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Drag the body to the trunk...Take the captive to the house and down into the basement...cious I will pierce the hands and feet... and legs nailed to the wood...Beneath the table is forming sh...Perforate the abdomen...unting pain revives the man... then panic starts, the nails leave him imm...d is thrashing from the pain...Penetration of the flesh...My hammer pounds them, the steel secures him...I raise my hammer, and aim for the throat...Five nails through the neck...Through the flesh and bone...Five nails through the...Five nails through the neck...Sixty nails adorn the fool...How many nails the victim felt before ...Five nails through the neck

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nk is going on here the old man said from his chair? Did you think this is anything New now look here son. this is just like it was back in the old days before the last war? then t ...Litics changed, the scene rearranged and became how we know now is quo. oh yeah, there were times when everyone smiled and the greed of the good times would roll, but a heartbeat away was the cr ...Hat did pay - the shot that was heard around the world. if you go to sleep, the old man explained, you're just going to miss on your turn. but if you stay awake the path that you take ...And the old man turned away...You see the last pioneer is waving his flag, framing the organ bone by bone,...re's no money, said the kid. "eh well, half-price hookers are watching the Mast, the old man said, prepared to face the music and laugh. bring the shadows down on the ...S of the soft ladies that lie on their mechanical beds. and nevertheless, there ain't no money, the Kid said. well so call up a future and rewrite the past, said the old man. raise the hammer an ...Flee the news, polish the armor and dust off the grass. there's more...re's no money, said the kid. well, hell, th...in't no money, said the kid. ...d hardware all over the world? ... times are hard but the crowd's flooding in... class will sell to the valley again don't ...in't no money, said the kid. ...o do about it? said the old man. I've come up with every argument I can for the fact that the lawyers are leeching the marrow out of the bone of anyone who'...talking about? said the kid. ...I'm talking about the country where my nephew makes honey out of old orange peels and plastic out of old bandaids. I'm talking about a country where the sun never sets, I'm...Ere fish are the bricks that build the edifices from which...in't no money, said the kid. ...eces of flesh? said the old man. ...in't no money, said the kid. ... worth a damn, said the old man. ...in't no money, said the kid. ...They're sending the waters off helega l...in't no money, said the kid. ...They're carving the marble shape of the urn. ...in't no money, said the kid. ...money. oh god, said the kid, what am I goin...The woman settled for a...in't no money, said the old man. ...The young man is eviden...in't no money, said the old man. ...is in america? said the kid. ...in't no money, said the old man. ...in't no money, said the old man.

Under the sun the powers came alive...The sound of our cause, the meaning of life...Now raise your hands and let ...Bring the Hammer Down...Slam it down to the ground...Raise your fists, heed the call...Bring the Hammer Down, behold the light...The future holds nothin...Still counting the stars, in search fo...The meaning of life...Now raise your hands before y...Bring the Hammer Down...Slam it down to the ground...Raise your fists, heed the call...Bring the Hammer Down, behold the light...Bring the Hammer Down...Slam it down to the ground...Raise your fists, heed the call...Bring the Hammer Down, behold the light

In her driveway in the rain,... it takes a man, to raise a child....id my head, down on the wheel,...losed her eyes, but the tears flowed throug...In her driveway in the rain,... it takes a man, to raise a child....In her driveway in the rain,... it takes a man, to raise a child.

In her driveway in the rain...Staring through the windshield...my heart hit like a hammer...It takes a man to raise a child...Down on the wheel...But the tears broke though...In her driveway in the rain...Staring through the windshield...my heart hit like a hammer...It takes a man to raise a child...In her driveway in the rain...Staring through the windshield...my heart hit like a hammer...It takes a man to raise a child

er build your love, hammer and nail...I see it in the darkness as if it w...Gotta raise it up with hammer and nails...Hammer and nail, we're gon... foundation down to the last detail...build our love with hammer and nails... 'em in your hands, hammer and nails...Hammer and nail, we're gon...traight and true to the last detail...build our love with hammer and nails...Hammer and nail, we're gon...build our love with hammer and nails...build our love with hammer and nails

was runnin through the woods ...bit being chased by the hounds. ...On the side of the road ...r dead beast out in the sun ...Rottin in the sun ...When the hammer came down ...The more I know ...And the more I see ...When the hammer came down ...Daddy had a hammer ...e could really make the thunder roll ...Raise em up, higher, high...But you never knew the difference ...Never knew when the sun went down ...When the hammer came down ...The more I know ...And the more I see ...When the hammer came down ...I made it to the river ...gs ever going to be the same ...e, almost home when the hammer came down

But i heard it in the alley on the weird radio.... got to get it from the well....You got to raise a little hell....But i heard it in the alley...You got to raise a little hell....But I heard it in the alley...Now I got it on the run....If you wanna get the heaven...You got to raise a little hell.

(chorus) Raise your hands, so we c... Raise the roof, so you can... Raise your voice, so we c... Raise the roof... Raise the roof because it's a... Not done by the sun or electrical w... All we need is the house to get bigger... So startin' with the roof down to the base...our service to burn the place... With the spot as hot as it c... The roof's on fire, you... The puzzle on your face...ight all night, and the lights don't crack... Your minds on the time, hopin' it don... Stare at the strope, pull your e... For the sights and sounds clear across the globe...m might hit or miss the charts... But the style gets wild as state of the art... Served on the floor cause I got p... Make the fans that left, wis... railed when you do the flip... Then the freak of the week makes you loos...tch, so you'll know the time... The messiah's on fire a...nch your desire and raise your roof...I'm cool throughout the week... When the weekend comes, I'm down with the Greeks...others known across the seven seas... Fly ladies of the 80's, sororities... Phi Sigma boys in the move... With the Kappas and the Ques and of course the grooves to... And for real it's the deal and the actual fact... Dodgin'judges and the lawyers and the third degree...with a song to make the strong survive...r it and see it for the Def and blind... and demand it from the wave of my hand... Make the jealous understand ...ent straight out of the sea... Turn the winter into summer,... Expand my power on the hour, make you all ... From the slammer swing a hammer like the mighty Thor...thom that distance, the mad must reap...sea lord, Prince of the deep...ives civilized from the lessons I tauhgt...le guessin' is this the end?... End of the world, are you gues

And if the rose comes up ...You raise a child ...And when the child grows up ...ells ringing out in the street ...Hammer strikes the metal and it makes ...For the people who want it ...ells ringing out in the street ...ells ringing out in the street ...Hammer strikes the metal and it makes ...Close my eyes, see the glorious sunset ...Through the windows of a store ...You're the one that sings ...uild a house and if the house comes up ...On the day that you go ...ells ringing out in the street ...Hammer strikes the metal and it makes ...ells ringing out in the street ...Oh, hammer strikes the metal and it makes

And if the rose comes up ...You raise a child ...And when the child grows up ...ells ringing out in the street ...Hammer strikes the metal and it makes ...For the people who want it ...ells ringing out in the street ...ells ringing out in the street ...Hammer strikes the metal and it makes ...Close my eyes, see the glorious sunset ...Through the windows of a store ...You're the one that sings ...uild a house and if the house comes up ...On the day that you go ...ells ringing out in the street ...Hammer strikes the metal and it makes ...ells ringing out in the street ...Oh, hammer strikes the metal and it makes

Swingin' a hammer side-by-side, oh...in' up our heels to the Cotton-Eyed Joe...and laughter, gonna raise the rafters...boot-slidin' across the floor...Hallelujah, gonna raise the barn tonight...Well, the Lord, he was willin...But the creek, it did rise ...And the bossman don't seem ...The stars'll shine a li... when we swing open the doors and......in' up our heels to the Cotton-Eyed Joe...and laughter, gonna raise the rafters...boot-slidin' across the floor...Hallelujah, gonna raise the barn tonight...Hallelujah, gonna raise the barn tonight

Nigga with the Yay tell him now br...You don't know the click, I gotta nuff...You don't know what the grimin's like or th...Yea, I leave the gun there so the police think you sh...I lock the block down,...ops down, razors in the mattress,...I let the eight boop off at y...Have you comin out the speakers like the base do,...2003, the street's new Hannib...Man I show you what the piece and hammer do,...Raise my arm with the piece and hammer you,...Let the 8 spread, off at yo...my 2 nine M's, they the ying yang twins... Skeet, Skeet, from the window to the wall,...From the ceiling to the floor,...Dolly call us the shotty ma,...Y'all'll call up the squally squaw,...ly hard, get it all the squally in the party pa,...Right in the Hammerstein,...Hammer hit with the cheap blow,...ake one call to get the pussy poppin',...er booby wanna back the coochie play some l...ffin' god damn join the force,...Mommy, come join the boss,...gotta tell you that the boys are coarse,...I employ the force,