Michael Jackson - They Don't Care About Us (1996)

Michael Jackson - They Don't Care About Us Lyrics

Skin head, dead head
Everybody gone bad
Situation, aggravation
Everybody allegation
In the suite, on the news
Everybody dog food
Bang bang, shot dead
Everybody's gone mad

All I wanna say is that
They don't really care about us
All I wanna say is that
They don't really care about us

Beat me, hate me
You can never break me
Will me, thrill me
You can never kill me
Jew me, Sue me
Everybody do me
Kick me, Kike me
Don't you black or white me

All I wanna say is that
They don't really care about us
All I wanna say is that
They don't really care about us

Tell me what has become of my life
I have a wife and two children who love me
I am the victim of police brutality, now
I'm tired of bein' the victim of hate
You're rapin' me of my pride
Oh, for God's sake
I look to heaven to fulfill its prophecy...
Set me free

Skin head, dead head
Everybody gone bad
trepidation, speculation
Everybody allegation
In the suite, on the news
Everybody dog food
black man, black mail
Throw your brother in jail

All I wanna say is that
They don't really care about us
All I wanna say is that
They don't really care about us

Tell me what has become of my rights
Am I invisible because you ignore me?
Your proclamation promised me free liberty, now
I'm tired of bein' the victim of shame
They're throwing me in a class with a bad name
I can't believe this is the land from which I came
You know I do really hate to say it
The government don't wanna see
But if Roosevelt was livin'
He wouldn't let this be, no, no

Skin head, dead head
Everybody gone bad
Situation, speculation
Everybody litigation
Beat me, bash me
You can never trash me
Hit me, kick me
You can never get me

All I wanna say is that
They don't really care about us
All I wanna say is that
They don't really care about us

Some things in life they just don't wanna see
But if Martin Luther was livin'
He wouldn't let this be

Skin head, dead head
Everybody gone bad
Situation, segregation
Everybody allegation
In the suite, on the news
Everybody dog food
Kick me, Kike me
Don't you wrong or right me

All I wanna say is that
They don't really care about us
All I wanna say is that
They don't really care about us

All I wanna say is that
They don't really care about us
All I wanna say is that
They don't really care about us

All I wanna say is that
They don't really care about us
All I wanna say is that
They don't really care about us

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Michael Jackson - Black Or White (1991)

Michael Jackson - Black Or White Lyrics


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Black Or White lyrics
I Took My Baby
On A Saturday Bang
Boy Is That Girl With You
Yes We're One And The Same

Now I Believe In Miracles
And A Miracle
Has Happened Tonight

But, If
You're Thinkin'
About My Baby
It Don't Matter If You're
Black Or White

They Print My Message
In The Saturday Sun
I Had To Tell Them
I Ain't Second To None

And I Told About Equality
An It's True
Either You're Wrong
Or You're Right

But, If
You're Thinkin'
About My Baby
It Don't Matter If You're
Black Or White

I Am Tired Of This Devil
I Am Tired Of This Stuff
I Am Tired Of This Business
Sew When The
Going Gets Rough
I Ain't Scared Of
Your Brother
I Ain't Scared Of No Sheets
I Ain't Scare Of Nobody
Girl When The
Goin' Gets Mean

[L. T. B. Rap Performance]
Protection
For Gangs, Clubs
And Nations
Causing Grief In
Human Relations
It's A Turf War
On A Global Scale
I'd Rather Hear Both Sides
Of The Tale
See, It's Not About Races
Just Places
Faces
Where Your Blood
Comes From
Is Where Your Space Is
I've Seen The Bright
Get Duller
I'm Not Going To Spend
My Life Being A Color

[Michael]
Don't Tell Me You Agree With Me
When I Saw You Kicking Dirt In My Eye

But, If
You're Thinkin' About My Baby
It Don't Matter If You're Black Or White

I Said If
You're Thinkin' Of
Being My Baby
It Don't Matter If You're Black Or White

I Said If
You're Thinkin' Of
Being My Brother
It Don't Matter If You're
Black Or White

Ooh, Ooh
Yea, Yea, Yea Now
Ooh, Ooh
Yea, Yea, Yea Now

It's Black, It's White
It's Tough For You
To Get By
It's Black , It's White, Whoo

It's Black, It's White
It's Tough For You
To Get By
It's Black , It's White, Whoo

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TLC Mini Biography

TLC was a four-time Grammy Award-winning American Hip Hop and R&B group, consisting of Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins, Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes, and Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas. Billboard magazine ranks the group as one of the greatest musical trios of all time. They have had #1 hit singles such as, "Creep", "Waterfalls", "No Scrubs", and "Unpretty". According to the RIAA and Billboard, TLC have more than 22 million records in the United States. In 2008, the group was inducted into the All Time Hot 100 Artist Hall of Fame by Billboard magazine at 56th place.

Their second album, CrazySexyCool (1994), was the first album by a female group to be awarded diamond certification by the RIAA for selling over 11 million copies in the USA.

In early 2002, just before the release of TLC's fourth Album, 3D, Lopes was killed in a car accident in Honduras. Watkins and Thomas promoted 3D as a duo, and in 2005, hosted a reality television show, R U the Girl, with a grand prize of a chance to record a song and perform once in concert with the surviving group members, both of whom have released solo material and continued to occasionally collaborate.

Albums

* 1992: Ooooooohhh.... On the TLC Tip
* 1994: CrazySexyCool
* 1999: FanMail
* 2002: 3D

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One-T feat Cool T - Hamburgesa (2003)

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One-T - The Magic Key (2003)

One-T feat. Cool-T - The magic key Lyrics


Missing you, missing you
Missing you, magic crew

( Listen up)

This sudden end to my days
Makes me wish I'd changed my ways
Spent more time with the posse
One-t, nine-t, bull-t, me
From up here, life seems so small
what's the
meaning of it all?
Miss the way it used to be
One-t, nine-t, bull-t, me

Where in the world could I be?
Homies looking so cool, cool, I'm cool-t!
Tuxedos made of snow
Is there something I should know?
Mom and Pop and little bro
Dead and gone so long ago
Could this be paradise at last?
The first test I've ever passed

Chorus:
Music's the odyssey
It's here for you, for me
Just listen and find the magic key (listen up)

Music's the odyssey (yeah)
It's here for you, for me (Magic key)
Just listen like your life be free

Blissful days, what you gonna do?
Still I miss my old t-crew
Can't afterlive without'em
I just wish they only knew!
May they have lived without a home
But my homies love me kept me warm
Taught me to forget 'bout the game
Money, hatred, hunger, pain

This sudden end to my days
Makes me wish I'd changed my ways
Spent more time with the posse
One-t, Nine-t, Bull-t, me
From up here, life seems so small
what's the meaning of it all?
Miss the way it used to be
One-t, Nine-t, Bull-t, me

Chorus:
Music's the odyssey( yeah)
It's here for you, for me
Just listen and find the magic key (yours truly)/(listen up)

Music's the odyssey( yeah)
It's here for you, for me (magic key)
Just listen like your life be free

Missing you, missing you
Missing you, magic crew

The game of life is over (over)
Wish I'd stopped to smell the clover (clover)
Sing it'till your face turns blue
Bull-t, Nine-t, one-t, crew
Spent more time giving out the products
And less time clickin' off pops
Sing it' till your face turns blue
Bull-t, nine-t, cool-t, too

Had a meeting with my maker
The superhuman baker
He popped me in the oven
And set the dial to lovin'
Now I watch over my boys
Help'em keep on making noise
Never pictured me with wings
Guess I've heard of stranger things

Chorus:
Music's the odyssey (aha)/(yeah)
It's here for you, for me (yeah,yeah)
Just listen and find the magic key

Music's the odyssey (aha, aha)
It's here for you, for me ( yeah, yeah)
Just listen like your life be free

Missing you, missing you
Missing you, magic crew

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One-T Mini Biography

One-T is a French electronic/hip-hop/house project. The group was introduced in the summer of 2001, as cartoon characters, similar to the Gorillaz. The music of One-T is currently being produced by Eddy Gronfier, with Thomas Pieds directing the music videos, and creating the artwork of the characters.
The concept of One-T is to create a lively world, living through the texts of songs, album artwork and video clips. This world is the symbol of the Next Generation, living between drugs, sex and electronic music. One-T is composed of several characters:

One-T (main character): A young 13-year-old boy who smokes drugs and insults his new-age parents. Despite his young age, he dreams of becoming a DJ and wants to unite all teenagers around the world against the war in Iraq, and continue to produce his influences in different languages.

Nine-T: A young Latino and best friend of One-T. He organizes events in his father's bar.

E: A gifted Japanese computer hacker. He lives with his twin sister Ee and never goes outside.

Ee: The twin sister of E. Her personality is the complete opposite of E's.

Cool-T: Another friend of One-T, but of African descent. As explained in "The Magic Key" song, Cool-T gets shot by Travoltino and becomes the band's guardian angel.

Bull-T: One-T's pet dog. Bull-T was genetically manipulated to never bark loudly or be mean.

The enemies of One-T:

Travoltino: A mobster and television personality. He owns a record company, a TV channel, a newspaper, and a nightclub, where it is difficult to enter without being "jet-set." He is the enemy of One-T, and is the one who shot Cool-T.

Acidman: An inventor and dealer of his own drugs. His work is funded by Travoltino. Acidman is currently wanted by the police.

Like Gorillaz, behind these cartoon characters conceal real people. Eddy Gronfier, responsible for the musical part of the project, is a former radio host (on NRJ, Fun Radio, Maxximum, M40 Rock ....), jingle producer (on RTL, Skyrock, M40, Radio Scoop ...), radio director (The monsters on Skyrock, Charly and Lulu on RTL 2 ...), and composer/ remixer of One-T. Thomas Pieds, author of the concept and the song lyrics, is also the director of the One-T music videos. Before One-T, Thomas was already directing music videos, specifically ones for the French trip-hop group, Binary Mind.

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Warren G. feat. Rapsody and Sissel - Prince Igor (1997)

Warren G feat. Rapsody and Sissel - Prince Igor Lyrics


[WARREN G]
Warren G. top dog
Patrolling the beach
Riggers say they hard as bricks
But they soft as a peach
Climbin the G of all G's
Please
I come blowin through like the breeze
Sitting on the threes
Post it coast it and mash it down
Pacific coast in the bomb chrome rims
Black on black Yukon
With nuts hangin from the city
Where the bangers be bangin
It don't seem like shit is changin
I hollered at a homey the other day
G'd up at the park
Sippin Alisay
One of the homies took a beatin
So now we'll start to be a gang
Checkin at the meetin
Life cycles repeatin
It's just another sunset fall and see
I can hear the homies that pass
Calling me
And you know what I discover
What they keep sayin
Keep your mind and your money
Motherfuckers
And shake busters

[CHORUS: SISSEL]
Uletaj na kryl'jach vetra
Ty V kraj rodnoj, rodnaja pesnya nasha,
Tuda gde my lubya svobodno peli,
Gde bylo tak privol'no nam s toboju.

[WARREN G]
Have you ever sold millions
But yet you niggers persist to talk shit
Get off my dick
Ya never catch me slippin
Rollin with the heat
Slap the clippin
I never thought the world
Would start trippin
My life's a though
Hit the crypto
Blow the whistle
They think I bang
So I pack a pistol
Warren to the G. is a G.
I don't fuck with you nigger
So don't fuck with me
Let's ride to the East Side
Slide like a fo
I pack a 44
When I'm steppin out dough
To the bang to the boogie
If I speak then I spoke
Warren G. you do it every time
Till ya low
Get the party lit
Like blazin smoke
The East Side of the beach
West side of the coast
You know the niggers that arrive
With hogs
Attack dogs
To say niggers are down to die
With motherfucker

[CHORUS: SISSEL]
Uletaj na kryl'jach vatra
Ty y kraj rodnoj, rodnaja pesnma nasa,
Tuda gde my lebja svobodno peli,
Gde bylo tak privol'no nam s'toboju.

[WARREN G]
Who's the man
I've been from London to Japan
Stomp land to land
And to the Egyptian sands
You can't check me
Disrespect me
Ya mock me up
With the bass bumping out my truck
And all these police tryin to lock me up
Money rules the world
And I made the loot
So don't make me shoot
Cause trying to match'll get you down
Every time
I ain't trying to hurt nobody
But I'm down for mine
Biatch

[WARREN G]
Money over power
Power over money
Money over power
Power over money
Money over power
Power over money
Money over power
Power over money
Money over power
Biatch biatch

[CHORUS: SISSEL]
Uletaj na kryl'jach vatra
Ty y kraj rodnoj, rodnaja pesnma nasa,
Tuda gde my lebja svobodno peli,
Gde bylo tak privol'no nam s'toboju.

[CHORUS: SISSEL]
Uletaj na kryl'jach vatra
Ty y kraj rodnoj, rodnaja pesnma nasa,
Tuda gde my lebja svobodno peli,
Gde bylo tak privol'no nam s'toboju.

[Translation of the chorus]
"Fly on the wings of the wind
to the homeland, our home song
where we sang freely loving
where me and you felt so freely"

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Pras Michel featuring Mýa & Ol' Dirty Bastard - Ghetto Superstar (1998)

Mya feat. Pras & Old Dirty Bastard - Ghetto Superstar Lyrics

Man man, look up at the sky
All the stars man, the stars is beautiful tonight
Look at em!

Chorus: Mya

Ghetto superstar, that is what you are
Comin from afar, reachin for the stars
Run away with me, to another place
We can rely on each other, uh-huh
From one corner, to another, uh-huh

[Pras]
Uh, yeah, yo, yo
Some got, hopes and dreams, we got, ways and means
The surpreme dream team, always up with the schemes
From hubcaps to sellin raps, name your theme
My rise to the top, floatin on this cream
Who the hell wanna stop me, I hated those who doubt me
A million ReFugees with unlimited warranties
Black Ceasar, dating top skeezers
Diplomatic legalese, no time for a Visa
They just begun, I'ma shoot them one by one
Got five sides to me, somethin like a pentagon
Strike with the forces of King Solomon
Lettin bygones be bygones, and so on, and so on
I'ma teach this cat, how to live in the ghetto
Keepin it retro-spective from the get go
Lay low, let my mind shine like a halo
P-P-Politic with ghetto senators on the deelow

Chorus

[Ol' Dirty Bastard]
One two, and you don't stop, yo
My eyes is sore, bein a senator
Behind closed doors hittin truth to the seafloor
The rich go North ignore, the tug of war
While the kids are poor, open new and better drug stores
So I became hardcore, couldn't take it no more
I'ma reveal EVERYTHING, change the law
I find myself, walkin the streets
Tryin to find what's really goin on in the streets

[Pras]
Yea, yo, yo, yo
Now every dog got his day, needless to say
When the chief away that's when them cats want to play
I told you, mess around you fools like Cassius Clay
Stretch my heater and make you do a pas de bourre
Kick your balls like Pele, pick em doin ballet
Peak like Dante, broader than Broadway
Get applause like a matador, cry yellin !Ole!
Who the hell wanna save me, from B.K., to Cali
Come on

Chorus

[Pras]
Yeah... yo, yeah
Just when you thought it was safe in a common place
Showcase your finest is losin fast in the horse race
Two faced, gettin defaced, out like Scarface
Throw your roll money, let me put on my screwface

[Ol' Dirty Bastard]
Well I'm paranoid at the things I said
Wonderin what's the penalty from day to day, I'm hangin out
partyin with girls that never die, you see I was
pickin on the small fries, my campaign tellin lies
Was just spreadin my love, didn't know my love
was the one holdin the gun and the glove
But it's all good as long as it's understood
It's all together now, in the hooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooood

Chorus

[Pras]
Uh-huh uh-huh uh-huh uh-huh
Yeah
All Stars, yeah yeah yeah

Chorus

[ODB]
Sing it baby, sing it babyeeeeeeeeee
To another, aheoehahahahhhhhhhhh
Yeahhhh, heeeee, ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

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Madonna feat. Justin Timberlake and Timbaland - 4 Minutes (2008)

Madonna feat. Justin Timberlake - 4 Minutes Lyrics

Timbaland:]
I'm outta time and all I got is 4 minutes
(Fricki fricki)
4 minutes eh
[x8]

Ha ha
Yeah
Ha ha
Breakdown come on

[Justin Timberlake:]
Hey
Uh
Come on
Madonna

[Madonna:]
Come on boy I've been waiting for somebody to pick up my stroll

[Justin:]
Now don't waste time, give me desire, tell me how you wanna roll

[Madonna:]
I want somebody to speed it up for me then take it down slow
There's enough room for both

[Justin:]
Girl I can hit you back just gotta show me where it's at
Are you ready to go? (Are you ready to go?)

[Madonna and Justin:]
If you want it
You've already got it
If you thought it
It better be what you want

If you feel it
It must be real just
Say the word and
I'm gonna give you what you want

[Madonna:]
Time is waiting

[Justin:]
We only got four minutes to save the world

[Madonna:]
No hesitating
Grab a boy

[Justin:]
Go grab your girl

[Madonna:]
Time is waiting

[Justin:]
We only got four minutes to save the world

[Madonna:]
No hesitating

[Justin:]
We only got four minutes huh four minutes
So keep it up keep it up
Don't be a prima donna

[Madonna:]
You gotta get em a heart
Tick tock tick tock tick tock

[Justin:]
That's right keep it up keep it up
Don't be a prima donna

[Madonna:]
You gotta get em a heart
Tick tock tick tock tick tock
Sometimes I think what I need is a you intervention

Yeah

[Justin:]
And I know I can tell that you like it and that it's good
By the way that you move
Oh hey

[Madonna:]
The road to hell is paved with good intentions
Yeah

[Justin:]
But if I die tonight at least I can say I did what I wanted to do
Tell me how 'bout you?

[Madonna and Justin:]
If you want it
You've already got it
If you thought it
It better be what you want

If you feel it
It must be real just
Say the word and
I'm gonna give you what you want

[Madonna:]
Time is waiting

[Justin:]
We only got four minutes to save the world

[Madonna:]
No hesitating
Grab a boy

[Justin:]
Go grab your girl

[Madonna:]
Time is waiting

[Justin:]
We only got four minutes to save the world

[Madonna:]
No hesitating

[Justin:]
We only got four minutes huh four minutes
So keep it up keep it up
Don't be a prima donna

[Madonna:]
You gotta get em a heart
Tick tock tick tock tick tock

[Justin:]
That's right keep it up keep it up
Don't be a prima donna

[Madonna:]
You gotta get em a heart
Tick tock tick tock tick tock

[Timbaland:]
Breakdown
Yeah

[Madonna:]
Tick tock tick tock tick tock

[Timbaland:]
Yeah uh

[Madonna:]
Tick tock tick tock tick tock

[Timbaland:]
I've only got four minutes to save the world

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Lou Bega - I Got A Girl (1999)

Lou Bega - I Got A Girl Lyrics

6, 7, 8, 9, 10 lou bega on a trip would all come in
With a little bit of this and a little bit of that
You can get what you see you can see what get
And I bet that you all a little bit excited
If you want an autograph: honey I can write it !
I got girls worldwide on the planet
Some called whitney and some called janet

I gotta girl in paris I gotta girl in rome
I even gotta girl in the vatican dome
I gotta girl right here I gotta girl right there
And I gotta girlfriend everywhere
I gott girl on the moon I gott girl on mars
I even gotta girl that likes to dance on the stars
I gotta girl right here and one right there
And I gotta girlfriend everywhere

From miami beach to beluga bay
From the milky way to east l.a:
From st. tropez to may home cafe
Thats my way and I do it like day by day in

Afrika - amerika - europe and australia
Asia - canada - I take em all and marry her
India - arabia - to the girls of germany

All around the planet you can be my fantasy
I gotta girl in paris I gotta girl in rome
I even gotta girl in the vatican dome
I gotta girl right here I gotta girl right there
And I gotta girlfriend everywhere
I gott girl on the moon I gott girl on mars
I even gotta girl that likes to dance on the stars
I gotta girl right here and one right there
And I gotta girlfriend everywhere

You and me - no matter where you from baby -
No matter where you from baby - baby only you and me

I gotta girl in paris I gotta girl in rome
I even gotta girl in the vatican dome
I gotta girl right here I gotta girl right there
And I gotta girlfriend everywhere
I gott girl on the moon I gott girl on mars
I even gotta girl that likes to dance on the stars
I gotta girl right here and one right there
And I gotta girlfriend everywhere

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Fugees - Ready Or Not (1996)

Fugees - Ready Or Not Lyrics

Ready or not, Here I come, You can't hide
Gonna find you, and take it slowly
Ready or not, Here I come, You can't hide
Gonna find you, and make you want me

Now that I escape sleep walk away
those who convolate knows the world they hate
Jails bars ain't golden gates
those who fake they brake when they meet they four hundred pound mate
if i could rule the world, everyone who have a gun
and together of course we'd get the up in our their horse
I kick a rhyme drinking moon shine
I poor sip on the concrete, for the deceased
but no don't weep, Wyclef in a state of sleep
thinking about the robbe-RY that I did last WEEK
Money in the bag, bank a look like a drag
I wanna play with pelicans from here to Bagdad
Gun blast, think fast I think I'm hit
My girl pinch's my hips to see if I still exist
I think not, I send a letter to my friends
A born again, hooligan only to be king again

Chorus

yo, I play my enemies like a game of chess
where I rest no stress if you don't smoke cess, less
i must confess my destany's manifest
to some gortex and sweats I make tracks like i'm homeless
Rap orgies with Porgie and Bess
capture your bounty like Eliot Ness YES!
Bless you if you represent the FU
but I hex you, with some witches vu if you do-do
Voodo, I could what you do, EASY!
Believe me, frontin' niggaz
gives me heebe-geebes
so why you imitatin' Al Capone
I be Nina Symone and defacating on your microphone

chorus


You can't run away from these styles I got
Oh baby, hey baby cause I got a lot oh yeah...

Anywhere you go, my whole crew gonna know
Oh baby, hey baby you can't hide from the black gold no...


Ready or not, refugees taking over
The buffalo soldier, dread like rasta
On the twelve hour flyby in my bomber
crews went for cover now they under pushin' up flowers
Superfly, true lies do or dies
toss me high only profile with my crew from Lacaille
I refugee from Guatanamo Bay,
dance around the border like I'm Cassius Clay

Chorus

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Fugees - Fu-Gee-La (1996)

Fugees - Fu-Gee-La Lyrics

We used to be number 10, now we're permanent one
In the battle lost my finger, Mic became my arm
Pistol nozzle hits your nasal, blood becomes lukewarm
Tell the woman be easy Naah squeeze the Charmin
Test Wyclef, see death flesh get scorned
Beat you so bad make you feel like you ain't wanna be born
And tell your friends stay the hell out of my lawn
Chicken George became Dead George stealin' chickens
From my farm, damn, another dead pigeon
If your mafiosos then I'm bringin' on Haitian Sicilians
Nobody's shootin', my body's made of hand grenade
Girl bled to death while she was tongue-kissing a razor blade
That sounds sick maybe one day I'll write a horror
Blackula comes to the ghetto, jacks an ACURA
Stevie Wonder sees Crack Babies Be-Coming Enemies
Of their own families, what's going on?
Armageddon come you know we soon done
Gun by my side just in case I gotta rump
A boy on the side of Babylon
Trying to front like he's down with Mount Zion

1-Oooh La La La,
It's the way that we rock when we're doing our thang
Oooh La La La,
It's the natural LA that the Refugees Bring
Oooh La La La La La La Lalala La Laaah,
Sweeeeet Thing

Yeah in saloons we drink Boone's and battle goons till high noon,
Bust rap toons on flat spoons, take no shorts like poon poon's.
See hoochies pop coochies, for Gucci's and Lucci
Find me in my Mitsubishi, eatin' sushi, bumpin' Fugees.
Hey Hey Hey
Try to take the crew and we don't play play
Say say say
Like Paul McCartney, not hardly,
ODD-ly enough
I can see right through your bluff
Niggas huff and they puff but they can't handle us, WE BUST
Cause we fortified, I could never hide, seen "Cooley High",
Cried when Cochise died.
I'm twisted, black-listed by some other negroes,
Don't remove my Polos on the first episode.
Ha Ha Ha Ha, You shouldn't diss refugees, and
Ha Ha Ha Ha, You whole sound set's bootie , and
Ha Ha Ha Ha, You have to respect JERSEY, cause I'm superfly when
I'm super-high on the Fu-Gee-La.

(repeat 1)

I sit 90 degrees underneath palm trees,
Smokin' beadies as I burn my calories,
Brooklyn roof tops become Brooklyn tee-pees,
Who that be, enemies, wanna see the death of me.
From Hawaii to Hawthorne, I run marathons, like
Buju Banton, I'm a true champion, like,
Farakkhan reads his Daily Qu'ran it's a phenomenon,
lyrics fast like Ramadan.

What's goin' on
Armageddon come you know we soon done
Gun by my side just in case I gotta rump
A boy on the side of Babylon, trying to front like he's down with
Mount Zion.

(repeat 1 twice)

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Fugees Mini Biography

The Fugees were a critically-acclaimed New Jersey hip hop group that rose to fame in the mid-1990s, whose repertoire included elements of soul and Caribbean music, particularly reggae. The members of the group are rapper/singer/producer Wyclef Jean, rapper/singer Lauryn Hill, and rapper Pras Michel. Deriving their name from the term refugee, Jean and Michel are Haitian Americans, while Hill is African American. The group recorded two albums — one of which, The Score (1996), was a multi-platinum and Grammy-winning success — before disbanding in 1997. Hill and Jean each went on to successful solo recording careers; Michel focused on soundtrack recordings and acting, though he found commercial success with his song "Ghetto Supastar".
The trio released their first LP, Blunted on Reality, in 1994. The album spawned two underground hits, "Nappy Heads (Mona Lisa)" and "Vocab", but failed to live up to the reputation of the group's live shows and gained little mainstream attention.

The Score became one of the biggest hits of 1996 and one of the best-selling hip hop albums of all time. The Fugees gained attention for their cover versions of old favorites, with the group's reinterpretations of "No Woman No Cry" by Bob Marley & the Wailers and "Killing Me Softly with His Song" by Roberta Flack, the latter being their biggest pop hit. The album also included a re-interpretation of The Delfonics' "Ready or Not Here I Come (Can't Hide From Love)" in their hit single, "Ready or Not", which featured a prominent sample of Enya's Boadicea without the singer's permission. This prompted a lawsuit resulting in a settlement where Enya was given credit and royalties for her sample. The Fugees have continuously thanked and praised Enya for her deep understanding of the situation, for example in the liner notes for The Score. The Fugees won two 1997 Grammy Awards with The Score (Best Rap Album) and "Killing Me Softly" (Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group).

In 1997, the Fugees all began solo projects: Hill started work on her critically acclaimed The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill; Jean began producing for a number of artists (including Canibus, Destiny's Child and Carlos Santana) and recorded his debut album The Carnival; Michel, with Mya and Ol' Dirty Bastard, recorded the single "Ghetto Supastar" for the soundtrack to the Warren Beatty/Halle Berry film Bulworth.

Refugee Camp, while a name sometimes credited to the trio, also refers to a number of artists affiliated with them, and particularly Jean. John Forté was an early member, rapping and drum programming on two of The Score's tracks, and served a 14-year prison sentence for cocaine trafficking until his sentence was commuted in November 2008 by George W. Bush.

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Afrika Bambaataa - Feel The Vibe (1994)

Afrika Bambaataa - Feel The Vibe Lyrics

Feel the vibe everybody gather round
I pull the plug still my sound's profound
I had to take hip hop back to the essence
Try to go commercial gotta learn a lesson
You gotta get your fingers dusty (word)
And keep your ear to the street so you won't get rusty
Concentrate on the funk vibe (Funk vibe)
Learn your roots put on your Timberland boots
I'm true to my art, I never fake a move
I keep your head bobbing to the psychotic groove
I vibe is erotic, contagious, and sporotic
I love beats so much I'm damn near neurotic
I shoot the gift like a Mack 10
And sample beats we used to cut way back then
But now the game has changed
Artist selling out just to make a name
The underground hip-hop fans can't stand it
So play like Chuck Connors, because now you're branded a sellout
So yo, get the hell out
We took a dive because you couldn't feel the vibe

Is this the vibe you desire? (Diamond running down the line)
Is this the vibe you desire? (You know you're on time)
Well let me continue with what's on the menu
I dug in the crate (Now it's time to get the papes) (Repeat 2x)

You know I feel the vibe, my name is Show B-I-Z
I used to cut at jams when I was 4 foot 3
Early in the morning listen to beats
And back then I was the shorty (With the Nikes on his feet)
Back to a brother who sold out (Did he?)
He aimed for a name and some fame without any doubt
He was my man so he let me hear a taste
But he dissed his face because the shit ain't have no bass
His beats was clogged, he needed Liquid Plumber
Damn I wonder why he sound like Donna Summers?
Or Nat King Cole, that style is old
100 G's up front you've just been sold
They kidnap your creative control
No chance of going platinum or even gold
It wouldn't happen to me (Why not?)
I got the skills that's ill and I'm real cause I feel the beat

Is this the vibe you desire? (Show running down the line)
Is this the vibe you desire? (You know you're on time)
Well let me continue with what's on the menu
I dug in the crate (Now it's time to get the papes) (Repeat 2x)


Yeah, I knew a kid who was nice on the mic
Had a record deal but the deal wasn't real
Cause the record label wouldn't spend any loot
But he had a deal and my man got souped
He knew a lot of old beats but it didn't matter
The label had other ideas for the platter
I heard the song and I had to scream
The had him rhyming over hype drum machines
He didn't like it but he had no say
And now he's out of here today
Try to fake the funk, it couldn't shake a rump
But the radio played the junk anyway
But the song wouldn't budge
Now against the ex-label he holds a grudge
Looking for a deal because the song took a dive
Cause he couldn't feel the vibe
But who's to blame in the world of the rap game
Stick to your roots like a troop and let me know

Is this the vibe you desire? (Diamond running down the line)
Is this the vibe you desire? (You know you're on time)
Well let me continue with what's on the menu
I dug in the crate (Now it's time to get the papes)

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Bomfunk MC's Mini Biography

The Bomfunk MC's are a robot hip hop and hip hop act, formed in 1997 in Finland. The group's front man is B.O. Dubb (formerly known as B.O.W., born Raymond Ebanks) and the main producer is Jaakko "JS16" Salovaara.

Members

* Raymond Ebanks B.O.W aka B.O.Dubb (MC)
* Ari Toikka aka A.T (drums)
* Ville Mäkinen aka Mr Wily (bass/keyboards)
* Riku Pentti aka DJ Infekto (DJ, keyboards)
* Okke Komulainen (keyboards)


The debut release was the 1999's album In Stereo (Sony Music) with the singles "Freestyler", "Uprocking Beats" and "B-Boys & Flygirls", all big hits in Finland. The success led to the release of "Freestyler" in Scandinavia and Germany. "Uprocking Beats" reached #1 position on Finnish Dance charts[1]. In Stereo sold over 600,000 units[2]

By 1999, "Freestyler" had become a big hit in Europe and it was the year's biggest-selling single in Europe. The single reached number one in Australia, Ireland, Denmark, Sweden, The Netherlands,Italy and Germany, and number two in the UK. Also in 2000, they won Best Nordic Act at the MTV Europe Music Awards. Nevertheless, the single did spark a little controversy. The line "Who the fuck is Alice, is she from Buckingham Palace?" was censored on the UK radio version, and the video featured a lot of product placement by Sony.

In 2002, the group released the album Burnin' Sneakers, spawning the singles "Super Electric", "Live Your Life" featuring Max'C, and "(Crack it!) Something Goin' On" with Jessica Folcker. This album gained less attention internationally, though selling well in Finland. "Something Goin' On" reached the German top 20.

In September 2002, DJ Gismo decided to leave the band (shortly afterwards joining the band Stonedeep), and was promptly replaced by Riku Pentti (DJ) and Okke Komulainen ("Hypnotic" featuring Elena Mady). Half of the album was produced by JS16, and the other half by The Skillsters Plus One.

"Reverse Psychology" and its singles did not garner much attention outside the Nordic countries. Both of the singles reached the German top 100, but did not chart elsewhere in Western Europe. Even fan reception was extremely mixed.

The band was extremely popular in several Eastern European and former Soviet states during 2001-2005. The eastern European market is/was rife with bootlegs of Bomfunk MC's records- with many regularly surfacing on eBay. In the early 2000s, this became somewhat of a standing joke among fans.

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C-Block - The Future Is So Bright (2000)

C-Block - The Future Is So Bright Lyrics

The future is so bright, everyday & everynight.
Every night & day, I can find my way.
To where I wanna go & what I wanna find.
What I wanna do, as I leave the past behind.

Baby, baby, I was out of reach.
Till you came & showed me what it means.
You told me that, the future’s my believe.
It’s up to me, whatever will be.
They are feelings that are worth fighting for.
They’re the feelings deep inside.
I gotta go, gotta try, gotta leave my past behind.
Cuz the future seems so bright.

The future is so bright, everyday & everynight.
Every night & day, I can find my way.
To where I wanna go & what I wanna find.
What I wanna do, as I leave the past behind.

Coming on & on, cuz the stream into our future.
Making rhymemixs to resuit you.
And it’s a scene that you play in your life.
Making people scream for more & they say the clock is hot.
Still, I’m moving on from the night before & watch you see change into the nightdraw.
Now can you help me? I take it day by day.
In a time & I felt it.
So can I find my own, anytime?
Relax my mind & then my own mind.
See I’m still moving on with my mics.
To let you know the future’s still bright.

The future is so bright, everyday & everynight.
Every night & day, I can find my way.
To where I wanna go & what I wanna find.
What I wanna do, as I leave the past behind. (x2)

The future is,
so bright.

Stay strong, as we live to future. Relax the mind & take control.
See the future is still bright.

Let the future lead your way, all you gotta do is stay.
And be strong, be stronger.
Cuz tomorrow’s not today & there is a better day.
Be strong, uz the future is so bright.

The future is so bright, everyday & everynight.
Every night & day, I can find my way.
To where I wanna go & what I wanna find.
What I wanna do, as I leave the past behind.

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C-Block - Keep Movin' (1999)

C-Block - Keep Movin' Lyrics

[Chorus:]
I gotta keep movin', up and down this life
I gotta keep movin', leave the past behind
And do all it should be done, to live my life and have some fun
Life is how you make it, so take it

[Rap1:]
Now I see ya still movin, while I'm groovin,
Once again I'm back in the house, I'm improovin,
To let you know, let you real somethin good
But not this, see you wish you could
Gotta lay the past behind, what's on my mind,
It's the rime shinin, clinin, I'm pporing on a way to the top
With CBK-style with the club hiphop
I bring it back, put it down the line
I stop and come on the top of the dine
Did you think I was gone all for real?
But you're going full, with the rap appeal,
Now here it comes stronger much harder
Where black and go, much started
I can't stop, nigga come Pop! Drop!
Gotta keep movin'!

[Chorus x 2]

I gotta keep movin, up and down this life

[Rap2:]
I gotta keep movin', while you snoozin
It's the club style mix, I'm here to proove it
Now recognize the M to the M P,
The P is for POP, and I don't stop
And I can't be stopped now immitade it
So watch out, yeah, ya still hacned
It's the digness with the mystery
Now watch out and go, see I peep this
I still standing on the eastcoast level
I'm still diggin deep, and I'm remaining the shevel
Now I keep going try to face that
Still ponding powerful commercial track, jack
Gotta bring it to you nice and slow
On the carpet C, it is my time to glow
I stay away to long, it's beeting my chest like King Kong

[Chorus x 2]
I gotta keep, I gotta keep, I gotta keep on movin'
I gotta keep, I gotta keep, I gotta keep on movin'

[Bridge:]
It's 1999 ya'll, and we still represent C-BLOCK
We just tryin to let you know, Life is what you make it
So leave the past behind, cause that's the way it's done,
So keep movin!

[Chorus x 2]

I gotta keep movin, up and down this life

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C-Block - Eternal Grace (1998)

C-Block - Eternal Grace Lyrics

As I look to the sky, throw my hands up and pray to Jesus to eas us
this pain is enough, believe us
Betreat us main from down on hell as you know, it really would´t ment for what´s the beared down below
As I look to the sky, with the tear from my eye, cause everyday we struggle
and everyday we die, Why? Are we forgivven for the glamour we gave to third life I´m full´s grifted death trapped in this mase
Wrest in peace to the real, Tupac Shakur resolecl like last week, come back and give me more motivation, the real inspiration Yo, the elevation of my soul to a high plato
Now, dear Lord, forgive us if we you I shoot to kill, black on black crime has turn us apart for real. I hope you feel my words fly. The fine eternal grace ´til you die

Refräng:
Eternal grace is coming down to take my pain away
I will stay strong, I will go on, to find eternal grace

I´m praying on my knees for my folks and my enemies G.O.D. can you please help me? I say that live is too much pain goin´ insane, the sewaside thoughts runnin´ round and thrue my brain
I look into the mirror, but what that i see? A man try to bee free from inside me. Seperate the game from reality, now I know I too come up from down below. Then my life on slow, keep them drugs on my flow. It´s my life!
and now it´s time to take control, the game is complexed for your mind and your health, so find eternal grace for your self.

Eternal grace is coming down to take my pain away
I will stay strong, I will go on, to find eternal grace
Eternal grace is coming down to take my pain away
I will stay strong, I will go on, to find eternal grace

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C-Block - Broken Wings (1998)

C-Block - Broken Wings Lyrics

[Hook Goldie:]
Take this broken wings and learn to fly again and learn to live so free
and when we here the voices sing the book of love will open up and let us in
so take these broken wings

[Rap1 Red Dogg:]
Creapin' up on the microphone, It's C-Block we dippin' clean
floss with the funky flavour down with Misty - N - Goldie G
we rippin this hit near rappin' the shit
we layin' the tracks and flippin' the script
droppin' the lyrics producin' a song
checked the mic 1-2 its' on
rigity Red, bigity Black, get up with this you can't go back
tisket tasked cock the hamma blast it
homies try to flex your pain rest in a casket
you're takin' a chance you're rollin' the dice
you loose your luck you loose your life
check yourself punk before a reck that ass punk
don't make me have to take you for a ride in my trunk
I said excuses, excuses, I'm not tryin' to hear your stle is boody
by nature so get on out here
ya said ya could have necked the mic but you came to late
you said you could hyped the crowd, but your shit sounds fake
you would have stepped up on the stage but you was scared to get slammed
you woulda, you coulda, you shoulda, but you didn't Damn!

[Hook Goldie:]
Take this broken wings and learn to fly again and learn to live so free
and when we here the voices sing the book of love will open up and let us in
so take these broken wings and learn to fly again and learn to live so free
so take this broken wings

[Rap2 Misty:]
Broken wings, symbolistic of another statistic
in this jungle scene gone ballistic
realisticly the buck stops on an innocent child
with the word "can't" spoken from a white smile
a system made to degrate dictate on the uneducated
and then wanna fade frustrated, brothas when they infiltrate it,
souls lost to blaze like bombay struttin with a sashay till doomsday per se
now I'ma flip this session over to the positive,
so listen closely to the message that I'm ganna give
I refuse to misuse my god given talent,
and induce to diffuse all those who are mad about it
and if you're seeking to take your life upon another status,
you need to believe that if you lean you need to get back it
and when you're struggling in this game, just put your head up high,
the skills will come to mend your wings and fly

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C-Block - My Life (1997)

C-block - My Life Lyrics

I don't wanna be down
just don't wanna feel sad
cause I thaught it last forever
but he's been talking
and I saw him walking
with another girl

It's time to get my point across
and I sit back and relax
as I take you on this ride

Red Dogg:
I can't help it that's the way you feel
You're playing with the same old game
straight whip appeal
still you commin with this attitude
say I'm playing you out
and I'm actin rude now le me break it
down to you that's the way I play
no matter what you do,
no matter what you say
I'm gonna stay this way
until my daying day
so take that my answer in a bag
that's your thang girl if it makes you mad
just take the sand and switch it with glad
I'm the fly'est thang that you ever had
try to understand it's my rule and I
made it I'm updated and I'm hella
complicated it ain't up to me
it's all up to you
do you wanna win or do you wanna loose
it's your choise, now choose

Chorus:
You're everything that counts in my life
I never find a way to get back to you
Everything that counts in my life
(If you wanna play, come around my way)
So give me a reason cause there's no more
light in my life

Mr.P:
Now bring it on back
P's going to let ya'll know
that I've been playing the game
straight to my membrain
steady mackin P keep stackin it up
so make up your mind before time is up
the clock's tickin I got you
checkin on the time walking down the street
like I feel the beat the way you front
about me to your girls behind my back
Is he the real mack?
Is it really like that. Maybe so.
Let me keep my story locked
Now I gave you everyday loot in your pocket
Now you turn your back in me,
look how you act
You make me wanna to snatch
the clothes right from your back
cause I bought it I gave you everything you need
for love to material things, yes indeed
every single stich form poor to rich
and now you wanna be a silly bitch

Chorus

In my life, in my life, in my life

So give me a reason cause there's no more
light in my life

Bridge:
I don't wanna be down
just don't wanna feel sad
cause I thaught it last forever
but he's been talking
and I saw him walking
with another girl

Chorus

Outro:
It's time to get my point across
and I sit back and relax
as I take you on this ride

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