Dry your eyes, take your song out, it's a newborn afternoon And if you can't recall the singer, you can still recall the tune Dry your eyes and play it slowly, like you're marching off to war Sing it like you know he'd want it, like we sang it once before And from the center of the circle to the midst of the waiting crowd If it ever be forgotten, sing it long and sing it loud And come dry your eyes And he taught us more about giving than we ever cared to know But we came to find the secret and we never let it go And it was more than being holy, oh it was less than being free And if you can't recall the reason, can you hear the people sing? Right through the lightning and the thunder, to the dark side of the moon To that distant falling angel that descended much too soon And come dry your eyes Come dry your eyes

Mommy just dry your eyes Mommy don't you cry I know we've been through hard times and the struggles And I just wanna tell you I love you Only fifteen put under pressure First month 27th day They took away my mother I was left to be raised by my brother Taught to be a hustler Mommy gone gotta stick together Stay strong through the stormy weather Became a top seller Look how we stacking this cheddar When you jump mommy life would be better Just like Rihanna you can stand under my umbrella You know how to make me better Even when we lose our cheddar Even through the stormy weather You hold me down Mommy just dry your eyes Mommy don't you cry I know we've been through hard times and the struggles And I just wanna tell you I love you Mommy just dry your eyes Mommy don't you cry I know we've been through hard times and the struggles And I just wanna tell you I love you Seventeen got a little money Feeling kinda blue Cause it's looking like you doing ten to twenty Riding being broke ain't funny It's all being hungry But I'm gonna keep hustling for my mommy Until I get rich like puffy Never had a plan 'B' You said I can be all I can be Some day I'm gonna buy you Miami So when I win my Grammy You coming cause I do this for my family You know how to make me better Even when we lose our cheddar Even through the stormy weather You hold me down Mommy just dry your eyes Mommy don't you cry I know we've been through hard times and the struggles And I just wanna tell you I love you Mommy just dry your eyes Mommy don't you cry I know we've been through hard times and the struggles And I just wanna tell you I love you Seventeen now my mommy's gone Cant wait till she come back home Missing her face like dust till dawn While she went away Never think it be so long I feel like crying while I'm writing this song Cant wait till that day come on When she leave the place Hey whats up mom How you doing? Its been about two years since I saw your face I miss you like crazy Know the money orders the pre-paid costs Being on my own No Knee Kurt Canino But I love you though This for you Mommy just dry your eyes Mommy don't you cry I know we've been through hard times and the struggles And I just wanna tell you I love you Mommy just dry your eyes Mommy don't you cry I know we've been through hard times and the struggles And I just wanna tell you I love you

Yes, Refugee Camp, no, it never stops, what, we're comin' back 1970 to 2000, check it, Jericho Sound, 'No Woman, No Cry' We 'bout to set it, yes, yes, we 'bout to set it Yo, we 'bout to set it, L-Boogie, what? We 'bout to set it, we 'bout to set it Yes, we 'bout to set it, na, we 'bout to set it Yo, L won't take the mark though I swim with sharks I make the dark see the light, board the ark for forty nights Times reveal a broken seal like a fiend steal You for fake, I'm for real like Jesus Christs' last meal You make deals with devils, the soul descends infinite levels Pray to God I see the next rescripture in holy text Then ask to be forgiven for pre-marital sex In the same breath, I speak with death For about the times and how many joined his army over bullshit rhymes You see L change the topic clear as fiber-optics Make talk about your clothes become microscopic decisions Young bitches in prison messing 'round with that life Thug, drug dealer wife, consequence, cut like a knife Then we learned that only Jah and God can protect You know the story, housing projects is purgatory So, teach the youths they got more rights than Miranda Tell 'em this whole shit is propaganda, word Yo, sound system, you know what I'm sayin'? Jericho Sound System, turn up your sound systems Yo, here he comes down the road A black Maserati, what up Raheem? (What up? What up? What up?) He never fought unless necessary You shot at? He shot back The whole block felt the bang Last man to fight with his fists his name was Jackie Chan Not Charles Brownson Once you hear the whistle, even Grandmas is stackin' up on old wooden pistols Nobody's thinking by the time you're done blinking Cold freezer, so your body won't be stinkin' Read the will, he left the bills for his daughter Soleil Last words written just before he got killed Woman cry (Crying) Why wasn't I the one? Not knowing, the omen was her son Damien! (Demonic voice in background) Father forgive 'em, for they know not what they done Their meaning of fun is who can draw the quicker gun Easy with the fizi Second rate the violence Those who disagree hear your ashes blow in silence! Yo! Turn up your sound system! This is the Refugee Camp! Jericho Sound System! Know what I'm sayin'? Te Bass production! Refugee Camp collaboration! Turn up your sound system! Come on! Turn up your boom system! This is how we do, turn it up, come on! From the heart of Kingston, to the streets of Brooklyn-Marcy All the way to the highest peak of any frequency, uh! Illegal aliens, them all run invasions Broadcasting all over your radio stations (radio station!) Mathematics, lead me to believe There's mysteries in numbers Lightning and thunder Enough, ribbons in the sky (ribbon in the sky!) To make Stevie Wonder And man it works, to say I come from down under (come from down under!) The wiz kid got no ride You frontin' at the bar (you frontin' at the bar!) You ain't a star You rolled up in somebody else's car (you rolled up in somebody else's car!) You know the deal! BMW, Black Man Walking, came home your Timberlands was talkin'! (uh huh) (Addressing Jeru) Niggas jealous 'cause the truth I said in Zealots Well let me tell it, Without Premier you couldn't sell it! Murder that boy! We 'bout to set it, Yes! Yes! Jericho Sound! L-Boogie you know what I'm sayin? We gonna come like Star Wars, you know what I'm saying? We 'bout to set it! Nineteen ninety seven to the year two thousand and one! Ichi-Bang! Even in Japan! Yo, L you know the flavor! Battle star galactical! Who want to battle?! Battle star galactical! Come on! You know the flavor! Jericho Allstars (Something in Creole) You know what I'm saying? You know, like the V Remember V, the old show we used to watch that? Yo, you know what I mean?! We 'bout to set it! Know what I'm sayin'! We 'bout to take y'all, you know what I'm sayin'?! Remember Mork & Mindy? We used to sit back, Happy Days You know what I'm saying? We 'bout to set it, but yo! Kids ain't playin' that no more, know what I'm sayin'? Niggas packin' pistols, once you hear the whistle, we 'bout to set it! You know what I mean? Yo! You know the flavor! You know what I mean?! Yo man! You know what I'm saying?! Good Times, J.J

Dear God, do you forgive me? I'm so sorry Dear God Dear God I'm so, so sorry I'm so sorry, I'll try never to do it again Please forgive me Please forgive me I'm so sorry I'm so sorry Dear God, do you forgive me? I'm so, so sorry I'm so, so sorry I'm so sorry, I'll try to never do it again I'm so sorry, I'll try never to do it again Amen Congratulations, congratulations You have survived, oh, you stayed alive This life is a killer, but, oh, what a riot Just to wake up each morning, just to open your eyes You got a beautiful body and a beautiful mind Oh, my baby girl, you're one of a kind They'll say Congratulations Congratulations Congratulations I go down to the station to the little salutations To the travels with patience, oh, congratulations All this coming and going, oh, it just gets old I want to stay here with you and our beautiful home And count our blessings and count our friends And pray to God it never comes to an end I'll say Dear God, please forgive me Dear God, please forgive me Dear God, please forgive me Congratulations on your beautiful life Oh, my baby girl, you'll live 'til you're dead And they say, congratulations

All the people you knew were all mad at you All the people you knew crowded the avenue If you're not appearing then you're disappearing If you're not appearing then you'll disappear You're looking pale, here, take a vitamin Open the door, please, let some sunshine in If you're not appearing then you're disap- If you're not appearing then you'll disap- If you go down to Memphis Please don't go swimming in the Mississippi River If you must, if you do, ooh Take off your jacket and take off your boots Just don't wash up on Beale

Everybody talking 'bout one, two, three, four Everybody talking 'bout one, two, three, four Everybody do the one, two, three, four Everybody talking 'bout one, two, three Well, you know I'd walk a mile just to die Gotta learn what that door is for Gotta learn what that door is for Gotta learn what that door is for Gotta learn what that door is for Well you know I'd walk a mile just to die, die, die, die, die Bad luck coming up Good luck is gone Bad luck coming up Good luck is gone And the mile that I speak of is the one I'm on Whoo! Joey, Johnny, Dee Dee, Tommy Joey, Johnny, Dee Dee, Tommy Joey, Johnny, Dee Dee, Tommy Joey, Johnny, Dee Dee, Tommy Joey, Johnny, Dee Dee, Tommy Joey, Johnny, Dee Dee, Tommy Joey, Johnny, Dee Dee, Tommy Joey, Johnny, Dee Dee, Tommy They were all my friends And they died

Have you seen my lover with her long blonde hair? Everything we did just went so wrong Last time that I saw her, she was standing there Now, I've come to wonder where she's gone Where she's gone, Lord Where she's gone, Lord Now, I've come to wonder where she's gone And have you seen my mother She's out looking for my father? Didn't think that she'd be gone this long He's gone where you can't go but I let her have her fun Now, I've come to wonder where she's gone Where she's gone, Lord Where she's gone, Lord Now, I've come to wonder where she's gone And what about my sister? She looks just like me Looking into her is like a mirror And when we were young We weren't two but one Sometimes I come to wonder where she's gone Where she's gone, Lord Where she's gone Without a kingdom Without a bed over my head Don't believe what they told you Believe what you heard or what I said And now I go down, towards the water In which we cried And now I go down, towards the dirt In which we died, died, died, died Destroyer (destroyer) Destroyer (destroyer) And, oh, what about me? I'm out wandering the streets Silently carrying a song Until it gets too loud And it comes rushing out of my mouth Oh, you'll probably wonder where I've gone Where I've gone, Lord Where I've gone, Lord Oh, you'll probably wonder where I've gone Destroyer Destroyer (destroyer) (Destroyer) (Destroyer) (Destroyer) (Destroyer) (Destroyer)

When I was young, just under 21 I tore my town apart by emptying my loaded gun Into the atmosphere, catching bodies along the way And now the Lord can't help me, and there ain't no god to save A wretch like me A wretch like me A wretch like me My family is upset, but I'm still their baby boy Who's never gone nowhere alone, but now I ain't got no choice I'm going down, I'm going down I'm going down, down, down, I'm going down Oh, but I don't wanna go to hell No, I don't wanna go to hell But if the devil is a bully Then I guess I might as well still be alive And at the football games, everyone will know my name Won't matter if they're local, or they're in from outta state The innocent boy turned dangerous who went to the mall that day He grew up in the foothills He went to that mall to slay And like a bad dream, that feels so real That it can't be, but it is still And like a nightmare taken out of sleep It hits you in the morning like a newspaper at your feet My name will reign My name will reign My name will reign Cryin' on my mama's shoulders holdin' my daddy's hand Look into my sister's eyes, I know it's hard to understand That what I did, won't be forgiven And what I did, is neverending But look up at the school and tell me What do you see? There's something wrong with all of them There's nothing wrong with me My name will reign My name will reign My name will reign My name will reign My name will reign, reign My name will reign My name will reign, reign My name will reign My name will reign, reign My name will reign My name will reign, reign My name will reign When I was young, just under 21 I tore my town apart by emptying my loaded gun Into the atmosphere, catching bodies along the way And now the Lord can't help me, and there ain't no god to save A wretch like me