Mighty Beast - Stephen Wilson Jr.

(Original song by Bob Marley) Simmer down, my head is too hot so Simmer down, he's gonna get dropped so Simmer down, man, here's what I say Simmer down, now I've got to got to simmer down. A long time ago we used to be friends. Picked my bones in my pockets that's where it ends so Simmer down, control my temper Simmer down, the battle will be hotter Simmer down, ok here's what I say Simmer down, oh, I'm leavin' in a day Simmer down, here's what I say Simmer down, oh, I'm leavin' in a day Simmer down, okay here's what I'm sayin' Simmer down, it's got to be this way Where's the love? Where is the loyalty? We did our part now where is the love? Simmer down, control my temper Simmer down, the battle will be hotter Simmer down, it's hard 'cause it hurts so, Simmer down, kick me off Simmer down, but the pain still exists Simmer down, and hey I'm sure he'll be missed Simmer down, it'll make us stronger Simmer down, and we'll live alot longer so Simmer down, what goes around Simmer down, will come around Simmer down, I know I've got to simmer down Simmer down, I'm tryin' to simmer down Simmer down, I've got to got to Simmer Down ohh Simmer Down, it's hard 'cause it hurts Simmer Down

When he left, he showed up at my door Different than he was before I was scared, and he was way off track I thought he wasn't coming back He told me, people were out after him And talked of places that he'd never been On a mission, and sworn to secrecy Different than he used to be Back, back, and we're glad he's back (On track) It's good to have him back, he's back Back, back, and we're glad he's back (On track) It's good to have him back, he's back When he was gone, he slept out on my couch In the daytime he was always out I never knew where he went Or how his afternoons were spent, he said He had to slay a dragon Kill a giant and fix a wagon Wage a war, feed the world, and stamp out sin In the daytime he was never in Back, back, and we're glad he's back (On track) It's good to have him back, he's back Back, back, and we're glad he's back (On track) It's good to have him back, he's back I'm a freight train, baby, don't give me no sidetrack (Nào I want your main line, baby Climb aboard the Eden (Express) This train is coming through This train is bound for glory This train, this train is coming through This train is bound for glory When he left, he showed up at my door Different than he was before I was scared, and he was way off track I thought he wasn't coming back When he spoke it was tough to tell He ever left or wasn't well Lost his balance Tripped and fell He came back and we were glad as hell When he came back, he showed up at my door Different than he was before I was geared 'cause he was back on track It's good to have my old friend back Back, back, and we're glad he's back (On track) It's good to have him back, he's back Back, back, and we're glad he's back (On track) It's good to have him back, he's back

Woo-ooh I've spent plenty of moonlight nights slinging hell in the gutter Can skin a buck with one hand, clean a bluegill with the other If there's a cold-enough, needs-drunk, lonely bottle of beer I'm a willing volunteer Yeah, you can call me Billy, but the hills come with me Half mud blood, half mule kick whiskey Feeling right at home when it all goes south Chevy truck running my mouth Got a strong southern drawl, I'm a fool Cannonball in the kiddie pool, kind as the day is long Fightin' with a fist full of fire 'round a hot fence wire Bite right down to the bone Yeah, you can call me Billy, but the hills come with me (hey) Yeah, you can call me Billy, but the hills come with me Collard green, cast-iron cornbread, pig on the griddle Out in the back is a soundtrack stacked with a fiddle With words stretched wide as a tanned mountain lion hide Spoke slow and deeply fried Yeah, you can call me Billy, but the hills come with me Half mud blood, half mule kick whiskey Feeling right at home when it all goes south Chevy truck running my mouth Got a strong southern drawl, I'm a fool Cannonball in the kiddie pool, kind as the day is long Fightin' with a fist full of fire 'round a hot fence wire Bite right down to the bone Yeah, you can call me Billy, but the hills come with me (hey) Yeah, you can call me Billy, but the hills come with me (hey) Yeah, you can call me Billy, you can call me Billy You can call me Billy, but the hills come with me Yeah, you can call me Billy, but the hills come with me Yeah, you can call me Billy, but the hills come with me Yeah, you can call me Billy, but the hills come with me Half mud blood, half mule kick whiskey Feeling right at home when it all goes south Chevy truck running my mouth Got a strong southern drawl, I'm a fool Cannonball in the kiddie pool, kind as the day is long Fightin' with a fist full of fire 'round a hot fence wire Bite it right down to the bone Yeah, you can call me Billy, but the hills come with me (hey) Yeah, you can call me Billy, but the hills come with me (hey) Yeah, you can call me Billy, you can call me Billy You can call me Billy, but the hills come with me You can call me Billy, you can call me Billy You can call me Billy, but the hills come with me (hey) Yeah, you can call me Billy, but the hills come with me Yeah, you can call me Billy, but the hills come with me

I was kinda quiet as a kid growing up First twenty years man, I didn't say much Taking all the shit that the poor folks are given Dodging daddy's fist and the Jackson County Prison Can't cut a bleach stain who am I kidding I came from the mud where the low lives waller Sailor-swearing, single-parent, double-wide squalor Wild child, coyote-kid without a collar Trying to get by on a high and a dollar It's the salt in the sting It's the fire in my veins Hear it when I sing It's the pain that put the holler in the holler from the holler Holler from the holler Board as a 2×4, fightin' just for fun In the middle of nowhere with nowhere to run Hellbent, broken-soul seeking salvation Where the preachers all preach from The Book of Revelations A hundred dollar Chevy was my ticket out And The Valley of The Shadow always with me no doubt I came from the mud where the low lives waller Sailor-swearing, single-parent, double-wide squalor Wild child, coyote-kid without a collar Trying to get by on a high and a dollar It's the salt in the sting Fire in my veins Hear it when I sing It's the pain that put the holler in the holler from the holler Holler from the holler Yeah Yeah I was kinda quiet as a kid growing up I was kinda quiet as a kid growing up I was kinda quiet as a kid growing up I came from the mud where the low lives waller Sailor-swearing, single-parent, double-wide squalor Wild child, coyote-kid without a collar Trying to get by on a high and a dollar It's the salt in the sting It's the fire in my veins Hear it when I sing It's the pain that Pain put the holler Pain put the holler In the holler from the holler Holler from the holler

Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, la, da-da, da (Big Queens, NYC) Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, la, da-da, da Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah (uh), la, oh, oh, ooh Ooh-ooh (yeah), oh, ooh-ooh (Hit-Boy) They called me "Babyface" in '88 On 40th and Broadway they made me stay and wait Cab service, car 85 Ten minutes, they back in the car Not safe to drive, narcos are lookin' (woop, woop, woop) No secret compartments in the ride, so keep pushin' We get stopped, hide it between the seat cushion Either that, or just tuck it inside your boot Don't throw it out the window yet, son, that's all our loot (not yet) See? They turned They wasn't after us, my nigga with me laughin' (yeah) He clutchin' his gold Lazarus Made it home and he baggin' up (what up?) I'm just a lil' nigga smokin' weed (fried) I'm just tryna figure out who to be (Nas) Horse and Dula touchin' paper (uh-huh) Plus, Spud and Wallet Head, a lot of bread And I was talkin' to Tia I went to her block, I was just happy to see her (what's up Tia?) And low was how she did me (ooh) She moved from Queens to Co-Op City (ooh-wee) She said, "Visit me, that's if you really miss me" (I did), show proof Ten niggas outside her buildin', that's what I go through (damn) 1989, my baby mind was advancin' (yeah) Nike Air Trainer 3's, two fingers on her hand, son (ooh) I'm losin' her slowly (uh) Plus my other girl is startin' to move on the homie Hop in 85, roll with me (oh-oh) When I used to slide I used to call car 85 Don't want no other driver on the job (nah) Only car 85 Yo, take me uptown to that smoke shop I like (ooh) Car 85 All blacked out tint (running for my life) Everywhere we went, we took car 85 (yeah, yeah) We gon' ride Put that tape on I like You know that tape I like, turn that shit up (oh, yeah) We gon' smoke and ride (ooh-ooh) Go to Times Square, we take it from there Just ride (ridin' with car 85) It's Friday It woulda been a good night to pick up shorty But she on some other shit (ooh-wee, ooh-ooh-ooh, yeah) In my peripheral view Nothin' trivial 'bout me, just witness the truth, I'm certified That's been verified My mere presence got other guys terrified (woah, ooh) Slap oxygen out your esophagus (ooh-ooh) I survived with stick up kids, was droppin' shit (ooh-ooh) The rotten apple's the tabernacle That's NY, White Castles at midnight Fish sandwiches, 40 ounces and fistfights (oh, ooh-wee) They even used car 85 to pull robberies Use 'em as a getaway car and paid him properly Next year the whole town strung out Swept the block where they hung out Look how far we've come now (Amen) Grab the duffel and run out Seven fiends in one house, hustle sun up to sundown What up? Summertime in NY In the back seat of car 85 (oh-oh, oh) The whole hood was tryna call car 85 Any car like that, any number that had that system Or that cool ride (yeah) You know that'd make your whole day Just bein' able to get up and go To this day, I just like to ride Lot of thoughts come to mind (ooh-wee, oh, oh, ooh)

Don't tell me that you love me I won't tell you that I love you We're too high to see the wrong way Too far to know the right way, oh no The truth is I'm freaking out about this whole Man I'm supposed to be I'm nervous now cause she can't know I'm desperately in need 'Cause up here's hard to reach Fly down, fly down We were staring down the valley When she put here arm a-round me She said the reason you've been hurt is So you look beyond the surface The truth is I'm freaking out about this whole Man I'm supposed to be I'm nervous now cause she can't know I'm desperately in need 'Cause up here is hard to reach Fly down, fly down Fly down Don't tell me that you love me I won't tell you that I love you

I'm calling this the love crusade The truth is like a black bouquet Money's got us all enslaved The bullets and the bombs we make, oh, no It doesn't have to be this way But I promise it'll stay this way If you would rather hear me say That everything is all okay I don't care for your drugs, I don't care for your fame Do you care for the truth if you're not entertained? I can see through your eyes, I can see through your pain And you're scared to admit, you feel out of place Can you hear that, darling? A revolution's calling No child of ours should have to starve Should have to die for us Can you feel that, darling? The monster's marching This is it, this invitation is For the ones who love Sincerely I'm telling you, the world looks perfect from a plane A couple miles up and we all look the same One love tryna show us the way One love that is trying to change And if we connect with that, then we should be enraged These fat cats want us lost in the maze And they're scared 'cause we're breaking the chain They're scared 'cause we're 'bout to escape Can you hear that, darling? A revolution's calling No child of ours should have to starve Should have to die for us Can you feel that, darling? The monster's marching This is it, this invitation is For the ones who love Sincerely There's a billion people That could use a hero Come together, we're the tether Of this love that's spinning 'round We could be that miracle Can you hear that, darling? A revolution's calling No child of ours should have to starve Should have to die for us Can you feel that, darling? The monster's marching This is it, this invitation is For the ones who love Sincerely