On Raglan Road, on an autumn day I saw her first and knew That her dark hair would weave a snare That I might one day rue I saw the danger, yet I passed Along the enchanted way And I said, let grief be a fallen leaf At the dawning of the day On Grafton Street, in November We tripped lightly along the ledge Of the deep ravine where can be seen The worth of passion's pledge The Queen of Hearts, still making tarts And I not makin' hay Oh, I loved too much and by such, by such Is happiness thrown away I gave her gifts of the mind I gave her the secret sign That's known to the artists who have known The true gods of sound and stone And word and tint without stint For I gave her poems to say With her own name there and her own dark hair Like clouds over fields of May On a quiet street where old ghosts meet I see her walking now Away from me so hurriedly My reason must allow That I had loved not as I should A creature made of clay When the angel woos the clay, he'd lose His wings at the dawn of day

Can't find a place, which feels like home Can't find a room, where I'm all alone Can't find the words to write about Can't find a place, where I won't be found. I'm longing for the road I'm longing for a road sweet road I'm longing for a road My road sweet road. Can't find a sign, which warns me on time Can't find a stop, that will push the rewind Can't find the lights, that will keep me slow Can't find any help, while my engine is running low. I'm longing for the road I'm longing for a road sweet road I'm longing for a road My road sweet road.

A) TOBACCO ROAD - Part One I was born in a filthy dump, my mother died and my daddy got drunk And they left me here, yes, to die or grow In the middle of Tobacco Road... I grew up in prefabricated shack When I went to high school, they pulled the clothes off my back Lord above knows how much I loathe This mean old place called Tobacco Road, yes Tobacco Road, let me tell you now, Tobacco Road Talkin' 'bout a road yeah, Tobacco Road, Lord!! Talkin' 'bout your road, talkin' 'bout my road Talkin' 'bout Tobacco Road, talkin' 'bout a road But it's home, hmm, yes it is The only life I've ever known, I've ever known And the Lord knows how much I loathe Tobacco Road Road Road Road Road (road road road) Talkin' 'bout your road (road road road) Talkin' 'bout my road (road road road) You know, baby (road road road) I left my home, yeah (road road road) Because it's dirty and it's filthy (road road road) U know it's crawlin' with rats, and stinkin' with lice (road road road) But it's home, yes it is (road road road) I tell you what I'm gonna do (road road road) I tell you what I'm gonna do (road road road) Oh I'm gonna leave and I get a job And with the help and the grace from above I'll get meself money at the whip get rich I know And ship it all back to Tobacco Road, yes I will I will I'll bring dynamite, and I'll bring me a crane And I'll blow it all up, tear it down, start all over again And I'll build me town, people, I'll be brought to top yes I will I'll be crackin' soul, Lord he knows? I'll be yes, I will and I'll keep the name yes yes yes Come on never forget me, people, AAAAAAHHH!!! Road road, talkin' 'bout a road yeah Talkin' 'bout ya road, talkin' 'bout my road, talkin' 'bout Tobacco Road You know I'm talkin' about it, I'm tellin' you about it, talkin' about it It's gotta be changed, it's got to be changed, I've got to change it B) I HAVE A DREAM I have a dream, everybody has a dream I have a dream, that I can change it I have a dream, that I can make it good once more I have a dream, it's mine and yours and mine and yours Let me tell you 'bout my dream, let me tell you 'bout my dream We gotta to get it out, we have to build it up, tear it down, build it up I had a dream one night, I had a dream one night I was taken to a place far away from Tobacco Road Far away, far away from you, far away from myself I had a dream, I had a dream up above my head I saw something it was the most beautiful thing I'd ever seen in my life I spoked out loud, I said You know you are the most beautiful thing I'd ever seen in my life I heard a voice tell me I heard a voice say to me It said "What do you want?" I said "I want to change it Because it's wrong I want to change it Because I believe it can be better" The voice said to me "What makes you think that U are man enough to change anything?" I thought for awhile, and then I spoke out loud, and I said to it, I said... "Because I am a man and I am a part of the things that are wrong!!! And if this world must go on, I have to put it right! And I know just by lookin' at you, baby, that you're superior to me And you can help me give me the answers! Give me some answers!!!" She turned around to me and you know what she said She said "I can help you but there's something I want from U is a gift In return for the information I can give. I want a gift from you, I want a gift from you" I tried my very best to look up to the sky And then I realized I had no eyes, I was blind, totally blind!!! I begin to get afraid, afraid of the dark I was afraid, afraid in the darkness But then I thought about my friends who have no eyesight I thought about the world they live in and how much it's nice there How good it made me feel I was not afraid I was not afraid anymore I spoke up louder!!! I said "Listen, you've got my eyesight There isn't much more I can give! Now tell me how do I change it?" The voice said back..."Oh yes there is! We want something more than your eyesight!" I thought for a while And I thought "What more could she want than my eyes?" And then the terrible feeling crept over me As I began to realize that I understood what she was talkin' 'bout I screamed out loud! I said "I'm not-a-give up my life! I'd love to give you my life, but I'm just a young man And I have a wife, I have a wife and a baby And if I die, I know they'll cry, so please don't take my life" Then I heard my wife say, "It's all right baby, I understand Go ahead and do your thing!" There was nowhere I could run I heard my father say "I understand son Go ahead and give it, it's yours to give." Then I heard my mother say the same thing. She said "Go ahead and give it away, I gave to you And now it's yours to give to someone else!!" I was lost, I was lost No place to run no place to hide, no place to run no place to hide I felt it, I knew it I could sense it, I could feel it creepin' up from the tips of my toes Up my legs, over my knees, up over my belly 'Cross my chest, the black shadow of death No place to run, run to, no place to hide So I just laid there and I died, died, died, darkness, stillness C) TOBACCO ROAD - Part Two But it's gotta be change, yes it has! It's gotta be change, yes it has I opened my eyes once more, I breathe again, I walked again I was ten times stronger, they give it back to me I'm gonna give it back to you Life is too precious, life is priceless, life goes on and on and Lord Never stops, never stops, no no It just goes on and on and on and on and on I've got to change that road, I gotta build me a new road We can walk that road together Hand in hand, yes, hand in hand, ah, hand in hand, people, aww, yeah Road road talkin' 'bout a road yeah Talkin' 'bout Tobacco Road, talkin' about Tobacco Road, you know it!! Dirty 'n-a-filthy, dirty 'n-a-filthy, dirty 'n-a-filthy, Tobacco Road, yeah Tobacco Road people, Tobacco Road, yeah Hmm Tobacco Road, yeah, Tobacco Road, oh Lord, Tobacco Road Talkin' 'bout a road, talkin' 'bout a road Talkin' 'bout a road, talkin' 'bout a road, talkin' 'bout a your road Talkin' 'bout my road, everybody's got a road, yeah Talkin' 'bout a road, talkin' 'bout it, talkin' 'bout it Talkin 'bout a road, Tobacco Road, Tobacco Road, Tobacco Road Tobacco Road Road Road Road Road Road Tobacco Road Road Road Road Road Road Don't? Pa! 'Ever stop, don't ever stop me, 'ever stop me! Talkin' 'bout a road road road road I'm coming home baby, I'm coming home, people I'm goiming home now, I'm coming home, yeah I'm coming home, hmm, I'm going home, I'm coming home

J'ai vendu ma misère pour une voix de soumission Au fond de moi la sentinelle pouvait briller sans exception Et les sourires étaient les mêmes A-t-on le cri du coeur, la vérité ou la raison Vous n'entendez donc que la bête et ses réponses à vos questions Est-ce que la fièvre est un délit d'opinion Est-ce que ma peine était un vote de sanction Et la sentinelle qui trouve réponse à mes questions Serait-ce la bête Serait-ce la bête Ou bien l'oppression Mon cri sert de silence aux fossoyeurs de compassion Aux mijaurées de la suffisance, aux incendiaires de l'unisson Quand un sourire décède d'avoir trop souri à l'opinion À cette soupape, cette sainte-atelle, j'aurais pu encore dire non Est-ce que la fièvre est un délit d'opinion Est-ce que ma peine était un vote de sanction Et la sentinelle qui trouve réponse à mes questions Serait-ce la bête Serait-ce la bête Ou bien l'oppression Ou bien l'oppression Ou bien l'oppression Ravale donc ta rengaine Ravale donc tes sanglots De l'amour ou de la haine Qui donc aura bon dos J'ai eu ce cri de guerre pas en faux-frére mais en sans-nom Je donne ma main à l'enfer, sous vos crachats, ma rédition Est-ce que la fièvre est un délit d'opinion Est-ce que ma peine était un vote de sanction Et la sentinelle qui trouve réponse à mes questions Serait-ce la bête Serait-ce la bête Ou bien l'oppression

My skin is my cape, huh My black is not beige, huh Natural face, huh That's how I wake up No love for the fake ones You get what you give, huh Bills, bills, bills, bills, spend Kelendria rich, huh Talk saucy and nice, but this shit is sweet Whole 'nother side that you never seen I sow my tithes, you watch 'em reap I talk to God, my minutes are free Two double G's, two double G Cost the walk through fee Lil shit back then, I let that slide and get by me All they tryna get is a act from me And it's all for the reach Back-back up off of me, back up off of me Rose petals on my feet Kelly got bands, Kelly got check Kelly got wig, Kelly got deals Kelly got class, Kelly got ass Kelly's got a man, Kelly pop tags Kelly got flex, Kelly got wheels Kelly got drip, Kelly got a stash Kelly got a house, big house on a hill Kelly's so blessed, big class XL Kelly ain't-Kelly ain't got no chill Kelly don't really give a fuck how you feel Kelly ain't humble no mo' nigga Kelly got a foot on your throat nigga Kelly ain't humble no mo' nigga Kelly got a foot on your throat nigga Go Kelly go, go go Kelly go Go Kelly go, go go Kelly Cop that bag if it's designer I'm so rich that I ain't buy it Don't get tired, I'm too wired Light it up and get inspired All my business, keep it private You know bosses move in silence And I ride it like it's stolen 'Cuz my name is Kelly Rowland, ah Everyday I meet the quota Bitch I really thought it was over I'll always be around, thought I told you Back up off of me, back up off of me 'Fore I get to clapping that annoy ya Kelly got bands, Kelly got check Kelly got wig, Kelly got deals Kelly got class, Kelly got ass Kelly's got a man, Kelly pop tags Kelly got flex, Kelly got wheels Kelly got drip, Kelly got a stash Kelly got a house, big house on a hill Kelly's so blessed, big class XL Kelly ain't-Kelly ain't got no chill Kelly don't really give a fuck how you feel Kelly ain't humble no mo' nigga Kelly got a foot on your throat nigga Kelly ain't humble no mo' nigga Kelly got a foot on your throat nigga Go Kelly go, go go Kelly go Go Kelly go, go go Kelly

Do I attract you? Do I repulse you with my queasy smile? Am I too dirty? Am I too flirty? Do I like what you like? I could be wholesome, I could be loathsome Guess I'm a little bit shy Why don't you like me? Don't you like me Without making me try? I tried to be like Grace Kelly But all her looks were too sad So I tried a little Freddie I've gone identity mad (Mad, mad, mad!) I could be brown, I could be blue I could be violet sky I could be hurtful, could be purple I could be anything you like Gotta be green, gotta be mean Gotta be everything more Why don't you like me? Don't you like me? Walk out the door! How can I help, how can I help How can I help what you think? Hello my baby, hello my baby Putting my life on the brink Why don't you like me? Why don't you like me? Why don't you like yourself? Should I bend over? Should I look older To be put on your shelf? I tried to be like Grace Kelly But all her looks were too sad, yeah So I tried a little Freddie I've gone identity mad! (Mad, mad, mad!) I could be brown, I could be blue I could be violet sky Could be hurtful, could be purple I could be anything you like Gotta be green, gotta be mean Gotta be everything more Why don't you like me? Don't you like me? Walk out the door! Alright Grace Kelly Here we go I could be brown, I could be blue I could be violet sky I could be hurtful, I could be purple I could be anything you like Gotta be green, gotta be mean Gotta be everything more Why don't you like me? Don't you like me? (Why?) I could be brown, I could be blue I could be violet sky Could be hurtful, could be purple I could be anything you like Gotta be green, gotta be mean Gotta be everything more Why don't you like me? Don't you like me? Walk out the door! (Oh, yeah) (Why don't you walk out that door) Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh (Grace, Grace, Grace) walk out the door! (Grace, Grace Kelly)

We gonna let it smoke What's baby? I wanna hit that You qanna hit this? It's 3am and I'm not with him It's the moment that I know we've both been waiting for Now we can pretend we're together again In the dark letting this slow chill take control And we ain't supposed to be doin this We know the consequence But we're past the limit and there ain't no turnin' back now You already got my body gripped Yeah boy you know I like that shit So we're past the limit And there ain't no turnin' back now Might as well go all the way Hey there ain't no such thing as a half mistake So baby boy we might as well go all the way Might as well go all the way Might as well go all the way You don't know if your addicted till you relapse From detox of lovin' each other If just for an hour or two or three Till six in the morning Do you have a good excuse To be on the down low with me In the tele suite We know that we ain't supposed to be doin this We know the consequence But we're past the limit And there ain't no turnin back now I already got the Magnum glove You already got your ass poked up So we're past the limit And there ain't no turnin back now Might as well go all the way Hey there ain't no such thing as a half mistake So baby boy we might as well go all the way Might as well go all the way Might as well go all the way You don't know if your addicted till you relapse I'm right back smokin' you You're right back injectin' me Love is in our veins ain't it I'm right back smokin' you You're right back injectin' me Guess there ain't no cure We might as well go all the way You know you're wrong for this, I know And I know you've got somebody, Oh well baby But he ain't here no So we might as well, might as well, do what we wanna do You know how I like it, oh boy Don't it feel good to be back together If only for a moment, a minute, an hour For just one night, one night 'Bout to hit it out the park again Going, going, going gone Going, going, going gone Going, going, going gone Close the curtains, potential remix