1. TIME'S UP

Time's up
The rivers have no life
Time's up
The world is full of strife
Time's up
The sky is falling
Time's up
The Lord is calling
How you gonna stop the clock
When the well runs dry
All the rivers have died
Moment by moment, day by day
The world is just slipping away
Your future won't save your past
The time is now, it won't last
The time is nigh
Time to do-or-die
Time waits for no one
If you want to go on
Leave me something to grow on
The forests, the trees, the rivers, the seas
All die of this disease
Time ain't on your side
Don't sit idly by
You've just got to try


2. HISTORY LESSON

In Africa, music is not an art form as much
As it is a means of communication.
A Negro has got no name
Quite often, the words of the song are meaningless.
A Negro has got no name
We are wearing the name of our master...


3. PRIDE

When I speak out loud
You say I'm crazy
When I'm feeling proud
You say I'm lazy
I look around and see the true reality

You like our hair
You love our music
Our culture's large, so you abuse it
Take time to understand, I'm an equal man

History's a lie that they teach you in school
A fraudulent view called the golden rule
A peaceful land that was born civilized
Was robbed of its riches, its freedom, its pride

When I'm at work you say I'm great
You watch and ponder, but can you relate?
Inviting eyes hands drop, when the music stops

Don't ask me why I play this music
It's my culture, so naturally I use it
I state my claim to say, it's here for all to play

History's a lie that they teach you in school
A fraudulent view called the golden rule
A peaceful land that was born civilized
Was robbed of its riches, its freedom, its pride

It's time for a change
Concepts rearrange
Can't you feel my rage...

It's up to you to seek the truth
To know your history, the difference between me and you
Relate to me as me, not what you see on TV

History's a lie that they teach you in school
A fraudulent view called the golden rule
A peaceful land that was born civilized
Was robbed of its riches, its freedom, its pride


4. LOVE REARS ITS UGLY HEAD

I always thought our relationship was cool
You played the role of having sense
I always played the fool
Now something's different
I don't know the reason why
Whenever we separate
I almost want to cry

Oh no, please not that again
Love rears up its ugly head

And when I come home late you don't complain or call
So as a consequence
I don't go out at all
My friends are frightened
They don't know what's going on
They think you put a spell on me
And now my mind is gone

Oh no, please not that again
Love rears up its ugly head

Love's not so bad they say
But you never know where love is gonna go
Does anybody really know?

I'm standing at the altar
As they play the wedding march
I'm in a black tuxedo with my collar full of starch
She looks as lovely as she's ever gonna get
I wake up from this nightmare in a pool of sweat

Oh no, please not that again
Love rears up its ugly head

What you gonna do?
What you gonna do
When it comes and gets you


5. NEW JACK THEME

Buy and die
Or sell and be free
We are the new jacks
This is our reality
Do unto others
Leave no one alive
This is our creed
We will survive
No control is how i'm living
On the edge with no forgiving
Things get rough when you've got time to kill
You've got the cash
Then i've got your thrill
I make more money than a judge or a cop
Give me a reason why i should stop
Large is how i'm living
On the edge with no forgiving
Some people say my soul is lost
I'll lose my life if i start to turn soft
From where i am there's no turning back
Crack is the master i am a new jack
Can anybody see me?
Can anybody hear me?
I'll never change
I'll never stop
I've got cold cash
I'm on the top
We can get busy if you want to play
I'll have the last laugh when i blow you away
Don't you see me?
Can't you hear me?


6. SOMEONE LIKE YOU

Do you remember
The time of laughter
Children playing, life was so sweet
Before our city forgot us
And let the druglord take our street
Pacify me politician
Pacify me with your lies
Blind to the people suffering
Deaf to the childrens cries

But I know what to do
With Someone Like You

Police
They chased my brother
Policeman licensed to kill
Oh how I miss my brother
Good shoes are so hard to fill
Policeman are you happy?
You snuffed a medical student out
Maybe he could have changed the world
I guess well never find out

But I know what to do
With Someone Like You
I know what to do
With Someone Like You

Its never too late to change your ways
Its never too late to change your ways

Too young
Gave her body
She was afraid of being alone
One baby having another
Sweet baby wants to be grown
But theres an angel on your shoulder
Always speaking to your soul
Listen and your heart will be glad
Youll never have to be alone

Cause I know what to do
With Someone Like You
I know what to do
With Someone Like You

I know what to do
With Someone Like You

I know what to do


7. ELVIS IS DEAD

Tabloids scream
Elvis seen at a shopping mall
That's the kind of talk
That makes my stomach crawl

Picture a zombie Elvis
In a tacky white jump suit
Just imagine a rotting Elvis
Shopping for fresh fruit

You can't 'cause

Elvis is dead
Elvis is dead
Elvis is dead
Elvis is dead
Elvis is dead
Elvis is dead
Elvis is dead
Elvis is dead

When the king died
He was all alone
I heard that when he died
He was sitting on his throne
Alas poor Elvis
They made us know you well
Now you dwell forever
In the Heartbreak Hotel

Elvis is dead
Elvis is dead
Elvis is dead
Elvis is dead
Elvis is dead
Elvis is dead
Elvis is dead
Elvis is dead

Elvis was a hero to most
But that's beside the point
A Black man taught him how to sing
And then he was crowned king
The pelvis of Elvis
Too dangerous for the masses

They cleaned him up and sent him to Vegas
Now the masses are his slave
Slave? Slave
Yes, even from the grave

Elvis is dead

They cleaned him up and sent him to Vegas
Now the masses are his slave
Slave? Slave
Yes, even from the grave

Elvis is dead

I've got a reason to believe
We all won't be
Received at Graceland
I've got a reason to believe
We all won't be
Received at Graceland
I've got a reason to believe
We all won't be
Received at Graceland
I've got a reason to believe
We all won't be
Received at Graceland


8. TYPE

Stereotype
Monotype
Blood type
Are you my type?
Minimalism
Abstract expressionism
Postmodernism
Is it?

We are the children of concrete and steel
This is the place where the truth is concealed
This is the time when the lie is revealed
Everything is possible, but nothing is real

Corporate religion
Televangahypnotism
Suffer till you die
For the sweet-bye-and-bye
Science and technology, the new mythology
Look deep inside
Empty

We are the children of concrete and steel
This is the place where the truth is concealed
This is the time when the lie is revealed
Everything is possible, but nothing is real

Everything that goes around
Comes around

Hypothetical
Theoretical
Circumstantial evidence
Irrelevance
Don’t think twice
Just roll the dice
Pay the price
Snake eyes

We are the children of concrete and steel
This is the place where the truth is concealed
This is the time when the lie is revealed
Everything is possible, but nothing is real

We are the children of concrete and steel
This is the place where your fate has been sealed
This is the time when your life is revealed
Everything is possible, but nothing is real

Everything that goes around
Comes around

Everything that goes around
Comes around

Everything that goes around
Comes around...


9. INFORMATION OVERLOAD

Sometimes I feel
Like my mind will explode
Sometimes I feel
Like I've got no control
Sometimes I wish I had a heart made of steel
Sometimes I wish I couldn't feel
Information overload
Information overload
Information overload
Information overload
They say the future...it's on a microchip
Don't you know we're all on a sinking ship
Only ten percent control all the rest
Only ten percent decide what is best
Information overload
Information overload
Information overload
Information overload
Information overload
Information overload
Information overload
Information overload
I don't want to live like this
Still ain't no cure for the summertime blues
I'd like to shake these blues but I'm still paying dues
My blues so deep you might think they're black
My blues so deep there ain't no turning back
Information overload...


10. UNDER COVER OF DARKNESS

Touch without seeing love with no feeling
Stealing a moment...under cover of darkness

I'd like to kiss you let my lips caress you
Sending sparks of passion up your spine
But doing so means saying no and even
The thought would be a crime

I like to touch your skin even if it is a sin
I'd rather burn than not touch you
I might just go mad thinking what I might have had
And all the things I'd like to do

Safe seduction isn't what it is
Sexuality isn't what it appears to be
It's what you think you see

I want to make you hot
Touch that spot and send you on a trip
But my consequence is abstinence
And Lord knows I just can't slip
I want to feel you/the real you
Not the projection that you let me see
The safest sex is when it's not skin to skin
It's very simple let your mind go free

Safe seduction isn't what it is
Sexuality isn't what it appears to be
It's what you think you see

To do or not to do that is the question
Over and over you're prone to suggestion
And I simply can't condone the fact
That you want to make your bed my home
Let's say I take this man as my lover
And he swears that there will never be another
But really he doesn't give a damn about safe sex
And with all these other girls he has a taste test
Well the thrill doesn't outweigh the consequences
Therefore I am using my common senses
To let you know I adore you
But I'm afraid I'm not the one for you

Safe seduction isn't what it is
Sexuality isn't what it appears to be
It's what you think you see


11. OLOGY

(Instrumental)


12. FIGHT THE FIGHT

We are all fighting the same fight
We are all in the same war
We are all in the same revolution
You got to know what you're fighting for
We are all fighting the same fight
We are all in the same war
We are all in the same revolution
You got to know what you're fighting for
Yelling and kicking trying to stay alive
All the time eyes on the prize
But does anybody hear my cries
Tell me something do I qualify?

TV telling me we're just the same
What they're talking is the same old game
Tell me if I'm just like you, why can't I do the things
That you do (huh)?

If war's the key, what door will it open?
Is peace the answer, then what's the question?
War is hell
Peace is hell
Love is hell
Oh what the hell

If war's the key, what door will it open?
Is peace the answer, then what's the question?
War is hell
Peace is hell
Love is hell
Oh what the hell

My heart beats just like yours
When I dream my mind soars
But no fantasy can pay my bills
Another dream unfulfilled

We are all fighting the same fight
We are all in the same war
We are all in the same revolution
You got to know what you're fighting for
We are all fighting the same fight
We are all in the same war
We are all in the same revolution
You got to know what you're fighting for
Fight the fight
In the war
In this revolution
You got to know what you're fighting for


13. TAG TEAM PARTNERS

(Instrumental)


14. SOLACE OF YOU

When it hurts to be out there
Where no one will care
I've got the solace of you

Frustrated by people's lying
But I keep on trying
I've got the solace of you

When I can't think straight
And there's no escape
I've got the solace of you

Gotta go inside back where it started
Back to the beginning
'Cause that's where my heart is

They can hurt me, jail my body
I'll still be free
I've got the solace of you

They can take my land
Tell me I'm not who I am
I've got the solace of you

A wise man said to know thyself
'Cause in the end there's no one else
Just the solace of you

Gotta go inside back where it started
Back to the beginning
'Cause that's where my heart is

Gotta go inside
Back to the beginning


15. THIS IS THE LIFE

In another life
You might have been a genius
In another life
You might have been a star
In another life
Your face might have been perfect
In another life
You’d drive a better car

In another life
All your jokes are funny
In another life
Your heart is free from fear
In another life
You make a lot of money
In this other life
Everything is clear

In another life
You’re always the hero
In another life
You always win the game
In another life
No one ever cheats you
In another life
You never have to change

In another life
Your friends never desert you
In another life
You never have to cry
In another life
No one ever hurts you
In this other life
Your loved-ones never die

But this is the life you have
This is the life you have
This is the life you have
This is the life

In another life
You’re always the victim
In another life
You’re always the thief
In another life
You are always lonely
In this other life
There is no relief

In your real life
Treat it like it’s special
In your real life
Try to be more kind
In your real life
Think of those that love you
In this real life
Try to be less blind


16. FINAL SOLUTION (LIVE IN CHICAGO)

The girls won't touch me
Cause I've got a misdirection
Living at night isn't helping my complexion
The signs all saying it's a social infection
A little bit of fun's never been an insurrection

Mamma threw me out till I get some pants that fit
She just won't approve of my strange kind of wit
I get so excited, always gotta lose
Man that send me off
Let them take the cure

Don't need a cure

Need a final solution

Buy me a ticket to a sonic reduction
Guitars gonna sound like a nuclear destruction
Seems I'm a victim of natural selection
Meet me on the other side, another direction

Don't need a cure
Need a final solution


17. MIDDLE MAN (LIVE IN CHICAGO)

I don't have a need to be the best
Don't want to be just like the rest
Just stay who I am
Just an ordinary Middle Man
Give me the happy medium
Don't want to be the one whose leading them
I've got no master plan
Just a simple Middle Man

Standing on a fine line between this and that
Just biding my time waiting for a sign
To tell me that I'm something special

My ideas are mine alone
Not yours, not theirs, but I care
I hurt for you, but not with you
I love that thing that's inside you
But I'm not your fan
I'm a stranger in a strange land
I'm your Middle Man

But I'm not your fan
I'm a stranger in a strange land
I am your Middle Man


18. LOVE REARS ITS UGLY HEAD (SOUL POWER MIX)

I always thought our relationship was cool
You played the role of having sense
I always played the fool
Now somethings different
I dont know the reason why
Whenever we separate
I almost want to cry

Oh no, please not that again
Love rears up its ugly head

And when I come home late you dont complain or call
So as a consequence I dont go out at all
My friends are frightened
They dont know whats going on
They think you put a spell on me
And now my mind is gone

Oh no, please not that again
Love rears up its ugly head

Loves not so bad they say
But you never know where love is gonna go

Does anybody really know?

Im standing at the altar
As they play the wedding march
Im in a black tuxedo with my collar full of starch
She looks as lovely as shes ever gonna get
I wake up from this nightmare in a pool of sweat

Oh no, please not that again
Love rears up its ugly head

What you gonna do
What you gonna do when it comes and gets you?