Fuss and the Fighting - RiverMouth

What if I lose right now, what am I gonna do right now Now I'm alone, trapped on a one way I'll make it home, maybe someday I don't want to fuss and fight no more I don't want to fuss and fight no more I don't want to fuss and fight no more I don't want to fuss and fight no more What if I lose right now, what am I gonna do right now All I'm going through right now, I don't wanna lose right now Tap, Tap in, been distant from months on end Got caught slipping, one time, but not again Am I trippin, I'm itching to run up on him Pull the guns, don't you run I'm not done, I'm not done Shake some for me, you're pretty, you're pretty All around yeah, you with me, you with me To the ground can you pick it, and pick it up If I fall down could you pick me, and pick me up I don't want to fuss and fight no more I don't want to fuss and fight no more I don't want to fuss and fight no more I don't want to fuss and fight no more I don't want to fuss and fight no more I don't want to fuss and fight no more I don't want to fuss and fight no more I don't want to fuss and fight no more

Stevie Yeah? Stevie What? No more mic Alrigt, excuse me Ok Friends, popin' Yeah If I'm caught at a dance party Without my dancin' shoes And everybody dances on my bare feet Shame on me If I'm mindin' my business Just doin the right thing And you try to front me off in the street Shame on you If a family's waiting for that Special blessing to come their way But they ain't tryin' to get on their knees and pray Shame on them And if we live in a time where Every nation's fightin' 'round the world Yet we can't all agree that peace is the way Shame on us Shame on me Shame on you Shame on them Shame on us Shame on me, shame on you Shame on them, shame on us So what the fuss If I gotta get up early in the morning For a job interview And I forget to set the stupid alarm Shame on me If my children are playin' outside Like little children do And you come 'round there Trying to bring them some harm Shame on you Should I be drivin' through a klantown Find a restaurant to get me some food And someone says, "Hey boy, we don't serve your kind" Shame on them And if we live in a democracy And you don't use your power to vote Knowin' some would like to turn back the hands of time Shame on us Shame on me (shame, shame) Shame on you (shame, shame) Shame on them (shame, shame) Shame on us (shame, shame, shame, shame) Shame on me, shame on you Shame on them, shae on us So what the fuss If I'm hooked on a habit Knowin damn well it could cost me my life Yet I keep doin' what I should do without Shame on me If you're locked in a marriage And your other half just gives you abuse Yet you've convinced yourself that there's no way out Shame on you If we're jammin' the music And somebody's got the audacity To say that they can jam it better than us Shame on them And should there be just a handful that believe That we are totally free And there's no need to fight for equality Shame on us Shame on me (shame, shame) Shame on you (shame, shame) Shame on them (shame, shame) Shame on us (shame, shame, shame, shame) Shame on me, shame on you Shame on them, shame on us So what the fuss Shame on me (shame, shame) Shame on you (shame, shame) Shame on them (shame, shame) Shame on us (shame, shame, shame, shame) Shame on me, shame on you Shame on them, shame on us So what the fuss,yeah So what the fuss I say what the fuss Say what the fuss What the fuss Oh oh,come on now Hah, hah Come on, hit it please What the fuss What the fuss, fuss, fa-fa-fa-fa-fa Fuss

The hammering from the pit and the pounding of guns Grew louder. My fear rose at the sound of someone creeping into the House. Then I saw it was a young Artilleryman, weary, streaked with blood and dirt. Anyone here? Come in. Here, drink this. Thank you. What's happened? They wiped us out. Hundreds dead, maybe thousands. The Heat Ray? The Martians! They were inside the hoods of machines they'd made. Massive metal things on legs! Giant machines that walked. They attacked us! They wiped us out! Machines? Fighting machines! Picking up men and bashing 'em against trees. Just hunks of metal, but they knew exactly what they were doing. Mmm. There was another cylinder came last night. Yes. It looked bound for London. London! Carrie! I hadn't dreamed there could be danger to Carrie and her Father, so many miles away. I must go to London at once. And me. Got to report to headquarters if there's anything left of it. At Byfleet we came upon an inn, but it was deserted. Is everybody dead? Not everybody. Look! Six cannons with gunners standing by. [Artilleryman: ] Bows and arrows against the Lightning. They haven't seen the Heat Ray yet. We hurried along the road to Weybridge. Suddenly, There was a heavy explosion. The ground heaved, Windows shattered and gusts of smoke erupted in the air. Look! There they are! What did I tell you? Quickly, one after the other, Four of the fighting machines appeared. Monstrous tripods, Higher than the tallest steeple, Striding over pine trees and smashing them. Walking engines of glistening metal. Each carried a huge funnel and I realized With horror that I'd seen this awful thing before. A fifth machine appeared on the far bank. It raised itself to full height, Flourished the funnel high in the air - and the ghostly terrible Heat Ray struck the town. As it struck, All five fighting machines exulted, Emitting deafening howls that roared like thunder. Ulla! Ulla! The six guns we had seen now fired simultaneously, Decapitating a fighting machine. The Martian inside the hood was slain, splashed to the four winds, And the body, nothing now but an intricate device of metal, Went whirling to destruction. As the other monsters advanced, People ran away blindly, the artilleryman among them, But I jumped into the water and hid until forced up to breathe. Now the guns spoke again, But this time the heat ray sent them to oblivion. Ulla! With a white flash, The Heat Ray swept across the river. Scalded, Half-blinded and agonized, I staggered through leaping, Hissing water towards the shore, I fell helplessly, In full view of the Martians, expecting nothing but death. The foot of a fighting machine came down close to my head, Then lifted again, As the four Martians carried away the debris of their Fallen comrade. . and I realized that by a miracle I had escaped. Ulla! Ulla! Ulla!