1  Take The Slack 
2  The New Sound (the hip-hop hillbilly) 
3  We can conquer 
4  No one like you 
5  Ain't It "Bout Time 
6  Put Yo Thing Down
7  Ain't nothing new but you (featuring INDIA ARIE)
8  Nasty Vibe
9  Scandal 
10 Braided Hair (featuring 1 Giant Leap and Neneh Cherry)
11 Catch the fire
12 Shine 
13 Walking in the sun

Take the Slack
Ladies and gentlemen the down south sound system presents to you something new
I look to the sky & fly away like a bird
Honey I know you've been through a lot of pain
And I'm here to set you free yeah
And let you get yo life to where it needs to be
Let me tell ya sometimes
(you have to give up your life so they can have their life back)
(chorus)
In all of our lives we need someone to take the slack
Sometimes I lose my cool when I try to over do
To keep things straight I need to delegate yeah
(Chorus)
In all of our lives we need someone to take the slack
Workin' Monday thru Friday
I'm livin' my life for my payday
Stuck in the same routine everyday
Man there's gotta be another way
I need someone to just give me a break
Cuz It seems that I've done all I can take
I need a friend I need a shoulder
Someone to come in I need a soldier
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
Boo da boobie da boodie do baa da
Boo da boobie da boodie do baa da
Boo da boobie da boodie do baa da
Boo da boobie da boodie do baa da
(Chorus)
In all of our lives we need someone to take the slack
In all of our lives we need someone to take the slack
I look to the sky & fly away like a bird
I look to the sky & fly away like a bird
Honey I know that you been meaning to take a break
So I'm here to let you go so you can take a little rest
And relaxation
Boo da boobie da boodie do baa da
Boo da boobie da boodie do baa da
Boo da boobie da boodie do baa da
Boo da boobie da boodie do baa da 

The New Sound
Chorus
We're coming up from the ground
And we aint goin to slow down
Run and tell the whole town
Make room for the new sound
Hittin you with the new sound
We're coming up from the ground
And we aint goin to slow down
Make room for the new sound
Hittin you with the new sound
I be like the one that rocks you don't you understand (UH)
I be like the one that shocks you wit pure thump my man (Yeah)
I be like the one that rocks you don't you understand (UH)
I be like the one that shocks you wit pure thump my man (Yeah)
It's hard to define exactly where I'm at
1 quarter in and the rest quarters back
Cat say yo you should get back in the game
As if I quit music- I didn't but it's the same
If you ain't had nothin' too hot in a year
Add nine more to average heads man you outta there
What I'm a do?
Yo I didn't finish school
And for ten years straight music puts food on the plate
And I'm a papa to which changed what I'm rockin to
The family role changes the hoops dat you jumpin thru
And I sold some millions had a sea of sole children
Screamin' we want more- while others catchin, feelings
Like who is he?
Dis down south company
In the back of a truck al hip hop hillbilly
While others rose and got hot and things changed
I stayed the same
Only a few fans remained
But life's like a circle ain't it?
What goes around comes around so
Chorus
We're coming up from the ground
And we aint goin to slow down
Run and tell the whole town
Make room for the new sound
Hittin you with the new sound
We're coming up from the ground
And we aint goin to slow down
Make room for the new sound
Hittin you with the new sound
I've been fastin from the scene with the patience of Gandi
Some people want to know how this album is goin to be
Will he come back with a Wendal or Tennesee
There's more eyes on me than Mississippi
Now here's what I call the restoration
Bring back the act that generates fun
We had our fair share of persecution
Cause simply
It's Arrested Development wants to watch son 

We Can Conquer
Do I have the right?
To come into your space and mess up your life
do I?
You just said hi
but by the look of things you had more in mind
Am I right?
Hey baby
Do you know where you're going?
Do you have all the answers?
Hey darling
Ya know I don't have em either
So baby maybe together we can conquer
(Chorus)
Conquer the lands and the seas and the heavens and mountains
Conquer the evil of the world and of our minds all in one
Conquer our fears and do things that ain't meant to be done
Conquer the lies and the gravity and fly to the sun
The sun
The sun
The sun
Let's take it slow
Cuz I could play you but would that be my role? No no
Let's take it deep
Cuz when I plan to play I'm playing for keeps yes yes
Hey baby
Do you know what I'm sayin?
Are you tired of the playing of these games?
Hey darling
Ya know I'm tired as well
So baby maybe together we could conquer
(Chorus)
Conquer the lands and the seas and the heavens and mountains
Conquer the evil of the world and of our minds all in one
Conquer our fears and do things that ain't meant to be done
Conquer the lies and the gravity and fly to the sun
The sun
The sun
The sun
(Chorus)
Conquer the lands and the seas and the heavens and mountains
Conquer the evil of the world and of our minds all in one
Conquer our fears and do things that ain't meant to be done
Conquer the lies and the gravity and fly to the sun
The sun
The sun
The sun
Maybe if we try we can conquer all
Me & you together we can conquer all
Make the walls crumble whether big or small
Maybe if we try we can conquer all 

No one like you
You know you pick me up when I'm feeling down
You take my world & turn it right side up
When it's upside down
How can I thank you baby for everything you do?
I can't fight it honey, my love for you just grew
There's no one like you who can pull me through
There's no one out there baby who loves me like you do
And why do I try to lie and tell myself it can't be true?
Babe I can't deny it, there's no one like you.
Chorus
No one like you oo oo ooo
You say I'm such a winner, but I'm just a fool
An undeserving sinner who's fallen deep in love with you
I should thank you baby for all you've done for me
I can't hide it honey why should I if it's meant to be?
I'm so glad you love me
Even when I'm wrong
Always thinking of me
You help me to carry on
And why do try to lie and tell myself it can't be true?
Babe I can't deny it. There's no one like you.
Chorus
No one like you oo oo ooo

Ain't it bout time
Down south productions giving you 390 watts of raw power
Giving you some knowledge some energy
some love to you from me
Some vibes for your musical taste
something live for the human race
And you jokas who got somethin' to say
should check it out as we run it this way
and even vibe on it then maybe you can relate
Cuz here's some soul on a musical plate it goÉ
Mama I know it's been weird for the last 14 years
The days we lived off of can foods & I was your son and your friend too
But since then me & you ain't close as we were
Time has passed it seems like a blur
Me & you in all new relationships
No longer as connected at the hip
And I'm not really for sure at what point did things shift
But ain't it bout time that the two of us just talked things out.
I remember my decision to fish for religion
You and dad thought I was in a cult then
That really hurt my feelings
And even today church is a talk we keep avoiding
But ain't it bout time that the two of us just talked things out.
I know I've done some wrong thangs or said stuff in the wrong way
Lacked some maturity but mama you still can rely on me
I never want you to feel abandoned or lonely
So ain't it bout time that the two of us just talked things out.
Talk things out talk things out
Dad #1 on my wish list is the day we don't have to talk business
I'd much rather talk about how you feel
Any scars in your heart I can help you heal
I'd rather laugh & joke about what we've learned
Like old Sunday meals at grandma Churns
I know on the real you had a hard life
Growing up in Tennessee with poverty and strife
But just another business deal is what I feel like
so ain't it bout time that the two of us just talked things out.
Yogi I know you've been thru
many years of abuse from how I treated you
I know it's always had to be about me
Thus causing you to feel insecurity
Although my goals to change when I fail won't you please tell me
cuz ain't it bout time that the two of us just talked things out.
To all of my past friends, including members of Arrested Development
remember all the good times that we spent
Whatever I've done that was insensitive
I ask you in your heart to please forgive
I know paths go different ways but let's be casual friends
cuz ain't it about time that the two of us just talked things out.

Talk things out talk things out

Ain't nothin new but you
Lovely people nice to meet ya
I often feel like I'm all alone
Mister Mister glad 2 see ya
Can't ya see that we're going home
Felt like I was going nowhere
Now I feel like I'm all alive
Happy people smiling faces
Hit the dance floor & feel my vibe

Chorus

Ain't nothin new but you

Happy people, smiling faces, beautiful people in different places

Lovely, nice to meet ya
I'm so glad to see ya
your smiling faces
you're going places

Chorus

Ain't nothin new but you

Nasty Vibe
You got a nasty vibe
Vibe
I donÕt want to hang with you
You got a nasty vibe girl
You got a nasty vibe
I vibe it out (before I taste it)
I vibe it out (before I face it)
I vibe it out (make sure peace has laced it)
I vibe it out (make sure the vibe police have cased it)
I step into the room I saw you
I felt right then I needed a lawyer
Stepping to me prejudging
Listening to rumors keeping grudges
Keep your mind clear
Cuz you don't know what's in here
Just cuz I got dreads
You think you know what's locked in my head
(Down south productions)
You got a nasty vibe
Vibe
I don't want to hang with you
You got a nasty vibe girl
You got a nasty vibe 

Scandal
oooo
People talkin' bad bout me all around town nowadays
it's like the newest craze how the brother does business, how I pays
spreadin' lies trying to scandalize the truth & make it bad.
Persecuting me shooting with a wicked laugh girl
certain cliques saying that & this keepin' the rumors fresh and
can't go nowhere without stares from industry vets and
girl U know your wrong wrong wrong wrong
man you singing the same song song song
and people believeing your lie
and of course every story sounds right til you hear the other side
and so I got two kids to raise ain't got no time to procrastinate
aint got no time to worry bout you I'll leave it to GOD to show the truth.
U say you're positive but you're spreadin' much lies
scandal scandal slandering the other guy
If you had a just cause GOD a make it right
scandal scandal slandering the other guy
These things always come with being a leader but man i'm trippin'
how people be listening to these leaky faucets as they keep drippin'
drip drop drip drop wit they Chinese water torchering
forcing in lies as I walk by on they porch gossiping
I gotta rely on you GOD cuz there's many chicken heads that would have
me dead in the path from thorn bushes over enemies wrath
as they laugh & laugh and scoff scoff scoff
suckin my blood like mosquitos they need to get offed
U say you're positive but you're spreadin' much lies
scandal scandal slandering the other guy
If you had a just cause GOD a make it right
scandal scandal slandering the other guy
Ever heard of crabs in a barrell when ones tries to get to top
all the other ones from the bottom come to top and make him drop
that's you & crew and yo whole slew of folks
but people that's wise look in yo eyes and see that you're a joke
man I tell you You can't put down what you ain't put up
and God gave me my domain yet you strain to tear it up
but I'd like see that happen I'd like to see you try
cuz anything I got that's cool came from GOD and not from I
U say you're positive but you're spreadin' much lies
scandal scandal slandering the other guy
If you had a just cause GOD a make it right
scandal scandal slandering the other guy


Braided Hair
Yo we was talking earlier and I was telling you talking bout life
I feel like life is like braided hair
Its sorta like twist you know
Bout braided hair like twist
You know three strands twist together
Ultimately you get to where you get to
From the same dirt from the heels of my ancestors
The naked roads and the fields where the pain festered
And I wonder where the hold came from.
In the deeps of my heart make me yearn for the drum
It's the same place where the crosses is burned
The same place where the loss was earned
Its place where the floss was yearned
Gold teeth and bling ice on the ring baby sure
Chorus
We all got things that hang on our back
Things that make us cool
Things that make us wack
Things that make us mad
Things we wish we never had
But they're just the things that makes us real
Not the maps that guide where we go from here
The road twist and braids like hair
Until we all get there
I like that I don't know some mysteries
Ancient things and beginnings
Excited about the day when I don't have to hear all the theories
My scalp needs some grease
It's the same place where the crosses burned
The same place where the loss was earned
The only way we all can learn
Is if we have these braids with the twist and turns soÉ
Chorus
Walking in the race of life
Looking for my own pace
Not always wanting to but I have to
Sometimes feeling like I've bitten off much more than I could chew
But the wind goes though my hair
Lifts me up with ease not a crease
Hair full of grease no weave embracing me
Its you I see
I am you and you are me I see yes
I am you and you are me I see
We might survive as brothers yeah or perish here as fools
Go place your bets
Don't bet too soon
You might find me in another
Feels like someone you once knew
You know that face yeah we all do
Braided hair (what's it all for?) 

Shine
I feel like the brightest star in the sky U make me feel special.
It's like everyone in the world should look at me
U take the way I am and U grow me, and hold me, have patience,
to make sure I shine. YThe noble wife.
What if I woulda married the other girl, I wouldn't shine now
U make me shine. Would I shine now? U make me shine.
There's things that's been unexpected but we've weathered through
and you know it's made us stronger. Yes indeed, we've weathered
thru the storm girl. And as I think back I see you there growin' me and holdin' me with patience to make sure I shine. Ya know U are the noble wife.
What if I woulda married the other girl, I wouldn't shine now
U make me shine. Would I shine now? U make me shine.
What if I woulda married the other girl, I wouldn't shine
What if I woulda married the other girl, I wouldn't shine now
U make me shine. Would I shine now? U make me shine.
U make me shine. Would I shine now? U make me shine.
You make me shine I don't deserve you.

Walking in the sun
I come from the womb looking for some love
Then mom she cradles me
the softness of her touch ahh
As I grow up
I'd go from girl to girl in search of one who'd touch me like my mother
but no other could fulfill my hearts desire so I swim in muck & mire
and exposed to darker worlds of sin within that would pretend to satisfy
even to betraying and lying to my wife, inside I'm filled with stress and strife I'm stuck and wanting to give up
erupting filled with emptiness and nothingness in the abyss I'm gonna quit.
(Chorus)
Up until the day that I die God has made us become one
You & I and were holding hands as we're walking in the sun
In the heat I will be refined just like gold upon the flame
Burning everything that's not right just the pure of me remains
You have always kept a certain little swing
A hint of mystery a bunch of class
I can't believe the years have past so fast
I dig you more now than the day we first met.
I pray this the least that I'll ever love you
I could not have imagined this thing that we have
Yesterday I sat and cried and then I laughed
Cuz I don't deserve the caliber that you be
(Chorus)
I used to be a creep, steady creepin' creepin'
Peepin' other women coming sour as a lemon
Sneakin' and deceiving stress level risin'
From the guilty feelings knowin I was lying
My sub consciousness the whole time feelin' wack
I got discipling & I had to come clean
Even if my wackness would put me in the blackest
Space I'd ever be but then you forgave me
The vessel of your body has brought lives to this party
Little Jahi & Zoe Rene
Zoe means life got that name from Lenny
Jahi means dignity in key swahili
We all are dying soon the suns at high noon
It's Time to take account of who we really are
I can't imagine heaven being off too far
From what God has already renewed for us.
(Chorus)