Disc 1
Give A Man A Fish
Lately I've been in a life like limbo Looking out of a smudged up window We're not sure where our lives are going Friends, it's summer outside but yet we're snowed in Don't know where our next dollar's coming from Living the life of a poor musician Headliner's strong so he keeps his 9 to 5 Cutting brothers' hair as a means of staying alive If it wasn't for the rhythm I think we would have given up by now This system has gotten the best of me Now I pray for God to invest in me My dignity, invest his glory Give me the strength so I can finish the story Keep on searching for the right way to go out cuz going out is what it's all about huh! You can't be passive, gotta be active Can't go with what looks attractive Gotta learn all I can while I'm able Headliner expresses his feeling on those turntables When we get our chance to make a good living of the music we program We don't sell out just to be sold out Brothers and sisters, do you know what I'm yapping about ? Cuz if they take away our contract we still got talent and we still got contacts Cause we've worked real hard to get this far We're catching the bus before we bought the car Ya see !
Give a man a fish, and he'll eat for a day Teach him how to fish and he'll eat forever
Got to get political Political I gotta get Grown but can't hold my own So this government needs to be overthrown Brothers with their A.K.s and their 9 MMs need to learn how to correctly shoot 'em Save those rounds for a revolution Poor whites and blacks bumrushing the system But I tell you: Ain't no room for gangsters Cause gangsters do dirty work and get pimped by mobsters Some fat Italian eating pasta 'n lobster Brothers getting jailed and mobsters own the coppers so you say you want out of the ghetto First the political prisoners must be let go And you must let go of your power master Malt liquor got you licked, it’s your powerful master You'll never get out without much discipline Raise your fist but also raise your children So when you die the movement moves on Coz with revolution, ain't no future in fronting y'all Come again Speech? Direct your anger, love Nothing's ever built on hate, instead love Love your life, tackle the government The spooks that break down the door are heaven sent and my phrase went...
Alright ! Rhythm makes you move your body, rhythm makes you move your mind Rhythm makes your elbows groove, rhythm makes that behind move Rhythm makes the people move, rhythm makes you want to move Rhythm makes your mind soothe, next stop is Jerusalem
Fishin' 4 Religion
Grab the hook, grab the line Grab the bait, grab the box and wait Tackle and shackle the topic the faculty has chosen Chosen by many, chosen by plenty, chosen by any man or woman who understand the topic that's known and [Go by the dock] flock and clock the topic as I drop my hook and get a bite The reason I'm fishin' 4 a new religion is my church makes me fall asleep They're praising a God that watches you weep and doesn't want you to do a damn thing about it When they want change the preacher says "shout it" Does shouting bring about change ? I doubt it All shouting does is make you lose your voice So on the dock I sit in silence staring at a sea that's full of violence Scared to put my line in that water coz it seems like there's no religion in there Naively so I give it another go Sitting in church hearing legitimate woes Pastor tells the lady it'll be alright Just pray so you can see the pearly gates so white The lady prays and prays and prays and prays and prays and prays and prays and prays...it's everlasting "There's nothing wrong with praying ?" It's what she's asking She's asking the Lord to let her cope so one day she can see the golden ropes What you pray for God will give to be able to cope in this world we live The word "cope" and the word "change" is directly opposite, not the same She should have been praying to change her woes but pastor said "Pray to cope with those" The government is happy with most baptist churches coz they don't do a damn thing to try to nurture brothers and sisters on a revolution Baptist teaches dying is the only solution Passiveness causes others to pass us by I throw my line till I've made my decision until then, I'm still fishin' 4 religion
Ease My Mind
I need some time to ease my mind
Thrusted in a world that I don't know
from my mamas lips between my mamas hips
I'm cuddled by her hands because she understands
it's that bond that keeps the movement movin' on.
Life is surrounded with so many insecurities
back stabbin' is like breathing when in poverty.
I try to make my sanity, with the insane
God is secondary to most, when they scrap for money.
But, then again money can cause even more death,
when a African becomes a nigger step n fetch n all.
I dare say when price is right U can buy us all,
well not me, cuz I don't truly give a care about you.
I'll move in poverty, in wealth but I'll surely move!
Ain't syncopated with your beats or your wack grooves
my break beat is to break away from yo thang
All these things you put on me makes this brother sing...
I need some time to ease my mind.
Mind & soul is even more important than body
money can put my body in all exotic spaces
meanwhile my mind & sould remotely dwells
within that fine spot between all messed up & hell.
And so I move on with confidence of harmony
And do my thang to resist this wack society
Cuz if yo don't resist, & I mean consciously
you'll fool your sub-conscious into accepting it.
I ain't acceptin' it - I keep my focus
I keep my focus - I ain't acceptin' it.
Give me a face pencil to draw a smile on me.
Answer my prayer to give my Earthly body inner peace
Answer my prayer to give my Earthly
body
inner
inner peace.
Until that day upon which my souls realeased!
Chorus
need some time need some time
when the sista's say it then you know it's gotta be real!
Thrusted in a world that I don't know
from my mommas lips between my mamas hips
I'm cuddled by her hands because she understands
Its that bond that will keep the movement movin' on
It's that bond that will keep the movement movin' on.
And so I GOTTA BE READY TO RELINQUISH
gotta be ready to relinquish, my breath of life for struggle.
Than is why I tell you...
I need some time to eae my mind.
Africa's Inside Me
Universal as I stroll down the street
Africa's boiling over flowing inside of me
I used to sport a curl mad by Jerry
A Jerry curl
but as time passed it didn't last
after my curl I never combined my doo.
I used t sport a cap but the naps kept sharing through,
Shining!
My sista got a brand new perm
my boys says she looks pretty fine body real firm
folks at her job loves new touch up
I can tell her white boss gets a kick when she's all done up,
My sista loves her blackness
but the US says that her perm is her attractiveness.
But Africa keeps coming stronger we found out
it ain't a perm it's a temporary
Don't have cash to go to the music school
no money for the guitar or the violin or the tuba
my moms had a record player and the 45's
I put the needle on the record and I kicked it crazy live
scratching it up catching the breaks
spirits within me had me do what it takes
Grammy's I win & once again like my Egyptian kin
it's Africa within makin' something outta nothing!
Africa's inside me
taking back her child
she's giving me my pride
and setting me free.
What's that land across those waters?
what's that spirit makin' love to my daughter
telling her not to eat her mama's ham hocks
allowing her he choice to twist her hair & make it lock,
o I don't like it, I just don't it.
Papa may say but my soul is boilin
and sooner or later Africa's glory and toil
will teach an old dog new tricks.
Why and the world can't everybody
recognize that Africa's in everybody?
we all ask why can't we be sista's and brothers
but first we gotta accept who is our mother
Rather embracer of the jungle
or ghetto melanin dwells but could stop growth
and developments Arrested for nothing
Gumbo's within soulful H20 men be droppin'
Happenin's like Homosapians Hustlins
within' to exist as afro USA...men
residing in Fulani was once Christian.
Start fishin' like FOS and found origin!
Tennessee
Lord I've really been real stressed Down and out, losin ground Although I am black and proud Problems got me pessimistic Brothers and sisters keep messin up Why does it have to be so damn tuff? I don't know where I can go To let these ghosts out of my skull My grandma past, my brother’s gone I never at once felt so alone I know you're supposed to be my steering wheel Not just my spare tire (home) But lord I ask you (home) To be my guiding force and truth (home) For some strange reason it had to be (home) He guided me to Tennessee (home
Take me to another place Take me to another land Make me forget all that hurts me Let me understand your plan
Lord it's obvious we got a relationship Talkin to each other every night and day Although you're superior over me We talk to each other in a friendship way Then outta nowhere you tell me to break Outta the country and into more country Past Dyesburg into Ripley Where the ghost of childhood haunts me Walk the roads my forefathers walked Climbed the trees my forefathers hung from Ask those trees for all their wisdom They tell me my ears are so young (home) Go back to from whence you came (home) My family tree my family name (home) For some strange reason it had to be (home) He guided me to Tennessee (home)
Now I see the importance of history Why people be in the mess that they be Many journeys to freedom made in vain By brothers on the corner playin ghetto games I ask you lord why you enlightened me Without the enlightenment of all my folks He said cuz I set myself on a quest for truth And he was there to quench my thirst But I am still thirsty... The lord allowed me to drink some more He said what I am searching for are The answers to all which are in front of me The ultimate truth started to get blurry For some strange reason it had to be It was all a dream about Tennessee
Natural
I'm checking you out, you're all alone No one is clocking u, but I'm scopin’ u Staring right thru u, staring into u Your beauty is endless and I'm hoping to explore Brothers may say you're ugly but I disagree But in a way that's fine with me 'cause I want to travel with you Travel in your mind 'cause you seem like a virgin Free as the wind blows, tall as a tree grows Wild like nature, yet calm as a field Hair is natural, lips are natural Face wins first place, you appeal to me, girl Let me ask you for some time for you to unwind together et cetera I have nothing but pure intentions Everything we'll be will be natural
I'd like to hold your waist as we chase The wind down the shores of a southern ocean Rub my fingers thru your hair Slowly rub and caress your forehead and bare our problems, as we lay on the bed called Earth Holding hands 'till we touch each and every finger as the ocean water wets us both in the center of the crossroads Spiritual bonds are connected...what...an erection Well...Let's drive to the city and walk among the lights of the city streets You're making me weak and it's scary 'cause you've played no games All you've been is very natural That's why I'm scared to fall in love with you Cause girl you are just so natural
I wanna be natural I wanna be natural I wanna sleep with you I wanna be inside you I wanna be sleeping deep in you I wanna be sleeping deep in you I wanna be in you I wanna be in you Natural Natural
Disc 2
Music & Life
Super dynamite soul microphone check one two yo
Nobody took the place of us had the pace of us comin' at you like a Mack
truck jokers backin' up jokers actin' up dem jokers gettin' tacked up
and racked up and jacked up lyrically cuz they done slacked up now
Music work life death dance stand up down
If you want it come and get it cause A.D. we coming wit it if you don't
then won't you spit it if you not then won't your quit it get it up
get it crunk throw dem 'bows and get buck can bump this in you jeep
or in yo navigator truck what
Playa hated imitate it all you want but never duplicate it love with the
most anticipated A.D. back man don't debate it call the cops I'm out
da box spittin' flames and I chew rocks got it locked down like Fort
Knox double M (Mental Menace) hits and the show stops
Music work life death dance stand up down
Super dynamite soul microphone check one two yo
Bidda dom bidda dom blue this one dedicated to fans like you no matter
if your white China man black or blue this music that we make we make
platinum for you congo bass line rhythm say dis how we do if you love
how we do then make this for you whaa come a come along bring your
family ya like if you are hip and you're hype
Music work life death dance stand up down
In the South
Speech
In the south is where it's at crazy phat weather no leather needed on yo
back perfect for a ride outside hop in the drop top pop in the hip hop
tape and marinate in the sun speakin' of sun there's only one and nine
months outta twelve can U guess where it dwells in the south parks
literally breathe like a mouth and at night kids go out the little ones
go in and pout cuz they gotta go to bed cuz in the south in is dead and
out is alive so everyone strives to keep it outside! D.J.s play in the
streets bumpin' beats and sellin' mix tapes of all the greats women is
rentin' roller skates ice cream and soul plates fill the hands of this
land cats caravan and just drive around bumpin' sounds pound for pound
the south's where everyone gets down c'mon . . .
Chorus
In the south we can take you all around and everywhere you go we got
these funky sounds in the south
Eshe
Cadillacs, Pontiacs, Benzs, and BMWs Impalas and Cutlass you can't
touch as when we cruise
Speech
Yo I set a mood like a dimmer guess who's coming over to eat cornbread and
collard greens and hot sauce for dinner I don't hang around the scene but
that don't mean that I'm not in the scene I'm just doin' somethin' cuz I
refuse to cuss it don't mean that I'm frontin' I be the first to bum rush
your whole dinner or luncheon
In the south baby!
Chorus
In the south we can take you all around and everywhere you go we got
these funky sounds in the south we can take you all around and
everywhere you go we got these funky sounds
Eshe
Halter tops, cut off shorts, wife beaters, and Jesus sandals it's not too
hot but just enough for you to handle and what do you know about them long
johns under yo shorts wit them Reebok classics that we all love to sport
it's all about feeling good it ain't no shame we even got big girls
wearing capri pants still spitting game average heat index is 80 very
seldom shady whether you looking for men or ladies it's always a
possible maybe yeah
Jasse Pha
Eggs grits by the dozen it's just your country cousin sometimes I might
be a slight buzzin' uh huh thought it is when it wasn't Cadillacs vogues
be dippin' out of big jugs I'm sippin' got it goin' on I be gripping on
a little cheesehope I don't get a whippin'
Chorus
In the south we can take you all around and everywhere you go we got
these funky sounds in the south
Jazze Pha
Roll sown the streets
Bumpin my beats
Eat a little meat
Look at pretty feets
Girls look good
Sittin' on the hood
It's a fly lady
Cadillac diamond in the back yeah
Chorus
In the south we can take you all around and everywhere you go we got
these funky sounds in the south
Chorus
In the south we can take you all around and everywhere you go we got
these funky sounds in the south
Jazze Pha
Mama's in the kitchen cookin' up greens
Making them yams cookin' them hams
U
Lonely, lonely, oh woe is me, oh woe is me I say The complex cycle I go through almost every day To my dismay, I imagine being in this set Me holdin’ the 21st letter of the alphabet All my life I’ve been searchin’ as if it’s my obligation To find who? You but my patience growsthin Cuz u is just a letter surrounded by a better Image of a sister who’s new but overdue for marriage Marriage takes discipline, a problem that exist within The American culture I resist against But I must recall and I trust that all I’ve learned thru life is givin’ way to a wife y’all Cuz I want, not need a companion to feed The knowledge I read and the lovin’ I’ve received Through moms and my palms read a long life So hey I pray for the day I have a strong wife And a strong son or daughter or strong both Give them a strong foundation of values. I think I’ll make A great coach for them and warn ‘em of sin Maybe then they can nip it in the bud before it begins So hey if your listenin’ and yo’ wishin’ for A U like me that you have in store Maybe I could be the u for u And u could be the u for me too
Maybe I could be the U for U Maybe u could be the u for me too
I know you’re there I just haven’t found u yet Gonna’ getcha five cent I’ll bet If I lose, it’s five cents, if I win, it’s Five decades more of a life with a new wife and 2 Or 3 kids My parents want grandkids with big heads like mine Runnin’ and jumpin’ on the bed wit my brownish eyes There’s sort of a pressure to be married and chilled With Terry gone emotional gaps need to be filled So I’m sort of searchin’ but only in my spare time Most of the time I’m busy workin’ on a beat or rhyme I don’t want a sex partner, a female friend or buddy To be played with like silly putty I want to be played with like clay on a spindle Wet it, mold it, bend it, hard it, never dwindle That’s called longevity, different than what you read And see on T.V. So hey if yo listenin’ and your wishin’ for A u like me that u have in store Maybe I could be the u for u And u could be the u for me too
Maybe I could be the U for U Maybe u could be the u for me to
Mama's Always On Stage
Brand new mama, I understand It's hard as hell being a young mother and you need support your conscious told you not to abort so to your child you're a hero of some sort But, hey, the worst is over You're ready to do this I got faith and your baby renewed this faith that everything will be fine Now an adult, no more youth time [Anytime you need help sister] We'll be there just give us a ring We will help you raise that king Word to the mother cause it's a black thing I respect you in a strong way Super late nights cause your baby slept all day but mama don't sleep, your life's a turning page
Mama's always on stage
Hey, let me guess, you're bored Wanna get loose, attack the dance floor Cool, I'll hold her, you have a good time I'll keep your baby awake so baby sleeps after nine This is reality, we need to turn our minds Brothers talking revolution but leave their babies behind Well sister, he's a sucker, just leave 'em be The revolution is now up to brothers like me to step in cause your man stepped out [The goal:] To raise these children, no doubt so let's go to it and possibly bring a generation of nat's in the future, see I respect you in a strong way Super late nights cause your baby slept all day But mama don't sleep, your life's a turning page Mama's always on stage Keep up your strength now cause we must grow somehow
Mama's always on stage (4x) Can't be a revolution without women Can't be a revolution without children
I improved throughout my life all of this just to soothe a wife brothers wear your black clothes talk your 5% talk Words of wisdom should be ways of wisdom That's exactly how you must walk Life's too short, your mission's too dire Nurture another mind before yours expires Pass it on, push it along Like the brother said it in that one song We respect you all the way Late, late nights cause your baby slept all day but mama's got to stay strong, carry it on Hey, mama's on stage
People Everyday
See I was resting at the park minding my own business as I kick up the treble tone on my radio tape player box, right just loud enough so folks could hear it's hype, see ? Outta nowhere comes the woman I'm dating investigation maybe she was demonstrating But nevertheless I was pleased My day was going great and my soul was at ease until a group of brothers started bugging out drinking the 40 oz, going the nigga route Disrespecting my black queen holding their crotches and being obscene At first I ignored them cause see I know their type They got drunk and got guns and they wanna fight and they see a young couple having a time that's good and their egos wanna test a brother's manhood So they came to test Speech cause of my hair-do and the loud bright colors that I wear [Boo !] was a target cause I'm a fashion misfit and the outfit that I'm wearing brothers dissing it Well I stay calm and pray the niggaz leave me be but they're squeezing parts of my date's anatomy Why, Lord, do brothers have to drill me ? Cause if I start to hit this man they'll have to kill me
I am everyday people
I told the niggaz please let us pass, friend I said please cause I don't like killing Africans but he wouldn't stop and I ain't Ice Cube but I had to take the brother out for being rude and like I said before I was mad by then It took three or four cops to pull me off of him But that's the story y'all of a black man acting like a nigga and get stomped by an African
I am everyday people
