Take it back to the afros and the naturals Cape cutter picks we slips into the back [?] I'm O.G. my nigga for real though Straight up off that east side top of the hill yo I'm looking at the overview Thinking bout 86 damn I was overdue Walking in the hood making mix tapes trying to walk up out the hood While I'm chucking at the hood nigga talk about the hood That I came from it raised me real Crip crazy [?] oops a daisy Demon or a heathen scheming while I'm dreaming Screaming to get even seeing is believing And don't you forget that Get it to you get back hit that kick back Three flies one a way Reminisce about the things that my grandmama use to say Stay in your own lane stay on your own and quick trying to be grown Day turn to night and play turn to fight Yeah I guess my granny was right Reflections of the way life used to be It's all right I like them girls from Ladera Heights or the girls on Hills I take a trip up the World On Wheels and get in a fight Make it back to my ride Pop shots at some suckers disrespecting the side My big homie my cuzzo schoolyard bozo Slid me away just to get me away I'm just a Long Beach nigga outside of my hood I'm banging riding but doing it good When I get locked down there ain't hiding and wondering As soon as I hit the County I'm up in 48 hundred With the dealers the killers the [?] The best from the west and the beast from the east Yeah I'm acting a fool I'm getting my degree from gladiator school I chose this life cause I knows this life Sell a little crack and my flows is tight I'm clear on my choice and what's cold is I can still hear my grandma's voice She say day turn to night and play turn to fight Yeah I guess my granny was right Reflections of the way life used to be It's all right If you get caught then you don't walk cause you don't talk And these was the rules squeeze on these fools I came up in a different era homie Where the G's is the G's and the little wannabe's really want it Wanna be like cause the C life make you wanna G like Now who you wanna be like That fool on the TV screen Or the homie on the corner getting major cream In the Cadillac beating like Battle Cat A nigga with money don't know how to act Smoke til your eyes get cataracts All money nonsense yeah none of that Quarter sack run it back Hold him back lock him up bag him up front him that If a trick jump the track do you want your money back Lil bitch was a bunny rat Watch for the funny hat Cause it's gonna come And my granny said it's no fun She say day turn to night and play turn to fight Yeah I guess my granny was right Reflections of the way life used to be It's all right

Lonely table just for one In a bright and crowded room While the music has begun I drink to memories in the gloom Though the music's still the same It has a bitter sweet refrain So play the song the way it used to be Before she left and changed it all to sadness And maybe if she's passing by the window She would hear our love song and the melody And even if the words are not so tender She will always remember the way it used to be Friends stop by and say hello (Huh!) And I laugh and hide the pain It's quite easy 'til they go Then the song begins again So play the song the way it used to be Before she left and changed it all to sadness And maybe if she's passing by the window She will hear our love song and the melody And even if the words are not so tender She will always remember the way it used to be

I'm here, you're there Come closer, tonight I'm lonely Come here with me I want it the way it used to be What is left of love? Tell me, who would even care? So much time has passed I'd still meet you anywhere Water under bridge Evening after day What is left of love Here that didn't drift away? I can remember days of sun We knew our lives had just begun We could do anything, we're fearless when we're young Under the moon, address unknown I can remember nights in Rome I thought that love would last, a promise set in stone I'd survive with only memories If I could change the way I feel But I want more than only memories A human touch to make them real Another day, another dream Over the bridge an empty scene We'd spend the weekend lost in bed and float upstream I don't know why we moved away Lost in the here and now we strayed Into a New York zone, our promise was betrayed I was there, caught on Tenth Avenue You elsewhere with Culver City blues Then and there I knew that I'd lost you What is left of love? Tell me, who will even care? So much time has passed I'd still meet you anywhere Water under bridge Evening after day What is left of love Here that didn't drift away? Don't give me all your northern pain Don't sell me New York in the rain Let's leave our promises behind Rewind and try again What remains in time that didn't fade away? Sometimes I need to see The way it used to be

You look like a real human being But you don't have a mind of your own Yeah, you can talk, you can breathe You can work, you can stitch, you can sew But you're brainwashed Yes you are, yes you are Get down on your knees You've got a job and a house And a wife, and your kids and a car Yeah, you're conditioned to be What they want you to be And be happy to be where you are Yes you are Get down on your knees Get down on your knees The aristocrats and bureaucrats Are dirty rats For making you what you are They're up there and you re down here You're on the ground and they're up with the stars All your life they've kicked you around and pushed you around Till you can't take any more To them you're just a speck of dirt But you don't want to get up off the floor Mister you're just brainwashed They give you social security Tax saving benefits that grow at maturity Yeah, you're conditioned to be What they want you to be And to do what they want you to Yes you are, yes you are Get down on your knees

Daylight over the Village Green early in the morning. Daylight over the hills and valleys heralding the morning. Daylight over the mountains, daylight on the Village Green, Daylight over the field and the factories. Another night has gone away and here comes yet another day. See the early morning risers walking round with bleary eyes. Worn out housewives grit their teeth ignoring new born babies' cries. Look at all the busy people this way, that way, everywhere Biting toast and swallowing tea and breakfast specials on the air. Feel that daylight. Feel the sunlight on my pillow and it stops my yawing. I thank God that I'm still around to see another dawn in. Daylight over the valleys, daylight lighting up the trees, Daylight over the hillside, Smile a smile and sing a song, another night has been and gone. Middle-aged bankers crack their backs and wish they were young and in their teens, Lonely spinsters dream of dating Roger Moore or Steve McQueen. Health fanatics in their attics training for the Empire Games, School boys dream of Captain Scarlet, battle ships and aeroplanes. Feel that daylight, Daylight. Daylight on the Village Green, Daylight, Field and the valleys, Daylight.

Thank you for the days Those endless days, those sacred days you gave me I'm thinking of the days I won't forget a single day, believe me I bless the light I bless the light that lights on you, believe me And though you're gone You're with me every single day, believe me Days I'll remember all my life Days when you can't see wrong from right You took my life But then I knew that very soon you'd leave me But it's all right Now I'm not frightened of this world, believe me I wish today could be tomorrow The night is dark, it just brings sorrow, let it wait Thank you for the days Those endless days, those sacred days you gave me I'm thinking of the days I won't forget a single day, believe me Days I'll remember all my life Days when you can't see wrong from right You took my life But then I knew that very soon you'd leave me But it's all right Now I'm not frightened of this world, believe me Eeh Thank you for the days Those endless days, those sacred days you gave me I'm thinking of the days I won't forget a single day, believe me I bless the light I bless the light that shines on you, believe me And though you're gone You're with me every single day, believe me Days

You've been sleeping in a field But you look real rested You set out to outrage But you can't get arrested You say your image is new But it looks well tested You're lost without a crowd Yet you go your own way You say your summer has gone Now the winter is crawling in They say that even in your day Somehow you never could quite fit in Though it's cold outside I know the summer's gonna come again Because you know what they say Every dog has his day You're a misfit Afraid of yourself, so you run away and hide You've been a misfit all your life Why don't you join the crowd and come inside You wander 'round this town Like you've lost your way You had your chance in your day Yet you threw it all away But you know what they say Every dog has his day Look at all the losers and the mad-eyed gazers Look at all the loonies and the sad-eyed failures They've giving up living 'cause they just don't care So take a good look around, the misfits are everywhere This is your chance This is your time So don't throw it away You can have your day 'Cause it's true what they say Every dog has his day You're a misfit Afraid of yourself so you run away and hide You've been a misfit all your life But why don't you join the crowd and come inside You wander 'round this town Like you've lost your way You had your chance in your day Yet you threw it all away Now you're lost in the crowd Yet still go your own way

Baby, you don't know what you're saying Because you're a victim of bright city lights And your mind is not right You think the world's at your feet 'Cause you're starstruck, baby, starstruck Taken in by the lights Think you'll never look back You know you're starstruck on me Baby, you're running around like you're crazy You go to a party and dance through the night And you'll drink 'till you're tight And then you're out on your feet 'Cause you're starstruck, baby, starstruck Taken in by the lights Think you'll never look back You know you're starstruck on me Baby, watch out or else you'll be ruined 'Cause once you're addicted to wine and champagne It's gonna drive you insane Because the world's not so tame And you're starstruck, baby, starstruck You're taken in by the lights Think you'll never look back You know you're starstruck on me Don't you know that you are Starstruck on me And you always will be Starstruck on me Starstruck on me

Here's a story about a sinner He used to be a winner who enjoyed a life of prominence and position But the pressures at the office and his socialite engagements And his selfish wife's fanatical ambition It turned him to the booze And he got mixed up with a floosie And she led him to a life of indecision The floosie made him spend his dole She left him lying on Skid Row A drunken lag in some Salvation Army Mission It's such a shame Oh demon alcohol Sad memories I cannot recall Who thought I would say Damn it all and blow it all Oh demon alcohol Memories I cannot recall Who thought I would fall a slave to demon alcohol Sad memories I cannot recall Who thought I would fall a slave to demon alcohol Barley wine, pink gin He'll drink anything Port, pernod or tequila Rum, scotch, vodka on the rocks As long as all his troubles disappeared But he messed up his life, went and beat up his wife And the floosie's gone and found another sucker She's gonna turn him on to drink She's gonna lead him to the brink And when his money's gone She'll leave him in the gutter It's such a shame Oh demon alcohol Sad memories I cannot recall Who thought I would say Damn it all and blow it all Sad memories I cannot recall Who thought I would fall A slave to demon alcohol