Wartime - TA3 FINESSE

Yeah, we say making changes Starts in the little things you do "Revolution beging at home" Byr for most of us, it ends there too We're doing something We're making changes Like changing the kind of crap we buy We say it makes a difference But most of the time It's just another lie It used to be "us" and "them" It used to be us+ them And you+ me And now we can't reach Our full potential Without a common enemy A real war to fight against Instead of our petty disagreements But how can I rationalize My life during wartime lie A call to action and a reaction Taking our lives into our own hands Instead of sitting aroung talking About the same old stupid bands But war is going on right now And I'm not doing anything about it Without a crowd, I'm not so loud I can't do anything by myself But that's just another lie

Prayers offered in times of peace are silent conversations Appeals for love or loves release in private invocations But all that is changed now Gone like a memory from the day before the fires People hungry for the voice of God Hear lunatics and liars Wartime prayers, wartime prayers In every language spoken For every family scattered and broken Because you cannot walk with the holy If you're just a halfway decent man But I don't pretend that I'm a mastermind With a genius marketing plan I'm trying to tap into some wisdom Even a little drop would do I want to rid my heart of envy And cleanse my soul of rage Before I'm through Times are hard, it's a hard time But everybody knows all about hard times The thing is, what are you going to do? Will you cry? And try to muscle through? And try to rearrange your stuff? But when the wounds are deep enough And it's all that we can bear We wrap ourselves in prayer Because you cannot walk with the holy If you're just a halfway decent man But I don't pretend that I'm a mastermind With a genius marketing plan I'm trying to tap into some wisdom Even a little drop would do I want to rid my heart of envy And cleanse my soul of rage Before I'm through A mother murmurs in twilight sleep And draws her babies closer With hush-a-bies for sleepy eyes And kisses on the shoulder To drive away despair She sends a wartime prayer

Heard of a van that is loaded with weapons Packed up and ready to go Heard of some grave sites out by the highway A place where nobody knows The sound of gunfire off in the distance I'm getting used to it now Lived in a brownstone, I lived in the ghetto I've lived all over this town This ain't no party, this ain't no disco This ain't no fooling around No time for dancing, or lovey dovey I ain't got time for that now Transmit the message to the receiver Hope for an answer some day I got three passports, couple of visas Don't even know my real name High on a hillside trucks are loading Everything's ready to roll I sleep in the daytime, I work in the nightime I might not ever get home This ain't no party, this ain't no disco This ain't no fooling around This ain't no mudd club, or C.B.G.B. I ain't got time for that now This ain't no party, this ain't no disco This ain't no fooling around No time for dancing, or lovey dovey I ain't got time for that now Heard about houston? heard about detroit? Heard about pittsburgh, PA? You oughta know not to stand by the window Somebody might see you up there I got some groceries, some peanut butter To last a couple of days But I ain't got no speakers, ain't got no headphones Ain't got no records to play Why stay in college? why go to night school? Gonna be different this time? Can't write a letter, can't send a postcard I can't write nothing at all This ain't no party, this ain't no disco This ain't no fooling around I'd love you hold you, I'd like to kiss you I ain't got no time for that now Trouble in transit, got through the roadblock We blended in with the crowd We got computers, we're tapping phone lines I know that ain't allowed We dress like students, we dress like housewives Or in a suit and a tie I changed my hairstyle so many times now Don't know what I look like You make me shiver, I feel so tender We make a pretty good team Don't get exhausted, I'll do some driving You ought to get you some sleep Burned all my notebooks, what good are notebooks? They won't help me survive My chest is aching, burns like a furnace The burning keeps me alive

You know I'm tryna stay away from you You know I'm tryna keep my distance Somehow you always get your way, don't you? You get me right back in my feelings, oh, woah You got bad intentions, baby, I can tell You don't like seein' me with nobody else, ah-ah So you come and give me your affection, yeah-yeah But I know it's just finesse, finesse Always in my phone, soon as I move on, oh Finesse, finesse As soon as I give in, you end up leavin', oh-oh-oh Finesse, finesse Always up and goin' but never leave me 'lone, oh-oh Finesse, finesse Finesse, oh, finesse Nigga, I ain't 'bout to play these games wit' you 'Cause I know exactly what you're doin' (you're doin') I peep it every time you're feelin' alone So tell me who you think you foolin'? Ah-ah, ah-ah, ah You got bad intentions, baby, I can tell (ooh, ooh) You don't like seein' me with nobody else, ah-ah So I never let you fuck my head up, no, no, no 'Cause I know it's just finesse (oh, oh, oh), finesse Always in my phone (my phone), soon as I move on (oh yeah, yeah, yeah) Finesse, oh, no, finesse, hey As soon as I give in (give in), you end up leavin', oh-oh-oh Finesse (yeah, yeah), finesse Always up and goin' (and goin') but never leave me 'lone, oh-oh (oh nah) Finesse, finesse Finesse, oh, finesse It's all a finesse All a finesse, all a finesse All a finesse All a finesse, all a finesse But I been peeped game Oh yeah, I been peeped game I been peeped it, been peeped it I did, I did (No funny shit) (You do one fuckin' thing to a nigga) (And all the shit he puts you through goes out the motherfuckin' window) (Like, sir, so we just gonna act like you ain't do what you did that made me do what I did) (You the one that sparked the revolution) (It's a revolution)

Yeah Turn everything up Yeah, oh, yeah Turn everything up a little more I want my baby to have your eyes I'm going against my own advice Should I do New York? I can't decide Fashion Week is more your thing than mine I can't even lie, I'd rather stay inside I can't do suit and tie Can't be in a room with you and stand on different sides One thing at a time, I have to learn to hide One thing at a time, Emotions running high I wish you felt alright Just hitting my line All the time, all the time, all the– You stay on my mind All the time, all the time (yeah) It takes some finesse I seen you finesse He can't know finesse You stay on my mind You and your sister, too hot to handle Things would get cancelled, I would make time for you Commitment, goin' the distance I'm new to all of this It takes some finesse I seen you finesse He can't know finesse You stay on my mind