He was running down the street When they shot him in his tracks About the only thing agreed upon 'Cause he ain't coming back There won't be any trial So the air it won't be cleared There's just two sides calling names Out of anger out of fear And if you say it wasn't racial When they shot him in his tracks Well, I guess that means that you ain't black It means that you ain't black I mean Barack Obama won And you can choose where to eat But you don't see too many white kids Lying bleeding on the street In some town in Missouri But it could be anywhere It could be right here on Ruth Street In fact, it's happened here And it happened where you're sitting Wherever that might be And it happened last weekend And it will happen again next week And when they turned him over They were surprised there was no gun I mean, he must have done something Or else why would he have run? And they'll spin it for the anchors On the television screen So we can shrug and let it happen Without asking what it means What it means What it means Then I guess there was protesting And some looting in some stores And someone was reminded that They ain't called colored folks no more I mean we try to be politically Correct when we call names But what's the point of post-racial When old prejudice remains? And that guy who killed that kid Down in Florida standing ground Is free to beat up on his girlfriend And wave his brand-new gun around While some kid is dead and buried And laying in the ground With a pocket full of skittles What it means What it means Astrophysics at our fingertips And we're standing at the summit And some man with a joystick Lands a rocket on a comet We're living in an age Where limitations are forgotten The outer edges move and dazzle us But the core is something rotten And we're standing on the precipice Of prejudice and fear We trust science just as long As it tells us what we want to hear We want our truths all fair and balanced As long as our notions lie within it There's no sunlight in our asses And our heads are stuck up in it And our heroes may be rapists Who watch us while we dream But don't look to me for answers 'Cause we don't know what it means What it means? What it means?

I've built some dreams I've held them close Celebrated perfect days I lost the one I loved the most Now she's six feet of earth away I've cried 'til I thought I couldn't stop And I've laughed until it hurt And I've prayed in an empty parking lot And my friends were my church Sometimes the joy can give you wings to fly Sometimes the pain will cut you so just like a knife There's fear, there's faith, there's loss, there's grace I've seen it from both sides This is what it means to be alive, alive This is what it means to be alive I've seen the face of have to have Of a child without a home A casualty of circumstance Written off and all alone I've cried for the wars that they've been through And I've walked by their side I've watched what the power of love can do And how it changes lives Sometimes the joy can give you wings to fly Sometimes the pain will cut you so just like a knife There's fear, there's faith, there's loss, there's grace I've seen it from both sides This is what it means to be alive, alive This is what it means to be alive This is what it means, this is what it means This is what it means to be alive, alive This is what it means, yeah Sometimes the joy can give you wings to fly Sometimes the pain will cut you so just like a knife There's fear, there's faith, there's loss, there's grace I've seen it from both sides This is what it means to be alive

Jimmy Buffett, Mac MacAnally, C. Macak, T. Baker, L. Laprise The universe is runnin' away I heard it on the news just the other day There's this new stuff called dark energy We can't measure and we can't see It's some elemental mystery Train that we can't catch But our heads are in the oven And somebody's 'bout to strike a match Meanwhile back on our big round ball Things are getting serious as cholesterol Permutations, calculations, Greedy piggies at the trough Arrogance and ignorance Just to top it off I just can't keep up with the Nasdaq Who got sold and bought I've got to take my lunch break But I'll leave you with a little for thought Maybe it's all too simple For our brains to figure it out What if the hokey pokey Is all it really is about What if life is just a cosmic joke Like spiders in your underwear or olives in Your coke My life can get as messy as a day old sticky bun So I arm myself with punch lines and a big ol' Water gun They say it's not that simple but just maybe it Should be It's time to change the subject, would you join me In a cup of herbal tea? Maybe it's all too simple For our brains to figure it out What if the hokey pokey Is all it really is about I still believe in rock 'n' roll It pays my bills and soothes my soul There really really isn't A whole lot more around Except for Frank Sinatra and the Big Band sound I want music in the music I want chicken in the soup I want caffeine in my system let's revive The hula hoop Maybe it's all too simple For our brains to figure it out What if the hokey pokey Is all it really is about

I saw your name on a street sign In the middle of nowhere And that has to mean something I know your Zodiac sign Me and Leos get along great And that has to mean something But for some reason You're not here And I refuse to believe That means somethin' I felt the way that you hugged me When I was broken inside And that has to mean something I felt the way that you kissed me When we got too drunk that night And that had to mean something (something, something) But for some reason You're not here And I refuse to believe That means somethin' Everytime I think too much It ends up crazy But don't know how to not think about you Everytime I trust my gut I think I'm crazy 'Cause I don't know how to put my trust in you Do you think it means something That I wrote another song about you?

I finally see See what it all mean Yeah The feelin' of the first time seein' your name on a flyer It just was yesterday, picture that on the day you retire And they still shocked and amazed, I made it up higher 'Cause I came up with them hot heads that played with the fire Product of the '80s, Prada Milan store for the lady I'm a carnivore, constantly come with concepts to pay me I'm responsible for they most cockiest behavior My DNA in they G'd up ways, and they surveyin' us Showed 'em my scrotum is goldеn, rap game stomach was swollen I left thеse bastards on your doorsteps, behold 'em Ideas come and go away but I already thought 'em So years later, they still knew when I go record 'em I done hooked up with a beast, never stingy with the beats Experimental, accident records wind up killin' the streets "Black and Proud" shirts, white Jesus pieces on cuban links Civil war chick, yo, she black and white on Egyptian sheets And I can see the jealousy, I think they really scared of me Do what I do and let it be And that's the way I always been since I was seventeen I finally see what this all really means Did a double album when rap double albums was startin' They bootlegged I Am, an album I put my heart in Nipsey met me to do a doc about it 'fore he departed He talked to Stoute about it too 'cause he was 'part of that project, yeah Back then, we charted with the CDs and tapes And I still come out the field, you either scrape or get scraped You either in and out, you rollin' or you just in the way What this all really means, I had to reload the Drac' Eighty years old, I'm still gon' have a chain, a kilo it weigh Speedos on the beach, my belly out when I land in Capri Wearin' black owned designer (Uh) math on my mind (Okay) It's a while 'fore I get there, almost passed forty-nine I be on the block easy with a glass full of wine Red Chrome Heart lenses to see I'm in my third prime The Q-U double E-N-S Y'all gon' need some EMS when we drop this and that's a bet The feelin' of the first time seein' your name on a flyer It just was yesterday, picture that on the day you retire And they still shocked and amazed, I made it up higher 'Cause I came up with them hot heads that played with the fire And I can see the jealousy, I think they really scared of me Do what I do and let it be And that's the way I always been since I was seventeen I finally see what this all really means It's everything, from the hard times (I finally know what this all really means) The bad times (Anthony Saleh, we got a team) The better times All mixed in-between Sunshine and rain Yeah, yeah Tough people last, tough times don't, yeah Tough people last, tough times don't Now I see

I was there when you Shone as bright as Bethlehem from afar I was there when You were young and strong and perverted And everything that makes a young man a star Oh you were a star I was there and i swear to god And on my mother's grave On everything i have Or ever will embrace I was there And i saw it with my own two eyes And now it's all around me It's all around me I'm surrounded Now it's all around me It's all around me You surround me like a circle I was there C'mon and tell me i wasn't worth Sticking it out for Well i was there And i know i was worth it Cause if i wasn't worth it That makes me worse off then you are And now it's all around me It's all around me I'm surrounded Now it's all around me It's all around me You surround me like a circle But don't you lose sight of me now Don't lose you sight of me now Cause i was there When they dropped the bomb Ya' know i remember the bomb And i still hear the bomb And i still fight the bomb You know i still fear the bomb You know i still hate the bomb Sometimes i still get the call So don't you lose sight of me now Don't you lose sight of me now You know you're all around me all around me I'm surrounded (So don't you lose sight of me now) You know you're all around me all around me I'm surrounded (Don't you lose sight of me now) You know you're all around me all around me I'm surrounded (So don't you lose sight of me now) You're all around me all around me all around me I'm surrounded (Don't you lose sight of me now) You surround me like a circle

I'm alone in this life And these old jeans are too tight And now I can't pick my feet off the floor I try to laugh but I cry My dignity is undignified Guess I'm really on my own Love is like a little boy, no I'm not paranoid But I'm on to you, yeah, yeah Well I'm not 17 and I don't want to be So why am I hiding Is it too late to call you on the phone Too late to tell you I'm alone I want to wake you from another lonely night Too late to wonder where you are Too late to hold you in my arms Because if your looking for wonderful I'm wonderful I'm a very simple girl And I don't fit into this world The city lights leave me in a daze And even though we've never met You know that I'm trying to forget Somethings you can't change Is it too late to call you on the phone Too late to tell you I'm alone I want to wake you from another lonely night Too late to wonder where you are Too late to hold you in my arms Because if you're looking for wonderful I'm wonderful I'm underneath Underneath I'm underneath I'm underneath Is it too late to call you on the phone Too late to tell you I'm alone I want to wake you from another lonely night Too late to wonder where you are Too late to hold you in my arms Because if you're looking for wonderful Is it too late to call you on the phone Too late to tell you I'm alone I want to wake you from another lonely night Too late to wonder where you are Too late to hold you in my arms Because if you're looking for wonderful I'm wonderful

The perfect storm, it got to me I wasn't there, I'm not guilty But I can't put myself at the scene Yeah that's right They pull me in they spit me out They set me up, they sell me drought I just smile and laugh somehow Yeah that's right Pass me the sugar The blood tastes too bitter Man, this is war Please forgive me I'm trying to survive The wolves are vicious over here on my side And I'm sorry, I'm sorry There's nothing else anybody can do This is the life some say we all choose And I'm sorry I'm sorry Changed my clothes They're drenched in sweat Lie awake asking what's next If only love made perfect sense Oh yeah right Let them in if you must Like minds can be dangerous Talk is cheap and we're all thugs Yeah that's right Pass me the sugar The blood tastes too bitter Man, this is war Please forgive me I'm trying to survive The wolves are vicious over here on my side And I'm sorry, I'm sorry There's nothing else anybody can do This is the life some say we all choose And I'm sorry I'm sorry Give it all to Sunday He'll know what to do Take it back on Monday Carry it with you Carry it with you Carry it with you Carry it with you Carry it with you Please forgive me I'm trying to survive The wolves are vicious over here on my side And I'm sorry I'm sorry There's nothing else anybody can do This is the life some say we all choose And I'm sorry I'm sorry