1.Letting Go(feat. Sarah Green)
Seems I'm getting out of control
Feels like I'm running out of soul
You're getting heavy to hold
Think I'll be letting you go
My self-portrait,
Shows a man that the wealth tortured,
Self absorbed with his own self,
Forfeit a shelf full of awards,
Worshipping the war ships that set sail on my sea of life,
The way I see my own self and wonder if we still see a light,
We was tight,
Seeing lights,
Speaking right and breathing life,
Now I see my demons and barely even sleep at night,
I don't get high,
Life keep me at a decent height,
As the old me,
I predicted all my recent plights,
Exhausted, trying to fall asleep
Lost inside my recent fights,
Burdens on my shoulders, now,
Burning all my motors down,
Inspiration drying up,
Motivation slowing down,
Seems I'm getting out of control
Feels I'm running out of soul
You're getting heavy to hold
Think ill be letting you go
I'm begging you don't let me go,
We vowed like the letter o
To never go our separate ways,
To spin off into separate shows,
Tired of all the wardrobe changing,
Playing all these extra roles,
Filled with all these different spirits,
Living off these separate souls,
Point of life is getting hollow,
Can't wait for the exit hole,
Give me room to entry wound,
Let me in or let me go,
So I can roam around this wilderness,
See it for what it really is, unprepared and filterless,
Magnify the euphony,
Alibi the shooting spree,
Amplify the revolution,
Sanitize the lunacy,
Strip away the justice,
Justify the scrutiny,
I can see the lasers shooting out of you and me
Hook
2.Words I Never Said(feat. Skylar Grey)
It's so loud Inside my head
With words that I should have said!
As I drown in my regrets
I can't take back the words I never said
I can't take back the words I never said
I really think the war on terror is a bunch of bullshit
Just a poor excuse for you to use up all your bullets
How much money does it take to really make a full clip
9／11 building 7 did they really pull it
Uhh, And a bunch of other cover ups
Your childs future was the first to go with budget cuts
If you think that hurts then, wait here comes the uppercut
The school was garbage in the first place, thats on the up and
up
Keep you at the bottom but tease you with the uppercrust
You get it then they move you so you never keeping up enough
If you turn on TV all you see's a bunch of what the f-cks
Dude is dating so and so blabbering bout such and such
And that aint Jersey Shore, homie thats the news
And these the same people that supposed to be telling us the
truth
Limbaugh is a racist, Glenn Beck is a racist
Gaza strip was getting bombed, Obama didn't say shit
Thats why I aint vote for him, next one either
I'ma part of the problem, my problem is I'm peaceful
And I believe in the people.
It's so loud inside my head
With words that I should have said!
As I drown in my regrets
I can't take back the words I never said
I can't take back the words I never said
Now you can say it aint our fault if we never heard it
But if we know better than we probably deserve it
Jihad is not a holy war, wheres that in the worship？
Murdering is not Islam!
And you are not observant
And you are not a muslim
Israel don't take my side cause look how far you've pushed them
Walk with me into the ghetto, this where all the Kush went
Complain about the liquor store but what you drinking liquor
for？
Complain about the gloom but when'd you pick a broom up？
Just listening to Pac aint gone make it stop
A rebel in your thoughts, aint gon make it halt
If you don't become an actor you'll never be a factor
Pills with million side effects
Take em when the pains felt
Wash them down with Diet soda!
Killin off your brain cells
Crooked banks around the World
Would gladly give a loan today
So if you ever miss payment
They can take your home away!
It's so loud inside my head
With words that I should have said!
As I drown in my regrets
I can't take back the words I never said, never said
I can't take back the words I never said
I think that all the silence is worse than all the violence
Fear is such a weak emotion thats why I despise it
We scared of almost everything, afraid to even tell the truth
So scared of what you think of me, I'm scared of even telling
you
Sometimes I'm like the only person I feel safe to tell it to
I'm locked inside a cell in me, I know that there's a jail in
you
Consider this your bailing out, so take a breath, inhale a few
My screams is finally getting free, my thoughts is finally
yelling through
It's so loud Inside my head
With words that I should have said!
As I drown in my regrets
I can't take back the words I never said
3.Till I Get There
Album on hold, whole world on hold
The crowd is like 'ho!', operator's like 'hold'
Man, now ain't that cold？
I'm just trying to talk to my homie, that's up in the hole
Now homegirl not trying to be a ho, even though she on a pole
Can she get a second chance？ NO!
Whoa! Like the opposite of gold
That ain't how it's supposed to be： a butterfly
For the sake of rhyming let's just say 'butterflyee'
The truth stings like Muhammad Ali
I tell 'em tell 'em don't homocide me
I just a little old hope with his back against the ropes
Fighting for his fans and, fighting for his folks
But the boo's from the crowd can become so loud
If I could block em out then, I could knock em out and
Dance around the ring, but until then I'll sing
I'mma keep it cool, and I'mma do me
It is what it is and that's how it's gon' be
Until I get there
Until I get there
And yeah I got flaws, I know I'm not perfect
But all ups and downs, will soon be worth it
When I get there
When I get there
'Doctor doctor please! The fame ain't painless enough'
That's cause you ain't famous enough
You got a little name, but your name ain't ringing enough
He said 'take 2 of these and put change in my cup'
I said I wasn't poor, he gave me some more
Grabbed me a publicist and pointed me to the door
'Out!' Ouch.. I'm telling you this all from a therapist's couch
'Tell me about your mother？ What she's all about？'
Prescribed me an interview and then told me to bounce
Damn..geez. The world is so cold, I'm glad I bought these skis
Went right off of the bunny sloped and right into the trees
Went unconscious, they rushed me to a concert
Instead of green jello, they made me chicken soup
They fed me magazine covers and video shoots
I'mma keep it cool, and I'mma do me
It is what it is and that's how it's gon' be
Until I get there
Until I get there
And yeah I got flaws, I know I'm not perfect
But all ups and downs, will soon be worth it
When I get there
When I get there
And when I finally make it, I'mma stunt so hard
Evel as Knievel, I'mma jump so far
Way up in the atmosphere, I ain't coming back
Be a jerk to these jerks, yeah that'll make em hurt
Huh？ Instead of young boy in the mirror
A young version of me, so I started to tear up
He said 'you need to cheer up, your mind need to clear up
You're already here, just be yourself from here up'
Then he disappeared and I felt something familiar
Something I was taught, something I had lost
If you are afraid, the fear that you gon' change some
All you gotta do is just remember where you came from
4.I Don't Wanna Care Right Now(feat. MDMA)
Bo-oy
Haters pray to god that I turn slow
Like I'm sipping on purple
But I ain't on your glow
I'm in a whole 'nother circle
Trying to keep it clean like church clothes
Said that respect was something had to work for
But that ain't gonna work though
Get your respect, but lose all my worth, no
You can dead that, get a hearse, go
Don't leave 48 you'll find a killer in the first floor
It was me boy, to commercials
Feeling out of place like PETA at a fur store
So I left with a couple dozen fur coats
Said I could never break away from your hold
Watch me, turn though
Said that I blew it like Turquoise
Just mad hear it all in your word choice
Know it hurts but I really don't care though
Let me rub it in, get it all up in that ho
I can see the morning creeping up on us
It's like the world's in my hands now
I'm feeling so rebellious from all of the envy crowding around
me
I don't wanna care right now
I don't wanna care right now
No I really don't, really don't, wanna care right now
Oh-oh Go-Go-God over everything-thing
You fly but stars over everything-thing
And I'm one of them, yeah one of th-the-them
Oh I'm not o-o-one？ Well I'm a hundred th-the-then
I'm a hundred mother loving stars
You're no lights, you're an undercover car
I'm an ambulance, and a fire truck, and some strobe lights, tied
up!
Shining all in your eyes, all out of yours and all into mine
Lights and stars is all intertwined
And I'm feeling like Malcolm looking all out the blinds
Any means any means, and you can do anything anything
And the flow tight, skinny jeans skinny jeans
Hit you like Pacquiao, Philippines Philippines
Ya'll know ？？？？
I'm Lupe, yes sir, who they
They yester, and I'm today, and tomorrow, hooray
Can I get a hip-hip for the new K-I-N-G, nigga I-AM-HE
Got the game in the clutch like I am G
You ball little boy, But I N-B-A
With a hand for the world, you a boy band with a dance and a
twirl
I'm a rockstar with a band so thorough
Big ass tour bus that's jammed full of girls
T-t-tell em what it do, holla from the bottom, yell it from the
roof
T-t-tell em what it do, I don't care about your curfew
I'll tell you when I'm through boy
Tell em what it do, yell it from the bottom, yell it from the
roof boy
Tell em what it do, holla from the bottom, yell it from the roof
boy
Tell em what it do, holla from the bottom, yell it from the roof
boy
Tell em what it do, holla from the bottom, yell it from the roof
boy
I don't wanna, I-I don't wanna, I-I-I don't wanna
C-c-c-care right now
I don't wanna, I-I don't wanna, I-I-I don't wanna
C-c-c-care right, c-c-c-care right now
5.Out Of My Head(feat. Trey Songz)
And what we have here...(somethin' great!)
..Trey!
Girl I want you to know
I can't get you out of my head, my head, my head,
Girl I want you to know
I don't even know what you did, you did,
you did, but I love it
Uh uh everything hooks, everything works
you 're a real good chorus I'm a real good verse
free style un-rehearsed
So pain, no curse
and when the songs gone..
man everything hurts
So I put it in reverse, go back
to the scene where I 've seen you first,
yeah I need you to sing that single again
Play that video I seen you up in
A hundreds millions fans
in my mind all day
Calling in request on the line
always yeah
the president of ya fan club
Leave them playaz all behind like a band love
Girl I want you to know
I can't get you out of my head, my head, my head (i cant get you
out now)
Girl I want you to know
I don't even know what you did, you did,
you did, but I love it.
Playa need a minute like in time
Id intend this for a finish,
how I get in
this Maybe what you hear, maybe was your flair
Maybe its the heels in the way
you wear
Maybe its your real in the way
you care You don 't care if I 'm ill or millionaire
The only thing that matters is that the feeling 's there
Your smiles so bright like a grillz in here
High off life don't need a pill in there
You 're killing me I think I need a will in here
Got me feelin real skills impaired
Hard to describe why
you 're still in here
Girl I want you to know
I can't get you out of my head, my head, my head,
Oh, girl I want you to know
I don't even know what you did, you did,
you did, you did, but I love it.
Don't care when nobody say ('cause I like it girl)
might be goin ' crazy tryin ' to figure this out (naa
but I like it girl, don 't even know why I feel this
way (but I like it girl), caught up in somethin that I can 't
get out
but we like it girl.
Girl I want you to know
I can't get you out of my head, my head, my head,
(I can 't get you out now,
said I can't get you out now) Oh, girl I want you to know
(I want you to know)
I don't even know what you did, you did,
you did, but I love it.
Just make it sure I don 't even know
But I love you
I can't get you of my head, ohh.
6.The Show Goes On
LA-SER
Alright, already the show goes on
All night, till the morning we dream so long
Anybody ever wonder, when they would see the sun up
Just remember when you come up
The show goes on!
Alright, already the show goes on
All night, till the morning we dream so long
Anybody ever wonder, when they would see the sun up
Just remember when you come up
The show goes on!
Have you ever had the feeling that you was being had
Don't that sh-t make you mad
They treat you like a slave, with chains all on your soul,
And put whips up on your back,
They be lying through they teeth
Hope you slip up off your path
I don't switch up I just laugh
Put my kicks up on they desk
Unaffected by they threats than get busy on they ass
See that's how that Chi-Town made me
That's how my daddy raised me
That glittering may not be gold, don't let no body play me
If you are my homeboy, you never have to pay me
Go on and put your hands up, when times are hard you stand up
L-U-P the man, cause a brand that the fans trust
So even if they ban us they'll never slow my plans up!
Alright, already the show goes on
All night, till the morning we dream so long
Anybody ever wonder, when they would see the sun up
Just remember when you come up
The show goes on!
Alright, already the show goes on
All night, till the morning we dream so long
Anybody ever wonder, when they would see the sun up
Just remember when you come up
The show goes on!
One in the air for the people that ain't here
Two in the air for the father that's there
Three in the air for the kids in the ghetto
Four for the kids who don't wanna be there
None for the n-ggas trying to hold them back
Five in the air for the teacher not scared
to tell those kids thats living in the ghetto
that the n-ggas holdin back that the World is theirs!
Yeah yeah, the World is yours, I was once that little boy
Terrified of the World
Now I'm on a World tour
I will give up everything, even start a world war
For these ghettos girls and boys im rapping round' the World
for!
Africa to New York, Haiti then I detour, Oakland out to Auckland
Gaza Strip to Detroit, say hip-hop only destroy
Tell em' look at me, boy!
I hope your son don't have a gun and that would be a D-boy
Alright, already the show goes on
All night, till the morning we dream so long
Anybody ever wonder, when they would see the sun up
Just remember when you come up
The show goes on!
Alright, already the show goes on
All night, till the morning we dream so long
Anybody ever wonder, when they would see the sun up
Just remember when you come up
The show goes on!
So no matter what you been through
No matter what you into
No matter what you see when you look outside your window
Brown grass or green grass
Picket fence or barbed wire
Never ever put them down
You just lift your arms higher
Raise em till' your arms tired
Let em' know you're their
That you struggling and survivin' that you gonna persevere
Yeah, ain't no body leavin, no body goin' home
Even if they turn the lights out the show is goin' on!
Alright, already the show goes on
All night, till the morning we dream so long
Anybody ever wonder, when they would see the sun up
Just remember when you come up
The show goes on!
Alright, already the show goes on
All night, till the morning we dream so long
Anybody ever wonder, when they would see the sun up
Just remember when you come up
The show goes on!
7.Beautiful Lasers(2 Ways)(feat. MDMA)
there's only two ways out of here
if you're too late, you'll be trapped here forever
there's only two ways out of here
one's through the door
the other is through me
sometimes living in a world like this
is pretty hard not to go insane
not pretty if you don't comply
pretty easy if you don't complain
stand there like you don't feel pain
no tears in the face of defeat
pretend to the end that you don't feel change
don't admit that your faith is weak
don't say that you feel like dying
lifes hard and it feels like diamonds
going homes just far too gone
much too late to even feel like trying
cant understand what I'm saying
cant figure out what I'm implying
if you feel you don't wanna be alive
you feel just how I am
I'm on the dark side
and you cant come find him
how when its light all around you
yeah but its dark all inside him
no winner when its me against me
one of us aint gon survive
my heart been broke for a while
yours been the one keeping me alive
there's only two ways out of here
if you're too late, you'll be trapped here forever
there's only two ways out of here
one's through the door
the other is through me
this world is such a fucked up place
my minds such a fucked up shape
everything down here sucks
maybe whats up there is great
we all gotta go one day
I just wanna cut to the chase
I wanna stop these nightmares
I just wanna touch your face
all you see is all my feats
all I see is all my flaws
all I hear is all my deamons
even through your applause
all you see is all my flights
well all I see is all my falls
all you see is all my rights
all I see is all my wrongs
Lord keep telling me to fight
gun on my table telling me to come on
telling me to put him inside my hand
then put it up right next to my dome
Lord keep telling me to find a reason
anything to keep me from squeezing
simplest things yeah you really like summer
you really like music, you really like reading
I cant win if its me against me
one of us aint gon survive
and my heart been broke for a while
yours been the one keeping me alive
yours been the one keeping me alive
yours been the one keeping me alive
there's only two ways out of here
if you're too late, you'll be trapped here forever
there's only two ways out of here
one's through the door
the other is through me
the other is through me
8.Coming Up(feat. MDMA)
This one goes out to the baby girls
In a rush growing up in this crazy world
Yeah your brother on the road and he never home
I know you feeling kinda sad now that daddy gone
You can't let it get you sad, gotta carry on
We only lose things because it make us strong
You always had my love, and now you got a song
From the biggest biggest fan that you've ever known
I know you want me, little girls, not for very long
And you ain't gotta have a man if you don't ever want
Cause I'm gonna make sure you got two of everything
That you ever want, every time, like your very own
Not to make you hard to respect
Just really really really really hard to impress
It's a whole wide world for you to go and get your hands on
Until then, just come and get your dance on now
I see you coming up
I'mma get you going down
You will never work, you'll be wealthy
Just as long as I'm around
This for everybody feeling good
You know who you are, or you misunderstood
Never had money, or you living good
If you from the burbs, if you in the hood
Recognize where we come from
In my day, mane, I did a little somethin some-
They like 'how come you don't rap that？'
Cause that's a backtrack and I ain't tryna back back
I'm only moving forward homie that's that
Direction, a lot of shoulders lack that
I'm just tryna give it to 'em like ？？
Now I know I'm gonna make out like a fat rat
That's cool as long as they don't trap crack
Graduate from school, and still let his pants sag
Never catch a case, know how to let his cash stack
Welcome to the ？？
When the floor falls out
I'mma be there to carry you
And if you want that star
I'll go get it out the sky for you
If you cry, shed a tear
I'mma dry your eyes
Just to let you know it'll be alright
I know it's like a whole lot going on
Things going right, things going wrong
Maybe baby, I've been waiting for you so long
Know that in this world you're never really on your own
Yeah I got a number get him on the phone
He'll never put you places where you don't belong
Put you through the pain, to put you on the throne
And I know that from the bottom of my corazon
And if they looking at you sideways
You just wave right back, tell 'em hi hater
Mad you ain't hanging with 'em in the driveway
Nah we gon' keep it moving to the highway
？？ like Friday, chilling
Shout out to King David for bringing in philly
And I'mma put the independent women in the building
9.State Run Radio(feat. Matt Mahaffey)
You must be, a radio station
And who are we, we must be
the number 1 songs, spinning all day long
and over again, and over again,
and over again, and never again, and never again
And we know when,
when we call in,
and nothings free,
sounds to me like,
state run radio x8
We now interrupt this broadcast,
to bring you a special message about the forecast,
the futures cloudy and itâ？？s raining on the poor class,
the roads to peace are closed, and the traffic's on the war
paths,
love is balling on a budget, the militaryâ？？s stressing
we need more cash, to keep fighting for your gas
keep us in our hoods and hope we never explore pass,
stay inside of your half, believe the lies you learn in your
class,
that there's no treasure in your trash, ＆ the ceiling has the
same feeling,
that the floor has, and thatâ？？s where you should stay,
and this is what they play
and over again, and over again,
and never again, and never again, and never again
And we know when,
when we call in,
and nothings free,
sounds to me like,
state run radio x8
Youâ？？re now tuned into the weakest,
frequency of fear, keep you locked right here,
and hope you never leave this, never be a leader,
think inside the box, and follow all procedures,
never ever believe that, you will never need this,
hit up all your friends and tell them to repeat this,
hi, your on the air, now what you want to hear？
well we ainâ？？t got the truth, but how about a remix,
different is never good, good is only what we pick,
you ainâ？？t got a hit, unless it sounds like these did,
not too smart you will be a superstar,
and if you dumb or something maybe you could be number one
You must be, a radio station,
And who are we, we must be,
The Number 1 songs, spinning all day long,
And you put me, on daily rotation,
You on the air,
We know youâ？？re scared,
But we donâ？？t care,
Well bleep this here,
And over again, and over again,
and over again, and never again, and over again
And you know when,
when we call in,
and nothings free,
sounds to me like,
state run radio x16
10.Break The Chain(feat. Eric Turner ＆ Sway)
I waited all my life to play
I still can't find a way
But if I work it one more day
I might just break the Chain
I might just break the Chain
I might just break the Chain
Freedom, we can use some of that especially where we from
Where we grew up like a green thumb
Its like a criminal is the only thing you can become
Look at what I became
Something like a phenom, nothin but a g thang
Things I've seen when I'm looking out of these frames
Pictures I painted on the walls where we hang
From the trees we hung
Strange fruit man look at how we swung
How the hell you gonna tell us something
We ain't have a father
How to try to grow up and be one
See umm feel it in my bones
That I'm sittin on a throne
Like a killer with a chrome
When I spit another poem
Shed a whole lot of light on a little bit of home, blaow
Super Swah, the cape remains, thought I was M.I.A no paper？
Planes, I'm fly plus I don't write no more
Its all off of the top I shaved the braids
And stayed sharp mother knew how to raise-a-blade (Razor Blade)
I paid my dues now I wait for change and the flows
so rude it goes without
Ask Lupe I'm Sucre, I aid the Break
Quick to cut off any baggage like some samurai I like to travel
light
I've gotta leave you at home Delilah
This is Samson-ite
No case for the police
Said I know Killah's, I never seen them
Ghostface, only thing I'm watching is my Panerai
I've got an alibi
I was taking pics of Chicago, call me Camera Chi (shy)
Chain broke, you ain't make a rep for your chain smoke
No cigarrettes on my plane, yo
Stunt your ham bones from the game though
Put it on mine, take a long time
B-A-Barack is how I'm livin' online
In a webisode, necklace glow, let 'em know
That I put up the footage that I've taken your shine
Wanna see the real chains look in your mind
Your brain look like your ？ brotha
Overgrow, overload, broken zone
N-ggas playing games in the hood they got you stuck-up
Playa think its cool to be a pimp still
We gon' set it free like a fish in a ？
Take this home, rearrange it, change it
Danger, Sway-zer, Lupe Laser. Pow!
11.All Black Everything
You would never know
If you could ever be
If you never try
You would never see
Stayed in Africa
We ain't never leave
So there were no slaves in our history
Were no slave ships, were no misery, call me crazy, or isn't he
See I fell asleep and I had a dream, it was all black everything
Uh, and we ain't get exploited
White man ain't feared so he did not destroy it
We ain't work for free, see they had to employ it
Built it up together so we equally appointed
First 400 years, see we actually enjoyed it
Constitution written by the W.E.B. Du Bois
Were no reconstructions, Civil War got avoided
Little black Sambo grows up to be a lawyer
Extra extra on the news stands
Black woman voted head of Ku Klux Klan
Malcolm Little dies as a old man
Martin Luther King read the eulogy for him
Followed by Bill O'Reilly who read from the Quran
President Bush sends condolences from Iran
Where FOX News reports live
That Ahmadinejad wins Mandela peace prize
You would never know
If you could ever be
If you never try
You would never see
Stayed in Africa
We ain't never leave
So there were no slaves in our history
Were no slave ships, were no misery, call me crazy, or isn't he
See I fell asleep and I had a dream, it was all black everything
Uh, and it ain't no projects
Keepin it real is not an understood concept
Yea, complexion's not a contest
Cause racism has no context
Hip hop ain't got a section called conscious
Everybody rappin' like crack never happened
Crips never occurred no Bloods to attack them
Matter of fact no hood to attack in
Somalia is a great place to relax in
Fred Astaire was the first to do a backspin
The Rat Pack was cool group of black men
That inspired five white guys called The Jacksons
Eminem fitted in but then again he inspired
a black rapper tryin to mimic him
And that's what really rose up out of Michigan,
the sign of white rapper by the name of 50 Cent, ha!
You would never know
If you could ever be
If you never try
You would never see
Stayed in Africa
We ain't never leave
So there were no slaves in our history
Were no slave ships, were no misery, call me crazy, or isn't he
See I fell asleep and I had a dream, it was all black everything
Uh, and I know it's just a fantasy
I cordially invite you to ask why can't it be？
Now we can do nothing bout the past
But we can do something about the future that we have
We can make fast or we can make it last
Every woman Queenin' and every man a Kingin'
When those color lines come we can't see between
We just close our eyes 'til it's all black every-THING!
You would never know
If you could ever be
If you never try
You would never see
Stayed in Africa
We ain't never leave
So there were no slaves in our history
Were no slave ships, were no misery, call me crazy, or isn't he
See I fell asleep and I had a dream, it was all black everything
12.Never Forget You(feat. John Legend)
Take me to that old familiar place
Take me to memories we won't erase
Take me to all that we had
Good and the bad
I'll never forget you
I'll never let you go
I'll never forget you
I'll always remember, I hope you know
Let the record reflect the records we set
Best foot forward with every step
And let's push towards it, never regress
And let's remember, if ever we get
Down, the places that we came from 'round
And all the good times on the bad side of town
The upside of bad, flip it upside down
Came from the bottom but we up high now
Believe, and from this view we achieved
We looked back at the rules we received
And how we broke those, dismantled and rewrote those
And the ghost still alive in the photos
Sounds of the summer, day and go wise
Cold wind blowin' through a city on fire
Moments of the past, came here to find you
Not to relive them, just to remind you
Take to that old familiar place
Take me to memories we won't erase
Take me to all that we had
Good and the bad
I'll never forget you
I'll never let you go
I'll never forget you
I'll always remember, I hope you know
And let the evidence show, the future's so bright
It's never been more, not like tonight
We walk into the glow, right into the light
The past all around us, the time of our life
The first love kisses, the broke heart disses
This is just like a first-class ticket
Back, to the first written rap
The crumbled-up paper and the pen with no cap
The hand-me-down clothes and the unturned hat
The hookers on the corner and the kids sellin' crack
The needles in the yard where we used to play catch
Stories from the project we could never go at
Or to, these are shades of my youth
Trials of a child, everything truth
Moments of the past, comin' back to find us
Not to relive them, just to remind us
Take to that old familiar place
Take me to memories we won't erase
Take me to all that we had
Good and the bad
I'll never forget you
I'll never let you go
I'll never forget you
I'll always remember, I hope you know
Everything cherished, remembered in my heart
So you will never perish, you will never part
I tell 'em all about you, drummin' in the park
We put you in the ground, but I see you in the stars
Go'n, take a bow, a round of applause
The best that ever, always ready we are
Love always shines, that's how I'll find you
In case you forgot, I hope this reminds you
Take to that old familiar place
Take me to memories we won't erase
Take me to all that we had
Good and the bad
I'll never forget you
I'll never let you go
I'll never forget you
I'll always remember, I hope you know
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