Marching alone, like a good soldier does I′m setting sail, with anchors holding me down Pack up my bags, stow them away I′m bidding farewell to all that is safe
Will I come up for air, come up for air After awhile the current is calling me Lulling me, waving goodbye I′m out here alone, oh God can you save me now? Sinking my heart turns to stone
Withering away, a shrinking violet dies So full of life, these lights have dried me out Into the sea, I needed a drink I never thought this would consume me whole
Will I come up for air, come up for air After awhile the current is calling me Lulling me, waving goodbye I′m out here alone, oh God can you save me now? Sinking my heart turns to stone (I turn to stone) Sinking my heart turns to stone Save me, take me home Over and over again Save me, take me home Wishing that this all would end Save me, take me home Over and over again Save me, take me home Wishing that this all would end
After awhile the current is calling me Lulling me, waving goodbye I′m out here alone, oh God can you save me now? Sinking my heart turns to stone After awhile the current is calling me Lulling me, waving goodbye I′m out here alone, oh God can you save me now? Sinking my heart turns to stone Sinking my heart turns to stone
Save me take me home When I come up for air Save me take me home When I come up for air Save me take me home Over and over again Save me take me home
She don′t run from the sun no more She boxed her shadow and she won Said I can see you laugh Through these bottle caps And this wire around my neck ain′t There for fun
But someday we′ll all be old And I′ll be so damn beautiful Meanwhile I′ll hide my head Here in this paper bag Cause if I cant see you Then you can′t see me And it′ll be okay Fly little bee away To where theres no more rain And I can be me
Yeah they talk about her She smiles like shes so tough She says "hey can you talk a little louder, I don′t think my heart is broken enough"
But someday we′ll all be old And I′ll be so damn beautiful
Meanwhile I′ll hide my head Here in this paper bag Cause if I can′t see you Then you can′t see me And it′ll be okay Fly little bee away To where theres no more rain And I can be me
Some days I wade in the indigo Singing that song on the radio I blame these puddles on the rain You know I gotta keep these cheeks dry today Gotta keep my cheating strategy And baby I′m gonna have it made.
But someday we′ll all be old And I′ll be so damn beautiful
Meanwhile I′ll hide my head Here in this paper bag Cause if I can′t see you Then you can′t see me And it′ll be okay Fly little bee away To where there′s no more rain And I can be me
You take this all for granted. All the things that used to be you. By keeping you distracted just long enough to bleed you.
A reason for your anger, it′s what I need, it′s what I need. To recognize the truth it′s what I need, it′s what I need. So burn your paper Jesus its what I need, it′s what I need, and all the things you do, its what I need, its what I need.
Don′t believe what they tell you, all the lies that they are teaching, when the make the corporations all the desperate people stealing.
Somebody chose these words for you. Interpretations of the truth. Somewhere behind your fear they hide. To fill the holes inside.
Skimmin′ the tops of tall trees Through the clear light of free speech A sudden memory disease Claims the air all around me
I′m gettin′ lost in the slipstream Maybe relive the same dream Of comin′ in from the cold And losin′ half of my soul
Memory disease Across United States
That I had told the truth Feel so high Architectural I look to the skies To see our bodies They were rising up Out of the paper cup
A sea change is due I don′t seem to (?) you Touchdown on the new mason-dixon Line-up map was ripped and torn Jilted frame with all hope gone And I don′t mind if you sing a different song Sing a different song Just as long as you sing Sing along
It′s later than it seems [x3] Time everyone came down(?) It′s what you didn′t say it′s what you didn′t say Don′t wanna be a slave It′s what you didn′t
Skimmin′ the tops of tall trees Through the clear light of free speech I′m comin′ in for a landing I′ve got a solid standing It all comes down to a word It′s just like nothin′ I heard Over the rainbow in time Will be one hell of a climb Eye lights bright The lights sweep high clear sky Sky Reminiscent Of money in your eye Unwind
I don′t mind if you sing a different song Sing a different song Just as long as you sing Sing along It′s later than it seems It′s later than it seems It′s later than it seems
New ears are listening It′s what you didn′t say It′s what you didn′t say Don′t wanna be a slave It′s what you didn′t say
Why does it feel like night today? Something in here′s not right today. Why am I so uptight today? Paranoia′s all I got left I don′t know what stressed me first Or how the pressure was fed But I know just what it feels like To have a voice in the back of my head It′s like a face that I hold inside A face that awakes when I close my eyes A face watches every time I lie A face that laughs every time I fall (And watches everything) So I know that when it′s time to sink or swim That the face inside is hearing me Right underneath my skin
It′s like I′m paranoid lookin′ over my back It′s like a whirlwind inside of my head It′s like I can′t stop what I′m hearing within It′s like the face inside is right beneath my skin
I know I′ve got a face in me Points out all my mistakes to me You′ve got a face on the inside too and Your paranoia′s probably worse I don′t know what set me off first but I know what I can′t stand Everybody acts like the fact of the matter is I can′t add up to what you can but Everybody has a face that they hold inside A face that awakes when I close my eyes A face watches every time they lie A face that laughs every time they fall (And watches everything) So you know that when it′s time to sink or swim That the face inside is watching you too Right inside your skin
Chorus
The face inside is right beneath your skin (3x)
The sun goes down I feel the light betray me (Repeat until end)
[Intro:] I had sumone come up to me n asked me wat do u do for a livin sir I said I chase paper wat da fuck u think
[Chorus: x2] I chase paper [x20]
[Verse 1:] Hustle now sleep wen I′m dead niggaz w /money go fed grandma told meh That′s where I′m headed gon chase paper can′t be scared all I kno I want beg Gon′get paper I want my bread. don′t wanna pay I have yo head yoppa loaded Unda my bed. gon′ chase paer till I′m dead how much it′s gon′ take till I′m straight Gon′ be rich I can′t wait. all I do is paper chase. I ain′t got time to waste. I need millions on my plate I get paper all day.
[Chorus x2]
[Verse 2:] Woke up early lukin fo a check until I′m the life of a rich I can′t rest. broke n black na that′s Stress. wanna break bread w/ meh be mii guess. when I got paper I′m at my best. Only money can fix my mess. gettin tired of chevys I want jets. all I need is one big Lick. I want now not next. I want paper I don′t wanna here shit. I want mansions He want bitches. that′s tha last thing on my list. w/o paper I am sick paper near I want it I chase paper till I quit the mo I hustle tha mo I get
[Chorus x2]
[Verse 3:] I lost it all I almost cried I can′t sleep I got bags unda my eyes. I need paper fuck bein tired I need paper more then life. if I go broke I will die hustle longer than 9 to 5. can′t be broke I got to much pride. if u go broke den dat mean suicide. ben chasin paper all my life they Hatin on me dat aight I need haterz dey mii high the easier it get the more u try paper chaser That is I mii brudda in prison chasin it now say oj money dat is a lie
[Chorus x2]
[Outro:] Oh I kno all about chasin paper bruh 3 albums in sixteen months homie I kno all about chason Paper this how we cumin out da gates bruh da realist in store december 16 wat time is 5:22 in da mornin
One last thing I beg you please just before you go I′ve watched you fly on paper wings halfway around the world Until they burned up in the atmosphere and sent you spiraling down Landing somewhere far from here with no one else around To catch you falling down And I′m looking at you now
And I can′t tell if you′re laughing Between each smile there′s a tear in your eye There’s a train leaving town in an hour It’s not waiting for you, and neither am I
"Swing for the fences, son" he must have told you once But that was a conversation you took nothing from So raise your glass now, lets celebrate exactly what you′ve done Just put off another day of knowing where you′re from You can catch up with yourself if you run...
And I can′t tell if you′re laughing Between each smile there′s a tear in your eye There’s a train leaving town in an hour It’s not waiting for you, and neither am I
Is this the life that you lead, Or the life that′s lead for you? Will you take the road that′s been laid out before you? Will we cross paths somewhere else tonight? Somewhere else tonight...
And I can′t tell if you′re laughing Between each smile there′s a tear in your eye There’s a train leaving town in an hour It’s not waiting for you, and neither am I [x2]
Just like a paper tiger Torn apart by idle hands Through the helter skelter morning Fix yourself while you still can No more ashes to ashes No more cinders from the sky All the laws of creation Tell a dead man how to die
O deserts down below us And storms up above Like a stray dog gone defective Like a paper tiger in the sun
Looking through a broken diamond To make the past what it should be Through the ruins and the weather Capsized boats in the sea
O deserts down below us And storms up above Like a stray dog gone defective Like a paper tiger in the sun
We′re just holding on to nothing To see how long nothing lasts
O deserts down below us And storms up above Like a stray dog gone defective
Please just don′t play with me My paper heart will bleed This wait for destiny won′t do Be with me please I beseech you Simple things, that make you run a-way Catch you if I can
Tears fall, down your face The taste, is something new Something that I know Moving on is, easiest when I am around you.
So bottle up old love, And throw it out to sea, Watch it away as you cry A year has past The seasons go
Please just don′t play with me My paper heart will bleed This wait for destiny won′t do Be with me please I beseech you Simple things, that make you run a-way Catch you if I can
Waiting, day to day it goes through My lips, are sealed for her My tongue is, Tied to, a dream of being with you To settle for less, is not what I prefer
So bottle up old love, And throw it out to sea, Watch it away as you cry A year has past The seasons go
Please just don′t play with me My paper heart will bleed This wait for destiny won′t do Be with me please I beseech you Simple things, that make you run a-way Catch you if I can
Summer time, the nights are so long The leaves fall down, and so do I into the arms of a friend Winter nights My bedside is cold, for I am gone And spring blossoms you to me
Summer time, the nights they are so long The leaves fall down, and so do I into the arms of a friend Winter nights My bedside is cold, for I am gone And spring blossoms you to me
Midnight rush with a pen in my hand Thinkin linking singin script with a fan Remembering me before we began Sometimes I felt so deaf in the jam But the ones who loved me told me to stop Like homegirl can′t get jitter for drop- A superwoman chick you know that I am Some shit don′t fly by me in a man
Cuz I do not accept any less than someone just as real, as fabulous
chours Don′t want no paper gangsta Won′t sign away my life to Someone whos got the flavor But don′t have no follow through- Don′t want no paper gangsta Won′t sign no monkey papers I dont do funny business Not interested in fakers Don′t want no paper gangsta oh ohhhh Don′t want no paper gangsta oh ohhhh Don′t want no paper gangsta
Cuz something so shiny to start Want me to sign there on your range rover heart I′ve heard it before. Yeah, the dinners were nice ′till your diamond words melted into some ice You should have been around to the beat of my song Mr. california paper gangsta raw I′m looking for love, not an empty page Full of stuff that means nothing but you pimpin′ ladies
I do not accept any less than someone just as real, as fabulous
I think I′m drunk enough to drive you home now I′ll keep my mouth kept shut from under lock and key That′s rusted firm, no lie ′Cause all these conversations wind on and on.... Drinking champagne from a paper cup Is never quite the same And every sip′s moving through my eyes And up into my brain At half past two; about time to leave ′Cause the DJ′s playing rhythm and blues A sad-sorry state, stutter step to those slammin′ grooves As i′m waiting around for you....
(Let′s burn a hole so we can climb out Of these paper walls in this empty house Don′t listen too close, their words are like guns With bullets that fly, and kill what you′ve won)
Let′s burn a hole so we can climb out Of these paper walls in this empty house Where the only thing that′s real Is visions we have of ten years ago Of stars in the sky and us down below With streets and East Coast lines We kept this scene alive
Here I am I still hold onto this Dream we had I won′t let ago of it Hear me now you will never be alone
Don′t listen too close their words are like guns With bullets that fly and kill what you′ve won Some love to hate and some tell you lies So let′s make a toast and kiss them goodbye We′ll kiss them all goodbye
Here I am I still hold onto this Dream we had I won′t let ago of it Hear me now you will never be alone
Here I stand won′t turn back again Won′t leave you know how hard it′s been Hear me now you will never be alone Yeah
Let′s take what hurts and write it all down On these paper walls in this empty house And when our ink runs out We′ll burn into the ground
Here I am Still hold onto this Dream we had Won′t let go of it Hear me now You will never be alone
Here I stand won′t turn back again Won′t leave you know how hard it′s been Hear me now you will never be alone Yeah
This whole routine is getting old So am I, and so are you My reputation lets me know I can do whatever I want to Though it seems that you believe You can do whatever it is you please Know before, know before you wind up on your knees Don′t cry to me no more
You like the way that people stare at you Now you look so fake, just thought that you should know And you′re all the same, and when the curtain drops down You′ll be replaced by something typical
You set yourself up to the sold and that′s ok cause that′s your role Manipulation takes its toll What will you do when nobody wants you Though it seems that you believe You can do whatever it is you please Know before, know before you wind up on your knees Don′t cry to me no more
You like the way that people stare at you Now you look so fake, just thought that you should know And you′re all the same, and when the curtain drops down You′ll be replaced by something typical
I know, I′ve stood so long beside you And I know, I should′ve left you right where I had found you I know, I′ve stood so long beside you And I know, I should′ve left you right where I had found you
You like the way that people stare at you Now you look so fake, just thought that you should know And you′re all the same, and when the curtain drops down You′ll be replaced by something typical
You like the way that people stare at you Now you look so fake, just thought that you should know And you′re all the same, and when the curtain drops down You′ll be replaced by something typical
Now I rest my head from Such an endless dreary time A time of hopes and happiness That had you on my mind Those days are gone and now it seems As if I′ll get some rest But now and then I′ll see you again And it puts my heart to the test
So when are all my problems going to end? I′m understanding now that We are only friends To this day I′m asking why I still think about you
As the days go on I wonder (Will this ever end?) I find it hard to keep control When you′re with your boyrfriend I do not mind if all I am is Just a friend to you But all I want to know right now Is if you think about me too... ?
So when are all my problems going to end? I′m understanding now that We are only friends To this day I′m asking why I still think about you
So when are all my problems going to end? I′m understanding now that We are only friends To this day I′m asking why I still think about you
[Hook - Pharrell:] (Paperwork) Don′t do no business until you check his (paperwork) And if all else fails, I just hope that this (paperwork) Wanna swing Bentley doors, blow smoke through the roof Everything got a cost, they gone need something on you (Paperwork)
[Verse 1 - T.I.:] ATL, Westside, that′s the only home I know In ′85, me and Uncle Quint used to ride around in the big Bronco Took me up to Charles′ Disco Daytime, set me down at the bar Where I drank Shirley Temple ′Til he walked out with a bag and we got back in the car What you wanna be he asked? When you grow up big kid? I just wanna be like you, ridin′ round town gettin′ bread We shot a couple Lac, couple summer pass Uncle Quint ain′t nowhere to be found Later we learn that someone ratted him out For that reason 10 years he won′t be around
[Hook]
[Verse 2 - T.I.:] Picture me in ′93 I′m the only man I see Fresh up off the porch Lookin′ for a drop Porsche and a fake ID Introduce me to the crack game Rap game was the furthest from my mind Had a notebook full of rhymes And a pocket full of crack rock dimes Time on my side, lift.45 in my jeans Open fire if you seem to be blocking my dreams, yessir Welfare, food stamps Section eight, me and Ma lived in the trap I said fuck school, it holdin′ me back I wanna bankroll, chasin′ after that
[Hook]
[Verse 3 - T.I.:] Look at me, at 17 Livin′ on my own, peddlin′ Quarter ki, now and then sellin′ weed Tokin′ too, cost my first felony That′s one of many, that were to follow Drinkin′ Henney up out the bottle Told a child I think I′m bein′ followed Family don′t think I′ll live to see tomorrow Plenty have a story like mine Know many of you had a little nine Know many of you did a little dirt Too many of us did a little time Wake up, 10 years of your life passed When you get your cake up Don′t it seem like that When the Feds on your ass passin′ out
[Hook]
[Bridge - Pharrell (T.I.):] If you think that you high, baby look above you It′s drones in the sky, there′s nothing you could do So left, two, three snap Right two, three snap Don′t get serious now it′s too late for that Cause they got Time on my side, lift.45 in my jean Open fire if you seem to be blocking my dreams, yessir
[x2] I fly like paper, get high like planes If you catch me at the border I got visas in my name If you come around here, I make ′em all day I get one down in a second if you wait
[x2] Sometimes I think sitting on trains Every stop I get to I′m clocking that game Everyone′s a winner now we′re making that fame Bonafide hustler making my name
[x4] All I wanna do is (BANG BANG BANG BANG!) And (KKKAAAA CHING!) And take your money
[x2] Pirate skulls and bones Sticks and stones and weed and bongs Running when we hit ′em Lethal poison through their system
[x2] No one on the corner has swagger like us Hit me on my Burner prepaid wireless We pack and deliver like UPS trucks Already going hell just pumping that gas
[x4] All I wanna do is (BANG BANG BANG BANG!) And (KKKAAAA CHING!) And take your money
M.I.A. Third world democracy Yeah, I got more records than the K.G.B. So, uh, no funny business
Some some some I some I murder Some I some I let go Some some some I some I murder Some I some I let go
1 - ReFugees, go ′head and do it Paper Go ′head and do it
Repeat 1 five times
Ooh, I betca′ wondering how I knew That you been tryin′ to infultrate my crew It ain′t no hiding from the Flava U. Don′t get it confused, you ain′t untouchable (Go ′head and do it) And while I been tryin′ to keep my cool like a queen (Ooh, like a queen) Without them bringin′ the naughty girl outta me (Ooh, naughty girl outta me)
2 - Don′t cha know I heard you tryin′ to take mine While I shine, you′re living fake lives Don′t ya know I heard you tryin′ to take mine But while I shine ya lip and fake y′all styles All around me (Hata′s tryin′ to play La′ but they know that they can′t take her paper) Go ′head and do it
Everybody talking see Spreadin′ them lies about my friends and me They say that we′re tighter than suppose to get That′s because I haven′t let ya chill wit me yet You make it hard for a girl to roll (Ooh, girl to roll) But make it easy so my pockets stay swol′ (ooh, pockets stay swol′)
Repeat 2
[Pras] That′s right, yeah Check it, check it, why Check it, check it Come on, come on Yo, yo Where my fellas at? Where my fellas at? Where my ladies at? Where my ladies at?
[Queen Latifah] As I look back on my life (check it) To get where I am I had to sacrifice You slammed my name in your magazine This business gets hard tryin′ to stay a queen You′re checkin′ for me, you need to check yourself (Ooh, check yourself) And be someone, not someone else (Ooh, someone else)
Каменные джунгли диктуют свои правила Выживает сильнейший это закон Дарвина На моей кровати лежат пачки бумаги Я берегу своих солдат как генерал армию
Ты должен двигаться быстро, плюс тот кротко мыслит Держи свой план при себе, держи врагов близко Порой бывает опасно, используй свой мозг Если собаки лают нужно кинуть им кость (Боу) Действуй по схеме идя по тонкой леске Математика, навыки отточены до блеска Всегда себе ан уме давно не играю в игры Всё что я делаю, я делаю только ради выгоды (так точно) В этой гонке за призом нужно беречь силы Будь спокоен, но когда надо действуй агрессивно Не делай лишних движений, сохраняй стимул Холодный ум позволит приумножить Бенджаминов Все меньше друзей всё больше знакомых Они улыбаются на свету, в тени жалят как кобры Я улыбаюсь в ответ как они того ожидают, Я спокоен, они считают что меня знают И тут уже не разобрать кто друг кто враг Если Капнешь сильней поймешь у тебя нет друзей Есть только те с кем ты можешь делать бизнес Сохраняй эту грань не допускай перевеса ЕУ Моя тачка ездит на бензине а не на респекте Хочешь фит со мной fuck you baby, детка Пойми правильно для меня это работа Ведь на мойке мне не моют за респект мою тойоту Единственный реальный Hastla в России Путин, Он делает деньги на нас пока мы тупим ОК, теперь называй меня Сувайбор Я набираю солдат в свою бумажную армию Мне не надо чужого, я пришел за своим Деньги не растут на деревьях, врубаешься сын? Средства это дивиденды, успех инструменты Мизза ты запишешь наш техноальбом? — НЕТ Я работаю с теми кого знаю лично Real rec как Nize real или плати тыщи На улице скоро пойдет бумажный дождь Моей бумажной собаке нужна бумажная кость. Мое имя на афише… Я считаю бумагу… . После концерта покидая клуб- считаю бумагу…