I can barely hear a sound, it's faded All the words you used to say Tried to keep me down, I'm elevated No more rain on this parade I went deep inside, where monsters hide To free my mind, and come out alive Tell me when you kicked me, did you ever think that I would get up? Can you hear me now, so loudly? I'm screaming at the top of my lungs Can you see me now, so proudly? Looking up at what I've become Can you hear me now, up above the crowd? Singing, whoa-whoa Can you hear me now, so loudly? Can you hear me, can you hear me now? Tried to find the light between your shadows But it always seemed to fade It took some time for me to learn to let go But I grew stronger from the pain I went deep inside, where monsters hide To free my mind and come out alive Tell me when you kicked me, did you ever think that I would get up? Can you hear me now, so loudly? I'm screaming at the top of my lungs Can you see me now, so proudly? Looking up at what I've become Can you hear me now, up above the crowd? Singing, whoa-whoa Can you hear me now, so loudly? Can you hear me, can you hear me now? I went deep inside, where monsters hide To free my mind and come out alive Tell me when you kicked me, did you ever think that I would get up? Can you hear me now, so loudly? I'm screaming at the top of my lungs Can you see me now, so proudly? Looking up at what I've become Can you hear me now, up above the crowd? Singing, whoa-whoa Can you hear me now, so loudly? Can you hear me, can you hear me now? Can you hear me, can you hear me now?

Sitting by the pool, thought that you were through But every word you say is still all about you You're outside your head, don't know where you went to Stories are the same, still all about you Came close in the dead of night Thought I couldn't do it but I knew I was right (ah) I was right (Ah), I was right Take a sip but you call my bluff Good to make me feel like I'm not good enough, oh Can you hear me now? It's quiet and you're lonely Wishing you could hold me, oh-oh Can you hear me now? I was trying, I was trying But I'm no longer fighting, oh-oh Can you hear me? I hate it when you're high, but I was on your side Breathe it 'til it burn us, it's not all about you Grass beneath my feet, pulling on my teeth Try to smile but it hurts, can't remember how to Came close in the dead of night Thought I couldn't do it but I knew I was right (Ah-ah) Can you hear me now? It's quiet and you're lonely Wishing you could hold me, oh-oh Can you hear me now? I was trying, I was trying But I'm no longer fighting, oh-oh Can you hear me? (Oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh) Can you hear me now? Last time that you let me down (Oh-oh-oh) Last time that you let me down (Oh-oh-oh) Last time that you let me down, oh-oh-oh Can you hear me now? It's quiet and you're lonely (Lonely) Wishing you could hold me, oh-oh Can you hear me now? I was trying, I was trying (I was trying) But I'm no longer fighting, oh-oh Can you hear me? (Now) (Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh) Can you hear me? (Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh) Can you hear me now? Can you hear me?

Somebody in the house say yeah If you agree, I'd like to ride the funky beat Somebody in the house say hell yeah I like that for the people Check this out Damn if I be some slave again Got no fake ass friends No timbs or rims Sure 'nuff don't know no designer names And I never played no video games I ain't got no diamond rings No bling bling, no minks No 2 earrings No pimp glasses mugs Or cups and things Or whatever the hell they be carryin Don't treat my highs too high Or my lows too low You wont see my soul Souled on no video Don't need no checks to get no chicks Or be some hypocrite to get you on my dick So let the young sing and Rap to the young As long as y'all don't think freedom Is free to be dumb Can you hear me now, can you hear me now Can you hear me now, can you hear me now Can you hear me now, can you hear me now Can you hear me now It's suicidal to think I'm Your American Idol Hypnotic trapped in a 3000 mile box Chicks bobby socks today be Botox Now that hip hops the New so-called rock Parents dressin the outside Of their kids An' what they wear Instead of stressin the inside Way back, my peoples gave me pride Now in 2004 I ain't gotta hide If you can't afford it just Leave it to the side 'Cause you looking real Stupid with that tear in your eye Gotta a 1994 hear you talkin But it's damn sure better than walkin It might be old, it sure ain't gold Better than stylin in the cold It ain't no rolls, so wont get stoled But you wont see me walking on No side of the road Can you hear me now, can you hear me now Can you hear me now, can you hear me now Can you hear me now, can you hear me now Can you hear me now At the age I am now If I can't teach I shouldn't even open up my Mouth to begin to speak I need some radio To help me reach But I heard they get their money on By makin you weak Drowning in the sea of Some big dose of now No past no future Let the young grow wild Ain't gave em nuttin Some done robbed the child From substance Don't curr, fill em up wit style Like hip hop started on TRL, like wow Took the game and made It a gdamn shame Hell wit history you don't even Know my name I ain't the same damn thing That y'all used to playin I'm non-stop rocket Headin to your brain Now that's what I'm sayin Can you hear me now, can you hear me now Can you hear me now, can you hear me now Can you hear me now, can you hear me now Can you hear me now I may not got no flow But I ain't pimped by no negro Backed by some Cracka wit His ass by the door Therefore I can never be poor 'Cause my mind, body, and soul Cannot be sold Priceless So I avoid that triflin' Worms in my cipher Stuff y'all can't get enough off Gots no time for Somebody's jail My time is just like the US mail My time is richer Than them new astro pitchers I be damn if my face Be under some picture Where you heard the n-word So save your liquid Pe we just here to flip it Find somebody new to get wit The next time you hear a Cat who can't Stand or even Look in the mirror Can you hear me now, can you hear me now Can you hear me now, can you hear me now Can you hear me now, can you hear me now Can you hear me now Can you hear me now, can you hear me now Can you hear me now, can you hear me now Can you hear me now, can you hear me now Can you hear me now Can you hear me now, can you hear me now Can you hear me now, can you hear me now Can you hear me now, can you hear me now Can you hear me now Can you hear me now, can you hear me now Can you hear me now, can you hear me now Can you hear me now, can you hear me now Can you hear me now

You can call 'til your voice is running out But I can't hear you now I can't hear you now I'm somewhere far away where you can't bring me down So, I can't hear you now I can't hear you now Yeah, yeah Run, run it back, tell 'em what I'm coming at I was on that bullshit then, now I'm done with that Scared of what I didn't want, scared of what I wanted And thought that I was finished, but I hardly had begun, in fact I'ma beast, I'ma monster, a savage And any other metaphor the culture can imagine And I gotta caption for anybody asking That is, "I am feeling fucking fantastic" Some days, it doesn't take much to bring me down Some days, I'm struggling for control Some days, it doesn't take much to bring me down But right now I'm floating above it all So you can call 'til your voice is running out But I can't hear you now I can't hear you now I'm somewhere far away where you can't bring me down So, I can't hear you now I can't hear you now Yeah, yeah Come, come again, feel it when it's flooding in Woke up knowing I don't have to be numb again Starting line, scratch that, I don't have to run again Give-a-fucks maxed out, tell 'em I'm not coming in I'm not present on the payroll And you can tell me how I should do it 'cause you say so But I'm not dancing to the rhythm, you replay, no 'Cause I'm already half a million miles away, though, they know Some days, it doesn't take much to bring me down Some days, I'm struggling for control Some days, it doesn't take much to bring me down But right now I'm floating above it all So you can call 'til your voice is running out But I can't hear you now I can't hear you now I'm somewhere far away where you can't bring me down So, I can't hear you now I can't hear you now And I waited too long I listened too much You said what can't be unheard I'm drawing a line Enough is enough I let you have your last words So you can call 'til your voice is running out But I can't hear you now I can't hear you now I'm somewhere far away where you can't bring me down So, I can't hear you now I can't hear you now So you can call 'til your voice is running out But I can't hear you now I can't hear you now I'm somewhere far away where you can't bring me down So, I can't hear you now I can't hear you now

I'll take another cold beer from you, brother Got a story I could tell ya Could you drop a pink umbrella in my High Life? And make it look like a Mai Tai I'll paint you a palm tree picture Couple fools in paradise Swept up in the blue, we We're living life in a movie Just like Elvis and Priscilla, yeah, the both of us Drinking pineapple rum out of a coconut By the ocean, happy as a ukulele Yeah, that rainbow we were under Sometimes I wonder why we Ever left Hawaii Back on the mainland Things ain't the same, man Wish wе could go back to island time We had a plan to sell bamboo and chimеs At a roadside souvenir stand We had it all in the palm of our hands But it slipped right through like sand in Waimea Bay We shoulda stayed Swept up in the blue, we We're living life in a movie Just like Elvis and Priscilla, yeah, the both of us Drinking pineapple rum out of a coconut By the ocean, happy as a ukulele Yeah, that rainbow we were under Sometimes I wonder why we Ever left Hawaii Swept up in the blue, we We're living life in a movie Just like Elvis and Priscilla, yeah, the both of us Drinking pineapple rum out of a coconut By the ocean, happy as a ukulele Yeah, that rainbow we were under Sometimes I wonder why we Ever left Hawaii Ever left Hawaii

Do-do-do-dominion Do-do-do-dominion Life has become a war Under our overlords I look them in the eye I keep crossing the bitter lie Don't hold me Never been nothing but strong and free The number one enemy 'Cause I'm not hypnotized I refuse to believe the lies Our rebellion has begun Dominion, dominion Under the fists of a powerful Dominion, dominion Don't let the empire take control Revolution from within Let the kingdom reign begin Dominion, dominion Do-do-do-dominion Do-do-do-dominion Do-do-do-dominion Do-do-do-dominion Colliding chaos Pre-programmed robots Not a set of at it all A 40-foot golden idol Not your place I'll never bow down To the power stay Death will not dominate The fighters finally rise They refuse to believe the lies Our rebellion has begun Dominion, dominion Under the fists of a powerful Dominion, dominion Don't let the empire take control Revolution from within Let the kingdom reign begin Dominion, dominion His dominion is an everlasting dominion We shall not pass away And his kingdom one that shall not be destroyed Dominion, dominion Under the fists of a powerful Dominion, dominion Don't let the empire take control Revolution from within Let the kingdom reign begin Dominion, dominion Dominion, dominion Dominion, dominion Dominion, dominion Do-do-do-dominion Do-do-do-dominion Do-do-do-dominion Do-do-do-dominion