Living Colour

I heard a tree. It was talking to me. It said "You are an asshole." A honeybee Went buzzing by me. It said "You're such an asshole." I've experienced such strange phenomena since I left my sweet Marie. I left her to see the world now the whole world is mad a...

In a new place, in a strange land An undone new world, not a part of the plan Hatred and fear is the language I know Out of my home, out of control Everything that I want, isn't it everything that you've got? Everything that I want, isn't it everything that y...

Living behind the dark side of the sun everyone's here but nobody comes things are finished before they've begun life is beautiful behind the sun you may see you may care we're still here you're still there everyone's happy life is sweet parallel lines that...

People, if they choose you, then they want you to decide But you'd rather relax, kick back, enjoy the ride There's a catagory if you're straight or gay You're a wild card gambler and you like it both ways Everybody wants you when you're bi Looking at the girl...

I see the fragments of the dreams I used to have And bits of aspiration lying in the sand The stained glass wall of love that I cannot see through Provides the only light here in my lonely room A breeze reminds me of the changing time and place A tear that ta...

Tossed my keys in the river Now I can't go home again Burned up my phone book Now I have to make a real friend Threw away my watch and wallet Now I have no time to spend Gave up my vices To stop the voices And now they're back again Gonna strip it all away Go...

The morning is dead and the day, is, too. The step is up here to meet me but the velvet fool. All my loveliness I have felt today. It's a little more than enough to make a man throw himself away. And I continue to burn the midnight lamp alone. Now the smilin...

Look in my eyes, what do you see? the Cult of Personality I know your anger, I know your dreams I've been everything you wanna be ohhh… I'm the Cult of Personality Like Mussolini and Kennedy I'm the Cult of Personality the Cult of Personality the Cult...

I see you crying in the sunshine I hear you laughing in the rain You say you can't tell any difference Between the pleasure and the pain You say you never ever dream at night time You say you only dream when you're awake And say that T.V. looks like your life...

Tabloids scream Elvis seen at a shopping mall That's the kind of talk That makes my stomach crawl Picture a zombie Elvis In a tacky white jump suit Just imagine a rotting Elvis Shopping for fresh fruit You can't 'cause Chorus: Elvis is dead Elvis is dead El...

We are all fighting the same fight We are all in the same war We are all in the same revolution You got to know what you're fighting for We are all fighting the same fight We are all in the same war We are all in the same revolution You got to know what you'r...

The girls won't touch me Cos I've got a misdirection Living at night isn't helping my complexion The signs all saying it's a social infection A little bit of fun's never been an insurrection Mamma threw me out till I get some pants that fit She just won't app...

I jumped out the window to get to the parking lot I'm writing this little song on my way down Never in my life have I felt a heat so hot I had to get out Such a lovely day to go flying The sky's so clear, the sun is shining Fate has given me wings Suc...

No, I'm not gonna rob you No, I'm not gonna beat you No, I'm not gonna rape you So why you want to give me that Funny Vibe! No, I'm not gonna hurt you No, I'm not gonna harm you And I try not to hate you So why you want to give me that Funny Vibe!  

The glamour boys swear they are a diva The glamour boys have it all under control Always dancing and always laughing The glamour boys are playing the role The glamour boys never have no money The glamour boys wear the most expensive clothes The glamour boys a...

What is the point of suffering? What is the purpose of joy? Is it true that the winner dies With the most toys? A lifetime spent for a dollar A lifetime twisting in pain A lifetime gone in an hour A lifetime playing the game I see the starving Africans on TV...

How carefully I've shaped you in the solitude of days How peaceful is my mind entwined in cord around my fingers How sweet the days I've marked in knots I've tenderly caressed So many times I've touched you, reached you, teased you Now fingering these veins of...

n Africa, music is not an art form as much as it is a means of communication A negro has got no name Quite often, the words of the song are meaningless A negro has got no name We are wearing the name of our master The slave had no separate? A negro has got no...

Baby you stole my heart I don't know what to do Got one problem on my mind Do you feel the way I do? I want to know Give me a sign girl Open your heart and tell me that you're mine When you walk down the street The cats don't even make a noise They worship at...

Living with myself is hard enough So I get away when things get rough Fammon, strife, and thoughts of war Matter less than the dress she wore Ignorance is bliss Problem sloved with just one kiss Ignorance is bliss Problem sloved with just one kiss I'm just t...

Sometimes I feel Like my mind will explode Sometimes I feel Like I've got no control Sometimes I wish I had a heart made of steel Sometimes I wish I couldn't feel Information overload Information overload Information overload Information overload They say th...

We must never take these words too seriously Words are very important but then if we take them too seriously We destroy every thing... I'm not one of those joiners I'm not down with the club There's no place I'm going to You see, it's the hole I dug I just l...

you know in this sin sick world we live in gotta have something to help you through the day in this world full of frustration lack of hope, despair there's something in this world to help your day no, i'm not talking 'bout drugs, baby no, i'm not talking 'bout...

I always thought our relationship was cool You played the role of having sense I always played the fool Now something's different I don't know the reason why Whenever we separate I almost want to cry Oh no, please not that again Love rears up its ugly head And...

Do you remember here? No you don't remember anything at all I'm here flat on my back Never woke up - had no regrets There's a party in my mind And I hope it never stops They party all the time Gonna party till they drop Other people can go home Other people...

Heaven is burning No birds sing Heaven is burning ItÂ’s a silent spring Party is over The circus has left town ItÂ’s the morning after And youÂ’re coming down Down Down Hell is frozen Crashing dreams Cities imploding Worlds unseen ThereÂ’s a method to the m...

I don't have a need to be the best Don't want to be just like the rest Just stay who I am Just an ordinary Middle Man Give me the happy medium Don't want to be the one whose leading them I've got no master plan Just a simple Middle Man Standing on a fine line...

I don't have a need to be the best Don't want to be just like the rest Just stay who I am Just an ordinary Middle Man Give me the happy medium Don't want to be the one whose leading them I've got no master plan Just a simple Middle Man Standing on a fine line...

i don't care about your dreams of peace i don't care about your please lord please i don't care about your africa i don't care about your ancestors 'cause money talks and i'm listening to the sound money talks and it's the only sound that counts i don'...

Starts from the back of your head Shifts to the front of your head because of the vibrations Ain't got no girl to kiss on, what I got Ain't got no face to sit on, what I got Ain't got no star to wish on, what I got I will never be satisfied I will never be s...

Buy and die/or sell and be free We are the new Jacks/this is our reality Do unto others/leave no one alive This is our creed/we will survive No control is how I'm living On the edge with no forgiving Things get rough when you've got time to kill You've got th...

Well like a descendant, I drifted far, far and wide Isolation, separation, no where to hide Maybe there's somewhere I can go Where there's sunshine and the wind won't blow Nothingness All I have to feel is my lonliness Nothing in the attic 'cept an empty ches...

Now you can tear a building down But you can't erase a memory These houses may look all run down But they have a value you can't see... This is my neighborhood This is where I come from I call this place my home You call this place a slum You wanna run all th...

I am an angel, stands in the corner, nobody sees me Invisible angel, makes certain signals, only I know what they me Dogs and demons walks in my head I am deep under pressure I understand what I have to do now I know I'm just following orders They crucify me...

When I speak out loud You say I'm crazy When I'm feeling proud You say I'm lazy I look around and see the true reality You like our hair You love our music Our culture's large, so you abuse it Take time to understand, I'm an equal man Chorus: History's a lie...

Feel the tension mounting in the air No one seems to give a damn No one seems to care There'll be no submission, no surrender Release, release, release the pressure Tear off the mask of illusion Smash on the screens Where nothing is ever what is seems There'l...

How many times must we tell them are they never gonna learn How many times must we tell them are they never gonna learn This is sacred ground, sacred ground How many times must we tell them are they never gonna learn This is sacred ground, sacred ground For...

When it hurts to be out there Where no one will care I've got the solace of you Frustrated by people's lying But I keep on trying I've got the solace of you When I can't think straight And there's no escape I've got the solace of you Gotta go insid...

Do you remember The time of laughter Children playing, life was so sweet Before our city forgot us And let the druglord take our street Pacify me politician Pacify me with your lies Blind to the people suffering Deaf to the children's cries But I know what to...

Your more interesting when your lying What ever your selling I ain't buying If theres someone out their without sin Let them cast the first stone If theres someone out their without sin We can all go home I don't believe in what your preaching And you...

It's getting near dawn, When lights close their tired eyes. I'll soon be with you my love, To give you my dawn surprise. I'll be with you darling soon, I'll be with you when the stars start falling. I've been waiting so long To be where I'm going In the sunsh...

You can't tell me how to run my life down and you can't tell me how to keep my fitness sound you can't tell me what i'm doing wrong when you keep dialing and sing that same old funny song you can't tell me which way to go cause i'm six and seven and then some...

Incrimination And adoration Disappointment To adulation The inquisition in your eyes Makes me wonder why But I don't regret a thing That's what you taught me Everything No I don't regret a thing That's what you gave me Everything Dath where is th...

I am the role I play Really ... I'm not who I am Wake up.... Who am I ... What will be the plan Everyday's a .. No need to explain I'm goin' through the door I'll be gone before the show I'm trapped behind a door A secret I ignore ... thing .... ... anymore...

In another life You might have been a genius In another life You might have been a star In another life Your face might have been perfect In another life You'd drive a better car In another life All your jokes are funny In another life Your heart is free from...

This little pig has a mind of his own This little pig thinks he's cool This little pig thinks that he's all grown And this little pig needs school This little pig has something to prove This little piggie, he wants to be down Now this little pig wishes that h...

Time's up/the rivers have no life Time's up/the world is full of strife Time's up/the sky is falling Time's up/the Lord is calling How you gonna stop the clock When the well runs dry All the rivers have died Moment by moment, day by day The world is just slip...

~~~♫♫♫~~~ Turn off your mind, relax and float down stream It is not dying, it is not dying Lay down all thoughts, surrender to the void It is shining, it is shining That you may see the meaning of within It is being, it is being ~~~♫♫♫~~~ Love is all and lo...

Stereotype Monotype Blood type Are you my type? Minimalism Abstract expressionism Postmodernism Is it? We are the children of concrete and steel This is the place where the truth is concealed This is the time when the lie is revealed Everything is possible, b...

Touch without seeing love with no feeling Stealing a moment...under cover of darkness I'd like to kiss you let my lips caress you Sending sparks of passion up your spine But doing so means saying no and even The thought would be a crime I like to touch your...

We hate each other 'cause of race and religion We hate each other 'cause of class and position We want to know why is love so hard to come by Give me a reason why you love so hard to try The walls between us all must fall The walls between us all must fall W...

WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE COLOUR? LIVING COLOUR WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE COLOUR? LIVING COLOUR Is it Red? That's what I said Is it Gold? You got me sold Is it Green? That's mighty mean Is it Black? Get back WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE COLOUR? LIVING COLOUR WHAT'S YOUR FAV...

I look at the T.V. Your America's doing well I look out the window My America's catching hell I just want to know which way do I go to get to your America? I just want to know which way do I go to get to your America? I change the channel Your America's doin...