Year of the Dragon (feat. Lauryn Hill) - Wyclef Jean

My world it moves so fast today The past it seems so far away And life squeezes, so tightly that I can't breathe And every time I've tried to be What someone else thought of me So caught up I wasn't able to achieve But deep in my heart The answer, it was in me And I made up my mind To define my own destiny Oh, no I, I look at my environment And wonder where the fire went What happened to everything we used to be? I hear so many cry for help Searching outside of themselves Now I know that His strength is within me And deep in my heart The answer, it was in me And I made up my mind To define my own destiny And deep in my heart Oh-oh-oh Oh-oh Ah-ah-ah No, no, no No, no, no And deep in my heart The answer, it was in me And I made up my mind To define my own destiny

It's the mystery of Inequity Said it's the misery of Inequity Said it's the history of Inequity When it all, all falls down Telling you all, it all falls down Children Eat your bread Little children Eat your bread 'Cause it all, all falls down Telling you all, it all falls down Yo! Ya'll can't handle the truth in a courtroom of lies Perjures the jurors, witness despised Crooked lawyers, false Indictments publicized It's entertainment, the arraignments The subpoenas High profile gladiators in bloodthirsty arenas Enter the Dragon Black-robe crooked-balance Souls bought and sold and paroled for thirty talents Court reporter catch the surface on the paper File it in the system not acknowledged by the Maker Swearing by the bible blatantly blasphemous Publicly perpetrating that "In God We Trust" Cross-examined by a master manipulator The faster intimidator Receiving the judge's favor Deceiving sabers doing injury to they neighbors For status, gratis, apparatus and legal waivers See the bailiff Representing security Holding the word of God soliciting perjury The prosecution Political prostitution The more money you pay. the further away solution Legal actors Babylon's benefactors Masquerading as the agency for the clients Hypocritical giants Morally non-compliant Orally armed to do bodily harm Polluted, recruited and suited judicial charm And the defense isn't making any sense Faking the confidence of escaping the consequence That a defendant is depending on the system Totally void of judgment purposely made to twist em' Emotional victim blackmailed by the henchmen Framed by intentions Inventions whereby they lynch men Enter the false witness slandering the accused Planting the seed openly showing he's being used To discredit, edit, headed for the alleged Smearing the individual fearing the unsuspected Expert witness, the paid authority Made a priority to deceive the majority Of disinterested peers Dodging duty for years Hating the process Waiting to be returning to their careers Do we expect the system made for the elect to possibly judge correct? Properly serve and protect? Materially corrupt Spiritually amuck Oblivious to the cause Prosperously bankrupt Blind leading the blind Guilty never defined Filthy as swine A generation purin it's own mind Legal extortion Blown out of proportion In vein deceit The truth is obsolete Only two position Victimizer or Victim Both end up in destruction trusting this crooked system Mafia with diplomas keeping us in a coma trying to own A piece of the "American corona" The Revolving Door Insanity every floor Skyscraping, paper chasing What are we working for? Empty traditions Reaching social positions Teaching ambition to support the family superstition? When the Son of Podition is Commander in Chief The standard is Thief Brethren can we candidly speak? Woe to the men Trusted in the chariots dem' Leaning on horses, they run their intellectual sources Counterfeit wisdom creating the illusion of freedom Confusion consumes them Every word they speak it turns them out really white Internally they absent of light Trapped in the night and bonded to the Cain of the night Under the curse Evil men waxing more worse Faxing the first Angelic being cast to the earth It's time for rebirth Burnin up the branch and the root The empty pursuits of every tree bearing the wrong fruit Turning me ill Let him who stole, no longer steal Oh it's real Surrender for Jehovah is real How long will you sleep Troubled by the thoughts that YOU keep The idols YOU heap Causing the destruction you reap Judgment has come Find it and return to the One Abandon the flesh Self-interest, broadway to death Pride and the greed Hide and subdividing the seed The knowledge of Good and Evil is what caused us to lie Caused us to die Let your emotions be crucified Renounce all your thoughts Repent and let your mind be re-taught You'll find what you sought, was based on the deception you bought A perception of naught Where the majority remains caught Loving a lie Not realizing in Adam, all die Loving a lie Not realizing in Adam, all die Loving a lie Not realizing in Adam, all die Loving a lie Not realizing in Adam, all die It's the mystery of Inequity Say it's the history of Inequity Say it's the misery of Inequity When it all, all falls down I'm telling you all, it all falls down

If they only owned love, shown love, grown love, like this before If they only knew love, true love, to love, like this before If they only gave love, saved love, brave love, like this before If they only called love, love love, called love, like this before If they only showed love, they owed love, owed love, like this before Oh if they only showed love, they owed love, owed love, like this before yeah If they only knew love, true love, to love, like this before Oh if they only gave love, saved love, brave love, like this before Oh if they only showed love, they owed love, they owed love, like this before La la la la la, la la la la, la la la la la, la la la la la Like this before yeah If they ever showed love, they owed love, they owed love, they owed love If they ever showed love, they owed love, they owed love, like this before Oh, oh, oh, oh, yeah La la la la la, la la la la, la la la la la, la la la la If they only claimed love, claimed love, claimed love They maintained love instead they drained love, stained love They didn't control love, my soul loves a whole love, like this before Received the same love If they didn't regret love, forget love, say they never met love If they will love, don't kill love, just be still love If they will love, don't kill love, just be still love If they will love, don't kill love, just be still love If they will love, don't kill love, just be still love

I gotta find peace of mind, I know another chord I gotta find peace of mind See it's what that voice in your head said when you tryna find peace of mind I gotta find peace of mind I gotta find peace of mind He says is impossible but I know is possible he says is impossible but I know is possible He says there's no me without him Please help me forget about him He takes all my energy trapped in my memory constantly holding me, constanly holding me I need to tell you all, all the pain he's caused Mmm I need to tell you I'm, I'm undone because mmm He says is impossible but I know is possible He says is impossible without him but I know is possible To finally be in love and know the real meaning of a lasting relationship, not based on ownership I trust every part of you cause all that you say you do You love me despite myself Sometimes I, I fight myself I just can't believe that you would have anything to do with someone so insecure someone so imature Oh, you inspire me, to be the higher me you make my desire pure just tell me what to say I can't find the words to say Please don't be mad with me I have no identity all that i 've known is gone all i was building on I wanna walk with you how do I talk to you Touch my mouth with your hands oh, I wanna understand the meaning of your embrace I know from now I have to face the temptations of my past please don't let me disgrace will my devotion last now that I know the truth now that there is no excuse keeping me from your love what was i thinking of holding me from your love what was i thinking of You are my peace of mind That old me is left behind You are my peace of mind That old me is left behind He says is impossible, but I know is possible He says is improbable, but I know its tangible He says its not grabable, but I know is haveable 'Cause anything is possible Oh, anything is possible Please come free my mind Please come free my mind Can you see my mind? Won't you come free my mind Oh I know it's possible Anything, anything Anything, anything, anything yeah Anything, anything Anything, anything yeah Anything, anything Anything, anything, anything yeah Free, free, free your mind Free, free your mind Free, free your mind Free, free, free, free your mind Always so possible Always so possible I'm telling you it's possible I'm telling you it's possible Free, free Free, free Free, free Get free now Free, free Free, free, free, free Free, free You are my peace of mind That old me is left behind You are my peace of mind You are my peace of mind He's my peace of mind He's my peace of mind He's my peace of mind What a joy it is to be alive To get another chance yeah Everyday is another chance To get it right this time Everyday is another chance What a merciful Merciful, merciful God What a wonderful Wonderful, wonderful God What a merciful Merciful, merciful, merciful, merciful What a wonderful Wonderful, wonderful, wonderul, merciful Merciful, merciful, wonderful Merciful wonderful

Everybody, everybody wants to know Where you going to What you running from What you going through Where you coming from What you going through Where you coming from Everybody, everybody wants to know What you gonna do Where you going to 'Cause they wanna come Where I'm showing you Yes, they wanna come Where I'm showing you All that you can be is a spectacle Following after every single miracle Watch them marvel at All the joy you have But they're too important to have all the joy you have What a tragedy, you can laugh at me, you can laugh at me But I'm in love Yes, I'm in love Don't you wish you had real love Yes, I'm in love Tryna fix myself for society Tryna mix myself for society But can you tell me where is love in anxiety? Can you tell me where is love in anxiety? What you say to me I don't mind at all What you say to me I don't really care at all 'Cause I'm in love Don't you wish you had real love? I know you do Yes, I'm in love Watch them speculate On the life you live Watch them try to hate All the love you give All the love you give Everybody, everybody wants to know Where you going to 'Cause they wanna come Or so they think, until they find the cost of it 'Til they found out, found out what you lost for it And I'll do it all again 'Cause I found love 'Cause I found love Don't you wish you had real love? I know you do Yes, I'm in love Everybody, everybody wants to know Where you going to What you running from What you going through Where you coming from What you going through Where you're coming from Everybody, everybody wants to know What you gonna do Where you going to 'Cause they wanna come Where I'm showing you Yes, they wanna come Where I'm showing you All that you can be is a spectacle Following after every single miracle Watch them marvel at All the joy you have But they're too important to have all the joy you have What a tragedy, you can laugh at me, you can laugh at me But I'm in love Yes, I'm in love Don't you wish you had real love? I know you do Yes, I'm in love So what you say to me, I don't even mind at all What you say to me, I don't even care at all 'Cause I'm in love Don't you wish you had real love? I know you do Don't you wish you had real love? These broken thoughts in my mind Can't let them get down in there Can't let them get down in there These broken thoughts in my mind Can't let them get down in there Can't let them get down in there 'Cause I need real love I need real love I'm guarding, guarding the gates, ayy (The gates) (Guard, guarding) Oh, I'm guarding my gates

No, no, no diggity This is the remix, remix (No diggity) Brought to you by Blackstreet (One, one, one, two) No diggity, no doubt Play on, play that (One, one, one, two) She was a gold digger (One, one, one, one, one, one, one, two) Yo Black drop the verse She was more like a beauty queen From a movie scene (Uh huh) Said I don't mind, but what do you mean I am the one (Yeah) Who will dance on the floor in a round (No, no, no diggity) She said I am the one (Yeah) So we dance on the floor in a round, babe (Say what?) No, no, no diggity (Yeah) She told me her name was Billie Jean And she caused a scene (Uh huh) Then every head turned with eyes That dreamed of being the one (No diggity) Who would dance on the floor in a round, babe (No, no, no diggity) People always told me Be careful what you do Don't go around breaking young girls' hearts (no, no diggity) And momma always told me be careful who you love Be careful (dig it up) of what you do (dig it up) Because a lie becomes the truth, hey Billie Jean is not my lover (No doubt) She's just a girl who claims that I am the one (Gold digger, gold digger, I like the way you try to get slick) But the kid is not my son No diggity, no doubt about it She said I am the one (Gold digger, gold digger, I like the way you try to get slick) But the kid is not my son (No, no, no, no diggity, one, one, one, one, two) For forty days and for forty nights I was on the scene (uh huh) But who can stand when she's in demand Her schemes and plans (yeah) So we danced on the floor in a round (No, no, no diggity) So take my strong advice Just remember to always think twice (Yeah, uh) Don't think twice, don't think twice She told my baby we'd danced till three And she looked at me (Uh huh) Then showed a photo of baby crying Eyes were like mine So we danced on the floor in a round, babe No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no (No diggity, no diggity.the bridge) People always told me be careful what you do Don't go around breaking young girls' hearts But she came and stood right by me Just the smell of sweet perfume It's happening much too soon She called me to the room, hey yeah Billie Jean (uh huh) is not my lover (yeah) She's just a girl who claims that I am the one (Gold digger, gold digger, I like the way you try to get slick) The kid is not my son The kid is not my son, she said I am the one (Gold digger, gold digger, I like the way you try to get slick) But The kid is not my son, yeah (No, no, no digitty, no diggity) Oh, no, no, no Billie Jean Billie Jean is (Yeah) is not my lover (No doubt) She's just a girl who thinks that I am the one (Gold digger, gold digger, I like the way you try to get slick) But the kid is not my son No diggity, no doubt about it She said I am the one, oh yeah The kid is not my son (Gold digger, gold digger, I like the way you try to get slick) No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, Billie, Billie, Billie Jean Ad lib Until fade