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I read the news today, oh boy
About a lucky man who made the grade
And though the news was rather sad
Well, I just had to laugh
I saw the photograph
He blew his mind out in a car
He didn't notice that the lights had changed
A crowd of people stood and stared
They'd seen his face before
Nobody was really sure if he was from the House of Lords
I saw a film today, oh boy
The English Army had just won the war
A crowd of people turned away
But I just had to look
Having read the book
I'd love to turn you on
Woke up, fell out of bed
Dragged a comb across my head
Found my way downstairs and drank a cup
And looking up, I noticed I was late
Found my coat and grabbed my hat
Made the bus in seconds flat
Found my way upstairs and had a smoke
And somebody spoke and I went into a dream
I read the news today, oh boy
Four thousand holes in Blackburn, Lancashire
And though the holes were rather small
They had to count them all
Now they know how many holes it takes to fill the Albert Hall
I'd love to turn you on
 
I will not make the same mistakes that you did
I will not let myself 'cause my heart so much misery
I will not break the way you did
You fell so hard
I've learned the hard way, to never let it get that far
Because of you
I never stray too far from the sidewalk
Because of you
I learned to play on the safe side, so I don't get hurt
Because of you
I find it hard to trust not only me, but everyone around me
Because of you
I am afraid
I lose my way
And it's not too long before you point it out
I cannot cry
Because I know that's weakness in your eyes
I'm forced to fake a smile, a laugh
Every day of my life
My heart can't possibly break
When it wasn't even whole to start with
Because of you
I never stray too far from the sidewalk
Because of you
I learned to play on the safe side, so I don't get hurt
Because of you
I find it hard to trust not only me, but everyone around me
Because of you
I am afraid
I watched you die (I watched you die)
I heard you cry
Every night in your sleep
I was so young (and you're so young)
You should have known better (I was too young for you)
Than to lean on me
You never thought of anyone else
You just saw your pain (you never saw me)
And now I cry
In the middle of the night
For the same damn thing
Because of you
I never stray too far from the sidewalk
Because of you
I learned to play on the safe side so I don't get hurt
Because of you
I find it hard to trust not only me, but everyone around me
Because of you
I am afraid
Because of you
Because of you
 
Le ciel bleu sur nous peut s'effondrer
Et la terre peut bien s'écrouler
Peu m'importe, si tu m'aimes
Je me fous du monde entier
Tant que l'amour inondera mes matins
Tant que mon corps frémira sous tes mains
Peu m'importent les problèmes
Mon amour puisque tu m'aimes
 
And all I remember is your back
Walking towards the airport, leaving us all in your past
I traveled fifteen hundred miles to see you
Begged you to want me, but you didn't want to
But piece by piece, he collected me up
Off the ground, where you abandoned things, yeah
Piece by piece, he filled the holes that you burned in me
At six years old and you know
He never walks away
He never asks for money
He takes care of me
He loves me
Piece by piece, he restored my faith
That a man can be kind and a father could stay
And all of your words fall flat
I made something of myself and now you wanna come back
But your love, it isn't free, it has to be earned
Back then I didn't have anything you needed, so I was worthless
But piece by piece, he collected me up
Off the ground, where you abandoned things, yeah
Piece by piece he filled the holes that you burned in me
At six years old and you know
He never walks away
He never asks for money
He takes care of me
'Cause he loves me
Piece by piece, he restored my faith
That a man can be kind and a father could stay
Piece by piece
Piece by piece
Piece by piece
Piece by piece
Piece by piece
Piece by piece
Piece by piece, I fell far from the tree
I will never leave her like you left me
And she will never have to wonder her worth
Because unlike you, I'm gonna put her first and you know
He'll never walk away
He'll never break her heart
He'll take care of things, he'll love her
Piece by piece, he restored my faith
That a man can be kind and the father should be great
Piece by piece
Piece by piece
Piece by piece
 
Sweat baby, sweat baby
Sex is a Texas drought me
And you do the kind of stuff
That only Prince would sing about

So put your hands down my pants
And I'll bet you'll feel nuts
Yes, I'm Siskel, yes I'm Ebert
And you're getting two thumbs up

You've had enough of two hand touch
You want it rough, you're out of bounds
I want you smothered, want you covered
Like my waffle house, hash, browns

Comin' quicker than Fed Ex
Never reaching apex like Coca Cola stock
You are inclined to make me rise an hour early
Just like daylight savings time


Love, the kind you clean up with a mop and bucket
Like the lost catacombs of Egypt
Only God knows where we stuck it
Hieroglyphics

Let me be specific
I wanna be down in your south seas
But I got this notion that the motion of your ocean
Means small craft advisory

So if I capsize on your thighs, high tide
B 5, you sunk my battleship
Please turn me on
Im Mr.Coffee with an automatic drip

You and me baby, ain't nothin but mammals
So lets do it like they do on the Discovery Channel
You and me baby, ain't nothin but mammals
So lets do it like they do on the Discovery Channel

So show me yours, Ill show you mine
Tool time, you'll love it just like Lyle
And then well do it doggy style
So we can both watch X-files

You and me baby, ain't nothin but mammals
So lets do it like they do on the Discovery Channel
 
Come down off your throne and leave your body alone
Somebody must change
You are the reason I've been waiting all these years
Somebody holds the key
Well, I'm near the end and I just ain't got the time
And I'm wasted and I can't find my way home
I can't find my way home
But I can't find my way home
But I can't find my way home
But I can't find my way home
Still I can't find my way home
And I've done nothing wrong
But I can't find my way home
 
I wanna be a billionaire so ******* bad
Buy all of the things I never had
Uh, I wanna be on the cover of Forbes magazine
Smiling next to Oprah and the Queen
Oh every time I close my eyes
I see my name in shining lights, yeah
A different city every night, oh I
I swear the world better prepare
For when I'm a billionaire
Yeah I would have a show like Oprah
I would be the host of everyday Christmas
Give Travie your wish list
I'd probably pull an Angelina and Brad Pitt
And adopt a bunch of babies that ain't never had ****
Give away a few Mercedes like 'Here lady have this'
And last but not least grant somebody their last wish
It's been a couple months that I've been single so
You can call me Travie Claus minus the Ho Ho
Ha ha get it? I'd probably visit where Katrina hit
And damn sure do a lot more than FEMA did
Yeah, can't forget about me, stupid
Everywhere I go, Imma have my own theme music
Oh every time I close my eyes
(What you see what you see brah?)
I see my name in shining lights
(Uhuh uhuh yeah what else?)
A different city every night, oh I
I swear the world better prepare (for what?)
For when I'm a billionaire
Oh oooh oh oooh for when I'm a billionaire
Oh oooh oh oooh for when I'm a billionaire
I'll be playing basketball with the President
Dunking on his delegates
Then I'll compliment him on his political etiquette
Toss a couple milli in the air just for the heck of it
But keep the fives, twenties, tens and bens completely separate
And yeah I'll be in a whole new tax bracket
We in recession but let me take a crack at it
I'll probably take whatever's left and just split it up
So everybody that I love can have a couple bucks
And not a single tummy around me would know what hungry was
Eating good, sleeping soundly
I know we all have a similar dream
Go in your pocket, pull out your wallet
And put it in the air and sing
I wanna be a billionaire so f****** bad (so bad)
Buy all of the things I never had (buy everything ha ha)
Uh, I wanna be on the cover of Forbes magazine
Smiling next to Oprah and the Queen (what up Oprah)
Oh every time I close my eyes
(What ya see, what you see brah?)
I see my name in shining lights
(Uh huh, uh huh, what else?)
A different city every night, oh I
I swear the world better prepare (for what?)
For when I'm a billionaire (yeah, sing it)
Oh oooh oh oooh when I'm a billionaire
Oh oooh oh oooh
I wanna be a billionaire so f****** bad!
 
Don't. Don't you want me?
You know I can't believe it when I hear that you won't see me
Don't. Don't you want me?

You know I don't believe you when you say that you don't need me
… It's much too late to find
When you think you've changed your mind
You'd better change it back or we will both be sorry

… Don't you want me, baby?
Don't you want me? Oh!
 
D-J Khaled
Hey, yeah (we the best)
All I do is win win win no matter what
Got money on my mind I can never get enough
And every time I step up in the buildin'
Everybody hands go up
And they stay there
And they say yeah
And they stay there
Up down, up down, up down
'Cause all I do is win win win
And if you goin' in put your hands in the air
Make 'em stay there
Ludacris goin' in on the verse
Cause I never been defeated and I won't stop now
Keep your hands up get 'em in the sky for the homies
That didn't make it and the folks locked down
I never went no where
But they saying Luda's back
Blame it on that Conjure
The hood call it Luda-Yac
And I'm on this foolish track, so I spit my foolish flow
My hands go up and down like strippers booty's go
My verses still be serving, tight like a million virgins
Last time on a Khaled remix, now I'm on the original version
Can't never count me out
Y'all better count me in
Got twenty bank accounts, accountants count me in
Make millions every year, the south's champion
Cause all I do, all I, all I, all I
All I do is
All I do is win win win no matter what
Got money on my mind I can never get enough
And every time I step up in the buildin'
Everybody hands go up
And they stay there
And they say yeah
And they stay there
Up down, up down, up down
'Cause all I do is win win win
And if you goin' in put your hands in the air
Make 'em stay there
Swerving in my lo-lo,
Head on the swivel
You know serving me's a no no
Clean as a whistle as I pull out in my Rolls Royce
Yellow bone passenger they see it, they say oh boy!
Tell Khaled back it up, my niggas call me Loco
Down for armed trafficking, don't make me pull that fo-fo
Ask you what you laughing at
Represent that mud life (mud life)
Dirty money bitch you better get your mug right (mug right)
We come together holding hands and holla thug life (thug life)
We all strapped in all black
It's like **** life
(All we do is win)
You riding or what (what!)
'Cause we riding tonight (night!)
Now she riding with me cause you wasn't ridin' her right,
All I do is win win win no matter what
Got money on my mind I can never get enough
And every time I step up in the buildin'
Everybody hands go up
And they stay there
And they say yeah
And they stay there
Up down, up down, up down
'Cause all I do is win win win
And if you goin' in put your hands in the air
Make 'em stay there
Heat in the kitchen, pot on the stove
Water getting boiled, dope being sold
Snoopy in the hoopty, system overload
I've been runnin' this rap game since I was twenty years old
I hung with the worst of 'em
Bust till I burst on 'em
Floss 'em up, toss 'em up, Hardaway, cross 'em up
Pardon me I'm bossin' up, pressure up, bless ya bruh
Don't mess with us
We like the "U" in the 80's
Back to back set a trap
Hit the lick, get it back
Hit the trick, jump the track
Bitch I want my money back
Time and time again while I'm sipping on this gin
Al Davis said it best, just win baby win
All I do is win win win no matter what
Got money on my mind I can never get enough
And every time I step up in the buildin'
Everybody hands go up
And they stay there
And they say yeah
And they stay there
Up down, up down, up down
'Cause all I do is win win win
And if you goin' in put your hands in the air
Make 'em stay there
 
Oh life is bigger
It's bigger than you
And you are not me
The lengths that I will go to
The distance in your eyes
Oh no I've said too much
I set it up
That's me in the corner
That's me in the spot-light
Losing my religion
Trying to keep up with you
And I don't know if I can do it
Oh no I've said too much
I haven't said enough
I thought that I heard you laughing
I thought that I heard you sing
I think I thought I saw you try
Every whisper, of every waking hour
I'm choosing my confessions
Trying to keep an eye on you
Like a hurt, lost and blinded fool, fool
Oh no I've said too much
I set it up
Consider this
Consider this the hint of the century
Consider this the slip
That brought me to my knees, failed
What if all these fantasies come
Flailing around
Now I've said too much
I thought that I heard you laughing
I thought that I heard you sing
I think I thought I saw you try
But that was just a dream
That was just a dream
That's me in the corner
That's me in the spot-light
Losing my religion
Trying to keep up with you
And I don't know if I can do it
Oh no I've said too much
I haven't said enough
I thought that I heard you laughing
I thought that I heard you sing
I think I thought I saw you try
But that was just a dream
Try, cry, fly, try
That was just a dream
Just a dream
Just a dream, dream
 
Alright
Che'nelle got a story for you
For the ladies
Sing it with me now
I fell in love with the DJ, DJ
Sneakin? round the back door
Bangin? til we hear somebody say
Ooh, ooh, ooh
I fell in love with the DJ, DJ
Gettin? intoxicated every weekend
He make my heart go
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Walked into the club with my partner
Met, talked, sayin? hello to everyone there
Looked to my right, Mr. DJ
Blew me a kiss, I trip and I fell
He call me over knowin? that I'm taken
So I went over thinkin? he's just a friend
One thing led to another
My boyfriend put two and two together
I fell in love with the DJ, DJ
Sneakin? round the back door
Bangin? til we hear somebody say
Ooh, ooh, ooh
I fell in love with the DJ, DJ
Gettin? intoxicated every weekend
He make my heart go
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Rough and tough man, Mr. DJ
I can't say no when he whispers, "My place"
Got into my ride? til my man go home
I'll be back as soon as I take my girls home
I rode up to Mr. DJ's house
He stood at the door only in his towel
One thing led to the other
He ripped my clothes up all together
I fell in love with the DJ, DJ
Sneakin? round the back door
Bangin? til we hear somebody say
Ooh, ooh, ooh
I fell in love with the DJ, DJ
Gettin? intoxicated every weekend
He make my heart go
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Oh no, did I tell you how the story ends?
When my boyfriend followed me one night, oh no, did I tell you?
Came through the door with a knife in his hands
I turned around screamin? shocked and said that we were just friends
But I was trippin? on my words
I was makin? it so obvious
But thank the Lord that I had a CD in my hand
Just droppin? off my new tracks, sweetie
I fell in love with the DJ, DJ
Sneakin? round the back door
Bangin? til we hear somebody say
Ooh, ooh, ooh
I fell in love with the DJ, DJ
Gettin? intoxicated every weekend
He make my heart go
Ooh, ooh, ooh
I fell in love with the DJ, DJ
Sneakin? round the back door
Bangin? til we hear somebody say
Ooh, ooh, ooh
I fell in love with the DJ, DJ
Gettin? intoxicated every weekend
He make my heart go
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Yeah, I got a man but Mr. DJ, ooh
But the DJ, Mr. DJ
Make my heart go
Ooh, ooh, ooh
 
Whoo!
Mmm, yeah
Life's like a road that you travel on
When there's one day here, and the next day gone
Sometimes you bend, sometimes you stand
Sometimes you turn your back to the wind
There's a world outside every darkened door
Where blues won't haunt you anymore
Where the brave are free and lovers soar
Come ride with me to the distant shore
We won't hesitate
To break down the garden gate
There's not much time left today, yeah
Life is a highway
I wanna ride it all night long
If you're goin' my way
Well, I wanna drive it all night long
Through all these cities and all these towns
It's in my blood, and it's all around
I love you now like I loved you then
This is the road, and these are the hands
From Mozambique to those Memphis nights
The Khyber Pass to Vancouver's lights
Knock me down and back up again
You're in my blood, I'm not a lonely man
There's no load I can't hold
A road so rough, this I know
I'll be there when the light comes in
Just tell 'em we're survivors
Life is a highway
I wanna ride it all night long (whoo!)
If you're goin' my way
I wanna drive it all night long (all night long)
A-gimme, gimme, gimme, gimme, yeah
Life is a highway
Well, I wanna ride it all night long, mmm, yeah
If you're goin' my way (if you're goin' my way)
I wanna drive it all night long (all night long)
There was a distance between you and I (between you and I)
A misunderstanding once
But now we look it in the eye, ooh, yeah
Mmm, yeah (whoo!)
There ain't no load that I can't hold
A road so rough, this I know
I'll be there when the light comes in
Tell 'em we're survivors
Life is a highway
Well, I wanna ride it all night long (all night long, yeah)
If you're goin' my way
Well, I wanna drive it all night long
A-gimme, gimme, gimme
A-gimme, gimme, yeah
Life is a highway (life is a highway)
I wanna ride it all night long, whoo, ooh, yeah
If you're goin' my way (if you're goin' my way)
I wanna drive it all night long (all night long, yeah)
C'mon, gimme, gimme, gimme
Gimme, gimme, gimme, yeah
Life is a highway
I wanna ride it all night long
(Yeah, I wanna drive it all night long, baby)
If you're goin' my way (if you're goin' my way)
I wanna drive it all night long (all night long)
 
Knew you'd be here tonight
So I put my best dress on
Boy I was so right
Our eyes connected
Now nothin's how it used to be
No second guesses
Trackin' on this feelin'
Pull focus close up you and me
Nobody's leavin'
Got me affected
Spun me one eighty degrees
So electric
Slow down and dance with me, yeah, slow
Skip a beat and move with my body, yeah, slow
Come on and dance with me, yeah, slow
Skip a beat and move with my body, yeah, slow
Don't wanna rush it
Let the rhythm pull you in
It's here so touch it
 
Three little fishies in a ittie bitty pool
… Sally, Jenny, fish go babel
And oppy doopy doop, babet
… Down in the meadow in the ittie bitty pool
Swam the three little fishies and a mama fishie too
"Swim" said the mama fishie, "Swim if you can"
And they swam, swam, swam right over the dam
… Down in the meadow in the ittie bitty pool
Swam three little fishies and a mama fishie too
"Swim" said the mama fishie, "Swim if you can"
And they swam and they swam right over the dam
… Boop boop dittem dattem wattem chu
Boop boop dittem dattem wattem chu
Boop boop dittem dattem wattem chu
And they swam and they swam all over the dam
… "Stop" said the mama fishie, "Or you will get lost"
But the three little fishies didn't wanna be bossed
So the three little fishies went off on a spree
And they swam, swam, swam right out to the sea
… "Stop" said the mama fishie, "You'll get lost"
But the three little fishies didn't wanna be bossed
The three little fishies went out on a spree
And they swam and they swam right out to the sea
… Boop boop riddle diddle razzle brrrp
Boop boop riddle diddle razzle brrrp
Boop boop riddle diddle razzle brrrp
And they swam and they swam out to the sea
… "Whee" yelled the fishies, "Oh, here's a lot of fun
Swim in the sea 'til the day is done"
So they swam and they swam, it was all a lark
'Til all of a sudden they met a shark
… "Whee" yelled the little fishies, "Lots of fun
We'll swim in the sea 'til the day is done"
And they swam and they swam and it was a lark
'Til all of a sudden they saw a shark
… Boop boop skiddly-did
Boop boop skiddly-did
Boop boop skiddly-did
'Til all of a sudden they saw a shark
… "Help" cried the fishies, "Oh, look at the whales"
Quick as they could, they turned on their tails
Back to the pool in the meadow they swam
And swam and swam back over the dam
… "Help" cried the little fishies, "Look at the whales"
Quick as they could, they turned on their tails
And back to the pool in the meadow they swam
And they swam and they swam to the dam ol' dam
… Boop boop foo, foodly racky sacky
Boop boop foo, foodly racky sacky
Boop boop foo
And they swam and they swam back over the dam
… Oh, that shark almost ate us
For seafood, mama
 
Fallin' asleep at the wheel again baby,
You're driftin' over the line.
You're hands are tied, but you're losin' grip quickly
Fix me, can you read the sign!
Thumbin' your way to Vegas, dirty
Dreamin' of the other side!
Save your tears and laughter because
It doesn't matter what you find
It ain't pretty
After the show
It ain't pretty when the pretty leaves you
With no place to go.
So, if you think you need it,
Here's the place to feed it
It ain't pretty.
When, everything that you do is wrong,
And you
Feel like you can barely survive
When those around you
Are crumblin' downwards
Buried in the sunset of life.
Thumbin' your way to Vegas, dirty
And screamin' like a bitch from hell,
Save your dreams
Up your patience
Doesn't matter what you sell
It ain't pretty
After the show
It ain't pretty when the pretty leaves you
With no place to go!
So, if you think you want it!
Here's the place to get it,
It ain't pretty
Yeah, yeah, yeah
It ain't pretty
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Thumbin' your way to Vegas, dirty
Dreamin' like you're out of control,
Save your tears and laughter
Because this is the ride
And this is the show
It ain't pretty
After the show!
It ain't pretty when the pretty leaves you
With no place to go
So, if you think you want it
Just come in and get it
It ain't pretty
 
My life will never be the same
'Cause boy you came and changed
The way I walk
The way I talk
I cannot explain
These things I feel for you
But boy, you know it's true
Stay with me
Fulfill my dreams
And I'll be all you need

You rocked my world, you know you did
And everything I own I give
The rarest love who'd think I'd find
Someone like you to call mine
 
I could stay awake just to hear you breathing

Watch you smile while you are sleeping
While you're far away and dreaming
I could spend my life in this sweet surrender
I could stay lost in this moment forever
Every moment spent with you is a moment I treasure
Don't want to close my eyes
I don't want to fall asleep
'Cause I'd miss you baby
And I don't want to miss a thing
'Cause even when I dream of you
The sweetest dream will never do
I'd still miss you baby
And I don't want to miss a thing
 
It's alright, it's alright, it's alright
It's alright, it's been a long, long road a dreamin'
It's ok, it's ok, it's ok, it's ok, cos we'll all get there believe me
One can become so willing, hypnotised by untold things
Fantasised by the beginning, as if such knowledge joy would bring
They like to try to fantasise, slay their friends who criticise
Feeling righteous, in power and up high
Maybe we all don't have to be tall
Maybe we don't have to force our beliefs on each other
Maybe I'll show we are not meant to know
Like an unborn child doesn't need to know its mother
But it don't matter, no why should you care
These are just dreams in our heads that we share
Just dreams, hallucinations to deny
All we know
Is that light shines and things grow
All that's real
Is the moment right now you can feel
So be sure to feel something positive
Feeling is all we can choose
If you happen to feel it the opposite
Ask of who stands in your shoes
Oh Satan'll take you by the hand
You'll be preaching things you don't understand
Getting all you folks cloned and clanned my love oh yeah
Oh you gonna wake up one day
Having fought for things you can't explain
Having spent your life causing pain not love oh yeah
Oh yeah, oh yeah
 
We chase misprinted lies
We face the path of time
And yet I fight, and yet I fight
This battle all alone
No one to cry to
No place to call home
Ooh
Ooh-ooh
Ooh
Ooh-ooh
My gift of self is raped
My privacy is raked
And yet I find, and yet I find
Repeating in my head
If I can't be my own
I'd feel better dead
Ooh
Ooh-ooh
Ooh
Ooh-ooh
 
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