Waiting For My Ruca
On the east side
That's where I met my Ramona
'I wanna go to a party'
That's what she said
Lonely that's what I've been
Here's my telephone number call me
...to a party a house party
Whole lotta people just rally round me and love
She send the message of love
She said 'I love it the way you move I love the way you rap'
BA! BA!
Ramona please step back
Cause she's my ruca
I'm barely waiting for my hiena
She moved from Long Beach down to LA
Right now she selling oranges by the freeway
I wanna know
Ramona am I the only one tell me
And she said 'You're not the only one but you're the best, Bradley!'
BA! BA!
And know now I waiting for my ruca
And I barely pulled up with my hiena
I know tonight I'll be behind her
Don't fuck around with my heina
(2)
Get Out
My place is not a home
Don't make no difference
But I have found
That I need a place to stay
I never listen to what the landlord man say
You should've seen the flops in my house
We were jumping on walls and kicking ceilings
Now a days people listen to me, when I say get out!
Hold me and don't let go
Makes no difference that your a hoe
Cause I need a place to stay
And though disease was just the price I paid
In days of old that how it used to be, oh yes indeed
That girl is dead to me now and I say get out!
All the time the people want to know the meaning of the word sublime
It ain't anarchist, it's the shit you missed
We get the minute man loop and add a peni twist
We know you mutha that this is the shit that you put in the box
And say damn it's a hit
And to all the radios and the tv shows
Cause we don't kiss no ass or kick down no free shows
What you get is the kind no econo gang or cess with yellow lover on the D-R-U-M-S
Let the lovin take a hold over me
Let the lovin take a hold over me
Cause all I see is your fussin' and fightin'
1992 so lets all start uniting
Put your hands together be the best you can be
Let this jam take us to 1993
Stay positive and the love will come back to me
(3)
40 Oz to Freedom
You've got your hair permed
You've got your red dress on
Talkin' bout how second gear was such a turn on
And the fog forming on my window tells me that the morning's here
And you'll be gone before too long
Who taught you those new tricks?
Damn I should'nt start that talk
But life is onw big question when your starin at the clock
And the answers always waiting at the liqour store
40 ounces to freedom
So I'll take that walk
And I know that ohhhh...I'm not comin back
Ohh not going back
God knows not going back
You look so fine when you lie it just don't show
But I know which way the wind blows
A 40 oz to freedom is the only chance I have
To feel good even though I feel bad
And I know that ohhhh...I'm not comin back
Ohh not going back
God knows I'm not going back
God knows I'm not going back
(4)
Smoke Two Joints
I smoke two joints in the morning
I smoke two joint at night
I smoke two joint in the afternoon
It makes me feel alright
I smoke two joints in time of peace
And two in time of war
I smoke two joints before I smoke two joints
And then I smoke two more
Daddy he once told me
'Son, you be hard workin' man'
And momma she once told me
'Son, you do the best you can'
Then one day I meet a man
He came to me and said
'Hard work good and hard work fine
but first take care of head'
Whoa rock me to the night
Jah say
(5)
We're Only Gonna Die for Our Arrogance
Early man walked away
As modern man took control
Their minds weren't all the same
And to conquer was their goal
So he built his great empire
And he slaughtered his own kind
He died a counfused man
And killed himself in his own mind
We're only gonna die for our own arrragence
So we might as well take our time
(6)
Don't Push
Stolen from an african land
Chased out with a knife
With a face like Bob Marley
And a mouth like a motor bike
Oh well the bars are always open
And the time is always right
And if God's good word goes unspoken
Well the music goes all night
(And it goes...)
If I was Bob Marley I said could you be loved
If I was Half Pint I'd ball the lord up above
If I was Mike Tyson I'd look for a fight
If I was a BoomtownRats I would be stayin up all night
If I was the king Ad-Rock i would get stupid dumb
If rythmes were valiums I'd be comfortably numb
If I had a shotgun, know what I'd do
I'd point that shit straight up at the sky
And shoot heaven on down to you
Oh well the bars are always open
And the time is always right
And if God's good word goes unspoken
Well the music goes all night
I want a lover but I can't find the time
I want a reason but I can't find the rythme
And I want to start some static but I can't afford
To hit the ground like I fell off my skateboard
Now a days as clear as you please
Strap with protection or strap with disease
Laughter, it's free
Any time just call me
439-0116
When your down with Sublime you get
Funky fresh lyrics, you get nothin
Stolen from an african land
Got chased out of the bar
I saw my best friend tonight so
Don't push me too far
I gonna run come down with the new lyrics
Get hit get hip you knuckle heads
Racism is scism on a serious tip
You don't believe me I go and bust your lip
I hear the moutain, it hard to climb
Rougher the rythm, then it must be Sublime
Listen yellow lover you got it right on time
We got cricket with the quickness and we got the bassline
Go and raid the sound and tell people the news oh, hey
Tell them regaee music is on the loose
Here i am from the place where the sun shine down in a unique fashion
Good good vibes that keep on playin, playin
People gonna come and try tell me smokin crack cocaine better than sensi
You're pumpin' that shit and I'm sick of it
Tweekin' every weekend we just can't take it
Whoawhoawhoawhoawhoa and we don't want no plastic
Aya!
(7)
5446(That's My Number)
Do you believe I would take such a thing with me
And give it to a police man?
I wouldn't do that
I wouldn't do that
If I did that would you say, 'Sir,
Come down and put the charge on me'?
I wouldn't do that
No I wouldn't do that
I'm not a fool to hurt myself
But I listened what they done to me
They were wrong
They were wrong
Give it to me one time
Give it to me two times
Give it to me three times
Give it to me four times
Oh 5446 what's my number? What's my number now?
Right now somebody else has that number
One more time 5447 what's my number? What's my number now?
Right now somebody else has that number
Oh, some jealous punk
Snuck up around the back
Tried to take her lovin' over me
Oh lord I got
Into a fist fight and wound up
In jail all night
Oh 5446 what's my number? What's my number now?
Right now somebody else has that number
One more time 5447 what's my number? What's my number now?
Right now somebody else has that number
(8)
Ball & Chain
People listen up don't stand to near
I got something that you all should hear
All lies, all the lies she told to me
Make a litte part of history
I was always taught that boy meets girl
Fall in love get married and forget the world
Nine months later, the sweet babys on the way
Kiss 'em on the check and lifes ok
I don't feel, no pain I don't have, no time
To listen to conflicting points of view
It's a crazy world to live alone
A ball and chain I call my own
People listen up don't stand to close
I got something that you all should know
Holy Matrimony is not for me
Rather die alone in misery
I was always taught that boy meets girl
Fall in love get married and forget the world
Nine months later, the sweet babys on the way
Isn't that what they used to say?
With a girl that you knew
And the bonds that we grew
Turned into a ball and chain
I step into the great unknown
A ball and chain I call my own
Crazy world to live alone
With a girl that you knew
And the bonds that we grew
Turned into a ball and chain
I step into the great unknown
With a ball and chain I call my own
Because marriage doesn't work in the world today
It's an instiution that is in decay
And if I have love I wish to portray
I will surely find another way
Because I was always taught boy meets girl
Fall in love get married and forget the world
Nine months later the sweet babys on the way
Kiss 'em on the check and lifes ok
I don't feel no pain, I don't have no time
To listen to conflicting points of view
I step into the great unknown
With a ball and chain I call my own
(9)
Badfish
When you grab a hold of me
Tell me that I'll never be set free
I'm a parasite
Creep and crawl I step into the night
Two pints of booze
Tell me are you a badfish too?
(Are you a badfish too?)
Ain't got no money to spend
I know the night will never end
Lord knows I'm weak
Won't somebody get me off of this reef?
Baby you're a big blue whale
Grab the reef when all duck diving fails
I swim but wish I nevered learned
The water's too polluted with germs
I dive deep when it's ten feet overhead
Grab the reef underneath my bed
Ain't got no quarrels with God
Ain't got no time to grow old
Lord knows I'm weak
Won't somebody get me off of this reef?
Ain't got no quarrels with Jah
Ain't got no time to get high
Lord knows I'm weak
Won't somebody get me off of this reef?
(10)
Let's Go Get Stoned
I swear sometimes your taking me for granted
I swear sometime your a whore
I swear but I know there ain't no reason
'Cause everything is such a bore
Last night I had a dream, though it made me sick
Saw you in your bedroom sucking someone elses dick
My friends all laughed, said it was my fault
said it's time that it happened to me
But I know that the show was much more than a low
So I'm waiting for the tide to get low
If I was an ant liven upon the wall
Tell me baby would it make any difference at all
If I was a roach on a tree tell me would you smoke me?
Bright lights put me in a trance
But it ain't house music, makes me want to dance
I don't gamble but I'll bet
I'm gonna die by my last cigarette
Hold me close I always play the mack
With this monkey on my back
(11)
New Thrash
I got so much trouble on my mind
That I feel like I'm always sleeping with the enemy
But I know the real world always gets the last word
And that's why you gotta kick reality
So don't tease me and try to say I should care
I might as well go out for mine
Cause everybody's going out for theirs
So don't tell me about a fake drug war
Go cut education some more
The people will one day learn and rise
Cause not everyone is out to score
People always ask me why people are all fucked up
At every corner liquor store
(12)
Scarlet Begonias
As I was walkin down rubadub square
Not a chill to the window a litte to the air
From another direction she was caught in my eye
It could be an illusion, but I might as well try
(...might as well try)
She had rings on her fingers and bells on her shoes
And I could tell without asking she was into the blues
She wore scarlet begonias tucked into her curls
I knew right away she was not like other girls
Well I ain't never been right as I ain't never been wrong
As everything works out the way it does in this song
Cause once in a while you get shown in the light
In the strangest of places if you look at it right
It was the summer of love and I thank the stars above
Because the women took the lovin over me
And just to gain her trust, I bought a microbus
Because I sold off my personal property
A tie-dyed dress, she was a psychadelic mess
We toured to the north, south, east and west
We sold some mushroom tea
We sold some ecstacy
We sold nitrus, opium, acid, herion and PCP
Now I hear the police coming after me
Now I hear the police coming after me
The one scarlet with the flowers in her hair
She's got the police coming after me
Well there ain't nothing wrong with the way she moves
All scarlet begoinas and a touch of the blues
And there ain't nothin wrong with the love that's in her eyes
I had to learn the hard way just to let her pass bye
(13)
Live at E's
Yesterday I saw a whore
Looking out my door
As she bends my body aches
If she'd walk in I would say
'I'm on the mic doin things you like
The name is RAS M.G. and I'm a treat you right'
Cause all the ladies and me
See we both agree
That uh I'm going down with history
Oh she makes my body ache
And you know I paid for more
I won't flake or perpetrate
I won't front no funky whore
Don't get me wrong
I'm just singing my song
I'm just like you
I like to ball my freaks all night long
Not only do I rythme I also cut so nice
And all the fightin' perpetrators
They just want my advice
All of the DJs come and look for me
Rock me rubadub or rock me MC
So sweet and so nice
Thank God so nice
Go go go go go go go go
My name is Eric I have nothing to say
Because I am not a fucking DJ
And if you want to talk to me
Then you've got to talk to my man Bradley
Uh-uh elected, my rhymes will be perfected
The mighty MC's will be disected and rejected
I am the most impressive
Aspective and progressive
Motivating, innovating, chillin and digested
Its obvious as ever it will be specialized
If you're trying to proclaim-uh
Can't be compromized
I am a fresh MC
As you can plainly see
You won't regret a DJ fresh
I'm sure you'll agree
So take a seat n' feel the beat
Of coourse it is OK, uh-huh
That's right we outta here
5000 G, we outta here, peace, unity
Peace nothin' but peace and unity
(14)
DJs
All of the D.J.'s surely will take a lesson
Start talkin trash and I'll come with my Smith & Wesson
A little competition comes my way
But it always winds up the same
'The stone that the builder refuse
Shall be the head cornerstone'
Oh but there
Ain't nothin wrong
Ain't nothing right
But still I set and lie awake all night
All of the D.J.'s surely will take a lesson
Try talkin trash and I'll come with my smith & wesson
Enough D.J.'s come with enough enough stylee
But when I bust my lyrics we all know it's wicked-wily
I said
Ain't nothin wrong
Ain't nothing right
And still I set and lie awake all night
You better strap with the gat
If you wanna walk with me
I'm bound to come down with the new stylee
Rockin rubadub known as reagee music
Gonna come down with the new lyrics
It just ain't no thing
Oh I said it's been a real long real long time
Ain't nothin wrong, ain't nothing right
But still I set and lie awake all night
Rubadub blender a new mixer
For I am the one with D.J. with enough flavor
Hear the dub here my dub here my dub dub dj
And say lord have his grilled cheese
I ain't Jamican, but I ain't no freak
Caught the man Eno with the ten pound bag o' tweek
And called him ghost rider
Everytime you see him he fulfill the danger
Ain't nothin wrong, ain't nothing right
But still I set and lie awake all night
Dred he gotta a job to do
And he might fulfill his mission
To see his pain would be his
Greatest ambition
But uh, we will survive
In this world of competition
Ba ba ba ba ba ba
Go go go go go go
I won't wait so long
I said I won't wait so long
For you
Oh yeah
Hard to get so much
Stop your messin around
Better think of your future
Time to straighten right out
Or you'll wind up in jail
(15)
Chica Me Tipo
No me importa que ser�a
(It doesn't matter to me what it would be)
Porque todo se quitar�
(Because everything will go away)
Ay no puedo verlo
(I can't see you)
Ni en pintura
(Not even in paint)
Cuando empecemos, no me di� cuenta
(When we started, I didn't realize)
De que luego, tuviera que pagar
(That later I would have to pay)
Pero, se dice tambi�n
(But, it is also said)
Me muera acostarme con ti
(I'm dying to lay down with you)
Con ti
(With you)
No me propongo predicar
(I don't propose to preach)
Vive y dejar vivir
(Live and let live)
Pero el amigo
(But a friend)
Es un cond�n en el bolsillo
(Is a condom in your pocket)
Yo no soy m�dico, no soy chapocero
(I'm not a doctor, I'm not a joker)
Solamente soy pobre, y ya estoy tan solo
(I'm just poor, and now I'm so lonely)
Pero si se cambie
(But if she changes)
Ella ser�a la mia
(She will be mine)
Para ser poseido en propeidad
(To be possesed as property)
En propeidad
(As property)
I've got to get alive with you
Whoa I cannot do?
I will lay down anytime with her
with her
(16)
Right Back
Sleepin by yourself at night can make you feel alone
Your girl friend said so but I don't really know
That don't mean we fucked around
That night last week when you left town
I was tweekin by myself one night
That's when I wrote this tune
Didn't have no need for that bed in my hotel room
Sometimes right now since I've left the pen
I feel like I'm right back there again
Sometimes I pray
Waiting waiting for some bright holiday
So I got myself a gun
And I'm right back right back where I'm from
Sleepin by yourself at night can make you feel alone
My girlfriend said so, she's a little hoe
That don't mean I fuck around
I like to keep that higher ground
Sometimes I pray
Waiting waiting for some bright holiday
So I got myself a gun
And I'm right back right back where I'm from
Don't tease me, don't tease me, don't tease
Sometimes I pray
Waiting waiting for some bright holiday
So I got myself a gun
And I'm right back right back where I'm from
(17)
What Happened?
What happened?
Wake up in the morning
Clock says half past one
I have no sunglasses
As I step into the sun
There's no recollection
Of the evil things I've done
My head feels like I musta' had some fun
What happened?
Last thing I remember
I was chillin at a party
Pinching girly's asses
I was drinking recklessly
I know I did something
Lord what could it be?
Woke up in the morning
And all my friends hate me
What happened?
What I'm I doing here?
Who is this girl in my bed?
What is this shit on my face?
My God, what is that awful smell?
She may be an angel
She may be a queen
She might be black, white, Amercian, Indian or Japanese
Thru a bottle at a bouncer
Didn't think that he was cool
Pissed in someone's drink
And threw a bike into a pool
Drivin' down the sidewalk
Like a crazy possessed fool
I broke every single traffic rule
What happened?
What happened?
She may be an angel
She may be a queen
She might be black, white, Amercian, Indian or Japanese
Let's go!
(18)
New Song
I heard that payback's a mother fuckin' bitch
But I won't stress and I won't switch
And I would not take my life
Glory please, my God, the only thing on my mind
Takes up all of my time
And I said, ooh!
Running from a gun
Or some brain that ways a ton
And my God, it hurts to get so low
Searchin' through the cars
Cold, still searchin' through the night
I think I will run, to you
But I refuse to fuss and fight
And God may find a reason
Well I'm sure you'll find a rhyme
Because it takes up nearly all my time
He who stands for freedom
God knows I've got the number
But maybe I just use too much
I was sitting in that bar
I'm sittin' in that stolen car
Cold, still rollin' down the boulevard
Saw you with a gleam
And the microphone scene
Think I will run, to you
But I know I won't live for me
Cause I know God's got both
The reason and the rhyme
Please tell me, why he takes up all my time
I've been drinking, just like you
And baby, you've got something I can use
Payback's a mother fuckin' blast
But I won't stress and I won't blast
And I would not take my life
Glory please, my God, comin' from heaven above
Takes up all of my time
And I said
'Why must I feel like that'
Running from a gun
And some brain that ways a ton
You know, I did that line for Flava' Flave
But, all the DJ's do it
All the DJ's use it
I would run, I would switch
But I wanna be the same
And I know I'll find a reason
'Cause I always bust a rhyme
Because it takes up nearly all my time
The "T" here stands for treason
The "D" hear stands for dove
And maybe I just use too much
Maybe I'm just used too much
(19)
Ebin
Out my window cool and bright
Fade so slowly into night
Funny how things look the same
Now that my friend Ebin's changed
Ebin was a cooly that I used to know
Now he's down with the PLO
He's cold kickin it live with the KKK
No XXX, No JFA
Cooley was sportin' black tennis shoes
Dealing he was looking for something to use
With a pistol in his pocket and a bottle of booze
Well, it could be me or it could be you
Oh feels like my whole life is rearragned
Oh Ebin you changed
Ebin, Ebin, Ebin, Ebin you...
Oh how you changed
Oh you changed
Oh how you changed
I give you a hard time, didn't want to stay
Got outta jail just the very next day
It's plain to see my friend Ebin is a Nazi
He was a Nazi yeah, yeah, yeah
Hooked on crack just the other day
Now he's down with the CIA
We got covert operation in Vietnam
Making hits and assaination he's long gone
He went down to protect his country
Eat Mexican food and makes lots o' money
Come back a God and drive a big white car
And take himself a plane down to Nicaragua
Well it feels like I'm the only one to blame
Oh Ebin you changed
Ebin, Ebin, Ebin, Ebin you...
Oh you changed
Oh you changed
Oh how you changed
I give you a hard time, didn't want to stay
Got outta jail just the very next day
It's plain to see my friend Ebin is a Nazi
He was a Nazi yeah, yeah, yeah
Out my window cool and bright
Day so slowly into night
Funny how things look the same
Now that my friend Ebin's changed
(20)
Date Rape
Let me tell you about a girl I know
Had a drink about a hour ago
Sitting in a corner by herself
In a bar in downtown Hell
She heard a noise and she looked through the door
And saw a man she'd never seen before
Light skin, light blue eyes
A double-chin and a plastic smile
Well, her heart raced as he walked through the door
And took an empty seat next to her at the bar
'My brand new car is parked right outside
How'd ya like to go for a ride?'
And she said, 'Wait a minute I have to think'
He said, 'That's fine, may I please buy you a drink'
One drink turned into 3 or 4
And they left and got into his car
And drove away someplace real far
Now babe the time has come
How'd ya like to have a little fun?
And she said
'If we could only please be on our way, I will not run'
That's when things got out of control
She didn't want to, he had his way
He said, 'Let's Go'
She said, 'No Way!'
'Come on babe it's your lucky day
Shut your mouth, were gonna do it my way
Come on baby don't be afraid
If it wasn't for date rape I'd never get laid'
He finished up and started the car
He turned around and drove back to the bar
He said 'Now baby don't be sad
In my opinion you weren't half-bad'
She picked up a rock
Threw it at the car
Hit him in the head
Now he's got a big scar
Come on party people won't you listen to me
Date rape stylee
The next day she went to her drawer
Look up her local attorney at law
Went to the phone and filed the police report
And then she took the guy's ass to court
Well, the day he stood in front of the judge he screamed
'She lies that little slut!'
The judge knew that he was full of shit
And he gave him 25 years
And now his heart is filled with tears
That night in jail it was getting late
He was butt-raped by a large inmate, and he screamed
But the guards paid no attention to his cries
That's when things got out of control
The moral of the date rape story
It does not pay to be drunk and horny
But that's the way it had to be
They locked him up and threw away the key
Well, I can't take pity on men of his kind
even though he now takes it in the behind
Date rape!
She didn't want to
She didn't want to
She didn't want to
She didn't want to take it!
(21)
Rawhide
Rollin' rollin' rollin'
Keep those doggies rollin'
Rollin' rollin' rollin'
Rawhide!
Hell bent for leather
Windy rain and weather
Wishin' my girl was by my side
Oh good victuals, love and kissin'
Is what I'll be missin'
'Til I reach the end of my ride
So Move 'em on (Head 'em up) Head 'em up (Move 'em up) Move 'em on (Head 'em up) Rawhide! Cut 'em out (Ride 'em in) Ride 'em in (Cut 'em out) Cut 'em out (Ride 'em in) Rawhiiiiiiide! Movin' movin' movin'
Keep them doggies movin'
Don't try to understand em
Just rope, throw and brand em
Soon we'll be livin' high and wide
(22)
Hope
How can you say 'you torture me?'
You're already thinkin' about someone else
When he comes home
You'll be in his arms and I'll be gone
But I know my day will come
I know someday I'll be the only one
So now you wait for a spark
You know it will turn you on
Oh he's gonna make you feel
The way you wanna feel
When he starts to lie
When he makes you cry
You know I'll be there
My day will come
I know someday, I'll be the only one
Call me selfish call me what you like
I think it's right
To want someone for all your own
And not to share their love
But I'll have my way
You don't stand a chance anyway
Cause I got to you
You don't stand a chance
So now you wait for his cock
You know it will turn you on
He's gonna make you feel
The way you want to feel
When he starts to lie
When he makes you cry
You'll know I'll be there
My day will come
I know someday I'll be the only one
My day will come
I know someday I'll be the only one
You say you want perfection
That's your self-destruction
You don't know what you want
It's gonna take you a year to find out
I am not giving up
And when you've had enough
You'll take your bruised little head
And you'll come running back to me
I know that I will be the only one
(23)
KRS-one
In school they never taught 'bout hamburgers or steak
Elijah Muhammed or the welfare state
But I know
And I know because of KRS-One
Yeah and I know
And I know because of KRS-One
Because he's droppin', dropoin', dropin' science, droppin history
With a whole heap of style and intelligency
Yes, I know
And I know because of KRS-One
Yeah, and I know
I know because of KRS-One
Because we don't want to pay money fee to hear the same old sounds
Watch him, he'll take hip-hop to a higher ground
And I know (How do I know?)
And I know because of KRS-One
Yeah, and I know
And I know because of KRS-One
And I know
And I know because of KRS-One
And I know
And I know
(24)
Rivers of Babylon
By the rivers of Babylyon
Where he sat down
And there he wept
When he remebered Zion
Oh from wicked, carry us away from captivity
Required from us a song
How can we singing out for song in a strange land
So let the words of our mouth
And the meditations of our hearts
Be acceptable in thy sight
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By the rivers of Babylyon
Where he sat down
And there he wept
When he remebered Zion
Oh from wicked, carry us away from captivity
Required from us a song
How can we singing out for song in a strange land
How can we singing out for song in a strange land
(1) Waiting for my Ruca
(2) Get Out
(3) 40 Oz. to Freedom
(4) Smoke Two Joints
(5)We're Only Gonna Die For Our Arrogance
(6) Don't Push
(7) 5446 (That's My Number)
(8) Ball & Chain
(9) Badfish
(10) Let's Go Get Stoned
(11) New Thrash
(12) Scarlet Begonias
(13) Live At E's
(14) DJs
(15) Chica Me Tipo
(16) Right Back
(17) What Happened
(18) New Song
(19) Ebin
(20) Date Rape
(21) Rawhide
(22) Hope
(23) KRS-one
(24) Rivers of Babylon
(25) Thanx