Written by Toad The Wet Sprocket ...Why leave the cages ...Not in the world and not wanti...He give any reason ...Why give up praying

I want to give up, I want to give in

here's something in the way you people smel...Borrow quotes from the cultures you've cro...p another bar until the rooster crows ...is curse will sting the worse as it shall m...On everyone but the person you're talki...s to watch you pump the poison through your...is curse will sting the worse as it shall m... think this means I give up on you ...The saddest part is thi...And pray I'm not the only one ...But you're the only one who gives

Given the time ...If he'd make up his mind ...You'd give yourself to anybody...You'd give him love and affect... were sleeping with the angels ...He was under the bed ...And the more skin ...The more that the air in your throat ...You'd give him love and affect

out on the water ...time i will collect the world ...the eggs and wings of butterflies i love the wings ...a man drove up in an ugly car ...d you couldn't hear the engine's roar ...led at everybody in the road ... did not notice all the moths he'd massacre...spread across the open road ...collect the world ...the eggs and wings of ...u wings of i give my children ...and he lifted up a gigantic hand ...his fingers towards the sky ...and he nudged the moth to make it fly...collect the world ...the hearts and limbs of

were supposed to be the one ...To watch over the others ...d that everything's the same ...Of all the hunger you could no...were supposed to be the one ...To watch over the others ...The name of love ...The shame of indiscreti...Give you, try to, bring

were supposed to be the one...To watch over the others...d that everything's the same...Of all the hunger you could no...were supposed to be the one...To watch over the others...The name of love...The shame of indiscreti...Give you, try to, bring

and he brushes up his chops as he tri... with his anger and the way he lets it show...like the smoldering smoke when the fire's left the coals ...when the fire has left the coals ... not the place where you liv... but the place where you bel...and he's always got the time ...to give a little something ...but like the horse with the junkie it's all in ... not the place where you liv... but the place where you bel

lap ya hands and to the beat, y'all...Because the heat'll make you, c...You go the one for the cash, two for the safe...e murder) Let's dog the place...Hate on the trigger, pull it, give your mouth a night ...Give your sound man a c-...The promoters need me, ...After that, hit the dress room, turn the lights off...Score on the fourth broad, let h...I used the word 'off' seven ti...I'm like the tattoos on your mam...I bounce up and down, and at the end I'mma sign...Most who didn't get the message, nigga, check the spam...but you probably on the low-low, damn...l Uncle L, I'm from the north side of Queen...And I don't give a fuck about who's ...From what I hear, the graveyard got room ...ch coffin you want, the blue or the red one?...banging, that ain't the motherfuckin' point...The point is, I spark t...The point is you gon' p...Listen to the sound of revenge, i...vie, niggas playing the role...like Pinky's ass on the pole...I'm the bridge over trouble...I'm the rules to the game, you obey my c...I'm the center of the bomb, I'm the part that explodes... prince, you just a toad

Talking: The feeling of being 12 years old and waking up in the middle ...of the night and somebody ...an hear it pumping. The veins in yo temple ...the intruder. Then afte...em hang and turn on the light and the killer turns into ...o coat throwed over the chair. ...The feeling of sitting at the red light early in the morning and two or ...motherfuckers cross the street. Yo senses h...as they rush across the ...street you leave the print from the heater grip in yo p...goin' to the store. ...the small truth within' the lie. Death is a sma...Try turning the other cheek ...Yes Sir guess the light is getting di...at the end of the tunnel tried to hit...ng out like ringin' the bells ...the folks that throwed ...hem boats should be the one's I'm losin' ...in '94 this is the real no time for pl...betta believe the playas on the loot ... really get down to the nitty grit ...to crank it up than right now ...livin' it for the white ...ou takin' yo ass to the Army ...I got a baby on the way that stress is ...See why in the muthafuck ...do niggas be acting up ...That nigga the be -I-G be chokin' ...a hoe pull up her skirt ...Washed my nuts up in the sink ...I'm dirtier than the shit ...on the back of a shrimp ...the way a nigga can spi...I got some food up in yo thoughts ...See livin' up in the dungeon ...see that nigga the be -I-G be -O-I ...on the South side of Camel...he was just a horny toad ... I'm a mystery like the ...as steadily packin' the hoes ...smokin' 'em up and then burning ...East Point is on the map ...stirrin' bein' the pharm assistant tha...of the folks but some peop...living give me meat ...off in the past ... ya go ya gotta pay the cost of the mic wind ...I'm hangin' with the G-O-O-D-I-E Mob Nig...burnin' up that smoke so you c

Where in the hell did the hip hop go? ...Where in the hell did the hip hop go? ...Where in the hell did the hip hop go? ...Leap out the room grab the old broom ...ermelon and walk on the moon ... black berry inside the cool-aid ...le bunk bed a 40 to the head ...Now get up and watch me rap to...t and sailed around the world don't laugh ...I seen the ghost of Augie cree...I met the queen of all my dre...en a time bandit in the sand ...Looking for the Acapulco pot of gol...Hit the road and had to hitch w/the son of a bitch who turned into a toad ...A tree grew all the way up to the sky and I smoked it...He was a buzzing in the zone like he was za...The fellowship shop is from the west coast ...I'll bring the chronic you bring the kegs ...Annica were beating up Pippy ...You do the hip thing and I'll do the hop ...Cough up a lougie shake brea...butt naked watchin' the cosby show ...Old reruns of the Jefferson hits ...ide me some skin on the black side pimp ...e E is breakin' all the laws ...ney I kilt (killed) the kids w/my rap ...Yo I'll scratch the break you rap the cornbread hey ...I give and I live and I ha...I drink out the jug I eat out the pot ...Snake in the grass livin' in the past ...I'm the chugalug thug from ...So bring in the news singin' the blues ...Sittin' on the roof top listenin' to the wind ...My life is on the end my grin is pret...alone a nigger from the boonies ...lone (....?????what the hell is he saying??...t brother who spits the cornbread

From the depths of the pond back to the top ...og jumpin and I got the drop ...Git so low in the grass, tadpoles wil...Long reach to the spot where my tongu...Nine four-zay's the ye zear for me to buck up the sheets ...I never hesitate to give a dragonfly a smack...ah, so jump through the sands a bit, ...It's the frog to the log, hippin and hop... ice froggy frog in the middle of the pond. ...bian slippin in all the way, like I said ...nd I spring through the bog and I bounce through the fog ...ick your tongue way up in the air and lap it ...Yeah, roll up the plank and walk the length, you in the drank ...y Cause froggy's on the bank ...With the frog pond right behind me and up in your toad is ...She wants the frog with the croaker sack, so ju...ts what polly-wogs, the frog with the biggest log

The kings have arrived...Hey forever I'm on the grind...ind is already made up...Sippin' the finest wine ...veryday that I make up...I look up at Christ and think...erefore he lifts me up...Watch niggas in the streets...Is the feelin' good to you...Come enjoy the fun...Come enjoy the ride...I started from the bottom ...ut I'm destined for the top ...Call me clumsy for the weight ...Like the fuse on my cannon ...ta reach high to be the best ...I'm the nigga big I know you know the rest ...Suppose I was a toad ...Is the feelin' good to you...Come enjoy the fun ...Come enjoy the ride ...I started from the bottom ...ut I'm destined for the top ...Call me clumsy for the weight ...Like the fuse on my cannon ...I don't give a damn about a broa...in't gotta floss in the fast lane ...I'm a in the a-t-l ...Is the feelin' good to you...Come enjoy the fun ...Come enjoy the ride...I feel high on the music ...t's talkin' through the melody ...I feel high on the music ...t's talkin' through the melody

[Ghostface Killah & The Delphonics]...(After the smoke is done) Yo...(After the smoke is done) word...y head, what should the god do?...nd do business with the Jews...The imperial, industria...Don't give a fuck...Like the poor part, we watch...The porno teaser...ated rapper fouling the teaser...ike Six Flags, plus the Wu lab...Got bagged that the world government tr...vie trap raps cover the tracks... his piece, where's the Nobel?...The arsonist, leaving niggas lost in the stairwell...[Ghostface Killah & The Delphonic]...ts Stapelton (after the smoke is done)...Word up, (after the smoke is clear) yea...The greatest story ever...My son move like the toad...Throw a fiend in the sleeper hold...Got beef with the cold...The type niggas snapped...Six legs on the crab...Grew up in a Stapelton hous...Where blood flood the water in the streets like oil sp...When the water was flowing (...The sample, it shocked ...ay peace like Donny the Guru...Sole controller of the moon...After the smoke is done...After the smoke is done...After the smoke is clear...After the smoke is done...OODS, DENNIS COLES, THE DELPHONICS

God hit me with the track, Diddy keep i...When in the city, crime scene, ...Who's Benzino? Who the fuck's Benzino? ...Nino Brown without the high fate ...O-Dog without the O, Nigga you don't ...of, made it through the toad booth ... if you niggas want the whole truth ...ay strapped even in the vocal booth ...a lot of - Flame in the hearts of ...Play it by the rules, took some le... to idol, takin all the titles ...Fuck off the hook, my shit's dis...Oh, see this is the shit I'm talkin 'bo...Lemme give you some advice, do...You gonna pay the price if you ever f...Who's Benzino? Know the whole world know ...despite the facts, still here, ...' motherfucker, I'm The Source ... even wake your ass up