Brought To You By...(Music & Life)
There was a stint when I only did u for the income I got accustomed to this lifestyle money & freedom Like a desk job a 9 to 5 with no passion No longer wrote songs but wrote music equations I used my bills as an excuse my children have to eat right? Plus this business don’t care all they puttin’ out is dance beats right? People only wanna shake now pacify ‘em let ‘em shake now Intoxicate ‘em don’t let ‘em wake now we’re livin’ in a commercial break now it ain’t about music & life.
Chant: Brought to by Sprite, lugs, and sean john, tommy hilfiger, Phat farm and vh1 it’s the choice of a new generation. But I wasn’t about that.
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I used to go days without eating breakfast to create a musical banquet so the world could partake of it. But somewhere it got to be just plain ‘ole fast food. Am I livin’ life or is life livin’ me? I can do all things thru him who strengthens me a promise from my God thru his word to me. It’s all up to me my music & me.
Chant: Brought to by Sprite, lugs, and sean john, tommy hilfiger, Phat farm and vh1 it’s the choice of a new generation. But I wasn’t always about that.
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Spiritual People
God placed in our hearts eternity
that's the emptiness that be eternally burning me
I look out into the sea wondering what my purpose supposed be
Trying to find a meaning walking down the streets of New York City
Everything fast paced in a rat race trying to find my place we be Spiritual
people
Chorus
Spiritual people spiritual people spiritual
I -2 I'm back at the clubs tonight at a open mic gonna recite tonight
alright
in a room full of open minds open brains
people ashamed to say that we don't have no clue
and every form expression that we do
is all dedicated to a higher cause
a higher plain
a higher thing
a higher name
it's all the same baby
even blue suits with corporate pursuits
feel the same emptiness that we do
Who on this earth can claim that they don't search to fill a void that we
done had since birth
yeah cause we are spiritual people
spiritual people spiritual people
The Simple Love of Life
We've all been burnt by the world
our buildings stand tall as technology swirls
where's our passion for life?
racisms got me down
sexisms all around
stealing all our joy
who's behind this ploy?
Chorus
What ever happened to just the simple love of life?
Situations have got us so mad
didn't turn out the way we wish that they had
road rage
pulling in front of my car
ain't none of us going far
like we got somewhere different to go
life my lot ain't deep as yours
Chorus
What ever happened to just the simple love of life?
Mr. policeman I got robbed
I said I just got robbed of my love for everyone
I'm tired of being alone
when every second there's some one else that's being born
Isse that homeless man I won't step to lend him a hand
I see that hungry kid but I let down my eyelids
I see my lids
now what ever happened to the love of life?
we've been sent to love
we've been sent to heal
we've been sent to live our lives in harmony
and we've bee sent here to build
A Traveler
Times a wasting days are short
at night I'm rolling in my sleep
I got a heart that's made for moving
the gravel goes by fast
my feet ain't made for standing
I got no favorite coffee shop
where the folks know who I am
a car and a full tank of gas
my suit case has had it share of traveling
I'm hoping to see a brand new path
a whole new way and a ray of light
Cause I'm scared that my truth of darkness will corner me at last
Chorus
So I've always ran but I can't out run myself
The call me the traveler the man without a map
But the world is a circle
and I wish it could be flat
Cause I can only go so far before I find myself right back
Where I started with a wife that has no ring
where I started with a son that don't know my name
Where I started you know I never finished anything
So I keep on running thinking I can escape my past
then I find myself right back
The songs the birds sing are growing faint
the lights are dimming at my window
My feet ain't strong no more for running
My chair has become my home I'm trapped with just my thoughts
there's not a day that don't go by that I didn't wish I had another start
Chorus
Cause I've always ran but I can't out run myself
The called me the traveler the man without a map
But the world is a circle
it ain't never been flat
So I can only go so far
before I find myself right back
Cause I've always ran but I can't out run myself
They called me the traveler
the man without a map
But the world is a circle
and it ain't never been flat
so I can only go so far before I find myself right back
where I started with a wife that has not ring
where I started with a son that don't know my name
Where I started you know I never finished anything
So I kept on running
you know I kept on running
you know I kept on running
thinking I can escape my past but then I find myself right back
Cruisin' In My Super Beetle
Cruisin’ in my super beetle I’ve been speeding way above the limit and still can’t reach my goal oh no getting tired of the cardiovascular on a treadmill no destination no scenery and no roads uh huh
Speech Everybody’s striving to get to the top making moves and the wheels don’t stop never take a moment to breathe the fresh air going someplace but never getting there I’d like to say I live to play every day’s a whole new game if I could take more time enjoy the pace
I’m like a super star times my fan base I can’t do this without you with me not enough time to take in everything so what I can take don’t wanna waste it play some golf and get an endorsement take my time there’s no need to force it life’s too short and too fast to chase it no need going crazy
Cruisin’ in my super beetle I’ve been speeding way above the limit and still can’t reach my goal oh no getting tired of the cardiovascular on a treadmill no destination no scenery and no roads uh huh
Eshe Here, here I stand with the sun shining on my face I, I’m so glad I made it through another day Cause as tough as it’s on with me don’t wait on no one You see what will be will be Make this moment count for me
Rasa Don smell the trees smell the land smell the flowers and when you've finished then do it again and hopefully when you're done you'll realize just how much they mean to you Once you never be too busy He can make a little bit of time to sit and think the Almighty God up in Heaven’s above will spread (y'know) His Precious Love
Cruisin’ in my super beetle I’ve been speeding way above the limit and still can’t reach my goal oh no getting tired of the cardiovascular on a treadmill no destination no scenery and no roads uh huh
It's A Challenge For Me
It’s a challenge for me to get my music world inside your mind Ya know it’s so challenging to leave this petty world behind.
Stupendously Fly – the immortal girl straight kickin’ Dates on the weekends had ‘em stringed like a violin I would bug off your beauty but only deep as the skin Thought about me helping U to see the mountains U still into fly cars with dipped rims flirt with cats Blatant about intending to hit skins but interesting Even though U flow with the crowd, and U’re a popular gal I still wowed but possibilities of me & you…us but…
Back in high school, we was wet behind the ears new Immature & had no clue raising hell trying to be cool but now We’re grown up now we’re grown up.
It be like that opposites attract positive & negative react But on the real I can’t deal with certain omens I got too much hate for Caesar to be a Roman Yo I’m wayyy past playin’ the role of fittin’ in When I fought just to get out the box I was sittin’ in Societies a runaway train bound to plummet And I’m leaning off waiting for the moment to jump from it yo I know that U enjoy going clubbin’ I’d rather be just with U huggin’ cuz life indeed is all about lovin’ I’m trying to be the man the others wasn’t. But U gotta work wit’ me baby – stop fighting against me pretty lady Enough of my life has been petty – I’m trying to grow grow with me baby.
It’s a challenge for me to get my music world inside your mind Ya know it’s so challenging to leave this petty world behind.
Living in the Real World
Me & U have had our ups and downs
that's the one thing between us that's been consistent
I am not the type to spread my self around
I am more so the one that keeps it simplistic
and I remember our drive to California
where both you and I would pursue careers as performers
but no
it took away my soul & I could not feel whole
Chorus
I don't wanna let you down
I'm made for the small town
a family of about 4 or 5 little kids running in the yard
everybody here knows my name
don't have to be up on all the games
I like being plain
living in the real world
How dare you
you said
you said you're so inconsiderate
but I
I remember you said we was in this together
any how after many years things got so bad and so much cash was running
through our fingers
that we lost perspective on what it really means to live
Chorus
I don't wanna let you down
I'm made for the small town
a family of about 4 or 5 little kids running in the yard
everybody here knows my name
don't have to be up on all the games
I like being plain
living in the real world
Brother - Speech
Brother
relative
close to you
from the same source
U can depend on
got your back won't front
if he does he'll come clean never mean to hurt u
once he's matured enough to know better
never will betray you for the cheddar
supporter
you can cry on his shoulder
when you're timid he's bolder
if your younger he's older
your twin your other half
the truth teller
the from the other room yeller
the lip sweller while yaw'l wrestling in the cellar
the one that know U
the one that holds you when life scolds you
the one that leads U to the toilet when your stomachs upset & you're about
to vomit
your truth protector
your nector
your reflector
your blood type connector
the missing piece to your puzzle
when your about to go off your muzzle
your peace
your mirror to your reality
your best friend
your visitor in prison
the one that listens
the one that stops others from dissing
your brother son of your mother like no other
I'm your brother
brother Speech
Speech is the word
what U heard
what motivates thought
the revolutionary spark that brings about solutions it dissolves confusion
out of the over flow of the heart it exists
it's what God chose to compose things from out of the abyss
what falls from the human lip
the essence of what makes hip-hop hip
the tool the prophets used to show Gods wish for us to be reconciled with
him
Speech is power
used at least 60 times a minute and more than 60 times in each hour
Speech is where I have a dream came from & where by any means necessary
sprung
a good speech can have a jury hung
used wrong it causes nations t rumble
divides families to fight wars in a jungle
Speech the power to have a million marching the streets of Washington D.C.
truly becoming a chocolate city
All about communication
the start of building a nation
A full time occupation in my marriage situation
your Brother Speech
Why won't yaw'l just put your hands in the air and wave em like that yaw'l
and wave em like this yaw'l
See I remember when we met from the first kick through mama's stomach
amazing you know?
To following me like a shadow when I was trying to play grown
to young to really care just didn't want to stay home
remember hiding the comb because to go you know I'm gonna a want to fix your
afro yeah my brother
the teenage Casanova phone lover
the extra bass in the vocal tone when trying to play rougher
baby brother my love my true folk
the one that kick the stupid never ending jokes
like a hip-hop verse always listened when I spoke except stop running from
mama whipping it'll only make it worst
and to my brothers the ones under lock that rocked the gangster boogie
exterior but got sweet hearts like Tupac
and minds superior
just used the wrong game at the wrong time or the right game in the wrong
place
got warrior running through your veins but your anger's misplaced
brother brother brother your street language is artistic
sweet taker
street walker
macker
rapper
mystic
and hallelujah preacher if your aim is the same to raise a love future we
can all be teachers
Jungle Man
Chorus
Me don't think that you understand
you don't want none of this jungle man
can swing on vines and swim in quicksand
you don't want none of this jungle man
come into the party and crash your whole jam
you don't want non of this jungle man
um ditty pump da pump da bam bam
jungle man
Don't even think about stepping like that
cause we can drop this track and I'll rock you to a hand clap
click track
sound of some ole school click clacks
in fact
I have my sound patented
so I can get paid every time yaw'l bit some
see in the queendom we kick full grown styles
messing with yours will catch me a pedifile case
this jungle cat creates a pace jetsetters can't lace
you get mauled and dragged off without a trace
to the snake pits
where Medusa's snakes hiss
and like m.c's like you
I might save you for last and commence to boaconstrict your crew
when walking through
show no fear to the go getter
this jungle boogie will turn your roughest m.c's into bed wetters
and no cheddar can what
ha
save you know
and there's no shelter behind your styles
or your rhymes
not when I'm swinging from vine to vine trying to get mine one more time
Chorus
Me don't think that you understand
you don't want none of this jungle man
can swing on vines and swim in quicksand
you don't want none of this jungle man
come into the party and crash your whole jam
you don't want non of this jungle man
um ditty pump da pump da bam bam
jungle man
Look out your window and see the tree that's me
hard at the root but at the top free and fancy
I mystery at the crowds you drew like Nancy
industry hype from Peachtree to Delancy
Me amore hip-hop not gore and bloody
I'd rather see an adventure movie on TV
you be like a prisoner de-void of any keys
you be like a guitar de-void of any keys
you got strings attached unmatched except in puppetry
my scissors hands cut strands so sharp like cutlery
I serve like a butler see and be buttery like biscuits from Red Lobster
I take one thought and stretch it out like a chopper
you WHITE CASTLE BURGER
I'm a Whopper
have it your way but yo
didn't I tell you to leave brother Speech alone knocka
I'll make you moan and groan just like Chewbacca
put you on my lap like a poppa
show you what funk is like a locker
swing you high up on my vine then drop ya
Chorus
Me don't think that you understand
you don't want none of this jungle man
can swing on vines and swim in quicksand
you don't want none of this jungle man
come into the party and crash your whole jam
you don't want non of this jungle man
um ditty pump da pump da bam bam
jungle man
Y-O
I like soft music soft serve ice cream
Softballs Nerf footballs Krispy cremes
I'd rather rock a crowd of pimple infested teens
than struggle with the attitudes of kids that's mean
I kick it psychedelic imagine bubble machines
I work all of your body muscles like trampolines
I happen to like apples and oranges not tangerines
Not dissin' tangerines, not dissin' tangerines
But I think your style is quite dysfunctional
I kick a style that is ill with the flow
Now check it out as I go go go go go
Go speed racer go speed racer
I can kick it so phat I'm just like the eraser
Arnold Schwartzenegger from the movie called eraser
I flip a style that the people be like...straight no chaser straight no
chaser
Chorus
Y-O Y-O Y-O -O-O
I'm into turning flips on a spring cotton
Reminiscing the first time that I saw or seen Robin
>From the Batman adventures Yo For real yeah
Y-O cool like the beginning stages of winter
Chorus
Y-O Y-O Y-O -O-O
Back to my verse I come I swear
with my left hand on the bible and in the air my right arm
I rock crowds even when they say it's not allowed
Cuz I vowed to make both of my parents proud
Wow isn't that cute? oh shoot
I'm tough man just as sure as I got strings in my boots
Exploding like a geiser gushing
lucas and lucas and lucas and
Yo yo yo yo yo how yaw'l doing?
Welcome to the brother Speech hoopla review
gonna rock it just for you blowin' your mind make you rewind 99 times outta
99 times thru
yo you don't understand who I be
an innovator not an imitator m.c.
won't catch me soundin like no Puffy
or Biggie Smalls Tupac Ja Rule or Jay-Z
Chorus
Y-O Y-O Y-O -O-O
Ghetto Fabulous
One autumn morning I remember on a southern trip
a polyester village in a farming town
and all my folks they say I've done a total Wilson flip
but you
U know me better and your take is sound
I got the ghetto training that is hard t get rid of
years of doing it wrong and just days to repent of
but baby I can take it cause I'm on a mission
and you are my prize
da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da
you can offer me the world but in return I want
to offer you a life that you'll never forget
so lately I've been on a trek trying to find my manhood
it's scarce as a pearl haven't found it yet
Chorus
My leisurely ways my casual sayings
my ghetto fabulous vibes don't cut it no more
my charm and my wit the way I ain't so legit
just cause I write some hits
that don't cut it no more
that don't cut it no more
Burning Rage
I was on my way back home
I saw his car in front of our yard
I know you're just friends that's what you said but these evil voices are
inside my head
Every single time I see you two
I imagine yaw'l doing the same things that we do
I know there's no truth to this thang
but all the same I go insane with this
Chorus
Burning Rage inside
it ain't right
Burning Rage inside
it ain't right
There are sometimes when we all just hang
listening to music and playing cards and thangs
But there's looks he gives you that turns my anger on
even though I know what I feel is wrong
There's still that
Chorus
Burning Rage inside
it ain't right
Burning Rage inside
it ain't right
Burning Rage inside
it ain't right
Burning Rage inside
it ain't right
You've never given me a reason to believe
you would ever lead me wrong and purposely deceive
You know that I love you but the rage that burns within
I've been taken captive by my sin and burning rage inside
Chorus
Burning Rage inside
it ain't right
Burning Rage inside
it ain't right
Burning Rage inside
it ain't right
Burning Rage inside
it ain't right
Always In Love
My life’s been a bunch of experiments of my own Hitch-hiking from this one to that one, all alone And I can see your destiny and it is filled with joy And I’m asking you for a ride to where you’re goin’ I’m a liar, a sneak, a sinner, a cheat To me you’re just the right boost for me And with God as our guide, how could we ever go wrong? (cause baby)
I really love you I want children with you Be with u always Always in love I really love you I want to be with you Be with U always Always in love
It’s been sometime of me admiring your style of living Your humility, your servitude, your selflessness with me I been blessed with the ability to just watch U When I imagine a woman, I imagine U, under a tree biting an apple (baby) Like Eve in the beginning----in the beginning
I really love you I want children with you Be with u always Always in love I really love you I want to be with you Be with U always Always in love
Late for my Own Funeral
I'm having trouble waking up on time
My morning drags to a slow slow start
My pillow sinks an extra inch at just the thought of the new sunrise
My mama said I was the sluggard type and probably be late for my own funeral
I try to pray but my thoughts they veer
to the things I gotta do though out my day
& now I'm stressed cause I also have all the stuff I didn't do yesterday
This lack of drive keeps me running late for my own funeral
Chorus
um aahh
Just like a door as it swings on it's hinge
that's how I be as I roll in my bed
The day it starts but I'll sleep instead
Lying dead at my funeral
Ohh no wake me up
gotta wake up
wake up
I'm having trouble waking up on time
it's less my body than it is my mind
I guess I lost my hope that things can change
I need some faith just to remain
to remain
Chorus
Hey um aahh
Been having trouble waking on time but no excuses gonna claim what's mine
the sun is shining open up my blinds
it ain't time for no funeral
