... She feels like water and she tastes like wind And her fire burns hotter when the night rolls in You've been a saint I've been a sinner You're a fat cat I'm getting thinner I'm having trouble telling wrong from right These slippery handshakes that keep me awake at night Oh, I think you'...

...and all the madness There comes a time where you fade to the blackness And when you starin' at that phone in your lap And you're hopin' but them people never call you back But that's just how the story unfolds You get another hand soon after you fold And when your plans unravel in the sand What woul...

...soldier spell He's playing dead among the things that he will never tell When will your wounded soul just see That nothing here grows out of secrecy You say you're never gonna be rich Well how you ever gonna know If you never open your eyelids Tell me how you're gonna find gold You're te...

... again but I'm still trying to find it After plaid shirt days and nights when you made me your own Now you mail back my things and I walk home alone But you keep my old scarf from that very first week 'Cause it reminds you of innocence and it smells like me You can't get rid of it 'cause you r...

...s you, Maureen We're as thick as thieves Maureen maureen Remember when my mother said to me Sade don't you come home to late Till you're back I stay awake And maureen With the boys you could tell at a glance You'd say he looks good Let'd hope he can dance Wicky wacky party to the....

... and their skin is so smooth And everyone's in the industry, and I hate when they use that word And when they tell me they're in the industry, I ask, "Oh, are you in steel?" I've got nothing to prove Nothing to prove Nothing to prove Once I was as miserable as you Nothing to prove Nothi...

... fits you like a glove but dont change everything that you love about me when you know that i love you You know that i love you You know that i love you You know that i need you your my every i breath you so dont try to change me so dont try to change me why would you change me why wou...

...ub Went by the name of pecan deluxe This ice cream was high maintenance When I took her out, Man it cost me 20 bucks Met this chick named walnut whip Nearly made me sick to the point of throwing up So I called chocolate chip Wit the sweet toffe crisp And I still cant get enough Your what I...

...rt to freak and scream so loud Just like the females in the crowd That's when he gets in my head "You could live just like a king With everything you'd ever need All the dreams of every man Don't charge me for the crime" Wrong place, wrong time Don't charge me for the crime Wrong place, w...

...d all the madness There comes a time where you fade to the blackness And when you're staring at that phone in your lap And you hoping but them people never call you back But that's just how the story unfolds You get another hand soon after you fold And when your plans unravel And they sayin w...

... and fake,As the trees they await and clouds anticipate,The start of a day when we put on our face,A mask that portrays that we don't need grace,On the eve of a day that is bigger than us,But we open our eyes cause we're told that we must,And the trees wave their arms and the clouds try to plead,Des...

... found out I wasn't quite so invulnerable. It put the fear of God in me when I heard my daddy say, "one mistake is all that it takes." I ended up at Central School, 1993, and met a certain kid named Sarim at the library. He said, "they're ain't nothing about this place that's elementary." ...

...ain So give all your love, heart, mind and soul. And you're mine forever when I take control.

RAP When I opened up my eyes today Felt the sun shining on my face It became so clear to me that everything is going my way I feel like there's no limit to what I can see Got rid of fears that were holding me My endless possibilities has the whole world opened for me That's why I...

...ves us, black and white skin Why didn't her white mother invite them in? When did it become a room for no blacks to step in? How did she already know not the ask the question? Left lasting impressions, adolescence comforts gone She never thought things would ever change but She always knew the...

...Take me to the right. I like to pretend I?ve got this all figured out. When we step into the light? My nerves start to shake, but I feel I?ve wanted to. Let?s keep this foreign. Let?s keep this safe and sound. Just like each lie we?ve told within each town. I?ve heard them whispering of lov...

...ou and turn you all around. You are the sweetest thing I've found since whenever, You're the only way my time is measured. You might be the silent type, But your appetizing louder now. It's crazy how you're killing me. Woo, you're killing me, but I like your Red top and matching bottoms. Y...

...o deep for coins All of your street light eyes Wide on my plastic toys And when the cops closed the fair I cut my long baby hair Stole me a dog-eared map And called for you everywhere Have I found you? Flightless bird, jealous, weeping Or lost you? American mouth Big pill looming Now I’m a fat h...

...l me uncouth I believe that there's got to be much more I hope I'm ready when death comes knockin' on my door Maybe tonight, maybe as I sleep It can drive you mad if you think too deep But don't have a breakdown because I called you a clown You threw a punch 'n' missed, I killed you with a kis...