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01. grind 02. not that complicated 03. bounce with me 04. visions 05. crows 06. paths 07. time passes by 08. Jah provide 09. war 10. eyes up 11. blue collar 12. you know Howie...
=== lyrics=== 01 grind wakeup! to another somber day in the race another nine hours of steps? jah, i hope i keep pace every body on the bus has the same face buried in different books on the same page i take comfort in the fact that my ride's fast just a three hour tour--i want my life back! i pray to the clock as sleep walkers run past here's my chauffeur, the number 4 go-go-gadget bus pass! the ride home: i'm a man who is utterly defeated been flattened all day by sad vibes and bad feelings can't seem to shake these leeches unraveling my peeling and a million other lifeforms weigh down on my being but you would never know it just to see me how much the dark prince use babylon to defeat me only your strength and jah will ever keep me from conceding so this is me on my knees thanking you for your healing
like clockwork my schedule is set the world's weight placed right on my neck like a cog in the wheel i'm kept at high pace cause they turned my marathon into a race like clockwork my schedule is set the world's weight placed right on my neck i don't care what they say i'm still gonna fight cause grindin' every day ain't any kind of life
from high on this outpost i survey this mess cost of living been raised includes fear and more stress the same god we love is the same god we test with our lies and our wars and beliefs we are best
like clockwork my schedule is set the world's weight placed right on my neck like a cog in the wheel i'm kept at high pace cause they turned my marathon into a race like clockwork my schedule is set the world's weight placed right on my neck i don't care what they say i'm still gonna fight cause grindin' every day ain't any kind of life
from high on this outpost we survey this mess cost of living been raised includes fear and more stress the same god we love is the same god we test with our lies and our wars and beliefs we are best
this one goes out to the clock watchers cause I was one too and I know that you're out there you spend your work week counting down seconds avoiding your boss and making plans for the weekend but its only Monday and you wanted more Sundays so swallow the drug that your morning mandates it's burning your tongue but breathing no fire accomplish so little cause your body so wired but its almost five so down to the dive with toothpaste in the dash just to hide it from your wife then you're stuck in the couch for the rest of the night its called a routine and this is your life so if you wanna get out of the grind and your friends are sick and tired of listening to you whine just stop trading five days for two and do what you love, what your suppose to do
like clockwork my schedule is set the world's weight placed right on my neck like a cog in the wheel i'm kept at high pace cause they turned my marathon into a race like clockwork my schedule is set the world's weight placed right on my neck i don't care what they say i'm still gonna fight cause grindin' every day ain't any kind of life
02 it's not that complicated my mind is awake and i can't slow it down these feelings inside swirlin' 'round and around my head in a whirlwind; i caught in the draft now i just went to far and there's no turning back
i & i defend against babylon all of i day i & i march through the dark though i can't see the way
and i won't try and run and i won't try and hide from these shadows that start to creep up on my mind the shapes that they take as i wait for daybreak melt away with the flow of this flame that we make
apocalyptic optimists temporary residents we ill from the sense life is meaningless six billion of us still wander in lust told we are broken but dream of innocence sold off like tokens viewed in percentages by men made from the same dust as us insane -- work for nothin' to take to your grave pavement covering your final resting place we'll never rest our pace till the asphalts erased till we can see the stars flashy cars leave the race our catchy march emanates from the basement inside our mind; the light shinin' in our statements
i & i defend against babylon all of i day i & i march through the dark though i can't see the way
and i won't try and run and i won't try and hide from these shadows that start to creep up on my mind the shapes that they take as i wait for daybreak melt away with the flow of this flame that we make
03 bounce with me we found the funk mixed in some punk yeah, we got the blues for reggae music to use mixed in hip-hop makin' each beat drop yeah, we got the funk so everybody just jump!
and bounce with me, bounce with me, bounce with me...x4
funk is the lady who grind the wash machine funk is the lady steady hustlin' the green funky is the lady yellin' five hail mary's funky is the lady skanking in the library funk is the lady at the sandwich shop givin' off that funky vibe cause she dance with a mop funky is the lady climbin' corporate ladders funkin' with the boss--but not for her status funky ain't the girl obsessin' 'bout her makeup funky ain't the girl--chest bouncin' fulla fake stuff funky ain't the girl with the fake and bake tan but funk is on tour cause the chimney van can! so funky is the lady the immigrants meet standin' in between their freedom and dreams and funky is the lady who storm the whitehouse take control and throw unholy mother funker bush right-out
when we hit the dance floor everybody movin' their feet we gonna rock the block and all the people in the spot gonna spill out into the street
baby are feelin' the groove you know i got nothin' to lose all the hunnies in the spot makin' eyes at me but i only wanna dance with you so gimmee the mic to ignite this night right dedicate this flight to the time of our lives cause this train don't stop till the mornin' light so either get out the way or come along for the ride see when i hit the dance floor i give up all of my stress i let the flow grow whole with every little step and this weight drops right off my neck so listen up girl i wanna have me some fun i wanna let loose and get down till we see the sun come dance with me i hope you're feelin' it too i'd give everything i own just to feel you move
when we hit the dance floor everybody movin' their feet we gonna rock the block and all the people in the spot gonna spill out into the street
keep rolling to 38th and Lincoln after party all night, trying to greet the sunrise no surpise--she got a man already when she came for the music but she stayed to get friendly so if you find me getting down on the floor just tap me on the shoulder and pass me one more because tonight there was a Pabst flight and it's harder to get drunk when you're drinking Coors light yo bmerz! hey P.Hill what's cracking? you seen SpecialGuest? no way he passed out yet yo, go check his room i hope he's wearing his shoes you gonna write on his face? please go the fuck away!
when we hit the dance floor everybody movin' their feet we gonna rock the block and all the people in the spot gonna spill out into the street
04 visions visions of roots visions of truth visions of strong women and a well fed youth with open hearts and conscious minds I pray for them thing lord in my time until that day the struggle move on this is just another revolution song a better world with our eyes wide open in the wind feel the vibe deep inside from this flame deep within these visions of sessions teachin' they lessons me lessen the pressure, bring forth jah message foretellings of a life long lived free of stress give thanks and praise for every last breath now chant down babylon set on a fire for every situation revolution requires...
visions of roots visions of truth visions of strong women and a well fed youth with open hearts and conscious minds I pray for them thing lord in my time until that day the struggle move on this is just another revolution song
feel dem creep each shallow exhale i seek can't breathe and my lights recede so pale and week a virus breed deep in my frail temple i'm drownin' in the puddle that i wretch each day keep putrid from my veins-await visions you get the bends, float away still i stay to seek truth, dream deep, grow my roots stay humble to whom i'm a slave these...
visions of roots visions of truth visions of strong women and a well fed youth with open hearts and conscious minds I pray for them thing lord in my time until that day the struggle move on this is just another revolution song
so stand up straight and lace up your boots respect the boys in fatigues not the man in the suit you can't trust him, he's a liar and a crook he tax me two cent then give me back just one tell me what would Abe have done? if he knew his likeness wasn't worth the copper that it's printed on what song would he have sung? he'd a called for another revolution
visions of roots visions of truth visions of strong women and a well fed youth with open hearts and conscious minds I pray for them thing lord in my time until that day the struggle move on this is just another revolution song
05 crows like a seed in the earth straight from my birth i'm beset from all sides so i reach for the sky every day told how much i worth by the birds who don't sing they just wait in the wings with their incessant cackles to put me in shackles tellin' me what can make i complete grow up little boy forget how to fly just tuck back your wings turn away from the sky you'll forget what its like in a while say let me be let me be don't bother me just let me find peace in the path that i seek i'm not tryin' to hurt no one
but there's a murder outside nestin' above the street they're the first to rise and they never let me sleep but they tell me crow's so intelligent but do they hear me when i tell them to get bent?
let me be, let me be as i pass down the street keep my soul on my sleeve so my past can't bother me our movement is this new type of beat our generation make no more history repeat we found everything is one our atoms are rocks, kings, and suns and history exists despite forgetfulness but "we only gonna die for our own arrogance"** like my past is special? crows in every direction are words of discretion from this spectator session of a murder outside...
but there's a murder outside nestin' above the street they're the first to rise and they never let me sleep but they tell me crow's so intelligent but do they hear me when i tell them to get bent?
sometimes I'm alone and stuck inside my head but my head is my home or so say the dread where my friends visit me even when they're dead and I can hear Bradley and all the things he said he said ohh! take this flow and share love with all that you know for music is the gift that Jah give the people so we send it back but not from the steeple from our yards and our homes and our watering holes never quenching our thirst never spilling our load
but there's a murder outside nestin' above the street they're the first to rise and they never let me sleep but they tell me crow's so intelligent but do they hear me when i tell them to get bent?
**quoted: Bradley Knowles, Sublime, "We're Only Gonna Die For Our Arrogance"
06 paths i'm a sucker for the sky and all that it shows got a passion for this life and everything that grows everybody racin' faster i just take it slow take in everything i can many miles left to go so relax for a minute let me buy you a Guinness life loses its lessons if its all about business like christmas the message is lost sit and witness as i slip on my flip flops
a birkenstock prophet pocket judgment and listen troubles all lost in stride--stop, look, pay attention! train tracks! dirth paths take my back from my past one speed, full steam, to stroll with roses, composin' my life steady slowin' grow when no hope is left to control my river flow, consenents and concepts one step at a time, uphill caverns i climb unset by dynamite--tryin' to fight in eight bar bomb threats
if you find the path jah sit you on the grass change your nalgene into a wine carafe
we keep these words over heat so you know we don't bluff keep our eyes to the sky we always lookin' up keep our hearts to the beat our ears to the street meditate everyday deep breath on jah way
the trees in my dreams come in all shades of green and you see the stars shine cause i cut out the high beams it seems life lays out a path say so long to all that take a stroll on the grass free to be free to roam wherever wind blows feel the flow connect muse with mind body and soul jah jah know with no faith i no rise open eyes awake wide for the sunrise
i feel my roots always sinkin' seekin' truth for the drinkin' shakin' halts from my journey stop dem stop lights a blinkin' taken bets now takin' steps i and i awakens next single planet to protect grown in spite the litmus test i feel my roots never loosen--rail spike driven deep keep my skin tone translucent--hue and music never meet one plus this terrible twosome--microphone, my mind, and me like paul bunyon, ox and axe--reggae, jah, and bob Marley
if you find the path jah sit you on the grass let it take your hand make the future the past if you find the path jah sit you on the grass let it take your hand make the future the past
we keep these words over heat so you know we don't bluff keep our eyes to the sky we always lookin' up keep our hearts to the beat our ears to the street meditate everyday deep breath on jah way
if you find the path jah sit you in grass them words will lift your stress spirit caress if you find the path jah sit you in grass them words will lift your stress spirit caress
07 time passes by Time passes by where does it go It forms our memories it builds our souls Time passes by and we grow old We learn our lessons release control
How am I living How am I loving How am I giving In the pushing and shoving in the world As time passes by
The way that I'm loving is how I'm becoming A man in the world that can't help but stumbling In the dark, or tripping in the light Their squinting all day got their shades on at night Their tending always that the fade is just right All just in case they got to break this time Let me remind you that we see for the blind Show all that shines cause music is the most high
Time passes by what do we see Life moves in cycles for you and me Time passes by love is the key How are we changing how are we free
How am I living How am I loving How am I giving In the pushing and shoving in the world As time passes by
this carousel is circular wood horses go down and up unbearable is uncertain good choices wont drown in the history our memory's imagery vividly christening remembering the moment's where we're living a slowing is beginning choices ever mounting our soul is appending--time cycles through our ending the whole trick is spending heart beats with my kin replace the clock ticking with my drum beating 'neath my skin
Time passes by what do we do Day after day what do we choose Time passes by do we have a clue Love lasts forever does that matter to you
How are you living How are you loving How are you giving In the pushing and shoving in the world As time passes by
08 jah provide it was a late night we were standing outside when we learned this, this lesson of life he said "hold out your hand in the light" let me share some, for you look like my kind and without fear his request we obliged got a handful of a welcome surprise and he told us with a look in his eye "this ain't karma, this is how jah provide"
as i wake up wipe the sleep from my eyes let me shake up this doubt in my mind never take up with them wicked enterprise so i wake up everyday jah provide
my fingertips shakin quakin no help from blankets statements current in this pool reflect the plans that i been makin never fakin seldom waitin on this path that i been takin time unwinds the sun still shines everyday as i am wakin and I feel it deep in my soul trifle trappings of this world could never make me feel whole so i let go of all that i know accept the peace of mind that comes when i give up control
i seen jah remove a cancer to prove the power in prayer is only that you do your method or way, the words that you say: frosting on a cake jah provided and bake when we pray jah, just flexin' the soul to resonate our love out into this world returnin' in numbers 10 fold the energy we live within give us control
as i wake up wipe the sleep from my eyes let me shake up this doubt in my mind never take up with them wicked enterprise so i wake up everyday jah provide
in this web that connects each life to the next the vibes we project affect the air in our breath a monarch's wing flap make a building collapse like our thoughts for your health make a virus retract when i wake up i see jah provide your Path and our guide forever coincide this blanket we throw on our eyes can't see our religions should never make us fight
as i wake up wipe the sleep from my eyes let me shake up this doubt in my mind never take up with them wicked enterprise so i wake up everyday jah provide
09 war feel dem fire as we burn down these walls never tire for we march ever on everyday babylon tear at our soul but no way no comprimise what we know tear a straight path through this wasteland of snares traps and lies consumer use prove the truth they blindin' our eyes they say that we at war yet for dem interests we fight all the while the real struggle is the battle for you mind
struggle indelible, wagin' war inside my head under this skeletal casin'--torn my mind to shreds left and right combine, divide my tripelet eye befreft i fly--mine's a battle of a different type feel dem fiya burn up--on a stove iron turned hot remains my brain pan--think back as far as i can i see this seige and drama holdin' 'tween craving chocolate moldin' consciousness, my conscience is replaced by my mama's scoldin's
war, we at war strap on your armor get ready to fight war, we at war for who control your mind be controllin' your life
i strap my pans and mama's pots across my head on my chest look like calvin and hobbes flossin' teflon my vest scalin' grey matter walls of my mental fortress to obstruct my nemesis i hadda lock myself in thin tinfoil surrounds disrupts reception headsets talk in code on the cell i get the drop on the feds this surveillance plots exactly it's just like orwell said we just a lot more distracted and a lot better fed!
we heard the call for action and started singing instead you should have seen their reaction when I reached for my pen I started scribbling notes, needing cathartic unload can't damn the mind for to long when the dike has a hole so as distractions unfold I dismiss them away and know the things that I hold, can't hold me at bay but my ships coming in, customs don't trust me today they say their fine with the cargo but hate the questions I raise
war, we at war strap on your armor get ready to fight war, we at war for who control your mind be controllin' your life
denomination explanation and parental expectation are just verbal interactions to confirm your reservation in a cultured mind, the social unconscious if you keep the kids sedated then you don't have watch us cause we think on our own and we don't need no sitter but could use a teacher raise my taxes to pay 'em I got a dome to mold, A's make the grade but C's earn the same degrees that help you get paid
standardized tests breed them best while in modernized nests mother culture snag dem babies while they suckin' at the breast all the rest in distress steady clutchin' at they flesh for resistin' arrest take two slugs to the chest preconceive our dreams till we believe that freedom isn't free perceive the scene as the green breeds fear into disease so we bleed and plant trees makin' weapons out of trees consciously kill the message of the murderous machine
war, we at war strap on your armor get ready to fight war, we at war for who control your mind be controllin' your life
10 eyes up Eyes open with the sunrise in the morning Givin' thanks and praise to be alive Roll out of bed set my head no need for worries instead Enjoy the picture perfect pure peace of mind See all the struggles and the wars well we don't have them no more Hunger trouble disappears world wide We'll raise our children as a village no CEO can pillage Take a breath the air and water's just fine So empty out your spaces all you many faces There's no more reason to hide See all your hardships and your missteps you can leave em at your doorstep Step out into the light
what would you say if you woke up today and nothing was the same? the faces are there, your prayers have been answered a peaceful blanket of change what would you say if you woke up today and nothing was the same? hate's been erased fear and greed been replaced how you gonna live it up today?
Waking from a dream ain't as bad as it seems Realize those dreams today For the dreams you've been having (yo! just make it happen) with the work done 'pon the way Feel the light on your eyes illuminate the surprise Get up out of that bed And everywhere that we go we'll see smiles on those Faces that are usually sad Because the best way to spend your day When you know that your needs are met Is with you by my side, teaching me a new stride Add a new bounce to my step
What would you say if you woke up today and nothing was the same? What would you say if you woke up today and nothing was the same?
stir from a dream took all my life to conceive finally feel rested—peaceful serene next to me she's expressin': YES! now it's time to leave step off the pavement treadin' acres we dancin' with the speed of the light that shines for everyone to see that the rain will fall but that don't upset me we can see each other as one human being respect to the mother of the earth, sea, you, and me diversity of culture some space in between know each other don't govern over the way the other be the queen and me discoverin' all there is for we and for we free to holler and frolic in the anarchy
what would you say if you woke up today and nothing was the same? what would you say if you woke up today and nothing was the same?
Well as for me and my queen there's so much to see These dreams can finally take seed We'll keep our head up in the moment take a breath and hold it This is what its like to be free
just imagine that existence amidst the instance erasin' future and past we focus on the present an entire perspective shifts your perception as the daytime unwinds we'll just kick it here forever
and we can go dancin' in the street if we want and we'll keep dancin' till we crack the pavement and we can keep dancin' till the sun goes down we'll be dancin' till tomorrow and we'll sing it out loud
what would you say if you woke up today and nothing was the same? the faces are there, your prayers have been answered a peaceful blanket of change what would you say if you woke up today and nothing was the same? hate's been erased fear and greed been replaced how you gonna live it up today?
11 blue collar i see the blue and whites scream at him blurring through the night pools of light a fool in flight pursued in spite red lights keep flashing a confused abused layoff is thrasing no options left—no eggs is hatched yet desperate times and his wife call for actions desperate crimes and his life comes down crashing a dark alley was the only avenue then it happened a deal broke through the floor, so it happened an old couple wrong turned round the corner got one to many names, saw a face, heard some voices the man laid-off recognized it was his boss flashed a blade, stabbed away cause all hope was lost imagine me as the man desperate screamin' demands i die to save this world but i'm tired and shunned cause i'm wired to love in every single fight so this mic is my knife…now it's your money or your life
there ain't no use in poppin' blue collars in a white collar world where handshakes is dollars its dirty today but its clean tomorrow put blue and white together let 'em bleed on each other
blue collar i hear the holler being locked into wages white collars poppin' polos feeling stocked advantages handcuffed in golden cages, got stuff but no patience like: bigger the tv—better the football game is let's jump this slave ship find floatation the ancient pavement can break if only we wait patient, shown the way since the time our mind escaped like smoke from incense we rise…found a team to make lift stole away the daily grind recipe to bake hits you scheme to break free instead we break bread we sing in the streets and bring home the bacon our time is taken in increments shifts and phases lives get shaken just like unwanted babies our perverse experiments at poor creation overcrowd the continents to staff our slave shifts
there ain't no use in poppin' blue collars in a white collar world where handshakes is dollars its dirty today but its clean tomorrow put blue and white together let 'em bleed on each other
Boots and blue collars, sons working with fathers They're learning a trade that's outdated and faded and the hands that they trained are being replaced like McEnroe's racket after he got aced (x2)
A button up white collar is hard to get clean From lipstick, pit stains, pen breaks, and neck rings Good thing for you that the shirt is no bother Got your size is on file down at Brooks Brothers Cause while these the needs of the bourgeois Are met with the sweat of their underlings Working swing and graveyard and driving forklift Mopping floors, stocking shelves and prep the day shift Service calls, service vans working nights and weekends A handy man provides a certain peace of mind A blue collar reminds you that the grease is soaked in No need to replace a good work-shirt when It's getting dirty tomorrow and next week again Until the buttons fall off and the collar wears thin But I still won't pop it NO! not even then Because my patience is gone for these recycled trends
there ain't no use in poppin' blue collars in a white collar world where handshakes is dollars its dirty today but its clean tomorrow put blue and white together let 'em bleed on each other
12 you know Howie... we make them hits hurt outPost puttin' work back into knee jerks, ear perks and weed smirks lyrical bundle aligned for eight spaces hear a loud rumble as tyler stauss laces guitars, drums, horns, voices, and bass hits Howie Do make us stumble out the van with the squints random events give the hits significance but just try and make sense when we make your knees lift heads up! heads up! SpecialGuest on the chorus next hits on us wont you let us distort your movements? kiosk kick off the next verse--P.Hill's turn heads up! heads up! and loan your one dome to the sped up threat of tmpILL's version of rock'em sock'em robots hits to the noggin' till your head pops off!
when the basement jumpin' the hits keep comin' put your head on straight let your mind start flowin' cause justice is ridin' till the truth come crashin' the hits are for two steps and dancin'
Put your hands up if the hits keep coming Cause we'll box your ears but your feet get punished If you try and keep stepping through the whole damn set And if you trying to keep time, just watch me and Brian If you lose the beat check the one in your chest Cause that's where we started and that's where it will rest For the dearly departed and the SpecialGuest Keep it close to your heart like a knight and his crest Ride on! Ride on! Feel a break in the song But if you step too strong we'll bust through the floor Just like we rocking at the Crystal Ballroom! Dance floor! Bouncing all night long You should sing along if you can carry a tune You know how we do in a cloudy room
when the basement jumpin' the hits keep comin' put your head on straight let your mind start flowin' cause justice is ridin' till the truth come crashin' the hits are for two steps and dancin'
Fall in line by design got you movin' in time All you people raise your fist in the air We droppin' rhymes all night like a surgical strike Interlaced with the base and the snare We make and take hits vacate the premises If you suckahs only came here to scrap Cause it'll be a quick trip hit the floor with your lip outPost ya'll know where its all So get up, get up Get your head in the clouds Howie Do and my crew about to roll through Nod your head to the NorthWest sound So Get up get up Turn the bass up loud Givin' music to the people Bringin' hope to the feeble Come on get your feet off the ground.
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