The messenger came with bad news from the front Said "the soldiers are starving and their swords are all blunt They need a show of support or some futile sign That's what they told me to tell yo...

Jane it sure looks like rain These Canadian plains And their windblown hair Jane the bruise colored clouds The smell of the ground In the ripening air I have seen you In your fluttering dr...

The messenger came with bad news from the front ...Said "the soldiers are starvi... tell you, not even the words are mine..." ...The messenger came with bad news from the war ...Said "the fine young men forg...That's the general feeling, pl...And the people said "one an...We will kill the messenger" ...The messenger came with bad news from the town ...Said "the phone-lines are on strike and the doormen are all dow...And the people said "two an...We all know the score ...We must kill the messenger" ...Someone brought the news to the messenger's folks ...And the family said "one an...We will kill the messenger

Jane the bruise colored clou...The smell of the ground ...In the ripening air ...Cross the forever fields ...Jane the rivers of grief ...The tears of relief ...Sometimes the beauty of life ...While the other leads the marching band ...In the shadow hymn of the scratchman ...Heed the message, kill the messenger ...Wriggling up from the mud ...On the shores of Granville...But Jane in the wink of an eye ...The naysayers fly ...And you won't feel the chains ...And you won't see the moss ...e there's an art to the game ...The aesthetics of love ...The athletics of loss ...ets get entwined in the sea ...They are masters in the sleight of hand ...To the shibboleth of Shado...Heed the message, kill the messenger

They kill the messenger 'cos the message was late ...Kill the child starving at the gate ...Predicting the rain of the state ...ee Willy fly by, in the by and by ...In the never you mind, in the wait and see ...In the us and them, in the them and us, in the them and me ...He's the exception that proves the rule ...All the rest on the bottom, white men still on the top ...Shoot to kill again and again and...car and stare up at the sky ...The dream is a lie, put it to the test ...ne man rising up on the backs of the rest ...On the backs of his family, all the duds and the Does ...'Til the sun melts his wings...ee Willy fly by, in the by and by ...In the never you mind, in the dollar store light ...In the there you go, in the wait and see ...In the us and them, in the them and us, ...In the should have been me...He's the exception that proves the rule

They kill the messenger 'cos the message was late ...Kill the child starving at the gate ...Predicting the rain of the state ...ee Willy fly by, in the by and by ...In the never you mind, in the wait and see ...In the us and them, in the them and us, in the them and me ...He's the exception that proves the rule ...All the rest on the bottom, white men still on the top ...Shoot to kill again and again and...car and stare up at the sky ...The dream is a lie, put it to the test ...ne man rising up on the backs of the rest ...On the backs of his family, all the duds and the Does ...'Til the sun melts his wings...ee Willy fly by, in the by and by ...In the never you mind, in the dollar store light ...In the there you go, in the wait and see ...In the us and them, in the them and us, ...In the should have been me...He's the exception that proves the rule

ou and peace to all the nations...Aztlan the Puerto Rican and Ja...The African the Maori, Kouri and the Haitian...On the chocolate reservati...a hit and then pass the information...To the left hand side and...fools breaking down the barrier...tant cliques big up the area...Put your fist in the air now,... I can kick thee in the ass and...Not to mention the department of corre...Countin' the days in the dark they buildin' ...Progressions all the dirty lessons...In the belly of the beast only God hear...'s still sittin' in the cellar...because I didn't do the crime yo...Y'alls the Motherfuckers that'...Kill the messenger, you can't kill the message...m bringin' food for the masses...For the Masses for the masses...ental food food for the masses...For the masses for the masses for the true for the true...For the Masses for the masses...ental food food for the masses...For the masses for the masses for the true for the true...Call the Maitre D'...Commencin' with the riddim...I get open on the beat...what they say about the way that we be...It's the year two triple O...Aight, Selassie I the book unfolds...I write 'cause half the story has never bee...No one can stop it the whole world's dropping out the socket...The high tech ways of the civilized man... people but ya love the sun tan...Fly the space shuttle like ...You nuke the north pole now you ...The answer you see I'm ...The classes be making food for the masses...d that's common for the listeners...In competition with the envious visions...'cause the whole world's checking out the things that we do...a sold your soul to the Saint Ide's brew...That's aight I like the Sprite in you

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Singin a child of the ghetto and I'm know...I get the rush on the stage ...From the words I put on the page ...Lions in the cage ...onate dashin inside the ghetto maze ...Ways of the wise don't kill the messenger before the message ...heed from Philly to the Houston, Texas ...rni-A got a team in the bay L.A. ...Hot hot meet the eye of the storm in human form...Ring the alarm swarmin with ...Make the average female list...I have em by the tens of thousands l...hrough me they feel the passion of my desir...alk with my feet on the street ...The beats gonna keep my...My philosophy the block gone bleed ...But is you hearin the G-are-I double M ...Recluse the spider Grimm ...I an him the ryhmin twin shadows...The matrix is my guide ...d like them boys in the prison institution ...I love till I reach the greatest ultimatum ...But on the contrary ...n my blessings with the skills to give thes...In the Dope House you know...Everybody in the studio we puttin it...We won't quit to the day we die ... we try to abide by the rules of the game ...e when we ride fuck the bitches and the fame ...tta move over we in the fast ...na stop till we get the thousand plaques ma...they wasn't real to the heart ... true as I can from the movie screen to the rappin art ...Apart of the chosen few showin y...I have em to the tens of thousands l...ough me they feelin the passion of my desir

The news just filtered ...I'd kill the messenger...With the right to kiss my fa...I do the best I can...There's no hope for the two of us...With the right to kiss my fa...With the right to kiss my fa

e son, he best have the heat on him!...sed, get to moppin' the street with him!...Nigga front on me, the goons and goblins c...Me I make the register ring! ...I'm the cash can!...They make the hammers ring! ...Here I is, where the money is, I still g...D's know about the beef! ...Have that ass in the precinct tryna talk to the pigs...Like you crossin' the street!...eah! niggas send me the wrong message, we gon' fucking kill the messenger...llowtips'll tear up the best of ya!...This ain't the "carter" nigga, thi...listen to me all of the cash gone...I was born with the tec! it's a birth d...I was conceived in the bins, ended up in a...Let the gat pop, boogie down on the back blocks...Get the line on 'em and squeeze the .9 on 'em!... not a jooks, leave the shines on 'em,...atch me! nigga like the police watch me!...The mack'll fire, mask ...It's off the wire! when I get on...My hands itch when the money comes, it's h

Singin a child of the ghetto and I'm know...I get the rush on the stage...From the words I put on the page...Lions in the cage...onate dashin inside the ghetto maze...Ways of the wise don't kill the messenger before the message...heed from Philly to the Houston, Texas...rni-A got a team in the bay L.A....Hot hot meet the eye of the storm in human form...Ring the alarm swarmin with ...Make the average female list...I have em by the tens of thousands l...hrough me they feel the passion of my desir...alk with my feet on the street...The beats gonna keep my...My philosophy the block gone bleed...But is you hearin the G-are-I double M...Recluse the spider Grimm...I an him the ryhmin twin shadows...The matrix is my guide...d like them boys in the prison institution...I love till I reach the greatest ultimatum ...But on the contrary...n my blessings with the skills to give thes...In the Dope House you know...Everybody in the studio we puttin it...We won't quit to the day we die... we try to abide by the rules of the game...e when we ride fuck the bitches and the fame...tta move over we in the fast...na stop till we get the thousand plaques ma...they wasn't real to the heart... true as I can from the movie screen to the rappin art...Apart of the chosen few showin y...I have em to the tens of thousands l...ough me they feelin the passion of my desir

Got a letter from a messenger...Oh the door that closes ti...Is the door that can swing...This desire I can't kill...Not coming for the kill...Not coming for the kill...Not coming for the kill

I'm the one that brings you...I'm the one to taste your b...Trashing though the crimson mud ...Messenger of all demise ...I'm the one to taste your d...Messenger of all demise ...Born to kill sweep and clear ...Staring down the face of fear ...Empty all the magazines ...Pace the march and sing the song ...Right the fuck where I belong...Fearlessly the battle's won ... extinction through the dawn ...Body count's the bottom line ...rashing slashing to the end ...rashing slashing to the end ...Quench the hunger of my gun ...I'm the one to taste your d...Messenger of all demise

got a letter from a messenger ...oh the door that closes ti...is the door than can swing...this desire i can't kill ... i'm not coming for the kill

Got a letter from a messenger ...Oh the door that closes ti...Is the door than can swing...This desire I can't kill ... I'm not coming for the kill

Standing in the midst of a hundred ...e-4 strapped around the waist bloody tears ...Hit the switch making sure any motherfucker in the vicinity blow away ...Kill'em off with an expl...aze on you hoes I'm the sacrificial lamb ...Feelin the fury flow out of ev...I'm uppin the itchy for fuckin wi...hen boy you gon get the picture for flamin ...As I hear the cries of yo homies ...Go to war wit the intentions to annia...Wit the death of myself cau...The blessings of sacrifice the messenger who cometh after the Christ ...ome at you again in the after life ... come and look into the mind of a man you d...(Kill'em All, Kill'em All, Kill'em All) ...oking death between the eyes and no one can...(Kill Us All, Kill Us All, Kill Us All) ...oking death between the eyes and no one can... body in a room wit the enemy and I got a g...I'mma pull the pin out the sum bitch ...Pop 17 sins out the gun clip ...ou have now entered the chainsaw massacre ...Slip the clip in the automatic and get t...Wit a Mack in the back of the pelle ...ur confessions I be the priest ...elebrate and salute the sign of a suicidal ... come and look into the mind of a man you d...(Kill'em All, Kill'em All, Kill'em All) ...oking death between the eyes and no one can...(Kill Us All, Kill Us All, Kill Us All) ...oking death between the eyes and no one can