Welcome You see, what we wanna talk about today Is dimes that turn to pennies Women that turn to bitches Honeys that turn to hoes I know y'all didn't know exactly what I'm talkin' about Somebody gotta take their welfare cheque and go buy some weed New outfit, do shit like that Yo fella's, have your say (Come on) I used to see her at school She always talked to the older dudes The ones with nice clothes and all the shoes (I guess I shoulda knew) She grew up fast in a short time Older body but her actions showed a young mind I mean this girl was so fine Whoa, who would've known? Who would have known? She would have grown to become (Have grown, ohh) (She's a, ahh) Drug runnin', jeep jumpin' (Aaa) Club frontin', know nothin' (Oh yea) Dick suckin', smoke somethin' Booster hustlin', dealer fuckin' (Calm down) Roller duckin', street lovin' Six children, no husband Beauty queen (Who would've known?) (Who would've known?) Drug running, jeep jumpin' Club frontin', know nothing Dick suckin', smoke something Booster hustlin', dealer fuckin' Roller duckin', street lovin' Six children, no husband (I can do with you) Beauty queen (Who would've known?) I'm away, my stay, he was treated like he was a supermodel Had your little Gucci, Dolce Gabanna and your Perotta Then you went and got yourself a no good baby father (Eww you) Started goin' down, sleepin' 'round, look at you now, now (Down, 'round, look at you, now, now) Disrespecting yourself, givin' it up, easy to touch Ready to fuck, now they just callin' you slut, why? Ho yea eee yea Who would have known? She would have grown to become (Who would have known? She, she'd become yea) Drug runnin', jeep jumpin' Club frontin', know nothin' Dick suckin', smoke somethin' Booster hustlin', dealer fuckin' Roller duckin', street lovin' Six children, no husband (Six children) Beauty queen Ooo ooo, you are Drug runnin', jeep jumpin' Club frontin', know nothin' (You are) Dick suckin', smoke somethin' (You are, you are, you are) Booster hustlin', dealer fuckin' Roller duckin', street lovin' Six children, no husband Beauty queen I'm talkin' to my ghetto, ghetto beauty queen (Ghetto, ghetto, ghetto, ghetto, ghetto, ghetto) Ohh How will you find a king when you're searchin' for one thing, ohh? (Ghetto, ghetto, ghetto, ghetto, ghetto, ghetto, ghetto) You know, you know Know you want the nicer things Get a job and buy them things (That's right) Ain't like he got you a ring (Aaa ohh) Close your legs, don't let him in between (Aaa haa haa ohh yea) Don't you know that you're a queen? (I'm talkin' to my beauty queen) Drug runnin', jeep jumpin' Club frontin', know nothin' (Ohh ho yea) Dick suckin', smoke somethin' (Ohh ohh, aaa ooo, ohh yea) Booster hustlin', dealer fuckin' Roller duckin', street lovin' Six children, no husband Beauty queen (You deserve to be so much better baby) Drug runnin', jeep jumpin' (Yea eee yea) Club frontin', know nothin' Dick suckin', smoke somethin' Booster hustlin', dealer fuckin' Roller duckin', street lovin' Six children, no husband (What? What? What? What? What? What? Yea) Beauty queen (Check this out now) Drug runnin', jeep jumpin' (Dru Hill said) Club frontin', know nothin' ("You're sleepin' in their bed") Dick suckin', smoke somethin' (Then the twins said) Booster hustlin', dealer fuckin' ("You slept with jagged edge") Roller duckin', street lovin' (One twelve said) Six children, no husband ("You gave them all head") Beauty queen (Why girl? Why yeah?) Drug runnin', jeep jumpin' (Now you know what I'm talkin' about) Club frontin', know nothin' Dick suckin', smoke somethin' (Don't say you're so sure baby) Booster hustlin', dealer fuckin' Roller duckin', street lovin' (Love your shoes if you wanna be in love) Six children, no hus'

Hah... hah... ha-ha. She's a Beauty Queen. Ha... in my sweet bean bag in the street, Take it down out to the laundry scene... Don't know why she's in my hand. Can't figure what it is, but... I lie, lie, lie again. I go me some horses to ride on, to ride on. They say that your demons can't go there. So I got me some horses to ride on, to ride on, As long as your army keeps perfectly still. And maybe I'll find me a sailor, a tailor. And maybe together we'll make mother well. So I got me some horses to ride on, to ride on, As long as your army keeps perfectly still. An you showed me the meadow, and milkwood, and silkwood. And you would if I would, but you never would. So I chased down your posies, your pansies in my hosies, Then opened my hands and they were empty then. Off with Superfly sniffing a Sharpie pen, honey it's Bill and Ben. Off with Superfly counting your Bees, oh me, honey like one, two, three. The camera is rolling, it's easy like one, two, three. And if there is a way to find you I will find you. But will you find me if Neil makes me a tree. An afro, a Pharaoh, I can't go you said so. And but threads that are golden don't break easily. So I got me some horses to ride on, to ride on. They say that your demons can't go there. So I got me some horses to ride on, to ride on. As long as your army keeps perfectly still, Keeps perfectly still, keeps perfectly still.

(Beat within the heartbeat) Sometimes Sometimes, you need to break down Sometimes, you need to lose spirit Need to breathe in to breathe out, out 'Cause I know that you're trying to make heaven In a world that is cold and lost all feeling But I know if you picture somewhere better Maybe we'll get there, baby, we'll get there When you know you're missing the kick When you know you're missing the kick When you know you're missing the beat within the beat, within a heartbeat When you know you're missing the love When you know you're missing the love When you know you're missing the beat within the beat, within a heartbeat (Beat within a beat, beat within a heartbeat) When you know you're missing the love When you know you're missing the beat within the beat, within a heartbeat Just leave it Listen to the ghost, but don't feed it Every time you do, you lose spirit It's getting kind of hard, but stick with it, hey 'Cause I know that you're trying to make heaven In a world that is cold and lost all feeling But I know if you picture somewhere better Maybe we'll get there, baby, we'll get there When you know you're missing the kick When you know you're missing the kick When you know you're missing the beat within the beat, within a heartbeat When you know you're missing the love When you know you're missing the love When you know you're missing the beat within the beat, within a heartbeat (Beat within a beat, beat within a heartbeat) When you know you're missing the love When you know you're missing the beat within the beat, within a heartbeat Just leave it Listen to the ghost, but don't feed it Every time you do, you lose spirit It's getting kind of hard, but stick with it, hey When you know you're missing the kick When you know you're missing the kick When you know you're missing a beat within the beat, within a heartbeat When you know you're missing the love When you know you're missing the love When you know you're missing the beat within the beat, within a heartbeat (Beat within a beat, beat within a heartbeat) When you know you're missing the love When you know you're missing the beat Within the beat, within the heartbeat (When you know you're missing the kick)

Tell a lie, tell a lie that makes me want to stay Give me something out of nothing, if it's not too late If it's real, if it's real, I guess I'll feel the pain Come in closer, out of focus Oh, and it's hard to It's hard to love someone who can't be loved But it's what you do, it's what you do Baby, you're so cruel, you're so cruel Cause you got me bound to you, bound to you This love I can't undo, can't undo Cause you got me bound to you, bound to you Losing me, carelessly, you sacrifice Give me something out of nothing, if it's not too late Did you steal or borrow me and all my life? Come in closer, out of focus Oh, and it's hard to It's hard to love someone who can't be loved But it's what you do, it's what you do Baby, you're so cruel, you're so cruel Cause you got me bound to you, bound to you This love I can't undo, can't undo Cause you got me bound to you, bound to you All I do is pray and it's keeping me awake When I try to leave, I think that you need me Do you? Baby, you're so cruel, you're so cruel But I'm still bound to you, bound to you There's a line that pulls me back to you There's only so much I can do A bind that holds the spark Wrapped around my heart There's only so much I can do When you got me bound to you Baby, you're so cruel, you're so cruel Cause you got me bound to you, bound to you This love I can't undo, can't undo Cause you got me bound to you, bound to you All I do is pray and it's keeping me awake When I try to leave, I think that you need me Do you? Baby, you're so cruel, you're so cruel But I'm still bound to you, bound to you I'm still bound to you, bound to you I'm still bound to you I'm still bound to you I'm still bound to you

Run and hide It's gonna be bad tonight 'Cause here comes your devil side It's gonna ruin me It's almost like Slow motion suicide Watching your devil side Get between you and me So tell me what I need to do To keep myself away from you To keep myself from going down All the way Down with you Still, I want you But not for your devil side Not for your haunted life Just for you So tell me why I deal with your devil side I deal with your dangerous mind But never with you Who's gonna save you now Who's gonna save you I can't lie But I do miss those times We were on the high I thought it would never end But you and I Have come from the same long line Good kids with a devil side Just going around again So tell me what I need to do To get myself away from you To keep myself from going down All the way Down with you All the way Down with you I want you But not for your devil side Not for your haunted life Just for you, (just for you) So tell me why It's always your devil side It's always your dangerous mind It's never you So who's gonna save you now Who's gonna save you So tell me what I need to know To make you want to change it all To keep myself from going down All the way Down with you All the way Down with you I want you But not for your devil side Not for your haunted life Just for you So tell me why I deal with your devil side I deal with your dangerous mind But never with you Who's gonna save you now Who's gonna save you Who's gonna save you now Who's gonna save you (Ooh, oh) (Who's gonna save you now) (Who's gonna save you now)

We were younger then We were half the age We could see it all through a careless lens My friend Was it all an act? Was it just pretend? Does it hurt to see how our smiles have changed? My friend I took it all for granted I lived it like a dream I was always the first person you'd call when you needed me Everything is changing And this is how it's gotta be but How can something so beautiful leave me so desperately? All of my friends in the corner Everybody's looking like they need someone Together, we're not getting older But everybody's looking like they need someone All of my friends in the corner Everybody's looking like they need someone Together, we're not getting older But everybody's looking like they need someone So let's misbehave These are troubled days When my home was yours, we were always safe My friend I took it all for granted I lived it like a dream I was always the first person you'd call when you needed me Everything is changing And this is how it's gotta be but How can something so beautiful leave me so desperately? All of my friends in the corner Everybody's looking like they need someone All of my friends in the corner Everybody's looking like they need someone Together, we're not getting older But everybody's looking like they need someone Do you need someone? Do you need someone? Everybody's looking like they need someone Do you need someone? Do you need someone? Everybody's looking like they need someone All of my friends in the corner Everybody's looking like they need someone Pretending we don't fear the morning But everybody's looking like they need someone Do you? Do you? Do you? Do you? Do you? Do you? Do you? Do you?

Show me love (better love) Show me love (better love) I cried myself to sleep again You lie right there, but I've learned nothing I do my best to ease your pain And here we are, but we've learned nothing And it's killing me When I'm in your arms I forget the darker days And it's haunting me These feet of mine Won't let me march away Don't ask me how But I always thought that we could have a better love When you lay me down I forget that all I want is a better love Show me a better love Show me a better, better love Show me a better love Show me a better, better love I hurt myself again today You lie right there and you say nothing I do my best to leave this pain But here we are and we've learned nothing And it's killing me When I'm in your arms I forget the darker days And it's haunting me These feet of mine Won't let me march away Don't ask me how But I always thought that we could have a better love When you lay me down I forget that all I want is a better love Show me a better love Show me a better, better love Show me a better love Show me a better, better love Show me love (better love) Show me love (better love) And it's killing me When I'm in your arms I forget the darker days And it's haunting me These feet of mine Won't let me march away Show me a better love A better love Better, better love Show me a better love A better Better, a better love Show me a better love Show me a better, better love Show me a better love Show me a better, better love Show me love (better love)