Devy in the corner of his teen year Born to run away Children in the middle with the village idiot So he never made the potty grade Now maybe he pulled a little closer Cold in a mousy way Boom boom as they came a little closer Put a bolt in the curse today Now Devy has to eat it in his own way Broke in a dirty way Boom boom is the beating that I hear in the night But no one hears, so no one knows and no one fucks with me Devy wants a word with the master I got no need to run away Down on the road isn't easy But I never would back away Boom boom in the morning with the night sounds No way to run away Boom boom as the boredom of monogamy Hits one more time... No one must know... No one must know... No one must know... No one must know this machine... Devy got a taste of some black shit Born in another way And it probably would have been easy But it never worked out that way Boom boom in the corner with the well-soiled Bound to amalgamate Boom boom as it kills the inhibitions ...no more games No one must know...

Uhh, uh huh, yeah, yeah, yeah Uh huh, come on, check it out, check it out, what? Brand Nubian "I'm black and I'm proud" Uh, like that, like that, what? "Say it loud" "I'm black and I'm proud" Come on, come on, come on, come on "Say it loud" We made men in this world, digging for bones The untraceable ones come with no clones A hundred years from now y'all can still get this bomb On the Brand Nubian dot com My name should be mentioned with the Portier, not the Gualtier Although it smell good, I still get mad at Rosewood A Nubian card member since that faithful December In the eighty years, from tears to cheers, things we did should be listed In a pyramid, studied by a little kid Talked about by old jacks with slacks Can I move the black is my first and foremost Can I get a little land for me and mine? Grow vegetables, maybe make a little wine Build with the Gods and the bright sunshine Before we save others we gotta save our own kind "I'm black and I'm proud" "Say it loud" "I'm black and I'm proud" "Say it loud" "I'm black and I'm proud" "Say it loud" "I'm black and I'm proud" "Say it loud" Now did you know it was you who was first to walk the Earth Gave birth to the Universe, uh Afflicted with the curse of the slave Predicted to inherit the earth in the last days Now as we take you home, what we make our own It's written in stone like Commandments Read them every now and then or when you get the chance Catch a glance through the power lens, see if you could see us advance G-O-D in the dance, reporting freelance Fought for a chance, got you hanging by the seat of your pants Our immediate stance when we came to the game Was completely advanced so no one sounds the same Seven and one-half ounces of brain When we around make sure you bow down to the king Brand Nubian style is how we do our thing So if you feel good, real good Scream it out loud if you black and you proud Feel me now, check my style A brother's resume run longer than the Nile Justice cipher born to teach man, woman and child In the land of the lost where my people went foul Do the knowledge, black, look at the way that we act Smoking crack or each other with the gat The only race of people who kill self like that I deal with actual facts to keep my mind on track I love y'all that's why I say these things Watch me transform chickenheads to queens Rhymes full of protein like rice and beans Brand Nubian cats here to change all that The maker, the owner, the cream of the Earth Proud to be black because the black man's first My flow frequency is at a million megahertz So when I spit my verbals I'm heard around the Universe (Yeah, yeah, yeah) So don't front, say it loud, I'm black and I'm proud

Have you heard Have you heard 'Bout this girl who was ripped up by her roots All alone what she learned Like humility you win when you lose I have learned I have learned The most horrifying nights have an end I was hurt I was lost In the dark I found my way to a friend CHORUS I am standing here in my ravine Once again I see a piece of the sky And my joy will never be denied Cause I was meant to be here The only place on earth Where you are near Where you are near Was a flower So frail And I let the trees grow wild around me Grew so high Hit the sky Shaded everything I needed to see Then one night Someone came Took a knife and ripped me up by my roots Tossed astray Far away In my darkest night I started to pray CHORUS I am standing here in my ravine Once again I see a piece of the sky And my joy will never be denied Cause I was meant to be here The only place on earth Where you are near Where you are near Why do you Why do you ask Why I'm not blaming my God (Blaming my God) I tell you I tell you once He was the only one there CHORUS I am standing here in my ravine Once again I see a piece of the sky And my joy never will be denied Cause I was meant to be here The only place on earth Where you are near Where you are near CHORUS I am standing here in my ravine Once again I see a piece of the sky And my joy will never be denied Cause I was meant to be here The only place on earth Where you are near Where you are near

Captain nemo is too good for you and me Take a voyage to the bottom of the sea He's a riddle you will see in the middle of the sea If you ask him things about life, then he will say: Oh no, I'm far too continental for mankind I don't interfere in your life See me as a searcher with the answers To your world from under the sea Captain nemo knows the world be we don't know What control of light and darkness means He'll show If we come in peace at heart He may help us to restart what went wrong So long ago from down below Oh no, I'm far too continental for mankind I don't interfere in your life See me as a searcher with the answers To your world from under the sea See him as a searcher with the answers to mankind He's far too continental Though he's wiser than all man He is curious about the plan Violated by the man, the master plan Oh no, he's far too continental for mankind He doesn't interfere in your life See him as a searcher with the answers To your world from under the sea Oh no, he's far too continental for mankind He doesn't interfere in your life See him as a searcher with the answers To your world from under the sea Oh no, he's far too continental for mankind Under the sea

Dans la chaleur de la nuit qui s'enroule tout autour de moi Je marche seul sans savoir pourquoi tu n'es plus là Ça tourne dans ma tête Et tout s'arrête Ta voix me parle tout bas Je ne sais plus où j'en suis, je ne vois plus que toi It's a cruel, cruel summer C'est fini Tu n'es qu'un rêve qui s'enfuit It's a cruel, cruel summer Now you're gone You're not the only one The city is crowded My friends are away And I'm on my own It's too hot to handle So I got to get up and go It's a cruel, cruel summer C'est fini Tu n'es qu'un rêve qui s'enfuit It's a cruel, cruel summer Now you're gone You're not the only one It's a cruel, cruel summer C'est fini Tu n'es qu'un rêve qui s'enfuit It's a cruel, cruel summer Now you're gone You're not the only one It's a cruel summer It's a cruel summer It's a cruel summer It's a cruel summer It's a cruel, cruel summer C'est fini Tu n'es qu'un rêve qui s'enfuit It's a cruel, cruel summer Now you're gone You're not the only one It's a cruel, cruel summer C'est fini Tu n'es qu'un rêve qui s'enfuit It's a cruel, cruel summer Now you're gone You're not the only one Cruel summer It's a cruel summer Cruel summer It's a cruel summer It's a cruel, cruel summer, c'est fini It's a cruel, cruel summer, c'est fini It's a cruel, cruel summer, c'est fini It's a cruel, cruel summer, c'est fini Cruel, cruel summer, c'est fini

What you gonna tell your dad It's like a wheel of fortune And what you gonna tell your dad If this wheel lets you down My love is my engine And you might be fuel Stop acting cool Just bet you might win I'm not too cool We're gonna make you move Don't push me I don't want to, can't you see it Hasten slowly And don't count your chicks Before the're hatched baby What you gonna tell your dad It's like a wheel of fortune And what you gonna tell your dad If this wheel lets you down My love is my engine And you might be fuel Stop acting cool Just bet you might win I'm not too cool Hey you We're gonna make you move It tastes like steel Like a stab from a knife What you gonna tell your daddy What you gonna tell your daddy Say, what you gonna tell your daddy What you gonna tell your daddy What you gonna tell your daddy I'm on love with another fool I'm in love with you I like your style I want you I'm in love I'm in love with you I like your style I want you I'm in love What you gonna tell your dad It's like a wheel of fortune And what you gonna tell your dad If this wheel lets you down, yeah What you gonna tell your dad It's like a wheel of fortune And what you gonna tell your dad If this wheel lets you down My love is my engine And you might be fuel Stop acting cool Just bet you might win I'm not too cool I'm in love with another fool Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah I'm in love with another fool Tell tell tell I'm in love dad I'm in love with you I like your style, I want you I'm in love I'm in love I like your style