Well I know, I know, I know History recalls how great the fall can be While everybodyeverybody's sleeping, the boats put out to sea Borne on the wings of time It seemed the answers were so easy to find "To late," the prophets (profits) cry The island's sinking,

Where I'm from they push a hundred keys and it sound like Tryna make a living Come to my hood EverybodyEverybody get it And for that paper all the wrong things sound right Young niggas gettin' money, young niggas gettin' money Just a bittersweet symphony I'm from

I don't need y'all anyway I remember when I wasn't this big And now y'all wanna act like y'all know me, yeah Oh, now everybodyeverybody wanna love me? Try to knock me down but I'm strong Did all this on my own Ain't got no time for no new friends, so for now just

When you gonna realize it was just that the time was wrong, Juliet?" Laying everybodyeverybody low with a love song that he made You said 'I love you like the stars above, I'll love you till I die' A lovestruck Romeo sang the streets of serenade Finds a

Did you hear about the midnight rambler Talkin' about the midnight gambler EverybodyEverybody got to go The one that shut the kitchen door He don't give a hoot of warning Wrapped up in a black cat cloak He don't go in the light of the morning He split the time

Everybody knows I'm here Well, you know I'm the hoochie-coochie man EverybodyEverybody knows I'm here Don't you know I'm here The gypsy woman told my mother Before I was born I got a boy-child's comin' He's gonna be a son-of-a-gun He's gonna make pretty women's

(Na, na, na, na, na) Oh oh oh oh I can't tell you but it lasts forever It's just something you feel together How does it feel when it's love When it's love How do I know when it's love Oh when it's love EverybodyEverybody's lookin' for somethin'

Love love love is looking good, Good good on you, Can you feel it Oh everybodyeverybody sees it. How your sweet smile has a way of, Lighting up the room, Yeah you shine like diamonds, In everything you do. Oh love love love is looking good,

Nigga really wanna die in the night time Tired of feelin' like I'm trapped in my damn mind Tired of feelin' like I'm wrapped in a damn lie Tired of feelin' like my life is a damn game Don't go, stay up and don't go Don't go, don't go to sleep Nigga

Now everybodyeverybody they lookin' at me, now they lookin' at me Smokin' and stackin' and countin' up green I think I need me a money machine I heard some fuckboys are plottin' on me Waist 32, .40 tucked in my jeans Won't forget when no one cared about me