1. |
Back In America
04:28
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COUPLET 1:
As I walk these streets
That I’ve known since a child
With so much a changin’
I don’t recognize you no more
When my mama said
Girl you better leave it alone
Been 10 years you gone now
You can’t call this place your home
And I hear the preacher
Beating down in the back of my head
Telling me to turn a cheek
But I can’t look away
I’ve seen so many brothers in the street
Begging me to look a’ their way
But I’ve become so numb
That I can’t see their pain
No no
REFRAIN:
BACK IN AMERICA
COUPLET 2:
When this was my home
I couldn’t see the destruction
With so much corruption,
Baby, I lay my head to cry
these streets, these walls,
these homes without shelter or care
People calling out in vain
But no one sees they’re there
COUPLET:
BACK IN AMERICA
OUTRO:
I don’t know this place no more
But I see all your pain now
I can’t call this place my home
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2. |
Not In My Name
02:54
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COUPLET 1:
Can’t you see that I
Just wanna be free
Tired of all the lying
That I hear around me
Why these screens keep telling me that there ain’t no truth
Want to believe that this ain’t gonna be the new
I don’t want to hear it, no –
It won’t do.
It won’t do.
COUPLET 2:
So tired of all the liars – spreading hate across the land
We all see the same damn thing
Don’t say you don’t see it.
It won’t do – just waiting around
Believing there’s nothing to do
Saying “I keep praying for a change to come”
No it won’t do – NOT IN MY NAME
COUPLET 3:
All my worth – or what its worth to me (what it’s worth to me)
Trying hard – got to believe (gotta believe)
Got to believe there’s a world
Where brothers aren’t living in fear
Come on say it loud (say it loud!)
NOT IN MY!
OUTRO:
And my brother said
“I can’t breathe”
I can’t breathe
I can’t breathe!
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3. |
Hear Me
02:36
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COUPLET 1:
Like a bad dream
Your love is getting me down
And I can’t help it
Oh no
They tried to tell me
But I couldn’t see
No I couldn’t hear the sound
REFRAIN:
Can you hear the sound?
Hear me!
COUPLET 2:
Like a bad dream
Your love is so unreal
We’re going faster and faster
Around the bend
This spells disaster
When I’m looking to the end.
REFRAIN:
Can you hear the sound?
Hear me!
OUTRO:
Oh baby hear me!
Hear me!
Oh baby hear me!
Talkin to you right now.
Oh and you’re talking and you’re talking
Talking, talking all night long.
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4. |
Pass You By
03:44
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COUPLET 1:
The bible taught me
There’s a world outside
That’s full of corruption
Temptations & lies
The preacher told me
Better run and hide
But I ain’t gonna let
Life go and pass me by
REFRAIN 1:
It’s from life that I’ve learned
You’ve only get one shot
Don’t let it pass you up
COUPLET 2:
Had someone told me
That the world outside
Is full of wonder
Don’t let it pass you up
What the bible taught me
Turned my world upside
Learned for myself
That their sins are a lie.
REFRAIN 2:
Yes I want to do good
But I can’t be scared to live
Don’t let it pass you by
I tried to be good
But I gotta live to learn
Don’t let it pass you up
I know I can can go
But it’s hard to break
OUTRO:
Why can’t I (x2)
Why can’t I think for myself?
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5. |
Keep On Pushing
03:34
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COUPLET 1:
I’mma keep on tryin’
Cuz my guts tellin me its real
I try to be little wiser
Tryin’ to fight for what I believe in
REFRAIN:
I keep pushin’
I keep pushin’
I keep pushin’
So don’t push me down
COUPLET 2:
People are living divided.
We got People living in shame.
When The days only get hotter
But the world is losing its flame
We got to try to try to change the game
We got to get when the getting is good
Put your hand towards your fellow man
Try to listen try to learn
Try to understand why we keep pushin!
REFRAIN:
Keep on pushing
We Keep pushin’
Keep on pushin’
You’re gonna get there
PONT:
(Keep on Pushin’ Oh!
Keep on pushin’) x4
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6. |
Night Crawl
04:19
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COUPLET 1:
Every day you fall in love/ with someone new ~
Every night you turn into/ somebody else --
You work’ all day (ahhhh)
So you can go and work the night’ (ahhhh)
You know it ain’t right so they say
But it feels so good
COUPLET 2:
Every night you got somewhere - somewhere to go --- (ahhhh)
Every night you make another - another home --- (ahhhh)
If it was up to you, oh baby,
There wouldn’t be no day
So you run and you run
You looking
But you know she ain’t there
REFRAIN:
You wanna go
You wanna go
On the night crawl
COUPLET 3:
What can you do?
What can you say?
Just to get her – to get her to stay
Searching -yes you’re searching
In the neon light
You’ll keep on looking as the moon runs up
The sight of her heels as her lights turn low
black puddle between her eyes
Baby you’re ready – you’re to ready to fly
REFRAIN:
You wanna go
You wanna go
On the night crawl
On the night crawl
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7. |
Daddy Issues
04:37
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COUPLET 1:
My daddy was a player
Couldn’t leave it alone
Wouldn’t follow the rules, no
He lived just for himself
And there were never laughter
Cuz you was never there
You was always gone with some hazy eyes
And a bag a dope
COUPLET 2:
My daddy was a player
No rolling stone
He never followed no rules no
He lived just for himself
I think about my mother
I think about my brothers
Another broken home, but just leave it alone
I can’t stand myself
Em
PONT:
Can you give up your
Can you give up your
Love (2 voix) x2
I want to learn to trust
But I had to understand ---
That you was just a man with your own problems
I couldn’t get to you
Somebody trying
I come running back again ---
I got my own issues
And Daddy you’re
Daddy you’re one
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8. |
Never Enough
03:47
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COUPLET 1:
I’m sick an’ tired
Of hearin’ bout your lies
And your cheatin’ heart
When my girlfriends called me up
Told me you was out in the club
Never have I felt so lonely
Never have I felt so blue
You keep runnin to me baby
But it feels like you’re runnin’ me dry
REFRAIN:
It’s never enough
No baby, it’s never enough
It’s never enough
I can’t give what cha’ want
COUPLET 2:
All this time
You had me thinkin’ our love was true
But now I see that your old ways coming through
Never have I felt so lonely
Never have I felt so blue
You keep on sayin’ believe me
And then you up and make me a fool
REFRAIN:
It’s never enough
No baby, it’s never good enough
It’s never enough
I can’t give what cha’ want
PONT:
I’ve spent so many restless
Endless nights
Trying to prove my love but
Ya treat me like a child
Got me acting wild
OUTRO:
Oh it’s never enough
My love is never good enough
It’s never good enough
Its never never never
Never good enough
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9. |
Go On
03:18
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COUPLET 1:
I have walked a thousand miles
I have been through trials and trials
I ain’t waiting for tomorrow,
To pick me up
I ain’t hoping for a better day,
Being good is enough
(I’ve been looking for some kind of thrill)
Ya don’t know what you’re coming here for but it
--sure feels good
(I’ve been waiting for someone to fufill)
Come on fill me up
COUPLET 2:
So go on with it baby,
You can’t break this heart of mine. (come on try to break this heart of mine/ come on try to break)
If it don’t matter how I play
If you ain’t listening I’ll say it again. (keep saying, baby keep saying, say it once again now)
Ya never was a very good lover
Never was a friend
You bettin’ on a losing game
For what it’s worth in the end
Now is the time to get in line
To get yourself together
Try to give a little bit (hoo-hoo x2)
Won’t ya meet me halfway
I’ve been looking for some kind of thrill
I know I’m just looking for a good time boy
I’ve been waiting for someone to fufill
Baby fill me up.
REFRAIN:
So go on
Go on.
Oh baby, go on.
PONT:
(don’t know what you’re gettin’ here boy
don’t know what you got)
You don’t know that I’ve been a waiting (x2)
You don’t know that I ain’t waiting for love
There will come a day
When the rains will get you down
There will come a day
When there ain’t nothing to get you out
I’ve been thinking that a little love will up and do me some good
But baby, baby I ain’t looking for
a lover to get me down
REFRAIN:
So go on
Go on.
Oh baby, go on.
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10. |
Gone For Good
04:10
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COUPLET 1:
Always was a little ‘runner ----
Who didn’t want no’ home
(mmhhm mmhhm)
By the time you get done a runnnin’
You’ll find you’re all alone
Thinking time will keep on a runnin’
But don’t let it pass you by
REFRAIN:
Don’t take it for granted
Give love when you have it
Cause you never know
When it’s gone for good (when it’s gone)
COUPLET 2:
You’ve been running in circles
Thinking time always gonna be on your side
(choeur “eeewww” in the middle lines)
Was it worth the ‘ pain~
Living for your self? (uh-huh)
PONT:
You’ve been thinking
About leaving
If you’re thinking
Then you better run
When you go
Baby I’m gone for good
COUPLET 3:
Always was a little runner (uh huh)
Never could keep yourself in line (uh huh)
Yes, you’ve been a creepin’ (ohh)
I’m at home a weepin’ (ohh)
Wondering how did I get so low?
Are you calling this love?
You really think this is
You was good
But you ain’t worth the waiting
Better let you go and run
REFRAIN:
Don’t take it for granted (don’t take it for granted)
Give love when you have it (give love when)
Cause you’ll never know (eeww descending)
When it’s gone
Oh hooohhhh
Don’t take it for granted
(don’t take it for grant ed)
Give love when you have it (give some love if you want to get some)
No you never know (ahhhh)
Baby you’ll finally feel when I’m gone
It’s gone for good.
OUTRO:
(When she’s gone) x3
(mmhh-hmmm)
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