Crowds in Times Square
Tourists blend with locals
and hit the theatre district
hard
Keep moving along with the
throng
or be trampled by their
multitude of feet
A painted nude woman
approaches
Such painted nudists
are controversial
She asks for money
we walking and
pay her no never mind
The marquees glow
in early evening
The area is closed to
autos
A different type of traffic in
this beating heart of the city exists
blasts of fantasy on stages
And crowds thrill
Adults, children,
seniors, teenagers
are all going somewhere
The metropolitan evening show
is about to begin
They speak boldly of bravery
But yet cowardly hide from reality
Falsely believing courage to be found in artillery,
and respect in a casualty
I hope they never have to watch life untimely leave
When someone they think fondly of can no longer breath
They talk errantly since their life is at ease
In another part of town a mother weeps on her knees
But now this new recession
Has demographics intersectin
They on wall street concealing weapons
Even buddhists had to toughen
And I just want to be sky bound
When the clouds come unbound
And the instruments sound
Dont wanna be hellbound
.LIL BOI IN DA HOUSE
MOMMA LAYIN ON DA COUCH
JUS GOT DONE SHOOTIN UP
NOW SHES PASSED OUT
BOI SAYS MOMMY WAKE UP
BUT SHE DOESNT MOVE
HE SHAKES HER N SHAKES HER
BUT SHE HIGH ON DAT JUICE
STILL NO SIGN OF LIFE
LIL BOI STOMACH GROWLS
BUT DERES NUTTIN TO EAT TONITE
LIL BOI WONDERS OFF WHILE MOMMA IS SLEEP
SHE LEFT DA DOOR OPEN
NOW HES OUT IN DA STREET
DOESNT KNO TO LOOK BOTH WAYS
DEN DERES A TRUCK BEEP BEEP
SIRENS ERRYWHERE WHILE MOMMA STILL SLEEP
LADY CRIES OUT
WHERES DA BOIS MOTHA
WHERES DA BOIS FATHA
DADDY PULLS UP N ASKS WATS DA HOLLA
LOOKS DOWN N SEES DA SON DAT WONT BREATHE
HE GETS ON ONE KNEE N YELL
GOD, DONT TAKE HIM PLZ
BUSTS IN DA HOUSE N WAKES DA MOMMA
MOMMA REEKS OF CRACK N GUANGA
HE DRAGS HER OUTSIDE N SHOWS HER DA SON
SHE BREAKS OUT INTO TEARS N ASK WATS GOIN ON
SHE WAS TOO HIGH TO STAY AWAKE
NOW HER SONS LIFE IS AT STAKE
AMBULANCE RUSHES TO DA HOSPITAL
DEY TRY TO REVIVE DA BOI
TIME AFTA TIME
HIS LIFE DEPLOYS
FAMILY IN DA WAITIN ROOM
MOMMA IS DOWN OFF HER HIGH
BUT ITS TOO LATE
HER SONS LIFE JUS HIT FLATLINE
All the big dogs out barkin' their song
older cats strollin' just playin' along
hipsters out mellowin' chill for the day
jipsters shout yellin' pronouncin' their trade
the young whelps sit curbside awestruck in dreams
fast money escalades cascading in streams
Others pass knowing,street life aint all that
just another nest blockparty full of hoodrats
Females ballyhooing in swivel they shake
homeboys be doin',make no mistake
street heat be seekin' next mark to play
chickies are hangin' off short leash no stray
eyeballin' darts blip radar like charts
no move is missed,you were kissed from the start
whadup...are you good,just begins the action
hooked now from the look,you gave as a sanction
Others pass knowing,street life aint all that
just another nest blockparty full of hoodrats.....
Once I was rich and now I am poor
This is the reason I am kinda sore
Money I once had and now I do not
Never again will I see my favorite vacation spot
For now I am poor and nothing I own
All of my clothes must be hand sewn
This is all new to me
For rich I once used to be
People I once owned
And now I am condoned
To a life of pity
A life all to sh itty for me
Never again rich shall I be.
(chorus)
sign up for the fallen nation/
become a part of complication/
live life of silent frustration/
only way to gain salvation/
(vrs1)
cheat yourself out of living a lie/
dont choose to live, youd rather die/
hate your past its gone forever/
original, youll never remember/
sign up for the fallen nation/
become a part of complication/
live life of silent frustration/
only way to gain salvation/
(vrs2)
burned the words of memories/
blind our eyes so we can see/
make us feel the endless pain/
our minds have slowly gone insane/
(vrs3)
sign up now, dont delay/
turn your bodies into fake/
swallow pride to be a leader/
learn to become the perfect cheater/
sign up for the fallen nation/
become a part of complication/
live life of silent frustration/
only way to gain salvation/
(vrs4)
be fed our nations lies they taste better than the truth/
cant stop until we've gotten hold of freedom seeking youth/
be fed our lies, choke them down/
dont try to fight, youd rather drown/
sign up for the fallen nation/
become a part of complication/
live life of silent frustration/
only way to gain salvation/
Stuck in purgatory behind a desk
Staring at this washed out screen
A keyboard jockey can’t be my best
Is this all that my life will mean
Tapping out such meaningless text
Like a modern zombie in a tie
Everyday I get even more vexed
If this is life then I want to die
The fluorescent light sallow my skin
The screens I stare at deaden my eyes
Surely this kind of punishment is sin
This is cannot be the way of the wise
My spirit clamours so deep within
Trying to get out of this office hell
Its shouts become a wailing violin
For some creativity it doth yell
Where here is the beauty of life
No colours, no sounds and no smell
Being here is to my heart a knife
If feel like my soul is roasting hell
I spent half my life buzzed
pulling stings with my cuz
day dreamed of being kings but our status never budged
mainly because we was rarely sober
drinking E&J with soda
trying to sneak a toaster in the Ponderosa (local club)
I been in bar brawl where chairs are thrust and bottles busted
if cut with an adrenaline rush it makes the blood gush
it was all fun and games
till I lost my cousin Dwayne
clouds form over my life and under my eyes it rained
intoxicated for months, planning retaliation
listened to the Lord for once,searching for salvation
I quick drinking cold turkey, cant stomach the taste now
I trusted the Lord and its working, I cant believe my lifestyle
I went from stereotypical thug life risking my freedom
to client representation, suit and tie meetings
went from nightmarish hell to heavenly dreamer
stop straddling the fence and landed where the grass was really greener
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