By this time a harder rocking stag...The owner did not seem ...And the angel marveled how ...Could turn around a life ...And then that life turn around another...t there was someone in that room ...A heart that had grow...It was the businessman from downtown ...Now the angel had not seen the businessman ...Though they had in that room been near...Nor did the angel see him as he left the bar ...And as the businessman exited the door ...eone complaining on the tv ...It was the "grinch" ranting ag...And the man found that he a...Day old stockings lined up in a row ... you think that one day perhaps they might ...Is kind of a disease? ...Mixed in with happiness ...The reason for christma...I don't even like the sound of it ...A fire hazard any other day

on a journey to the ever lasting ship of eternal life ...a place where there's...ing but sunshine at the end of the road so come with m...Nigga back in the days I was afraid of the police ...anoid drugdealer on the streets ...etto hero was above the law I caught a glimpse of a bullet ... took him down like a south paw uneducated to the game of life ...I was hated to the grave but the pen kept my mind ri...a young motherfucker doomed since day one ...shit I'm a fool I'm a ball 'til my time c...a G to me is like a mil' on the streets I'm a kill just to eat ...leave my enemies on the concrete they say a soft heart ...make a bitch nigga stay alert stay alive that's the code of a thug ...teal but crime pays the bill niggas know I'... what they feel I'm a rider TRU niggas go...ain't gone die 'til a bitch nigga kill me...I want the nigga that did it t...nd his brother take a ride with me ...'cause I'm a killer (a killer) n...servin' up the 3rd ward Cali or Ne...nigga like the devil with the motherfuckin' red p...fight me like a monkey on top of an elephant ...the game got me crazy p...s god wasn't ? when a nigga tried to play...homies live in shady pray for your... might waste me I'm a hunted bitch like g...it be a nigga close to me t...they told me in this life those who start off last a end up first ... who start up first a end up last ...last time I saw a .45 blast a nigga who was last ...without parole life is cold but it fair fuck the mayor that coward ...place me the plastic when its time to shoot only god will know the ...what's in a nigga's blood is in his heart ...from the start my pain was irreversable the book on how to kill a ...y our right to tell a child how ...to live his life or how to stop a man when he beat hi...hahhahaha the media point the finger at me like I'm the bad guy ...ut its ok just take a good look at me I'm...businessman society wants to eliminate me but uh in a few years

on a journey to the ever lasting ship of eternal life ...a place where there's...ing but sunshine at the end of the road so come with m...Nigga back in the days I was afraid of the police ...anoid drugdealer on the streets ...etto hero was above the law I caught a glimpse of a bullet ... took him down like a south paw uneducated to the game of life ...I was hated to the grave but the pen kept my mind ri...a young motherfucker doomed since day one ...shit I'm a fool I'm a ball 'til my time c...a G to me is like a mil' on the streets I'm a kill just to eat ...leave my enemies on the concrete they say a soft heart ...make a bitch nigga stay alert stay alive that's the code of a thug ...teal but crime pays the bill niggas know I'... what they feel I'm a rider TRU niggas go...ain't gone die 'til a bitch nigga kill me...I want the nigga that did it t...nd his brother take a ride with me ...'cause I'm a killer (a killer) n...servin' up the 3rd ward Cali or Ne...nigga like the devil with the motherfuckin' red p...fight me like a monkey on top of an elephant ...the game got me crazy p...s god wasn't ? when a nigga tried to play...homies live in shady pray for your... might waste me I'm a hunted bitch like g...it be a nigga close to me t...they told me in this life those who start off last a end up first ... who start up first a end up last ...last time I saw a .45 blast a nigga who was last ...without parole life is cold but it fair fuck the mayor that coward ...place me the plastic when its time to shoot only god will know the ...what's in a nigga's blood is in his heart ...from the start my pain was irreversable the book on how to kill a ...y our right to tell a child how ...to live his life or how to stop a man when he beat hi...hahhahaha the media point the finger at me like I'm the bad guy ...ut its ok just take a good look at me I'm...businessman society wants to eliminate me but uh in a few years

on a journey to the ever lasting ship of eternal life ...a place where there's...ing but sunshine at the end of the road so come with m...Nigga back in the days I was afraid of the police ...anoid drugdealer on the streets ...etto hero was above the law I caught a glimpse of a bullet ... took him down like a south paw uneducated to the game of life ...I was hated to the grave but the pen kept my mind ri...a young motherfucker doomed since day one ...shit I'm a fool I'm a ball 'til my time c...a G to me is like a mil' on the streets I'm a kill just to eat ...leave my enemies on the concrete they say a soft heart ...make a bitch nigga stay alert stay alive that's the code of a thug ...teal but crime pays the bill niggas know I'... what they feel I'm a rider TRU niggas go...ain't gone die 'til a bitch nigga kill me...I want the nigga that did it t...nd his brother take a ride with me ...'cause I'm a killer (a killer) n...servin' up the 3rd ward Cali or Ne...nigga like the devil with the motherfuckin' red p...fight me like a monkey on top of an elephant ...the game got me crazy p...s god wasn't ? when a nigga tried to play...homies live in shady pray for your... might waste me I'm a hunted bitch like g...it be a nigga close to me t...they told me in this life those who start off last a end up first ... who start up first a end up last ...last time I saw a .45 blast a nigga who was last ...without parole life is cold but it fair fuck the mayor that coward ...place me the plastic when its time to shoot only god will know the ...what's in a nigga's blood is in his heart ...from the start my pain was irreversable the book on how to kill a ...y our right to tell a child how ...to live his life or how to stop a man when he beat hi...hahhahaha the media point the finger at me like I'm the bad guy ...ut its ok just take a good look at me I'm...businessman society wants to eliminate me but uh in a few years

young girl, outside the store...determined to reach the ground...She bumped into the businessman passing by...nd thinking she was in trouble...The child quickly apolo...But the man was not accepti...She could see it in his eyes...he had been looking in the toy shop... would be christmas day...But the man muttered words ...have any children?" the child asked the man...d though he said it in his firmest voice...In his heart he knew h...The girl was getting on...Then he noticed the time was approachin...at was she doing on the street?...When he asked the girl this question...The child seemed to ret...At the hotel, right next d...In room twelve twenty-...ched as she ran all the way...In the direction towards h...And called up the institution...Wondering if the past could be undon...The operator who answered, searched the computer...To see if the child had survived...Then the lady who was very k...Said, "if you have a short while...I can give you all the information...I see that at the age of twelve...He's living uptown in the Bronx...At a boarding house hote...And then the lady gave him the phone number...And for the first time in many years...The man thought about his life...And all the things he had left ...And, of course, he thought ...The things they might h...But really most of all right now...But fall in vain...Got to get back to a reason...Got to get back to a reason I once knew...And this late in the seasons...Drifting through the dark...The sympathy...Of night's mercy...Is your life the same?...Got to get back to a reason...Got to get back to a reason I once knew...And this late in the seasons...The lure of a dream...The night seems to care...The dreams in the air...The snow's coming down...And offers a bridge...The parts of my life...Somewhere in the dark...Beyond all the cold...There is a child...That's part of my soul...Got to get back to a reason...Got to get back to a reason I once knew...And this late in the seasons...The only reason I have

Well it's a dog eat dog ...The French eat frog ...sman, when you make a deal ...Do you sign your life away? ...you write your name in dust? ...Every dog has his day ...It's a dog eat dog ...Read the news ...And limbo's in between ...And it's a eye for eye ...It's a lie ...That's the truth ...See a blind man on the street ...Hear the kind man ask his fr..."Hey, what's in it for me?"

Well it's a dog eat dog ...The French eat frog ...sman, when you make a deal ...Do you sign your life away? ...you write your name in dust? ...Every dog has his day ...It's a dog eat dog ...Read the news ...And limbo's in between ...And it's a eye for eye ...It's a lie ...That's the truth ...See a blind man on the street ...Hear the kind man ask his fr..."Hey, what's in it for me?"

away from this soul in pain ...For in the dark he had now see...The bleeding of this wound extreme ...So along the snow covered sidewa...The angel did carefully...Following the trail of blood drops ...And then he saw the businessman ...long throughout his life ...He watched the man walk past the church ...Where a song seemed to reac...But the man just walked rig...nd would not let it in ...(For the sake of our brother)...In a stable ...In a manger ...In the cold winter's air ...In the arms of his mother ...A child's lying there...In a city ...In a village ...Though the years have gone by ...The child still remains...With the dream still close b...That the dream he has offered might one day be taken ...For the sake of our brother ...For the child who's forgott...For the dream that is still...Born the king of angels ...Christ the lord ...In a stable ...In a manger ...In the cold winter's air ...In the arms of his mother a child's lying there

Funky fresh on the microphone...So get on it now is the time...I play the music even made the beat...'Cause I'm the most rappin', most ...Rollin in a drop-top straight h...u, boy, I'm poppin' the most...'Cause I'm a player love to play...ky out here pumpin' the name...Too Short the one and only, I jus...Fat bankrolls in my pocket...Call me the dirty rapper', I'll...But I'm a young black entrepr... an MC, right I own a company too...Programmed the drums and made the groove...So when you look in my face you see a wealthy man...I'm the businessman, it's not the same...I'm treated like a dope dealer runnin' the game...'m makin' more than the chief of police...You got a choice to make abou...I'm at home in a tape deck...They want a contract, get signe...like toys they need a good wind-up...Then the other suckers sayin...Rap on the mic and use New Yor...The point I'm tryin' ma...bber, gonna step on the gas...Now nip, dip, roll the strip...a take your mind on a serious tip...Like always I made the beat funky... head bouncin' like a dope fiend junkie...s time to jump back in the mix...d get on it, now is the time...ou hear me all over the streets...A tape rhymes with ba...The kinda tape you'll a...Like a costume party on Ha...MC's pop up on the scene...So you made a record, I saw your ...st, I just tell you the truth...I keep it in tune like Do-Re-Mi...With a strict rap tempo, b...Take that, it's a Too Short rap...u, boy, I'm poppin' the most...I take a Limousine to the airport...'Cause a brother like me, I ...nkle, twinkle, star in the night...ll you 'bout livin' the life...Stayin' in school and not smokin' the pipe...It's hard to be a rich man, don't you...When you drop out of school and start sm...I sing 'em every day of the year...Too Short, baby, in the flesh