Never mind all the things they've said (Hear me out x3) What matters most is you clear your head (Hear me out x3) In kindergarten assured we'd strive (Hear me out x3) Were things so different when we were five (Hear me out x3) 'Penny for your feelings' the world could do no wrong Who would've thought it'd take such a dive (Hear me out x3) Over-educated; underemployed we spread like a plague without tire Keep us down; say we can't - we'll respond with a chant and a way to out-sire (Hear me out x3) (Box this bout x2) The situation is dire ...Strike the Air! Cause a tear!! First time hired we were inspired (Scream & shout x3) Four years later wish we were fired (Scream & shout x3) Pity for the ceilings, you'll rise above the stars Yet no promotion; four years retired (Scream & shout x3) Magnified; take a peak - we have seen how they sneak fabricating desire Gave our best without rest; no reward for their test where the teacher's a liar (Scream & shout x3) (Box this bout x2) The situation is dire ...Strike the Air! Cause a tear!! Cup the clouds Wring them dry Rip the sun from the sky STRIKE THE AIR!!! They don't care who you are Care you're a star Stare if you roar But they will Cause no sheep rules a lion! Never mind all the things they've said (Hear me out x3) What matters most is you clear your head (Scream & shout x3) Blasting holes, clearing caves; pushing old out in waves proves a lot to rewire Building blocks, code or brick - stacking new 'til it sticks raises towers much higher (Have no doubt x3) (Box this bout x2) The situation is dire STRIKE THE AIR! CAUSE A TEAR!!!

Keep it all inside because you'll need it said tortoise, not the hare Beep it all inside because you'll feed it fed flounder for your care Feet down - Be quiet Why the frown? - Because you're not listening! Leave it all inside because you'll heed it - Try bleed it Say, won't you Say, won't you Say, won't you rhyme with me? 'kay, don't you 'kay, don't you 'kay, don't you kind of see? Ten again collide; those doubts count cleaner when reason leaves her head Then again decide is grass much greener when striking from her bed Missed call - Be quiet Why the gall? - Because you're not listening! Leave it all inside because you'll heed it - Try bleed it Say, won't you Say, won't you Say, won't you rhyme with me? 'kay, don't you 'kay, don't you 'kay, don't you kind of see? Is there any other way to say? Didn't feel it any other way Fact cannot deny there's something missing preferring your "me" time Lack cannot belie best-friended kissing without which you will pine Break up - Be quiet Why Enough? - Because you're not listening! Leave it all inside because you'll heed it - Try bleed it

Beat, bass drum: a savior to the mum Shot, straight done: a courage boost bar none Short skirt, yum: she bats her eyes then some Fi fo fum: your fairy tale to come ...to come Ahh Ahh Ahh Ahh Ahh Ahh Ahh Ahh Conversation Conversating Conversated Make mouths smack: dive in and show your stuff Tongue re-rack: never is one enough Suck face, snack: petting her thighs- get rough Now step back to seem it's off the cuff Ahh Ahh Ahh Ahh Ahh Ahh Ahh Ahh Conversation Conversating Conversated Call you a desert pharaoh Making her vision narror She'll fawn, she'll fawn She fawns, she fawns Read from across the table She's open like Aesop's fables You'll yawn, you'll yawn You yawn, you yawn Ignited; ready to take the tour Excited; hit three more bars or four Delighted; aim for a higher score Misguided? Or make out like a slore Call you a desert pharaoh Making her vision narror She'll fawn, she'll fawn She fawns, she fawns Read from across the table She's open like Aesop's fables You'll yawn, you'll yawn You yawn, you yawn All that time you slay In all that time you'll find you'll figure out All that time you slay In all that time you'll find you'll figure out ................................................................ (RAP BREAK - BRANDON CARTER) Her lips' like a machine And I see why Everybody's out to get 'em She backed up all the files on my D-drive As we moved to the algorithm I'm checking her DSL connection When I'm in the house she lives in Her spouse was trippin' Her Facebook status said Down for Sinnin' And I gotta get all she got If she's a machine, I'm an AUTOBOT The club TRANSFORM when I walk through the door 'cause the bottles pop and the models flock When I get it going then it's hard to stop Steve Jobs was lying out his ass! My iPhone can see "flash" when she takes off her top She should be working for NASA When she put that ass up I get mooned a nd I see the stars Hit it until she can't stand up Hook her RAM up 'cause my bedroom is the Genius Bar And I stick to the Java Script Getting it for free I don't have to pirate The Magnum's gotta fit When it's on me It's my anti-virus ................................................................ Do I settle or play? Don't stop playing; never settle down Do I settle or play? Do I settle before you figure out? figure out? Beat, bass drum: a savior to the mum Fi fo fum: your fairy tale to come

C'mon, why clash? Just calm down C'mon, c'mon, let's hash over these clowns C'mon, not trash, but, find out C'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon: what they're about Must they shout; their movie commentary's loud Respect they neighbor; slurp that soda flavor C'mon, why clash? Just calm down C'mon, c'mon, let's hash over these clowns C'mon, not trash, but, find out C'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon: what they're about Fights they scout; reach for their phones Won't call- youtube this public brawl Laughing cheers gave him some bloody ears Where are your tears?! Rubber necking mules: drive on, drive on Rubber necking fools: speed up; not get slow! Rubber necking mules: it's gone, it's gone Rubber necking fools: look forward; let go! Wait on line, don't push, complain or crowd behind Treat us nice; here's server strong advice Peaceful beach disrupted by noise, litter Please consider all Who share same space Clean up your waste my dears And thus my fears No riff raff hears! C'mon, why clash? Just calm down C'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon, over these clowns C'mon, not trash, but, find out C'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon: what they're about What they're about What they're about Must they shout Fights they scout Look forward; let go!

Of all the things to blame drinking; fatigue; shame I wouldn't care if it didn't rattle me so much Of all the things to name soft or hardcore- same I wouldn't dare if it didn't rattle me so much Cause now taboo is tame desensitized to plain You wouldn't stare if it didn't battle me so much! Watching as I wane through the browser pane With all that's bare you think I'd care Follow, follow, follow? No porn is a simple save Swallow, swallow, swallow You'll crave- you'll crave! Have all the things you dream centerfold to sex machine Why should it scare? Rest assured it rattles to the touch. Boring she will seem Girlfriend's lost her gleam For what's one pair to a lion's share? Follow, follow, follow? No porn is a simple save Swallow, swallow, swallow You'll crave- you'll crave! Have you had enough? Have you had enough? Haven't you had enough?! Think you've had enough! You'll crave- you'll crave!! You'll never have enough!! Turned fetish freak in bed try deviant instead It isn't rare when the wide web's saddled on your hutch Poisonous like lead Hard to flush from head Oh, you will care when you feel no rattle to her touch! The only thing you win sex with a mannequin left to your chair and a glowing, glowing, glowing square!!! You'll crave- you'll crave! If it didn't rattle me so much!

Crash! Crash! Let's discuss your filthy past Define "I was" - the present tense is last Confess, contend or watch me go Slash! Hash! Tweeting drunk is blog abuse Disguise yourself through alcoholic ruse Your foolish words are all they'll know With a bottle of whiskey in your hands I think you'd understand, I think you'd understand Twelve Twelve! What a perfect piece of night To carry on type out and pick a fight The "C-word" speaks swell on its own Selve Delve! Why'd you write the things we read? Aware a minute later it'd be said This ain't no game of telephone With a bottle of whiskey in your hands I think you'd understand; I think you'd understand Feeling quite a bit frisky with this brand I think I'll take a stand- I think you cannot Stand your ground Say a sound You can't deny or link-in Why you post Daily boasts? Pathetic retrospective Tied to all you would Haunting now Holy cow! Online archive- no way to Hide your livelihood With a bottle of whiskey in your hands I think you'd understand; I thin you'd understand...derstand I'm feeling quite a bit frisky with this brand I think i'll take a stand- I think I cannot stand... Digg, Tag, share violence Pics of sex- not silence Drink, contend or watch me go

Have a hunch Instinct or gut feeling Ignored wrongly Will leave you reeling Perceived strongly Sounds like a conch Womanize Then a girl with arrow Pierces suddenly 'neath the marrow Same coat button Will tantalize Discover the shine Surrounding The nature of signs Confounding Read a book Watched some random TV In both items Lived something eerie My life stolen For second look Heard a song Said to go live freely Switch professions It's not that easy Fate's concession Just came along Discover the shine Surrounding The nature of signs Confounding Coincidence chimes Come hounding That static inside Abounding Took a turn Down a path not road Chose it only Cause change was sold But then solely Was there I learned Coincidence chimes Come hounding That static inside Abounding Discover the shine Astounding

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A rescue mission that's too late to save lives Call me cuckoo cuckoo A feeling when work becomes a piece of pie Call me cuckoo cuckoo A tragedy really when no one lies Tell me who knew- you knew Your selfish desire; get home safe by night Call me cuckoo cuckoo Do you weather all of winter when you write of cold and sinners Do you weather all of winter-time...sigh With reckless abandon you shelter your face Call me cuckoo cuckoo And jump at the chance to defend someone's place Call me cuckoo cuckoo But credit is given where credit is due Tell me who knew- you knew That credit's the reason you jump in those shoes Call me cuckoo cuckoo Call me cuckoo cuckoo Tell me you knew- you knew Buy you a drink, allow me; it's an act perceived as kind as a Christmas volley- giving gifts with selfish mind so you feel good all of winter-time...sigh Ulterior motives shine through compliments Call me cuckoo cuckoo You'll buy him/her dinner, but then expect sex Tell me you knew, you knew Buy you a drink, allow me; it's an act perceived as kind to the selfish...sigh

How does it feel To be betrayed? The bond of trust Cut through the braid Who decides? You decide I don't need anyone on my side, yeah! (Woah-oh-oh-ohhh-oh) x 2 Too proud to ever be made to cry, yeah! (Woah-oh-oh-ohhh-oh) x 2 For all your efforts you seem dismayed, (Woah-oh-oh-ohhh-oh) x 2 You'll never be able to make me cry, yeah! (Woah-oh-oh-ohhh-oh) x 2 Haze Me With hands so sibling Drink dribbling Kind fiddling Phase Me With all your stinking Stab simmering Belittling Behind the back or face to face (Woah-oh-oh-ohhh-oh) x 2 Either expression will be a waste (Woah-oh-oh-ohhh-oh) x 2 Cause I don't need anyone on my side, yeah! (Woah-oh-oh-ohhh-oh) x 2 I'm too proud to ever be made to cry, yeah! (Woah-oh-oh-ohhh-oh) x 2 Haze Me With hands so sibling Drink dribbling Kind fiddling Phase Me With all your stinking Stab simmering Belittling I don't need anyone on my side, yeah! (Woah-oh-oh-ohhh-oh) x 2 Too proud to ever be made to cry, yeah! (Woah-oh-oh-ohhh-oh) x 2 The bond of trust cut through the braid, (Woah-oh-oh-ohhh-oh) x 2 You'll never be able to make me cry, yeah! ... make me cry - yeah! ... make me cry!

Sun burst beating beach retreating Fleeting like the tide of Sure thing morrow solving sorrow Meaning moments left be- Hind-sight rewrites despite today Touch, taste, smell earth's prizes Hear, see through disguises Can't sense what the why is Where and when is gone Lip-lock, fix injected Fast rock, more expected Mind mocked, past infected There and then- so long Spend-thrift crying wasteful buying Eating out that bank a- Count my no luck hit by mack truck Cheating me years saved up Why wait too late? Make great today! Touch, taste, smell earth's prizes Hear, see through disguises Can't sense what the why is Where and when is gone Lip-lock, fix injected Fast rock, more expected Mind mocked, past infected There and then- so long Never been older Ever been sober? x 4 Needing 'now' to grasp on! Don't go Idly Smile widely Treating time like a son We flop and drop; world stops today! Touch, taste, smell earth's prizes Hear, see through disguises Can't sense what the why is Where and when is gone Lip-lock, fix injected Fast rock, more expected Mind mocked, past infected There and then- so long Ever been sober?

An ad a wall sad with white drought the blink beat up by blank bouts of past / present folded spaced-out; you're stare's molded Subconsciously driven to fake-out lost in your eyes, focus mauled; ten-minutes hide Be careful cause time quickly takes rout Whoa oa oa oa and sooner doubles it inside To run and lift costs an hour then read plus write cost two more or play- must think forward spaced-in; you sink towards an itemization of steps on display made from your bed, over- whelmed; three hours shed concerning these lists now has wasted your day whoa oa oa oa end up doing nothing instead Subconsciously, time quickly takes rout so oh oh oh end up doing nothing instead Sun, sand, smooth tans, waving palm trees Swim, sail, pack pail, water-ski? Spaced-out; act placeholder Spaced-in; a year older

Once stick and stone now lighter in a hand from heat meat; zone to feed smoking demand bonfire for home not Celtic Ireland how much we've grown we're pyre Peter Pans Keep on- Keep on- Launch it up and spark the sky C'mon and let the fire fall Keep on- Keep on- Burn the water down from high C'mon and let the fire fall Got beer, add rum 151 and up 'retto, flame- done Doc Pepper fills your cup like (o)lympic run a torch that cannot drop man-made for fun whose scorch will never stop Keep on- Keep on- Launch it up and spark the sky C'mon and let the fire fall Keep on- Keep on- Burn the water down from high C'mon and let the fire fall ...C'mon and let the fire fall Keep on- Keep on- Come, Yosemite recall set off another firefall Shout Shout it loud- shout to me Shout the fire is falling! (Shout the fire is falling!) Keep on- Keep on- Launch it up and spark the sky C'mon and let the fire fall Keep on- Keep on- Burn the water down from high C'mon and let the fire fall! How much we've grown How much we've grown No fire's big enough (Are we so prone) a child up your cuff (Are we so prone) to blowing up strange stuff Are we so prone No fire's big enough Are we so prone?

All told, grown old health failing, no doubt of it Smooth sailing, no more you're ailing, want out of it Once strong, King Kong of family, career & home Stood tall, now fall- ing fastly & breaking bones you're breaking bones you're breaking bones This slum- your body is done, diseased to hell Oh, Father, these doctors why can't they just make you well?! Bike pedal back to brake, you'd yell, "just trust me & hold on, hold on" Walk up a few steps now, hands on me- I'm yelling the same Great cook; baker of bread, no loaf had ever seen mold on, mold on itself or gas left on- what chef want's to confront that shame Deep down I wanna say I'm fine today No matter what the weight I'll be okay ...Go on, go on commanding me to live my life- not to dwell on his pain It's hard to hear the man who rushed in rescue & poured on, poured on home rubbing alcohol on my knees that bled like the rain Deep down I wanna say I'm fine today No matter what the weight I'll be okay I came in plain clothes...plain clothes (So sudden, it cuts in, leaps up & strikes; takes its toll) touched your lifeless toes...and nose (Forever to be felt, a vacant wide gaping hole) Grandson to none my children you'll never know House built in with wife won't fill in your lack of life Gift tags; signed cards your missing name makes it hard When listing these parts they quickly open the scars open the scars open the scars One year since passing draws near- mourn out of it Dad's here, his lasting impression- born out of it born out of it born out of it...