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Here, have a dollar,
In fact, no brother-man here, have two Two dollars means a snack for me But it means a big deal to you "Be strong, serve God only, know that if you do, beautiful heaven awaits" That's the poem I wrote for the first time I saw a man with no clothes, no money, no plate Mr. Wendal, that's his name No one ever knew his name cause he's a no one Never thought twice about spending on a ol' bum, until I had the chance to really get to know one Now that I know him, to give him money isn't charity He gives me some knowledge, I buy him some shoes And to think blacks spend all that money on big colleges Still most of y'all come out confused Go ahead, Mr. Wendal Go ahead, Mr. Wendal Mr. Wendal has freedom A free that you and I think is dumb Free to be without the worries of a quick to diss society For Mr. Wendal's a bum His only worries are sickness And an occasional harassment by the police and their chase Uncivilized we call him, but I just saw him Eat off the food we waste Civilization, are we really civilized, yes or no? Who are we to judge? When thousands of innocent men could be brutally enslaved Or killed over a racist grudge Mr. Wendal has tried to warn us about our ways But we don't hear him talk Is it his fault when we've gone too far And we got too far, 'cause on him we walk Mr.Wendal, a man, a human in flesh, But not by law I feed you dignity to stand with pride Realize that all in all you stand tall Go ahead, Mr. Wendal Mr. Wendal, yeah Mr. Wendal, yeah Mr. Wendal, go ahead Mr.Wendal Lord, Mr.Wendal |
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| 4:59 | 
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Lord I've really been real stressed
Down and out, losing ground Although I am Black and proud Problems got me pessimistic Brothers and sisters keep messing up Why does it have to be so damn tough? I don't know where I can go To let these ghosts out of my skull My grandma's passed, my brother's gone I never at once felt so alone I know you're supposed to be my steering wheel Not just my spare tire (home) But Lord I ask you (home) To be my guiding force and truth (home) For some strange reason it had to be (home) He guided me to Tennessee (home) Take me to another place Take me to another land Make me forget all that hurts me Let me understand your plan Take me to another place Take me to another land Make me forget all that hurts me Let me understand your plan Lord it's obvious we got a relationship Talkin' to each other every night and day Although you're superior over me We talk to each other in a friendship way Then outta nowhere you tell me to break Outta the country and into more country Past Dyesburg into Ripley Where the ghost of childhood haunts me Walk the roads my forefathers walked Climbed the trees my forefathers hung from Ask those trees for all their wisdom They tell me my ears are so young (home) Go back to from whence you came (home) My family tree, my family name (home) For some strange reason it had to be (home) He guided me to Tennessee (home) Take me to another place Take me to another land Make me forget all that hurts me Let me understand your plan Take me to another place Take me to another land Make me forget all that hurts me Let me understand your plan Eshe? She went down to Holly Springs. Rasha Don and Baba? They went down to Peachtree. Headliner, I challenge you to a game of horseshoes. A game of horseshoes! Now I see the importance of history Why my people be in the mess that they be Many journeys to freedom made in vain My brothers on the corner playing ghetto games I ask you Lord why you enlightened me Without the enlightenment of all my folks He said 'cause I set myself on a quest for truth And you was there to quench my thirst But I am still thirsty... The Lord allowed me to drink some more He said what I am searching for Are the answers to all which are in front of me The ultimate truth started to get blurry For some strange reason it had to be It was all a dream about Tennessee Take me to another place (Home) Take me to another land (Home) Make me forget all that hurts me Let me understand your plan Take me to another place (Home) Take me to another land (Home) Make me forget all that hurts me Let me understand your plan Oh won't you let me Won't you help me Won't you help me understand you plan? Take me home Take me home Home Take me to another place Take me home Oh you know I need to go home, yeah Headliner? I won the game of horseshoes. Now you owe me a watermelon. Let's go climb trees and skip over rocks, do like they do below the border. Hmm? Speech's hair? No it look like the roots of the tree my ancestors were hung from. But that's okay, get it, 'cuz he's down to earth. Tennessee. Tennessee, Whoo! Yeah Tennessee. Te-Tenness... |
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I need some time to ease my mind
Thrusted in a world that I don't know from my mamas lips between my mamas hips I'm cuddled by her hands because she understands it's that bond that keeps the movement movin' on. Life is surrounded with so many insecurities back stabbin' is like breathing when in poverty. I try to make my sanity, with the insane God is secondary to most, when they scrap for money. But, then again money can cause even more death. when a African becomes a nigger step n fetch n all. I dare say when price is right U can buy us all. well not me, cuz I don't truly give a care about you. I'll move in poverty, in wealth but I'll surely move! Ain't syncopated with your beats or your wack grooves my break beat is to break away from yo thang All these things you put on me makes this brother sing... Chorus: I need some time to ease my mind. Mind & soul is even more important then body money can put my body in all exotic spaces meanwhile my mind & soul remotely dwells within that fine spot between all messed up & hell. And so I move on with confidence of harmony And do my thang to resist this wack society Cuz if you don't resist, & I mean consciously you'll fool your sub-conscious into accepting it. I ain't acceptin' it - I keep my focus I keep my focus - I ain't acceptin'it. Give me a face pencil to draw a smile on me. Answer my prayer to give my Earthly body inner peace Answer my prayer to give my Earthly body inner inner peace. Until that day upon which my souls released! Chorus need some time need some time when the sista's say it then you know it's gotta be real! Thrusted in a world that I don't know from my mommas lips between my mamas hips I'm cuddled by her hands because she understands It's that bond that will keep the movement movin' on It's that bond that will keep the movement movin' on. And so I GOTTA BE READY TO RELINQUISH gotta be ready to relinquish, my breath of life for struggle. That is why I tell you... I need some time to ease my mind. |
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| 4:43 |
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The great depression everyone is in depression
No one knows exactly what's their role totally confused, depressed cuz of the news Watch TV, more bad is what U see Everyone's lost & were looking for a savior Everyone's blind & were looking for a leader We've lost our faith so we need someone to guide us Right now it's so easy to be deceived I'm climbing my soul to reach to newer levels Reach the mountain top so I can better see step back and see the whole mighty picture Gain control of my destiny I'm climbing my soul so I can picture a solution cuz once I picture this it can be I cannot leave my life within this uncertainty I call on the red, & the black and green, & the black and the green! United we stand United we fall United we plan as a United front. I walk the streets and try to pass energy Put the gun down black man give me apound Save those rounds for a real confrontation undersstand who U R as a man Everyone's lost & were looking for a savior Everyone's blind & were looking for a leader We've lost our faith so we need someone to guide us Right now it's so easy to be deceived I'm climbing my soul to reach to newer levels Reach the mountain top so I can better see step back and see the whole mighty picture Gain control of my destiny I'm climbing my soul so I can picture a solution cuz once I picture this it can be I cannot leave my life within this uncertainty I call on the red, & the black and green, & the black and the green! |
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| 4:43 |
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| 4:17 |
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This is Headliner from Arrested Development, and I come here tonight
To give thanks to ithe rain, so brothers and sisters please put down your Umbrellas, you won't be needing those today Look to the clouds with the most rain coming from it, for without the Rain there's no me and there's no you I said a drip-drop, a drip-drop, drip-drop Viva bum bum bum drip-drop Let it rain, let it rain, let God's water feed me The water of life, mentally rinsing me, physically drenching me Most are frowning upon your arrival But I need you for survival And when you fall on my community I run outside to properly Greet you Let it rain, take my pain, I'm glad to meet you Fill my eyes with a colorful rainbow Every drop hits me, fills me With an unmeasurable amount of security Knowing my God acknowledges me As if each drop of rain is aimed toward me My Lord Thanks for lifeThanks for my rain My Lord Thanks for lifeThanks for my rain It's raining revolution It's raining solutions It's raining revolution It's raining revolution It's raining revolution It's raining revolution It's raining revolution It's raining revolution It's raining revolution I struttle strut thru the ghetto The rain this time I feel is mental The goal of this rain I feel is spiritual Saw thru the eyes of the inflicted people Their eyes are hard as a million thombstones Marked with the names of the millions of kin thrown To the dust that gave them their colored skin Fade to black is the scene they're embalmed in The rain many nights have witnessed her Receiving the sperm of a brother into a sister And blessed that life to guaranteed existence A conscious baby for a black resistance I feel the rain enhances the revolution And reminds us of a spiritual solution And reminds us of an unnatural supernatural solu-lu-lu-lution It's raining revolution It's raining solutions It's raining revolution It's raining revolution It's raining revolution It's raining revolution It's raining revolution It's raining revolution It's raining revolution Lost between reality and psychology. 1990's mentality is described By the honorable thruth message which is 'True Knowledge Is So Priceless' Which is so true Rain, rain, stay here ! Wow Love that power Brothers and sisters -haha- Raise your hands up high and let me see the colors of your beautiful skin Now the ceremony begins Lord, let thet heavenly rains cleanse Run into your nearest rainbow To grab, hold, to ride on Each color, learn it ! The importance of each color oh yeah Let it rain (repeats till end) Haha Yes Oh yeah |
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| 3:40 |
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Lord I've really been real stressed
Down and out, losing ground Although I am Black and proud Problems got me pessimistic Brothers and sisters keep messing up Why does it have to be so damn tough? I don't know where I can go To let these ghosts out of my skull My grandma's passed, my brother's gone I never at once felt so alone I know you're supposed to be my steering wheel Not just my spare tire (home) But Lord I ask you (home) To be my guiding force and truth (home) For some strange reason it had to be (home) He guided me to Tennessee (home) Take me to another place Take me to another land Make me forget all that hurts me Let me understand your plan Take me to another place Take me to another land Make me forget all that hurts me Let me understand your plan Lord it's obvious we got a relationship Talkin' to each other every night and day Although you're superior over me We talk to each other in a friendship way Then outta nowhere you tell me to break Outta the country and into more country Past Dyesburg into Ripley Where the ghost of childhood haunts me Walk the roads my forefathers walked Climbed the trees my forefathers hung from Ask those trees for all their wisdom They tell me my ears are so young (home) Go back to from whence you came (home) My family tree, my family name (home) For some strange reason it had to be (home) He guided me to Tennessee (home) Take me to another place Take me to another land Make me forget all that hurts me Let me understand your plan Take me to another place Take me to another land Make me forget all that hurts me Let me understand your plan Eshe? She went down to Holly Springs. Rasha Don and Baba? They went down to Peachtree. Headliner, I challenge you to a game of horseshoes. A game of horseshoes! Now I see the importance of history Why my people be in the mess that they be Many journeys to freedom made in vain My brothers on the corner playing ghetto games I ask you Lord why you enlightened me Without the enlightenment of all my folks He said 'cause I set myself on a quest for truth And you was there to quench my thirst But I am still thirsty... The Lord allowed me to drink some more He said what I am searching for Are the answers to all which are in front of me The ultimate truth started to get blurry For some strange reason it had to be It was all a dream about Tennessee Take me to another place (Home) Take me to another land (Home) Make me forget all that hurts me Let me understand your plan Take me to another place (Home) Take me to another land (Home) Make me forget all that hurts me Let me understand your plan Oh won't you let me Won't you help me Won't you help me understand you plan? Take me home Take me home Home Take me to another place Take me home Oh you know I need to go home, yeah Headliner? I won the game of horseshoes. Now you owe me a watermelon. Let's go climb trees and skip over rocks, do like they do below the border. Hmm? Speech's hair? No it look like the roots of the tree my ancestors were hung from. But that's okay, get it, 'cuz he's down to earth. Tennessee. Tennessee, Whoo! Yeah Tennessee. Te-Tenness... |
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| 5:14 |
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Here, have a dollar,
In fact, no brother-man here, have two Two dollars means a snack for me But it means a big deal to you "Be strong, serve God only, know that if you do, beautiful heaven awaits" That's the poem I wrote for the first time I saw a man with no clothes, no money, no plate Mr. Wendal, that's his name No one ever knew his name cause he's a no one Never thought twice about spending on a ol' bum, until I had the chance to really get to know one Now that I know him, to give him money isn't charity He gives me some knowledge, I buy him some shoes And to think blacks spend all that money on big colleges Still most of y'all come out confused Go ahead, Mr. Wendal Go ahead, Mr. Wendal Mr. Wendal has freedom A free that you and I think is dumb Free to be without the worries of a quick to diss society For Mr. Wendal's a bum His only worries are sickness And an occasional harassment by the police and their chase Uncivilized we call him, but I just saw him Eat off the food we waste Civilization, are we really civilized, yes or no? Who are we to judge? When thousands of innocent men could be brutally enslaved Or killed over a racist grudge Mr. Wendal has tried to warn us about our ways But we don't hear him talk Is it his fault when we've gone too far And we got too far, 'cause on him we walk Mr.Wendal, a man, a human in flesh, But not by law I feed you dignity to stand with pride Realize that all in all you stand tall Go ahead, Mr. Wendal Mr. Wendal, yeah Mr. Wendal, yeah Mr. Wendal, go ahead Mr.Wendal Lord, Mr.Wendal |
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