I'm just saying, this has been said before - by my friends here in the Real Living Colour.
I look at the T.V.
Your America's doing well
I look out the window
My America's catching hell
I just want to know which way do I go to get to your America?
I just want to know which way do I go to get to your America?
I change the channel
Your America's doing fine
I read the headlines
My America's doing time
I just want to know which way do I go to get to your America?
I just want to know which way do I go to get to your America?
Go west young, go west young man
Don't want to crossover
But how do I keep from going under?
Where is my picket fence?
My long, tall glass of lemonade?
Where is my VCR, my stereo, my T.V. show?
I look at the T.V.
I don't see your America
I look out the window
I don't see your America
I want to know how to get to your America
I want to know how to get to your America
America
And Funny Vibe.
No, I'm not gonna rob you
No, I'm not gonna beat you (Beat you)
No, I'm not gonna rape you, so why you want to give me that funny vibe
(Funny, funny vibe, funny, funny vibe, funny, funny vibe, funny, funny vibe)
No, I'm not gonna hurt you
No, I'm not gonna harm you (Harm you)
And I try not to hate you, so why you want to give me that funny vibe
[Flavor Flav]
Hey Chuck, we got some non-believers out there
[Chuck D]
Yeah Flav, I'm tired of them dissing brothers in the P.E. out there, we got to do something about this
(What-a we do? (What-a we do?)) You know what I'm saying?
Funny vibe
Why you want to give me that (Why you want to give me that?) funny vibe?
Also most importantly -
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 now
When the well runs dry?
All the rivers have died
Moment by moment
Day by day
The world just slipping away
Your future won't save your past
The time is now, it won't last
Then time is nigh
Time to do or die
Time waits for no one
If you want to go on
Give me somethin' to grow on
The forest, the trees
The rivers, the seas
All die of this disease
Time ain't on your side
Don't sit idly by
You've got to just try
It's been Over 25 Years. All of this was recorded before Rodney King. It was before
Do the Right Thing by Spike Lee. Before "Cop Killer" by Body Count. It was before Trayon. It's still true. All of it. Now more than ever.
I'm working on something fresh for tomorrow - these are just palette cleansers.
Vyan