We were in different cities We chatted on the phone She made me read her book And listened to my songs The whole world was a mess We made a date for coffee And hoped to see each other Before the year of the Ox She came with purple hair In her grandmother's coat Wearing a blue sweater And earrings of gold She says the most beautiful words I mostly moan and grumble She thinks that I'm a Ravenclaw I tell her I'm a muggle And though nobody knows How everything goes I hope that I'll be worthy Of this year of the Ox She came with purple hair In her grandmother's coat Wearing a blue sweater And earrings of gold We used a square and a bench In front of St. Luke's church And then we took a stroll Into the year of the Ox (Nanananana Nainainainainaaa) (Nanananana Nainainainainaaa) Flea markets and old letters (In the year of the Ox) The inquiries of Maigret (In the year of the Ox) She broke her head on the floor (In the year of the Ox) Children of an old song (In the year of the Ox)

1: Lyricks] Major impact Y.O.X. moving I made your head crack We all over the place My new name is now "when'd you get back?" JL don't stand for John Lee It's short for Jet Lag Bag weigh 'bout 60 pounds Old clothes, man I left that Fuck an uber Mark in a Buick back where we left at Grab a couple drinks in Flushing then rush down to LeFrak I don't care when the next at As long as they take care of the team With couple green bottles some weed and the check fat Underground king, money coming in like I'm Bun B You're doing your thing when you see 4 seasons in one week You know you on a streak when the rest weak But you keep killing Shot a video last week in the streets of East Village Scold youngin', he ain't lowered the blunt as the cops passed The "I don't give a fuck" mental' will only get you caught fast You have be on point especially when you rock the YOX mask Represent that next level shit, you must have forgot that I'm the moment they finally show you the monster's face You're not gonna want to miss this This is neither the time or the place for convincing This is win-win's Reinventing the methods we been did Been this since Clicking ink in the Kid Pix and getting my shit kicked For sticking middle fingers up at the big kids Fuck a lesson I wasn't meant to be nothing but upper level Everything thing uppin' the level of thinking ever since "Seven Rings" Never predicted Surviving in any conditions An ox can roam around and keep going for any distance So YOX can go on tour and then tour again in a blink And make an album in the winter then tour again 'til its Christmas This is what you wanted right? That 9-5 sound And you astounded Cuz now you found some guys who finally done it right We got a name that you'll be hearing a lot Now welcome to the decade of the Year Of The Ox Yo People gonna talk, I don't care so I let em carry on We bout to be in the air, me and J are carrying a carry on Drinking a perrier reclinin' the chair and we already off Why's your hand in the air? Cause I need a beer and a Evian Your attitude gets shifted when your altitude gets lifted They ain't mad at you cause you're gifted They just mad they haven't did shit It's a different kind of high while they shoutin' lines as you kick it And its a different type of fly when You know your rhymes bought the ticket STAY FLYING International demand for the YOX Landed in Canada still got Hawaiian sand in my socks Still got 'em standing in shock Still can't manage to walk A still picture couldn't capture just how bananas it got About as nutty as Buddy Love from the Nutty Professor was Without a fuck to give about the damage it brought And without a fuck to give about what anyone knows Things are going where we said it would go IT'S Y O X

The video game says "Play me" Face it on a level but it takes you every time on a one on one Feeling running down your spine Nothing gonna save your one last dime cause it owns you Through and through The databank knows my number Says I gotta pay cause I made the grade last year Feel it when I turn the screw Kicks you round the world, there ain't a thing that it can't do Do to you Who made who, who made you? Who made who, ain't nobody told you? Who made who, who made you? If you made them and they made you Who picked up the bill, who? And who made who? Who made who, who turned the screw? Satellites send me picture Get it in the eye, take it to the world (take it to the wire) Spinning like a dynamo Feel it going round and round Running out of chips, you got no line in an 8-bit town So don't look down, no Who made who, who made you? Who made who, ain't nobody told you? Who made who, who made you? If you made them and they made you Who picked up the bill, who? And who made who? Ain't nobody told you, who made who?

Let me tell you what I wish I'd known When I was young and dreamed of glory You have no control Who lives, who dies, who tells your story? President Jefferson I'll give him this, his financial system is a work of genius I couldn't undo it if I tried And I've tried Who lives, who dies, who tells your story? President Madison He took our country from bankruptcy to prosperity I hate to admit it But he doesn't get enough credit for all the credit he gave us Who lives, who dies, who tells your story Every other founding fathers' story gets told Every other founding father gets to grow old And when you're gone, who remembers your name? Who keeps your flame? Who tells your story? Who tells your story? Who tells your story? (Eliza) I put myself back in the narrative (Eliza) I stop wasting time on tears I live another 50 years It's not enough (Eliza) I interview every soldier who fought by your side (She tells our story) I try to make sense of your thousands of pages of writings You really do write like you're running out of time I rely on Angelica While she's alive, we tell your story She is buried in Trinity Church near you When I needed her most, she was right on time And I'm still not through I ask myself, what would you do if you had more time The Lord, in his kindness He gives me what you always wanted He gives me more time I raise funds in D.C. for the Washington Monument (She tells my story) I speak out against slavery You could have done so much more if you only had time And when my time is up, have I done enough? Will they tell your story? Oh, can I show you what I'm proudest of? (The orphanage) I established the first private orphanage in New York City (The orphanage) I help to raise hundreds of children I get to see them growing up (The orphanage) In their eyes I see you, Alexander I see you every time And when my time is up Have I done enough? Will they tell your story? Oh, I can't wait to see you again It's only a matter of time Will they tell your story? (Time) Who lives, who dies, who tells your story? (Time) Will they tell your story? (Time) Who lives, who dies, who tells your story?