25 Cents for a Riff (feat. Yankiel) - Acid Drinkers

Oh, I just wanna go to work And get back home, and be something I just wanna fall and lie And do my time, and be something Well, I just wanna prove my worth On the planet Earth, and be something I just wanna fall in love Not fuck it up, and feel something Well lately, don't understand what I am Treated as a fool Not quite a woman or a man Well, I don't know I guess I don't understand the plan Colonized, and hypnotized, be something Sterilized, dehumanized, be something Well, take your pay And stay out the way, be something Ah, do your best But fuck the rest, be something Well lately, it's been mighty hard to see Just searching for my lost humanity I look for you, my friend But do you look for me? Lately I'm not too afraid to die I wanna leave it all behind I think about it sometimes Lately all my time's been movin' slow I don't know where I'm gonna go Just give me time, I'll know Oh, any day now Oh, any day now I will come along Oh, any day now Oh, any day now I will come along I will come along (All died dreaming hating and waiting) (Dead Puerto Ricans who never knew they were Puerto Ricans) (Who never took a coffee break from the 10th commandment) (To kill, kill, kill) (The landlords of their cracked skulls) (And communicate with their Latin souls) (Juan, Miguel, Milagros, Olga, Manuel) (From the nervous breakdown streets) (Where the mice live like millionaires) (And the people do not live at all) From El Barrio to Arecibo, ¡Pa'lante! From Marble Hill to the ghost of Emmett Till, ¡Pa'lante! To Juan, Miguel, Milagros, Manuel, ¡Pa'lante! To all who came before, we say, ¡Pa'lante! To my mother and my father, I say, ¡Pa'lante! To Julia, and Sylvia, ¡Pa'lante! To all who had to hide, I say, ¡Pa'lante! To all who lost their pride, I say, ¡Pa'lante! To all who had to survive, I say, ¡Pa'lante! To my brothers, and my sisters, I say, ¡Pa'lante! ¡Pa'lante! ¡Pa'lante! To all who came before, we say, ¡Pa'lante!

Looking for spare change To put gas in my car But what I've found Won't get me very far Seems lately the low times Have hit me pretty hard 'Cause I'm a few cents short From getting to where you are I'm a few cents short Of holding you in my arms And a few cents short Of keeping us from falling apart Ain't it funny how the money Can change our lives 'Cause I'm a few cents short From losing you tonight So I walked to a pay phone down the road But a few dimes and a nickel is all I had The operator wants more money To place my call But I'm a few cents short If that don't beat it all I'm a few cents short Of holding you in my arms And a few cents short Of keeping us from falling apart Ain't it funny how the money Can change our lives 'Cause I'm a few cents short From losing you tonight I'm a few cents short Of holding you in my arms And a few cents short Of keeping us from falling apart Sure is funny how the money Can change our lives 'Cause I'm a few cents short From losing you tonight Yes I'm a few cents short And I'll be losing you tonight

Yesterday morning I went Out for a cup of coffee I shaved and Then I combed my hair A man who didn't know me Said something to my back I stopped to turn around And faced it That is why I pack my .25 Where nobody knows Right above my boot It's the law No one there to serve you Why not be the hero? Why not be your own? Swear I'll kill you Swear that I'll kill you The law, it's the law And every man out on the street knows I swear I'll kill you I dreamt all yesterday How I might Make a man feel With a gun up to his face Show respect to me I don't care What you're thinking I'll wipe that thought away That is why I pack my .25 Where nobody knows Right above my boot It's the law With no one there to serve you Why not be the hero? Why not be your own? Swear I'll kill you Swear that I'll kill you The law, it's the law And every man out on the street knows I swear that I'll kill you So why not be the hero?

Girl, what you're doin' here by yourself? Not looking like you're waiting on someone else I see a little heart broke in that glass of top-shelf If I'm anywhere close, maybe I can help 'Cause I come from a long line of lonesome drinkers Old school bar stool, jukebox learners Pop-a-top, sing along country song swayers A long line of neo, all night stayers I can pull up a chair if you want me to I can spin you 'round the floor if you want me to But baby, don't feel like you got to 'cause you ain't got to Girl, this is where I go when I get this way Where the Cuervo's gold and the music's great Might get a little buzz, but hell, that's ok It's all part of my DNA 'Cause I come from a long line of lonesome drinkers Old school bar stool, jukebox learners Pop-a-top, sing along country song swayers Long line of neon, all night stayers I can pull up a chair if you want me to I can spin you 'round the floor if you want me to But baby, don't feel like you got to 'cause you ain't got to We can dance all night if you want to You can hold on tight if you want to Oh, but baby, don't feel like you got to 'cause you ain't got to I come from a long line of lonesome drinkers Lonesome drinkers Lonesome drinkers Lonesome drinkers

Disgusting... Disgusting individual... Excuse me, please! Anything wrong? Oh yes, I happened after all Good thing I did - pressure was strong I had no say, I couldn't stall If I had not just come to be Not a soul wolud have been touched If by some chance there was no me The world would not lose very much THe story is different with you Though like before, I had no say Your presence does pierce me right through Your influence is here to stay If it had not been for me 'You' would never be the same If you had not come to be 'I' would have less guilt and shame Disgusting... Disgusting... Disgusting... Disgusting... Disgusting individual... Excuse me, please! Anything wrong? Oh yes, I happened after all Good thing I did - pressure was strong I had no say, I couldn't stall And if I happened somewhere else Where black wind's rage is like a peck Would I be in a better place? Believe the burden round my neck? Disgusting... Disgusting... Disgusting... Disgusting... Disgusting individual... If I had not just come to be Not a soul wolud have been touched If by some chance there was no me The world would not lose very much