it s been a while since i was lost for words needles and static and stutters i never knew a love that doesn t hurt feeling the heat and the burn just give me one good reason drop everything and leave it seconds away from turning this car back around something about your feeling pushing and pulling me in and now my walls fall down usually fearless why am i scared of happy usually fearless why am i scared of happy i m afraid of nothing i m afraid of no one used to be fearless why am i scared of happy scared of happy there is something good in sticking to your guns no one to blame but yourself i take a step back and i breathe for once this is what i want you give me one good reason drop everything and leave it seconds away from pulling up outside your door something about your feeling pushing and pulling me in that s why i come back for more usually fearless why am i scared of happy usually fearless why am i scared of happy i m afraid of nothing i m afraid of no one used to be fearless why am i scared of happy scared of happy when it all goes down when it all goes down will you still be around i m coming back no more running away usually fearless why am i scared of happy usually fearless why am i scared of happy i m afraid of nothing i m afraid of no one used to be fearless why am i scared of happy why am i scared of happy scared of happy why am i scared of happy scared of happy why am i scared of happy scared of happy why am i used to be fearless why am i scared of happy usually fearless why am i scared of happy i m afraid of nothing i m afraid of no one used to be fearless why am i scared of happy 8

ooh yeah turn it up come on i m working hard you re working too we do it every day for every minute i have to work i need a minute of play day in day out all week long things go better with rock the only time i turn it down is when i m sleepin it off turn up the radio i need the music gimme some more turn up the radio i wanna feel it got to gimmie some more now listen i wanna shake i wanna dance so count it of one two three i hear the beat i m in a trance no better place to be daytime nighttime anytime things go better with rock i m goin twenty four hours a day i can t seem to stop turn up the radio i need the music gimme some more turn up the radio i wanna feel it got to gimmie some more turn up the radio i need the music gimme some more turn up the radio i wanna feel it got to gimmie some more turn up the radio i need the music gimme some more turn up the radio i wanna feel it got to gimmie some more turn up the radio i need the music gimme some more turn up the radio i wanna feel it got to gimmie some more1

somewhere in a lonely hotel room there s a guy starting to realize that his eternal fate has turned its back on him it s two a m it s two a m the fear has gone i m sitting here waitin the gun still warm maybe my connection is tired of takin chances yeah there s a storm on the loose sirens in my head wrapped up in silence all circuits are dead cannot decode my whole life spins into a frenzy help i m steppin into the twilight zone place is a madhouse feels like being cloned my beacon s been moved under moon and star where am i to go now that i ve gone too far help i m steppin into the twilight zone place is a madhouse feels like being cloned my beacon s been moved under moon and star where am i to go now that i ve gone too far soon you will come to know when the bullet hits the bone soon you will come to know when the bullet hits the bone i m falling down the spiral destination unknown double crossed messenger all alone can t get no connection can t get through where are you well the night weighs heavy on his guilty mind this far from the borderline when the hitman comes he knows damn well he has been cheated and he says help i m steppin into the twilight zone place is a madhouse feels like being cloned my beacon s been moved under moon and star where am i to go now that i ve gone too far help i m steppin into the twilight zone place is a madhouse feels like being cloned my beacon s been moved under moon and star where am i to go now that i ve gone too far soon you will come to know when the bullet hits the bone soon you will come to know when the bullet hits the bone when the bullet hits the bone help i m steppin into the twilight zone place is a madhouse feels like being cloned my beacon s been moved under moon and star where am i to go now that i ve gone too far help i m steppin into the twilight zone place is a madhouse feels like being cloned my beacon s been moved under moon and star where am i to go now that i ve gone too far soon you will come to know when the bullet hits the bone soon you will come to know when the bullet hits the bone soon you will come to know when the bullet hits the bone soon you will come to know when the bullet hits the bone when the bullet hits the bone a ha when the bullet hits the bone when the bullet hits the bone a ha when the bullet hits the bone when the bullet hits the bone a ha when the bullet hits the bone when the bullet hits the bone a ha when the bullet hits the bone6

ridin down the highway goin to a show stoppin on the byways playin rock n roll gettin robbed gettin stoned gettin beat up broken boned getting had getting took i tell you folks it s harder than it looks it s a long way to the top if you want to rock n roll it s a long way to the top if you want to rock n roll if you think it s easy doing one night stands try playing in a rock roll band it s a long way to the top if you want to rock n roll hotel motel make you want to cry ladies do the hard sell know the reason why gettin old gettin gray gettin ripped off underpaid gettin sold second hand that s how it goes playin in a band it s a long way to the top if you want to rock n roll it s a long way to the top if you want to rock n roll if you wanna be a star of stage and screen look out it s rough and mean it s a long way to the top if you want to rock n roll it s a long way to the top if you want to rock n roll well it s a long way oh it s a long way it s a long way such a long way7

mmm mmm mmm aw yeah i m with this i m just gonna sit here laid back to this nice mellow beat you know and drop some smooth cause it s 88 time to set it straight know what i m sayin and ain t no half steppin word i m ready rappers steppin to me they want to get some but i m the kane so yo you know the outcome another victory they can t get with me so pick a b c date cause you re history i m the authentic poet to get lyrical for you to beat me it s gonna take a miracle and steppin to me yo that s the wrong move so what you on hobbs dope or dog food competition i just devour like a pit bull against a chihuahua cause when it comes to bein dope hot damn i got it good now let me tell you who i am the b i g d a double d y k a n e dramatic asiatic not like many i m different so don t compare me to another cause they can t hang word to the mother at least not with the principal in this pedigree so when i roll on you rappers you better be ready to die because you re petty you re just a butter knife i m a machete that s made by ginsu wait until when you try to front so i can chop into your body just because you tried to be basin friday the 13th i ma play jason no type of joke gag game puzzle or riddle the name is big daddy yes big not little so define it here s your walkin papers sign it and take a walk as the kane starts to talk cause ain t no half steppin i m the big daddy kane ain t no half steppin i m the big daddy kane ain t no half steppin i m the big daddy kane down the road my rhymes are so dope and the rappers be hopin to sound like me so soon i ll have to open a school of emceein for those who wanna be in my field and court then again on second thought to have mc s comin out soundin so similar it s quite confusin for you to remember the originator and boy do i hate a perpetrator but i m much greater the best oh yes i guess suggest the rest should fess don t mess or test your highness unless you just address with best finesse and bless the paragraphs i manifest rap prime minister some say sinister non stoppin the groove until when it s the climax and i max relax and chill have a break from a take of me actin ill brain cells are lit ideas start to hit next the formation of words that fit at the table i sit makin it legit and when my pen hits the paper aw shit i stop and stand strong over mc s and devour with the power of hercules or samson but i go further the length cause you could scalp my cameo and i ll still have strength and no that s not a myth and if you try to riff or get with the man with the given gift of gab your vocab i ll only ignore be sleepin on your rhymes til i start to snore you can t awake me or even make me fear you son cause you can t do me none so think about it if you re tryna go when you wanna step to me i think you should know that ain t no half steppin i m the big daddy kane ain t no half steppin i m the big daddy kane ain t no half steppin i m the big daddy kane down the road i appear right here and scare and dare a mere musketeer that would dare to compare put him in the rear back there where he can t see clear get a beer idea or near stare yeah so on to the wannabe competition tryin to step to me must be on a mission up on the stage is where i ma get you at you think i m losin pfft picture that ain t no half steppin i m the big daddy kane ain t no half steppin i m the big daddy kane ain t no half steppin i m the big daddy kane mister cee step to me the name is big daddy you know as in your father so when you hear a def rhyme believe that i m the author i grab the mic and make mc s evaporate the party people say damn that rapper s great the creator conductor of poetry et cetera et cetera it ain t easy bein me i speak clearly so you can understand put words together like letter man now that s dictation proceedin to my innovation not like the other mc s that are an imitation or an animation a cartoon to me but when i m finished i m sure that you are soon to see reality my secret technique because i always speak with mentality i put my title in your face dare you to base and if you try and come get it yo i ma show you who s with it so if you know like i know instead of messin around play like roy rogers and slow down just give yourself a break or someone else will take your title namely me because i m homicidal that means murder yes i m out to hurt a nother mc that try to get with me i ll just break him and bake him and rake him and take him and mold him and make him hold up the peace sign as salamu alaykum 26

oh yeah i want somebody aight i want somebody to love me for me happy happy is the way that i wanna be bust it now i ve searched low and i ve searched high trying to find myself a cutie pie but destination leads me to a dead end over and over and over again they told me to wait so i waited anticipated debated and delayed it but still came up with the same ol thing nothing it seems as if every time i find the right girl she turns out to be the very wrong girl tell me y all when will this madness stop i want somebody to love me for me not because i m mc heavy d i m looking for a love that s as solid as a rock i want somebody to love me for me happy happy is the way that i wanna be now maybe i ll take a trip around the world and find myself a beautiful gorgeous girl they say when you look one never finds they also say that love is blind it ain t that blind that i can t see somebody out there who s perfect for me somebody who s gonna love me for me i know you want love love that s what i m talking about a relationship a commitment something to live for maybe if you take your time time has been taken and time has been spent now it s time for the lover to score i want somebody to love me for me happy happy is the way that i wanna be so that s the storyline of my life no cutie pie no future wife just relationships that bounce back like rubber i guess i ll call it a day and throw my towel in cause it seems that i can t win so i ll just carry on being an overweight lover i want somebody to love me for me happy happy is the way that i wanna be

get busy sir mix a lot ray the ultimate freak i m so cute in a suit my beats conceit intelligent freak wardrobe complete you can fold my robe if you be my freak i got a big cadillac with the bass in the back try to take my freak boy you must be whack biceps flex so kiss my neck buying pounds of gold with royalty checks and i m swass don t you wish your boyfriend was swass like me don t you wish your boyfriend was swass like me don t you wish your boyfriend was swass like me don t you wish your boyfriend was swass like me cold gettin live in a fresh fruit vest i m the king of the beat in the great northwest packin more dollars than chase manhattan after each show my billfold fattens my phone be ringin like you wish yours would but my girl stays cool cause she looks so good punk mother puh hicka called me weak just turn up the bass and feel this beat feel my bass drum stop it get silly swass stop it get silly swass stop it get silly swass stop it get silly swass ssaws yllis teg ti pots ssaws yllis teg ti pots ssaws yllis teg ti pots ssaws yllis teg ti pots now the ground be shakin when my bass drum s breakin suckers in the crowd think the boy be fakin now put this beat in your nissan truck but don t start cryin when your woofers get stuck check it out hit bigger 23 points when i count my bank all imitators i will spank i m a freak and i know it so why not show it i design my rhymes like a worldwide poet new freaks every week in my contract so cold with the rap you ll get contact innovative beats with a brand new twist don t you wish your man could rock like this break it down eighty dollar slippers to wash my car it attracts more freaks than a beach lifeguard imitate me it can bring about pain better wear dark shades when you look at my chain swass points no deduction i come complete with free instructions i work for myself don t have no boss boy you gotta have brains if you wanna be swass and i m swass oh mix a lot you know i want to 4x 6x

now i m your big maul dropper mud duck stopper fila on the bottom and adidas on the topper transform scratching big beat matching i can tell you re getting jealous by the look i m catching i hate dumb skeezers mc beater dropped 5 grand on my bird wattmeter smooth like ice don t get nice just turn up the box for the mix a lot slice y all ready to get busy now buttermilk biscuits here we go sift the flour roll the dough clap your hands and stomp your feet move your butt to the funky beat buttermilk biscuits freak from l a to the carolinas dip them suckers in aunt jemima don t make a difference what food you make use buttermilk biscuits to clean your plate you eat em in the morn you eat em at night kentucky fried chicken makes the suckers just right i am eat em with jelly at my favorite deli wrapped and sealed by a freak named shelley buttermilk biscuits one day i kissed my freak hit the street looking for something to eat in a 18 wheeler looking real swass all the girls smile cause i m the big boss said i gotta eat now can t eat later made a lot of noise to attract my waiter the boy walked up and what did he say say buttermilk biscuits free today so what you waiting on boy get up shake a leg gimme ten of them suckers with grits and eggs glass of koolaid and a whole stick of butter them biscuits make me a super fast cutter now grab that can and wrap it in your hand bang that sucker til the dough expand put them suckers off in your oven grab your girlie and get a little lovin add a dab of honey if you want to get funny microwave the suckers if you want your honey runny kind of get naughty at the mix a lot party and rub them suckers all over your body 1

oh i preferred it before we should ring dad more lost our house hold me close i stopped by just to wash my clothes i know it s me that s supposed to love you and when i m home you know i got you is there somebody who can watch you i know it s me that s supposed to love you and when i m home you know i got you is there somebody who can love you love you is there somebody who can watch you is there somebody who can watch you 31

just two days after the first of june a pine with arms brushing off the dew unlike a sky copious with death precipitation of heart and head should wash the rest of her youth away and carry on with it as she may but something s pending curvaceously cause sunburned skin won t agree with me it should ve been me it should ve been me it should ve been me it should ve been me the pleasure s good as the pleasure s sound chin held shut so my heart can talk louder i was a mess just like the pool our days spent crossed out of sunday school july has always been shy of june some monsoon monsoon monsoon come heavy of a golden hue my monsoon monsoon monsoon monsoon monsoon monsoon monsoon monsoon monsoon monsoon monsoon it should ve been me it should ve been me it should ve been me it should ve been me it should ve been me it should ve been me it should ve been me it should ve been me14

okay i can see it now it s all the same thing just different wrapping around it no need to soften your words they re still gonna hurt so don t pull punches i tried to be everything you d ever want and sometimes i even stood on my heart and stomped now i m finally alone and dressed for the show but going nowhere they don t need to see me crying i ll get my little black dress on and if i put on my favorite song i m gonna dance until you re all gone i ll get my little black dress on you came lifted me up but then you dropped a hurricane now i m fighting to find the ground again to steady my feet get up off my knees and just remember that i am more than just somebody s puppet i can find the cord and then i ll cut it i stand a pretty good chance to dust myself off and dance i ll get my little black dress on and if i put on my favorite song i m gonna dance until you re all gone i ll get my little black dress on i got my little black dress on and if i tell myself that nothing s wrong this doesn t have to be a sad song not with my little black dress on it s time to connect the dots and draw a different picture up and paint it with the colors of everything i ever was return to the scene of the crime the day i let the music die and rewrite the final lines cause this time i i ll get my little black dress on and if i put on my favorite song i m gonna dance until you re all gone i ll get my little black dress on i got my little black dress on and if i tell myself that nothing s wrong this doesn t have to be a sad song not with my little black dress on1

if you were the mona lisa you d be hanging in the louvre everyone would come to see you you d be impossible to move it seems to me that s what you are a rare and priceless work of art you stay behind your velvet rope but i will not renounce all hope and i m right by your side like a thief in the night i stand in front of the masterpiece and i can t tell you why it hurts so much to be in love with a masterpiece cause after all nothing s indestructible from the moment i first saw you all the darkness turned to white an impressionistic painting tiny particles of light it seems to me that s what you re like the look but please don t touch me type and honestly it can t be fun to always be the chosen one and i m right by your side like a thief in the night i stand in front of the masterpiece and i can t tell you why it hurts so much to be in love with a masterpiece cause after all nothing s indestructible nothing s indestructible nothing s indestructible nothing s indestructible and i m right by your side like a thief in the night i stand in front of the masterpiece and i can t tell you why it hurts so much to be in love with a masterpiece and i m right by your side like a thief in the night i stand in front of the masterpiece and i can t tell you why it hurts so much to be in love with a masterpiece cause after all nothing s indestructible cause after all nothing s indestructible4

i catch my buzz in the black of night where nobody ever goes and the warm wind blows if i lose my cool in the open and it shows that i m down and i ain t alright i search my soul where there is no moon the trees all cross and are covered in moss if the crickets want to know then i ll tell them what i lost oh i got the tailgate blues i ain t sure where it all began somewhere round here i know this bridge was a little more crowded then i was playing her a tailgate show and now i m just sitting here alone to catch my buzz in the black of night where nobody ever goes and the warm wind blows if i lose my cool in the open and it shows that i m down and i ain t alright i search my soul where there is no moon the trees all cross and are covered in moss if the crickets want to know then i ll tell them what i lost oh i got the tailgate blues damn that am radio for playing more than a song my heart won t beat if the strings are broke the melody s hitting me wrong right here where she belongs i catch my buzz in the black of night where nobody ever goes and the warm wind blows if i lose my cool in the open and it shows that i m down and i ain t alright i search my soul where there is no moon the trees all cross and are covered in moss if the crickets want to know then i ll tell them what i lost oh i got the tailgate blues the crickets heard my story and i listened to them sing i guess i ll close the tailgate up there aren t no telling what tomorrow might bring maybe me and a dixie cup but that won t be enough yes i catch my buzz in the black of night where nobody ever goes and the warm wind blows if i lose my cool in the open and it shows that i m down and i ain t alright i search my soul where there is no moon the trees all cross and are covered in moss if the crickets want to know then i ll tell them what i lost oh i got the tailgate blues i catch my buzz in the black of night where nobody ever goes and the warm wind blows if i lose my cool in the open and it shows that i m down and i ain t alright

i ve been climbing my way through the sky searching for answers that i ll never find losing my breath as i fall learning to fly letting go of it all learning to fly letting go of it all i ve been trying to open my eyes take it all in as the world passes by getting lost in the twists and the turn finding these questions inside me still burn finding these questions inside me still burn i m gonna live like tomorrow never comes there s no end in sight tonight we black out the sun better hold on tight before you know it s gone and live like tomorrow never comes i keep looking for some kind of sign trying to hold on in this race against time i can t say where the next bend might be that is the beauty in life s mystery that is the beauty in life s mystery i m gonna live like tomorrow never comes there s no end in sight tonight we black out the sun better hold on tight before you know it s gone and live like tomorrow never comes there s no end in sight for tonight we black out the sun1

you need hands rough not soft to come and warm you up up in that cold hayloft let me hold you little darling in my big strong arms can t get these kind of muscles anywhere but a farm hey i m a country man a city boy can t do the things i can i can grow my own groceries and salt cure a ham hey baby i m a country man i ve got a jeep with camouflage seats that way nobody sees us parked back up in these trees your little ipod loaded down with hoobastank don t be a tape player hater girl were cruising to hank hey i m a country man a city boy can t do the things i can i can grow my own groceries and salt cure a ham hey baby i m a country man you like the ivy league humvee tennis sweater type but girl i m here to tell you don t believe the hype hey i m a country man i can wrestle hogs and gators with my two bare hands girl you better move quick i m in high demand hey baby i m a country man hey i m a country man hunting me a good ol country girlfriend why don t you come and join me in my new deer stand hey baby i m a country man hey baby i m a country man1

it s summer nights baby come on ladies it s time to pop that top and fellas i know you re ready to rock we went crazy cooped up all winter long and school is out so let s get it on flip flop tan and some white sand i know the perfect spot well the sunset better set soon so we can get in the mood things start gettin all heated up when it starts gettin cool yeah summer nights everybody are you with me let that igloo cooler mark your piece of paradise summer nights everybody s feeling sexy holler if you re ready for some summer nights come on oh yeah yeah now fellas you better watch your step don t let them teeny french bikinis make you lose your breath back to the ladies y all keep doing y alls thing cause everything about you makes me wanna scream the sun is getting low there it goes here we go here comes the moon things start getting all heated up when it starts getting cool yeah summer nights everybody are you with me let that igloo cooler mark your piece of paradise summer nights everybody s feeling sexy holler if you re ready for some summer nights oh it s a party down in padre big bonfire on the beach it s coronas in daytona y all well it s wild and it s free summer nights everybody are you with me let that igloo cooler mark your piece of paradise summer nights everybody s feeling sexy holler if you re ready for some summer nights summer nights everybody are you with me let that igloo cooler mark your piece of paradise summer nights everybody s feeling sexy holler if you re ready for some summer nights yeah yeah are you ready for some summer nights yeah baby summer nights it s summer nights come on

hey girl hey where you going come back and sit back down you look too good to be heading home so early now you say you got to work tomorrow got a lot on your mind let me buy another round girl i think you and i should just drink on it put our heads together and think on it maybe later on we can sleep on it but for right now girl we just need to drink on it we can talk rocket science jesus or politics how your boyfriend cheated on you man he sounds like such a prick i could use another whiskey and your cosmo s getting low while we re trying to figure out the next place we should go we can drink on it put our heads together and think on it maybe later on we can sleep on it but for right now girl we just need to drink on it this place is closing down but i don t want to quit got a good thing going girl let s find out what it is and drink on it your place or mine girl we can drink on it dust off a bottle and drink on it feels like we re doing something right let s find a corner of the night where you and i can just drink on it put our heads together and think on it maybe later on we can sleep on it but for right now girl we just need to drink on it might make a memory that we won t forget so let s just drink on it yeah mm drink on it sleep on it we can just drink on it1

there is no enough of me to go around got all kinds of reasons to be all over town spread thin and broken down everybody wants a piece oh darling i am afraid you have been last but not least everyone i love the most has to take what is left of me i put it all together but i left out one big piece i put you last but you are not least nothing ever takes the place of you sometimes things that may not matter jump in front of things that do and your fine to stand in line while history repeats but oh darling not this time last but not least everyone i love the most deserve the best from me i put it all together when i found that missing piece you were the last but you are not least i go left when i should go right i chase the dark when i see light i trip and fall down every time i try to walk that line the sun comes up i look for rain i search for joy and i find the pain i swear i will not forget again last but not least last but not least everyone i love the most is gonna see the best from me i put it all together when i found that missing piece you were the last you were the last but you are not least

i don t see you laugh you don t call me back but you kiss me when you re drunk i don t know your friends don t know where you ve been why are you the one i want don t put your lips up to my mouth and tell me you can t stay don t slip your hand under my shirt and tell me it s okay don t say it doesn t matter cause it s gonna matter to me i can t be alone with you you ve got me out on the edge every time you call and i know it would kill me if i fall i can t be alone with you please don t chain that door i can t win this war your body s like a pill i shouldn t take don t put your lips up to my mouth and tell me you can t stay don t slip your hand under my shirt and tell me it s okay don t say it doesn t matter cause it s gonna matter to me i can t be alone with you you ve got me out on the edge every time you call and i know it would kill me if i fall i can t be alone with you don t put your lips up to my mouth and tell me you can t stay don t slip your hand under my shirt and tell me it s okay don t say it doesn t matter cause it s gonna matter to me i can t be alone with you you ve got me out on the edge every time you call and i know it would kill me if i fall i can t be alone with you i don t see you laugh you don t call me back but you kiss me when you re drunk1

hey baby is that you wow your hair got so long yeah yeah i love it i really do norma jean ain t that the song we d sing in the car driving downtown top down making the rounds checking out the bands on doheeney avenue yeah life throws you curves but you learned to swerve me i swung and i missed and the next thing ya know i m reminiscing dreaming old dreams wishing old wishes like you would be back again i wake up in teardrops that fall down like rain i put on that old song we danced to and then i head off to my job guess not much has changed punch the clock head for home check the phone just in case go to bed dream of you that s what i m doing these days yeah that s what i m doing someone told me after college you ran off to vegas you married a rodeo cowboy wow that ain t the girl i knew me i ve been a few places mostly here and there once or twice still sortin out life but i m doing alright yeah it s good to see you too well hey girl you re late and those planes they don t wait but if you ever come back around his sleepy old town promise me you ll stop in to see an old friend and until then i wake up in teardrops that fall down like rain i put on that old song we danced to and then i head off to my job guess not much has changed punch the clock head for home check the phone just in case go to bed dream of you that s what i m doing these days these days baby i wake up in teardrops that fall down like rain i put on that old song we danced to and then i head off to my job guess not much has changed punch the clock head for home check the phone just in case go to bed dream of you that s what i m doing these i wake up in teardrops that fall down like rain i put on that old song we danced to and then i wake up in teardrops that fall down like rain i put on that old song we danced to and then i wake up in teardrops that fall down like rain i put on that old song we danced to and then4