in the city made of stone i hear the sirens moan i can t escape the beating question where do i belong boundary lines lie before me i cross into the unknown i try to leave my fears behind me try to carry on ev ry day sing a song of grace we ve come this far by grace and when you pray to find your place love will lead the way in the shadows of the valley tears mingle with rain a shining light will break my darkness and mercy will remain bless the seven souls who raised me back in georgia state and tell my loved ones not to worry my love will conquer hate ev ry day sing a song of grace we ve come this far by grace and when you pray to find your place love will lead the way

i feel drained there s so many thoughts on my brain and i ve had enough of going round chasing you boy play myself here s what i m gonna do i ll let go take back my heart so turn it over sooner or later you ll be sorry soon as you say you re sorry it will be too late i ll be gone i ll be gone silly of me to think that i could of change with you and though the pain s i m falling out of love with you boy restraining myself here s what i m gonna do i ll let go take back my heart so turn it over sooner or later you ll be sorry soon as you say you re sorry it will be too late i ll be gone i ll b快 gone it s better to l快ave now one thing it never can change what goes around comes around so good bright days they will come sooner or later sooner than later it will be too late too late too late too late i ll be gone da da da da ra da da da da da da ra da da da da da da ra da da too late too late too late oh whoa i ll be gone source musixmatch songwriters keys charlene l bereal charles w sorry wb music corp fo shawna productions

you ve changed that sparkle in your eyes is gone your smile is just a careless yawn it s all over now you ve changed you ve changed your kiss is now are so blase you re bored with me in every way you re breaking my heart you ve changed you ve forgotten the words i love you each memory that we ve shared you ignore every star above you i can t realise that you ever cared you ve changed you re not the angel i once knew no need to tell me that we re through it s all over now you ve changed you ve forgotten the words i love you each memory that we ve shared you ignore every star above you i can t realise that you ever cared you ve changed that sparkle in your eyes is gone your smile is just a careless yawn it s all over now you ve changed yeas it s over now you ve changed

oooh mmm oooh mmm oooh if heaven knows just how the story goes what was supposed i could follow along but friends become wives live different lives far behind it s so hard to see and don t wanna keep askin myself oh if i m past the point of help there s nowhere else i m supposed to be certainly positively there s nowhere else i m supposed to be certainly positively me hey oh ba ba ba ba da da da da hmmm dear wishing well well i wish you well magic spells no i don t need the voodoo my garden will be so lovely green i ll give it the time it needs to bloom and be beautiful and don t wanna keep askin myself oh if i m past the point of help there s nowhere else i m supposed to be certainly positively there s no one else i m supposed to be certainly positively me and no one else i m supposed to be certainly positively me and no one else i m supposed to be certainly positively me absolutely positively me there s nowhere else i m supposed to be certainly positively me and no one else i m supposed to be certainly positively me and nowhere else i m supposed to be certainly positively me and no one else i m supposed to be certainly positively me

i took a trip on a train and i thought about you i passed a shadowy lane and i thought about you two or three cars parked under the stars winding stream moon shining down on some little town and with each beam the same old dream and every stop that we made oh i thought about you but when i pulled down the shade then i really felt blue i peeped through the crack and looked at the track oh i m going back to you and what did i do i just thought about you i just thought about you i took a trip on a train and i thought about you i passed a shadowy lane and i thought about you i peeped through the crack and looked at the track oh i m going back to you and what did i do i just thought about you yes i thought about you i just thought about you i just thought about you

i like the meaning of your name are you aware are you the same it goes with your eyes your sentiment oh i like your name ezekiel you re so serene it makes me mad you re never down ain t never sad you won the pools i bet you re glad your smile is fresh ezekiel looking philosophical looking philosophical sitting fresh faced over there with broken sighs his heart speaks out to answer me for i am the interpreter of his dreams daydreaming makes your tea go cold gold earrings make my face look bold your compliments are never old let s drink a toast ezekiel god will strengthen all your love so pure so kind so noble love you smell so sweet like lavender buds you smell so sweet looking philosophical looking philosophical sitting fresh faced over there with broken sighs his heart speaks out to answer me for i am the interpreter of his dreams can i come inside of your dreams your vivid and exciting dreams i m not as timid as i seem can i come in ezekiel my my my ezekiel shine your smile ezekiel chat a while ezekiel you can count on me my my my ezekiel shine your smile ezekiel chat a while ezekiel you can count on me oh i love the way you smile come and sit and talk a while you can say that i love your style you can count on me me and you we can touch the sky my my my my my my yeah you can count on me my my my ezekiel shine your smile ezekiel chat a while ezekiel you can count on me you and me we can touch the sky my my my my my my yeah can count on me you can count you can count on me you can count you can count on me

you were just saying all that i want and even when you show our love is possible there is any doubt i had in my mind gave me a reason to want to try it again there s not much you have to prove you impress me although truth you being you is good enough you got what it takes that makes you just so special everything that you do is enlightening soo dont don t ever change just who you are don t change for me or anyone don t ever change just who you are don t change for me or anyone i love you just the way you are your imperfections i love it all i accept every part of you even your flaws you can t talk to me without using clever words cause i already know what you mean before you say it how good it is to know u i can depend on cause you do what it takes to make it alright even through good days in between days our love remains i believe in you and i believe in us don t ever change just who you are don t change for me or anyone don t ever change just who you are don t change for me or anyone i love you just the way you are i don t care what they think or what they say cause i know where you been pain that you ve seen you come so far you are so strong let them speculate insinuate cause they don t see what i see when i see you ooooh all your your goodness your heart your resilience chorus out

i m confessin that i love you tell me do you love me too i m confessin that i need you honest i do i need you every moment in your eyes i read such strange things but your lips deny they re true will your answer really change things making me blue i m afraid someday you ll leave me saying can we still be friends if you go you know you ll grieve me all in life on you depends am i guessin that you love me dreamin dreams of you in vain i m confessin that i love you over and over again i m confessin that i love you tell me do you love me too i m confessin that i need you honest i do oh oh oh honest i do oh oh oh i really do

give me all your trust tickle me with your lust like a bullet like a knife it tears through your souls delicate in can t somebody love me can t somebody love me me love me me love love me so tricky your smile tells me you re distant intent of fire friction resistance not with the fight for uncertainty waiting to ignite i squeeze just a little bit just a little bit more please just a little bit just a little bit more 1

the way you look at me when you think i m not looking tells me your heart s a sleeping giant worn out by someone you loved before me i see you re scared unconvinced by what i ve tried to say that i am yours and that nothing will take me away you already know but i ll sing it again i love you babe and nothing ll take me away i know that you know but i ll sing it again i love you babe and nothing ll take me away the way you always call me with some question and every time try to pretend you didn t call me just cause i was on your mind too soon for you to say out loud but i know you love me and though we don t say it already shows you already know but i ll sing it again i love you babe and nothing ll take me away i know that you know but i ll sing it again i love you babe and nothing ll take me away you already know but i ll sing it again i love you babe and nothing ll take me away you already know but i ll sing it again i love you babe and nothing ll take me away i wait for you to open up but it s not a bore you re just what i ve been looking for why do you keep your head in the sand whoever you loved before me that ran nothing like me nothing like me nothing like me you already know but i ll sing it again i love you babe and nothing ll take me away i know that you know but i ll sing it again i love you babe and nothing ll take me away you already know but i ll sing it again i love you babe and nothing ll take me away i know that you know but i ll sing it again i love you babe and nothing ll take me away the way you look at me when you think i m not looking the way you call me up just to see what s cooking the way you look at me when you think i m not looking i look at you that way too you just don t know that i do i know that you know you already know4

dream of a land my soul is from i hear a hand stroke on a drum elegant boy beautiful girl dancing for joy delicate whirl shades of delight cocoa hue rich as a night afro blue two young lovers dance face to face with undulating grace they gently sway then slip away to some secluded place whispering trees echo their sighs passionate please tender replies shades of delight cocoa hue rich as a night afro blue lovers on flight upward they glide burst at the height slowly subside and my slumbering fantasy assumes reality until it seems it s not a dream the two are you and me shades of delight cocoa hue rich as the night afro blue oh shades of delight cocoa hue rich as the night afro blue

i m having a private party ain t nobody here but me my angels and my guitar singin baby look how far we ve come here i m havin a private party learning how to love me celebrating the woman i ve become yeah i tried to call my mother but she didn t get where i was going i called my boyfriend and he said call me back a little later baby i hung up the phone i felt so alone started to feel a little pity that s when i realized that i gotta find the joy inside of me i m having a private party ain t nobody here but me my angels and my guitar singin baby look how far we ve come here i m havin a private party learning how to love me celebrating the woman i ve become yeah i m gonna take off all my clothes look at myself in the mirror we re gonna have a conversation we re gonna heal the disconnection i don t remember when it started but this is where it s gonna end my body is beautiful and sacred and i m gonna celebrate it i m having a private party ain t nobody here but me my angels and my guitar singin baby look how far we ve come here i m havin a private party learning how to love me celebrating the woman i ve become yeah all my life i ve been looking for somebody else to make me whole but i had to learn the hard way true love began with me this is not ego or vanity i m just celebrating me i m having a private party ain t nobody here but me my angels and my guitar singin baby look how far we ve come here i m havin a private party learning how to love me celebrating the woman i ve become yeah sometimes i m alone but never lonely that s what i ve come to realize i ve learned to love the quiet moments the sunday mornings of life where i can reach deep down inside or out into the universe i can laugh until i cry or i can cry away the hurt i m having a private party ain t nobody here but me my angels and my guitar singin baby look how far we ve come here i m havin a private party learning how to love me celebrating the woman i ve become yeah happy birthday to me happy birthday to me happy birthday happy birthday to me happy birthday to me happy birthday to the woman i ve become i m having a private party ain t nobody here but me my angels and my guitar singin baby look how far we ve come here i m havin a private party learning how to love me celebrating the woman i ve become yeah i m having a private party ain t nobody here but me my angels and my guitar singin baby look how far we ve come here i m havin a private party learning how to love me celebrating the woman i ve become yeah

there s mosquitoes on the river fish are rising up like birds it s been hot for seven weeks now too hot to even speak now did you hear what i just heard say it might have been a fiddle or it could have been the wind but there seems to be a beat now i can feel it my feet now listen here it comes again there s a band out on the highway they re high stepping into town it s a rainbow full of sound it s fireworks calliopes and clowns everybody s dancing come on children come on children come on clap your hands sun went down in honey moon came up in wine stars were spinning dizzy lord the band kept us so busy we forgot about the time they re a band beyond description like jehovah s favorite choir people joining hand in hand while the music plays the band lord they re setting us on fire crazy rooster crowing midnight balls of lightning roll along old men sing about their dreams women laugh and children scream and the band keeps playing on keep on dancing through the daylight greet the morning air with song no one s noticed but the band s all packed and gone was it ever there at all but they kept on dancing come on children come on children come on clap your hands well the cool breeze came on tuesday and the corn s a bumper crop and the fields are full of dancing full of singing and romancing the music never stopped2

when the evening shadows fall and the lovely day is through then with longing i recall the years i spent with you mama i miss the days when you were near to guide me mama those happy days when you were here beside me safe in the glow of your love sent from the heavens above nothing can ever replace the warmth of your tender embrace oh mama until the day that we re together once more i ll live in these memories until the day that we re together once more

smile though your heart is aching smile even though its breaking when there are clouds in the sky you ll get by if you smile through your fear and sorrow smile and maybe tomorrow you ll see the sun come shining through for you light up your face with gladness hide every trace of sadness although a tear may be ever so near that s the time you must keep on trying smile what s the use of crying you ll find that life is still worthwhile if you just smile light up your face with gladness hide every trace of sadness although a tear may be ever so near that s the time you must keep on trying smile what s the use of crying you ll find that life is still worthwhile if you just smile if you just smile

i can t think straight knowing that you lied to me about the way that you feel how could i know your heart was just a whim looking for fun and you d make me cry but now i m dyin inside knowin i love you more than yesterday but less than tomorrow our love grows stronger by the minute by the hour day by day but now you ve gone away you said your love was mine so i gave you everything i had to give you used me like a toy played a game you won my love then you walked away but now i m dying inside knowing i love you more than yesterday but less than tomorrow our love grows stronger by the minute by the hour day by day but now you ve gone away look at me i m on my knees praying you ll come back to me knowing i love you love you more than yesterday but less than tomorrow our love grows stronger by the minute by the hour day by day but now you ve gone away but now you ve gone away but now you ve gone away

s wonderful s marvelous you should care for me s awfully nice s paradise s what i love to see you ve made my life so glamorous you can t blame me for feeling amorous oh s wonderful marvelous that you should care for me s wonderful s marvelous that you should care for me s awful nice s paradise s what i love to see my dear it s four leaf clover time from now on my heart s working overtime oh s wonderful marvelous that you should care for me s wonderful s marvelous that you should care for me s awfully nice s paradise s what i love to see you ve made my life so glamorous you can t blame me for feeling amorous oh s wonderful marvelous that you should care for me

tramp homegirls attention you must pay so listen close to what i say don t take this a simple rhyme cause this type of thing happens all the time now what would you do if a stranger said hi would you diss him or would you reply if you answer there is a chance that you d become a victim of circumstance am i right fellas tell the truth or else i ma have to show and prove you are what you are i am what i am it just so happens that most men are tramp have you ever seen a dude who s stupid and rude whenever he s around he dogs your mood i know a guy like that girl he thinks he s god s gift to the world you know that kind excited all the time with nothing but sex on the mind i m no stunt on me he can t front i know the real deal i know what they want it s me because i m so sexy it s me don t touch my body cause you see i ain t no skeezer but on a real tip i think he s a tramp on the first date he thought i was a dummy he had the nerve to tell me he loved me but of course i knew it was a lie y all he undressed me with his eyeballs trying to change the whole subject cause everything he said pertained to sex so i dissed him i said you s a sucker get your dirty mind out the gutter you ain t gettin paid you ain t knockin boots you ain t treating me like no prostitute then i walked away he called me a teaser you re on a mission kid yo he s a tramp

yeah so come on and chickity check yo self before you wreck yo self check who s there check you better check yo self before you wreck yo self cause i m bad for your health i come real stealth dropping bombs on your moms fuck car alarms doing foul crime i m that nigga wit cha alpine sold it for a six o always let tricks know and friends know we got the indo no i m not a sucker sitting in a house of pain and no i m not the butler i ll cut ya head butt ya you say you can t touch this and i wouldn t touch ya punk motherfucker here to let you know boy oh boy i make dough but don t call me doughboy this ain t no fucking motion picture a guy or bitch a my nigga get wit cha and hit you taking that yak to the neck so you better run a check so come on and chickity check yo self before you wreck yo self chickity check yo self before you wreck yo self yeah come on and check yo self before you wreck yo self cause shotgun bullets are bad for your health chickity check yeah chickity check ahhh tricks wanna step to cube and then they get played cause they bitchmade pulling out a switchblade that s kinda trifle cause that s a knife ho ak 47 assault rifle hold the fifty i m nifty pow i got a new style i hate motherfuckers claiming that they folding bank but steady talking shit in the holding tank first you wanna step to me now your ass screaming for the deputy they send you to charlie baker denver row now they runnin up in you slow you re gone used to be the don juan now your name is just twan switchin snappin rollin your eyes and neck you better run a check so chickity check yo self before you wreck yo self come on and check yo self before you wrickity wreck yo self chickity check yo self before you wreck yo self big dicks in yo ass is bad for ya health chickity check yeah chickity check yeah yo it s the niggas again watch out you need to check yo self you know what i m sayin cause niggas is definitely fallin off word is bond word is bond if you re foul you better run a make on that license plate you coulda had a v8 instead of a tre eight slug to your cranium i got six and i m aimin em will i buss or keep you guessing cause fuck you and that shit you re stressing bitch get off the wood you re no good there goes the neighborhood hooker go ahead and keep your drawers giving up the claps and who needs applause at a time like this pop the coochie and you dead the bitch is a miami hurricane head sprung niggas call her lips lungs nappy dugout get the fuck out cause women like you gets no respect bitch you better run a check so chickity check yo self before you wreck yo self so chickity check yo self before you wreck yo self come on and check yo self before you wrickity wreck yo self cause bitches like you is bad for my health uh chickity check yeah chickity check yeah so chickity check yo self before you wreck yo self so chickity check yo self before you wreck yo self come on and check yo self before you wrickity wreck yo self so chickity check yo self before you wreck yo self so chickity check yo self before you wreck yo self come on and check yo self before you wrickity wreck yo self cause the lench mob is bad for you s health nine trey remix old school tip yeah it s like a jungle sometimes it makes me wonder how i keep from going under23

ah yeah da fat gangsta you gotta flow joe you gotta flow joe you gotta gotta gotta gotta let em know joe you gotta flow joe you gotta flow joe you gotta gotta gotta gotta let em know joe bust it check it watch how i wreck it niggas watch your back shit is gettin hectic i catch vibes like count basie sucker won t face me i m so much flavor you can taste me i m underground like a gutter you never catch me stutter everybody knows that i m butter i m not the man with sensitivity the name is fat joe the label s relativity huh i chop a rapper like a meat cleaver i m burnin hot people think i have a fever check it if niggas wanna front then come with it if you re havin second thoughts well then forget it see i dig in my crates i don t perpatrates i got shit sewn like billy bathgate beware like koco yo i m not a slow boat got so much dough i vacate in acapulco crazy as they come i m not the one we can do this with the hands or take it to the guns you know i can flow the name is fat joe i can flow i can flow i can flow you gotta flow joe you gotta flow joe you gotta gotta gotta gotta let em know joe you gotta flow joe you gotta flow joe you gotta gotta gotta gotta let em know joe everybody knows fat joe s in town nuff respect for the boogie down i m livin in the bronx on an ave called trinity my name rings bells within the vicinity peace to the money makers always plottin mono together we gettin dough just like lucky luciano people always tell me yo you re dope joe but i m not a car so i don t get gassed like amoco never ate the paint no i m not a sucker never liked ball so to hell with the rucker always on my own never sweatin nobody warm up a crowd like a bottle of bacardi i can kick it this way i can kick it that away i kick a funky style from new york to piscataway suckers best scram now in ninety three it s all about the fat man peace to finesse showbiz and a g gizmo little hec and kool mike ski my crew from uptown and if you mess around then you ll catch a beat down see i got this in a smash if a rapper steps up he ll get smoked like a blunt full of hash my style of rap is legendary fuck with the man then you ll end up in the cemetery and that s word to ma duke i never fake moves i ll go out like a troop so act like you know the name is fat joe i can flow i can flow i can flow you gotta flow joe you gotta flow joe you gotta gotta gotta gotta let em know joe you gotta flow joe you gotta flow joe you gotta gotta gotta gotta let em know joe see i rip the mic if you put me to a test troop it gets so bad i make you wanna wear a vest cause i m too hot to handle knockin niggas out like livingstone bramble rappers come heavy but yo i weigh a ton i won t lose weight cause i m not on the run i m on point like a sniper hyper than the hyper on the dl overlooked by c cipher never get caught i m on top with my game flip a fat ride there s no need for a train rappers come close but they just can t make it when it comes to the funk you know i won t fake it peace to serge and my right hand flex and when i grab the mic nobody wants to rock next the name is fat joe cause joe is livin fat niggas gettin jealous cause i got a contract but i don t sweat it i know the style is raw you can t compare me to a cornball and you know i kick game like a hottie now in ninety three they should free john gotti if you step battle and i m gonna mash your toes you know i got the flow you gotta flow joe you gotta flow joe you gotta gotta gotta gotta let em know joe you gotta flow joe you gotta flow joe you gotta gotta gotta gotta let em know joe you gotta flow joe you gotta flow joe you gotta gotta gotta gotta let em know joe3