I think I understand
The reason you won’t stay with me
You think a ring upon your hand
Will solve your insecurity

So go ahead and play your games
If that’s what you must do
Nothing here remains the same
But the way I feel for you

I can watch you walk away
And I know that I’ll get by
And I know just what to say
But honey I can’t tell a lie

So figure out what you must do
I know you think you’re so damn clever
You can marry any time you want
But a lover is forever

I can watch you walk away
And I know that I’ll get by
And I know just what to say
But honey I can’t tell a lie

Figure out what you must do
I know you think you’re so damn clever
You can marry any time you want
But a lover is forever

You can marry any time you want
But a lover is forever

I am a man as a man I’ve been told
Bacon is brought to the house in this mold
Born of your bellies I yearn for the cord
Years I have groveled repentance ignored

And I have been blamed
And I have repented
I’m working my way toward our union mended

I am man who has grown from a son
Been crucified by enraged women
I am son who was raised by such men
I’m often reminded of the fools I’m among

And I have been shamed
And I have relented
I’m working my way toward our union mended
And I have been shamed
And I have repented
I’m working my way toward our union mended

we don’t fare well with endless reprimands
we don’t do well with a life served as a sentence
this won’t work well if you’re hell bent on your offence
I am a man who understands your resistance

I am a man who still does what he can
to dispel our archaic reputation
I am a man who has heard all he can
cuz I don’t fare well with endless punishment

Cuz I have been blamed and I have repented
I’m working my way toward our union mended
And we have been blamed and we have repented
I’m working my way toward our union mended

(Sen Dog)
Don’t let nobody treat me like crap
I’m pullin heads off sharp and smack em off francs
The best in these days I smoke on these tracks
Gonna mash your plan for holdin me back
Jump up rush the office with the gat
Lettin the niggaz see where my mind is at
Hurry up to the walls see how I react
But I keep comin back and that’s for a fact
I got the beef, but no road I got dropped
And take each day the bullshit don’t stop
Got to act with the man cause I don’t suck cock
No matter how bad I wanna get to the top
The music go out like a fuckin lot
With the key and the dat I rap and just stop
Come and see me on a Soul Assas trip
Hittin stage, generate, pumpin all that lip

(Chorus)
YOU CAN’T FUCK WITH ME
I AM EVERYTHING YOU EVER WANT TO BE
A FUCKIN MAN!
YOU CAN’T FUCK WITH ME
I AM EVERYTHING YOU EVER WANT TO BE
A FUCKIN MAN!

(Sen Dog)
If y’all ever need help I don’t wait
And I come from some shit that’s put away
I hit these suckers that think they so great
Still a nigga die, so they can update
No matter how you try you’ll always be fate
Breakin off chunks off of what I create
I see that liquorice all over your face
Back-stab a nigga in the mist of the chase
Fuck the bullshit let’s get to the bottom
Stompin punk styles, agein rock got em
Only thing I don’t wanna say when I drop em
Loadin my shells so don’t try to hock em
Hittin the heat with the jig-ass beats
Bite my style, is the only way to compete
Smoke anybody if I ever lop heat
And anybody else that wanna fuck with me

(Chorus)
YOU CAN’T FUCK WITH ME
I AM EVERYTHING YOU EVER WANT TO BE
A FUCKIN MAN!
YOU CAN’T FUCK WITH ME
I AM EVERYTHING YOU EVER WANT TO BE
A FUCKIN MAN!

(Sen Dog)
I sing funky-ass shit that I bring
Fly likes a lot when I do my thing
Check it out y’all ain’t no one nicer
Got it goin on with the mighty wanna cipher
Got a women crazy, when I beg
And hip-hop styles with the SX-10
Trust no one ain’t nobody your friend
Cause this business hear all about to end
Don’t mean comin back when they bust the raps
And all the little things of the nicer tracks
Hangin out in the uniform
Keep what I’m doin here all night long
Is to keep it goin, bring the thunder and pain
Ain’t bitches same since I went insane
Fuckin with these bitches up in this game
To the depicts, drain on my FUCKIN TRAIN

(Chorus)
YOU CAN’T FUCK WITH ME
I AM EVERYTHING YOU EVER WANT TO BE
A FUCKIN MAN!
YOU CAN’T FUCK WITH ME
I AM EVERYTHING YOU EVER WANT TO BE
A FUCKIN MAN!

I was supposed to be the rock
That you could stand on
Stronger than an old oak tree
But all you ever wanted was the one thing
That I never let you see –
The tender side of me

I tried to be a mountain
Solid and strong
All it took was your leavin’
To know I was wrong

Chorus:
A man ain’t made of stone
A man ain’t made of steel
The way I feel right now
I thought I’d never feel
And sometimes all it takes
Is facing the night alone
And that’s when you know
A man ain’t made of stone

In this world of mine there was
No room for weakness
I covered every crack in the wall
But there ain’t no way that I can
Keep this secret
‘Cause when you go
Like Cheriko I fall

You thought I wouldn’t shatter
Would I even care?
But there’s more to what I’m made of
Than this broken heart can bear

Repeat chorus

Sometimes all it takes
Is facing the night alone
And that’s when you know
A man ain’t made of stone

And as the band began to play
Without a song they lose their way
A song of love and custom dreams
A song of yesterday

When they danced
When they danced
Her skirts were lifted high
She felt the music in his arms
The danger in his eyes

And a woman said no
And a man said but I love you so
And a woman moved closer
And a man said take my love into your heart
I must have you here by my side

It happened all too fast
They came to love and they came to last
No-one remembers now who lied
True love is made glass

And a woman said change
And a man said as soon as I can
And a woman said open up
And a man said your way’s right
You’re my love
I want to be holdin’ you down

In the evening of their lives
No regrets and clear blue skies
They meet again in old New York
He tells her one sweet lie

And they danced
And they danced
And a man said I love you
And a woman said take my love into your heart
I must have you here by my side

Two young lovers with their bodies on fire

Achin’ to swim that river of desire

Leavin’ innocence there on the bank by their clothes
A man holdin’ on to a woman lettin’ go


There’s a man with a bottle on the other side of town
Swimmin’ in a mem-ry that he can’t drown

Lord it ain’t sunk in that she ain’t comin’ home
A man holdin’ on to a woman lettin’ go



Chorus

His heart is tellin him

To hang on for dear life

Cuz deep down he knows

She’s lettin’ go for good this time



There’s a daddy walkin’ his daughter down the aisle
Fightin’ back tears and forcin’ a smile

For 22 years he’s watched her grow
Now he’s a man holdin’ on to a woman lettin’ go

In the hill valley home there’s a feeble old man

And he’s holdin’ on to a fragile old hand

The angels are comin’ to carry her home

A man holdin’ on to a woman lettin’ go

Repeat Chorus

Repeat Verse One

It’s hard to be a Jew on Christmas
My Friends won’t let me join in any games..
And I can’t sing Christmas songs
Or decorate a Christmas tree..
Or leave water out for Rudolph
cos there’s something wrong with me..
My people don’t believe in Jesus Christ’s divinity..
I’m a Jew, a Lonely Jew.. on Christmas.

Hanukkah is nice, but why is it,
That Santa passes over my house every year?
And instead of eating Ham
I have to eat Kosher Lekeesh..
Instead of Silent Night
I’m singing hou-hazch-tou-gavish..
And what the fuck is up
With lighting all these fucking Candles, tell me please?
I’m a Jew, a Lonely Jew..
I’d be merry, but i’m Hebrew.. on Christmas.

Hey Little Boy, I can’t help but hear,
You’re feeling left out of Christmas Cheer..
But i’ve come to see that you shouldn’t be sad
‘Cos this is the one month that you shoud be glad..

Because it’s nice to be a Jew on Christmas
You don’t have to deal with the season at all..
You don’t have to be on your best behaviour, or give to charity
You don’t have to go to grandma’s house with your alcoholic family..
And I don’t have to sit on some fake Santa’s lap
And have him breathe his stinky breath on me!
That’s right! You’re a Jew, a Stylin’ Jew..
It’d a good time, to be Hebrew.. on Christmas.

A long December and there?s reason to believe
Maybe this year will be better than the last
I can?t remember the last thing you said as you were leavin?
Now the days go by so fast


And it?s one more day up in the canyons
And it?s one more night in Hollywood
If you think that I could be forgiven… I wish you would


The smell of hospitals in winter
And the feeling that it?s all a lot of oysters, but no pearls
All at once you look across a crowded room
To see the way that light attaches to a girl


And it?s one more day up in the canyons
And it?s one more night in Hollywood
If you think you might come to California… I think you should


Drove up to the Hillside Manor sometime after two a.m.
And talked a little while about the year
I guess the winter makes you laugh a little slower,
Makes you talk a little lower about the things you could not show her


And it?s been a long December and there?s no reason to believe
Maybe this year will be better that the last
I can?t remember all the times I tried to tell myself
To hold on to these moments as they pass


And it?s one more day up in the canyon
And it?s one more night in Hollywood
It?s been so long since I?ve seen the ocean… I guess I should

You?re here, I?m pleased
I really dig your company
Your style, your smile, your peace mentality
Lord, have mercy on me
I was blind, now I can see
What a king?s supposed to be
Baby I feel free, come on and go with me

Let?s take a long walk around the park after dark
Find a spot for us to spark
Conversation, verbal elation, stimulation
Share our situations, temptations, education, relaxations
Elevations, maybe we can talk about Surah 31:18

Your background it ain?t squeaky clean shit
Sometimes we all got to swim upstream
You ain?t no saint, we all are sinners
But you put your good foot down and make your soul a winner
I respect that, man you?re so phat
And you?re all that, plus supreme
Then you?re humble man I?m numb
Yo with feeling, I can feel everything that you bring

Let?s take a long walk around the park after dark
Find a spot for us to spark
Conversation, verbal elation, stimulation
Share our situations, temptations, education, relaxations
Elevations, maybe we can talk about Surah 31:18

Or maybe we can see a movie
Or maybe we can see a play on Saturday (Saturday)
Or maybe we can roll a tree and feel the breeze and listen to a symphony
Or maybe chill and just be, or maybe
Maybe we can take a cruise and listen to the Roots or maybe eat some passion fruit
Or maybe cry to the blues
Or maybe we could just be silent
Come on, Come on

Let?s take a long walk around the park after dark
Find a spot for us to spark
Conversation, verbal elation, stimulation
Share our situations, temptations, education, relaxations
Elevations, maybe we can talk about Surah 31:18

Or maybe we can see a movie
Or maybe we can see a play on Saturday (Saturday)
Or maybe we can roll a tree and feel the breeze and listen to a symphony
Or maybe chill and just be, or maybe
Maybe we can take a cruise and listen to the Roots or maybe eat some passion fruit
Or maybe cry to the blues
Or maybe we could just be silent
Come on, Come on

Let?s take a long walk around the park after dark
Find a spot for us to spark
Conversation, verbal elation, stimulation
Share our situations, temptations, education, relaxations
Elevations, maybe baby, maybe we can save the nation
Come on, Come on

(Richard Fagan/Gordon Kennedy)

When you told me
That we were through
I thought it would be easy
Getting over you
Now I know that it’s gonna take some time
‘Cause when I come home now
What do I see
So many memories staring at me
I know you left
But you left so much behind

It’s plain to see your hold on me
Just keeps on going strong
You’ve got a long way to go
Before you’re gone

I can’t take this anymore
I’m half of what I was before
Ever since I lost my better half
When I close my eyes
You’re all I see
You’re even walking in my sleep
I wanna cry but then I gotta laugh

It’s plain to see your hold on me
Just keeps on going strong
You’ve got a long way to go
Before you’re gone

It still ain’t clear that you ain’t here
To hear me babble on
‘Cause you’ve got a long way to go
Before you’re gone

If you come back we can start anew
‘Cause I’m so miserable without you
It’s kind of like you never left at all

It’s plain to see your hold on me
Just keeps on going strong
You’ve got a long way to go
Before you’re gone