Beside a Singin' Mountain Stream Where the Willow grew Where the Silver Leaf of Maple Sparkled in the Mornin' Dew I braided Twigs of Willows Made a String of Buckeye Beads; But Flesh And Blood need Flesh And Blood And you're the one I need Flesh And Blood need Flesh And Blood And you're the one I need. I leaned against a Bark of Birch And I breathed the Honey Dew I saw a North-bound Flock of Geese Against a Sky of Baby Blue Beside the Lily Pads I carved a Whistle from a Reed; Mother Nature's quite a Lady But you're the one I need Flesh And Blood need Flesh And Blood And you're the one I need. A Cardinal sang just for me And I thanked him for the Song Then the Sun went slowly down the West And I had to move along These were some of the things On which my Mind and Spirit feed; But Flesh And Blood need Flesh And Blood And you're the one I need Flesh And Blood need Flesh And Blood And you're the one I need. So when this Day was ended I was still not satisfied For I knew ev'rything I touched Would wither and would die And Love is all that will remain And grow from all these Seed; Mother Nature's quite a Lady But you're the one I need Flesh And Blood need Flesh And Blood And you're the one I need.

My friend's flesh and blood She lies overtime You'd nail her if you could But she says Love me for my mind In my time I'm not that kind My friend's flesh and blood Night size - perfect ten So rude - she's no good But as she says It pays to win Play to win She plays to win My friend's flesh and blood Street wise for her time You'd nail her if you could But she says Love me for my mind In my time

My flesh and blood get the best of me But there's a darkness running deeply through their veins I can see me in their eyes My flesh and blood walk tall and strong But I know inside that sometimes they get scared And it can make them blind You see, I tried to teach them how to swim Through waters deep so they won't drown To keep their heads up high 'cause that same water Used to drag me down My flesh and blood and skin and bone My hopes and dreams and love I kept for you I had to make it through My flesh and blood for you My flesh and blood they're not on their own 'Cause I'm walking right beside them all the way I won't let them stray My flesh and blood have the world laid out in front of them But the path gets hard to find But that won't stop them trying I know the fear that's there inside my heart It blocks the way's inside them too But they're going to have to work it out That's the one thing, that I could never do My flesh and blood and skin and bone My hopes and dreams and love I kept for you It's all that I could do My flesh and blood and sweat and toil And endless days no sleep at all it's true I had to make it through My flesh and blood for you My flesh and blood I can see the light Of a new sunrise when I look into their eyes I know that they'll get by My flesh and blood have the world laid out Right in front of them And their hearts will be their guide And take it in their stride My flesh and blood and skin and bone My hopes and dreams and love I kept for you It's all that I could do My flesh and blood and sweat and toil And endless days no sleep at all it's true I had to make it through My flesh and blood for you (My flesh and blood and skin and bone) Oh for you (My hopes and dreams and love I kept for you) Oh, my flesh and blood Yeah, my flesh and blood Yeah, my flesh and blood (my flesh and blood and sweat and toil) My flesh and blood, ho-ho, ho, ho-ho (and endless days no sleep at all it's true) My flesh and blood

Flesh of my flesh, blood of my blood Flesh of my flesh, blood of my blood! Flesh of my flesh, blood of my blood All my niggas get down like what Flesh of my flesh, blood of my blood All my niggas get down like what My dogs is dogs with official bloodlines I say, "Stop Being Greedy," get a plate, you want mine Why do niggas always force you take it back to the streets? Can I at least go one year without spitting the heat? Motherfuckers think it's sweet until you get your chest messed up Two days later, he's dressed up, let him rest up He ain't going nowhere, no time soon Remember High Noon? Last thing he heard was "Boom"! Can I get some room or do I gots to, make me a path? Break you in half, fake niggas make me laugh Y'all niggas is funny, still talking 'bout money And ain't got none, get the shotgun 'cause you hungry It's about to get ugly when the, lights is out One, two, three, ho that's three strikes you out His knife was out, I think they found it still in his hand He in a bag and I'm over here, killing his man! Flesh of my flesh, blood of my blood All my niggas get down like what Flesh of my flesh, blood of my blood All my niggas get down like what Flesh of my flesh, blood of my blood All my niggas get down like what Flesh of my flesh, blood of my blood All my niggas get down like what I no longer see the shadows that once kept me strong And I'm starting to get that same feeling that kept me wrong Can't afford to trust niggas 'cause niggas lust figures Plus niggas is scared to bust niggas, rush niggas Dueling with the heat, and ain't killing nothing but time Fucking with the street, but you ain't feeling nothing but mine Tired of hearing niggas rhyme that don't say shit Fuck is on them niggas minds, why don't they quit? Sucking my dick looking for something new Let your man hold something with your hold something crew You know how niggas do, we don't forget shit If you was there when it's thin, then you there when it's thick No hitchhikers, fuck that, the Ryde was Ruff And every nigga that was wit' us, that died was Ruff A lot of niggas that are wit' us, ain't cried enough So now when niggas come and get us, we fires 'em up Flesh of my flesh, blood of my blood All my niggas get down like what Flesh of my flesh, blood of my blood All my niggas get down like what Flesh of my flesh, blood of my blood All my niggas get down like what Flesh of my flesh, blood of my blood All my niggas get down like what Motherfuckers, thought that the, X would stop But I got niggas like, "Yo, who's the next to drop?" From his camp, get the stamp, grand champ, it's official Think when you die, how many's gon' miss you? Lean over in your casket and kiss you Send you on your way with a blessing And pray that another learned a lesson Smith & Wesson ended money's life, now money's wife's a widow (Gave it to him full blast?) Nah dog, just a little Beside rap, I don't talk but make plenty of moves I'll murder, ten of you fools before your men and them choose You either, win or you lose, and I, love to win Even if it means I gotta shed blood again Keep the bank account doubling, but don't hate me Really thought that what you said would either, make me or break me? Knowin' it don't take me long to write Matter of fact, I think I'll drop another, song tonight Flesh of my flesh, blood of my blood All my niggas get down like what Flesh of my flesh, blood of my blood All my niggas get down like what Flesh of my flesh, blood of my blood All my niggas get down like what Flesh of my flesh, blood of my blood All my niggas get down like what

Over time I've come to feel That everything must come apart it seems From the little child to the man of power From the beggar to the angel of my dreams From the thinnest thread we are sewn together From the finest string we dangle over time From the highest wire do we walk through fire Should our balance ever falter, should our steps be unaligned Such a big storm, yeah Such a strong wind blowing Such a loud voice calling For me to cross the line But I'm not gonna give up the ghost No, not gonna give up the ghost I'm not gonna give up the ghost No, not gonna give it up 'Cause I haven't the strength to hold out too long If we both hold on together we can make each other strong After all we're flesh 'n' blood After all we're flesh 'n' blood After all we're flesh 'n' blood After all we're flesh After all we're flesh 'n' blood After all we're flesh 'n' blood After all we're flesh 'n' blood After all Drop the mask take away the house And forget about the income and the car We're all the same underneath our shell We've all been to hell and we know what it's like And we've shared each other's sins We all know what it's like to give up the fight We've all been ashamed at one time or another We all have dreams and nightmares too When it all comes down we'll look out for each other (No one else will) But when I hear the call, when I feel the thirst When the catcher comes to take my soul He's gonna have to fight me first 'Cause I'm not gonna give up the ghost No, not gonna give up the ghost I'm not gonna give up the ghost No, not gonna give it up 'Cause I haven't the strength to hold out too long If we both hold on together we can make each other strong After all we're flesh 'n' blood After all we're flesh 'n' blood After all we're flesh 'n' blood After all we're flesh After all we're flesh 'n' blood After all we're flesh 'n' blood After all we're flesh 'n' blood After all Every cloud has a silver lining And every soul is tender to the touch We are made of stone, we are made of steel And we're all the same when we return to dust But when I hear the call, yeah, when I feel the thirst When the catcher comes to take my soul He's gonna have to fight me first 'Cause I'm not gonna give up the ghost No, not gonna give up the ghost I'm not gonna give up the ghost No, not gonna give it up 'Cause I haven't the strength to hold out too long If we both hold on together we can make each other strong Give up the ghost No, not gonna give it up I'm not gonna give up the ghost No, not gonna give it up I'm not gonna give up the ghost No, not gonna give it up I'm not gonna give up the ghost No, not gonna give it up I'm not gonna give up the ghost No, not gonna give it up I'm not gonna give up the ghost No, not gonna give it up

I miss the southern sky I miss those bedroom eyes I miss that liars tongue I miss the warm goodbye (And I love you And I love you) I miss my lazy heart I miss my second chance I miss my unborn child I miss that warm goodbye (And I love you And I love you) It's not like I'm running away It's not like I'm running away Waking up to find yourself A beacon of the whole, oh, oh-oh Waking up to find yourself A river overflowed, oh, oh-oh .#INSTRUMENTAL Waking up to find yourself Two feet from where you start, oh, oh-oh (And I love you And I love you And I love you)

Everybody wants to be someone else Everybody needs to be somewhere else To fit right in To be ordinary but not the same To fit right in To be ordinary and never change Everybody started so helpless Everybody couldn't even couldn't even take what they needed Whether they know it Whether they don't mind not knowing at all Whether they know it (and forgot it) Or whether they don't mind not knowing at all Everybody wants to be someone else Everybody needs to be somewhere else It's the way you look The way you talk about things, the way you are The way you look The way you talk about things, the way you are Got a baby in your belly, baby kill it with fire In our kingdom of convenience where we sing in the choir This is a conference of our failures, a union of regret Where we bow beneath the worry for what hasn't happened yet And all of this will come crashing down To fit right in To be ordinary but not the same To fit right in To be ordinary and never change

Drugs you take to reveal it All your wishes come true Drugs you take to believe it All your wishes come true Still am full of hate Still am full of pride Still am full of hate Still am full of pride Is it all that you need? When it's all that you got? Is it all that you need? Cause it's all that i want When it's all that you need Cause it's all that you got When it's all that you want And it's all that i'm not! Still as rain Falling down Still as rain Falling down Still as rain Falling down Still as rain Falling down Drug you Drug you Drug you Drug you Drug you Drug you Drug you

Tell me a lie, I'll be the first to fall. Give me an offer Unofferable. Imagine the war, In those tiny hands, That held onto a penance, I didn't deserve. Don't it feel like a knife, In the back of your head? And it reeks like an afterthought, rotten, unsaid. Maybe something got lost or forgotten instead. And I'm bound by a drunk, With a few memories, Of how you burn through your lovers, Like an ugly disease. Give me an offer unofferable. That held onto a penance I didn't deserve. And it reeks like an afterthought, rotten, instead, Maybe something got lost or forgotten unsaid.

You gotta believe me, i'm doing my best I apologize for all the flack i caught for dropping out Yeh you kicked up a storm, but the winds have died down I got a lot of bottles on account of this around I'm sorry i'm not him The poet's right hand The artistic little suffering son-of-a-working-man You work yourself in, but it spits you right out Why is it so hard? I should've run you out of town! If it looks like it is, then it probably ain't The more than you talk the more my interest goes away You work yourself in, but it spits you right out Why is it so hard? I should've run you out of town! I should've run you out of town!