Blown Away «“ Pixies

Now the sun is burning

in deepest space

that’s the way things are

through a storm i called you

it fell each day

i didn’t get so far

my words get blown away

my lips are moving

if you touch my face

did you hear my scream?

while we were sleeping

i tried to say

even in my dreams

my words get blown away

now the sun is burning

in deepest space

i didn’t get so far

Distant Fingers – Patti Smith

When, when will you be landing?

When, when will you return?

Feel, feel my heart expanding

You and your alien arms

All my earthly dreams are shattered,

I’m so tired I quit

Take me forever, it doesn’t matter

Deep inside of your ship.

La, la la la la la landing.

Please, oh oh won’t you return?

Feel, see your blue lights are flashing,

You and your alien arms

Deep in the forest I whirl like I did as a little girl

Let my eyes rise in the sky looking for you

Oh you know, I would go anywhere at all

‘Cause no star is too far with you, with you

La, la la la la la landing.

Please, oh oh won’t you return?

Feel, feel my heart expanding,

You and your alien arms

All my earthly dreams are shattered,

I’m so tired I quit

Take me forever, it doesn’t matter

Deep inside of your ship

Land, land

Oh I am waiting for you,

Oh I am waiting for you, oh I am waiting for you,

Waiting for you to take me up by my starry spine

Ohhhh ohhhh with your distant fingers

Oh I’m waiting for you, waiting for you,

Oh I am waiting for you

Follow the Leader – Eric B. & Rakim

Verse one:

Follow me into a solo

Get in the flow – and you can picture like a photo

Music mixed mellow maintains to make

Melodies for mc»™s motivates the breaks

I»™m everlastin, I can go on for days and days

With rhyme displays that engrave deep as x-rays

I can take a phrase that»™s rarely heard, flip it

Now it»™s a daily word

I can get iller than «™nam, a killin bomb

But no alarm – rakim will remain calm

Self-esteem make me super superb and supreme

But for a microphone still I fiend

This was a tape I wasn»™t supposed to break

I was supposed to wait, but let»™s motivate

I want to see who can keep followin and swallowin

Takin the making, bitin it and borrowin

Brothers tried and others died to get the formula

But i»™ma let ya sweat – you still ain»™t warm

You a step away from frozen, stiff as if ya posin

Dig into my brain as the rhyme gets chosen

So follow me and were ya thinkin»™ you were first?

Let»™s travel at magnificent speeds around the universe

What could ya say as the earth gets further and further away

Planets are small as balls of clay

Astray into the milky way – world»™s outasight

Far as the eye can see – not even a satellite

Now stop and turn around and look

As ya stare in the darkness, ya knowledge is took!

So keep starin soon ya suddenly see a star

You better follow it cause it»™s the r

This is a lesson if ya guessin and if ya borrowin

Hurry hurry step right up and keep following

The leader

Verse two:

This is a lifetime mission, vision of prison

Aight listen

In this journey you»™re the journal I»™m the journalist

Am I eternal? or an eternalist?

I»™m about to flow long as I can possibly go

Keep ya movin cause the crowd said so

Dance – cuts rip ya pants

Eric b on the blades, bleedin to death – call the ambulance

Pull out my weapon and start to squeeze

A magnum as a microphone murderin»™ mc»™s

Let»™s quote a rhyme from a record I wrote

(follow the leader) yeah «“ dope

Cause everytime I stop it seems ya stuck

Soon as ya try to step off ya self-destruct

I came to overcome before I»™m gone

By showin and provin and lettin knowledge be born

Then after that I»™ll live forever – you disagree?

You say never? then follow me!

From century to century you»™ll remember me

In history – not a mystery or a memory

God by nature, mind raised in asia

Since you was tricked, I have to raise ya

From the cradle to the grave, but remember

You»™re not a slave

Cause we was put here to be much more than that

But we couldn»™t see it because our mind was trapped

But I»™m here to break away the chains, take away the pains

Remake the brains, reveal my name

I guess nobody told you a little knowledge is dangerous

It can»™t be mixed, diluted; it can»™t be changed or switched

Here»™s a lesson if ya guessing and borrowing

Hurry hurry, step right up and keep following

The leader

Verse three:

A furified freestyle, lyrics of fury

My third eye makes me shine like jewelry

You»™re just a rent-a-rapper, your rhymes are minute-maid

I»™ll be here when it fade to watch you flip like a renegade

I can»™t wait to break and eliminate

On every traitor or snake – so stay awake

And follow and follow, because the tempo»™s a trail

The stage is a cage, the mic is a third rail

I»™m rakim the fiend of a microphone

I»™m not him, so leave my mic alone

Soon as the beat is felt, I»™m ready to go

So fasten your seatbelt, cause I»™m about to flow

No need to speed slow down to let the leader lead

Word to daddy, indeed!

The r»™s a rollin stone, so I»™m rollin

Directions is told, then the rhymes are stolen

Stop buggin»™, a brother said, dig em, I never dug «™em

He couldn»™t follow the leader long enough so I drug «™em

Into danger zone, he should arrange his own

Face it, it»™s basic, erase it, change ya tone

There»™s one r in the alphabet

It»™s a one-letter word and it»™s about to get

More complex from one rhyme to the next

Eric b be easy on the flex

I»™ve been from state to state, followers tailgate

Keep comin but you came too late, but I»™ll wait

So back up, regroup, get a grip, come equipped

You»™re the next contestant – clap ya hands, you won a trip!

The price is right – don»™t make a deal too soon

How many notes could you name this tune?

Follow the leader is the title, theme, task

Now ya know, you don»™t have to ask

Rap is rhythm and poetry, cuts create sound effects

You might catch up if you follow the records e. wrecks

Until then keep eatin and swallowin

You better take a deep breath and keep following

The leader.

Tranquility Base – Planet P Project

I was bound for Tranquility

On the bright side of the moon

Where a man has no neighbors

Everybody gives him room

It’s like heaven, a little piece of heaven

It’s like heaven, a little piece of heaven

On Tranquility Base, on Tranquility Base

This regards from Tranquility Base

I’ll write you when I can

But if you never hear from me

I know you’ll understand

It’s like heaven, a little piece of heaven

It’s like heaven, a little piece of heaven

On Tranquility Base (ooh la la, ooh la la, ooh la la)

On Tranquility Base (ooh la la, ooh la la, ooh la la)

It’s like heaven….

I Want to Talk «“ Nas

I wanna talk to the mayor, the governor, the motherfuckin president

I wanna talk to the FBI, and the CIA, and the motherfuckin congressman

[Nas]

Step up to the White House let me in

Whats my reason for being I’m ya next to kin

And we built this motherfucker

You wanna kill me because my hunger

Mr. America young black niggaz want ya

I wanna talk to the man understand

Understand this motherfuckin G-pack in my hand

Look what happened to San Fran young girl hit by policeman

Twelve shots up in her dome, damn

Niggaz thought we slept but the architect sent

The Pentagon’s from Egypt, government secret

The 99 to 2-G computer shutdown, what now

Extension on Earth, human cutdown

Niggaz play with PlayStations, they build a spacestations

On Mars plottin civilizations

Dissin us discriminatin different racisis

Tax payers pay for more jail for black latin faces

[Chorus]

[Nas]

I’m just a black man why y’all made it so hard damn

Niggaz gotta go create their own job

Mr. Mayor imagine if this was your backyard

Mr. Governor imagine if it was your kids that starved

Imagine your kids gotta sling crack to survive

Swing a mack to be live cart ack to get high

It’s the ghetto life yea I celebrate it I live it

And all I got is what you left me with I’ma get it

Now y’all combinin all the countries we goin do the same

Combine all the cliques to make one gang

It ain’t all about a black and white thing

it’s to make the change, citizens of a higher plane

[Chorus]

[Nas]

What y’all waitin for the world to blow up

Before you hear this rewind this 4 minutes before we timeless

Let y’all niggas bang my shit before saddam hits

The Nastradamus tell us what time it is

They try to buy us with doe

Fake black leaders of puppets always talking bout the city budget

The news got it all confused lyin to the public

They eyes watchin stay wise move above it

Water floods predicted hurricanes twisters

Its all signs of the Armageddon three sixes

People reverse the system politics verse religion

Holy war muslim verse christians

Niggaz in high places they don’t have the balls for this

People in power sit back and watch them slaughter us

Mr. President I assume it was negligence

The streets upside down, I’m here to represent this

[Chorus 2X]

[Nas]

Can I talk to you Mr. President

Niggaz tryin to get with the computers

We ain’t John Henry

Banging down machines and shit

Part of establishment

That’s what we are steppin up for

This shit is real

Total Package in this nigga

LES in this nigga

Ill Will nigga

Mr. President wanna keep us from establishment

Niggaz are american baby

American Made