Mos Def - Life In Marvelous Times lyrics
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Bright moments...<br>
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Bright moments always come back Vivid.<br>
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The 5th great was epic citywide test pressure<br>
The pre-crack era!<br>
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Mr. Schollmen, what a prick, attitude matches wardrobe, uglier then sin.<br>
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This is bed stuy 82'..<br>
9th floor 3 tiny rooms one view.<br>
Buck-town, Roosevelt house<br>
They green grass is green<br>
Our green grass is brown.<br>
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Shots rang my phone wasn't touchtone<br>
A heavy beef in the street<br>
ET had to flee<br>
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Grey heavens! good grief!<br>
Hungry bellies!<br>
Bright gold on they teeth!<br>
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The windows on the Ave look like sad eyes<br>
They fix their sharp gaze on you when you pass by<br>
And if you dare to stand, you can see em cry<br>
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You can watch em scowl<br>
Feel them prowl<br>
Wall and study every inch about you<br>
Fast math measuring what you amount to<br>
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The laughter, the screams!<br>
The numeral, the song of Psalms<br>
The book of dreams!<br>
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Ends don't meet where the arms can't reach<br>
Mean streets<br>
Even when its free it ain't cheap.<br>
On going saga, terminal diagnosis,<br>
Basic survival requires super heroics.<br>
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No space in the budget for a cake<br>
It's when you gotta fly by night to save the day<br>
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Crash-landings routinely happen<br>
Some survive, others never rise from the ashes.<br>
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Watching asphalt and observing the Sabbath.<br>
Creates an ecstatic and there you have it<br>
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From teenage love<br>
Praying in tongue<br>
Strange fruit, batty boots and native drums<br>
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From hence I come<br>
So here we go<br>
Signs and wonders all along the road<br>
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Some lies open<br>
Some lies close<br>
Some stretchers role with no lies at all.<br>
Some riders don't know what they riding for<br>
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Hands on the wheel and their mind is gone<br>
Wherever you ride, whatever your name,<br>
This raw cold life is a beautiful thing<br>
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And we are alive in amazing times<br>
Delicate hearts, diabolical minds<br>
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Revelations, hatred, love and war.<br>
And more and more and more and more<br>
And more of less than ever before<br>
It's just too much more for your mind to absorb<br>
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It's scary like hell, but there's no doubt<br>
We can't be alive in no time but... NOW!!!<br>
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