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BeforeI Was Lovin’ You
All the people on the streets And most the folks I tend to meet
Carry signs that read why me
I offer no solution just inquiry
The hole that used to be hometown
They say aint worth the burnin down
Let it stand for a warnin to be thankful for what you found
Cause there is no escaping there’s no where to Cause its in the blood you know
(chorus)
Before I was lovin you
I used to be so bad
Before I was lovin you
I used to get so sad
And when I finally knew that dreams could come true
I faced my fears to have you
To have you
All you junkies gather round
I gave your demo to the clowns
The lions roared and the monkeys dig your sound
But they was wonderin would you mind turnin the bass down
In short kid fuck your sound
And all the voices in my head
carried on the thoughts my mind once lead
From the house into the wood shed
I fear my theories look good aint ready yet
This may be the last chance that I get
Before I was lovin you
I used to be so bad
Before I was lovin you I used to get so sad
And when I finally knew that dreams could true
I faced my fears to have you
To have you
Before I was lovin you
I used to be so bad
Before I was lovin you I used to get so sad
And when I finally knew that dreams could true
I faced my fears to have you
To have you
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Collect call
I promised I would call you
And you know I aint ever lied
But theres 3 thousand armed assassins
Keeping me from your side
Will you accept the charges
If I reach out from inside
Will you accept the charges
If I swallow my pride
Swallow my pride
chorus
Take a collect call to you
Make collect call to you
Colect call collect call collect call collect call to you
Make a collect call
Make it to you
Collect call to you
I wait for the phone to ring
Cause your voice is a special thing
I work to pay the bills that it bring
While your locked up doin 14
I’ll accept the charges
I wanna hear what you got to say
I’ll accept the charges
I been waitin all damn
All damn day
Chorus
Bridge
Just one collect call from you
Could really make my day
Just one collect call from you
I wanna hear what you got to say
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Vapor
One boy alone in a room
Tape on his mouth cause he talk to much
One boy alone in a room
Tradin money and time just to lose touch
Success is the same as failure
that’s why he sits alone
A dim little fetus of a star
Success is the same as failure here is the same as far
The rungs are always shakey
No matter where you are
Chorus
If you want to be free
You must check out
If your lookin for love
don’t talk so loud
If you want to get through
You must be vapor
If your lookin for God
Your mother your maker
One boy alone in a room
Middle passage is his 8 to 5
One boy alone in a room
I got a half hour lunch
I don’t have I
Business is the government
This government is Rome
Caesar lets the actors sit upon his thrown
Christians are the lions eating their own bones
Everyone is Jesus and all you got is home
Chorus
Outtro
Be free
Get through
Find love
Be God
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Hardtimes
Man ask you for dime
all he really wants is some time in connection
Remind him he’s still human in his flesh
Cause that’s all he got left
You say no
When you notice he owns a shopping cart and a radio
How much further down does he have to go
Chorus
In these hard times
In these hard times
Little girl comes up to you
Telling what she will do
For a small fee she’ll be your company
You start to feel a little alarmed
Reminds you of propaganda from Vietnam
Thr neighborhood use to be so safe
Now its in your face
Chorus
Bridge
But in simpler times
We marched and believed in dreams
Fell for so many things falling apart at the seams
But in simpler times
All we wanted to be was middle class
Things got a little difficult
Bombed churches and broken glass
And dead little black babys
Man comes up to you and says
“Hey you wanna make some quick money”
And you say “brother that’s the magic word”
Student falls prey to reality
Lives patch the cracks in this concrete society
Fast money was the last word he heard
chorus
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Where
(chorus)
Some brothers say what they say
Oh girl I aint playin games
Cities fall as they may
Mine eyes are seekin better days
Where money don’t mean everything
Where race and class are passing flings
Where all the players pawn their rings
Where oneness is the joy it brings
Where
Competition and envy got me burnin
Out of control
My enemies in me
I can hold ‘em til they let me go
I been shuttin all my doors
Family phone calls I ignore
Thinin out my herd of friends
The sky grows dark until the end
Chorus
From a den of iniquity
Souls come out clean
Like a shinin light
Burnin off Babylon
From a mouth of a lion
Hearts come flyin
Stumbling to your thrown
Open up your windows
Prepare yourself for the final blow
Wont you spread your arms out wide
Cause all you got is what you hide
Chorus
Bridge
Right outside your window
There’s a war brewin
Are you in or are you out
Right outside your window
There song to be sang
We can make salat in the shade
Right outside your window
A cars being jacked
Somebodies daddy he aint ever comin back
Right outside your window
Rich men want us to die
And they wont tell us why
Right outside your window
chorus
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empire/faraway
06:47
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stevie harris Columbia, South Carolina
Stevie Harris is a US based singer- songwriter. Born in Ohio and raised in California, Harris’ style incorporates elements of rock, rhythm and blues, and folk, paired with a soulful voice, and masterful stage presence.
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