Song Break

NaS - Black President lyrics

[Barack Obama - taken from victory speech in Iowa]
They said this day would never come... [crowd cheers loudly]
They SAID, our sights were set too high. [crowd still wooing]
This country is too divided; too disillusioned
to ever come together around a common purpose. They said..."

[Repeat 2X]
("Although it seems heaven-sent, we ain't ready, to have a black president" - [2Pac])

[singers {Barack Obama}]
Yes we can...change the world...
{CHANGE THE WORLD...}

[Chorus]
("Although it seems heaven-sent, we ain't ready, to have a black president" - [2Pac]) [repeat 2X]
Yes we can...change the world...
(The world, the world, the WORLD...)

[Nas]
They forgot us on the block, got us in the box
Solitary confinement, how violent are these cops?
They need a early retirement
How many rallies will I watch? I ain't got it in me to march
I got a Semi to spark, the game's in a drought
Public housing, projects, cookin up in the Pyrex
My set, my clique, either gettin money
or runnin from homicide trail, that's if they ain't died yet
Tryna be rich, STILL I'm pledging allegiance
A predicate felon, a ghetto leader
Lendin my poetical genius, to who-EVER may need it
I BLEED this from Queensbridge, now living with my feet up
Never defeated, so a president's needed
You know these colored folks and Negros hate to see
one of they own succeeding
America, surprise us, and let a black man guide us

[Repeat 2X]
("Although it seems heaven-sent, we ain't ready, to have a black president" - [2Pac])

[singers {Barack Obama}]
Yes we can...change the world...
{CHANGE THE WORLD...}

[Chorus]

[Nas]
What's the black pres' thinkin on election night?
Is it, "How can I protect my life? Protect my wife? Protect my rights?"
Every other president was nuttin' less than white
'cept Thomas Jefferson and mixed Indian blood and Calvin Coolidge
KKK is like, "What the fuck?!", loadin they guns up
Loadin up mines too, ready to ride
'Cause I'm ridin with my crew - he dies, we die too
Yeah, but on the positive side
I think Obama provides hope, and challenges minds
of all races and colors to erase the hate
and try to LOVE one another; so many political snakes
We in need of a break, I'm thinkin I can TRUST this brotha
...but will he keep it way real?
Every innocent nigga in jail, gets out on appeal
When he wins, will he really care still?
I feel...

[Repeat 2X]
("Although it seems heaven-sent, we ain't ready, to have a black president" - [2Pac])

[singers {Barack Obama}]
Yes we can...change the world...
{CHANGE THE WORLD...}

[Chorus]

[Nas]
Say a prayer for "Do we have to?"
You ain't right, Jeremiah Wrong pastor
in love with a slave master
Sincerely yours, USA's most brave rapper
Jesse carjacker, Uncle TOm kidnapper
Ask around, Bently Coupe off the Richter
Bitch called Life, I pimped her, WHAT?
Politics, politricks, Klan shooter
Deacon for defense, progress producer
Nothing on the stove, a survival booster
Gotta DO what we gotta DO
We ain't got no governors comin through to help!
Anything we need done, gotta do for self
New, improved JFK on the way
It ain't the 60s' again, niggas ain't hippies again
We ain't fallin for the same traps
Standin on the balconies, where they shot the King at
McCain got apoligies, ain't nobody hearin that
People need HONESTY!

[Repeat 2X]
("Although it seems heaven-sent, we ain't ready, to have a black president" - [2Pac])

[singers {Barack Obama}]
Yes we can...change the world...
{CHANGE THE WORLD...}

[Chorus]

[Governor Bill Richardson]
It is my distinct honor, and privilege to introduce
the next President of the United States - Barack Obama

[crowd cheers LOUDLY]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzQgAdhWT1E

Michael Franti & Spearhead...*Hey World (Don't Give Up)*

Tell me why the grass was greener
Years ago
I swear it used to grow here
But no more, here
Tell me why on this hill
All the birds that used to come fly here
Are going to die here
Tell me why I need to know
Sometimes I wish I didn't have to know
Oh, show me

Hey World, what you say?
Should I stick around for another day or two?
Don't give up on me
I won't give up on you
Just believe in me
Like I believe in you

Tell me why on the corner
All the kids that used to come to run here
Loading guns here
Tell me why it's OK
To kill in the name of the gods we pray
Tell me who said it's OK
To die in the name of the lies we say
Tell me why there's child soldiers
Tell me why they close the borders
Tell me how to fight disease
Tell me now, won't you please?
The only thing I want to do
Is be in the arms of someone
Who believes in me
Like in believe in you

Hey World, what you say? Should I stick around for another day?
Hey World, what you say? Should I stick around for another day?
Hey World, what you say? Should I stick around for another day or two?
Don't give up on me I won't give up
I try, I try, I try, I try
I try, I try, I try, I try for you
Don't give up on me
I cry, I cry, I cry, I cry
I cry, I cry, I cry, I cry for you
Just believe in me like I believe

Hey World, what you say?
Hey World, what you say?
Hey World, what you say?
Should I stick around for another day?
Hey World, what you stay?
Should I stick around for another day or two?

Don't give up on me
I won't give up on me
Just believe in me
I believe in you
Don't give up

Hey World, what you say?
Hey World, what you say?
Hey World, what you say?


Peace

From one of my favorite U2 albums WAR...Seconds. Yes OUR government, They're the puppets, they're the puppets who pull the strings.


Seconds

It takes a second to say goodbye, say goodbye
It takes a second to say goodbye, say goodbye,
Say bye bye - where are you going to now?

Lightning flashes across the sky
East to west - do or die
Like a thief in the night
See the world by candlelight

In an apartment on Times Square
You can assemble them anywhere
Held to ransom - hell to pay
A revolution every day
USSR, GDR, London, New York, Peking
It's the puppets, it's the puppets who pull the strings

Say goodbye, say goodbye
Say goodbye, say goodbye
Say goodbye

It takes a second to say goodbye, say goodbye
Push the button and pull the plug - say goodbye

And they do the atomic bomb
Do they know where the dance comes from?
Yes, they're doing the atomic bomb
They want you to sing along
Say goodbye, say goodbye
Say goodbye, say goodbye

Peace

amazing musician. killer tone.

Sandcastle - Jerry Hannan
http://www.jerryhannan.com/file.php?id=314&access=download

I built these walls around myself
not to say that I'm proud
didn't mean to grab your curiosity
they're made to guard me from the crowd

so if you'll please keep your distance
let this comedy unfurl
well i might just have a masterpiece
i might just change the world

so keep your hands off of my sandcastle
you're gonna want it for your own
you're gonna think that you can make it better
and the walls come crumblin' down

gonna take this madness all the way
i've already crossed the line
once you jump you know you're powerless
ain't no changing my mind

so keep your hands off of my sandcastle
you're gonna want it for your own
you're gonna think that you can make it better
and the walls come crumblin' down

mmm hmmm

so don't try to help me and don't ask why
i'm free to do as I'm free to die
we're all free to believe our own lies
here comes the rising tide

so keep your hands off of my sandcastle
you're gonna want it for your own
you're gonna think that you can make it better
and the walls come crumblin' down

these breakin' waves are gonna break our hearts
and the walls come crumblin' down
come crumblin' down


[Just one more example of why Berkeley2 was the BEST Ed Show, oh yes, Society sung by the source! http://www.jerryhannan.com/ If you haven't seen his vid for Society yet, ohhh my, you're in for a treat!]

More crazy fingers Wooten

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVQEe8OI3zk&feature=related

The drummer is lame, but vic can groove. Leaves more of those tasty fills for me

your next bold move -Ani DiFranco


coming of age during the plague
of reagan and bush
watching capitalism gun down democracy
it had this funny effect on me
i guess

i am cancer
i am HIV
and i'm down at the blue jesus
blue cross hospital
just lookin' up from my pillow
feeling blessed

and the mighty multinationals
have monopolized the oxygen
so it's as easy as breathing
for us all to participate

yes they're buying and selling
off shares of air
and you know it's all around you
but it's hard to point and say "there"
so you just sit on your hands
and quietly contemplate

your next bold move
the next thing you're gonna need to prove
to yourself
what a waste of thumbs that are opposable
to make machines that are disposable
and sell them to seagulls flying in circles
around one big right wing
yes, the left wing was broken long ago
by the slingshot of cointelpro
and now it's so hard to have faith in
anything
especially your next bold move
or the next thing you're gonna need to prove
to yourself
you want to track each trickle
back to its source
and then scream up the faucet
'til your face is hoarse
cuz you're surrounded by a world's worth
of things you just can't excuse

but you've got the hard cough of a chain smoker
and you're at the arctic circle playing strip poker
and it's getting colder and colder
everytime you lose

so go ahead
make your next bold move
tell us
what's the next thing you're gonna need to prove
to yourself

bits from the master. nothing to you. plenty to me.

There must be some kind of way outa here
Freedom, give it to me
That's what I want now
Freedom, that's what I need now
And so castles made of sand, fall in the sea, eventually
It must not have been right, so forever, goodnight
Excuse me while i kiss the sky