The Middle (feat. Blake Lewis) - Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox

Coming out of my cage I've been doing just fine Gotta gotta be down because I want it all It started out with a kiss How did it end up like this It was only a kiss, it was only a kiss Now I'm falling asleep And she's calling a cab While he's taking a smoke and she's Having a drag Now they're going to bed And my stomach is sick And it's all in my head, but she's touching his Chest now He takes off her dress now Let me go I just can't look it's killing me And taking control Jealousy, turning saints into the sea Swimming through sick lullabies Choking on your alibis But it's just the price I pay Destiny is calling me Open up my eager eyes Well I'm Mr. Brightside Coming out of my cage And I'm doing just fine Gotta gotta be down because I want it all It started out with a kiss How did it end up like this It was only a kiss, it was only a kiss Now I'm falling asleep And she's calling a cab While he's having a smoke and she's taking a drag Now they're going to bed And my stomach is sick And it's all in my head, but she's touching his Chest now He takes off her dress now Let me go I just can't look it's killing me And taking control Jealousy, turning saints into the sea Swimming through sick lullabies Choking on your alibis But it's just the price I pay Destiny is calling me Open up my eager eyes Well I'm Mr. Brightside I never I never I never Jealousy, turning saints into the sea Swimming through sick lullabies Choking on your alibis But it's just the price I pay Destiny is calling me Open up my eager eyes Well I'm Mr. Brightside Woo-woo yeah I'm Mr. Brightside Wooo I'm Mr. Brightside Mmmmm I'm Mr. Brightside Mmmmm

Holdin' my daughter in the booth Her momma out there somewhere in that Bentley tryin' to find a roof Poof, I wave my wand and here comes Kendrick Niggas say the west ain't winnin', I'm just tryin' to find the proof Speakin' of Proof, I'm 'bout to roll one with Snoop Blow the smoke out to your memory and toast to Eminem Cause he, gave me the shit that I needed on Documentary Keep it real with myself, I got murdered like John Kennedy But that was cool cause I was just there for the energy Watchin' Bizarre pop pills while 2Pac in my hennessy First time in Detroit, had to rock the Grant Hills Cause I threw up my dukes when California was at a stand still But hope ain't lost cause Dr. Dre the man still Had faith in me, knew I had heat like an anvil Ran through entire crews, put their remains in a landfill And I ain't lost the hunger, I'm eatin' out the can still Yeah, wherever Hov and Nas at in the world right now I know they listenin' like This young nigga be killin' this shit Hip-hop is life's ciroc I'm 'bout to drop a pill in this shit Let's go, esco bars nigga, like Nas nigga The flow is Rakim with the Birdman cars nigga Hold on I gotta take Birdman's call nigga Stunna, whattup blood? "Whattup blood? What's poppin' my nigga? Look, I know this the last one after this it's straight Cash Money, my nigga So, it's YMCMB, wild life my nigga, let's get it poppin'" Rich game ? One hunnid Suwoo New coupe, remove roof I'm from where niggas'll do your bitch and bitch niggas'll do you Inevitably we take celebrity bitches and run a chu-chu We puttin' on magnums, taggin' that wagon, some of these birds kookoo And murder is what I do to These Just Blazes, Kanyes, shit on Swizz, I handle my biz The whole world know what I do to Dre's shit Niggas know I'm classic, I ain't even gotta say shit Frank Ocean more of a man than you niggas, get up off that gay shit Fuck copyin' styles, niggas be tracin' Whether it's me, the movie, or Jadakiss, niggas just can't fuck with Jayceon So let's go Laa, da da da dup da ah Thought you love me before I'm glad? Every hood needs an anthem Laa, da da da dup da ah Winning comes with a price No matter how hard you try Can't buy freedom We're far from being free Yea we're far from being free We're far from free Wanna welcome everybody to Jesus Piece After my album fades, my competition will lyrically be deceased Niggas saying I'm underrated Like a younger Jay with heat, but not the ones the Thunder play with So Los Angeles King is sort of an understatement Let me find a gun up here, [when?] I leave you niggas under pavement Tell 'em they rent's due, pay up or get cement shoes All this dope be around, you act like I ain't lean on that fence too But now you up here and bitches and cars is what I'm into You wanna send me to God, I wear 45 in that French shoe I fuck with Wale, Ross, and my nigga French too And me and Face just slashed the last beat up like a ginsu My album like a 'Rari, a lot of dope features Glad you bought it, now sit back and just blow reefer I know the concept behind it is gon' reach ya Now turn this mufucka up and blow speakers Ladies and gentleman I would like to introduce to you An incredible gentleman He goes by the name Elijah Blake Let's go Laa, da da da dup da ah Thought you love me before I'm glad? Every hood needs an anthem Laa, da da da dup da ah Winning comes with a price No matter how hard you try Can't buy freedom We're far from being free Yea we're far from being free We're far from free And last but definitely not least I wanna send a special shout out, to my nigga James Harden Another Los Angeles nigga carrying rockets Ballin' on you bitches

The sun (the sun) is shining down And the waves (the waves) are crashing all around Ooh, you know I can be found chillin' in this little old town In the middle of the ocean In the middle of the ocean In the middle of the ocean In the middle of the ocean In the middle of the ocean The sun drifts out of sight (out of sight) An ocean of stars shining down so bright (so bright) I'm feeling good, yeah, I'm feeling alright (feeling alright) Staying up all night, playing to the sunrise In the middle of the ocean In the middle of the ocean In the middle of the ocean In the middle of the ocean In the middle of the ocean I've never felt free like this before (before) The open ocean is my front door (front door) Oh, what a wonderful feeling I can't escape this feeling The warm sunshine brings a brand new season The trade winds blow, yeah, they're blowing with the breeze and I hear you calling out to me In the middle of the ocean's where I'll be In the middle of the ocean I saw my friends down there In the middle of the ocean Living life without a care In the middle of the ocean Oh yeah, we having a good time In the middle of the ocean Palm trees and the breeze got me feeling alright In the middle of the ocean Sleeping all day, singing songs all night In the middle of the ocean Your warm smile got me feeling so nice In the middle of the ocean Damn, I feel so free, I'm feeling free, yeah In the middle of the ocean On an island, that's where I'll be, yeah No worries, no way, no worries, no way Sleep in the hammock all day, yeah On an island, you'll find (in the middle of the ocean) That's where I'll be (hey) In the middle of the ocean On an island, you'll find That's where I'll be

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We, we don't need to worry about nothing Cause we got the fire And we're burning one hell of a something They, they gonna see us from outer space, outer space Light it up Like we're the stars of the human race, human race When the lights turned down They don't know what they heard Strike a match, play it loud Giving love to the world We'll be raising our hands Shining up to the sky Cause we got the fire, fire, fire Yeah we got the fire fire fire And we gonna let it burn burn burn We gonna let it Burn burn burn We Gonna let it burn burn burn We gonna let it burn burn We don't want to leave No We just gonna be right now And what we see Is everybody's on the floor acting crazy getting lurker to Turn the lights out Musics on, I'm waking up We stop the vibe And we bump it up And it's over now We got the love There's no sleeping now No sleeping now When the lights turned down They don't know what they heard Strike a match Play it loud Giving love to the world We'll be raising out hands Shining up to the sky Here we got the fire, fire, fire Yeah we got the fire, fire, fire And we gonna let it We can light it up up up So they can put it out out out We can light it up up up So they can put it out out out We can light it up up up So they can put it out out out We can light it up up up So they can put it out When the lights turned down They don't know what they heard Strike a match Play it loud Giving love To the world We'll be raising our hands Shine it up to the sky Cause we got the fire, fire, fire Yeah we got the Fire fire fire And we gonna let it burn burn burn burn When the lights turned down They don't know what they heard Strike a match Play it loud Giving love To the world We'll be raising our hands Shining up to the sky Cause we got the fire fire fire Yeah we got the fire fire fire

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Superstar Where you're from, how's it going? I know you Got a clue, what you're doing You can play brand new to all the other chicks out here But I know what you are What you are, baby Look at you Gettin' more than just a re-up To think that you Got all the puppets with their strings up Fakin' like a good one But I call 'em like I see 'em I know what you are What you are, baby Womanizer, woman-womanizer You're a womanizer Oh, womanizer, oh You're a womanizer, baby You, you, you are You, you, you are Womanizer, womanizer, womanizer, baby Boy, don't try to front I know just, just what you are Boy, don't try to front I know just, just what you are You got me going You're oh so charming You're nothing but a womanizer Daddy-o You got the swagger of a champion Too bad for you You just can't find the right companion I guess when you have one too many Makes it hard, it could be easy Who you are That's just who you are, baby Lollipop Must mistake me, you're the sucker To think that I Would be the victim of another Say it, play it how you want But no way, I'm never gonna fall for you Fall for you, baby Womanizer, woman-womanizer You're a womanizer Oh, womanizer, oh You're a womanizer, baby You, you, you are You, you, you are Womanizer, womanizer, womanizer, baby Boy, don't try to front I know just, just what you are Boy, don't try to front I know just, just what you are You think I'm crazy? I got you crazy You're nothing but a womanizer Maybe if we both lived in a different world It would be all good And maybe I could be your girl But we don't so I won't Boy, don't try to front I know just, just what you are Boy, don't try to front I know just, just what you are You got me going You're oh so charming You're nothing but a womanizer Boy, don't try to front I know just, just what you are Boy, don't try to front I know just, just what you are You say I'm crazy? I got you crazy You're nothing but a womanizer Woman-womanizer, oh, you're a womanizer