Terminator X
The Blues
I sing the BLUES in the hull of a ship beneath the sting of a slavemaster's whip I sing the BLUES on a ship anchored to dock my family being sold on a slave block I sing the BLUES being torn from my first born and hung my head and cried when my wife took his life and then committed suicide I sing the BLUES on a slavemaster's plantation helpin him build his free nation I sing the BLUES in the cotton field hustlin to make the daily yield I sing the BLUES when he forced my woman to bed lawd KNOWS how I wish he was dead I sing the BLUES on the run.. {*fades out*}[Andreas 13]{It-it-it, it takes, it-it ta-it It takes..} solitude, to contemplate a dope rhymeDrop the bass as I go for mine13, and I'm chillin with the X ManI choose to spews the blues, so you can understandI'm harder than the steel forged in a hot fireThe Prince of Power, the ink of desireEngagin Andreas in the muck or the mireI got a storm - and she is a live oneSongtexteSingin in the background, promisin the stars the moonand the sun sayin, "Dre' I got a new lifeand I've just begun, a rerun might be fun"Now I play to win the game, to be put onThis is what, gives me the blues, word is bondSo now I'm gone.. {That's why I sing the blues..} {That's why I sing the blues..} {That's why I sing the blues..}[Andreas 13]Now, it's the blues, so don't snooze, check out how I kick itA def beat that's dope wild and wickedA mad brother, that is God giftedSo tell me why am I another statisticPayin all my bills and still bein evictedSlum lord brought a rate height and I ripped itBroken lights, and no hot waterYou got nerve in here, beggin for a quarterBurn this bitch down, is what I oughta doand that's comin from the workin man's point of viewThe first of the month and all my bills are dueI pay the light bill and pay the phone bill dobecause if I don't, my po' ass is throughMy po' ass is through {That's why I sing the blues..} {That's why I sing the blues..} {That's why I..}[Andreas 13]I got a job - workin and smirkin for Apartheid CountyIt takes two weeks to step collect my bountyand damn, I can't believe the way they tax meA third of my pay G? Exactly!Yeah they think they got me, sweatin for a paycheckHearin my boss riff with empty threatsBut I don't worry, and I don't fretJust daydream about regretsWould I do it all over again? No wordsCause workin everyday, and still bein broke.... is strictly to the curb! {That's why I sing the blues..} {That's why I sing the blues..} {That's why I sing the blues..}[Andreas 13]Now my girl, I tell her that I love herShe says if you do, you must suffer - SUCKASo she moves in with another - brotherClaimin to me, she needs two loversOne for the sex, and one for the moneyYou know which one I was, but not to be funnyLet me tell you all about this sourpuss honeyWas she slick, and was she crummycause I believed her when she said she loved meOh boy, what a dummybecause behind the back, everyone ain't trueYou see I live with someone, and scummy does tooShe said, "It's good for me.. if it's good for you" {That's why I sing the blues..} {That's why I, I have to sing the blues..} {Ahhh-hahhh, that's why I.. that's why I..} {That's why I got to sing the blues..} {ooooh-hooooooooo..} {*continues in background w/ variations} I sing the BLUES in church on Sunday slavin on Monday, misused on Tuesday abused on Wednesday, accuased on Thursday fried alive on Friday, and died on Saturday sho' nuff singin the blues I sing the BLUES that a sucka thought we couldn't bring I tell him sho' nuff the blues is my thing I sing the backwater BLUES, rhythm and BLUES gospel BLUES, St. Louis BLUES, North Carolina BLUES Chicago BLUES, Mississippi god-DAMN BLUES The Watts BLUES, Harlem BLUES, ?? BLUES Gut-funky BLUES, funky chunky BLUES I sing the up North cigarette cough BLUES The down South strung out the side of my mouth BLUES I sing the BLUES black I sing the BLUES blacker I sing the BLUES blackest.. {That's why I sing the blues..} {That's why I..} {That's why I sing the blues..}
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