It'S A Long Way To The Promise Land - Lyrics - Bad Religion

Title: It'S A Long Way To The Promise Land
Artist: Bad Religion
Composer(s): Greg Graffin

Lyric:
It's a long way to the promise land
So you'd better well know your way
There's a ship on the ocean
And an albatross who is tryin' to lead you astray
Leaders, politicians, and power whores
Are in line to receive your choice
And you bet your ass, if you give it to them
They will gladly take your voice

And it's a long way to the promise land
(Woh oh, woh oh)
(Woh ohh, woh oh)
It's a long way to the promise land
(Woh oh, woh oh)
(Woh ohh, woh oh)

It's a long way to the promise land
If we work we might find it here
There's no substitute for enlightenment
There's no reason for bridled fear
When you join the people who've joined the club
You gotta clench and play your hand
'Cuz if you fall in line you're gonna fall in time
And you'll never make a stand

And it's a long way to the promise land
(Woh oh, woh oh)
(Woh ohh, woh oh)
It's a long way to the promise land
(Woh oh, woh oh)
(Woh ohh, woh oh)

What are you going to do?
When they call for you?
Bend and capitulate
Or keep your head on straight
Easy answers bought without experience
Is gonna lead you to certain doom
Because the truth is just what you make of it
It begins and ends with you

(Woh oh, woh oh)
It's a long way to the promise land
(Woh ohh, woh oh)
(Woh oh, woh oh)
It's a long way to the promise land
(Woh ohh, woh oh)

(It's a long way to the promise land)
When you join the people who've joined the club
(It's a long way to the promise land)
You gotta clench and play your hand
(It's a long way to the promise land)
Because the truth is just what you make of it
(It's a long way to the promise land)
You get it right

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Never Let Me Down - Lyrics - College Dropout - Kanye West

Title: Never Let Me Down
Album: College Dropout
Artist: Kanye West
Composer(s): Shawn C Carter, Michael Bolton, James Richardson, Kanye Omari West, Bruce Kuklick

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Lyric:
Oh, baby, tell the motherfuckers

When it comes to bein' true, at least true to me
One thing I found, one thing I found
Oh, no you'll never let me down

Get up, I get down, get up, I get down
Get up, I get down, get up, I get down
Get up, I get down, get up, I get down

Yo, first I snatched the streets, then I snatched the charts
First I had they ear, now I have they heart
Rappers came an' went, I've been here from the start
I seen them put it together, watch them take it apart

Seen the rollers roll up wit ribbons
I seen a repoe, resolded, then redriven
So when I reload, he holds number one positions
When you hot, I'm hot an' when your feet cold, mines are sizzlin'

It's plain to see, niggas can't fuck wit me
'Cuz I'ma be that nigga for life, this is not an image
This is God-given, this is hard livin'
Mixed wit Cristal sippin', it's the most consistent

Hov give you the most hits you can fit inside a whole disc
An' nigga, I'm home on these charts, y'all niggas visitin'
It's Hov tradition, Jeff Gordon of rap
I'm back to claim pole position, holla at ya' boy

Get up, I get down, get up, I get down
Get up, I get down, get up

I get down for my grandfather, who took my momma
Made her sit in that seat where white folks ain't want us to eat
At the tender age of 6, she was arrested for the sittin'
An' with that in my blood, I was born to be different

Now niggas can't make it to battles to chose leadership
But we can make it to Jacobs an' to the dealership
That's why I hear new music an' I just don't be feelin' it
Racism still alive, they just be concealin' it

But I know they don't want me in the damn club
They even make me show ID to get inside of Sam's Club
I did dirt an' went to church to get my hands scrubbed
I swear I've been baptized at least 3 or 4 times

But in the land where niggas praise, Yukon's are gettin' paid
It's gon' take a lot more than coupons to get us saved
Like it take a lot more than do-rags to get your waves
Nothin' sad as that day, my girl father passed away

So I promise to Mr. Rainey, "I'm gonna marry your daughter"
An' you know I gotta thank you for they way that she was brought up
An' I know that you were smilin' when you seen the car I bought her
An' you sent tears from Heaven when you seen my car get balled up

But I can't complain what the accident did to my left eye
'Cuz look what a accident did to Left Eye
First Aaliyah, now Romeo Must Die
I know I got angels watchin' me from the other side

When it comes to bein' true, at least true to me
One thing I found, one thing I found
Oh, no you'll never let me down

Get up, I get down, get up, I get down
Get up, I get down, get up, I get down
Get up, I get down, get up, I get down

We're all here for a reason on a particular path
You don't need a curriculum to know that you are part of the math
Cats think I'm delirious, but I'm so damn serious
That's why I expose my soul to the globe, the world

I'm tryin' to make it better for these little boys and girls
I'm not just another individual, my spirit is a part of this
That's why I get spiritual, but I get my hymns from Him
So it's not me, it's He that's lyrical

I'm not a miracle, I'm a Heaven-sent instrument
My rhythmatic regimen navigates melodic notes
For your soul and your mental
That's why I'm instrumental

Vibrations is what I'm into, yeah, I need my lubarinde
But that ain't what gives me the heart of Kunte Kinte
I'm tryin' 'Give us us free' like sinkay
I can't stop, that's why I'm hot

Determination, dedication, motivation
I'm talkin' to you, my many inspirations
When I say it I can't, let you or self down

If I were on the highest cliff, on the highest rift
And you slipped off the side and clenched on to your life in my grip
I would never, ever let you down

And when these words are found
Let it been known that God's penmanship has been signed
With a language called love, that's why my breath is felt by the deaf
And why my words are heard and confined to the ears of the blind
I, too, dream in color and in rhyme

So I guess I'm one of a kind in a full house
'Cuz whenever I open my heart, my soul, or my mouth
A touch of God rains out, take 'em to church

When it comes to bein' true, at least true to me
One thing I found, one thing I found
I know you'll never let me down

Get up, I get, get up, I get
Get up, I get, get up, I get
Get up, I get, get up, I get down

Who else you know been hot this long?
Started from nothin' but he got this strong
Picked the rock from a pebble, peddled rock before I met you
Peddle bikes, got my nephews pedal bikes because they special

Let you tell that man I thought it, well, somebody must've taught him
'Cause every fourth quarter, I light the Mike Jord' in 'em
Number one albums, what? I got, like, four of them
More of them on the way, the eighth wonder on the way

Clear the way, I'm here to stay, y'all can save the chitter chat
"This an' that", "This an' Jay", this an' Jay'll get you maced
When I start spittin' them lyrics, niggas get very religious
Six Hail Marys please, Father, forgive us

Young, the archbishop, the Pope John Paul of y'all niggas
The way y'all all follow Jigga
Hov's a livin' legend an' I'll tell you why
Everybody wanna be Hov an' Hov's still alive

Down, down, down
Down, down, down

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Truth Rap - Lyrics - Untold Story Volume II - Game

Title: Truth Rap
Album: Untold Story Volume II
Artist: Game
Composer(s): Joseph Marcelle Tom, Jayceon Terrell Taylor

Lyric:
Yeah, big spit, it's that Bay Area game, Sean T beats
We feedin' the underground with this Yay Area tycoon shit
For my nigga JT Fig', y'all know where it come from
Never forget it, that Bay Area shit mayne
Y'knahmtalkinbout? Yeah, Game, spit that shit

Hey yo, the kid still at it, woke up from that coma
Seen hell came back and here comes my first classic
Still chop it up at the table, still put dope in the bag
And still got dope, under the mattress

It was hustle before rappin', nuttin' before that and
12 years old, a lost soul, bumpin', "Illmatic"
Gunshots tried and almost took the young kid's live
Can't do it, I been through it the young kid survived

Got the ghetto on my shoulder homey, it's gon' be a long ride
Bear with me, I'ma take you there with me
Show you how the sun shine in one rhyme, no more stormy weather
Streets is mine, we gon' live forever

Get it together 'Pac is watchin', Big is listenin'
Eazy is talkin' to us, Big Pun is witnessin'
While they souls still glistenin' in ghettos from Compton to Brooklyn
The shells cry, every hood's anthem

Where everybody goes to church and prayers are never answered
And they throwin' us curve balls but we Hank Aarons
A picture with no canvas, streets are so skanless
Young'uns jump rope, play ball with fiends and dope handlers

Teenage mothers, deadbeat fathers, no families
Lost and often runaway or live with grandparents
Life stories with no authors, see it through, [Incomprehensible]
Robinson's cubicles, when time life is so beautiful

Walk with me, we can make it if we try, lost soldiers sometimes
We gotta die but it's okay to cry
Mothers strugglin' tryin' to survive, reach out grab my hand
I gotcha, won't let you go for nuttin', I promise

Praises due to Elijah Muhammad, peace be unto Farad Muhammad
Words of Minister Farrakhan
Been true, be loyal, know your roots, water your soil
Stop fightin amongst ourself from birth, we royal

Who's king we fightin' over a crown, while lifeguards
Watch the hopes and dreams of kids and young teens drown
More infants bein' born with AIDS, more parents mournin' graves
The plot thickens, somebody show us the way

Tears crackin' the pavement, streets breakin' up
The thrill is gone and it's a long walk home
So we might as well start runnin', if it's there gotta take it
'Member Jada said, "We gon' make it"

And it shouldn't take 9/11 to bring our minds together
Shit rough, we'll grind together
Light a candle we can shine forever or I can pass
So I won't miss Aaliyah's concert in Heaven

Live life while we listen to my old heads
So I glow like the memory of Lisa 'Left Eye' Lopez
Through a six-seven Brougham, ride with me through the hood mayne
Where street lights flicker and Chuck Taylors hang

And nobody know they neighbor's name 'less they sell weed or cocaine
A lot of black clouds on a block but no rain
And Game got a lot to say, so they wanna take me down
In my own front yard like Marvin Gaye

Can't do it by myself, people need help
Keep on tryin' to live healthy 'til the end of my days
And when I die won't lead my daughter astray, lookin' from Heaven
Watch my people drive my coffin through the Compton parade

I'm in the city where it's strange where killers follow direction
And trail witness protection to get a shot at they brain
Where the babies carry semis and swallow pills for power
Count paper for polly'n, penny-pinch for hours

Take sacks from cowards when the streets is watchin'
Tuck guns in trunks 'cause real G's is boxin'
Ain't no other options if you stand on your own two
And if you came to battle, you can stand in the phone booth

'Cause we don't wear capes in this part of the land
'Cause every youngster from my block has been a part of the plan
I've been trainin' since eighty-seven and famous since eighty-nine
Teaching came from the Nation, my spirit is from divine

When I, pass the word through these raps on beats
It's fo' sho' that the Lord gon' make the whole track speak
To the streets, when I pass these beats
It's fo' sho' that the Lord gon' make the whole track speak
To the streets

Y'knahmtalkinbout people?
Make the track speak, "Truth Rap," get it right
"Truth Rap", mayne, for the people
Get it right, "Truth Rap"

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Straight To You - Lyrics - Brian Mccomas

Title: Straight To You
Artist: Brian Mccomas
Composer(s): Tia Sillers, Mark Sanders

Lyric:
It might have looked like I was changing my tail
It might have looked I was lost
There were times when deciding which way to go
Came down to a quarter tossed
It's been a long time coming
And I been a long time running

Oh, oh, oh, oh straight to you in a round about way
After twenty odd years and as many headaches
Straight to you took a couple wrong turns
And a whole book of matches for the bridges to burn
Yeah, I burned a few
Oh, oh, oh, oh straight to you

I'm living proof that even a fool
Could stumble on the promise land
How nothing can go like you wanted it to
Still turn out just like you planned
I've seen my share of leaving
All those goodbyes were leading

Oh, oh, oh, oh straight to you in a round about way
After twenty odd years and as many headaches
Straight to you took a couple wrong turns
And a whole book of matches for the bridges to burn
Yeah, I burned a few
Oh, oh, oh, oh straight to you

Straight to you, down a twisted road
With one small voice telling me where to go
I didn't always listen, got caught in some lies
But if I would've flown the way to crow flies
I would have flew
Oh, oh, oh, oh straight to you

Straight to you in a round about way
After twenty odd years and as many headaches
Straight to you took a couple wrong turns
And a whole book of matches for the bridges to burn
Yeah, I burned a few
Oh, oh, oh, oh straight to you

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The Road To Lasting Love - Lyrics - Andy Griggs

Title: The Road To Lasting Love
Artist: Andy Griggs
Composer(s): Kent Agee, Michael Lunn

Lyric:
Are you ready?

I've been down this street so many times
Could hit the gas and close my eyes
And not touch a thing

The doorways here are always dark
Keep movin', it's not safe to park
'Cause this ain't no lovers lane

It's where infatuation goes
You hit this long, strange stretch of road
And you don't know where it leads

But if we're goin' anywhere
Only this'll take us there
So baby hold your breath
And wrap your arms around me, yeah

Here we go now, a little closer
Keep your head down on my shoulder
We're on our way but it's gonna get rough
On this road, the road to the lasting love

Look into the rear view mirror
Remember all that got us here
We're gonna need it later

Out the window, all around
Dreams in pieces on the ground
'Cause it won't be easy, baby

You know if faith and hope and trust
Ain't ridin' in these hearts with us
This trip's gonna break on me

Oh, I've never seen the other side
But girl when you look in my eyes
I've seen it out there
I believe that we can make it, baby

Here we go now, a little closer
Keep your head down on my shoulder
We're on our way but it's gonna get rough
On this road, the road to the lasting love

There's a light up ahead that we all wanna reach
So we grab every chance that we can
But we lose and get lost, just a few get across
This broken promise land

Here we go now, a little closer
Keep your head down on my shoulder
We're on our way but it's gonna get rough
On this road, this road to the lasting love

Here we go now, a little closer
Keep your head down on my shoulder
We're on our way but it's gonna get rough
On this road, this road to the lasting love

Road to lasting love
Road to lasting love

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The Angels' Share - Lyrics - Ted Leo & The Pharmacists

Title: The Angels' Share
Artist: Ted Leo & The Pharmacists
Composer(s): Theodore Leo

Lyric:
Oh, lonely day
Oh, led astray
Oh, burden on the land
Oh, always same
Oh, nothing changed
Oh, urge to bite the hand

Withholding on
Your promise to the air
Will only lead
To something bad, I swear
You can't escape
Escape the angels share

Down again
It seems a losing fight
Yet, down again
I sit and try to write

An open letter
To a President
Or melodies
To help a girl pay rent
We saved and saved
Only to find them spent

Now, the long road
Leads me to your door
Feed me food and heal my health
And offer me your floor

There you'll find me lying
There in the morn
If I don't wake
You've got to let me go on
Let me go on my way

Do try
Get by

'Cause on and on
The tides are surely come
As sure enough
They'll leave again as one

And you and I
We will or won't be here
And sure enough, the angels
Take their share, but where?
I'm not, I'm not so sure
I think it's fair

I'm not so sure
I think they care

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