I too have been inspired by another's blog...Steel posted a song he wrote and it made me think of some songs. Well the ones that I feel truly represent me (some not in the literal sense of course) or a situation I've been in or affected by...so I thought I'd post snippets of them here. There is one full song and some almost complete songs...you don't have to read them all...I won't know...They're in no particular order of preference either.
Erykah Badu:On & On…
People always tryin' to find the world I'm in
I'm the envy of the women and I rule the men
Mary J. Blige: Destiny:
People tell me my life was pre-destined
From my life others shall learn a lesson
Born a leader with the world on my shoulders
Age is young but my mind is much older
Living up to everyones expectations
Condemn me to a world of damnation
I’ve got to clear these voices from my head
All these opinionated noises
Listen to the voice of my Creator
Hope is doors to a path much greater…
The Beast: Untitled:
V1) Playing these games, nothing has changed
All of these things remain the same
I have no idea what to do
That’s okay cause we are through
Sick of these things you do to me
I just can’t stop the way I feel
Oh this pain, it feels so real
That’s when I say…
(Chorus)
This race you will not win
And I won’t be chasing you
This story’s at its end
This is the end for you
No we can’t remain friends
No we can’t make amends
Don’t wanna reconcile
For things you made a trend
V2) You had your chance, no more mistakes
Promised you’d do whatever it takes
To reconcile and make things right
Now all we do is fuss and fight
All I want
Is one calm night
When we were young and things were right
Seems we’ll never get back to that
(Chorus)
V3) I’ve got to go, don’t want to discuss
Hurt me so bad and I loved you so much
Time for goodbyes, my heart’s turned cold
Been victimized by the love that you stole
I once was blind, but now I see
You are not the one for me
Too late for regrets your work is done…
(chorus out)
Heather Headley:Always Been Your Girl:
Don't lie to me, even if it's gonna make me cry
Say what you mean, even if it hurts me deep inside
We've been good friends for years and I hold that dear
But you cannot end this now
without giving me the chance to tell how I feel inside...
(chorus)
Can you tell me that I'm not her?
Say I'm not the one who completes your world
Who should share your name, who should wear your ring,
when I've always been your girl
Can you tell me I'm not the one,
to be the mother of your unborn son?
May not have the time, but there's no denyin' that you feel the same...
'Cuz I've always been your girl
Alicia Keys:Karma:
Weren't you the one who said that you don't want me anymore
And how you need your space and give the keys back to your door
And how I cried and tried and tried to make you stay with me
And still you said your love was gone and that I had to leave
Now you're Talking bout a family
Now you're saying I complete your dreams
OhNow you're sayin I'm your everything
You're confusing me
What you saying to me, don't play wit me, don't play wit meCause....
(chorus)
What goes around comes around
What goes up must come down
Now who's cryin', desirin' to come back to me
What goes around comes around
What goes up must come down
Now who's cryin, desirin', to come back
John Legend: Ordinary People:
I hang up you call
We rise and we fall
And we feel like just walking away
As our love advances
We take second chances
Though it's not a fantasy
I Still want you to stay
50 Cent: Cry Me A River(remix)
She ain't that chick from the 'burbs
That's afraid of the drama
She dat uptown girl wit the cocky persona
Went out of my way to let her know that I want her
I told her, 'I know fo' sho' we belong together.'
And I, wouldn't break her heart
My intentions are betta
And I, shared the same dreams she had about chedda
When the D's came she was down to hold the beretta
I got a thing fo' Baby Girl
It's me and her against the world...
Korn:
Now I see the times they change
Leaving doesn’t seem so strange
I am hoping I can find
Where to leave my hurt behind
All this sh*t I seem to take
All alone I seem to break
I have lived the best I can
Does this make me not a man
India.Arie:God is Real:
Sweetest honey to the brightest flower the largest plant
Into the smallest atom, snow flakes in the bird kingdom,
Smaller than the eye can see,
Bigger than the mind can concieve.
(oh)Heard a man on the radio today,
Must confess I disagreed with what he had to say.
[Bridge]How can he not believe that God is real,
I don't understand how he could feel that way.
When there's earth air water and fire.
So many different flowers, sunshine and rainshower,
So many differnt crystals and hills and volcanos.
[Chorus]That's how I know that God is real(all of this is not by chance)…
Brown Skin
…Every time I see your lips, it makes me think of honey-coated chocolate
Your kisses are worth more than gold to me
I'll be your almond joy, you'll be my sugar daddy
(chorus)
Brown skin, you know I love your brown skin
I cant tell where yours begins, I cant tell where mine ends
Brown skin, up against my brown skin
Need some every now and then:oh hey
Healing:
I release all these disappointment
From my mental, physical, spiritual, and emotional body
Cause I know that spirit guides me
And love lives inside me
That's why today I take life as it comes
Audioslave:
I met a man locked away
For things he hadn’t done
Innocence on a ball and chain
He’ll never feel the sun again on his face
or roses In his hand
But when he smiled at me I could understand
{Chrous}
If you’re free, you’ll never see the walls
If your head is clear, you’ll never free fall
If you’re right, you’ll never fear the wrong
If your head is high, you’ll never fear at all
Glenn Lewis: Dream:
Look at you now you really haven't change
Still as beautiful as first day we met
But something's different doesn't seem so long ago
Amazing how the years can go
When we wanted different things
You wanted a family I was chasing my dream
I didn't know what I had back then
How could I go off through the growing pains of being a man?
I really didn't understand
I took you for granted now it's out of my hands
Now I wish I had it too do all over again
N.E.R.D:
Modify your brain so they call me drugs
Said I was N.E.R.D but I ain’t a punk
Joe Budden: When Thugs Cry:
(yo) First off I got a seed comin'
so I won't even front like I don't need nothin'
dependin' on record sales for me to see somethin'
but if that fall backhow the f* I'm supposed to feed little Budden
I been to jail before
I been a bum before
but a ni**a ain't never had a son before
I dealt with caine and fire
I done banged with fighters
but I ain't never changed
a diaper…yo I'm a survivor
I seen darker days
a mama's boy with my father's ways
but I had to see my mom in tears
when pop went to the store for them newports
that he must ain't find in years…
love my baby moms to death
she don't believe that
shit I ain't never there for her to see that
don't wanna lose my wiz
beggin' her to do this bid
not jail but this music sh*tI pray for my son,
he'll have genes like me
pray that he don't have to go through everything like me
pray to God to bring out the things I
never knew I had in me
the rest of my mom and dad in me (uh huh)
50 Cent:Build You Up
Before I be your buddy in bed,
let me be your best friend
Girl, its more than lust, I want your trust
You keep it real with me, I'll keep it real with you
Cause I know with you by my side, there's nothin' I can't do
God Gave Me Style:
I zone off thinkin' is there really heaven or hell
So what happens to a changed man who dies in a cell
I need no answers to these questions, cuz time will tell
I'm Supposed to Die Tonight:
Sometimes, I sit and look at life from a different angle
Don't know if I'm God's child or I'm Satan's angel
Sunny days wouldn’t be special, if it wasn’t for rain
Joy wouldn’t feel so good, if it wasn’t for pain
Death gotta be easy, cause life is hard.
It’ll leave you physically, mentally, and emotionally scarred.
*WARNING: ANTI-BUSH Segment*
**If you're a Bush fan, please exit now**
Eminem:Square Dance:
Never been the type to bend or budge
The wrong button to push, No friend of Bush…
The boogies monster of rap,
Yeah the man's back
With a plan to ambush this Bush administration,
Mush the Senate's face in and push this generation,
Of kids to stand and fight for the right to say something you might not like,
This white hot light,
That I'm under,
No wonder,I look so sunburned,
Oh no, I won't leave no stone unturned,
Oh no I won't leave,
Wont go nowhere,
Do-si-do,
Oh, yo, ho, hello there
Oh yeah don't think I won't go there,
Go to the Beirut and do a show there
Yah you laugh till your m----f-----' a** gets drafted,
While you're at band camp thinkin' the crap can't happen,
Till you f* around,Get an anthrax napkin,
Inside a package wrapped in Saran Wrap wrapping,
Open the plastic and then you stand back gasping,
F* assassins hijackin', Amtracks crashin,
All this terror America demands action,
Next thing you know you've got Uncle Sam's a** askin'
To join the army or what you'll do for their Navy.
You just a baby,Gettin' recruited at eighteen,
You're on a plane now,Eatin their food and their baked beans.
I'm 28 ,They gon take you 'fore they take me
Eminem:Mosh:
Imagine it pouring, it's raining down on us
Mosh pits outside the oval office
Someone's tryina tell us something,
Maybe this is God just sayin' we're responsible
For this monster, this coward,
That we have empowered
This is Bin Laden, look at his head noddin'
How could we allow something like this without pumping our fists
Now this is our final hour
Let me be the voice in your strength and your choice
Let me simplify the rhyme just to amplify the noise
Try to amplify then times it, and multiply by six...
Ten million people, Are equal at this high pitch
Maybe we can reach Al Qaeda through my speech
Let the president answer a higher anarchy
Strap him with an Ak-47, let him go, fight his own war
Let him impress daddy that way
No more blood for oil, we got our own battles to fight on our own soil
No more psychological warfare, to trick us to thinking that we ain't loyal
If we don't serve our own country, we're patronizing a hero
Look in his eyes its all lies
The stars and stripes, they've been swiped, washed out and wiped
And replaced with his own face,
Mosh now or die
If I get sniped tonight you know why,
Cause I told you to fight.
(chorus)
And as we proceed,
To Mosh through this desert storm,
In these closing statements, if they should argue
Let us beg to differ
As we set aside our differences
And assemble our own army
To disarm this Weapon of Mass Destruction
That we call our President, for the present
And Mosh for the future of our next generation
To speak and be heardMr. President, Mr. Senator
(Children) Do you guys hear us...hear us...
~One with Musiq~
Pressed by a Fairie // 3:17 AM
