e been high most of my life, ... just a wish that a heart makes, ...I used to sell ya, sell ya, sell ya only things you ...h they were looking for. ...from the sticks and stones but from the names ...from the sticks and stones but from the names ...You like my characteristics, you like my stones, ...s you say and break my bones. ...e been high most of my life, ... just a wish that a heart makes, ...I used to sell ya, sell ya, sell ya only things you ...h they were looking for. ...from the sticks and stones but from the names ...from the sticks and stones but from the names ...You like my characteristics, you like my stones, ...names and say break my bones. ...e been high most of my life, ... just a wish that a heart makes, ...I used to sell ya, sell ya, sell ya all the things y...h they were looking for.

n the air and do it for your block (um) ..., um, underground's my style ...and I swear to my god ...So (um) peace to my area, N.W.K. ...is my stomping grounds ...I open up my chest ...and to my 'hood give my heart ...'cause without the heart ...the 'hood was my savior ...n the air and do it for your block (um) ...and sticks-and-stones-may-break-my-bones ...In the heart of Newark, New Jers...If you step up in my face ...n the air and do it for your block (um) ...not only for the urban ...but also for suburban ...say you sell out ...because you sell a million copies ...So do it for yourself, ...and do it for the 'hood, ...back in the days on my block ... WISE, EASY ED, and my brother HARD BERNAR...t on the wall until my hands turned red ... to give them props for helping me be me ...n the air and do it for your block (um)

here's a kid out on my corner, hear him st...rds and the Rolling Stones ...eger singing in his heart ...ith skin that calls for blood ...ll just today I had my birthday -- I made ...t this problem with my aging I no longer c... that I was singing for ... daybreak chorus of my dreams serenades no...t has settled round my waist ...Hello my Country ...Your passion was my poetry ...And your past my most potent glory ...Your promise was my prayer ...Your hypocrisy my nightmare ... your problems fill my present ...es own the flag and sell us sermons on restr...Sell 'em pre-canned laug...Singing Nearer My God to Thee ...You've got to pay for them ...There is no way for them ...at I've run through my body, what I've run through my mind ...My breath's the only rhythm -- and the tempo is my time ...My enemy is hopelessness -- my ally honest doubt ...ystem hitched up to my soul ...the band plays back my song ...ey're applauding at my shadow long after I...y new day's dawning my kid climbs in my bed ...nd as I wander with my music through the j...My kid will learn guit