Verse 1

(Nas)
Low profile, rap style
slick as new now
give the crew pounds
every time we cover them grounds
still surviving but there’s a few down
back in the essence
I’m asking questions on the phone
with jail adolescence
crying confession, the system’s supplying the pressure
my mind is guessing
Is living and dying a lesson
but not to be obliged with the mirage
of cars taking you off track
from with the gods focus on hard
Laid up smoking cigars
motioning maids to bring me toast and eggs
kosher, Ice chokers and wolves to smoke ya
my wisdom culture lives in ultra madness
devoted coach bag bitch
broke the average nigga’s hopes to get mad rich
But what’s the purpose
only the gods can watch the Earth twist
I’m physically trapped down on the surface
with all the crack merchants
snakes and serpents
foul jakes the searches
clowns with four pounds this ain’t a circus.
Chorus (R. Kelly)

Street dreamer
Oh mercy mercy me
Ain’t nothing I got for ya
Situations get heavy
Heavy, heavy
Trying to be a gangster.
Verse 2

(Nas)
The black clouds over the hood
I’m on the corner with the thugs
late night under the moon
as they assume I’m slanging drugs
cause I’m hooded up
thought a G a night wasn’t good enough
pushed my luck
yo they had a brother put in cuffs
Luckily, made it out of court comfortably
judge said I need a job ain’t nothing coming free
could’ve got a one to three
I try to school these shorties under me
but they can’t see
From life to death
so know we back to where we never left the ghetto
It’s a damn shame
knowing it’s a man’s game
shorty thinks it’s time to make ya plans change
all that running round trying to chase
what’s already here – been there
it’s going no where
pops told me knuckle up – no fear
I wish some of these killings
they could be prevented
whatever happens it was written
meaning God meant it
but during ya life you put ya heart in it
even though it seems we being targeted
let that brother R hit it
Chorus (extended)

(Nas) Sort of wild, since a child
hope was all we had
drip the bust out past
complaning the mental straining
how many in my crew is into gaining
subtract the weak links about the chaining
rise it start raining
Blasphemy using Nas name in vain
some plain supreme being
yet they lied in his name
I tried to learn the game
and the only thing I found incredible
everything I tried to learn
see, I already knew
And it’s embedded in my heart now
so I can sit back, count a stack
and play my part now
I saw my life flash in front of my eyes
he wore disguise
put a gun to me hungry he
went on to chastize
That’s Nas ain’t it
made it rich from entertainment
fresh wally’s painted
as he told the kid he came with
my first thought was how the game flip
Yo perhaps it was somebody I smacked
drunk in a party on yak
or was I marked for a contract
for some foul act
a little while back or beyond that
you got me laying face flat
saying my grace black
woke up in a cold sweat
Yo, I hate that
My air like I lost in the battlefield
that’s why I hit the mic with mad appeal
grab ya shield and meet ya maker
Queens niggas die for paper
these the things the street dreams will take ya.
Chorus

James…we were always friends,
From our childhood days
And we made our plans,
And we had to go our seperate ways.
I went on the road-
You pursued an education.

James…do you like your life,
Can you find release,
And will you ever change-
Will you ever write your masterpiece.
Are you still in school-
Living up to expectations…James…

You were so relied upon, everybody knows how hard you tried-
Hey…just look at what a job you’ve done,
Carrying the weight of family pride.
James…you’ve been well behaved,
You’ve been working so hard
But will you always stay-
Someone else’s dream of who you are.
Do what’s good for you, or you’re not good for anybody…James.

I went on the road-
You pursued an education…James…
How you gonna know for sure-everything was so well organized.
Hey…now everything is so secure,
and everybody else is satisfied.

James…do you like your life,
Can you find release
And will you ever change,
When will you write your masterpiece.
Do what’s good for you, or you’re not good for anybody…James…


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James,
Your voice is like the water
When I lift this shell to my ear
I can hear you pourin’ out your heart to me
James,
The beauty of your voice
Lifts us from sadness
James,
Let us become like water together
Sing to me
Sit on the edge of my bed as when we
First spent nights together
Your body wrapped around your guitar
Let the music speak for your heart
Let them combine like water and sand
Let them meet the air like drops of rain
And bring us together, once again

Hey j-j-jaded, you got your mama’s style
But you’re yesterday’s child to me
So jaded
You think that’s where it’s at
But is that where it’s supposed to be
You’re gettin’ it all over me and serrated

My, my baby blue
Yeah I been thinkin’ about you
My, my baby blue
Yeah you’re so jaded
And I’m the one that jaded you

Hey j-j-jaded
In all it’s misery
It will always be what I love and hated
And maybe take a ride to the other side
We’re thinkin’ of
We’ll slip into the velvet glove
And be jaded

My, my baby blue
Yeah I’m thinkin’ about you
My, my baby blue
Yeah, I’m so jaded
And baby I’m afraid of you

Your thinking’s so complicated
I’ve had it all up to here
But it’s so overrated
Love and hated
Wouldn’t trade it
Love me jaded

Hey j-j-jaded
There ain’t no baby please
When I’m shootin’ the breeze with her
When everything you see is a blur
And ectasy’s what you prefer

My, my baby blue
Yeah I’m talkin’ about you
My, my baby blue
Yeah I’ve been thinkin’ about you
My, my baby blue
Yeah you’re so jaded
Baby
Jaded
Baby
You’re so jaded
‘Cause I’m the one that jaded you

Hey
Ja ja jaded
You gotch yo mama’s style
But you’re yesterday’s child to me
So jaded
You think that’s where it’s at but is that where it’s suposed to be
You’re gettin’ it all over me
X – rated

My my baby blue
Yeah I been thinkin bout you
My my baby blue
Yeah your so jaded
And I’m the one that jaded you

Hey
Ja ja jaded
In all it’s misery
It will always be what I love
And hated
And maybe take a ride to the other side
We’re thinkin’ of
We’ll slip into the velvet glove
And be jaded

My my baby blue
Yeah I’m thinkin’ ’bout you
My my baby blue
Yeah I’m so jaded
And baby I’m afraid a you

Your thinkin’s so complicated
I’ve had it all up to here
But it’s so overrated
Love and hate it
Wouldn’t trade it
Love me jaded

Hey
Ja ja jaded
There ain’t no baby please
When I’m shootin’ the breeze with her
When everything you see is a blur
And extasy’s what you prefer

My my baby blue
(blue blue blue blue yeah)
Yeah I’m talkin’ ’bout you
My my baby blue
(blue blue blue blue yeah)
Yeah I’ve been thinkin’ ’bout you
My my baby blue
Yeah you’re so jaded
(Jaded)
Jaded
(Jaded)
Your so jaded
Cause I’m the one that jaded you

Turn your head
If It don’t feel good
Turn your head
You don’t wanna take it


Think about the good things that I did to you
And think about the bad things that I didn’t do
That I didn’t do


That I didn’t do
That I didn’t do


Turn your head
If It don’t feel good
Turn your head
You don’t wanna take it


Think about the good things that I did to you
And think about the bad things that I didn’t do
That I didn’t do
That I didn’t do

Turn your head
If It don’t feel good
Turn your head
You don’t wanna take it



Think about the good things that I did to you
And think about the bad things that I didn’t do
That I didn’t do

That I didn’t do
That I didn’t do

Turn your head
If It don’t feel good
Turn your head
You don’t wanna take it

Think about the good things that I did to you
And think about the bad things that I didn’t do
That I didn’t do
That I didn’t do

Jaded Heart

I didn’t know you, but I could see it in your eyes
Shattered dreams and hopes, you’d been hurt too many times
Well I’ve heard your past from a friend I’d seen today
Told me of your heart, that you had been away

How I wish I could take you away
I would show you that my love’s not the same
But I see I’ve found you too late

Jaded heart
You look but don’t see
Love in front of you
You can’t believe
Jaded heart
Love can’t get to you
To bring your heart to me

I realize you’ve heard it all before
Lies and promises, you don’t listen anymore

How I hope that I will find a way
To break down all these walls that you have made
But my eyes see that it’s too late

Jaded heart
You look but don’t see
Love in front of you
You can’t believe
Jaded heart
Jaded heart
Love can’t get to you
To bring your heart to me

How I wish that I could take you away
I would show you that my love’s not the same
Can it be that I found you too late

Jaded Heart
You look but don’t see
Love in front of you
You can’t believe
Jaded Heart
Love can’t get to you
To bring your heart to me

Jada: What are you doing?
Jaden: I’m just looking over there
Jada: You looking over there?
Jaden: Yeah I’m just looking at the piano
Will: You ready to come out yet?
Jaden: No
Will: You cool? You chillin’?
Jaden: Mmm hmm
Will: It’s all good?
Jaden: Yeah
Will: You gonna be quiet when mommy is singing?
Jaden: Yeah
Will: You can talk right now though
Jaden: OK. How you gonna warm up?
Jada: (clears throat) Well hopefully if I keep doing it enough I’ll get it right
Jaden: Mom can I have some microphones? Can I have some earphones on?
Jada: Uuuhhhmmm Will? I don’t know if they have extra, can Jaden have earphones? (laughs) (door closes) Oh there you go Jaden
Jaden: OK
Jada: You can hear me?
Jaden: Yeaaaahhhh
Jada: OK
Jaden: Can I talk to my daddy?
Jada: Daddy can hear you
Jaden: Hi daddy, what’s up?
Will (faded): Can you hear me?
Jaden: Yeah. Wooooow
Jada: But when the music starts you have to be quiet
Jaden: K

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