Old Peter Minuet had nothing to lose when he bought the isle of ManhattenFor twenty-six dollars and a bottle of booze and they threw in the Bronx and StatenPete thought that he had the best of the bargin but the […]

1: I look at your picture And stare into space I think I must know Every line on your face And you’ll never know The feelings I keep Like the man in the moon You’re way out of reach
So dreams are all I have […]

Get Away
You ask me how I stay the sameAfter I’d seen everythingCould be the company I keepYou say I’ve got something you needBut what I have I just can’t sell yaCause my experience runs deepYou wanna be a brave […]

he don’t carewhere he’s been playinghe doesn’t heara word she’s sayingshe’s a fancy girlso why’s she stayinghanging on for mr. wrong
he doesn’t show her that he needs hershe doesn’t know his love’s a liarshe’s a […]

We’ve taken to much for granted the basis that some are denied some choose to ignore this right while others would give up their lives. For the chance to voice their opinions through all of the torture and crime […]

You make me comeYou make me completeYou make me completely miserableStuck to a chairWatchin’ this story about meEverything goes by so fastMaking my head spinUsed up all of my friendsWho needs them when you mean […]

[KRS-One]Easssssssssy mahn!It’s impossible to take out Boogie Down ProductionsSEEN?
Yes.. come mi say
Intro/Chorus: KRS-One
Come to the t’cha, come mi say come to the t’chaCome mi say come to the t’cha come to the […]

Breaking out this stifled roomA jail cell, a stell tombTo see the lightMy mere existenceGod’s kill in sightConfined in madness
Jurors hate criminal mindsThey’re making dates for killing timeBreaking out this […]

From out of space we came on to the earthFrom far away on solar beamsA dying race to find survival hereFor our kind to plant our seeds
Our analysis of the atmosphereWas good and so we touched the groundA rising […]

[Method Man]Suspect chin niggas, no win niggassend niggas back to go, try again niggasall hail me, the good the bag the ugilythe money’s around your way, lovelywhere for art thou Meth-tical god-childI pack a smile […]

Bill Barilko disappeared that summer,he was on a fishing trip.The last goal he ever scoredwon the Leafs the cupThey didn’t win another until 1962,the year he was discovered.I stole this from a hockey card,I keep […]

Canibus:Yeah, yeahMe and my man Com SenseRallyin troops like Joseph StalinWhere you at yo?
Common:I’m bout to make the name Com Sense a name you fearY’all niggaz is scared, I’m your worst nightmare […]

Tell me what you wanted to hearLet me do the right thingLet me do the wrong thingAnd if it’s ever this clearI will only say it onceJust let me turn the amps way upSo you can hear nothingAnd if I die tonightThen I […]

[Verse 1:]Look what you do to meOh girl, I must admit that this is new to me.And I never thought that love could vome so easily.’Til you opened up my eyes to how it’s supposed to be.
I’d never known love to be so […]

[Lord Jamar]First up it’s the nuts up, what’s upto the niggas from the projectsProspect Park in Brooklyn, I’m lookin at another crime sceneCommitted by the brothers on this rhyme teamJust freestylin in a cipher, I […]

Evil, runnin’ through our brain,we and evil’s about the same.Bad blood through our body flows,where’s the love nobody knows.
Beauty in our face you see,tryin’ to hide all our misery, butEvil, runnin’ through my […]

Feel itBreak your bonesMr. Jones
Taste meAs I bleedTaste my need
And spaceboy I’ve missed youSpinning round my headAnd any way you choose meYou’ll break instead
Watch meDeath defyDefile my life
I don’t needI […]

I remember thinking murder in the carWatching dogs somersault through sprinklers on tiny lawnsI remember the graffitiWhen are your children coming in with spray cans of paintI remember the sunsets and the plains […]

I am forever searching high and lowBut why does everyone tell me noNeptune of the seas an answer for me pleaseThe lily of the valley doesn’t know
I lie in wait with open eyes I carry on through stormy skies I […]

Some might say that sunshine follows thunderGo and tell it to the man who cannot shineSome might say that we should never ponderOn our thoughts today cos they will sway over time
Some might say we will find a […]