Men of affairs, women with power Satellites talking, to clatter our lives Banks of predictions, policies made Prophecies broken, violence deranged (deranged, deranged) And if there was love, ...

I saw your face as I hurried past the café And the rain felt like long lost tears As it trickled down the window pane And in a moment All the years were simply washed away 'Cause when our eyes ...

I saw your face as I hurried past the café And the rain felt like long lost tears As it trickled down the window pane And in a moment All the years were simply washed away 'Cause when our eyes ...

Now I'm in love with a gi...Her father was a small time man ...But I was there when there was nobody home ...ase believe me when I say I dunno ...Was that that bad for m...If I was there the scotch is free ...If I could lend a hand i...But I was there when there was nobody home ...ase believe me when I say I dunno ...If I was big ...That which I've already seen ...I'm as high as I'll ever be ...I don't mind; stay an...But I'm as high as I'll ever be ...I'm alive ...But I was there when there was nobody home ...ase believe me when I say I dunno ...Remember when it was me

I was at that smart ass t...If he said black, I said white ...If he took one side I took the other side...Was more like a battleg...And I lost more times than I won ...I would of learned la...That he was always preaching bo...I just kept screaming...That was twenty years ago ...Maybe I don't wanna live it...He was built with blue col...And right there we came to blows ...And that was just enough to get ...I couldn't wait to pr...That I didn't already know...Later I was on my way ...o what the hell did I care ...ught about the road I chose ..."Well I left as fast as the...I never looked back and I never once called h...But every time I talked to momma ...I wondered if he was there,or if he even cared ...I figured I walked out of him a...Well I could tell by her voice there was something wrong ...So I caught the next pla...Had my pride that I let so much time go...I ran up those stairs...And I cried" ...Thought I knew it all ...Was like talking to a w...I thought I was a man ...Acting like I did ...But all I want right now ...son let it go, that was twenty years ago"

craziest angle, as if he'd stopped there in a hurry. Then my brother saw it outside the place where the swimming pool and the badminton courts are. And later again I saw it parked outside the off-licence, closer to the pavement this time, and parallel too. We only ever saw the car parked, but it always seemed to be outside somewhere I liked to go. And then, when we went out for dinner on wee Karn's birthday and we were hanging our coats up on the coat-rack, we saw Columbo's old mac already hanging there, in amongst all the expensive fur and leather and things. I had a quick look around while we were being taken to our table, to see if he was there, but I couldn't see him an...hen one night while I was sitting outside on the steps playing my Game Boy, I heard a car stopping on the gravel in front of me. And while I tried to decide which way round to put the L-shaped Tetris piece that was falling, I felt someone sit down on the steps beside me. And I heard them scratching their head. And then, on the reflection on the screen, I saw that it was him. ...ines." he said. But I'd built up a whole high pile, which needed a single line for down the side, and I couldn't look up in case it came. "It certainly is nice around here." Columbo said, and I heard his mac moving as he looked around. The single line I'd been waiting for didn't come though, and soon my screen was filled all the way to the top. So I put it down and asked Columbo if someone from around...sir. No." he said, "I don't think you cou...you investigating?" I asked him. ... call it theft, but I'm not rightly sure. It's new for me, I'll tell you that." Then he picked up the Game Boy and stared at it, all fascinated. "Could I? Would you mind?" he said, and I showed him how to start up a game. But pretty soon the screen was full and he shook his head. "Well, well..." he said, "You know, Mrs Columbo- she's great at these sorts of things. But me, I just can't seem to get the hang of them." And he stood up and handed it back to me. "I'm sorry to have troubled you, sir." he said, "I'll let you get back to your game. You know, this really is a lovely area." And as he walked off down the steps I watched until he opened the door of his car, and I went to start up another game. But then he stopped. "Oh, I'm sorry." he said, holding one hand up in the air, with a cigar between his fingers, and looking down at the ground. "Just a little thing..." he said. And he scratched the back of his head with the hand that had been up in the air. "With something like that, sir- that little machine you have there- would someone be able to make samples with that, from records and stuff?" I laughed and shook my head. "That's fine, sir." he said, "I was just curious." Then...I didn't think I'd see him again after that, but I was very wrong. I began to see his car around a lot more, quite often outside the houses of people I knew. And not only that, but just lately he's started turning up wherever I might be, asking me all kinds of crazy questions about technology and sampling and stuff. Pretending he's trying to learn all about it. It got me quite worried for a while, but I think I'll be alright. I think I've got him foxed. I think I've been way too cle

I'm missing your voic...think, think, think I forgot you, you, yo...o sweet I, I, I, I, I knew...If only you were here...If I was there...(Right now I'd be more radical)...(I'm wishing I could place a call)...g-something tell me I miss someone...I hope, hope, hope yo...I couldn't forget you...The whole time I always knew, I knew...If only you were here...If I was there...(Right now I'd be more radical)...(I'm wishing I could place a call)...If you don't know just...I'll wait 'till the p...I'll make sure if I let you know... make from here and there and back...If you don't know just...I'll wait 'till the p...I'll make sure if I let you know...I'll make sure if I let you know...I'll wait 'till the p...I'll make sure if I let you know

When I first said ...Funny, I was driving by ...Funny, there were swastikas ...Is there a reason why people...If I was there with you for long ...I'm holding on... ...Is there a reason why people...If I was there with you for long ...I'm holding on...

I know you heard, kno...I know you niggas hea...I know you bitches he...I know you all heard ...And I wasn't there, but if I was ...There'd been a lot more gun shots goin off then they was ...y shit is dope when I put it together ...I like a Swizz beat, ...Every time I drop an album, nigg...Though I send slugs at ya, a...Your like "man there's holes in me, it w...And I'ma straight surgeon, I'll change ya face u...l have no ear, when I lace ya shape up ...Cause really N.O., I don't fuck with nig...And if you even met me, yo...But nigga I talk guns, that's u...Man, I be spittin' like th...Cause I'ma get my money, th...So what, I be hype, I be ready to buc ...From the closet, I keep my fucking gea...But if ya hit me on the pa...I got the feds on me, I'm supplying the cok...n't flash no money, I act tight broke ...Cause man, I'm in this game with...I was on a record label t...n, Swizz'd drop it, I'm ready to do it

I know you heard, kno...I know you niggas hea...I know you bitches he...I know you all heard...And I wasn't there, but if I was...There'd been a lot more gun shots goin off then they was...y shit is dope when I put it together...I like a Swizz beat, ...Every time I drop an album, nigg...Though I send slugs at ya, a...Your like "man there's holes in me, it w...And I'ma straight surgeon, I'll change ya face u...l have no ear, when I lace ya shape up...Cause really N.O., I don't fuck with nig...And if you even met me, yo...But nigga I talk guns, that's u...Man, I be spittin' like th...Cause I'ma get my money, th...So what, I be hype, I be ready to buc...From the closet, I keep my fucking gea...But if ya hit me on the pa...I got the feds on me, I'm supplying the cok...n't flash no money, I act tight broke...Cause man, I'm in this game with...I was on a record label t...n, Swizz'd drop it, I'm ready to do it

I remember when we us...ard to believe that was back in the past ...I remember those times like it was yesterday ...I knew if I was there and you were here i...I sit back and drift ...they miss daddy but I guess you know ...Damn carnal, if only we could take ...ays when everything was fine ...Ooooohhh, I'm missing you ...Sometimes I sit at the pad in t...Sometimes I close my eyes and I can hear you real c...I know we'll see each other 'cause we'll be there some day ...Ooooohhh, I'm missing you ...I want to kick it wit

aying along to what I'm sayin you're sing...My DJ's mixin, and I'll do the quizzin ...e who is number one if not best then bette...r take a loss cause I'm hard to beat ...I ain't cheap but don't sell me a dream I don't sleep ...I'm Paid in Full, so ...Cause I just wanted to see ...Cause when I came in the door st...I just started but th...If I was gone, you'd be runn...I improve, record don...If it's understood and...I'm the Lord, for som...e deeper than down, I make the crowd, cro...One thing I do is keep em diffe...u're rulin but when I'm in the place you ...waitin, to see what I'm makin ...le gets taken, then I'ma be breakin ...If the patterns are ca...you to start, where I left off ...I set the scene, firs...Listen up I got a brand new inv...ners listen to what I wrote on a disc ...eft in my path then I crash and bruise ...Cause I just left to do it ...Death, till I get back you better...aking you'll stare, if I was there your description is

Oh I need to understand....I can see your hands ...I'd like to look to y...I think it's hiding there. ...Speak to me, I need to see your fa...If I were to spy a city ...It was still a ways away, ...And if I was there today

I'm not very far, not...If I was there, if I was there you'd see

Lately I can't breathe ...No one listens but I'm OK with it (don't...Only I wonder why ...If only my hands weren...But I'm OK with it (don't...What if I was there ...What if I was scared ...I'm waiting for... ...But I'll be back again ...Lonely, I'm wandering ...No one listens but I'm ok with it

I don't want no open ...I don't want nobody standing there lying to me ...Talking about if you was there you would've died f...I'm gonna be aiight ...And even if I die tomorrow ...I'm gonna be aiight ...The only time I see my family ...Baby girl think I'm shy ...But I'm crying inside ...I'm a lion inside ...Like I said on the song ...God forbid I die early ...Please accept that I'm gone ...I lived mine ...I sold mils for Pac ...Still I Rise ...But I don't need it all ...I'm ready to roll ...hey won't roll when I go ...I'm mad as fuck ...I'm more hurt than an...'Cause I'm smoking daily ...I could not mourn ... him in when he got there ...But I'm still crippled by...Still feel like I'm to blame ...go insane everytime I here your name man ...And I say love is thicker...So I'd rather not bother...And I don't know ...So I move fast ...I got my gun ...I think I need more Motrin ...I can't even cry ...I wonder why ...So I don't even try

To see if anybody was there. ...But there was nobody home at 3 By...And I remember myself in ...As I knocked on doors, ...And I've just sold mine.

I know that things ha...When there's nobody left to si... didn't give a damn if home was there when we returned....When there's nobody left to si