Slip and stumble at my first offenses It's not treason, it's no lie You talk in paragraphs, I write my sentence It's not treason, it's no lie It seemed a place for us to dream It seemed a place for us to dream Crush and crumble under your defenses It's not treason, it's no lie You frame the photograph, I sit on fences Change of season, love can die It seemed a place for us to dream It seemed a place for us to dream It seemed a place for us to dream It seemed a place for us to dream If we tear out the tumor It's later, never sooner If we tear out the tumor It's later, never sooner It seemed a place for us to dream It seemed a place for us to dream You'd better keep it in check Or you'll end up a wreck And you'll never wake up You'd better keep it in check Or you'll end up a wreck And you'll never wake up Wake up Wake up Wake up Wake up It seemed a place for us to dream It seemed a place for us to dream You'd better keep it in check Or you'll end up a wreck And you'll never wake up You'd better keep it in check Or you'll end up a wreck And you'll never wake up You'd better keep it in check Or you'll end up a wreck And you'll never wake up You'd better keep it in check Or you'll end up a wreck And you'll never wake up Wake up

Shout, shout, let it all out These are the things I can do without Come on I'm talking to you, come on Shout, shout, let it all out These are the things I can do without Come on I'm talking to you, come on In violent times, you shouldn't have to sell your soul In black and white, they really, really ought to know Those one-track minds that took you for a working boy Kiss them goodbye, you shouldn't have to jump for joy You shouldn't have to jump for joy Shout, shout, let it all out These are the things I can do without Come on I'm talking to you, come on They gave you life and in return, you gave them hell As cold as icе, I hope we live to tеll the tale I hope we live to tell the tale Shout, shout, let it all out These are the things I can do without Come on I'm talking to you, come on Shout, shout, let it all out (let it all out) These are the things I can do without Come on I'm talking to you, come on Ooh and when you've taken down your guard If I could change your mind, I'd really love to break your heart I'd really love to break your heart Shout, shout, let it all out These are the things I can do without Come on (Really love to break your heart) I'm talking to you, come on Shout, shout, let it all out (Let it all out) These are the things I can do without Come on I'm talking to you, come on Shout, shout, let it all out These are the things I can do without Come on I'm talking to you, come on

Jackie left on a cold, dark night Telling me he'd be home He sailed the sea for a hundred years And left me all alone Now, I've been dead for twenty years I've been washing the sand With my ghostly tears Searching the shores for my Jackie And I remember the day that The young man came Said your Jackie's gone he's lost in the rain And I ran to the beach (Laid me down) You're all wrong, I said as they stared To the sand, that man knows the sea Like the back of his hand, he'll be back Sometime, laughing at you I've been waiting all this time For my man to come Take his hand in mine And lead me away to unseen shores I've been washing the sand With my salty tears Searching the shores these long years And I walked the sea forevermore Till I find my Jackie Jackie Jackie Jackie

I was hanging from a tree Unaccustomed to such violence Jesus looking down on me I'm prepared for one big silence How'd I ever end up here Must be through some lack of kindness And it seemed to dawn on me Haemoglobin is the key Haemoglobin is the key To a healthy heartbeat Haemoglobin is the key To a healthy heartbeat At the time they cut me free I was brimming with defiance Doctors looking down on me Breaking every law of science How'd I ever end up here Reaching strain of color blindness Then it seemed to dawn on me Haemoglobin is the key Haemoglobin is the key To a healthy heartbeat Haemoglobin is the key To a healthy heartbeat Haemoglobin is the key To a healthy heartbeat Haemoglobin is the key To a healthy heartbeat Now my feet don't touch the ground Now my feet don't touch the ground, go Now my feet don't touch the ground Now my feet don't touch the ground As they drag me to my feet I was filled with incoherence Theories of conspiracy The whole world wants my disappearance I'll go fighting nail and teeth You've never seen such perseverance Gonna make you scared of me 'Cause haemoglobin is the key Haemoglobin is the key To a healthy heartbeat Haemoglobin is the key To a healthy heart beat Haemoglobin is the key To a healthy heart beat Haemoglobin is the key To a healthy heart beat Now my feet don't touch the ground Now my feet don't touch the ground, go Now my feet don't touch the ground Now my feet don't touch the ground, go Now my feet don't touch the ground Now my feet don't touch the ground, go Now my feet don't touch the ground Now my feet don't touch the ground, go.

I kneel before her Beneath this frozen sky Beneath her shoulder Beneath her evil eye She towers over This male who is a fly My sci-fi lullaby I kneel before her Beneath this frozen sky I beg below her My limbs are paralyzed She beats me harder Than any kind of guy My sci-fi lullaby

Uh, what's happenin, CC? They still call it the White House, but that's a temporary condition too Can you dig it, CC? To each his reach and if I don't cop it ain't mine to have But I'll be reachin for you cause I love you, CC Right on There's a lot of chocolate cities around We got Newark, we got Gary Somebody told me we got LA And we workin on Atlanta But you're the capital Gainin on ya Get back Gainin on ya Movin in on ya Gainin on ya Can't you feel my breath Gainin on ya All up around your neck Hey, CC, they say you jive and game and can't be changed But on the positive side, you're my piece of the rock and I love you CC Can you dig it? Hey, uh, we didn't get our 40 acres and a mule But we did get you, CC Yeah Gainin on ya Movin in around ya God bless CC and its vanilla suburbs Gainin on ya Gainin on ya Feel the funk Gainin on ya Gainin on ya Feel the mother love What's happenin, blood? Gainin on ya Gainin on ya Gainin on ya Gainin on ya Yeah What's happening, black? Brother black Blood, even Yeah Just funnin man Gettin down Uh blood to blood Uh playas to ladies The last percentage count was 80 You don't need the bullet when you got the ballot Are you up for the down stroke, CC? Chocolate city Are you with me out there And when they come to march on ya Tell em to make sure they got their James Brown pass And don't be surprised if Ali is in the White House Reverend Ike, Secretary of the Treasure Richard Pryor, Minister of Education Stevie Wonder, Secretary of Fine Arts And Miss Aretha Franklin, First Lady Are you out there, CC? Chocolate City is no dream, it's my piece of the rock And I dig you, CC God bless Chocolate City and its Vanilla suburbs Gainin on ya Can you all get to that Gainin on ya Gainin on ya In your stuff Gainin on ya Can't get enough Gainin on ya Gainin on ya Feel the funk Gainin on ya Yeah we funky too Gainin on ya Right on, chocolate city Yeah, get deep Real deep Heh Mmm Get deep Uhh Just got New York, I'm told