matrimony, whatever
Whichever, however, uhh, Firm style

I mean damn, mean and you forever, hand in hand
I'm married to The Firm boo, you got ta understand
I'll die for em, gimme a chair and then I'll fry for em
And if I got ta take the stand I'ma lie for em
It's me and you hand in hand
I'm married to The Firm boo, you gots ta understand
I'll die for em, gimme a chair and then I'll fry for em
And if I got ta take the stand I'ma lie for em
(repeat to fade)

I play the street life
Because there's no place I can go
Street life
It's the only life I know
Street life
And there's a thousand cards to play
Street life
Until you play your life away

You never people see
Just do you wanna be
And every night you shine
Just like a superstar
The type of life that's played
A temptin' masquerade
You dress you walk you talk
You're who you think you are

Street life
You can run away from time
Street life
For a nickel, for a dime
Street life
But you better not get old
Street life
Or you're gonna feel the cold

There's always love for sale
A grown up fairy tale
Prince charming always smiles
Behind a silver spoon
And if you keep it young
Your song is always sung
Your love will pay your way beneath the silver moon

Street life, street life, street life, oh street life
Hmm, Yeah, oh

I play the street life
Because there's no place I can go
Street life
It's the only life I know
Street life
There's a thousand cards to play
Street life
Until you play your life away
Oh !

Street life, street life, street life, oh street life...

I gave my heart and soul to you, girl
Didn't I do it baby.... didn't I do it baby

Gave you the love you never knew, girl
Didn't I do it baby... didn't I do it baby

I've tried so many times and that's no lie
It seems to make you laugh each time I cry

Didn't I blow your mind this time, didn't I, oh
Didn't I blow your mind this time, didn't I,
Listen

I thought that heart of yours was true, girl
Now didn't I think it baby, babe... didn't I think it baby

But this time I'm really leavin' you, girl
Hope you know it baby... hope you know it baby

Ten times or more, yes, I've walked out that door
Get this into your head, there'll be no more

Didn't I blow your mind this time, didn't I, oh
Didn't I blow your mind this time, didn't I

Didn't I do it baby... didn't I do it baby
Didn't I do it baby... didn't I do it baby

Ten times or more, yes, I've walked out that door
Get this into your head, there'll be no more

Didn't I blow your mind this time, didn't I, oh
Didn't I blow your mind this time, didn't I
I got to leave baby
Didn't I blow your mind this time, didn't I, oh
Didn't I blow your mind this time, didn't I

The sound of your footsteps
Telling me that you're near
Your soft gentle motion, babe
Brings out the need in me that no-one can hear, except

In my midnight confessions
When I tell all the world that I love you
In my midnight confessions
When I say all the things that I want to
I love you

But a little gold ring you wear on your hand makes me understand
There's another before me, you'll never be mine
I'm wasting my time

Staggering through the daytime
Your image on my mind
Passing so close beside you baby
Sometimes the feelings are so hard to hide, except

In my midnight confessions
When I tell all the world that I love you
In my midnight confessions
When I say all the things that I want to
I love you

But a little gold ring you wear on your hand makes me understand
There's another before me, you'll never be mine
I'm wasting my time

In my midnight confessions
When I tell all the world that I love you
In my midnight confessions
When I say all the things that I want to
Na na-nana na na na-na
Na na-nana na na na-na

Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
Two people, just meeting, barely touching each other
Two spirits, greeting, try to carry each further
You are one, and I am another
We should be, one inside each other

You can see inside me, will you come inside me
Do you wanna ride, inside my love
You can see inside me, will you come inside me
Do you wanna ride, inside my love

Two strangers, not strangers
Only lacking the knowing
So willing, feeling
Infinite growing
While we're here, the whole world is turning
We should be, one, fulfilling the yearning

You can see inside me, will you come inside me
Do you wanna ride, inside my love
You can see inside me, will you come inside me
Do you wanna ride, inside my love

You can see inside me, will you come inside me
Do you wanna ride, inside my love
You can see inside me, will you come inside me
Do you wanna ride, inside my love

Inside me, inside me

Melanie:
"Take your thumb off the cup. You okay?"

Louis:
"Yeah, just getting old. Seems I can't smoke or laugh now without coughing."

Melanie:
"Oh, well coughing's good, it opens up the capillaries,
you know when you cough you're pulling air, or in this case...smoke, into parts of the lungs that don't
normally get used, and so, coughing's good, it gets you higher..."

Ordell:
"...and you definately know a lot about that. Goddamn girl, you gettin high already? It's just two o'clock."

Melanie:
"It's that late?"

Ordell:
"You know you smoke too much of that shit, that shit's gonna rob you of your ambition..."

Melanie:
"Not if your ambition's to get high and watch TV."

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