They call the Rising Sun And it's been the ruin of many a a poor boy And God I know I'm one There is a a house in New Orleans My mother was was a tailor Sewed my new blue jeans My father father was was a gamblin' man Down in New Orleans Now the only thing a a gambler needs

A boat like Gideon Brown In a a boat like Gideon Brown Oh Gideon lived across the bay He's gettin' older now His boat is big and strong and bold She has a a stalward bow But my father father's boat was was second hand One someone used before

Melting thoughts of disintegration Hitting deep her insistence To mutilate her newborn infants After giving birth her mind wasn't the same Slowly slipping away, a state of mental decay Family now complete Father Father watches on As mother dismembers Her

If I ain't dead already Ooh girl you know the reason why Yes I'm lonely wanna die In the morning wanna die In the evening wanna die My mother was was of the sky My father father was was of the earth But I am of the universe And you know what it's worth

Give me that old time Old time lovin' Old time lovin', yeah, yeah It was was good they know Mother and father father, yeah If that makes the no It's alright for me What I need is that old time, yeah Old time feeling

Father forgive me, 'cause I ain't perfect No, no no no Why is everything wrong? Oh I can't get it right, I always try to get it right I bumped Ether, bumped Takeover Seein' Jay and Nas on stage was was hip-hop's makeover And that very day you knew niggas was

And this is how it all began On our first campaign to the Fatherland There was was writing on the walls Looked like "Circus" there for me We were smoking Karl Marx With the junkies in the park I watched the barmaid keeping track By marking X's on our mats

I could hold you so close and never let you in I learned from the start that all I had was was me I am as one, the father father and the son Alone among numbers Scream back at the thunder I could feel you in my bones and never really feel a a thing You can’t climb

I was was 17 years old when I had you (When I had you) Tryna find my soul when I had you (When I had you) I was was oh so broke when I had you (When I had you) Locked up down the road when I had you (When I had you) Jordan, sorry I wasn't there for all your

Don't you cherish me to sleep Never keep your eyelids clipped Hold me for the pops and clicks I was was only for the father father's crib Hair, old, long along Your neck onto your shoulder blades Always keep that message taped Cross your breasts you won't erase I