I've got a livin' that's rough, a future that's tough You know what I mean Blankers and boasters, all the bluffers and posers I'm not into that scene You can tell me that I got no class Look around, you'll see who's laughin' last Don't give me speeches

African idea Make the future clear And we are the scatterlings of Africa Copper sun sinking low Scatterlings and fugitives Hooded eyes and weary brows Seek refuge in the night They are the scatterlings of Africa Each uprooted one

I see the future There's no way out of this dark place No hope, no future I know I can't be free and I can't see another way I can't face another day I see the path from this dark place I can see the Everywhere I turn, I hurt someone But there's nothing

I can't wait much longer There beneath the diamond sky Caviar and the moon light wine She hasn't yet made up her mind If she'll take me See my love it's stoned indeed Got my future at your feet baby The simple life! You can take me

It means nothing to me Every moment is dead to me Play it back, play it back A living heart attack Take my eyes, I cannot see sense Past and future tense Safe and sound, anywhere but here I see it crystal clear, but it means nothing to me The empty

I break with the past Set the nexus free at last As the future will be there to save us Trapped in my skin See the nexus in my dreams But will you bury me within I have the will inside my mind There is a voice I can't deny

Baby let's go and have rich sex You can keep your Rollie on when I get to it When you look down, see my chains on You ain't ever ever had rich sex Make a little love on the rich sex Baby girl, let's have some rich sex We can keep an AP on while we do it

And I can hear the Delta callin' From the light of a distant star When Henry plays his steel guitar I can see my future and I can feel my past Remember if you can When cotton was picked by hand Down in Dixy under southern sky Working from sun to sun

I don't want to leave you Even though I have to. I don't want to love you. I'm not ready for this Though I thought I would be. I can't see the future Though I thought I could see. Oh, I still do. Need some time to find myself. I want to live within.

We all want a teenage fantasy Want it when we can't have it When we got it we don't seem to want it Stop falling for these boys who didn't want the same as me If I look into the future Do I really see this boy That I think I've fallen for When we are