The fire burns from better days And she screams why oh why I said I don't know The catastrophic hymns from yesterday Virginia was a "lot lizard" from F.L.A. She had a compound fracture in the "trunk" It started when she ran away Thumbs out on the

Get 'em up high, get 'em up high (Ohh!) Yeah (let's go!) I said once upon a time in a city that's mine There was a nigga named Nickel that spit like Big in his prime He got a fifty two box, original tick in the mind Listenin to 'Pac and them drop with a

Look out, I'm coming Ooh, said I Ooh, sit down Ooh, yeah, ooh yeah Finding my way Yeah, oh yeah I'm coming out to get you I'm coming out to find you

It can't be Nashville every night With its la la oh oh ohs, Whoa-ohs and He said, 'Fuck this' and 'Fuck that' And this guy's the diplomat Stares into the blur of the tuner lights He said, 'We are what we lack' And this guy's the autodidact

How high's the water, mama? How high's the water, papa? Two feet high and risin' Three feet high and risin' Four feet high and risin' Five feet high and risin' She said it's two feet high and risin' We can make it to the road in a homemade boat That's

All this ice be on me but I still be risin' No I won't change Say that I be falling but they see me flyin' Ayy, turn up, turn up Oh now, the tides are turnin' I ain't never, ever doubt what I've been affordin' They said that I won't make it They said

Oh no, I've said too much I thought that I heard you laughing I thought that I heard you sing I think I thought I saw you try Consider this I set it up That's me in the corner That's me in the spotlight Losing my religion

You say you don't need anyone And wouldn't have it any other way I know you'll never change You haven't heard a damn word I've said, You never believed in anything I did You can't help yourself Oh you made a big mistake, and won't admit it Oh you made a

They'd reinvent the wheel Watch it spin and marvel At the breakthrough They had found He said it with such conviction Whether truth or fiction And it went Round and round Oh kids these days

Oh, oh, oh, Jamie's cryin' She wants to send him a letter, yeah yeah Just to try to make herself feel better It said, "Give me" ("Give me a call sometime") But she knows what that'll get her She saw the look in his eyes And she knew better He wanted her