“Friends.. Romans countrymen.. lend me a dollar! Ahh ha!” > Damon Wayans
“How much? A dollar.”
“One dollar..” > Dan Akroyd
“I got your money.. I got your poor measly..” > Eddie Murphy
“One dollar..” > Dan Akroyd
“Can I borrow a dollar?” > BizMarkie
“Nigga you ain’t shit.. you wasn’t shit when you was here!
I seen you do that shit all that’s the same shit
you was doin round the poolroom nigga
It ain’t nuthin — let me have a dollar”
“Can I have a dolla? One dolla”
“One dollar..” -> Dan Akroyd
“How much? — A dollar.”
“One dollar..” -> Dan Akroyd
“One beer? Man you gotta give me a dollar for a beer”

[Twilite Tone]
Check this out
One time, steps a man
Common Sense and the Unamerican Caravan
The true b-boys, dem dere and we in here
Yeah, ya know, from the Southside of Chicago
and we don’t front
Who me? I am Twilite Tone
Babylon dread, Bumstead, and we come like DIS

[Common]
This the start of somethin big
Methink I knows ya gonna dig it
It’s time to plant the seed
Hip-Hop’s the tree and I’ma fig it
Figure it out, the mic, I’m rippin it like a ligament
Gimme a light a Bud Light, and shit’ll get lit just like a cigarette
I’m a b-boy so don’t test me, many rappers don’t impress me
You try steppin into my city I’ll, Snipe em like Wesley
So you best be on your way, I’m doper than Marion Berry, hey
Wake up everyday and make-up rhymes but I’m not Mary Kay
Some say I’m dope as fuck, some label my rhymes incest
My flex is kinda mean yo, so hey kid, CATCH
These nuggets, these nuggets, these nugget ugget uggets
with some peas and a hole in the bucket (cool, cool)
Dear Liza, Minelli, I jam like jelly and I got
helly what, helly what, HELLY RHYMES
I can remember times when for a 40 I had to beg for bucks
Nobody really gave a, so I had to beg for fucks
Now what do niggaz do when they got not food
Skibbidy skap and busta bust a rap
So I pick up the pen and then begin the thoughts to get to pumpin
Hopin like all the people let me talk, let me say somethin
Cause nothin for nothin leaves nothin, I got nuthin to lose
I put, nuttin in my notes, I’m not your host when I got nuttin to use
Dues gettin credited, now I debit my bank account
Not on a blind date, could I see me taken out
by some glutteus, glutteus, maximus, maximus
I’m spas-ta-gis-a-mister-gis a mister-gis-ta-spas-ta-gis
Spectacular, the papes I Count like Dracula
You can’t cut the rug, because you suck, MC Vacumn Up
Rappers I skip on like Walter Payton
Their ain’t no way or half-step, and flex a rhyme like a bicep
Some steps with concepts, but umm, WHO cares
Not even the damn People Under the Stairs

[Twilite Tone]
Interruption, interruption
True b-boys runnin shit
Unamerican Caravan, beatin you down
Den dere’s de man who don’t stop
Yo Com, come back with some Sense, UHH

[Common]
Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo, here I come, here I come (what?)
A-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo, here I come, here I come (yeah!)
I’m comin around the mountain high as lower than a valley
I’m the cat, from the alley, from the back, I’ma rally
and tally up points, rollin joints, risin to the tops
Somewhat of a playwright, cause like a stage I got props
My crew’s a strange brew, a drink a day’ll keep the stink away
We been through AA, but hey, what can I say?
Say say say, what you want, but you’ll pay the con-se-quences
Cause Mister Common Sense is (yeah)
not gonna take it, so leave you better believe it
Even if your name ain’t Ripley, cause Ripley don’t know diddley
Hit me one time, two times, for the U-AYYY-C
Heyyyyyy, but anyway
I hit a skid, and I peel out like MC Eiht, damn I kill it
Earn my money the old fashioned way – I steal it
Stop thief in the temple, I hit

At some turning point in history, some fuckface recognized that knowledge tends to democratize cultures and societies so the only thing to do was monopolize and confine it to priests, clerics and elites (the rest resigned to serve), cuz if the rabble heard the truth they’d organize against the power, privilege and wealth hoarded by the few- for no one else. And did it occur to you that it’s almost exactly the same today? And so if our schools won’t teach us, we’ll have to teach ourselves to analyze and understand the systems of thought-control. And share it with each other, never sayed by brass rings or the threat of penalty. I’ll promise you- you promise me- not to sell each other out to murderers, to thieves… who’ve manufactured our delusion that you and me participate meaningfully in the process of running our own lives. Yeah, you can vote however the fuck you want, but power still calls all the shots. And believe it or not, even if (real) democracy broke loose, power could/would just “make the economy scream” until we vote responsibly.

Even if it’s easy to be free
What’s your definition of freedom?
And who the fuck are you, anyway?
Who the fuck are they?
Who the fuck am I to say?
What the fuck is really going on?
How did the cat get so fat?
Why does the family die?
Do you care why?
’cause there hasn’t been a sign
Of anything gettin’ better in the ghetto
People’s fed up
But when they get up
You point your fuckin’ finger
You racist, you bigot
But that’s not the problem
Now is it?
It’s all about the money
Political power is takin
Protecting the rich denying the poor
Yeah, they love to watch the war from the White House
And I wonder how can they sleep at night?
How can they sleep at night?
How did the cat get so fat? (x4)

A Perfect Indian is he
Remembering him life is sweet
Like a weeping willow
His face on my pillow
Comes to me still in my dreams

And there I saw a young baby
A beautiful daughter was she
A face from a painting
Red cheeks and teeth aching
Her eyes like a wild Irish sea

On a table in her yellow dress
For a photograph feigned happiness
Why in my life is that the only time
That any of you will smile at me

I’m sailing on this terrible ocean
I’ve come for my self to retrieve
Too long have I been feeling like ???’s childern
And there’s only one way to be free

He’s shy and he speaks quietly
He’s gentle and he seems to me
Like the elf-arrow
His face worn and harrowed
Is he a daydreamer like me

Now a new look in my eyes my spirit rise
Forget the past
Present tense works and lasts
Got shit on
Pissed on
Spit on
Stepped on
Fucked with
Pointed at by lesser men

(Pre)

New life in place of old life
Unscarred by trials

(Chorus)

A new level of confidence and power

Demanding plea for unity between us all —
United stand
Death before divided fall
In mock military order
Vulgar
Power
Impatient
Because time is shorter

(Pre)

(Chorus)

No fucking surrender
Can’t lose
Life kills

The evening sun is falling that old blue moon is calling
My guardian angel in the sky came through
To help all my dreams come true there’s a new star.
There’s a new star coming tonight, there’s a new love burning
So bright for a new star of love is born between the earth and sky
for you and I.

There’s a new star
The moon was dull, the sky was cold and gray
There were no stars to light my lonely way
And then I traced the lovelight in your eyes
To a new star twinkling in the sky burning bright, day and night
Now I’m alright, now we’re together, lovers forever
A new star, a new star to light our way
There’s a new star burning for us, there’s a new world turning for us
There’s a new star sparkling in the sky.

There’s a new star shining somewhere and we know the reason why
There’s a new star way up there for a true love
A new star for our love will never die.

I believe when someone passes away
Either a star is born, energy so pure
That it creates new worlds
Or as the soul releases
Shatters into pieces
Becoming free flowing thoughts
For my mental thesis
Maybe we just don’t understand
The spirits that still walk the land
Or whatever the case
I believe that we all still remain
To share the same space

So dad, I know you’re listenin’
How you been?
Oh, I’m doin’ fine, just passin’ time
Submerged in sin sometimes I take a bath
And just get all dirty again
I try to cleanse my mind, cleanse my soul and get in
Into that place you’ve been
No, I’m not tryin’ to rush anything
I just wanna visit you because I miss you
So what you tryin’ to say?
My imagination been wild since I been a child
And since you’re laughin’ then
I take it that good things are happenin’

The day I learned you were gone
A new star was born
Distant voices fill my mind
Said look up in the sky
And when I did there you were

Well, I’m sure you already know this
I’m a big pop star
And my pops is a star (ha ha)
No, you really are
Sometimes I feel like an anus
I kinda made you a little famous
Always spillin’ my guts
Explainin’ to these people who think I’m nuts
Told them how you and moms knuckled up
My excuse for being such a disrupt
Yeah, they sure did
They called you an abusive drunk
Sorry, I didn’t realize the media would run with it
But now I know and sometimes I try to have fun with it

The day I learned you were gone
A new star was born
Distant voices fill my mind
Said look up in the sky
And when I did there you were

What did you say you wish to be free
Been here all this time because of me
And on August 16, 2001
Anything that I wish to release
Release? I see.
First of all I give you my thanks for preparing me
To be open and free
I release my mind releasin’ my soul
Release the courage to break the mold
Release my record 20 million sold
Release my pops you’re free to go
Create a new galaxy, yes dad
You’ll still be right next to me

The day I learned you were gone
A new star was born
Distant voices fill my mind
Said look up in the sky
And when I did there you were

The day I learned you were gone
A new star was born
Distant voices fill my mind
Said look up in the sky
And when I did there you were

Everyday it’s the same thing
Another trend has begun
Hey kids, this might be the one

It’s a race to be noticed
And it’s leaving us numb
Hey kids, we can’t be the ones

With all of our fashions
We’re still incomplete
The God of redemption
Could break our routine

There’s a new way to be human
It’s nothing we’ve ever been
There’s a new way to be human
New way to be human

And where is our inspiration?
When all the heroes have gone
Hey kids, could we be the ones?

‘Cause nobody’s famous
And nobody’s fine
We all need forgiveness
We’re longing inside

There’s a new way to be human
It’s nothing we’ve ever been
There’s a new way to be human
It’s spreading under my skin
There’s a new way to be human
Where divinity blends
With a new way to be human
New way to be human

You’re throwing your love across
My impossible space
You’ve created me
Take me out of me into

A new way to be human
To a new way to be human
You’re a new way to be human
Where my humanity bends
To a new way to be human
Redemption begins
You’re a new way to be human
You’re a new way to be human
You’re the only way to be human
You’re a new way to be human

I was feeling low, I was kinda blue
But that’s all gone since I got something new

I got a new way to walk
(Walk, walk)
I got a new way to walk
(Walk, walk)
I got a new way to walk
And my new walk suits me fine

I got a new way to walk
(Walk, walk)
I got a new way to walk
(Walk, walk)
I got a new way to walk
And it makes my spirit shine

It’s a little bit of strut and a lot of smooth
And a little bit of bouncing fine
My chin is up, my feet don’t stall
When I walk my walk, I walk real tall

I got a new way to walk
(Walk, walk)
I got a new way to walk
(Walk, walk)
I got a new way to walk
And it shows how good I feel

This little piggy went to the market
This little piggy stayed home
This little piggy got a whole new walk
And look at these pig feet take me home

I got a new way to walk
(Walk, walk)
I got a new way to walk
(Walk, walk)
I got a new way to walk
And it shows I’ve got some sense

I got a new way to walk
(Walk, walk)
I got a new way to walk
(Walk, walk)
I got a new way to walk
And I walk with confidence

I got a new way, way to walk
(Walk, walk)
I got a new way to walk
(Walk, walk)

(repeat and fade)

Why are you laughin, it wasn’t that funny
Would u still be my friend if u didn’t get money?
I try to keep cool but i’m losin my grip
This world is such a odd little trip
And i wish that i could see
Or just keep my head in reality
I always go off in a daze
The problems is like puttin me in a maze

And I
Wish I could go back to preschool
Where the kids didn’t care what’d u wear
You didn’t need 10 pounds of makeup
Didn’t matter if you brushed your hair
And i hate the way you judge me
Without any thought to who i am
Cuz you just care about the brand names
Well frankly, I dont give a damn

I wakeup in the mornin
Slip on my shoes
Rub the sleep from my eyes
And head off to school
There it all will change
You try not to be yourself
Well i used to know you
Till you became somebody else

And I
Wish I could go back to preschool
Where the kids didn’t care what’d u wear
You didn’t need 10 pounds of makeup
Didn’t matter if you brushed your hair
And i hate the way you judge me
Without any thought to who i am
Cuz you just care about the brand names
Well frankly, I dont give a damn