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************************************************** Doo Wop (That Thing)[Intro] Yo, remember back on the Bully When cats used to harmonize like Yo, yo, my men and my women Don't forget about the deen Sirat al-Mustaqeem Yo, it's about a thing, uh, yo, yo If ya feel real good wave your hands in the air And lick two shots in the atmosphere! (Put them up, put them up) (Put them up, put them up) (Put them up, put them up) [Verse 1] It's been three weeks since you were looking for your friend The one you let hit it and never called you again 'Member when he told you he was 'bout the Benjamins? You act like you ain't hear him then give him a little trim To begin, how you think you're really gon' pretend Like you wasn't down and you called him again? Plus, when you give it up so easy you ain't even foolin' him If you did it then, then you'd probably fuck again Talking out your neck, sayin' you're a Christian A Muslim, sleeping with the jinn Now that was the sin that did Jezebel in Who you gon' tell when the repercussions spin? Showing off your ass 'cause you're thinking it's a trend Girlfriend, let me break it down for you again You know I only say it 'cause I'm truly genuine Don't be a hard rock when you really are a gem Baby girl, respect is just a minimum Niggas fucked up and you still defending 'em Now, Lauryn is only human Don't think I haven't been through the same predicament Let it sit inside your head like a million women in Philly, Penn It's silly when girls sell their souls because it's in Look at where you be in, hair weaves like Europeans Fake nails done by Koreans Come again (A win win, come again A win win, come again) [Hook] Guys you know you'd better watch out Some girls, some girls are only about That thing, that thing, that thing That thing, that thing, that thing [Verse 2] The second verse is dedicated to the men More concerned with his rims and his Timbs than his women Him and his men come in the club like hooligans Don't care who they offend, poppin' yang (like you got yen!) Let's stop pretend, the ones that pack pistols by they waist men Cristal by the case men, still in they mother's basement The pretty face men claiming that they did a bid men Need to take care of they three or four kids And they face a court case when the child support late Money taking and heart breaking, now you wonder why women hate men The sneaky, silent men The punk, domestic violence men Quick to shoot the semen, stop acting like boys and be men How you gonna win when you ain't right within? How you gonna win when you ain't right within? How you gonna win when you ain't right within? Come again, come again Come again, come again [Bridge] Watch out, watch out Look out, look out Watch out, watch out Look out, look out Watch out, watch out Look out, look out Watch out, watch out Look out, look out [Hook] Girls, you know you'd better watch out Some guys, some guys are only about That thing, that thing, that thing That thing, that thing, that thing Guys, you know you'd better watch out 'Cause girls, some girls are only about That thing, that thing, that thing That thing, that thing, that thing [Skit/Outro] Class! Hey, we’ve got some very intelligent women here, man Do you think you’re too young to really love somebody? (No! No, no, I don’t think so) I say it for me, uh, I’m an adult I say, wait “You’re too young to be in love, this is silly You’re infatuated or whatever, you got nice jeans You wear fancy Adidas” I mean, it might be something I don’t know (It's the difference from loving somebody and being in love with somebody) Well, you tell me. What’s the difference? (Okay, You can love anybody but when you’re in love with somebody you’re looking at it like this: You’re taking that person for what he or she is no matter what he or she look like or no matter what he or she do) (You’re crazy! You fall in love, you can fall out of love) (You might stop being in love but you are not gonna stop loving that person) (Maybe they ain’t never been loved before or been in love before, they don’t know what the feeling is to be loved) (She poetic) She killed it, we could end that conversation with that, right? ************************************************** Ex-Factor[Intro] Yo, y-yo, yo, y-yo Yo, uh, yo, y-yo, yo, y-yo [Verse 1] It could all be so simple (Ba-ba-ba-baby, baby, baby) But you'd rather make it hard (Huh, uh) Loving you is like a battle (It's like a battle) And we both end up with scars [Pre-Chorus] Tell me who I have to be (Who I have to be) To get some reciprocity See, no one loves you more than me (More than me) And no one ever will (No one ever will, yeah) [Verse 2] Is this just a silly game (Silly game) That forces you to act this way? (To act this way) Forces you to scream my name Then pretend that you can't stay (Yeah) [Pre-Chorus] Tell me, who I have to be (I know what we gotta do) To get some reciprocity See, no one loves you more than me And no one ever will [Chorus] No matter how I think we grow You always seem to let me know It ain't working (It ain't working, no), it ain't working And when I try to walk away You'd hurt yourself to make me stay This is crazy, this is crazy (Oh, this is crazy, uh-huh) [Verse 3] I keep letting you back in (You back in) How can I explain myself? (I don't understand why) As painful as this thing has been I just can't be with no one else [Pre-Chorus] See I know what we've got to do (Yeah) You let go (You let go), and I'll let go too (And I'll let go) Cause no one's hurt me more than you (No one's hurt me more than you) And no one ever will [Chorus] No matter how I think we grow You always seem to let me know It ain't working (It ain't working), it ain't working (It ain't working) And when I try to walk away You'd hurt yourself to make me stay This is crazy, (This is crazy) Oh, this is crazy (This is crazy) [Breakdown] (Care) Care for me, care for me I know you care for me (There) There for me, there for me Said you'd be there for me (Cry) Cry for me, cry for me You said you'd die for me (Give) Give to me, give to me Why won't you live for me? (Care) Care for me, care for me You said you'd care for me (There) There for me, there for me Said you'd be there for me (Cry) Cry for me, cry for me You said you'd die for me (Give) Give to me, give to me Why won't you live for me? (Care) Care for me, care for me You said you'd care for me (There) There for me, there for me Said you'd be there for me (Cry) Cry for me, cry for me You said you'd die for me (Give) Give to me, give to me Why won't you live for me? (Care) Care for me, care for me You said you'd care for me (There) There for me, there for me Said you'd be there for me (Cry) Give to me, give to me Why won't you live for me? (Give) Cry for me, cry for me You said you'd die for me (Care) Where? (There) Where? (Cry) Where were you (Give) When I needed you? (Care, there, cry, give) [Guitar Solo] [Outro] (Da, da, da, d-da, d-da) Where were you (Da, da, da, d-da, d-da) When I needed you? (Da, da, da, d-da, d-da) Where were you? (Da, da, da, d-da, d-da) You, you, you, you, you (Da, da, da, d-da, d-da) You, do, do, do, do, do, do, do (Da, da, da, d-da, d-da) Do, do, do, do, do, do (Da, da, da, d-da, d-da) (Da, da, da, d-da, d-da) (Da, da, da, d-da, d-da) (Da, da, da, d-da, d-da) (Da, da, da, d-da, d-da) (Da, da, da, d-da, d-da) ************************************************** To Zion[Intro] One day, you're gonna understand Zion [Verse 1] Unsure of what the balance held I touched my belly overwhelmed By what I had been chosen to perform But then an angel came one day Told me to kneel down and pray For unto me a man-child would be born Woe this crazy circumstance I knew his life deserved a chance But everybody told me to be smart "Look at your career," they said "Lauryn, baby use your head" But instead I chose to use my heart [Chorus] Now the joy of my world Is in Zion! (Zion, Zion!) Now the joy of my world Is in Zion! (Zion, uhh, Zion!) [Verse 2] How beautiful if nothing more Than to wait at Zion's door I've never been in love like this before Now let me pray to keep you from The perils that will surely come See life for you, my prince has just begun And I thank you for choosing me To come through unto life to be A beautiful reflection of His grace See I know that a gift so great Is only one God could create And I'm reminded every time I see your face [Chorus] That the joy (Joy) Of my world (World) Is in Zion (Is in Zion) Is in Zion (Is in Zion) Now the joy (Joy) Of my world (World) Is in Zion (Is in Zion, is in Zion) Now the joy (Joy) Of my world (World) Is in Zion (Is in Zion, is in Zion) Now the joy (Joy) Of my world (World) Is in Zion (Is in Zion, is in Zion) [Outro] Marching, marching, marching, marching (Marching) To Zion, marching, marching, marching (We gon' march) Marching, marching, marching, marching To Zion, marching, beautiful, beautiful, Zion Marching, marching, marching, marching To Zion, marching, marching, marching Marching, marching, marching, marching To Zion, marching, beautiful, beautiful, Zion Marching, marching, marching, marching (My joy, my joy) To Zion, marching, marching, marching (My joy, my joy) Marching, marching, marching, marching (My joy, my joy) To Zion, marching, beautiful, beautiful, Zion (My joy, my joy) Marching, marching, marching, marching (My joy, my joy) To Zion, marching, marching, marching (My joy, my joy) Marching, marching, marching, marching (You're the joy) To Zion, marching, beautiful, beautiful, Zion (Of my life) Marching, marching, marching, marching (It is in Zion) To Zion, marching, marching, marching (Zion) Marching, marching, marching, marching (You're the joy) To Zion, marching, beautiful, beautiful, Zion (You're the joy of my life) Marching, beautiful, beautiful Zion (Is in Zion, Zion) Marching, beautiful, beautiful Zion (It is in Zion) Marching, beautiful, beautiful Zion Marching, beautiful, beautiful Zion Marching, beautiful, beautiful Zion Marching, beautiful, beautiful Zion Marching [Skit] [Teacher] Okay, how many people here have ever been in love? I know none of the guys are gonna raise their hand. How many of y'all ever been in love? [Class] (Mumbling) [Teacher] I know none of the guys been in... we don't get in love, right? Oh! Let this black man right here tell what his idea of love is, 'cause not all the time we hear a young black man talk about love. About your personal definition, don't tell me what Webster thinks. Huh? [Boy] Willingness to do everything for that person [Teacher] Okay, everything like what? Explain. Let him talk, c'mon. If I asked him to talk about a fancy car, he'd be right on point. But we wanna talk about love. You can do it. (To another pupil) What do you think? You said you love somebody, you should know why you love them right? [Boy 2] The way they act [Teacher] Uh-huh [Boy 2] The way they carry themselves, stuff like that [Teacher] Okay [Girl] The way that they hang with they boys, and they just stand out. It's like sometimes it don't even matter like what they wear or what they look like. It's like, that way, you know? [Girl 2] Yeah [Girl] It's like you know you want to talk to him, because he stands out, it's like he got a glow or something [Teacher] That's deep [Boy 2] That's what I'm talking about [Teacher] I thought that was a beautiful point. Anyone else want to deal with that? [Girl 2] It's sometimes, like when they try to act funny in front of they boys, like when they get around say they love you. They can't love you. 'Cause love-love-love wouldn't do that [Girl 3] Love is not phony! [Class] (Laughter) ************************************************** Lost Ones[Verse 1] It's funny how money change a situation Miscommunication lead to complication My emancipation don't fit your equation I was on the humble, you on every station Some wan' play young Lauryn like she dumb But remember not a game new under the sun Everything you did has already been done I know all the tricks from Bricks to Kingston My ting done made your kingdom wan' run Now understand, L-Boogie, non-violent But if a thing test me, run for mi gun Can't take a threat to mi new born son L been this way since creation A groupie call, you fall from temptation Now you wanna bawl over separation Tarnish my image in the conversation Who you gon' scrimmage, like you the champion? You might win some but you just lost one [Chorus] You might win some but you just lost one You might win some but you just lost one You might win some but you just lost one You might win some but you just lost one [Verse 2] Now, now, how come your talk turn cold? Gained the whole world for the price of your soul Tryin' to grab hold of what you can't control Now you're all floss, what a sight to behold Wisdom is better than silver and gold I was hopeless, now I'm on Hope Road Every man wanna act like he's exempt Need to get down on his knees and repent Can't slick talk on the day of judgment Your movement's similar to a serpent Tried to play straight, how your whole style bent? Consequence is no coincidence Hypocrites always wanna play innocent Always want to take it to the full out extent Always want to make it seem like good intent Never want to face it when it time for punishment I know you don't wanna hear my opinion There come many paths and you must choose one And if you don't change then the rain soon come See you might win some, but you just lost one [Chorus] You might win some but you just lost one You might win some but you just lost one You might win some but you just lost one You might win some but you just lost one [Refrain] You might win some, but you really lost one You just lost one, it's so silly, how come? When it's all done, did you really gain from (Gain from) What you done done? It's so silly, how come? (You done, how come?) You just lost one [Verse 3] Now don't you understand, man, universal law? What you throw out comes back to you, star Never underestimate those who you scar 'Cause karma, karma, karma comes back to you hard You can't hold God's people back that long The chain of Shatan wasn't made that strong Trying to pretend like your word is your bond But until you do right, all you do will go wrong Now some might mistake this for just a simple song And some don't know what they have ‘til it's gone Now even when you're gone you can still be reborn And, from the night can arrive the sweet dawn Now, some might listen and some might shun And some may think that they've reached perfection If you look closely you'll see what you've become 'Cause you might win some but you just lost one [Chorus] You might win some but you just lost one You might win some but you just lost one You might win some but you just lost one You might win some but you just lost one [Refrain] You might win some, but you really lost one You just lost one, it's so silly, how come? When it's all done, did you really gain from What you done done? It's so silly, how come? You might win some, but you really lost one You just lost one, it's so silly, how come? When it's all done, did you really gain from What you done done? It's so silly, how come? You just lost one You just lost one, you just lost one You just lost one, you just lost one (How come, you lost one? It's so dumb) You just lost one, you just lost one You just lost one What a bam-bam!... hehehe [Skit] Teacher: Alright people, I'm gonna write something on the board. Let's spell it. First letter Class: L, O, V, E Teacher: What's that? Class: Love Teacher: What? Class: Love! Teacher: How many people know any songs about love? Class: Right here! I know a lot about love Teacher: Tell me some titles, titles of some songs Boy: Love (Laughter) Teacher: There's a song called love? Boy: Yeah! Teacher: There's no song called love! Boy: Yeah, it's by Kirk Franklin Teacher: Ok ok, how it go? Boy: It go "Love" (Laughter) Teacher: Bet, bet, okay. Anybody else know any songs about love? (Mumbling) Teacher: I can't hear you Girl: I Will Always Love You Teacher: What about any movies about love? You know any movies about love? Girl: Titanic Teacher: Alright Boy: Romeo and Juliet Teacher: You didn't know that was about love ‘til you saw it on TV and they said it was about love ************************************************** Can’t Take My Eyes Off of You[Chorus] You're just too good to be true Can't take my eyes off of you You'd be like heaven to touch (heaven to touch) I wanna hold you so much (hold you so much) At long last, love has arrived And I thank God I'm alive You're just too good to be true Can't take my eyes off of you [Verse] Pardon the way that I stare (the way that I stare) There's nothing else to compare The sight of you leaves me weak There are no words left to speak (words left to speak) But if you feel like I feel Please let me know that it's real You're just too good to be true Can't take my eyes off of you [Pre-Chorus] I need you, baby, and if it's quite alright I need you, baby, to warm a lonely night I love you, baby, trust in me when I say, "It's okay" Oh, pretty baby, don't let me down, I pray Oh, pretty baby, now that I found you, stay And let me love you, oh, baby—let me love you, oh, baby— [Chorus] You're just too good to be true Can't take my eyes off of you (eyes off of you) You'd be like heaven to touch I wanna hold you so much (hold you so much) At long last, love has arrived And I thank God I'm alive You're just too good to be true Can't take my eyes off of you [Pre-Chorus] I need you, baby, and if it's quite all right I need you, baby, to warm a lonely night I love you, baby, trust in me when I say, "It's okay" Oh, pretty baby, don't let me down, I pray Oh, pretty baby, now that I found you, stay And let me love you, oh, baby—let me love you, oh, baby I need you, baby, and if it's quite all right I need you, baby, to warm a lonely night I love you, baby, trust in me when I say, "It's okay" Oh, pretty baby, don't let me down, I pray Oh, pretty baby, now that I found you, stay And let me love you, oh, baby—let me love you, oh, baby ************************************************** Tell Him[Intro] Yo, he-he, tell him um, (Huuu) It's like, uhh, you know, uhh Sweet, sweet, sweet Tell him Uhh Mmm-m-m-m [Verse 1] Let me be patient, let me be kind Make me unselfish without being blind Though I may suffer, I'll envy it not And endure what comes (Daah) 'Cause he's all that I got (Uuu) tell him (Aha) [Refrain] Tell him I need him (Yeah) Tell him I love him (Tell him who it hit) And it'll be alright (It'll be alright) And tell him (Tell him) Tell him I need him (Be alright) Tell him I love him (Tell him I love him) It'll be alright (Be alright) [Verse 2] Now I may have faith (I may have faith) to make mountains fall (To make mountains fall) But if I lack love, then I am nothin' at all I can give away (I can give away) everything I possess But left without love then I have no happiness I know I'm imperfect (I know I'm imperfect), and not without sin (Not without sin, nah) But now that I'm older, all childish things end (Ohh) And tell him (Tell him) [Refrain] Tell him I need him (Tell him I need him) Tell him I love him (Ha-ah) And it'll be alright (It'll be alright) Tell him (Tell him) Tell him I need him (Tell him) Tell him I love him (Tell him) (Be alright) It'll be alright (Be alright) Oh, yeah [Bridge] I'll never be jealous (I'll never be jealous) And I won't be too proud (Houu) 'Cause love is not boastful (Noo) Oooh and love is not loud Tell him I need him (Tell him I need him) Tell him I love him (Tell him I love him) Everything is gonna (Everything), is gonna be (Everything) alright Ya-eee-ya-eee-ya-eee-ya-eee-ya-eee-ya-eee-ya-eee-ya-eee Uuu-u-uu (Uuu) Yeah, yeah, oh yeah Uuu-u-uu (Uuu) Ah-ah-ah [Verse 3] Now I may have wisdom (I may have wisdom) And knowledge on Earth But if I speak wrong, ooh, then what is it worth? (What is it worth?) See what we now know is nothing compared To the love that was shown when our lives were spared (Uuh) And tell him (Tell him) [Refrain] Tell him I need him (Tell him I need him) Tell him I love him (Love him) And it'll be alright (It'll be alright) Oh-oh-oh Tell him (Tell him) Tell him I need him (I need you) Tell him I love him (Be alright) Be alright (Be alright) Oh-oh-oh (It's gonna be alright) Tell oh-oh him (It's gonna be alright, in the morning) (Tell him) Tell him I need him, oh (Be alright) It'll be alright (It's gonna be alright) Oh-oh-oh, yeah, yeah (I need you) When the, when the evening comes, oh In the night time In the morning In the evening baby tell him Tell him ************************************************** Nothing Even Matters[Intro] Whoa, ooh, umm, yeah, yeah Whoa, ooh, whoa, ow yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah, oh, oh, oh [Verse 1: Lauryn Hill] Now the skies could fall Not even if my boss should call The world, it seems so very small 'Cause nothing even matters at all See, nothing even matters See, nothing even matters at all Nothing even matters Nothing even matters at all [Verse 2: D'Angelo] See, I don't need no alcohol Your love make me feel ten feet tall (Yeah) Without it, I'd go through withdrawal 'Cause nothing even matters at all Nothing even matters Nothing even matters at all Nothing even matters Nothing matters at all [Verse 3: Lauryn Hill] These buildings could drift out to sea Some natural catastrophe Still, there's no place I'd rather be 'Cause nothing even matters to me See, nothing even matters (Yeah) See, nothing even matters to me Nothing even matters Nothing even matters to me [Verse 4: D'Angelo] You're part of my identity I sometimes have a tendency To look at you in mid sleep (Baby, baby) 'Cause nothing even matters, to me Nothing even matters Nothing even matters to me Said it don't matter, baby, baby Don't matter [Verse 5: Lauryn Hill] Now you won't find me at no store I have no time for manicures With you it's never either-or 'Cause nothing even matters no more See, nothing, it don't matter See, nothing even matters no more Nothing even matters Nothing even matters no more [Verse 6: D'Angelo] Now my team could score And make it to the Final Four Just repossessed my four by four 'Cause nothing even matters no more (No more, no more, no more) Nothing even matters Nothing even matters no more Nothing even matters No, no more [Outro: Lauryn Hill & D'Angelo] To me, to me, to me, to me To me, to me, to me, to me, to me, to me (FREESTYLE SINGING TO END) ************************************************** Everything is Everything[Chorus 1] Everything is everything What is meant to be will be After winter must come spring (Must come spring) Change, it comes eventually Everything is everything What is meant to be will be After winter must come spring (Must come) Change, it comes eventually [Verse 1] I wrote these words (I wrote these words) for everyone who struggles in their youth Who won't accept deception, in instead of what is truth (Gotta know the truth, y'all) It seems we lose the game Before we even start to play Who made these rules? (Who made these rules?) We're so confused (We're so confused) Easily led astray Let me tell ya that... [Chorus 2] Everything is everything Everything is everything Everything is everything (Everything) After winter must come spring Everything is everything [Verse 2] Our philosophy possibly speak tongues Beat drum, Abyssinian, street Baptist (Word) Rap this in fine linen, from the beginning (Word) My practice extending across the atlas, I begat this Flipping in the ghetto on a dirty mattress You can't match this rapper slash actress More powerful than two Cleopatras Bomb graffiti on the tomb of Nefertiti (Ooh, uh) MCs ain't ready to take it to the Serengeti My rhymes is heavy like the mind of sister Betty (El Shabazz!) L-Boogie spars with stars and constellations (What?) Then came down for a little conversation (Huh) Adjacent to the king, fear no human being Roll with cherubims to Nassau Coliseum (What?) Now hear this mixture, where Hip Hop meets scripture (Uh) Develop a negative into a positive picture [Chorus 1] Now everything is everything (Everything, y'all, everything, y'all) What is meant to be will be (What is meant to be will be, yeah) After winter must come spring (After winter, must come spring) Change, it comes eventually (Change, it comes eventually) [Verse 3] Sometimes it seems we'll touch that dream (Sometimes it seems we'll touch that dream) But things come slow or not at all (They come slow, know what I mean?) And the ones on top won't make it stop (Ones on top, they won't make it stop) So convinced that they might fall Let's love ourselves and we can't fail To make a better situation (Better situation, uh-uh) Tomorrow, our seeds will grow (Tomorrow, our seeds will grow) All we need is dedication Let me tell ya that [Chorus 2] Everything is everything Everything is everything Everything is everything (Everything is everything) After winter must come spring Everything is everything (Everything is everything) [Chorus 1] Everything is everything What is meant to be will be After winter (After winter) must come spring (Must come) Change, it comes eventually ************************************************** The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill[Verse 1] My world, it moves so fast today The past, it seems so far away And life squeezes so tight that I can't breathe And every time I've tried to be what someone else has thought of me So caught up, I wasn't able to achieve [Chorus] But deep in my heart, the answer, it was in me And I made up my mind to define my own destiny [Verse 2] I look at my environment And wonder where the fire went What happened to everything we used to be I hear so many cry for help Searching outside of themselves Now I know that His strength is within me [Chorus] And deep in my heart, the answer, it was in me And I made up my mind to define my own destiny (And deep in my heart) And deep in my heart, the answer, it was in me And I made up my mind to define my own destiny ************************************************** I Gotta Find Peace of Mind[Intro] I gotta find peace of mind I know another cord... I gotta find peace of mind See, this what that voice in your head says When you try to get peace of mind I gotta find peace of mind, I gotta find peace of mind [Hook] He says it's impossible, but I know it's possible He says it's impossible, but I know it's possible [Verse 1] He says there's no me without him Please help me forget about him He takes all my energy, trapped in my memory Constantly holding me, constantly holdin' me I need to tell you all, all the pain he's caused, mm-mm-mm-mm I need to tell you I'm I'm undone because, mm-mm-mm-mm [Chorus] He says it's impossible, but I know it's possible He says it's impossible without him, but I know it's possible [Verse 2] To finally be in love, and know the real meaning of A lasting relationship, not based on ownership I trust every part of You, 'cause all that I... All that you say you do You love me despite myself, sometimes I fight myself I just can't believe that you, would have anything to do With someone so insecure, someone so immature Oh, you inspire me, to be the higher me [Verse 3] You make my desire pure, you make my desire pure Just tell me what to say, I can't find the words to say Please don't be mad with me, I have no identity All that I've known is gone, all I was building on I wanna walk with you, how do I talk to you [Verse 4] Touch my mouth with your hands Touch my mouth with your hands Oh I wanna understand, the meaning of your embrace I know now I have to face the temptations of my past Please don't let me disgrace, will my devotion last? Now that I know the truth, now that it's no excuse [Pre-Chorus] Keeping me from your love, what was I thinking of? Holding me from your love, what was I thinking of? You are my peace of mind, that old me is left behind You are my peace of mind, that old me is left behind [Chorus] He says it's impossible, but I know it's possible He says it's improbable, but I know it's tangible He says it's not grab-able, but I know it's have-able [Bridge] 'Cause anything's possible, oh anything is possible Please come free my mind, please come meet my mind Can you see my mind? Oh Won't you come free my mind? Oh, I know it's possible Anything, anything, anything, anything, anything, yeah Anything, anything, anything, anything, yeah Anything, anything, anything, anything, anything, yeah Oh free! Free, free, free your mind Free, free your mind... free, free your mind Free, free, free, free your mind Oh, it's so possible, oh it's so possible I'm telling you it's possible, I'm telling you it's possible Free, free... free, free... free, free... get free now Free, free... free, free, free, free... free, free [Chorus] You're my peace of mind, that old me is left behind You're my peace of mind, you're my peace of mind He's my peace of mind, he's my peace of mind He's my peace of mind, he's my peace of mind [Outro] What a joy it is to be alive To get another chance, yeah Everyday's another chance To get it right this time Everyday's another chance Oh what a merciful, merciful, merciful God Oh what a wonderful, wonderful, wonderful God [Repeat till fade] ************************************************** The Mystery of Iniquity[Hook] It's the mystery of iniquity... Said it's the misery of Inequity... Said it's the history of Inequity... When it all... All falls down... Telling you all... It all falls down [Pre-Verse] Children... Eat your bread Little children... Eat your bread Cause it all... All falls down... Telling you all... It all falls down [Verse] Yo! Y'all can't handle the truth in a courtroom of lies Perjures the jurors, witness despised Crooked lawyers, false indictments publicized It's entertainment, the arraignments, the subpoenas High profile gladiators in bloodthirsty arenas Enter the Dragon, black-robe crooked-balance Souls bought and sold and paroled for thirty talents Court reporter catch the circus on the paper File it in the system not acknowledged by the Maker Swearing by the bible blatantly blasphemous Publicly perpetrating that "In God We Trust" Cross-examined by a master manipulator The faster intimidator receiving the judge's favor Deceiving sabers doing injury to their neighbors For status, gratis, apparatus and legal waivers See the bailiff representing security Holding the word of God soliciting perjury The prosecution, political prostitution The more money you pay, the further away solution Legal actors, Babylon's benefactors Masquerading as the agency for the clients Hypocritical giants, morally non-compliant Orally armed to do bodily harm Polluted, recruited and suited judicial charm And the defense isn't making any sense Faking the confidence of escaping the consequence That a defendant is depending on the system Totally void of judgment purposely made to twist em' Emotional victim blackmailed by the henchmen Framed by intentions Inventions whereby they lynch men Enter the false witness slandering the accused Planting the seed openly showing he's being used To discredit, edit, headed for the alleged Smearing the individual fearing the unsuspected Expert witness (the paid authority) Made a priority to deceive the majority Of disinterested peers, dodging duty for years Hating the process, waiting to be returning to their careers Do we expect the system made for the elect To possibly judge correct? Properly serve and protect? Materially corrupt, spiritually amuck Oblivious to the cause, prosperously bankrupt Blind leading the blind, guilty never defined Filthy as swine, a generation purin it's own mind Legal extortion, blown out of proportion In vein deceit, the truth is obsolete Only two positions: victimizer or victim Both end up in destruction trusting this crooked system Mafia with diplomas keeping us in a coma Trying to own a piece of the "American Corona" The Revolving Door, insanity every floor Skyscraping, paper chasing, what are we working for? Empty traditions, reaching social positions Teaching ambition to support the family superstition? When the Son of Perdition is Commander in Chief The standard is Thief; brethren, can we candidly speak? Woe to the men, trusted in the chariots dem' Leaning on horses, they run their intellectual sources Counterfeit wisdom creating the illusion of freedom Confusion consumes them Every word they speak it turns them outwardly white Internally they absent of light Trapped in the night and bonded to the Cain of the night Under the curse, evil men waxing more worse Faxing the first, angelic being cast to the earth It's time for rebirth, burnin up the branch and the root The empty pursuits of every tree bearing the wrong fruit Turn and be healed, let him who stole, no longer steal Oh it's real, surrender for Jehovah is real How long will you sleep, troubled by the thoughts that YOU keep The idols YOU heap, causing the destruction you reap Judgment has come, find it and return to the One Abandon the flesh, self-interest: Broadway to death Pride and the Greed, hide and subdividing the seed The knowledge of Good and Evil is what caused us to lie Caused us to die, let your emotions be crucified Renounce all your thoughts Repent and let your mind be re-taught You'll find what you sought Was based on the deception you bought A perception of naught where the majority remains caught Loving a lie, not realizing in Adam, all die Loving a lie, not realizing in Adam, all die Loving a lie, not realizing in Adam, all die Loving a lie, not realizing in Adam, all die [Hook] It's the mystery of iniquity... Said it's the history of Inequity... Said it's the misery of Inequity... When it all... All falls down... Telling you all... It all falls down ************************************************** I Used to Love Him[Intro] Now I don't I used to love him but now I don't Now I don't [Verse 1: Lauryn Hill] As I look at what I've done The type of life that I've lived How many things I pray the father will forgive One situation involved a young man He was the ocean and I was the sand He stole my heart like a thief in the night Dulled my senses and blurried my sight And I used to love him [Chorus] I used to love him but now I don't Now I don't I used to love him but now I don't Now I don't [Verse 2: Mary J. Blige & Lauryn Hill] I chose the road of passion and pain (passion and pain) Sacrificed too much and waited in vain Gave up my power ceased being queen Addicted to love like the drug of a fiend See, torn and confused, wasted and used Reached the crossroad which path would I choose Stuck and frustrated, I waited, debated For something to happen that just wasn't fated Thought what I wanted was something I needed When momma said no then I just should have heeded Misled I bled 'till the poison was gone And out of the darkness arrived the sweet dawn [Chorus] Now I don't I used to love him but now I don't Now I don't I used to love him but now I don't Now I don't [Verse 3: Lauryn Hill & Mary J. Blige] Father you saved me and you showed me that life Was much more than being some foolish man's wife Showed me that love was respect and devotion Greater than planets and deeper than any oceans See, my soul was weary but now it's replenished Content because that part of my life is finished I see him sometimes and the look in his eye Is one of a man who's lost treasures untold But my heart is gold, see, I took back my soul And totally let my creator control The life which was his, the life which was his to begin with [Chorus] Now I don't I used to love him but now I don't Now I don't I used to love him but now I don't Now I don't I used to love him but now I don't Now I don't I used to love him but now I don't Now I don't [Outro] I used to love him but now I don't I used to love him but now I don't I used to love him but now I don't See, I used to love him ************************************************** Forgive Them Father[Intro: Shelly Thunder] Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those that trespass against us Although them again we will never, never, never trust Hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo! Them nuh know what them do Dig out your eye, while I'm sticking like glue Fling, skin, grin, while them plotting for you, true! [Chorus: Lauryn Hill & Shelly Thunder] Forgive them, Father, for They know not what they do (Me a tell you, dem nuh know) Forgive them, Father, for They know not what they do (Fi be real, them nuh have a clue!) [Verse 1: Lauryn Hill] Beware the false motives of others Be careful of those who pretend to be brothers And you never suppose it's those who are closest to you To you They say all the right things to gain their position Then use your kindness as their ammunition To shoot you down in the name of ambition, they do Oh [Chorus: Lauryn Hill] Forgive them, Father, for They know not what they do Forgive them, Father, for They know not what they do [Verse 2: Lauryn Hill] Why every Indian wanna be the chief? Feed a man till he full and he still want beef Give me grief, try to tief off my piece Why for you to increase, I must decrease? If I treat you kindly, does it mean that I'm weak? You hear me speak and think I won't take it to the streets I know enough cats that don't turn the other cheek But I try to keep it civilized, like Menelik And other African czars, observing stars with war scars Get yours in this capitalistic system So many caught or got bought you can't list them How you gon' idolize the missing? To survive is to stay alive in the face of opposition Even when they coming, gunning I stand position L's known the mission since conception Let's free the people from deception If you looking for the answers, then you gotta ask the questions And when I let go, my voice echoes through the ghetto Sick of men trying to pull strings like Geppetto Why black people always be the ones to settle? March through these streets like Soweto, uhh [Bridge: Lauryn Hill] Like Cain and Abel, Caesar and Brutus Jesus and Judas, backstabbers do this [Chorus: Lauryn Hill] Forgive them, Father, for They know not what they do Forgive them, Father, for They know not what they do [Verse 3: Lauryn Hill] It took me a little while to discover Wolves in sheep coats who pretend to be lovers Men who lack conscience will even lie to themselves, to themselves A friend once said, and I found to be true That everyday people, they lie to God too So what makes you think, that they won't lie to you? [Chorus: Lauryn Hill & Shelly Thunder] Forgive them, Father, for They know not what they do (Forgive them, forgive them) Forgive them, Father, for They know not what they do (Forgive them, forgive them) [Verse 4: Shelly Thunder & Lauryn Hill] Gwan like dem love you, while dem rip you to shreds Trample pon yuh heart, and leff you fi dead Dem a yuh friend, who you depend pon, from way back when ( [?] to grace) But if you, gi' dem yuh back, then you must meet yuh end Dem nuh know what dem do do (Who's gonna be the one?) Dem nuh know what dem do do (Gotta be the one to say) Dem nuh know, dem nuh know, dem nuh know, dem nuh know Dem nuh know what dem do do (Oh, yeah, oh) [Outro: Lauryn Hill] (Forgive them, Father, forgive them, Father...) ************************************************** Final Hour[Intro] Uh-uh Uh And yo Uhh, uhh (Like fungus among us) Yo, yo (Haha), uh [Verse 1] Yo, I treat this like my thesis Well-written topic, broken down into pieces I introduce then produce, words so profuse It's abuse how I juice up this beat, like I'm deuce Two people both equal like I'm Gemini, rather Simeon If I Jimmy on this lock I could pop it, you can't stop it Drop it, your whole crew microscopic Like particles while I make international articles, and on the cover Don't discuss the baby mother (Nah) Business, I been in this third LP you can't tell me I witness first-handed, I'm candid, you can't stand it Respect demanded, and get flown around the planet Rock Hard like granite or steel People feel Lauryn Hill from New-Ark to Israel And this is real, so I keep makin' the street's ballads While you lookin' for dressin' to go with your tossed salad [Chorus] You can get the money, you can get the power But keep your eyes on the Final Hour You can get the money, you can get the power But keep your eyes on the Final Hour [Verse 2] I'm about to change the focus from the richest to the brokest I wrote this opus, to reverse the hypnosis Whoever's closest to the line's gonna win it You gonna fall trying to ball while my team win the pennant I'm about to begin it, for a minute, then run for senate Make a slum lord be repentant, give his money to kids to spend it And then amend it, every law that ever prevented Our survival since our arrival documented in The Bible Like Moses and Aaron, things gon' change, it's apparent And all the transparent gonna be seen through Let God redeem you, keep your deen true, you can get the green too Watch out what you cling to, observe how a queen do And I remain calm reading the 73rd Psalm 'Cause with all that’s going on I got the world in my palm [Chorus] You can get the money, you can get the power But keep your eyes on the Final Hour You can get the money, you can get the power But keep your eyes on the Final Hour [Verse 3] Now I be breaking bread sipping Manischewitz wine Pay no mind party like it's 1999 But when it comes down to ground beef like Palestine Say your rhymes, let's see if that get you out your bind Now I'ma get the mozzarella like a Rockafeller Still be in the church of Lalibela, singing hymns a cappella Whether posed in Mirabella in Couture Or collecting residuals from off The Score I'm making sure I'm with the 144 I've been here before this ain't a battle, this is war Word to Boonie, I make salat like a Sunni Get diplomatic immunity in every ghetto community Had opportunity went from Hoodshock to Hood-chic But it ain't what you cop, it's about what you keep And even if there are leaks, you can't capsize this ship 'Cause I baptize my lips every time I take a sip [Chorus] You can get the money, you can get the power But keep your eyes on the Final Hour You can get the money, you can get the power But keep your eyes on the Final Hour You can get the money, you can get the power But keep your eyes on the Final Hour You can get the money, you can get the power But keep your eyes on the Final Hour ************************************************** When It Hurts so Bad[Chorus] When it hurts so bad (when it hurts so bad) When it hurts so bad (when it hurts so bad) Why's it feel so good? (when it hurts so bad) (When it hurts so bad) (When it hurts so bad) [Verse 1] I loved real, real hard once But the love wasn't returned Found out the man I'd die for He wasn't even concerned I tried, and I tried, and I tried To keep him in my life (to keep him in my life) I cried, and I cried, and I cried But I couldn't make it right [Chorus 2] But I, I loved the young man And if you ever been in love Then you'd understand That what you want might make you cry What you need might pass you by If you don't catch it (if you don't catch it, if you don't catch it) And what you need ironically Will turn out what you want to be If you just let it (if you just let it) If you just let it (if you just let it) [Verse 2] See, I thought this feeling It was all that I had But how could this be love And make me feel so bad? (gave up my power) Gave up my power I existed for you But whoever knew The voo-doo you'd do [Chorus 2] But I, I loved the young man And if you ever been in love Then you'd understand That what you want might make you cry What you need might pass you by If you don't catch it (if you don't catch it) (if you don't catch it) And what you need ironically Will turn out what you want to be If you just let it (if you just let it) If you just let it (if you just let it) See what you want might make you cry What you need might pass you by If you don't catch it (if you don't catch it) (if you don't catch it) And what you need ironically Will turn out what you want to be If you just let it (if you just let it) If you just let it (if you just let it) [Chorus] When it hurts so bad (when it hurts so bad) When it hurts so bad (when it hurts so bad) Why's it feel so good? (when it hurts so bad) (When it hurts so bad) (When it hurts so bad) When it hurts so bad (when it hurts so bad) When it hurts so bad (when it hurts so bad) Why's it feel so good? (when it hurts so bad) (When it hurts so bad) (When it hurts so bad) When it hurts so bad (when it hurts so bad) So bad (when it hurts so bad) (When it hurts so bad) (When it hurts so bad) [Skit: Teacher] You ain't said nothin' Why you ain't say somethin' to me? (Boy 1) I feel like love right now is like confusion It's like people think they love somebody When they don't really love somebody Like I thought I was in love with this girl but I really wasn't It's like now, I don't feel about her (Laughter) [Teacher] Ok. Alright You think that TV and music have somethin' to do with Why people are always confused about love? (Girl 1) (Yes!) Why? (Cause today we listen to a lot of TV a lot of music And it sounds nice but it may not always be right for you) We need to put you on a bullhorn Let you ride around Newark ************************************************** Superstar[Intro] Yo hip-hop, started out in the heart Uh-huh, yo Now everybody tryin' to chart Say what? Hip-hop, started out in the heart Yo, now everybody tryin' to chart C'mon now baby c'mon now baby c'mon now baby c'mon, uhh C'mon now baby c'mon now baby c'mon now baby c'mon [Chorus] C'mon baby light my fire (Come on) Everything you drop is so tired (Everything) Music is supposed to inspire (Music is supposed to inspire) How come we ain't gettin' no higher? (How come, how come) [Verse 1] Now tell me your philosophy On exactly what an artist should be Should they be someone with prosperity And no concept of reality? Now, who you know without any flaws? That lives above the spiritual laws? And does anything they feel just because (Just because, just because) There's always someone there who'll applaud? [Chorus] C'mon baby light my fire (Come on) Everything you drop is so tired (Everything you drop is so tired) Music is supposed to inspire (What are we here for, what are we here for) How come we ain't gettin' no higher? (Gettin' no higher) [Verse 2] I know you think that you've got it all And by making other people feel small Makes you think you're unable to fall But when you do, who you gonna call? See what you give is just what you get (What you give is just what you get) I know it hasn't hit you yet (I know it hasn't hit you yet) Now I don't mean to get you upset (Get upset, get upset) But every cause has an effect, uh-huh! [Chorus] C'mon baby light my fire Everything you drop is so tired (Yeah) Music is supposed to inspire (Music is supposed to inspire) How come we ain't gettin' no higher? (We ain't no higher, we ain't no higher) [Verse 3] I cross sands in distant lands, made plans with the sheiks Why you beef with freaks as my album sales peak? Uhh All I wanted was to sell like five hundred And be a ghetto superstar since my first album, Blunted I used to work at Foot Locker, they fired me: I fronted Or I quitted, now I spit it, however do you want it? Now you get it! Writing rhymes, in the Range, with the frames lightly tinted Then send it to your block and have my full name cemented (Lauryn Hill!) And if your lines sound like mine I'm taking a percentage (ka-ching!) Unprecedented, and still respected when it's vintage I'm serious, I'm takin' over areas in Aquarius Runnin' red lights with my ten thousand chariots Just as Christ was a Superstar, you stupid, star! They'll hail you then nail you, no matter who you are They'll make you now then take you down, and make you face it If you slit the bag open, put your pinky in it and taste it [Chorus] C'mon baby light my fire Everything you drop is so tired (Everything you drop, everything you drop) Music is supposed to inspire (Oh yeah) How come we ain't gettin no higher? (We ain't getting no higher, getting no higher) C'mon baby light my fire (C'mon baby light my fire) Everything you drop is so tired (Everything you drop is so tired) Music is supposed to inspire How come we ain't gettin no higher? (How come we ain't gettin no higher?) C'mon baby light my fire (Come on baby) Everything you drop is so tired (Everything you drop is so tired) Music is supposed to inspire How come we ain't gettin no higher? (We ain't no higher) ************************************************** I Get Out[Hook] I get out, I'll get out of all your boxes I get out, you can't hold me in these chains I'll get out, Father free me from this bondage Knowin' my condition is the reason I must change [Verse 1] Your stinking resolution is no type of solution Preventing me from freedom, maintaining your pollution I won't support your lie no more I won't even try no more If I have to die, oh Lord, that's how I choose to live I won't be compromised no more I can't be victimized no more I just don't sympathize no more, ‘cause now I understand You just wanna use me You say "love" then abuse me You never thought you'd lose me But how quickly we forget that nothin' is for certain You thought I'd stay here hurtin' Your guilt trip's just not workin', repressin' me to death ‘Cause now I'm choosin' life, yo I'll take the sacrifice, yo If everything must go, then go: that's how I choose to live [Interlude] Heh… hehehehehe… Ok, we gettin' there At least I had a chunk Aight, okay, it's how I choose to live Hehehe, awww [Verse 2] No more compromises I see past your disguises Blinding me through mind control Stealing my eternal soul Appealing through material To keep me as your slave [Hook] But I get out, oh, I get out of all your boxes I'll get out, oh, you can't hold me in these chains I get out, oh, I want out of social bondage Knowin' my condition, oh, is the reason I must change [Verse 3] See, what you see is what you get Oh, and you ain't seen nothin' yet Oh, I don't care if you're upset I could care less if you're upset See, it don't change the truth And your hurt feeling's no excuse To keep me in this box, psychological locks Repressin' true expression Cementin' this repression Promotin' mass deception So that no one can be healed I don't respect your system I won't protect your system When you talk I don't listen Oh, let my Father's will be done [Hook] And just get out, oh, just get out of all these bondage Just get out, oh, you can't hold me in these chains Just get out, all these traditions killin' freedom Knowin' my condition is the reason I must change [Verse 4] I've just accepted what you said Keeping me among the dead The only way to know is to walk to learn and grow But faith is not your speed Oh, you’d have everyone believe That you're the sole authority Just follow the majority Afraid to face reality—the system is a joke Oh, you'd be smart to save your soul Oh, and escape this mind control You spent your life in sacrifice to a system for the dead Oh, are you sure, where is the passion in this living? Are you sure it's God you serving? Obligated to a system Getting less then you're deserving Who made up these schools, I say Who made up these rules, I say Animal conditioning, oh, just to keep us as a slave [Hook] Oh, just get out of this social purgatory Just get out, all these traditions are a lie Just get out, superstition killin' freedom Knowin' my condition is the reason I must die, ahh [Outro] Just get out, just get out, just get out Let's get out, let's get out Knowin' my condition Is the reason I must die, just get out ************************************************** The Sweetest ThingThe unexpected Multi-dimensional Unexpected sound of the Refugee All-Stars The sweetest thing I've ever known Was like the kiss on the collarbone The soft caress of happiness The way you walk, your style of dress I wish I didn't get so weak Oooh, baby, just to hear you speak Makes me argue just to see How much you're in love with me [Hook] See like the queen upon her throne It was the sweet, sweet, sweetest thing I've known It was the sweet, sweet, sweetest thing I've known I get mad when you walk away (don't walk away) So I tell you leave, when I mean stay Warm as the sun dipped in black Fingertips on the small of my back More valuable than all I own Like your precious, precious, precious, precious, precious, baby, dark skin tone [Hook] It was the...Ah I tried to explain Ah...but baby, it's in vain Speaking on my mother's phone The touching makes me think I'm grown, (you ain't grown) Sweet prince of the ghetto Your kisses taste like armaretto Intoxicating, oh, so intoxicating How sad, how sad that all things come to an end But then again, I'm, I'm not alone [Hook] ************************************************** Every Ghetto, Every City[Verse 1] I was just a little girl Skinny legs, a press and curl My mother always thought I'd be a star But way before the record deals Streets that nurtured Lauryn Hill Made sure that I'd never go too far [Chorus] Every ghetto, every city And suburban place I been Make me recall my days, in New Jerusalem [Verse 2] Story starts in Hootaville Grew up next to Ivy Hill When kids were stealing quartervilles for fun "Kill the Guy" in Carter Park Rode a Mongoose 'til it's dark Watching kids show off the stolen ones [Chorus] Every ghetto, every city And suburban place I been Make me recall my days, in the New Jerusalem [Refrain] You know it's hot Don't forget, what you got Looking back.. looking back, looking back, looking back You know it's hot Don't forget, what you got Looking back, looking back, looking back, looking back [Verse 3] Bag of Bontons, twenty cents and a nickel (well that's a quarter) Springfield Ave. had the best popsicles Saturday morning cartoons and Kung-Fu (wuh-TAH!) Main street roots tonic with the dreads A beef patty and some coco bread Move the patch from my Lee's to the tongue of my shoes 'Member, Freling-Huysen used to have the bomb leather Back when Doug Fresh and Slick Rick was together Looking at the crew, we thought we'd all live forever [Refrain] You know it's hot Don't forget, what you got Looking back, looking back, looking back, looking back You know it's hot Don't forget, what you got Looking back, looking back, looking back, looking back [Verse 4] Drill teams on Munn street 'Member when Hawthorne and Chancellor had beef Moving Records was on Central Ave I was there at dancing school South Orange Ave. at Borlin pool Unaware of what we didn't have Writing my friends' names on my jeans with a marker July 4th races outside Parker Fireworks at Martin Stadium The Untouchable P.S.P Where all them crazy niggas be And car thieves got away through Irvington Hillside brings beef with the cops Self Destruction record drops And everybody's name was Muslim (children playing, women producing) Sensations and eighty-eight Attracted kids from out of state And everybody used to do the wop (wop it out, wop it out, wop it out) Jack ya, jack ya, jack ya body Nah, the BizMark used to amp up the party I wish those days, they didn't stop [Chorus] Every ghetto, every city And suburban place I been Make me recall my days, in New Jerusalem [Refrain] You know it's hot Don't forget, what you got Looking back, looking back, looking back, looking back You know it's hot Don't forget, what you got Looking back, looking back, looking back, looking back You know it's hot Don't forget, what you got Looking back, looking back, looking back, looking back [Outro] Looking back, looking back, looking back, looking back Looking back, looking back, looking back, looking back Looking back, looking back, looking back, looking back Looking back, looking back, looking back, looking back Looking back, looking back, looking back, looking back ************************************************** War in the Mind (Freedom Time)[Hook] Everybody knows that they guilty Everybody knows that they've lied Everybody knows that they guilty Resting on their conscience eating their inside It's freedom, said it's freedom time now It's freedom, said it's freedom time now Time to get free, or give yourselves up now It's freedom, said it's freedom time [Verse] Yo, there's a war in the mind, over territory For the dominion Who will dominate the opinion Skisms and isms, keepin' us in forms of religion Conformin' our vision To the world church's decision Trapped in a section Submitted to committee election Moral infection Epidemic lies and deception Insurrection Of the highest possible order Destortin' our tape recorders From hearin' like under water Beyond the borders Find the sin in disorder Bound by the strategy A systematic depravity Heavy as gravity Head first in the cavity Without a bottom A fate, worse than Sodom What's got 'em, drunk off the spirits Truth comes, we can't hear it When you've been, programmed to fear it I had a vision I was fallin' in indescision Apallin', callin' religious Some program on television How can, dominant wisdom Be recognized in the system Of Anti-Christ, the majority rules Intelligent fools PhDs in illusion Masters of mass confusion Bachelors in past delusion Now who you choosin'? The head, or the tail The bloodshed of the male Or confidence in the tale Conferences is Yale Discussin' doctrines of Baal Causin' people to fail Keepin' the third in jail His word has nailed Everything to the tree Severing all of me From all that I used to be Formless and void Totally paranoid Enjoy darkness as Lord Keepin' me from the sword Block for mercy Bitter than cerasee Hungry and thirsty For good meat we would eat And still, dined at the table of deceit How incomplete From confrontation to retreat We belong, in true enemies defeat Destitute in a necessity Causin' desperation to get the best of me Punishment 'til there was nothing left of me Realizin' the inescapable death of me No options in the valley of decision The only doctrine, supernatural circumcision Inwardly, only water can purge the heart From words to fiery darts Thrown by the workers of the arts Iniquity, shapen in There's no escapin' when Your whole philosophy is paper thin In vanity The wide road is insanity Could it be all of humanity Picture that Scripture that The origin of a man's heart is black How can we show up for An invisible war Preoccupied with a shadow, makin' love with a whore Achin' in sores Babylon, the great mystery Mother of human history System of social sorcery Our present condition Needs serious recognition Where there's no repentance there can be no admission And that sentence, more serious than Vietnam The atom bomb and Saddam and Minister Farrakhan What's goin' on, what's a priority to you By what authority do to you The majority hasn't a clue We majored in curses Search the chapters, check the verses Recapture the land Remove the mark from off of our hands So we can stand In agreement with his command Everything else is damned Let them with ears understand Everything else is damned, let them with ears understand [Hook] It's freedom, said it's freedom time now It's freedom, said it's freedom time now It's freedom, I'mma be who I am It's freedom time, said it's freedom time Everybody knows that they've lied Everybody knows that they've perpetrated inside Everybody knows that they guilty, yes Resting on their conscience eating their insides Get free, be who you're supposed to be Freedom, said it's freedom time now Freedom, said it's freedom time Freedom, freedom time now ************************************************** Consumerism[Verse 1] Consumerism running through them like a tumor in 'em Ageism, sexism, racism, chauvinism Capitalism running through them like the rumour business Separatism, skepticism, modernism, atheism Television running through them like an organism Mechanism, despotism, poisoning the ecosystem Satanism running through them like a politician Hedonism, hypocrism, nihilism, narcissism Egotism running through them, need an exorcism Situation, heathenism, adversary demonism To fix forms of religious spontaneity's a bad decision Catholicism, Darwinism, barbarism, formalism European fetishisms, terrorism running through them on their television Introversion, extra prison tolerance for bad decisions Exploitative be the saviour to correct the system/paranoia Skepticism, schizophrenic, masochism Escapism running through them need a sedative Medication, complication, devastation negative I say devastation negative Modernism has created modern prisons Neo-McCarthyisms, new colonialisms Pessimism mess they is in Hoodooism, hypnotism, egoism, realism, humanism, legalism Mysticism makes decisions from a purer prism Magnetism, pragmatism, altruism, pacifism/idealism Actualism, rehabilitation-ism, ostracism, skepticism Small fish ball for recognition oppressor and oppres condition Sex, addiction, next suspicion, vexed, conflict and secularism See, people need to villainize to offset disdain for their lives Ugly human, ugly shame, corporate greed in Jesus' name Anarchism, self-delusions Victims leave with no solutions Impositions, superstitions, violence and contradictions False pretense and no convictions Compromised commercialism I said compromised commercialism Worth and vision, work for wisdom Full electromagnetism Who comes first is first position Rap's been missing you've been listening Watch the empress bless the system Paganism, false religion, plagiarism, broken system Euphemism unforgiven Inhibition, prohibition, disconnection Broken wisdom, broken cistern can't hold wisdom This town needs an exorcism Egotism, egotism, egotism, egotism, egotism, egotism, egotism, egotism Alcoholism, fascism, rationalism, national tension Journalism gone gestapoism poporazzo-ism As the world turns in isms Trust eroticism, social drugs, narcotics in them Cult existence, superstition Ritual materialisms, serial isms Habitual inferior vision Consumerism [Hook] He is, he is Set to, set to Self-destruct, self-destruct He is, he is Too cool, too cool To be true [Verse 2] Listen Consumerism running through them like a tumor in 'em Separatism, skepticism, desperation, nepotism Capitalism running through the Montezuma in em Ageism, sexism, racism, fascism Television running through 'em like an organism Hedonism, egoism, systematic narcissism To empty religious spontaneity is anarchism Social Darwinism, barbarism, modern paganism Major schizism, division, ethnoplagiarism Selfish business decision, greedy reductionism Obstruction of the justice, occupation victimizationism Brainwashing, mind control, synthetic stimulation in them Time control mutilating the soul for a business decision Help the people cope sell 'em dope from a new trope Synthetic hope, life spent walking on a tightrope Infantile masturbation, juvenile, no education Mental castration, a generation forced to labor for a nation Lock the means production down, price reduction down Inflation and corruption need the medication now! They need the medication now! Corporate production in a state of mass combustion Greed and lust and dangerous repercussions To escape the rupture they speak of rapture While still going after the things they spiritually capture Distaster faster and faster and faster Terrorism running through them on their television Introversion, indecision, reactionism, hypocrism Phony nationalism, dishpan Africanism Material hypnotisms, monopoly, militarist devi-isms, sadomasochisms Intellectual fetishisms sold on computers and televisions Exploitative need a saviour to correct the system Paranoia skepticism, schizophrenic mechanisms Escapism running through them need a sedative Medication, complication, situation negative Modernism has created modern prisons Neo-McCarthyisms, new colonialisms Pessimism makes decisions, hoodooism, hypnotism Egoism, realism, humanism, legalism Small fish ball for recognition oppressor and oppressed condition Sex, addiction, vexed conflict and anarchism Self-delusions, victims leave with no solutions Impositions, superstitions, brutism, contradictions False pretense and no convictions Compromised commercialism, recognition Any decisions from a pure prism Magnetism, pragmatism, altruism, actionism Activism, pacifism, rehabilitation-ism No false sensationalism, aped assimilation in 'em Corporate cannibalism, psychological limitations in 'em No imitations, competition, gross assumption Parasitism, negative stimulation in 'em Consumerism [Hook] ************************************************** Motives and ThoughtsRotating bodies, confusion of sound Negative imagery, holding us down Social delusion, clearly constructed Human condition, morals corrupted Trapped in reaction, lawlessness, war Dissatisfaction from bowels to core Devil's technology, strategy for Human mythologies, urban folklore Sick of psychology, counterfeit cure Wicked theology, robbing the poor Scheme demonology mislead the pure Strictly strategically studying war Light shown in darkness, image exposed Few can see through the new emperor's clothes Lustful this hustle turn humans to hoes When the blind lead the blind, just more trouble and woes It's the mind that they chose Its designed to stay closed Standard of jokers, court jester logic Sick looking cosmics, from schoolyards to college Primitive man with civilized knowledge System collapse and he still won't acknowledge God is the saviour, studies behavior Trying to fix the mix mind that he gave ya Stiff-necked scholars on prescription meds Wishing their problems were all in their heads Moral dilemma, pride is the root Misguided from youth, heart divided from truth Egyptians and Grecians, spiritually dead Imperially led, by the gods in their heads Motives and thoughts Industrial wealth Global economy, in it for self Heart full of madness, covered with kind Pleasure designed to take over your mind Furnished in godliness, painted in good This tainted priesthood got real saints misunderstood While classes in government, set up the veil And cultivate minds for more mythical tales Typical Hollywood follies good girl While vice and corruption take over the world Motives and thoughts Check your motives and thoughts Blind with the wickedness, deep in your heart Modern day wickedness is all you've been taught Lied to your neighbors, so you get ahead Modern day trickery is all you've been fed Motives and thoughts Check your motives and thoughts ************************************************** Neurotic Society (Compulsory Mix)[Verse 1] We're living in a joke time, metaphorical coke time Commerce and girl men Run the whole world men Bold, drunken debauchery Old world brutality Cold world killed softly Whole world run savagely Greedy men and pride fiends Program TV screens Quick scam and drag queens Real life's been blasphemed Think twice its past dream Crime if you ask clean Quick fast the poison has entered the blood stream Psychological massacre Consequences are tragedy Mythological characters Men and women as parody Superficial the vanity Borderline the insanity Out of order humanity Crime committed so passively/randomly Desperados and casualties Corporations want batteries Explanations and strategies Domination and mastery Owned, jonesing and bankrupt Grown people so corrupt Vice lords and yellow men junkies of popularity Culture so in dependence Vultures scavenge reality Past feeling, depravity Decaying social cavity Preying on human ignorance Popular immorality Symptoms of diseased head Population misled Self indulgent, past dead Absence of the God head Pimps, pushers and harlotry Nepotism no artistry Despotism and piracy Desperation, dishonesty Business decision policy More money lesser quality Inflated global ego, imitating reality Pseudo psycho new Pharaoh Poisonous bows and arrows Hypo critics on salary Idle hands devil's agency Predisposed to complacency Jealousy and audacity Contagious social gluttony Stages of mass malignancy Epidemic deception Generation in atrophy Glam life in debt Scam life and editors Bi products of neglect Children hiding from creditors Absence of self respect Phony scared of competitors Lifestyle of luxury At someone's expense Sensitive children used up as sacrifice Blinded to consequence Smoked up in dope pipes Ecstasy, fast life, recklessly pass life Narcotics and cash fight this neurotic society Benefactors turned actors Addiction's crippled captives Experience manufactured In this neurotic, toxic society [Verse 2] It's like post war they're looking for the communists or who the Marxist is 10,000 pictures on Facebook That's like the pot calling the kettle narcissist Come on really Saying the devil but you're the chief arsonist Hypocrites can't even see their own part in this No reflection Vampire paradigm No introspection This star that star rants has a breakdown 3 months before, pure obsession, picture can't take down Children it's a shake down They're just looking for a sacrifice They've been doing this since before Bobby Darrin sang Mack the Knife Before James Dean's car did a jack knife Perhaps because they lack life or lack guts Never confuse the head with the butt Opinions are like assholes and most of them stink I was told by a woman so rethink Don't ever let them to lead you to drink Lead you to doubt Lead you to fall Get up stand up (And) cast Lucifer out Shake it up baby Watch them twist and then shout Insecure assholes just looking for a ticket To ride on somebody Like the Pick It It's fucking wicked Shame on a 'nuh' This neurotic, toxic society! Sick psycho psychology In desperate need of psychiatry Exorcisms, sobriety Forcing Social lobotomies People stuck in dichotomies Pseudo sicko anxieties Serial criminals dressed in variety Social transvestism Subliminal dressed up as piety Transference, projections Like Cartesian images Robbing innocence Stealing inheritance Quiet victims with no defense Betrayed over dollars and cents Maladjusted and ignorant Mal addiction and dissonance Too much addiction no consciousness Don't trust it This cosmology's busted, broken And returns to the dust It stinks of corruption Oppression, deceit Abuse in repeat They don't feel complete Unless they're misleading/robbing the sheep Man is not a product if you call him that then stop it! In this Neurotic, dominant society ************************************************** Mr. Intentional[Verse 1] See, the road to hell is paved with good intentions Can't you tell, the way they have to mention How they helped you out? You're such a hopeless victim! Please don't do me any favors, Mr. Intentional [Verse 2] All their talk is seasoned to perfection The road they walk, commanding your affection They need to be needed, deceived by motivation An opportunity to further situation Why they're so important is without explanation Please don't patronize me, Mr. Intentional [Verse 3] We give rise to ego by being insecure The advice that we go desperately searching for The subconscious effort to support our paramour To engage in denial, to admit we're immature Validating lies, Mr. Intentional Open up yours eyes, Mr. Intentional [Verse 4] Stuck in a system that seeks to suck your blood Held emotionally hostage by what everybody does Counting all the money that you give them just because Exploiting ignorance in the name of love Stop before you drop because that's just the way it was Please don't justify me, Mr. Intentional Oh one-dimensional, Mr. Intentional Oh don't you do me any favors [Verse 5] Wake up, you've been sleeping Take up your bed and walk Stop blaming other people Oh it's nobody else's fault Accept the truth about you You know that life goes on without you And your expensive misinventions Disguising your intentions Don't worship my hurt feelings, Mr. Intentional [Verse 6] See, I know you can't help me, Mr. Intentional The only help I need to live is unprofessional The only wealth I have to give is not material And if you need much more than that, I'm not available Please don't entertain me, Mr. Intentional Oh I don't need your sympathy, Mr. Intentional Stay away from me, Mr. Intentional So one-dimensional, Mr. Promotional Mr. Emotional, Mr. Intentional ************************************************** Adam Lives in Theory[Verse 1] Adam lives in theory Trying to turn stone into bread Masquerading like he got it figured out Cut off from the sunshine, only smart in his own head Leaving his descendants to hope and doubt Left to his devices, those worthless sacrifices Praying to the altar of himself Making pilgrimages, thinking he's religious Like he's got all the light, and no one else He takes the unsuspected Cause he knows they're not connected And he shows them how to be just as he is Virtually real, and commercially appealed To the lust of all the people where he lives Eve was so naive, blinded by the pride and greed Wanting to be intellectual Drifting from the way she got turned down one day And now she thinks that she's bisexual Caught up in emotion Burning up in her devotion To the king of exploitation in the field She handed him her virtue Cause he told her "I won't hurt you" So she lay with him to see how good it feels [Hook] Now can you tell me, what, what we gonna do now? Where we gonna go now? What we gonna say now? Now can you tell me, what, what we gonna do now? Where we gonna go now? What we gonna say now? [Verse 2] Now after the sensation, and the empty fornication She brought affection home Into her bed, quickly multiplying Now the 3 of them are dying by the poison she perceived to be good (head!) Now Eve and her husband are perverted in their judgment Cause everything appears to be the same They entertain suggestion Next time just use protection Desiring to cover up their shame But much to their demise, poor decision closed their eyes To the very antidote to their dilemma Burning in their lust Both of them adulterous Destroying the original agenda Praying to the sky, in order to maintain a lie They exhausted every possible conclusion They can't even entertain the solution In a brain filled with vain information and pollution Hiding from the truth He provided an excuse to explain away his desperate situation When confronted, blamed his wife Giving birth to carnal life Refusing to acknowledge what he done Now if we can agree with who created us to be Who says we're guilty everyone before his eyes Making no exceptions, since the day of our conception Predisposed to hating truth, and loving lies [Hook] Now can you tell me, what, what we gonna do now? Where we gonna go now? What we gonna say now? Now can you tell me, what, what we gonna do now? Where we gonna go now? What we gonna say now? [Verse 3] Stop walking in pride, let the thief be crucified Un-learn everything you know, and let Him teach you Line upon line, and precept upon precept, say goodbye To this decaying social system He wants to know how far we're willing to go If we love him like we say we do He will try us Just you don't regress Or slip into hopelessness Once He's satisfied His love He won't deny us [Hook - Shift] And then He'll tell us, what, what we gonna do now? Where we gonna go now? What we gonna say now? And then He'll tell us, what, what we gonna do now? Where we gonna go now? What we gonna say now? ************************************************** Guarding the Gates[Chorus] Everybody, everybody wants to know Where you're goin' to, what you're runnin' from What you're goin' through, where you're comin' from What you're goin' through, where you're comin' from Everybody, everybody wants to know What you're gonna do, where you're goin' to 'Cause they wanna come, where I'm showin' you Yes, they wanna come, where I'm showin' you [Post-Chorus] All that you can be is a spectacle Following after every single miracle Watch them marvel at all the joy you have But they're too important to have all the joy you have What a tragedy, you can laugh at me (You can laugh at me) You can laugh at me (You can laugh at me) But I'm in love Yes, I'm in love [Chorus] Don't you wish you had real love? Yes, I'm in love [Verse 1] Tryna fix myself for society Tryna mix myself for society But can you tell me, where is love in anxiety? Can you tell me, where is love in anxiety? What you say to me, I don't mind at all What you say to me, I don't really care at all 'Cause I'm in love [Refrain] Don't you wish you had real love? I know you do Yes, I'm in love [Verse 2] Watch them speculate on the life you live Watch them try to hate all the love you give All the love you give [Verse 3] Everybody, everybody wants to know Where you're goin' to, 'cause they wanna come Or so they think until they find the cost of it 'Til they find out, find out what you lost for it And I'd do it all again 'Cause I found love 'Cause I found love [Refrain] Don't you wish you had real love? I know you do Yes, I'm in love [Chorus] Everybody, everybody wants to know Where you're goin' to, what you're runnin' from What you're goin' through, where you're comin' from What you're goin' through, where you're comin' from Everybody, everybody wants to know What you're gonna do, where you're goin' to (Where you're goin' to) 'Cause they wanna come (Wanna come), where I'm showin' you (Showin' you) Yes, they wanna come, where I'm showin' you (Showin' you) [Post-Chorus] All that you can be is a spectacle Following after every single miracle (Miracle) Watch them marvel at (Marvel at) all the joy you have (Joy you have) But they're too important to have all the joy you have (To have all) What a tragedy (Tragedy), you can laugh at me (You can laugh at me) You can laugh at me (You can laugh at me) But I'm in love Yes, I'm in love [Refrain] Don't you wish you had real love? I know you do Yes, I'm in love [Verse 4] So what you say to me, I don't even mind at all (What you say to me) What you say to me, I don't even care at all (What you say to me, I don't even care) 'Cause I'm in love [Refrain] Don't you wish you had real love? I know you do Don't you wish you had real love? Ooh-ooh, ooh Ooh [Bridge] These broken thoughts are in my mind Can't let 'em get down in there Can't let 'em get down in there These broken thoughts are in my mind Can't let 'em get down in there Can't let 'em get down in there 'Cause I need real love (Guard) (Guarding) I need real love (Guarding) [Outro] I'm guarding, guarding the gates, ayy (The gates) (Guard, guarding) Oh, I'm guarding my gates ************************************************** Black RageBLACK RAGE is founded on two-thirds a person Rapings and beatings and suffering that worsens, Black human packages tied up in strings. BLACK RAGE can come from all these kinds of things Black Rage is founded on blatant denial Squeezing economics, subsistence survival, Deafening silence and social control. Black Rage is founded on wounds in the soul! When the dogs bite When the beatings When I'm feeling sad I simply remember all these kinds of things and then I don't fear so bad! Black rage is founded: who fed us self-hatred Lies and abuse, while we waited and waited Spiritual treason, This grid and its cages Black rage was founded on these kinds of things Black rage is founded on draining and draining Threatening your freedom, To stop your complaining Poisoning your water, While they say it's raining Then call you mad for complaining, complaining Old time bureaucracy drugging the youth Black rage is founded on blocking the truth, Murder and crime, Compromise and distortion Sacrifice, sacrifice who makes this fortune? Greed, falsely called progress Such human contortion, Black rage is founded on these kinds of things So when the dog bites And the beatings When I’m feeling sad I simply remember all these kinds of things and then I don’t fear so bad Free enterprise, is it myth or illusion? Forcing you back into purposed confusion Black human trafficking or blood transfusion? Black rage is founded on these kinds of things. Victims of violence both psyche and body Life out of context IS living unGodly Politics, politics Greed falsely called wealth Black rage is founded on denial of self! Black human packages tied and subsistence Having to justify your very existence Try if you must, but you can’t have my soul Black rage is made by unGodly control So when the dog bites And when the beatings And I’m feeling so sad I simply remember all these kinds of things And then I don’t fear so bad ************************************************** I Find it Hard to Say (Rebel)[Verse 1] I find it hard to say That everything is alright Don't look at me that way Like everything is alright 'Cause my own eyes can see Through all your false pretenses But what you fail to see Is all the consequences You think our lives are cheap And easy to be wasted As history repeats So foul you can taste it [Refrain] And while the people sleep Too comfortable to face it His life's so incomplete And nothing can replace it And while the people sleep Too comfortable to face it Your life's so incomplete And nothing can replace it [Verse 2] Fret not thyself I say Against these laws of man 'Cause like the Bible says: His blood is on their hands [Chorus] And what I gotta say And what I gotta say, is rebel While today is still today, choose well And what I gotta say, is rebel It can't go down this way Choose well, choose well, choose well Choose well, choose well, choose well [Refrain] And while the people sleep Too comfortable to face it Your lives are so incomplete And nothing, and no one, can replace it No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no [Chorus] And what I gotta say, and what I gotta say And what I gotta say, and what I gotta say And what I gotta say, and what I gotta say And what I gotta say, and what I gotta say Is rebel – rebel, rebel, rebel, rebel, rebel, rebel Rebel, rebel, rebel, rebel, rebel Repent, the day is far too spent – rebel, rebel! Wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up Wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up and rebel We must destroy in order to rebuild Wake up, you might as well Oh are you… oh are you satisfied? Oh are you satisfied? Rebel, ohhh, rebel! [Outro] Why don't you rebel? Why don't you rebel? Why don't you rebel? I'm fading myself down now ************************************************** Water[Spoken Intro] [Verse 1] Moving down the streams of my lifetime Pulls the fascination in my sleeve Cooling off the fire of my longing Boiling off my cold within his heat Melting down the walls of inhibition Evaporating all of my fears Baptizing me into complete submission Dissolving my condition with his tears [Hook] He's just like the water I ain't felt this way in years He's just like the water I ain't felt this way in years [Verse 2] Coursing through my senses, he's prevailing Floating through the space of my design Drowning me to find my inside sailing Drinking in the mainstream of mind Filling up the cup of my emotions Spilling over into all I do If I only I could get lost in his ocean Surviving on the thought of loving you [Hook] He's just like the water I ain't felt this way in years He's just like the water, the water I ain't felt this way in years [Verse 3] Bathing in the fountain of his essence He causes my expression to remain Humbled on a mountain by his presence Washing my intentions with his name Sealing off the floodgates of his passions Saving all his liquid for his own Moisturizing me to satisfaction In my imagination? No no! He's pouring out his soul to me for hours and hours Drawing out my nature with his hands Yearning I'm so thirsty for his power Burning to be worthy of his land [Hook] He's just like the water I ain't felt this way in years He's just like the water I ain't felt this way in years [Bridge] Cleaning me He's purging me And moving me around He's bathing me And he's claiming me And moving me around Around and around and around And around Watching me, claiming me Moving me around He's purging me He's been cleaning me And moving me around And around And around Around Around Moving me around [Spoken Outro] ************************************************** So Much Things to Say[Intro] Yeah, yeah yeah, yeah yeah yey Why, why, why, why, why, why, why Why, Why, heh [Hook] They've got so much things to say right now They've got so much things to say They've got so much things to say right now They've got so much things to say [Verse 1] I'll never forget no way, how they crucified Jesus Christ I'll never forget no way, how they sold Marcus Garvey for rice I'll never forget no way, how they turned their backs on Paul Bogle So don't you forget no way... Who you are, and where you stand in the struggle [Hook] They've got so much things to say right now They've got so much things to say They've got so very many things, to say right now They've got so much things to say [Verse 2] And I don't come to fight flesh and blood But spiritual wickedness in high and low places And don't you fight me down I'll stand firm, and give Jah all the thanks and praises I don't expect to be justified, by these laws of men Though the wicked find me guilty, Jah will proove my innocency 'Cause when the rain falls, it don't, fall on one man's house top Remember that See when this rain falls, it don't, fall on one man's house top [Hook] They've got so much things to say right now They've got so much, so much things to say They've got, heh, so much things to say right now They've got so, so much things to say [Verse 3] But let them keep talking, oh let them keep talking 'Cause non of them walking, oh non of them walking, no And while they still talking, see I'mma be walking I'mma be walking, so let them keep talking [Verse 1 Reprise] Said I never forget no way, how they crucified Jesus Christ And I, I'll never forget, how they sold Marcus Garvey for rice Said I, never forget, how they turned their backs on Paul Bogle So non of you, non of you forget... Who you are, and where you stand in the struggle [Verse 2 Reprise] 'Cause when this rain, 'cause when this rain, rain, rain, rain, rain falls It don't fall on one man's house, I'm telling you the rain... I'm telling you the rain, rain, rain, rain, rain don't fall It don't fall... they... [Hook + Outro] They've got, they've got, so very many things to say about me I'm telling you lie They, and they, and they will have so many things They'll have so many things to say about you... To say about you 'Cause they don't know me, know me They don't know me, oh they don't know me, oh they don't know me Oh they don't know me well They, they, they, they, they, they, they don't know my Father 'Cause if they did, if they did... hey ey... theeey... Heh.. ************************************************** Intro[School bell rings] [Teacher: Ras Baraka] Please respond when I call your name... Alright, Kevin Charles... (Here) Jaris Boykins... (Here) Alicia Simmons... (Here) Phillip Valdez... (Here) Gabrielle Salado... (Here) Latoya Bradberry... (Right here) Antawn Mitchell... (Here) Shaquan Sutton... (Here) Cory Thomas... (Here) Tyron Lucas... (Here) Kennia Codwell...(Here) Tanika Marshall... (Here) Lauryn Hill... Lauryn Hill... Lauryn Hill... Walton Spates... (Here) (Music fades) ************************************************** Oh Jerusalem[Intro] Oh Jerusalem Oh Jerusalem Oh Jerusalem Oh Jerusalem [Verse 1] Realizing that there's no place else to go And there's nobody I know who can help me Textbook solutions are so improbable Cause everybody else is just as empty Naked as the day that I was born, I tried to hide Behind education and philosophy Hopeless explanation to describe a situation I can't see because the world's on top of me [Verse 2] Oh wretched man that I am, who will deliver me From the body of this death? Freeing me from dust, and the superficial trust Of an enemy that seeks to take my breath Failing to connect cause I'm morally defect By reason of the God inside my head Causing me to see only what pertains to me Believing I'm alive when I'm still dead [Verse 3] Limited to earth, unable to find out my worth Cause I can't see past my own vanity If I'm not included, then I just have to remove it From my mind because it has to be insanity Oh wretched man that I am, who will deliver me From the body of this death? [Verse 4] Can I even factor, that I've only been an actor In this staged interpretation of this day Focused on the shadow, with my back turned to the light Too intelligent to see it's me in the way What a paradox, having God trapped in a box All this time professing to be spiritual Naturally pretending, that I'm actually defending God through my facade, don't need material [Hook] Oh Jerusalem, wash thy heart from wickedness That thou mayest be saved from thy deception How long shall thy faith lodge lies within thee? Oh Jerusalem, keeping thee from perfection [Verse 5] Submit to truth, leave the deception of thy youth So we could walk in the council of authority Forget the proof, our generation so aloof Only follow in the steps of the majority Trust in the Lord with all thy heart And lay not to thine, oh an understanding in all thy ways Acknowledge Him, and He shall direct our paths Be not wise in thine own eyes and you can follow him We judge and condemn, just as ignorant as them Who religion tells us that we should ignore Perpetrating we're in covenant with Him Exposed by the very things that we adore [Verse 6] We grin and shake hands, then lay ambush for the man Who has a different point of view then us Infuriated cause he doesn't understand Bringing up those things we don't want to discuss Why still do evil, we don't know how to do good Walking on in darkness running from the light Led to believe, because we live in neighborhoods Telling us what's going on will be alright Oh so repressed, so convinced that I was blessed When I played with my game of Monopoly Oh to suggest, that my life is still a mess Who reveal the pride I'm hiding is what's stopping me [Hook] Oh Jerusalem, wash thy heart from wickedness That thou mayest be saved from thy deception How long shall thy faith lodge lies within thee? Oh Jerusalem, keeping thee from perfection [Verse 7] Abide in me and I in you, as the branch cannot bear Fruit of itself except in the vine I am the vine, ye are the branches, he that lives in me And I in him, the same bring forth much fruit Without me, you can do nothing Oh Jerusalem, you're traditions have deceived you I've chosen you, you haven't chosen me Do whatsoever, you asking my name he may give to you But in vain they call my name Teaching doctrines just the same Justified among themselves But God know with the heart, what man esteemed as smart Is an abomination to Emmanuel [Verse 8] Just repent, turn from selfish motivation So iniquity will not cause your demise Make you a new heart and a new spirit For why would he die? Oh Jerusalem, please tell me why I have no pleasure in the death of him to die Says the Lord God where forth turn yourselves and live It's not the talkers, but the walkers and His Word Are the only ones the Father will forgive [Hook] Oh Jerusalem, wash thy heart from wickedness That thou mayest be saved from thy deception How long shall thy faith lodge lies within thee? Oh Jerusalem, keeping thee from perfection [Outro] Oh Jerusalem ************************************************** SelahNothing can be done against the truth No matter how we remain in denial, yeah Wasting time, replacing time with each empty excuse But that'll only work a little while Coping with despair, knowing you're not there Ashamed to just admit I've been a fool So I blame it on the sun, run away from everyone Hoping to escape this ridicule Trapped in misery, wrapped so miserably And this deception, I wear it like a skin Dying to maintain, oh I keep trying to explain A heart that never loved me to begin Oh I'm such a mess, I have no choice but to confess That I've been desperately trying to belong Lieing to myself and everybody else Refusing to admit my right was wrong [Refrain:] And then He came Selah, oh and it means Praise and meditation, and then He came Selah, oh and it means Did you think about that, and then He came Selah, oh and it means Praise and meditation, and then He came Selah, oh and it means That it is seen How beautiful is fruit still in denial of its roots My guilty heart behaves so foolishly This treason from within that reasons with my sin Won't be happy till it sees the death of me Selfishly addicted to a life that I depicted Conflicted cause it's not reality Oh what's left of me, I beg you desperately Cause me to agree with what I know is best for me Please save me from myself, I need you, save me from myself Please save me from myself so I can heal The choices that I've made, oh have been nothing but mistakes What a wasted use of space, should I die before I wake In all of my religion, I've fortified this prison Obligated to obey the demands of bad decisions Please save me from myself, I need you Save me from myself, please save me from myself so I can heal [Refrain] And then He came And then He came, then He came, then He came And then He And then He came ************************************************** Love[Verse 1] Your love is like the ocean, and I am like the sand Responding to your power, a safe place for you to stand But when the undercurrents come, and pull you out to sea I'm left with shells and slippery rocks where you used to be And when the sun comes beating down and burns my body dry It's hard to wait until the tide to quench my thirst, so I cry, I cry Cry, cry, and then at last, the sun goes down And leads into your sea And I can feel your desperate hands all over me, all over me I dream of you, when I know I shouldn't, shouldn't You are hurting me and you said that you wouldn't You promised me you wouldn't you wouldn't I said I'd be with you and I know I couldn't And I knew I couldn't Oh, I, oh I. Indeed, indeed, indeed [Outro] So moves like that This is how we bust rhymes on a phat track Me and Kahlee, female refugees, we get down like that I don't know what to sing so my artistry brings Things from off the top of my head I bust freestyles instead Of memories of the time when we were free ************************************************** Nice For What (Remix)[Intro: Big Freedia] I wanna know who mothafuckin' representin' in here tonight Brooklyn! Uptown! Hold on, hold on [Pre-Chorus: Lauryn Hill Sample & Lauryn Hill] Hold on I keep lettin' you back in (Hey) you back in How can I, explain myself? Care for me, (Hey) care for me, you said you'd (Hey) care for me (What yall know about that) There for me, there for me, said you'd be there for me Cry for me, cry for me, (Yo, yo) you said you'd die for me Give to me, give to me, why won't you live for me? [Chorus:] See this is Ex-Factor He took the sample My shit is classic Here’s an example Of how we niced it up on a rhythm so many wanna Spice it up on a rhythm See this is Ex-Factor We took the sample My shit is classic Here’s an example Of how we niced it up on a rhythm so many wanna Spice it up on a rhythm (Listen) [Verse 1:] You know I'm only here 'til manana Catch the plane so I can go to Punta Cana Ripped up jeans and I'm Balenciaga mama With dread dem who like to sing song, like satta massagana I'm in the short natural like I'm Lola Folana Birthed two lions codename Black Madonna [?] head gear from Botswana Backyard it's [?] we no longer nana's Watch that shit we go bananas Watch that shit we go bananas [Refrain] I'm the original I turned the paradigm Who be the written * who be the mastermind See how I sliced it up on this rhythm So many wanna spice it up on this rhythm I'm the original I burned the paradigm So many, wanna See how I sliced it up on this rhythm So many wanna spice it up on this rhythm [Verse 2] So stop actin' like you didn't grow up singing my songs I stoop down on this bitch like I had wings on my own I transcended speak truth like I wrote the amendments Sorry if you offended it's the truth that I mean Birds, beans, and, *pie, we take it the same Mention my name its the same [?] they like [?] the brain My shit still doin' the thing My shit still raise the pain Halabit* the world before we came We conquered before we came Emoji's and all flames And the game was never the same And the game was never the same And the- [Refrain] I'm the original I burned the paradigm Who be the written [?] who be the mastermind See how I sliced it up on this rhythm So many wanna spice it up on this rhythm [Chorus] See this is Ex-Factor He took the sample My shit is classic Here’s an example Of how we niced it up it up on a rhythm so many wanna Spice it up on a rhythm See this is Ex-Factor He took the sample My shit is classic Here’s an example Of how we niced it up it up on a rhythm so many wanna Spice it up on a rhythm See this is Ex-Factor He took the sample This shit is classic Here’s an example Of how we niced it up it up on a rhythm so many wanna Spice it up on a rhythm Doo do do do do See how we Niced it up it up on this rhythm so many wanna Spice it up on a rhythm See this is Ex-Factor He took the sample This shit is classic Here’s an example Of how we niced it up it up on a rhythm so many wanna Spice it up on a rhythm [Outro] God bless you guys Come on thank you so much ************************************************** I’ve Got Life[Intro: Nina Simone] I ain't got no home, ain't got no shoes Ain't got no money, ain't got no class Ain't got no friends, ain't got no schooling Ain't got no hurt, ain't got no job Ain't got no money, no place to stay Ain't got no [Verse 1: Lauryn Hill] Programmed inequity, it's in the nervous system Listen, watch the words, how they twist 'em Two thirds of the world turned victim Subtle energy, they capture and block chi The unseen violence behind the democracy Some call it hypocrisy, turn freeman into property And logically justify not treatin' 'em properly Invisible ink in the constitution Meant to preserve the institution, unequal distribution Of wealth, goods and services Revolvin' door, no floor, just anxiety and nervousness Trapped in circuses Herds of us, not understandin' our purposes When appetites and psychological types Get caught in the hype, it's tight from morning 'til night I'm demanding my rights Women's suffrage then black suffrage Or Jim Crow, the KKK American terrorism Murders and beatings on television It's in the cells now, you thought that was yesterday? But the compression stays, trauma still got most afraid Stuck in the memory, fear gives birth to lethargy Generations of children in jeopardy History written in jealousy, scribes full of heresy Full of barbarians, ch-ch-check out my melody Musical therapy, reprogram Africa full of coltan Coltrane was a cold man Black genius in a cold land tryna be the whole man Heal the homeland Past time for our own land Where a grown man can be a grown man The system has benefit for robbery is robbery You can't run from it, God is a natural monopoly Divine creator stuck in monotony Bureaucracy, psyche on poverty Self-esteem broken like pottery No more, not me, codename anomaly Cause there's just no match for the prodigy Sovereignty, the god in me Walking university, living cosmology Without apology [Hook: Nina Simone] I've got life I've got laughs I've got headaches and toothaches And bad times too like you, you, you [Verse 2: Lauryn Hill] OK The more you suppress life the stronger it gets With death life the longer it gets I know it’s hard to admit That you follow some bullshit Swallow the wrong pill looking for mr bill Repression, oppression: same thing (same thing) Fear the shadow that’s the main thing (main thing) They keep running from Every action yields an equal and opposite one Yes that means the consequence comes Fields of cumbersome back breaking labor Can’t be healed with just a cummerbund I was homecoming queen call me number one Yep that’s another one, now give the drummer some Tell every mother’s son expression can be far more powerful than a hundred guns See my Kalashnikov lyrics with the safety off Now dance around these niggas like Baryshnikov Street sweeper my words are my keeper It’s in the ether, now what you trynna tell these preachers, It’s done It’s done let loose your tongue Gifted, black and young Watch these devils run They knew a change was gonna come Sinner man looking for a place to run Tell the truth in tongues’ enemy reduced by one's Thousands 2 can put 10,000 in flight Speak truth to power every 24 hours [Hook: Nina Simone] I've got life I've got laughs I've got headaches and toothaches And bad times too like you, you, you [Verse 3: Lauryn Hill] (Ay let me tell you) Imperialism is a form of Jihad They killed and enslaved millions for gold bullion, in the name of God The children of mammon called it spiritual famine Can we examine, how they stole bauxite, rubber, labor, diamonds and platinum? The building blocks of society and economy, broke humanity to build the colonies Using reverse psychology to keep us from knowing our quality No more human tragedy, no more mis-recognition, no more addiction Let’s accurately diagnose our condition! Listen: 400 years of the abuse and misuse of religion Don’t give me another person’s prescription! I need what I need, my deeds are my deeds As a man thinketh so is he, Mezanmi! Take the land back, every child, woman and man back Reevaluate history, expeditiously Can’t live my life in apostasy Emulate the apostrophe hang with S, you can rock with me I come in love and truth (truth) Look at what I went through Now it’s time to acknowledge just what I give you: Life [Hook: Nina Simone] I've got life I've got laughs I've got headaches and toothaches And bad times too like you, you, you [Verse 4: Lauryn Hill] There’s a whole lotta wrong to be righted, I get excited I'ma kick this shit off like I’m on Manchester United & my attention is undivided, so you can’t divide and conquer me! I’m sitting comfortably in a SUV, up in my SUV taking artistic liberties Making musical history, a lil' acupuncture, structural integration, my meditation, liberating a generation & beyond that, I’m taking the bomb back. I’m splitting atoms for freedom, America needs more FREED men, able to talk right, not prone to GREED men (It’s just not what you need man) Let your words and deeds line up, master the mind, young king man??, put your signs up, intelligent designs up!, plant your seeds, keep your dimes up, cuz no man knows when the time’s up It’s elemental like Solomon in the temple, Ark of the Covenant, accountable to a higher government I’m looking for love (in all the wrong places) Somebody tell me, where them brothas went, reclaim your wealth, no more giving the enemy help, no more sympathy for the devil, let'em hang himself Get all the billion Black people out of these bottles, suffer while grown people get coddled, you know the novel [Hook: Nina Simone] I've got life I've got laughs I've got headaches and toothaches And bad times too like you, you, you ************************************************** Interlude 5You all doin’ alright?...You okay? *claps* I’m not screamin at ya, I’m just askin you a question. Y’all givin’ me a clap. A yes is fine (laughing) okay? (voice from audience “I love that song”) Thank you. Praise God. I tell you, I know everybody’s in the same mess. I’m telling you. We all are. I, I, I know that, you know... and I’m just, you know, I’ll be the first to tell you, you know, I’m a mess and God is dealing with me everyday. And everyday I’m trying, you know, how I can be less of a mess. Cuz you know, he showed me, Look Lauryn, you know, You’re the problem, okay, I’m going to show you how you’re causing the problem, and now I want you to be the solution. And that’s what all of these songs are about, just, problem, cause and solution. Free your mind. It’s like, we all think that the gospel is join and church building, and that’s deception, you know. The real gospel is Repent, which means ‘let go of all that crap,’ that’s killin’ you. Life was supposed to be a pleasurable experience, not this torment, you know. And when I realized that I was tormenting myself, it was about my lust. It wasn’t about things that I needed it was just, you know, all these security blankets. I mean, the more I acquired I became more of a prisoner. I mean, you know, forty people on staff, and you can’t do nothing, and now creativity is impossible because all you can think about is all these folks that you know, you’re supporting and carryin’ and you know, it’s not good. You know, everybody… a friend of mine says that every tub has to stand on it’s own bottom, you know. And in that respect, we all get to do what our passion is. See , that’s what praisin God is all about, is doing your passion. You know, it’s not useless, worthless ritual, you know, monotonous ritual, where we just show up and can’t wait to see the game, you know. It’s doing your passion and fulfilling your passion. You know. That’s how we’re thankful. That’s how we say we appreciate the opportunity to be alive. And I’m just glad that I, you know, I don’t have to slave anymore. You know, cuz I, music was my love, and because of everything I thought had to accompany my music it became my burden. It just got stolen from me. I said, What is this? How did this thing that I love so much so easily and so quickly turn to something I loath and hate? And so now, you know, I understand that it was because I was measuring myself or trying to compare myself to a standard that wasn’t reality. It wasn’t the standard at all, you know. T here’s a scripture in the Bible that we, what does it say, it says ‘We compare ourselves amongst ourselves’ you know. That’s not the standard. You already are the standard. What are you trying to fit into a standard for? We were each created to be individual standards, you know. And we’re trying to fit into a standard? It doesn’t make any sense, you know. So now I’m just, you know, after all that, I’m just ready to be me. And it’s a lot to work through, you know, because all of us have hidden in these little boxes purposely, because of parts of ourselves that we were unhappy about. And it’s because we didn’t understand, you know, because there’s all this social doctrine that says, you know, that The infinite God, with all this expression, who created every single one of us, absolutely different, On purpose, wants everybody to fit into the same suit. But like, you know, that’s deception. That’s deception. (Talking to someone offstage) Okay, let me just, I think this is the wrong one (laughing) I don’t think this is the right one. We took…we were in, um, Florida this weekend and we took the kids to Disney world, and um, you know we were going, they gave us a tour. They escorted us through the back. And when they escorted us through the back, we got to see how, you know, there all these people workin all hard, and it was like, real dirty back there, and of course, in the front it was all immaculately clean. And I said, I said, you know, People need to see the reality, they need to see, you know, how these people slave to maintain this illusion. And it felt like my life. I said, If people only knew what it was. It’s like, you know, a bunch of musicians, listen, bustin’ their ‘mm’ workin all hard to make it look easy. What’s the point? You know, Oh, uh, I just threw this together, uh…(audience laughs). You know, it’s like, you know what I’m sayin? I mean, you know. Slaving. Slaving to act like, you know, I wake up like this. And none of us do, you know, none of us do. None of us do. And reality is good cuz that means everybody could just exhale, let your belly out, you know, and chill. You know. But people get mad at me when I say, Look, let’s stop frontin’. And I’m saying, you know, that’s the blessing. Now we can go around and look at each other and say, Oh, you got one too?! And be free. And we want to defend the curse. I’ll tell ya, that was not fun. Did it for a long time... Too long. (offstage) You didn’t find it? It’s another white one. But you see…in my purse. Or the, the other bag? Or the green one? Ghetto. You know, it’s reality, okay (laughing)? One time, it came to me, you know, I was just told very concretely. You know, it was like that voice, the right one, said to me, he said, Lauryn, You know the real you is more interesting than the fake somebody else. I just want you to know that. Because we always thought we could get, you know, we could get reality by just putting on the clothes and wearin’ the face and you know, lookin hard in the video. But, you know. Reality is..it’s like I’ve always told to my husband, it’s like, look, you know, we look at Bob Marley, you know, and we say Okay, let’s just grow locks and wear the clothes and have the band and we have no many idea how many years of struggle and pain and suffering that made that content. You see what I’m saying? You can’t get it from the outside in. Truth is from the inside out. You know, and the way we’ve been trying to heal and be healed is with these topical, surface, superficial, temporary solution. And I’m telling you, true healing is from the inside out. You know, we’ve been told to protect our outer man while our inner man is dying. (offstage) Oh, this is the one. Boy I’ll tell ya, God made him for me. I’m something to put up with. And to endure that is amazing. I’ll be the first to tell you, trust me. Y’all could clap cuz that’s some real work (more clapping). I was in there in the room, you know, before we came out here, and he said to me, I said, Ro should I change? And he said, Yeah. So I looked at him, I said, Why did you tell me to change I was comfortable, man. But I asked him the question. So I went in the room and I tried on all these clothes and I was like, I feel like an idiot. So I pulled out all these clothes and I’m sayin, ok Ro, you know, Pack the bag neatly, you know, Could you put the clothes back in? And he’s like, Alright. So he’s trying to do this but then I’m like, No! Now take this out! Now put that back and take that out! Put that back, hold that, take, that, put, The orange shoe! The orange shoe! So I’m like. And then after awhile I just said, Ro baby, could you leave? Please get out the room. And I just put back on the clothes I came in. Okay, I was like…I’m just not there anymore. Nah, I’m telling you. It’s like, uh (laughing). Hey you know he’s learned. Because before we used to just beef and now he’s like, Okay…I’m out. It’s real. God gave us a brand new relationship, man, I mean, one in truth, you know. It’s like, we date people, like let’s say, you know, we’re interested in somebody and we put on the perfume and dress up and then we do things that we will never ever ever do again! You understand what I’m sayin? It’s like…And that’s why so many marriages end up in divorce. It’s because people wake up next to a stranger. They say, Who the hell are you? What are you doing in this bed? Where’s that man that used to do ‘du, dua, and du.’ And I’m sayin let’s give them reality from the door because: you’re going to attract love, and the one that really loves you. And then you don’t have to pretend and falsify, and you know, keep that posture. You know, you know, I can’t, I’m just like...I’ll never forget when I first met him I said to him, it was like, he saw me eating in front of him, and he told me, he was like, You eat like a man, you must not like me. You know, because, women, usually they keep that posture. And I said, Nah. I said it’s not even that, you know. It’s but, this is reality. This is, you know, and that’s it, man, I mean, I’m just telling you, it’s so wonderful to finally find… And trust me, it’s a work in progress, it’s not something that happens overnight. We all have to be introduced to each other. I’m telling you, I know that I’m up here and you see, Lauryn Hill, you came to see Lauryn Hill. But this is the first time y’all meet me. You see what I’m saying? Don’t think you met me before, okay. And as I grow, you’re going to meet me a little bit more. You’re gonna be exposed to the real me a little bit more. I can tell you I had to reintroduce myself to everybody I know. My mother my father. Listen, y’all never knew me. I want to introduce you to me. I’m just getting to know me. And you know what, anything that’s not growin' is dead, so we better be changing. You know, people would say to me, they would hold me hostage. And they, seriously, emotionally hostage, and they’d say, Uh, she’s changing. The money’s changing her. And I’d say Listen, the money’s not changing me, God’s changing me. I’m changing, because that’s a natural part of life. We’re all supposed to change. Who wakes up and is the same way tomorrow and the day after that? Nobody is. Let the experience teach you and be real, man. And, um..there’s gonna be warfare involved. Because there’s some people who prefer deceptions, see. They say, uh, I don’t like this new expression, and I say, what, you want two-thirds of me to stay outside? I’m a whole person. You can’t say, you know, two-thirds of Lauryn, come in here. Only two-thirds is acceptable. I’m a whole person. You know. And that’s everybody. You always talk about spiritual warfare and we didn’t realize that it was in relationships. It’s emotional warfare. Being able to tell the people we love the most the truth about ourselves. And when they say, Hey that doesn’t fit into our box for you, we say, well, I ain’t in no box. Don’t try to put me in one. I’m going to play a little bit of guitar with this one, but I might stop it’s cuz I really want you to listen to the words, so if I stop, you understand why. I want you to really hear the words… ************************************************** Killing Me SoftlyStrummin' my pain with his fingers Singin' my life with his words Killing me softly with his song Killing me softly with his song telling my whole life With his words killing me softly with his song I heard he sang a good song I heard he had a style And so I came to see him And listen for a while And there he was this young boy A stranger to my eyes Strummin' my pain with his fingers Singin' my life with his words Killing me softly with his song Killing me softly with his song telling my whole life With his words killing me softly with his song I felt all flushed with fever Embarrassed by the crowd I felt he found my letters And read each one out loud I prayed that he would finish But he just kept right on Strummin' my pain with his fingers (One time, one time) Singin' my life with his words (Two times, two times) Killing me softly with his song Killing me softly with his song telling my whole life With his words killing me softly with his song I said whoa oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, la, la, la, whoa Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, ohla, la, la La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, whoa Oh, oh, oh, la, la, la, la, la La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la Strummin' my pain with his fingers (Yes he was) Singin' my life with his words Killing me softly with his song Killing me softly with his song telling my whole life With his words killing me softly with his song ************************************************** Can’t Take My Eyes Off Of You (Remix)[Intro:] Uh, uh, uh, we got the... (Oh my God! Is it real?) Oh, we got the... (Oh my God! Is it real?) A one-two, a one-two (Oh my God!) Yeah, uh... [Verse 1:] You're just too good to be true Can't take my eyes off of you (Baby) You'd be like heaven to touch (Huh) I wanna hold you so much (Yeah) At long last love has arrived And I thank God I'm alive (I'm alive, yeah) You're just too good to be true Can't take my eyes off of you [Verse 2:] Pardon the way that I stare (the way that I stare) There's nothing else to compare (What?) The sight of you leaves me weak (So weak) There are no words left to speak (words left to speak) But if you feel like I feel (Yeah) Please let me know that it's real (It's all real) You're just too good to be true Can't take my eyes off of you [Chorus:] I love you baby, if it's quite all right I need you baby, to warm the lonely night I love you baby, trust in me when I say okay (It's okay) Oh pretty baby, don't let me down, I pray Oh pretty baby, now that I've found you, stay And let me love you, oh baby let me love you, oh baby... (It takes two to make a thing go right) [Verse 3:] You're just too good to be true Can't take my eyes off of you You'd be like heaven to touch I wanna hold you so much At long last love has arrived And I thank God I'm alive (Thank God, what?) You're just too good to be true Can't take my eyes off of you [Chorus:] I need you baby, and if it's quite all right I need you baby, to warm a lonely night I love you baby, trust in me when I say it's okay (Check the jewelers) Oh pretty baby, don't let me down, I pray Oh pretty baby, now that I've found you, stay And let me love you (What?) Oh baby let me love you, oh baby... I need you baby (It's a conspiracy) I love you baby (It's like... uhl...) I need you baby (I want you) Trust in me when I say it's okay Oh, oh pretty baby, don't let me down, I pray Oh pretty baby, now that I found you, stay And let me love you, oh baby let me love you, oh baby... A one-two, a one-two A one-two, a one-two A one-two, a one-two A one-two, a one-two A one-two, a one-two... Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, ya'll Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, ya'll It's a... it's a conspiracy Read the papers! Yo, 'cause it's all propaganda ************************************************** The Conquering Lion[Verse] The conquering lion Shall break every chain The conquering lion Shall break every chain Give him the victory Again and again and again and again Give him the victory Ohh The conquering lion Shall break every chain The conquering lion Shall break every chain Give him victory Again and again and again and again and again and again Give us some victory Ohh, yeah Ohh, conquering lion Shall break every chain, every chain, every chain The conquering lion, yeah ohh Shall break every chain Give us some victory We need some victory We need some victory Again and again and again and again Give, give, give, us some victory Ohh, ohh, ohh The conquering lion He'll break every chain Every one of your chains, every one of your chains The conquering lion Hey, he's gonna break all of those chains if you just let him Give him, give him the victory, give him the victory Again and again and again and again Give him the victory Ohh, ohh, ohh ************************************************** Just Want You Around[Intro] I just want you around I just want you around I just want you around I just want you around [Verse 1] Thought that I had lost you I can hardly make a sound When I thought I couldn't hold you Knew the world had let me down Should have took the time to tell you You keep my feet on the ground I hope that you can hear me Cause I know its not profound [Hook] I just want you around I just need you around I just want you around I just need you around [Verse 2] When I thought I was without you I got used to being down It was my fault I used to doubt you But that ain't me next time around Please believe me when I tell you Cause all my words are bound This is my cross now let me bare it I was lost but now I'm found-found-found [Hook] I just want you around I just need you around I just want you around I just need you around [Verse 3] Took this love for granted Kept my feelings underground Should have watered what I planted Should have known what I have found I'm not used to being lonely I don't like the way it sounds You're the only one I know-yeah Who don't turn my upside-down [Hook] I just want you around I just need you around I just want you around I just need you around ************************************************** Just Like WaterMoving down the streams of my lifetime Pools of fascination in my sleep Cooling off the fire of my longing Warming up my cold within his heat Bouncing down the walls of inhibition Evaporating all of my fears Baptizing me to complete submission Dissolving my condition with his tears It's just like the water I ain't felt this way in years It's just like the water, the water I ain't felt this way in years Coursing through my senses, he's prevailing Floating through the space of my design Drowning me, I find my insides sailing Drinking in the mainstream of his mind Filling up the cup of my emotions Spilling over into all I do If only I could get lost in his ocean Surviving on the thought of loving you It's just like the water I ain't felt this way in years, in years It's just like the water, the water I ain't felt this way in years Bathing in the fountain of his essence He causes my expression to remain Humbled on the mountain by his presence Washing my intentions with his name Sealing all the floodgates of his passion Saving all his liquid for his own Moisturizing me to satisfaction In my imagination, oh no He's pouring out his soul to me for hours and hours Drawing out my nature with his hands Yearning, I'm so thirsty for his power Burning to be worthy of his land It's just like the water I ain't felt this way in years, in years It's just like the water I ain't felt this way in years Cleaning me, he's purging me And moving me around He's bathing and he's cleaning me And moving me around Around, and around and around and around Washing me, cleaning me Moving me around He's purging me, he's been cleaning me And moving me around And around And around Around And around Moving me around ************************************************** Doo Wop (That Thing) (Gordon’s dub)Yo, remember back on the bully when cats used to harmonize like "Wooo... wooo... wooo..." Yo, yo, my men and my women, don't forget about the Deen The Sirat al-Mustaqim, yo It's about a thing Yo, yo, yo, if you feel real good, lift your hands up in the air And lick two shots in the atmosphere Yeah, yeah Put them up, put them up Put them up, put them up Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah It's been three weeks since you were looking for your friend The one you let hit it and never called you again 'Member when he told you he was 'bout the Benjamins? You act like you and him then give him a little trim To begin, how you think you really goin' to pretend Like you wasn't down when you called him again? Plus when you give it up so easy you ain't even foolin' him If you did it then, then you'd probably ... again Talking out your neck, saying you're a Christian A Muslim sleeping with the Jinn Now that was the sin that did Jezebel in Who're you going to tell when the repercussions spin? Showing off your ass 'cause you're thinking it's a trend Girlfriend, let me break it down for you again You know I only say it 'cause I'm truly genuine Don't be a hard rock, when you really are a gem Baby girl, respect is just a minimum Niggas fucked up and you still defending him Now, Lauryn is only human Don't think I haven't been through the same predicament Let it sit inside your head like a million women in Philly, Penn It's silly when girls sell their souls because of sin Look at what you be in, hair weaves like Europeans Fake nails done by Koreans, come again Yo! A-when when come again (yeah yeah) When when come again (yeah yeah) My friend come again (yeah yeah) Guys you know you'd better, watch out Some girls, some girls are only, about That thing, that thing, that thing That thing, that thing, that thing The second verse is dedicated to the men More concerned with his rims and his Tims than his women Him and his men, come in the club like hooligans Don't care who they offend, popping yin (Like you got Yen) Let's stop pretend, the ones that pack pistols by the waist men Cristal by the case men, still living in his mother's basement The pretty face men claiming that they be the big men Need to take care of their three and four kids But they face a court case when the child support's late Money taking and heart breaking, now you wonder why women hate men The sneaky silent men, the punk domestic violence men Quick to shoot the semen, stop acting like boys and be men How you gonna win, when you ain't right within? How you gonna win, when you ain't right within? How you gonna win, when you ain't right within? Unh unh come again Yo yo come again Brethren come again Sistren come again Watch out, watch out Look out, look out Watch out, watch out Look out, look out Watch out, watch out Look out, look out Watch out, watch out Look out, look out Girls you know you'd better, watch out Some guys, some guys are only about That thing, that thing, that thing That thing, that thing, that thing Guys you know you'd better, watch out Some girls, some girls are only about That thing, that thing, that thing That thing, that thing, that thing Girls you know you'd better, watch out Some guys, some guys are only about That thing, that thing, that thing That thing, that thing, that thing Hey, we have some very intelligent women in here, man Do you think you too young to really love somebody No, no, no, no, no I say it for me and I am adult and I say wait you too young to be in love This is silly, you infatuated with them You got nice jeans You wear fancy Adidas I mean it might be something I don't know It is a difference from loving somebody and being in love with somebody Well you tell me, what's the difference What's the difference? You can love anybody but when you in love with somebody You looking at it like this You taking that person for what he or she is Not matter what he or she look like And no matter what he or she do If you can fall in love you can fall out of love You might stop being in love with that person, but you can't stop loving that person Sometimes they never been loved before, they never been in love before They don't know the feeling to be loved She poetic She killed you We get in that conversation with that right? ************************************************** Social DrugsThese social drugs [x3] (Verse 1) Afraid to address the reality before me To proud to confess that I'm addicted to a lie So I seek temporary feeling To replace reality Though the truth is telling me I have died But I've been taught to numb it Sedated, don't confront it I hate it when I find out That I can't get what I wanted This emotional tantrum Has become sort of an anthem playing every time I need to take a little trip To hide this condemnation I'll find a combination Of man-made stimulation To deny my situation Now this unreality Is distorting what I see Reporting back to me A sense of false security So in my imagination I must find a recreation Desperately in search of ways To alter my sensation There's no equilibrium Inebriated till I'm numb Intoxicated until I'm dumb To avoid confrontation These social drugs Messing with my mind These social drugs Telling me I'm fine (Verse 2) Now this chemical analogy Is our emotional reality These political, traditional And ethnical stimulants And social etiquette Won't let us be too upset With the way things really are You're told to camouflage regret In a religious structure Tells us God wants us to suffer To support a situation we all know is obligation And if you shun the complication They'll just gun your reputation Like mob intimidation To enforce participation See they need to keep us fiends To their lies and broken schemes And if you find another means You're told you're being too extreme And if you wanted to get clean They'll just pull those social strings Holding up their social nose Defying noble things Now we're all stuck in tradition Unable to state opposition Too afraid to contradict The expectations of the system Oh and the harsh reality Is they made grace for you and me Instead of saving you and me They're just enslaving you and me These social drugs These social drugs These social drugs These social drugs Know what I mean Know what I mean These social drugs These social drugs [7x] Know what I mean These social drugs Messing with my mind These Telling me I'm fine These Messing with my head These social drugs Wanting me dead Know what I mean ************************************************** I Remember[Verse 1] I remember When you look into my eyes You saw right through me And I could not hide I was exposed Just like a child All of my heart You hold it in your hands I'm yours to command I'm yours to demand I, I feel so humble With you in my life With you in my life [Verse 2] I remember When I looked into your eyes I saw a reflection of myself And I could not lie Out of control Too weak to deny All of myself Is naked before you But what can I do There is nothing I can do I feel so beautiful With you in my life With you in my life [Outro] I remember I remember I remember I, ohh, ohh, ohh With you in my life With you in my life ************************************************** Interlude 3I tell you, there are no big shots in reality, y'all We're all in the same boat, dealing with the same issues, same problems, same stuff. Don't even buy it. All the perpetration... you know, all this... "We don't have problems." That's a lie. That's a lie. I know that the enemy is doing the same thing to me that he's doing to everybody else. I just know now that the only way to get out is through confrontation. See, we always thought it was retreat, you know, run away. And I'm telling you, you got to confront it This is a strange song because this song -- when this song was written, this is when everything sort of stopped. It was written a long time ago, but it was right before God just snatched me out of everything. And because I didn't understand... Initially it was written -- I'd written it about the whole Amadou Diallo situation, when it first happened. And I went to the studio, and I laid it down. And it was like, strong, for the first day. And then it just regressed everyday after that. And I said, "What's going on? What's happening?" And at the end of it there was a word that i used, "rebel." And I guess was afraid. It was such a hot time in the city at that point, I was afraid that if I Put the record out, people would misunderstand what I meant by "rebel" and they'd just take it to the streets. So I was very intimidated and afraid. And before I knew it a whole host of things happened. Everything stopped after that. And the creativity stopped. Everything stopped. That's when I realized I had to understand what I was talking about before I could tell somebody else what I was talking about. And I had to be, you know, a living example It's real crazy because I don't know what the press is saying because I don't listen to the press too much. But I know the view is that I'm emotionally unstable, which is reality. Like you aren't? I'm laughing because what I've realized I've become is one of those mad scientists who does the tests on themselves first, you see, to make sure that they work. And that's when you know, OK look, I got something that works. You know what I'm saying? I'm not gonna give you something that I haven't tested for myself. And you go through, and you're learning by way of experience, and you're making mistakes, and you're getting up A friend of mine once said to me, he said, Look, if we weren't supposed to turn around, why does a car have a steering wheel? Are we just supposed to crash into the wall? No, we're supposed to say, Listen, I was going the wrong way... Reverse! In this particular song, now I realize that this song is about freedom. You see? We could look at one human being, but it's about the spirit of freedom being taken out, and how it's taken out in all of us The song is called "I Find It Hard to Say." Bear with me a little bit ************************************************** Intro (MTV Unplugged No. 2.0)Oh no! Not you! What are you doing here? Oh boy it's gonna be hard now. Can we put him in the back? Robin, Robin, Robin... I used to get dressed for y'all, now I don't do that no more, I'm sorry. It's a new day, I don't have the energy Anybody got a joke? Ok so, these are brand new songs that very few people have heard, very much about, you know, what I've been going trough and what I've been learning -- a lot of wonderful life lessons, you know, that aren't easy to come by but you're very blessed after you realize why you had to go trough what you had to go trough It's just very important that you really listen to the words, you know, and if you have a hard time to hear what I'm saying please just raise your hand, you know, or something, object! You guys ready in there? (All set) Ok And you know, it's real interesting because I used to be a performer, and I really don't consider myself a performer so much anymore. I'm really just... I'm sharing, you know, more or less the music that I've been given. But if I stop, if I start, if I... you know... feel like saying, "Baby, baby, baby" for eighteen bars -- whatever, you know? I just... I do that So You guys are cool? [Yeah!] Ok I'm talking to people in my head too. It's alright though. Let's just warm up a little bit. I'm just gonna finish sucking on my lozenger Okay, so this particular song is called "Mr. Intentional." We'll see. We all tuned up now? Let's just warm up a little bit ************************************************** Feeling Good[Verse 1] Birds flying high, you know how I feel Sun in the sky, you know how I feel Breeze drifting on by, you know how I feel It's a new dawn, it's a new day It's a new life for me, yeah It's a new dawn, it's a new day It's a new life for me And I'm feeling good [Verse 2] Fish in the sea, you know how I feel River running free, you know how I feel Blossom on the tree, you know how I feel It's a new dawn, it's a new day It's a new life for me And I'm feeling good [Verse 3] Dragonfly out in the sun, you know what I mean Don't ya know Butterflies having fun,, you know what I mean Sleep in peace when day is done, that's what I mean And this hold world is a new world And a bold world for me [Verse 4] Stars when you shine, you know how I feel Scent of a pine, you know how I feel Oh, freedom is mine and I know how I feel It's a new dawn, it's a new day It's a new life for me [Scatting] I'm feeling good ************************************************** Redemption Song[Verse 1: Lauryn Hill] Old pirates, yes, they rob I Sold I to the merchant ships Minutes after they took I From the bottomless pit But my hand was made strong By the hand of the Almighty We forward in this generation Triumphantly [Chorus: Lauryn Hill] Won't you help to sing These songs of freedom? 'Cause all I ever have Redemption song Redemption song Redemption song [Verse 2: Ziggy Marley, Lauryn Hill & Both] Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery None but ourselves can free our minds! Have no fear for atomic energy 'Cause none of them can stop the time How long shall they kill our prophets While we stand aside and look? Yes, some say it's just a part of it But, we've got to fulfill the book [Chorus: Ziggy Marley, Lauryn Hill & Both] Won't you help to sing Another song of freedom? 'Cause all I ever had Redemption song Redemption song Redemption songs [Bridge: Ziggy Marley] Yeah, L. Boogie [Verse 3: Lauryn Hill] Yo, if they can stop this fruit They would pop this route Chop this fruit Treat us like a prostitute Knock this youth See me in my cocky suit God's recruit From fallin' even God's salute Tribal truth Ja people can't be mute Share my youth to Babylon can't regroup Sing, to Babylon can't regroup Sing, to Babylon can't regroup [Verse 4: Ziggy Marley, Lauryn Hill & Both] Emancipate yourself from mental slavery None but ourselves can free our minds Have no fear for atomic energy 'Cause none of them can stop the time How long shall they kill our prophets While we stand aside and look Some say it's just a part of it We've got to fulfill the book [Outro: Ziggy Marley, Lauryn Hill & Both] Won't you help to sing Another song of freedom, yeah 'Cause all I ever have Redemption song Redemption song (Haha) Redemption song (Yeah) Redemption song (Hey) Redemption song ************************************************** Open Tumblr Letter on RacismThe concept of reverse racism is flawed, if not absolutely ridiculous. Most, if not all of the negative responses from people of color toward white people, are reactions to the hatred, violence, cruelty and brutality that they were shown by white people for centuries. Much of the foundation of the modern world was built on the forced free labor of black peoples. The African Slave Trade, the institution of slavery, colonialism, its derivative systems, and the multiple holocausts throughout history, where whites used race as the defining reason to justify their oppression, conquest, and brutal treatment of non-white peoples, are how race became such a factor to begin with. The initial claim by the oppressors, followed a moral imperative (so they said) that people outside of Occidental and European birth were in savage and cursed conditions, and that God justified the captivity of these people, and the rape and pillage of their lands. Ironically, these oppressors would try to discard this same God, who supposedly justified this brutality, in the name of Darwin, whose famous line ‘survival of the fittest’ was used to justify criminal behavior once the Bible could no longer be used as a hiding place for economic domination and evil intention. Spirituality and morality were replaced by capitalism, and with it a conscious shift of focus toward the exploitation of the vulnerable. In order to justify reverse racism one would have to first create an even playing field, undo the generations of torture, terror, and brutality, and then judge whether or not a non-white person is in fact a racist. This approach would require people to examine the need/addiction to feel superior to someone else for no justifiable reason, and the myriad policies: Spiritual, political and social, that it bore. True dominion is self evident and not the result of sabotaging another in order to achieve it. That would be an illegitimate as well as a fleeting position. The Universe, will eventually seek to right/balance itself. Of course there are white people who live transcendent lives, not exploiting ill-gotten privilege or perpetuating the sins of their ancestors who used violence and deceit as a means to gain advantage over others. Humanity in proper order is obligated to acknowledge the Truth, whoever it comes from, be they Black, White or other. Righteous indignation is simply a response to long-standing evil. Much of the world is still reeling from the abuses of Imperialist selfishness, misunderstanding, ignorance and greed. Black people remain in many ways a shattered community, disenfranchised, forcefully removed from context and still caged in, denied from making truly independent choices and experiencing existential freedom. Their natural homes, just like their natural selves, raped and pillaged of the resources and gifts God has given to them. Interpreted through someone else’s slanted lens and filter, they remain in many ways, misrepresented. Taxation without proper representation, might I remind you, was the very platform of protest that began the Revolutionary War, which gained this country its independence from England. Anger is not only the natural response to the abuse of power, but is also appropriate when there is no real acknowledgment of these abuses, or deep, meaningful and profound change. If we took all of what we deem horrible regarding the criminal abuses that black people have committed over this country’s history, and add it all up, it still does not compare to the hundreds of years of terrorism, violent domination, theft, rape, abuse, captivity, and beyond that black people have suffered under the ideologies and systems of white supremacy, racism, and slave based paradigms. I say this only to say that abuse unresolved begets or creates abuse. How then does the chief offender become the judge? Might does not necessarily mean right. Right is right. People forcibly reduced to sub-human existences, so that they behave in sub-human ways, helps a system to justify itself or feel less guilty about its blood saturated foundation and gross crimes against humanity. People, like plants, grow where the light is. When you enclose a plant and limit its light source, it will bend itself toward the light, for the light is necessary for its survival. This same thing happens to people locked in communities where little light and little opportunity is allowed them, survival then forces them to twist and/or bend toward the only way of escape. There is good. And I both acknowledge and encourage the good. Instead of throwing out the Baby with the bath water, we do well to expose the intentionally poisoned water the Baby has been forced to soak in since its origin in these lands. America’s particular brand of hypocrisy is gross (double entendre). I shuddered during sentencing when I kept hearing the term ‘make the IRS whole’… make the IRS whole, knowing that I got into these very circumstances having to deal with the very energies of inequity and resistance that created and perpetuated these savage inequalities. The entire time, I thought, who has made black people whole?! Who has made recompense for stealing, imposing, lying, murdering, criminalizing the traumatized, taking them against their wills, destroying their homes, dividing their communities, ‘trying’ to steal their destinies, their time, stagnating their development, I could go on and on. Has America, or any of the nations of the world guilty of these atrocities, ever made black people or Africa whole or do they continue to sit on them, control them, manipulate them, cage them, rob them, brutalize them, subject them to rules that don’t apply to all? Use language, veiled coercion, and psychological torment like invisible fences to keep them locked into a pattern of limitation and therefore control by others. You have to remain focused to cease from rage. The prosecutor, who was a woman, made a statement during sentencing about me not doing any charity work for a number of years during my ‘exile.’ A) Charity work is not a requirement, but something done because someone wants to. I was clearly doing charitable works way before other people were even thinking about it. And B) Even the judge had to comment that she, meaning I, was both having and raising children during this period. As if that was not challenging enough to do. She sounded like the echo of the grotesque slave master, who expected women to give birth while in the field, scoop the Baby up, and then continue to work. Disgusting. When you are beaten and penalized for being independent, or truly self reliant, then you develop a dysfunctional relationship with self-reliance, and a fear of true independence. When you are beaten or threatened with death for trying to read a book, then you develop a dysfunctional relationship with education. When families are broken up by force and threat of violence, then the family structure becomes dysfunctional. When men who would naturally defend their women and families are threatened with castration and death, then this natural response also becomes dysfunctional. When looking at the oppressor is punishable by violence, then examination of him and his system becomes a difficult and taboo thing to do, despite every bone in your body demanding it. When questioning or opposing oppression is punishable by death, imprisonment, or economic assassination, then opposing systemic wrong in any or all of its meta manifestations is a terrifying concept. Anyone forced to live so incredibly diametrically opposed to that which is natural to themselves, will end up in crisis if they don’t successfully find a way to improve or transcend these circumstances! All of which require healing. It is only by the Grace of God and the resilience of the people that things haven’t been worse. Much of my music, if not all of it, is about Love, a therapeutic resolve created in response to the lack of messages encouraging people like me toward free moral agency. Helping to ameliorate this condition has never been addressed through the political arena alone. It is a sacrificial work that doesn’t simply happen between the hours of 9 to 5 or Monday through Friday, but when inspiration leads us to avail ourselves for the Truth that needs to be said. Unlike the system too often contrarily demonstrates, we believe that people can be and should be helped, and that trauma should not be criminalized but acknowledged, healed and dealt with. This takes awareness, sensitivity and a level of freedom in my opinion the system lacks. And if we don’t know or understand how to do it, then we humbly refer to a higher authority. We have no desire to create humanoids, turn people into machines, or dumb them down so that they remain dependent longer than necessary to an antiquated system in denial of its many inadequacies and need to evolve. Instead we seek to educate and shed light on the snares, traps, and enticements that people set up in the name of business that are intended only to catch the sleeping and/or uninformed. Why would a system, ‘well intentioned’, wait until breakdown or incarceration to consider rehabilitation, after generations of institutionally inflicted trauma and abuse on a people? To me it is obvious that the accumulation of generational trauma and abuse have created the very behaviors the system tries to punish, by providing no sufficient outlets for the victims of institutional terror. Clearly, the institution seeks to hide its own criminal history at the expense and wholeness of the abused, who ‘acting out’ from years of abuse and mistreatment, reflect the very aggression that they were exposed to. ************************************************** Lose MyselfI used to do it for the love a long time ago And all I ever wanted was love I used to love without fear a long time ago And all I ever wanted was love Then somebody came around and tried to hurt me Tried to make me feel like I was unworthy Took a pure love and tried to make it dirty Truth was they never did deserve me No! Chorus: I had to lose myself so I could love you better I had to lose myself, had to lose myself so I could Love you better Had to lose myself, had to lose myself So I could love you better Had to lose myself in love And that's just the way it is… Couldn't tell me I was loved when I needed it When, all I ever wanted was love Shoulda told me just because I'm worth receiving it But all I ever wanted was love There's something awesome about the selflessness it Takes to Give love and the good that it makes you True love can never really forsake you But it took a little while just for me to see Chorus: I had to lose myself so I could love you better I had to lose myself, had to lose myself so I could Love you better Had to lose myself, had to lose myself So I could love you better Had to lose myself in love And that's just the way it is… I had a paralyzing fear of facing failure And I couldn't love you perfectly with fear in my head So I perilously had to face the danger So I could come back and love you whole instead All of your soul I said So I could love you better Chorus: I had to lose myself so I could love you better I had to lose myself, had to lose myself so I could Love you better Had to lose myself, had to lose myself So I could love you better Had to lose myself in love And that's just the way it is… B-Sec: And so it goes that I never meant to hurt you Couldn't stay but I never meant to desert you Whole lot a things I just had to work through Time to heal and restore my self-worth too Confrontation of my fears and anxiety Cried a whole lot years, I suffered quietly And though it may have taken years I can finally Tell you that you were always on my mind Chorus: I had to lose myself so I could make it better I had to lose myself, had to lose myself so I could Make it better Had to lose myself, had to lose myself So I could make it better Had to lose myself in love And that was just the way! Bridge: Takes strength to absorb all the abuse I did Great love to absorb all the misuse I did Hey baby it's not an excuse I give And I'd do it all again because for you I live Takes strength to absorb all the abuse I did Great love to absorb all the abuse I did Hey baby it's not an excuse I give And I'd do it all again because for you I live Chorus: I had to lose myself so I could make it better I had to lose myself, had to lose myself so I could Make it better Had to lose myself, had to lose myself So I could make it better Had to lose myself in love And that was just the way! And that was just the way it is ************************************************** Interlude 1I'll tell you, um... Every single one of these songs, um, is about me first. Me first, um, it was like, you know, there was a period of time where I was just out, you know, just, just gone from the public, and, uh, I came to terms with the fact that... I had created this, uh, public persona, this public illusion. And it became, it, uh, it held me hostage; like I couldn't be a real person because you're too afraid of, you know, what your, your public will say. And at that point I had to do some dying and really accept the fact that, look, "this is who I am, and I have to be who I am, and all of us have a right to be who we are, and whenever we submit our will, because our will is a gift, it is given to us, so whenever we submit our will to someone else's opinion, you know, I mean, a part of us dies." You know, and so it's been, um... it's been... it actually hasn't been a long time. It feels like a long time, but it hasn't been a long time. Some miraculous things have happened in a short amount of time, and uh, I'm just very blessed to be able to be here today and get to share with you some of the things I've learned. I know some of it sounds almost cryptic and I been really just, just really... waiting for the patience and really just articulate where I'm coming from as simply as possible, so I'm working on that. But um... you know, I know, that you know that there's, uh... you know that I know that God doesn't lie and I know that he knows how to talk to the hearts of people better than anybody else, so I don't worry about that, cause whatever he relates to whomever is listening, that's what supposed to be understood at that time, so it's all good. But, um, this is a song called "Oh Jerusalem". ************************************************** Freedom TimeEverybody knows that they're guilty Everybody knows that they've lied Everybody knows that they're guilty Resting on their conscious eating their insides Its Freedom Said, its Freedom Time now Its Freedom Said its Freedom Time now Time to get free Oh, give yourselves up now Its Freedom Said, its freedom time yall There's a war in the mind For the territory over dominion Who will dominate opinions Schizims and isms Keeping us in forms of religion Conforming our vision To the world church's decision Trapped in a section Submitted to committee elections Moral infection Epidemic Lies and deception Insurrection Of the higest possible order Distorting our tape recorders From hearing like under water Beyond the borders Finding sin in disorder Bound by the strategy And systemic depravity Heavy as gravity Head first in the cavity Without a bottom A fate worse than Sodom What's got 'em drunk off the spirit? Truth comes and we can't hear it And you've been programmed to fear it I had a vision I was falling in indecision Appalling Calling religion some program on television How can dominant wisdom Be recognized in a system Of anti-christs and majority rules Intelligent Fools PhDs of ilusions Masters of mass confusion Bachelors of Past illusions Now, who you choosing? The head or the tail? The Bloodshed or the Male? Or confidence in the veil? Conferences at Yale Discussing Doctrines at Baal (pronounced Bale) Causing People to Fail Keeping A third in jail His word is nailed, everything to the tree Severing all the me From all I used to be Formless and void Totally paranoid Enjoyed darkness as lord Keeping me from the sword Blocked from mercy Bitter than Ceres Hungry and thirsty For good meat, we would eat And still dine at the table of deceit How incomplete From confrontation to retreat We belong to true enemy's defeat Destitute a necessity Causing desperation to get the best of me Punishment 'till there was nothing left of me Realizing the inescapable death of me No options in the valley of decision The only option supernatural circumcision Inwardly Only water can purge the hearts from words The firey darts Thrown by the workers of the arts Iniquity Shaping in There's no escaping when Your whole philosiphy is paper thin In vanity The wide road is insanity Can it be all of humanity Picture that Scripture that The origin of man's heart is black How can we show up for An invisible war Preoccupied with a shadow Making love with a whore Aching in sores Babylon the great mystery Mother of human history System of social socercery Our present condition needs serious recongnition Where's there's no repentance there can be no remission And that sentence more serious than Vietnam The atom bomb and Sudam and Minister Farakhan What's going on What's a priority to you By what authority do we Majority hasn't a clue We majored in curses Search the chapters check the verses Recapture the land remove the mark off our hands So we can stand In agreement with his commands Everything else is damned Let them with ears understand Everything else is damned Let them with ears understand Its Freedom Said, its Freedom Time now Its Freedom Said its Freedom Time now Its Freedom I'm a be who I am Its freedom time Said, its freedom time Everybody knows that they lied Everybody knows they perpertrated inside Everybody knows that thier guilt is Resting on their conscious eating thier insides Get free Be who you're supposed to be Freedom Said its freedom time now Freedom Said its freedom time Freedom Freedom time now... ************************************************** Zion[Intro] One day you'll understand Zion [Verse 1] Unsure of what the balance held I touched my belly overwhelmed By what I had been chosen to perform But then an angel came one day Told me to kneel down and pray For unto me a man child would be born Woe this crazy circumstance I knew his life deserved a chance But everybody told me to be smart Look at your career they said "Lauryn baby, use your head" But instead I chose to use my heart [Chorus] Now the joy of my world is in Zion Now the joy of my world is in Zion [Verse 2] How beautiful if nothing more Than to wait at Zion's door I've never been in love like this before Now let me pray to keep you from The perils that will surely come See, life for you my prince has just begun And I thank you for choosing me To come through unto life to be A beautiful reflection of his grace See, I know that a gift so great Is only one God could create And I'm reminded every time I see your face [Chorus] That the joy of my world is in Zion Now the joy of my world is in Zion Now the joy of my world is in Zion Now the joy of my world is in Zion [Bridge] Marching, marching, marching Marching to Zion, marching, marching, marching Marching, marching, marching Marching to Zion, marching Beautiful, beautiful Zion Marching, marching, marching Marching to Zion, marching, marching, marching Marching, marching, marching Marching to Zion, marching Beautiful, beautiful Zion Marching, marching, marching Marching to Zion, marching, marching, marching Marching, marching, marching Marching to Zion, marching Beautiful, beautiful Zion Marching, marching, marching Marching to Zion, marching, marching, marching Marching, marching, marching Marching to Zion, marching Beautiful, beautiful Zion Marching, marching, marching Marching to Zion, marching, marching, marching Marching, marching, marching Marching to Zion, marching Beautiful, beautiful Zion Beautiful, beautiful Zion Beautiful, beautiful Zion Beautiful, beautiful Zion ************************************************** Ex-Factor (A Simple Mix)Y-yo.. y-yo.. uhh Y-yo.. y-yo.. uhh Y-y-yo.., yo, y-yo.. Y-y-yo.. It could all be simple but you'd rather make it hard Loving you is like a battle we both end up scarred Tell me who I have to be to get some reciprocity No one loves you more than me and no one ever will Is this just a silly game that forces you to act this way Forces you to scream my name, then pretend, that you can't stay Tell me who I have to be to get some reciprocity No one loves you more than me and no one ever will [HOOK:] No matter how I think we grow You always seem to let me know It ain't workin, it ain't workin, uhh And when I try to walk away You'd hurt yourself to make me stay This is crazy, this is crazy.. I keep letting you back in, how can I explain myself? As crazy as this thing has been, I just can't be with no one else I know what we've got to do, you let go I'll let go too No one's hurt me more than you and no one ever will Yo, y-yo, yo yo- I'm here now, not just because it's my year now I'm clear now, only feelin cats that's sincere now Heart of lioness, scientist, street Zionist Don't twist it, it's consistantly consistent If you missed it, this train is bound for glory End of story, my whole repoitory is Psalm 40 They bomb for me Thinkin they can mess with your plan, but I'mma play lamb Knowin that the Kingdom's at hand, and showin those who want it You gon' bring em the land, descendants of Ham Not concerned with the platinum status Cause every joint I threw, I would do for gratis I'm on the train with my Pips like I'm lil Gladys Or in the Range throwin chips to the kids in Addis (Ethiopia) Ababa, two kids and and a baby father Hot to lava, we Don Dadda, Don Dadda [HOOK] Care for me, care for me, I know you care for me There for me, there for me, said you'd be there for me Cry for me, cry for me, you said you'd die for me! Give to me, give to me.. Care for me, care for me, you said you'd care for me There for me, there for me, said you'd be there for me Cry for me, cry for me, you said you'd die for me! Give to me, give to me, why won't you live for me? Ohh noo.. why won't you live for me? Why..hahhhihhhhhh, won't you live, for me, for me, for meeee Care for me, care for me, I know you care for me There for me, there for me, said you'd be there for me Cry for me, cry for me, you said you'd die for me! Give to meeeeeee.. Give to meeeeeee.. It could all be simple, but you'd rather make it hard.. Loving you, loving you, is like a bat-tle.. ************************************************** Tumblr PostIt has been reported that I signed a new record deal, and that I did this to pay taxes. Yes, I have recently entered into an agreement with Sony Worldwide Entertainment, to launch a new label, on which my new music will be released. And yes, I am working on new music. I’ve remained silent, after an extensive healing process. This has been a 10+ year battle, for a long time played out behind closed doors, but now in front of the public eye. This is an old conflict between art and commerce… free minds, and minds that are perhaps overly tethered to structure. This is about inequity, and the resulting disenfranchisement caused by it. I’ve been fighting for existential and economic freedom, which means the freedom to create and live without someone threatening, controlling, and/or manipulating the art and the artist, by tying the purse strings. It took years for me to get out of the ‘parasitic’ dynamic of my youth, and into a deal that better reflects my true contribution as an artist, and (purportedly) gives me the control necessary to create a paradigm suitable for my needs. I have been working towards this for a long time, not just because of my current legal situation, but because I am an artist, I love to create, and I need the proper platform to do so. The nature of my new business venture, as well as the dollar amount reported, was inaccurate, only a portion of the overall deal. Keep in mind, my past recordings have sold over 50,000,000 units worldwide, earning the label a tremendous amount of money (a fraction of which actually came to me). Only a completely complicated set of traps, manipulations, and inequitable business arrangements could put someone who has accomplished the things that I have, financially in need of anything. I am one artist who finds value in openly discussing the dynamics within this industry that force artists to compromise or distort themselves and what they do, rather than allowing them to make the music that people need. There are volumes that could (and will) be said. MLH ************************************************** Nothing Even Matters (Feat D’Angelo)Now the skies could fall Not even if my boss should call The world it seems so very small 'Cause nothing even matters at all Nothing even matters Nothing even matters at all Nothing even matters Nothing even matters at all See I don't need no alcohol Your love makes me feel ten feet tall Without it I'd go through withdrawal 'Cause nothing even matters at all Nothing even matters Nothing even matters at all Nothing even matters Nothing even matters at all These buildings could drift out to sea Some natural catastrophe Still there's no place I'd rather be 'Cause nothing even matters to me Nothing even matters Nothing even matters to me Nothing even matters Nothing even matters to me You're part of my identity I sometimes have the tendency To look at you religiously 'Cause nothing even matters to me Nothing even matters Nothing even matters to me Nothing even matters Nothing even matters to me Now you won't find me at no store I have no time for manicures With you it's never either or 'Cause nothing even matters no more Nothing even matters Nothing even matters no more Nothing even matters Nothing even matters no more Now my team could score And make it to the Final Four Just repossess my 4x4 'Cause nothing even matters no more Nothing even matters Nothing even matters no more Nothing even matters Nothing even matters no more ************************************************** Doo Wop (That Thing) (Album Version)[Intro] Yo, remember back on the boule when cats used to harmonize like Yo, my men and my women Don't forget about the deen, the Sirat al-Mustaqeem Yo, it's about a thing If ya feel real good wave your hands in the air And lick two shots in the atmosphere! [Verse 1] It's been three weeks since you were looking for your friend The one you let hit it and never called you again 'Member when he told you he was 'bout the Benjamins? You act like you ain't hear him, then give him a little trim To begin, how you think you're really gon' pretend Like you wasn't down and you called him again? Plus, when you give it up so easy you ain't even foolin' him If you did it then, then you'd probably fuck again Talking out your neck, sayin' you're a Christian A Muslim, sleeping with the jinn Now that was the sin that did Jezebel in Who you gon' tell when the repercussions spin? Showing off your ass cause you're thinking it's a trend Girlfriend, let me break it down for you again You know I only say it cause I'm truly genuine Don't be a hard rock when you really are a gem Baby girl, respect is just a minimum Niggas fucked up and you still defending 'em Now, Lauryn is only human Don't think I haven't been through the same predicament Let it sit inside your head like a million women in Philly, Penn It's silly when girls sell their souls because it's in Look at where you be in, hair weaves like Europeans Fake nails done by Koreans Come again (x3) [Hook] Guys you know you'd better watch out Some girls, some girls are only about That thing, that thing, that thing That thing, that thing, that thing [Verse 2] The second verse is dedicated to the men More concerned with his rims and his Timbs than his women Him and his men, come in the club like hooligans Don't care who they offend, poppin' yang (Like you got yen) Let's not pretend, the ones that pack pistols by they waist men Cristal by the case men, still in they mother's basement The pretty face men claiming that they did a bid men Need to take care of they three or four kids And they face a court case when the child support late Money taking and heart breaking, now you wonder why women hate men The sneaky, silent men The punk, domestic violence men Quick to shoot the semen, stop acting like boys and be men How you gonna win when you ain't right within? (x3) Come again (x3) [Bridge (x3)] Watch out, watch out Look out, look out [Hooks] Girls you know you’d better watch out Some guys, some guys are only about That thing, that thing, that thing That thing, that thing, that thing Guys you know you’d better watch out Some girls, some girls are only about That thing, that thing, that thing That thing, that thing, that thing Girls you know you’d better watch out Some guys, some guys are only about That thing, that thing, that thing That thing, that thing, that thing ************************************************** Keep it Tight[Intro:] "Every man has the technique; and they're all different. But when you know mine, you'll be DEAD" Yo... (Can I see you?) Lauryn Hill on the track... (In the morning) New Ark got my back... DJ Skribble, just relax, haha! I'm a get you the joint! haha! Uh Huh, Uh Huh, Uh Huh, Uh Huh, Uh Huh, Uh Huh! [Verse:] As I span the cosmos Mahogany travel at the speed of sound Span the mainstream but still esteemed underground My parameters, and wrap up contaminants Travel twice Earth's diameter, intimidating amateurs (what?!) At the Apollo, I played the shepherd, sheep followed Chicks try to model after me like I'm Tyra Banks; wanna thank me 'cause my statements are prodigious Styles so prestigious, make a sinner act religious Street academics, seen alot of girls mimic (Huh) But when it's all over you can tell who's the gimmick L slang-bangs like a dub plate (Bing!) Jericho Sound System, mash up your club dates! Sweeter than a cherry on a fruit cocktail Whenever, Wherever, Whatever like Maxwell (Unh) My pentium makes more chips than Intel (Intel) I didn't mean to turn you on like Cherrelle! Kids move they body like they're tripping off of acid Anthony, not even fantasy can surpass it Once you blast it, one starts to feel kinky I think he, goes by the name of Young Slinky And just when you thought it was safe to relax L-Boogie spits with perfect syntax! Then, DJ Skribble make you dribble on the wax (What?)... DJ Skribble make you dribble on the wax! Can I hear you in the morning Like I hear you late at night? Chance to hear you, amp the party DJ Skribble, keep it tight! Just a short time in the morning Like I hear you late at night Chance to hear you, amp the party DJ Skribble, keep it tight! [John Forte: ] L' Boogie ************************************************** Interlude 2Can I get some of that tea? Some of that tea... I know I sound raspy, but that's, hey, I used to go on tour, you know, and I'd be a prisoner. I used to be a prisoner on tour, cause I would go on tour, and tour you're supposed to enjoy and have a good time, but I'd be this prisoner in a hotel, you know, drinking tea and, you know, telling the children, you know, "Mommy has to sleep" cause I wanted to maintain this, you know, immaculate sounding voice, but that's not realistic. You know, reality is, sometimes I stay up late, and this is what I sound like when I wake up the next day, and you know, it's a voice. You know, and to me, the more I, uh, I focus less on myself the more I realize I can be used to spread a message.Cause when I'm, I used to be so, oh my God, if I sound harsh and raspy I can't go out there. And that's a lie, you know, I just sound like a singer with a lot of stuff in her throat. So... I told the people at MTV that they got to light me better. If not people are going to keep saying, "who's that boy on stage, who's that little boy?" Okay, we just finishing tuning. Okay, let's see what's up ************************************************** World Is a Hustle[Verse 1:] Of the world spun by evil men with lies Only programmed to agree with what we see before our eyes Running after status quo on a television show Just a picture-perfect life is the only life we know And this uncomfortable reality got me chasing, chasing fallacy And the pace, the pace is killing me, but I so willingly practiced sin Just like it's my friend when the whole world is a hustle Exactly where did we arrive in this manufactured life? To sell my soul just to survive (yes) in the game of numbers I I must thank the Gods of Industry, oh, for the opportunity Or I display such loyalty, oh, for the way that they exploit me (yes) - Oh, to consider life outside of this Just like a splinter in my mind persists But the Ministry of Fear exists Only to keep me from knowing the truth Stealing my youth when the whole world is a hustle - Escape familiarity means that I must face the fear in me Do something with this greed in me in order to address this need in me Oh but I must confess the pride I keep, protect it as if it's my friend Oh, when will it end? When the whole world is a hustle To escape this mere analogy means that I must face the fear in me Do something with this greed in me in order to address this need in me Oh but I must confess the pride I keep, protect it as if it's my friend Until the bitter end when the whole of the world is a hustle Everybody’s got it going on (yeah right, yeah right) Everybody’s so damn strong (yeah right, yeah right) When the whole of the world is a hustle, a hustle (x5) I must exercise my faith cuz faith is a muscle When the whole world is a hustle ************************************************** Black Is the Color of My True Love’s Hair[Verse 1] Black is the color of my true love's hair His face so soft and wondrous fair The purest eyes and the strongest hands I love the ground on where he stands I love the ground on where he stands [Chorus] Black is the color of my true love's hair [Verse 2] I love my lover and well he knows Yes I love the ground on where he goes Yes I love the ground on where he goes And still I hope that the time will come When he and I will be as one When he and I will be as one [Chorus] So black is the color of my true love's hair [Verse 3] Yeah, yeah, yeah Oh I love my lover and well he knows Yes I love the ground on where he goes Oh yes I love the ground on where he goes And still I hope that the time will come When he and I will be as one When he and I will be as one [Chorus] So black is the color of my true love's hair [Bridge] Black is the color of my true love's hair It's the color of my true love's hair It's the color of my true love's hair It's the color of my true love Black is the color of my true love's hair It's the color of my true love's hair It's the color of my true love's hair It's the color of my true love Black is the color of my true love's hair It's the color of my true love's hair It's the color of my true love's hair It's the color of my true love Black is the color of my true love's hair It's the color of my true love's hair It's the color of my true love's hair It's the color of my true love Black is the color of my true love's hair It's the color of my true love's hair It's the color of my true love's hair It's the color of my true love It's the color of my true love It's the color of my true love It's the color of my true love It's the color of my true love It's the color of my true love It's the color of my true love It's the color of my true love It's the color of my true love It's the color of my true love It's the color of my true love's hair It's the color of my true love's hair It's the color of my true love's It's the color of my true love ************************************************** The Passion[Verse 1: Lauryn Hill] If they only owned love, shown love, grown love, like this before If they only knew love, true love, to love, like this before If they only gave love, saved love, brave love, like this before If they only called love, love love, called love, like this before If they'd only showed love, they owed love, owed love, like this before If they only showed love, they owed love, owed love, like this before If they only knew love, true love, to love, like this before If they only gave love, saved love, brave love, like this before If they only showed love, they owed love, they owed love, like this before La la la la la, la la la la, la la la la la, la la la la la... Like this before If they ever showed love, they owed love, they owed love, they owed love If they ever showed love, they owed love, they owed love, like this before Oh, oh, oh, oh... yeah La la la la la, la la la la, la la la la la, la la la la la... [Verse 2: Lauryn Hill] If they only claimed love, claimed love, claimed love They maintained love Instead they drained love, stained love They didn't control love, my soul loves a whole love, like this before Received the same love If they didn't regret love, forget love, say they never met love If they will love, don't kill love, just be still love If they will love, don't kill love, just be still love If they will love, don't kill love, just be still love If they will love, don't kill love, just be still love ************************************************** Interlude 7I just feel like sharing, you know? I'm speaking to the guy in my head. Not the other-- not the bad guy! ************************************************** Interlude 4I'll tell you every single-- We all have gifts, you know, and um, like special gifts. And there's this voice inside of us that says "don't do that," you know. "Why you gonna get up there with that guitar? You're gonna like like a, a hip hop folk singer. What are you, you know, what are you?..." (Laughter) And I really went through, I mean, I'm serious, I mean I can laugh about it now, but it took a long time for me to understand that, you know, what I am is what I am. I can't be afraid to, you know, to expose that to the public. You know, always-get in trouble trying to make it, tryin' to dress it up, you know what I'm sayin'? Just tired of that, you know. Just tired of that. Tired of frontin'. Tired of that. And until I find a group of people that are as passionate about it as I am, I just roll alone until such time, you know? It's all good. God is faithful. Y'all still get to hear it, so... you know? 'Cause see that enemy he would tell me, you know "You don't have the 20 piece band, you can't do nothin'." I said, "Yeah, sure... Keep talkin'." 'Cause somebody's gon', they gonna see me and they gonna know "Oh I, there's somethin' that God's been tellin me to do. I can do it, too. I can do what I'm supposed to be doin'. I don't need an entourage. What do I need a crew for?" That doesn't validate you. Okay, let's see. Mmmm... ************************************************** Reprecussions[Verse 1] I was born into this world A little bitty baby girl Not looking white, looking so black In a racist world Now it's a difficult process The matter is our perception When I look in the mirror, what do I see Is it my reflection [Hook] See, repercussions Talkin bout the things we do You need to know repercussions Things can come right back to you You see repercussions What goes around comes around Repercussions [Verse 2] See I was born into this world, in another space and time Time has moved on, and death has grown closer Surely has blown my mind Ain't that a bitch, the way the world spins around Everything everything everything that I said and I did Surely came back around [Breakdown] See, repercussions Talkin bout the things we do Repercussions, things sure can come right back to you Repercussions, what goes around comes around Repercussions, they will get you down Repercussions,talkin bout the things we do Repercussions, things sure can come back to y You need to know that repercussions, what goes around comes around Repercussions, they will get you down ************************************************** 1996 Freestyle[Intro: Pras] Yo, this is the Refugees, gonna give you a little vibe of the score As we bug out in this studio wit' my man, John Peel You know how we do, bust it [Hook: Wyclef Jean] How many mikes do we rip on the daily? Say, me say, "Many, many", say, me say, "Many, many, many" How many mikes do we rip on the daily? Many, many, say, me say, "Many, many, many" [Verse 1: Lauren Hill] You crossed the line, now there's no comin' back Emcees are gettin' sucked into my intergalactical pull I'm the articles on you, on your ass If you get the microphone, brother, you can just say: 'Pras asked me no questions and I'm tellin' you no lies' If you're lookin' at me wrong, this wasn't meant for your eyes Realize you can't knock this cause this style is 'noxious It's gaseous, I'm turnin' all your rap pages to ashes Oh, this thing's creative, debated it from here to Asia Minor rhymers, find your vocabulary Kind of ordinary, I get tossed up, it's scary Maybe we're legendary, we roll blunts like Bob Marley And you sittin' on for Sugarhill, they was a band My man, learn your history before you try to sham Oh, shimmy, don't go bar-frontin', jokers need to start Led to the T-O-Ps where you find the Refugees Three like Jamaicans say when they feelin' I-R-E Ha-ha, so Wyclef, won't you touch it? [Hook] ************************************************** Lost Ones (Remix) (Part 1)[Intro: Rohan Marley] Yeah, yeah, yo, Lauryn, allow me to talk 'bout them, you see it? J. Period, as usual, run that again, that one's hot, from the top [Verse 1: Lauryn Hill] It's funny how money change a situation Miscommunication lead to complication My emancipation don't fit your equation I was on the humble, you on every station Some want play young Lauryn like she dumb But remember, not a game new under the sun Everything you did has already been done I know all the tricks from Bricks to Kingston My t'ing done made your kingdom want run Now understand L. Boogie non-violent But if a thing test me, I run for my gun Can't take a threat to my newborn son L been this way since creation A groupie call, you fall from temptation Now you want to bawl over separation Tarnish my image in the conversation Who you gon' scrimmage like you the champion? You might win some, but you just lost one [Hook: Lauryn Hill] (x4) You might win some, but you just lost one [Verse 2 Lauryn Hill] Now, now, how come your talk turned cold? Gain the whole world for the price of your soul Tryin' to grab hold of what you can't control Now you all floss, what a sight to behold Wisdom is better than silver and gold I was hopeless, now I'm on Hope Road Every man want to act like he's exempt He need to get down on his knees and repent Can't slick-talk on the day of judgment Your movement's similar to a serpent Tried to play me straight, now your whole style bent Consequence is no coincidence Hypocrites always want to play innocent Always want to take it to the full out extent Always want to make it seem like good intent Never want to face it when it time for punishment I know you don't want to hear my opinion There come many paths and you must choose one And if you don't change, then the rain soon come See, you might win some, but you just lost one [Hook] (x4) ************************************************** War In The MindEverybody knows that they're guilty Everybody knows that they've lied Everybody knows that they're guilty Resting on their conscience eating their inside It's freedom, I said it's freedom time now It's freedom, said it's freedom time now Time to get free, or give your selves up now It's freedom, said it's free time yo There's a war in the mind over territory, for the dominium Who will dominate the opinions? Schisms and isms, keeping us in forms of religion Conforming our vision to the world church of decision Trapped in a section, submitted to committing election Moral affection, epidemic lies and deception Insurrection, of the highest possible order Distorting our tape recorders from hearin' it like underwater Beyond the borders, find the sin in disorder Bound by the strategy of a systemic depravity Heavy as gravity, head first in the cavity without a bottom A fate, worst then Sodom What's gotem drunk of the spirit? Truth comes we can't hear it when you've been programmed to fear it I had a vision I was falling in indecision Appalling, calling religious a program on television How can... Dominate wisdom Be recognized in the system Of antichrists'? The majority rules Intelligent fools P. H. D. 's in illusion, masters of mass confusion Bachelors of past illusion Now who you choosing? The head or the tail? The bloodshed of the male or confidence in the veil? Conferences at Yale discussing doctrines of Baal Causing peoples to fail keeping a third in jail His words nailed everything to the tree Severing all of me from all that I use to be Formless and void, totally paranoid Enjoyed darkness's, Lord keeping me from the sword ************************************************** Conform To Love[Verse 1] What is freedom but a fleeting notion Is this reality or just emotion I would rather be a giver then Be apart of hurting you again [Chorus 1] I want to be conformed to love, show me what to do again Show me to win your love I want to be conformed to love So I can perform love [Verse 2] My impatience is the part of me That I realize you hate you say It complicates the very art of you Show me what ought to do I want to be comformed to love So I can perform love [Chorus 2] My Beloved is the greatest Love, yes! I think of him all the time My beloved is the greatest love Please make up my mind I want to be conformed to love So I can make more love I want to be pure pure love So I can restore love So I can make more love So I can be sure love Help me be secure love So I can make more love So I can restore love [Outro: Talking] That is the objective, to be conformed to love, to actually be love incarnate Because that is what I was before, but ya'll got that I think To be love incarnate, and to not listen to people who might say there's something wrong with being love, you know. I'll give you an example: You talked about professionalism But what does professionalism have to do with a real exchange You are as professional as you have to be right now You are as professional as you need to be Your sincerity has offended me in any way It hasn't confused or complicated things If anything it's broken down and made the environment more comfortable for everyone else What did it do, what was the cost of your lack of professionalsim, your so called lack of professionalism, because I don't call it that I believe a world can exist on honesty, I just do, you know. I'm a believer ************************************************** I Find it Hard to Say (Rebel) Updated Version[Verse 1] I find it hard to say, that everything is alright Don't look at me that way, like everything is alright Cuz my own eyes can see, through all your false pretenses But what you fail to see, is all the consequences You think our lives are cheap, and easy to be wasted As history repeats, so foul you can taste it And while the people sleep, too comfortable to face it His life so incomplete, and nothing can replace it [Refrain] And what I got to say, is rebel It can't go down this way, not today, rebel And what I got to say, is rebel It can't go down this way, rebel [Verse 2] And while the people sleep, too comfortable to face it Your lives so incomplete, and nothing can replace it Fret not thyself I say, against these laws of man Cause like the Bible says: "His blood is on their hands" [Refrain] And what I got to say, is rebel It can't go down this way, not today, rebel And what I got to say, is rebel It can't go down this way, rebel [Outro] Oh are you, oh are you satisfied Oh are you, oh are you satisfied Then rebel, then rebel, then rebel, and rebel Rebel... ohhh rebel Then rebel, then rebel, then rebel, then rebel Stand up and live, stand up and live Stand up and live, stand up and live Stand up and live, stand up and live Stand up and live... ************************************************** #LetterOfRecognitionLETTER OF RECOGNITION MS LAURYN HILL Letter Of Recognition- Firstly, I want to thank everyone who wrote letters and sent packages and books. Because of you there was not one day that I didn't receive mail while I was away. I appreciated that. Also, know that many of your letters not only touched me but continued to confirm for me what I already knew but needed to hear again: that sincere expression has a serious purpose. If one of you had been touched, picked up, encouraged, prevented from succumbing to some measure of social or Spiritual decline, then it was worth it. Folks, walk strong, seek light and Universal correction in all things. Know that man-made concerns and Universal concerns are not always in agreement. Obviously, strive to please God. Thank you again and again. In Love and Freedom, Ms. Lauryn Hill @mslaurynhill __________________________________________________________________ Ms. Hill would like to thank the following people for their words of encouragement and support: Jessica Lucas, Victoria, BC; Debbie J. Duncan, AL; Bessie Williams, Henderson, NC; King Solemon Kamali, Santa Clara, CA; Jahi, Oakland, CA; Candice Hughes, Las Vegas, NV; Cherisse Pittman, Alpine, AL; Joshua Curry, Benton, AR; Ana Rodriguez, Cranston, RI; Dr. Marcus Anthony Hunter, New Haven, CT; Naty Marrufo, Seaside, CA; Re Grace, Lake Forest, CA; Carter Grant, New York, NY; David Cruz, Hartford, CT; Terryl Lee Elder, Jr., Ansonia, CT; Sundiata Sadiq, Ossining, NY; Daisy, Tannersville, PA; Jerald Miller, New York, NY; Sister Souljah, New York, NY; Heidi Salcedo, Bethel, CT; Devon Young, Newark, NJ; Ralph Mitchell/Carthage Financial Group, Quincy, MA; Patrick Lanary, New York, NY; Tomeka Ramocan, Burlington, NJ; Birk Paluzzi, Elmwood Park, IL; Ms. Kirema Colbert, Hartford, CT; Derek Singletary, Astoria, NY; Steven Marcus, North Hollywood, CA; Rashad Hawkins, Alpharetta, GA; Diane L. Martin, Philadelphia, PA; Shareen Arroyo, Charlotte, NC; Mr. Daniel Aguilar, Brownsville, TX; Nadisha Postell, Bronx, NY; Claudia Bruno, Los Gatos, CA; Ms. Mamie Scott, Reading, PA; Maurad Ouazine, France; Robert D. Boyd, Maricopa, AZ; Aframerican Bookstore, Omaha, NE; Dr. Cynthia Chapman; Latisia Phillip, Virginia Beach, VA; Carl Williams, Roxbury, MA; Gerald Ludwig, Regensburg, Germany; Renee Manley, Northampton, MA; Steve Nickerson, Los Angeles, CA; Maisha Yearwood, Los Angeles, CA; Sister Nubia, Detroit, MI; Tywanda Auld, Philadelphia, PA; Sister Souljah (again), New York, NY; J.R. Castaner, New York, NY; Brenda Davis, New York, NY; John Forte’, New York, NY; Darrel Muhammad, Orangeburg, SC; Barbara Mirza, Santa Monica, CA; Patrice Tucker, Oxon Hill, MD; Haakeem Quddus, Philadelphia, PA; Casonya O’Neil, Aiken, SC; Sarah Bullard, Orlando, FL; Karen Mason, Atlanta, GA; Caroline Curran, Troy, NY; Carletta Hagins, Tampa, FL; Donelle R. Boose, Washington, DC; Reverend Frank Masso, CT; Mr. Breaux, San Jose, CA; Julia Beverly, Atlanta, GA; Shelondra Yvonne Peavy, Houston, TX; Sharon Garrett, Little Rock, AR; Tony Delgado, West Lafayette, IN; Kim ‘Soulful’ Woods, Dacula, GA; Andre Robertson, Brooklyn, NY; Jade Forest, Atlanta, GA, Ainslee Johnson, Cleveland, OH; Tom Bair, Ozone Park, NY; Ruth Brinkley, Brooklyn, NY; Dominique, Brooklyn, NY; Assary, New York, NY; Ms. Loretta Stinson, Newnan, GA; Melanie Clarke, Mt. Vernon, NY; Rondress T. Sharks, Orlando, FL; Jimmie Pierre, New Orleans, LA; Takeyah Young, Sunrise, FL; Jahi, Oakland, CA; Stacy LaDonna, Bartlett, TN; Carl Williams, Roxbury, MA; Angelina S. (Lux Prosa); Dorrian Bridges, Ft. Pierce, FL; Darlene and Caleb Fant, South Orange, NJ; Chris Danny, Rutherford, NJ; Dominique Jean-Louis, New York, NY; Ebony Epps, Bridgeport, CT; Ms. Kawanna Lyons, New Orleans, LA; Polk, Lakeville, MN; Maurad Ouazine, France (again); N. Cerise Hall, Atlanta, GA; Ayana Soyini, New York, NY; Maisha Yearwoon, Los Angeles, CA (again); Danell Alston, Washington, DC; Empress Jahleah Selassie-Aird, Newnan, GA; E. Hewong, Henderson, NV; Lance Christopher, Keene Savoy, IL; Tiffany Pollard, Atlanta, GA; Mr. Michael Taylor, Petersburg, VA; Tess Foley Kochowicz, Monroe, CT; Diane L. Martin, Philadelphia, PA; Ms. Mary Mackey, Limerick, Eire; Hannah Bleier, Roscoe, NY; Ms. Debbie J. Duncan, Eutaw, AL; RBC Ministries, Grand Rapids, MI; Joe Benjamin, Bristol, CT; Syneeda Penland, Dacula, GA; Jeremy Shea Wilson, Natchitoches, LA; Diane L. Martin, Philadelphia, PA (again); Toyia Halman, Chicago, IL; Abby A. Gonzalez, Paterson, NJ; Monesha Gethers, Fresno, CA; Wendy Ann-Clarke, Toronto, ON Canada; King Solomon, PA; Douglas Moore Sr., Belleville, NJ; Marissa Gomez, Corona, CA; Malik Abdul-Aziz, North Hollywood, CA; Davonne Breedlove, Opa-Locka, FL; Paul Major, Orleans, VT; Rosenita Delva, West Palm Beach, FL; Anna Michelle Dorn-Hogan, Madison, WI; Monroe Mallory, Cleveland, OH; Angel Redmond, Leicester, NC; Angela Taylor, Friendswood, TX; Niamh Cahill Co., Laois, Ireland; Greg Pabst, Baltimore, MD; Kris Love, Fresno, TX; Angela Baltimore, Little Rock, AR, Laretta Majors, Hollywood, FL; Jade Tamara Pat Watson, Ilford, Essex; Kyrstal Roberts, St. Petersburg, FL; Briauna Trammell, Salisbury, MD; Tammi Martin-Davis, Philadelphia, PA; Chivonne Lawson, Stone Mountain, GA; Woodley Lamousnery, Stamford, CT; Issa E*; Amanda Armas, Las Vegas, NV; Shelondra Yvonne Peavy, Houston, TX; Camille Watkin, Columbia, MD; Greg Torwalt, Humboldt, SK, Canada; Trey Cousins, Hamden, CT; Angela J. Baldwin, Mt. Pleasant, SC; Alvin Burleson Jr., Renton, WA; Cynthia Ongottaud, Congo/France; Hope Leon, Los Angeles, CA; Khalilah Abdularahim, Hamden, CT; Moira Pattinson, Edinburgh, Scotland; Brittany Blackman, Brooklyn, NY; Ms. Mary Mackey, Limerick, Eire (again); Dianthia Simon, Los Angeles, CA; Mrs. Latasha Drax, Lakeland, FL; Tonia Ogun, London, UK; Trish L’Oreal Winslow, Sandy Springs, GA; Jasmine White-Killins, Plano, TX; Joi (with an Eye) Walthamstow, London UK; Heidi Salcedo, Bethel, CT; Ms. Jaleesa Bartley, Durham, NC; Jezebel Sheba Rose, Swanee, GA; Veronica Malone, Petersburg, VA; Michael Browne, Bladensburg, MD; Mr. Thomas E. Moore, San Quentin, CA; Shepherdess Angela/The Prayer Box Community, Mountain Home, AR; Carter Grant, New York, NY (again); Shaunda C. Turner, Fairlawn, NJ; Tatiana Williams, Los Angeles, CA; Lisa Marie Betancourt, Riverside, CA; Jezebel Sheba Rose, Swanee, GA (again); Mayah Dyson, Manassas, VA; McCall Brister, Mt. Juliet, TN; Carl Williams, Roxbury, MA (again); Emilienne Gray, Roselle, NJ; Ms. Darlene Fant and Family, South Orange, NJ; Ayanna L. Benton, Stamford, CT; Karla ‘Kae’ Thomas, Parkville, MD; Matthew Akins, Hyattsville, MD; Debbie J. Duncan; Eutaw, AL; Schimeka K. Galloway, Brooklyn, NY; Joshua Curry, Benton, AR (again); The Prayer Box Community, Mountain Home, AR (again); Ms. Vanessa D. May, Sylmar, CA; Jakia Handy, Los Angeles, CA; Maisha Yearwood, Los Angeles, CA; Suzette Williams, Teaneck, NJ; Destini Jammeh, Kent, WA; Ms. Sha’Rita McClurkin, Trotwood, OH; Tina Blumenberg-Williams, Portage, IN; Mr. Ryan Jordan, Wethersfield, CT; Kristen Bettencourt, Boston, MA; Timothy Stephens, Desoto, TX; Yvette Walker, Opa-Locka, FL; Maurad Oazine, France (again); Mitchell R. Weinhandl, Calgary, AB Canada; Tajh Abdulsamad, Alpharetta, GA; Yusef Trice, Chicago, IL; Mike Williams G., Barringten, MA; Ainslee Johnson, Cleveland, OH; Maisha Yearwood, Los Angeles, CA (again); Hakim ‘Hak’ Bell, West Orange, NJ; Piper Patron, Laughlin, WV; Sydney Atkinson, Austin, TX; Bill Wright and Carroll Jrdn, Washington, DC; Candice Latrice, Denver, CO; Lavonia Jenkins, Philadelphia, PA; Carter Grant, New York, NY (again); Keka Robinson, Emeryville, CA; Emmanuel Schaeffer, France; Dr. Andrea P. Lowe, La Place, LA; Keith Swan, Levittown, PA; Carl Williams, Roxbury, MA (again); Destiny Lewis, Kissimmee, FL; Lisa S. Ridgle, Hawthorne, CA; Charles ‘Duce’ Castaneda, Aurora, CO; Sheila Moore Haddad, Cookeville, TN; Anna Michelle Dorn-Hogan, Madison, WI; Phillip C. Hogan, Sr., Portage, WI; Eden, Greg and Nicole Duncan-Smith, Brooklyn, NY; Remond Wright, Opa Locka, FL; Sonia K., Brooklyn, NY; Colleen Garza, Vallejo, CA; ‘Pretty’ Nicki, East Hartford, CT; Lana DiCostanzo, Savannah, GA; Teresa Lomax, Temple Hills, MD; Lasana M. Sekou/House of Nehesi Publishers, St. Martin, Caribbean; Carter Grant, New York, NY (again); Toni Grant, Brooklyn, NY; Lia Anderson, Lauderhill, FL; MJW, Washington, DC; Mrs. Jolie Willis, Austin, TX; Maisha Yearwood, Los Angeles, CA (again); Dylan Hunziker, Naperville, IL; DeJuan Bland, Detroit, MI; James Devlin-Braswell, Atlanta, GA; K. S. Young, Wixon, MI; Nerdy LLC, Chicago, IL; Irvens Andre, Lithonia, GA; Diane L. Martin, Philadelphia, PA (again); Deborah Jane ‘Cleopatra’ Burke & The Strange Fruit Team, Los Angeles, CA; Joyce Poitier, SC; Michael Green, Fair Bluff, NC; Verlinda Bluestone; Salt Lake City, Utah; Dericka Kalee Yah Ysrayl, Glen Carbon, IL; Temel ‘Mel’ Sinclair, Sanford, NC; Kierra Poe, Cedar Rapids, IA; David Cruz, Hartford, CT (again); Apostle Charles and Prophetess Wanda Logan, Spartanburg, SC; Ms. Mary Mackey Co., Limerick, Eire (again); Evita Colon, Shippensburg, PA; Olivia S. McClenton, Perth Amboy, NJ; Debbie J. Duncan, Eutaw, AL (again); Carl Willimas, Roxbury, MA; O’Leatha Harris, Bowling Green, KY; Karl Fields, Richton Park, IL; Brandon Laster, Calumet City, IL; Kara DJ, Whitehouse Station, NJ; Nathaniel Mitchiner, Newark, NJ; Ainslee Johnson, Cleveland, OH; Patrick/The Bookstore Columbia, SC; Luney Marcello, Charlotte, NC; Maisha Yearwood, Los Angeles, CA; Maurad, France (again); Jamillah Hatim, Richardson, TX; Brian Bowers; Nazarene Englewood, CO; Shawntavia Day, Cleveland, OH; Joseph Rodriguez, Pueblo, CO; Elizabeth Gerald Flossmoor; Mitchell Thomeycroft, England, UK; Eva Jennings, Philadelphia, PA; David Cruz, Hartford, CT (again); Lloyd Aldridge Jr., Hartford, CT; Raquel Falesbork, Brooklyn, NY; Caprice Lamor, Irvington, NJ; Tomeka Ramocan, Burlington, NJ (again); Danielle Broussard, Houston, TX; Stephanie Black, New York, NY; Stacy LaDonna, Bartlett, TN; Naoisha Postell Bronx, NY; Garrard McClendon, Ph.D, Chicago State University; Debbie J. Duncan, Eutaw, AL (again); Siewa Dewar, Mississauga, ON, Canada; Tammy Kiliona, Vallejo, CA; Diane L. Martin, Philadelphia, PA (again); Leile Akahloun, Johannesburg, South Africa; Selim Tadjiae, France; Ms. Bintou Kone’, Toulouse, France; Erin Chester, VA; Maurad, France (again); Izetta Autumn Mobley, Washington, DC; Chelsea Hargrove, Clermont, FL; Tammi Diggs, Kannapolis, NC; Carl Williams, Roxbury, MA (by way of Tellinn, Estonia); UJ, Wheaton, IL; Reverend Frank Masso/Bible Prophecy Ministry, Stratford, CT; Ariel Cavaseno. Bayside, NY; Ms. Darlene Fant and Family, South Orange, NJ; Yvette Walker, Opa-Locka, FL; Laurel Forrest, Georgetown, SC; Robert Martin, Newark, NJ; Bun Linaeus, South East London, UK; Shawn Thwaites, Martinsville, VA; Kazi Odinga, Philadelphia, PA; Debbie J. Duncan, Eutaw, AL (again); Jack Splash, Miami, FL; Ms. Erica ‘Sun Blossom Kente’ River-Pinket, Burgaw, NC; Alexis F. King; Stephanie Eze, Denmark; Atiya Judson-Saunders, Stamford, CT; Jeremy Wilson, Natchitoches, LA; Danyea Brown, Marietta, GA; Theresa Bella Mosley, Cincinnati, OH; Shaconda Magwood, Atlanta, GA; Orlando Lopez, Glen Cove, NY; Petra Almic’, Croatia; LaToya Turner, St. Louis, MO; Senece Dunlop, Erie, PA; Jade A. Mcfarland, Swartara, PA; J. Sanders, Austin, Texas; Jari Tyrel Smith, Landover, MD; Maurad, France (again); Nakia Tuh Smyrna, GA (and also Tonia, Derek, Tiffany, Nakia, Mike, Cherisse, Elena); GaBrilla Ballard, Needham, MA; Ms. Mary Mackey Co. Limerick, Erie (again); Diane L. Martin, Philadelphia, PA; Joyce Swain, West Orange, NJ; Tauheedah Shukriyyah, Elkins Park, PA; Rena ‘Antonia Perdu’, Rochester, NY; Jean Simpson, Kissimmee, FL; SPC Monique Brown, APO, AE; Michael Smith, Brooklyn, NY; Josh Lynch, Elkgrove, CA; Paula Shepherd, Houston, TX; Cherisse Pitman, Alpine, AL; Ruby LeGinel, Dover, DE; Ruby Raynor, Philadelphia, PA; Angela Taylor, Friendswood, TX (again); Simae S., Cincinnati, OH; Deborah Moher, New York, NY; Deborah Jane and the Strange Fruit Production team, Los Angeles, CA; Angela Taylor, Friendswood, TX (again); Jermaine Morris, Pomona, CA; Rosi Reed, Sherman Oaks, CA; Paul Major, Orleans, VT (again); Dianthia Simon, Los Angeles, CA; Diane L. Martin, Philadelphia, PA (again); Angela M. Wyatt, Charleston, SC; Akajou McDaniel, Los Angeles, CA, Diane L. Martin, Philadelphia, PA (again); Audrey R. Clarke, Lanham, MD; Nubia Polk, Detroit, MI; Jeffery Russell; Maurad, France; Jessica Hall, Troy, AL; Amanda Torres, Roslindale, MA; Scott and Niamh Corcoran, Scarborough WA, Australia; Christina ‘Euphrates’ Jones, Atlanta, GA; Darrick Smith, Stockton, CA; Hannah Smith, Brownsville, TN; Thomas F. Henley, Houston, TX; Debbie J. Duncan, Eutaw, AL (again); D. Sana Pate, Houston, TX; Melanie Clarke, Mt. Vernon, NY; Crystal Guidry, Stockton, CA; Jason Reese, Columbus, OH; Rachel Ritchie and Family, Mississauga, ONT; Mr. James Brooker III, Raleigh, NC; Mr. James Brooker III, Raleigh, NC (again); Maisha Yearwood, Los Angeles, CA (again); Mary Mackey Limerick, Ireland; Inslee Johnson, Cleveland, OH; Reina Noguchi Kitakatsuragi-gun, Nara, JAPAN; Naoisha Postell, Bronx, NY; Nene Gomez, Bakersfield, CA; Samantha Moore; Brian and Juliana Oliver, Sebastopol, CA; Anzania Carter, Dunwoody, GA; Maurice Lunsford, Atlanta, GA; Shavaughn Barnes, Detroit, MI; The Streets Don’t Love You Back Store, Maricopa, AZ; Brandon Jackson, Addison, TX *beautiful poetry; Daria Dorsett Nassau, Bahamas; Maisha Yearwood writing from NYC (again); Carl Williams, Roxbury, MA by way of Klaipeda, Poland; Monica Knox, McDonough, GA; Naoisha Postell, Bronx, NY (again); Paul Major, Brownington, VT; Nicole McNair, Plymouth, NC; Reba Bell East, Stroudsburg, PA; Shavaughn Barnes, Detroit, MI; Tyleshia Anderson, Oroville, CA; Luke Lambert Woking, Surrey; Diane L. Martin, Philadelphia, PA (again); Tara Michael, Scranton, PA; Greg Brantley, Indian Orchard, MA*; Scott A. Sloan, Gainsville, FL; Carl Williams, Roxbury, MA by way of Berlin, Germany; Camidroel; Maarten and Charlotte; Debbie J. Duncan Eutaw, Al (again); Keka Robinson, Emenjville, CA; Maisha Yearwood from NYC, NY (again); Ms. Darlene Fant, South Orange, NJ; Mark Bowers, Newark, NJ; Jerald Miller, New York, NY; Mr. James Booker III, Raleigh, NC (again); Ceet, Philadelphia, PA; Shawntavia Day, Cleveland, OH (again); Wilda McGugan, Barnigat, NJ; Douglas Moore Jr., Belleville, NJ; Tara Michel, Dickerson City, PA (again); Maurad Ouazine, France (again); Deshaires ‘Maty’ Mathilde, Paris, France; Eric Crume, Las Vegas, NV; John A. Pristell aka R. Logical Allah, Doraville, GA; Lisa Miller Autry, Desoto, TX; Maurad, France (again); Yolanda A. Orozco, Yakima, WA; John A. Pristell aka R. Logical Allah Doraville, GA (again); Ondrae ‘Drae Divyne’ Walker, Lexington, KY; Nikia Barber-Clark, Irvington, NJ *ETP!; Ian Luther, Southhampton, England, UK; Weusi Baraka, Victory Gardens, NJ, Sarai Memphis, TN; Ms. Vanetta Grant, Brooklyn, NY; Eric Gayles, Greensborough, NC *; Tannika Charrae Myers, Philadelphia, PA*; Miriam Banks Farrakhan, Union, NJ; Debbie J. Duncan, Eutaw, AL (again); Diane L. Martin, Philadelphia, PA (again); Maisha Yearwood writing from NYC (again); Bria Bromell. New Haven, CT; Analisa Ruiz, Houston, TX; Maurad Ouazine, France (again); Christopher Chizer, Houston, TX; Inez Bonilla, Old Bridge, NJ *; DeWayne ‘Haru’ Hendrix, Atlanta, GA; Lingaire Njie, Baltimore, MD; Jamillah Salahuddin; Brooklyn, NY; Tonja Ayers, Detroit, MI; Princess Shipley, Miami, FL; Lauren Halsey, New Haven, CT; Uno Selfe, Tonawanda, NY; Natasha Wright, Nassau, Bahamas; Ryan Josey, Miami, FL; Roconia Price, Manassas, VA; Pink Renee Norbrega, S. Spring, PA; Jimmie Pierre, New Orleans, LA; Justin Blake, Brooklyn, NY; Mr. Antoine Mikell, Hagan, GA; Mikel Irisarri, La Rioja, Spain; Sheronah Dawson, West Point, GA; Kelli ‘Shrimp 40’ Handrich, Brunswick, GA; Brittani Marie ‘Georgie’ George, Charlotte, NC (beautiful drawing); Roconia Price, Manassas, VA (again); Maurad Ouazine, France (again); Maisha Yearwood, Los Angeles, CA (again); Tershema Jackson, Pine Bluff, AR; Mr. Lyle Hickman, Scotch Plains, NJ; Hannah M. Smith, Brownsville, TN (again); Maisha Yearwood, Los Angeles, CA (again); Devon Young, Newark, NJ (again); Ms. Debbie J. Duncan, Eutaw, AL (again); Roconia Price, Manassas, VA (again); Minister Beverly Spears, Hudson, NC; Stephanie, Los Angeles, CA; Pat Reid, Footscray, VIC Australia; Sil Van Der Woerd, The Netherlands; Unknown, Atlanta, GA; Latasha Burnard, Duluth, GA; Ms.Tara Michel Watkins, Dickson City, PA (5 letters); Jazmine Green, South River, NJ; Sister Wilda McGugan, Barnegat, NJ; Johnnie Dent Jr., Cleveland, OH; Stacy LaDonna Bartlett, TN and the Fugees Online Forum (again); Starasia ‘Star’ Daniel, Duluth, GA; Nick Gilchrist, Wagram, NC; Raheem Robinson, Irvington, NJ *no panic room!; Aunt Rafeekah Sabur, Newark, NJ; Private ‘Sonny’ Harrelson B. Watson; Melanie Clarke, Mt. Vernon, NY; Jessica Lee, Canton, OH; Preston McPherson, Atlanta, GA; Claudia Bruno, Los Gatos, CA (again); Candice R. Pittman and Sister G.F., Heights, OH; Sabela Gomez Diaz Galicia, Spain; Ms. Tara Michel Watkins, Dickson City, PA (again); Shelondra Peavy, Houston, TX; Nadia Barrera, San Juan Capistrano, CA; Debbie J. Duncan, Eutaw, AL (again); Malik Allah, Atlanta, GA; Jasmine D. Sayles, Buies Creek, NC; Laurynn Navarro, Brooklyn, NY; Maurad Ouazine, France (again); Simon Dasher, New York, NY; James Booker III, Raleigh, NC; Ms. Tara Watkins, Dickson City, PA (again); Amelia Alleman Carmichael, New Haven, CT; Deborah Jane and the Strange Fruit Team, Van Nuys, CA (again); Diane L. Martin, Philadelphia, PA (again); Keith D. Moore, Shomari, LFL, N. Langley, Rashaan Langley, and Troy Frost, Cheshire, CT; Mama G, Conshohocken, PA; John McGuire, O’Brien, FL; Diane L. Martin, Philadelphia, PA (again); Dianthia Simon, Los Angeles, CA (again); Ms. Darlene Fant, South Orange, NJ (again); Michael Green, Fair Bluff, NC; Monita Lawing, Concord, NC, Shelondra Peavy, Houston, TX (again), Okenzie Nwoka, Iowa City, IA; Allen DeWane Harris, Duncanville, TX; Rashad Hawkins, Alpharetta, GA (again); Jerroid Thomas, Washington DC; Tiffany Renee ‘Twin’ Johnson, Chicago, IL; Diane L. Martin, Philadelphia, PA (again); Paul ‘PV’ Major, Brownington, VT (again); Maisha Yearwood, Los Angeles, CA (again); Mercedes, Sacramento, CA; Angela Taylor, Friends Wood, TX (again); Ms. Tara Watkins, Dickson City, PA (again); Barbara Brown-Rivera, Miami, FL; Matthew Akins, Hyattsville, MD; Terrence Calvert, Madison, TN ************************************************** Wild Is the WindLove me, love me, love me, say you do Let me fly away with you For my love is like the wind And wild is the wind Give me more than one caress Satisfy this hungriness Let the wind blow through your heart For wild is the wind You touch me I hear the sound of mandolins And you kiss me And with your kiss my life begins You're spring to me All things to me Don't you know you're life itself Like a leaf clings to a tree Oh my darling, cling to me For we're creatures of the wind And wild is the wind So wild is the wind And wild is the wind You touch me I hear the sound of mandolins You kiss me And with your kiss my life begins Daddy you're spring to me All things to me Don't you know you're life itself Like a leaf clings to a tree Oh my darling, cling to me For we're creatures of the wind And wild is the wind So wild is the wind So wild So wild is the wind So wild is the wind ************************************************** Outro - liveIts like If you Tired of that You give yourself up... Listen, nobody can blackmail you with anything I'll never forget... You know when I first... Started to really understand what this was all about I just went to my parents and I just started confessing about the stuff I did like in the second grade... Seriously... But we don't know how all that stuff from the time we're kids man... All that repression... All that stuff just holding you You know all that Talking about boys feeling my booty in the second grade I mean I'm telling you, and I'm ashamed of that You know? Like no, like What other girl in this audience played run catch and kiss or those silly games? You know? But just from a child, you know, growing up with all of that guilt You know? And we think that that's God We think that's God... Telling us feel guilty! God is saying get free Confess man Understand that Look Everybody's going through that same stuff Same issues its just a bunch of repression And I'm saying man, life is too precious Its too valuable For us to just sit here in this boxes all repressed You know? Afraid to admit what we're really going through You know? I'm saying, I'm tired of that I'll tell people, listen its so funny it's like You know, when I tried to... I'll never forget When I was pregnant with my first son and I was trying to keep it a secret it was all of over the place You know? And when I said hey, I'm having another baby I didn't hear about it at all And I said man, y'all just want to deal in stuff that people don't want out So I just gave myself out Yeah, I'm having another child What else would you want to know? Yeah I'm crazy and deranged ************************************************** Do You Like The Way(feat. Santana & CEE LO) [Lauryn's rap] Watch the master plan, the pastures span Through the streets, move the sheep Flipped the beat, like the shepherd It's a new day, my crew stay forever striving Give thanks cause we alive, and been through the gutter Now we see the horizon It's clear to me now Used to be confused, took a lot of years to see how Now, we moving planets Take the average mind and expand it You take for granted like we're always gonna be disadvantaged But soon come, it soon come, ya soon done Ya start run, you stumble, we catch one In the rhythm, Santana lick the guits with precision Not accidental, intentional conscious decision To Zion, we're marching through with African Mayans Conquering Babylon with the heart of a lion And the walls of Jericho come a-tumbling down Tell me, how long has it been Is everything, everything alright my friend You see, time is passing, people asking how come none of this ain't lasting Money will make people deal like they don't even have to feel But no, it ain't real, it ain't real Oh, do you like the way that it's going down Do you like the way that it's going down Ooh, do you like the way How long, how long will we wait, to sit down and communicate See, everything is relative, if you want to get then give Can't we all just build and live,can't we, can't we? Do you like the way that it's going down Do you like the way that it's going down Do you like the way that it's going down Do you like the way that it's going down ************************************************** Ne Me Quitte Pas[Verse 1] Ne me quitte pas Il faut oublier Tout peut s'oublier Qui s'enfuit deja Oublier le temps Des malentendus Et le temps perdu A savoir comment Oublier ces heures Qui tuaient parfois A coups de pourquoi Le coeur du bonheur [Chorus] Ne me quitte pas Ne me quitte pas Ne me quitte pas Ne me quitte pas [Verse 2] Moi je t'offrirai Des perles de pluie Venues de pays Où il ne pleut pas Je creuserai la terre Jusqu'apres ma mort Pour couvrir ton corps D'or et de lumière Je ferai un domaine Où l'amour sera roi Où l'amour sera loi Où tu seras reine [Chorus] Ne me quitte pas Ne me quitte pas Ne me quitte pas Ne me quitte pas [Verse 3] Ne me quitte pas Je t'inventerai Des mots insensés Que tu comprendras Je te parlerai De ces amants là Qui ont vu deux fois Leurs coeurs s'embraser Je te racont'rai L'histoire de ce roi Mort de n'avoir pas Pu te rencontrer [Chorus] Ne me quitte pas Ne me quitte pas Ne me quitte pas Ne me quitte pas [Verse 4] On a vu souvent Rejaillir le feu De l'ancien volcan Qu'on croyait trop vieux Il est paraît-il Des terres brûlées Donnant plus de blé Qu'un meilleur avril Et quand vient le soir Pour qu'un ciel flamboie Le rouge et le noir Ne s'épousent-ils pas [Chorus] Ne me quitte pas Ne me quitte pas Ne me quitte pas Ne me quitte pas [Verse 5] Ne me quitte pas Je ne vais plus pleurer Je ne vais plus parler Je me cacherai là À te regarder Danser et sourire Et à t'écouter Chanter et puis rire Laisse-moi devenir L'ombre de ton ombre L'ombre de ta main L'ombre de ton chien [Chorus] Ne me quitte pas Ne me quitte pas Ne me quitte pas Ne me quitte pas ************************************************** African Mailman[Instrumental] ************************************************** Adam lives in theory - liveAdam lives in theory tryin' to turn stone into bread Masquerading like he's got it figured out Cut off from the sunshine, only smart in his own head Leaving his descendants to hope and doubt Left to his devices, those worthless sacrifices Praying to the altar of his self Making pilgrimages thinking he's religious Like he's got all the light, and no one else He takes the unsuspected 'Cuz he knows they're not connected And he shows them how to be just as he is, virtually real And commercially appeal, to the lust of all the people where he lives Eve was so naive, blinded by the pride and greed Wanting to be intellectual Drifting from the way, she got turned down one day And now she thinks that she's bisexual Caught up in emotion, burning up in her devotion To the king of exploitation in the field She handed him her virtue, 'cuz he told, "I won't hurt you" So she lay with him to see how good it feels Now can you tell me, what, what we gonna do now? Where we gonna go now? What we gonna say now? Now can you tell me, what, what we gonna do now? Where we gonna go now? What we gonna say now? Now after the sensation, and the empty fornication She brought infection home into her bed Quickly multiplying, now the three of them are dyin' By the poison she perceived to be good Now Eve and her husband, are perverted in their judgment 'Cuz everything appeared to be the same They entertain suggestions, next time just use protection Desiring to cover up their shame But much to their demise, poor decision closed their eyes To the very antidote of their dilemma Burning in their lust, both of them adulterous Destroying the original agenda Praying to the sky, in order to maintain a lie They exhausted every possible conclusion They can't even entertain, or the solution in a brain Or filled with vain, information and pollution Hiding from the truth, he provided an excuse To explain away his desperate situation When confronted, blamed his wife, giving birth to carnal life Refusing to acknowledge what he'd done And now, if we can agree with who created us to be Who says we're guilty, everyone before His eyes Making no exceptions, since the day of our conception Predisposed to hating truth, and loving lies Then can you tell me, what, what we gonna do now? Where we gonna go now? What we gonna say now? Now can you tell me, what, what we gonna do now? Where we gonna go now? What we gonna say now? Stop walking in pride, let the thief be crucified Unlearn everything you know and let Him teach you Line upon line, and precept upon precept Say goodbye to this decaying social system He wants to know, how far we're willing to go? If we love Him like we say we do, He'll try us Just you don't regress, or slip into hopelessness Once He's satisfied, His love, He won't deny us And then He'll tell us what, what we gonna do now Where we gonna go now, what we gonna say now And then He'll tell us, what, what we gonna do now Where we gonna go now, what we gonna say now I'm telling you, telling you, I'm telling you I'm telling you, I'm telling you, I'm telling you He's gonna tell us, tell us, tell us Ooh! Yeah ************************************************** Welcome: The Passion[Intro] (x5) This is Lauryn Hill wit' J. Period, this is The Best of Lauryn Hill [Verse 1] If they only owned love, shown love, grown love like this before If they only knew love, true love too long like this before If they only gave love, saved love, grave love like this before If they only called love "love", love called "love" like this before If they'd only shown love, they own love, own love like this before La-la-la-la-la-la-la-love-love-la-la-la-la-love La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-love like this before, yeah [Outro] This is Lauren Hill wit' J. Period, this is The Best of Lauryn Hill ************************************************** Lost Ones (Remix) (Part 2)[Intro] You might win some, but you really lost one You just lost one, it's so silly, how come? When it's all done, what did you really gain from? What you done done, it's so silly, how come? You just lost one [Verse 1] Now, don't you understand, man, universal law? What you throw out comes back to you, star Never underestimate those who you scar Cause karma, karma, karma comes back to you hard You can't hold God's people back that long The chain of Satan wasn't made that strong Tryin' to pretend like your word is your bond But until you do right, all you do will go wrong Now, some might mistake this just for simple song And some don't know what they have 'til it's gone Now, even when you're gone you can still be reborn And from the night can arrive the sweet dawn Now, some might listen and some might shun And some may think that they've reached perfection If you look closely, you'll see what you've become Cause you might win some, but you just lost one [Hook] (x4) You might win some, but you just lost one [Bridge] You might win some, but you really lost one You just lost one, it's so silly, how come? When it's all done, what did you really gain from? What you done done, it's so silly, how come? You might win one [Outro] Yo, this is the full genius Refugees, they're about to take you on a journey Into the dimensions of the Book of Basement The basements were, uh... Hey, yo, one, two, three, the crew is called Refugees And if they come for testin' rap stylin' Stop the violence and just bring it on Y-O, hey, yo, one, two, three, the crew is called Refugees And if they come for testin' rap stylin' Stop the violence and just bring it on, Y-O ************************************************** Little Drummer BoyCome, they told me Pa-romp-pa-pom-pom The newborn King You'll see Pa-romp-pa-pom-pom Our finest gifts We bring Pa-romp-pa-pom-pom To lay Before the King Pa-romp-pa-pom-pom Romp-pa-pom-pom Romp-pa-pom-pom So to honor him Pa-romp-pa-pom-pom When we come Baby Jesus Pa-romp-pa-pom-pom I am a poor boy too Pa-romp-pa-pom-pom I have No gift to bring Pa-romp-pa-pom-pom That fit Tto give our King Pa-romp-pa-pom-pom Romp-pa-pom-pom Romp-pa-pom-pom Shall I play for you Pa-romp-pa-pom-pom Shall I play for you Pa-romp-pa-pom-pom Shall I play for you Pa-romp-pa-pom-pom On my drum Shall I play for you Pa-romp-pa-pom-pom On my drum Mary nodded Pa-rumpa-pom-pom The ox and lamb Kept time Pa-romp-pa-pom-pom I played my drum For him Pa-romp-pa-pom-pom I played my best For him Pa-romp-pa-pom-pom Romp-pa-pom-pom Romp-pa-pom-pom Then he smiled at me Pa-romp-pa-pom-pom Then he smiled at me And my drum On my drum, on my drum On my drum, on my drum On my drum, on my drum On my drum, on my drum On my drum, on my drum On my drum, on my drum Me and my drum Me and my drum Me and my drum Me and my drum On my drum, on my drum On my drum, on my drum ************************************************** The Reintroduction[Intro] Allow me to reintroduce myself L. Boogie, who you gon' scrimmage like you the champion? L. Boogie spits with perfect syntax, don't check it Many styles, style so prestigious, make a sinner act religious Been lifted, lyrically, I'm gifted L been this way since creation, put the DJ in it I'm J.Period, I represent the real hip-hop, I'm J.Period They say hip-hop is dead, I'm here to resurrect me Boogie on, yo, (-) Lauryn, yo, (-) Lauryn, yo, Lauryn, (-) [Outro: Rohan Marley] Rohan Marley talkin' to you Don't play that track again, you know? Let it go ************************************************** Fearless Vampire Killer[Intro] Fearless Vampire Killer I am a Fearless Vampire Killer I am a Fearless Vampire Killer I am a Fearless Vampire Killer [Verse] Watch yourself up in the realm Watch yourself up in the front You didn't come up with nothing These are fuckin' liars Holes in your pocket, and Now you're a department store buyer Put some more leaves on the fire You're not the wheat you're just the chaff Your whole operation makes me laugh No Class You never had money now your whole Op's about cash Come on find a new topic You got kids in the street listening to this SHIT You going to kill them just to make a profit You're real short term You don't see the big picture Just look at the news I don't need to quote scripture At you, but I can do that to Bad boys what you going to do when the come for you I don't mean the Coppers (Cops) I mean the Tormentors A little ackward They going to pop you in a padded lock You know you had it coming [Chorus] Where you gonna go now? What you gonna do now? Where you gonna go now? What you gonna do now? Where you gonna go now? ************************************************** Nas Interlude[Intro] Yo, what up? This is Nas with the official (-), J. Period "If I Ruled the World" was originally a Kurtis Blow record You know? Somebody who I love and saw him in crèche school And his song wit' "These are the breaks"... I used to breakdance to his music, you hear what I'm sayin'? So "If I Ruled the World" was a tribute to him And also speakin' out to the world And, um, I used to work wit' the Fugees on tour And, you know, they would open up for me wit' our first albums And our second albums, it flipped And he sold, like, you know, thirty million albums And I'm — now I'm openin' up for them So, um, we was — we was cool like that And, you know, Lauryn came and got on the record Who I felt was — would make the record even more incredible Me and her, I really appreciate her work And, um, and talked to her well You know, not just my projects, but every projects in December Everywhere in the world So I thought that would be the perfect record [Outro] If I ruled the world Still living for today in these last days and times ************************************************** Everything Is Everything (radio edit)Everything (Everything) Is Everything(Is Everything) What is meant to be, will be After winter, must come spring Change, it comes eventually (2x) I wrote these words for everyone Who struggles in their youth Who won't accept deception Instead of what is truth It seems we lose the game Before we even start to play Who made these rules? We're so confused Easily led astray Let me tell ya that Everything is everything (Everything is everything) Everything is everything After winter, must come spring Everything is everything I philosophy Possibly speak tongues Beat drum, Abyssinian, street Baptist Rap this in fine linen From the beginning My practice extending across the atlas I begat this Flippin' in the ghetto on a dirty mattress You can't match this rapper / actress More powerful than two Cleopatras Bomb graffiti on the tomb of Nefertiti MCs ain't ready to take it to the Serengeti My rhymes is heavy like the mind of Sister Betty L. Boogie spars with stars and constellations Then came down for a little conversation Adjacent to the king, fear no human being Roll with cherubims to Nassau Coliseum Now hear this mixture Where hip hop meets scripture Develop a negative into a positive picture Now everything, is everything What is meant to be, will be After winter, must come spring Change, it comes eventually Sometimes it seems We'll touch that dream But things come slow or not at all And the ones on top, won't make it stop So convinced that they might fall Let's love ourselves then we can't fail To make a better situation Tomorrow, our seeds will grow All we need is dedication Let me tell ya that Everything is everything (Everything is everything) Everything is everything After winter, must come spring Everything is everything Everything is everything What is meant to be, will be After winter, must come spring Change, it comes eventually La la la la la la la la (until song fades) ************************************************** Thank You LetterI want to extend a sincere thank you to the following people, who wrote letters to the judge on my behalf: Linda Banks, Edison, NJ Davonne Breedlove Binna Choi, Beijing, China Hafiz Farid, East Orange, NJ Miriam Anne Banks Farrakhan, Union, NJ Vincent Gardner, New York, NY Michael Green, Fair Bluff, NC Elitta Harden, Ft Worth, TX Mrs. Valarie Hill, South Orange, NJ Maureen Hogan, Jersey City, NJ Walter Jones, New York, NY Alicia Keys Elena Lau, Toronto, Canada Jerald Miller, New York, NY Tracy Morris, Jacksonville Beach, FL Elise Munoz, France Bunmi Olukoya, Laurel, MD Jimmie Pierre, Trenton, NJ Cherisse Pittman Gabrielle Fulton Ponder, Atlanta, GA Dominique Reese, Oakland, CA Chris Schwartz, Philadelphia, PA Ashley Scott, Brooklyn, NY Derek Singletary, Astoria, NY Dr. Sara Tai, Manchester, UK Suzette Williams, Teaneck, NJ Lisa Willis, Philadelphia, PA Stevie Wonder Jonathan Wunderlich, Cabarete, DR And thank you Jerald Miller, for taking the initiative to put this together. I also want to thank all of my family, friends, business associates, and fans who have called, emailed, sent texts, and posted messages of concern, encouragement, and support. I appreciate the well wishes, and I thank you for your prayers. Also, to anyone who may have written letters that we did not know about, thank you also, all of you. I will have more to say soon, but did not want to further delay expressing my appreciation. Thank you again, MLH ************************************************** Response to Accusations on “Neurotic Society”Neurotic Society is a song about people not being, or not being able to be, who and what they truly are, due to the current social construct. I am not targeting any particular group of people, but rather targeting everyone in our society who hides behind neurotic behavior, rather than deal with it. The world we live in now is, in many ways, an abhorrent distortion, an accumulation of generations and generations of response to negative stimuli. Many don’t even have a concept of what normal is, by virtue of having lived afraid, ashamed, as victims of abuse, or inadequately handled for so long. I believe in coming up from under that fear and allowing the psyche/soul to truly heal. I understand that healing is a process, but I also believe that it is our responsibility to seriously care for ourselves, so that we can extend that level of concern for others and positively affect our environment. I want what is best for Humanity. Humanity, aligned with the Spiritual principles, that help each individual conquer fear, and transcend limited circumstance. I believe in healing and dealing with the traumatizing events of our lives, both in this lifetime, as well as those passed down to us, or inherited, so we can live as fully as possible. The whole world suffers from a lack of honest dialogue. Character and integrity have suffered at the hands of political correctness and corporate agenda, while our society moves further and further towards unhealthiness and breakdown. I oppose these trends. Everyone has a right to their own beliefs. Although I do not necessarily agree with what everyone says or does, I do believe in everyone’s right to protest. The overarching message of my music is to get up and stop compromising! And hopefully it will stimulate and motivate the changes that our society needs. Artists are constantly under media and public scrutiny. This is not a one-way street. Those of us with the charge of putting out faithful vibrations, have a responsibility to report what we see, and to write about what we know. I have seen some of the best and also some of the worst representations of human behavior. The same way that I exalt that which is high, is the same way I expose that which is abusive, in order to motivate and remind if not all of us, than as many as possible, of the Higher Calling. |