PLAY GOD: ani difranco

I was done at 16 Showin up for class I was out there In the ring Learnin how to kick some ass I was done at 16 Using my momma's key It was all on me Yes it was all on me... Weren't no free rides Weren't no IOU's I pulled my weight I paid my dues And I showed up To enlist On the first day of recruits How bout you? How bout you... I'm my brother's keeper Every chance I can I pay my taxes Like any working man And I feel I've earned My right to choose You don't get to play God, man I do You don't get to play God, man I do... You get to run the world In your special way You get much more Much more than your say Government, religion It's all just patriarchy I must insist You leave this one thing to me... Just one thing that a man needs To be truly free This is the modern world And that one thing is money But there are two things That a woman needs Control over her own body... Yes I pay the price On top of everything Each month a bill Each month a reckoning And each seed that dies I cry and I bleed So you can't tell me No you can't tell me... I am a soldier It's my blood that flows I'd give my life So that this tree can grow You don't know creation Like I know So you can't tell me No you can't tell me... I'm my brother's keeper Every chance I can I pay my taxes Like any workin man And I feel I've earned My right to choose You don't get to play God I do You don't get to play God I do You don't get to play God I do... lyrics and music by ANI DIFRANCO

DESTINY RULES: fleetwood mac

Maybe we were together in another life Maybe we are together in a parallel universe Maybe our paths are not supposed to cross twice Maybe your arms are not supposed to go around me... I hear about you now and then I wonder where you are and how you feel Sometimes I walk by and I look up to your balcony Just to make sure that you were real Just to make sure that I can still feel you... When I see you again, As I always do It appears to me that Destiny rules And the spirits are ruthless with the paths they choose It's not being together, It's just following the rules No one's a fool... Six weeks in a foreign country, how the time flew I didn't speak the language, but somehow I knew That that would be the only time that we could be alone and foolish We said we'd never come home... When I see you again, As I always do It appears to me that Destiny rules And the spirits are ruthless with the paths they choose It's not being together, It's just following the rules No one's a fool... I like the coastal cities, I like the lights I like the way the city blends into the ocean at night It's like living on a working river; the coastline is glittering Like a diamond snake in a black sky... When I see you again, As I always do It appears to me that Destiny rules And the spirits are ruthless with the paths they choose It's not being together, It's just following the rules No one's a fool... Just following the rules, no one's a fool Just following the rules, no one's a fool Just following the rules, no one's a fool No one's a fool

MOMENT 4 LIFE: nicki minaj and drake

I fly with the stars in the skies, I am no longer trying to survive, I believe that life is a prize, But to live doesn't mean you're alive, Don't worry bout me and who I fire I get what I desire it's my empire And yes I call the shots I am the umpire I sprinkle holy water upon the vampire In this very moment I'm king This very moment I slay Goliath with a sling, This very moment I bring Put it on everything that I will retire with the ring, And I will retire with the crown, yes! No I'm not lucky I'm blessed, yes! Clap for the heavyweight champ, me! But I couldn't do it all alone, we! Young Money raised me, grew up out in Baisley Southside Jamaica, Queens and it's crazy 'Cause I'm still hood, Hollywood couldn't change me Shout out to my haters, sorry that you couldn't phase me Ain't being cocky we just vindicated, best believe that when were done This moment will be syndicated, I don't know, this night just remind me of Everything that they deprived me of... Put ya drinks up, It's a celebration every time we link up We done did everything they can think of Greatness is what we on the brink of... I wish that I could have this moment for life, for life, for life 'Cause in this moment I just feel so alive, alive, alive I wish that I could have this moment for life, for life, for life This is my moment I just feel so alive, alive, alive (yeah, yeah, yeah uh)... What I tell 'em hoes bow bow bow to me, drop down to ya knees Young Money the Mafia that's word to Lil' Cease I'm in The Dominican Big Papi Ortiz Doin' target practice all these bitches just aiming to please Shout out to the C.E.O. five hundred degrees Shout out to the O.V.O wear rings and fatigues, ow! Niggas wanna be friends how coincidental This supposed to be ya'll year we ain't get the memo A young King, pay me in gold Forty got a bunch of weed he ain't even rolled These niggas be droppin' songs they ain't even cold Weezy on top and that nigga ain't even home, yet! Yeah, be very afraid These other rappers getting bodied and carried away Fuck it me and Nicki Nick gettin' married today And now you bitches that be hatin' can catch a bouquet, ooh Yeah, you a star in my eyes, you and all them white girls party of five Are we drinking a lil' more I can hardly decide I can't believe we really made it I'm partly surprised, I swear Damn, this one for the books, man! I swear this shit is as fun as it looks, man! I'm really tryna make it more than what it is, 'Cause everybody dies but not everybody lives, ah!... I wish that I could have this moment for life, for life, for life 'Cause in this moment I just feel so alive, alive, alive I wish that I could have this moment for life, for life, for life This is my moment I just feel so alive, alive, alive, for life... This is my moment, I waited all my life I can tell its time Drifting away I'm one with the sunsets, I have become alive... I wish that I could have this moment for life, for life, for life 'Cause in this moment I just feel so alive, alive, alive I wish that I could have this moment for life, for life, for life This is my moment I just feel so alive, alive, alive, for life... Written by Tyler Williams, Aubrey Drake Graham, Onika Tanya Maraj, Nikhil Seetharam • Copyright © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner/Chappell Music, Inc, Universal Music Publishing Group

MONSTER: eminem and rihanna

I'm friends with the monster that's under my bed Get along with the voices inside of my head You're trying to save me, stop holding your breath And you think I'm crazy, yeah, you think I'm crazy... I wanted the fame, but not the cover of Newsweek Oh well, guess beggars can't be choosey Wanted to receive attention for my music Wanted to be left alone in public, excuse me Been wanting my cake, and eat it too, and wanting it both ways Fame made me a balloon cause my ego inflated When I blew, see, it was confusing 'Cause all I wanted to do is be the Bruce Lee of loose leaf Abused ink, used it as a tool when I blew steam (Woo!) Hit the lottery, oh wee With what I gave up to get was bittersweet With this like winning a huge meet Ironic cause I think I'm getting so huge I need a shrink I'm beginning to lose sleep, one sheep, two sheep Going cuckoo and cooky as Kool Keith But I'm actually weirder than you think... 'Cause I'm, I'm friends with the monster that's under my bed Get along with the voices inside of my head You're trying to save me, stop holding your breath And you think I'm crazy, yeah, you think I'm crazy... Well, that's nothing Well, that's nothing... No, I ain't much of a poet but I know somebody once told me To seize the moment and don't squander it 'Cause you never know when it all could be over tomorrow So I keep conjuring, sometimes I wonder where these thoughts spawn from (Yeah, ponder it, do you want this? No wonder you losing your mind, the way it wanders) Yo-lo-lo-lo-yee-whoo I think you've been wandering off down yonder And stumbled onto Jeff VanVonderen 'Cause I need an interventionist To intervene between me and this monster And save me from myself and all this conflict 'Cause the very thing that I love is killing me and I can't conquer it My OCD is conking me in the head Keep knocking, nobody's home, I'm sleepwalking I'm just relaying what the voice in my head's saying Don't shoot the messenger, I'm just friends with the... I'm friends with the monster that's under my bed Get along with the voices inside of my head You're trying to save me, stop holding your breath And you think I'm crazy, yeah, you think I'm crazy... Well, that's nothing Well, that's nothing... Call me crazy, but I have this vision One day that I walk amongst you a regular civilian But until then drums get killed and I'm coming straight at Emcees, blood get spilled and I Take it back to the days that I get on a Dre track Give every kid who got played at Pumped up feeling and shit to say back To the kids who played 'em I ain't here to save the fucking children But if one kid out of a hundred million Who are going through a struggle feels and then relates that's great It's payback, Russell Wilson falling way back In the draft, turn nothing into something, still can make that Straw into gold chump, I will spin Rumpelstiltskin in a haystack Maybe I need a straight jacket, face facts I am nuts for real, but I'm okay with that It's nothing, I'm still friends with the... I'm friends with the monster that's under my bed Get along with the voices inside of my head You're trying to save me, stop holding your breath And you think I'm crazy, yeah, you think I'm crazy... I'm friends with the monster that's under my bed Get along with the voices inside of my head You're trying to save me, stop holding your breath And you think I'm crazy, yeah, you think I'm crazy... Well, that's nothing Well, that's nothing...

CRADLE AND ALL: ani difranco

Fourteenth street and the garbage swirls like a cyclone Three o'clock in the afternoon And I am going home F-train is full of high school students So much shouting, so much laughter Last night's underwear In my back pocket Sure sign of the morning after... Take me home Take me home and leave me there Think I'm going to cry, I don't know why Think I'm going to sing myself a lullaby Feel free to listen Feel free to stare... I live in new york, new york The city that never shuts up In the daylight everything is so gory You can hear snatches of stranger's sorry stories And I moved there from buffalo But that's nothing The trico plant moved to mexico Left my uncle standing out in the cold Said here's your last paycheck Have fun growing old... Take me home Take me home and leave me there Think I'm going to cry, I don't know why Think I'm going to sing myself a lullaby Feel free to listen Feel free to stare... Rockabye baby In the tree top When the wind blows Cradle will rock When the bough breaks The cradle will fall And down will come baby Cradle and all... Youth is beauty Money is beauty Hell, beauty is beauty sometimes It's the luck of the draw It's the natural law It's a joke It's a crime I was bored You were bored It was a meeting of the minds Now it's three in the afternoon And I can't leave too soon Saying thank you, I had a nice time... Take me home Take me home and leave me there Think I'm going to cry, I don't know why Think I'm going to sing myself a lullaby Feel free to listen Feel free to stare... Rockabye baby In the tree top When the wind blows Cradle will rock When the bough breaks The cradle will fall And down will come baby Cradle and all... Maybe I'll live my whole life Just getting by Maybe I'll be discovered Maybe I'll be colonized You could try to train me like a pet You could try to teach me to behave But I'll tell you, if I haven't learned it yet I ain't gonna sit I ain't gonna stay... Take me home Take me home and leave me there Think I'm going to cry, I don't know why Think I'm going to sing myself a lullaby Feel free to listen Feel free to stare... Songwriters: Ani Difranco Cradle & All lyrics © A Side Music LLC D/B/A Modern Works Music Publishing

22nd CENTURY: nina simone

There is no oxygen in the air Men and women have lost their hair Ashen faces legs that stand Ghosts and goblins walk in this land When tomorrow becomes yesterday And tomorrow becomes eternity When the soul with the soul goes away beyond When life is taken and there are no more babies born And there is no one and there is everyone When there is no one and there is everyone... Tomorrow will be the 22nd century Tomorrow will be the 22nd century Tomorrow will be the 22nd century It will be, it will be, it will be ahh... 21st century was here and gone And the 20th century was the dawn The begining of the end was the 21st When the 20th century was at an end... 1990 was the year when the plagues struck the earth 1988 was the year when men and women Struck out for freedom And bloodletting was the thing that was... People said there was no god And there was no reason And there was no cause... 1972 was right all the way Drums and bugles blasting all though the day Right wing left wing middle of the road Side winder backswinger backlash whiplash Race stockings red stockings Liberation of women liberation of men Everybody carrying a heavy load... Tomorrow will be the 22nd century Tomorrow will be the 22nd century Tomorrow will be the 22nd century It will be, it will be, it will be It will be ahh... Liberation of animals Prevention of cruelty to animals men and beast Flying and on flying flying things Revolution of music poetry love and life Sex change change change Man is woman woman is man Even your brain is not your brain Your heart is a plastic thing which can be bought There are no more diseases which can be caught... Man became the thing that he worships Man today became his god That was the day that man and woman truly became bored Man became his good Man became his evil Man became his god And man became his devil... Tomorrow will be the 22nd century Tomorrow will be the 22nd century Tomorrow will be the 22nd century It will be, it will be, it will be ahh... Young women without money caught Big dogs living in marble lofts Young men die in spring Boys of 7 falling in love Give that lady fair a diamond ring Wedding wedding wedding wedding No a wedding ain't the thing Don't want no preacher Don't want no preacher man preachin Give me your hand and take my hand This is better than anybody's preacher man... Truth Truth is now unfold It says 7 years 7 years so I am told Don't sway me over Don't try to sway me over to your day On your day Your day will go away... Tomorrow will be the 22nd century Tomorrow will be the 22nd century Tomorrow will be the 22nd century It will be, it will be, it will be ahh... Oh tomorrow will be the 22nd century It will be, it will be, it will be It will be, it will be, it will be, it will be, it will be... lyrics by Nina Simone

NICOTINE: ani difranco

I hate you sometimes But i love to be your queen You are my muse Got me smokin' nicotine... I watch you sometimes From oh so far away But i can't forget you Or anything you say... You sang that song in my ear And it tickled those tiny hairs... Love is a puzzle Some pieces they adjoin It's not like that with us But i keep flipping that coin... I watch you sometimes From oh so far away But i can't forget you Or anything you say... You sang that song in my ear And it tickled those tiny hairs... lyrics by Ani DiFranco c) Righteous Babe Records

NAMES AND DATES AND TIMES: ani difranco

I know so many white people I mean, where do I start? The trouble with white people Is you can't tell them apart I'm so bad with names And dates and times But I'm big on faces That is, except for mine... I believe you when you tell me We've met before This time you've got my interest This time you've got the floor Why don't you go and tell me something I don't already know Give me something to remember you by When I go... I eat too much I laugh too long Maybe I'll like too much of you When I'm gone... Let's go over to the window And sit in the neon light Let's go out walking You know, it's garbage night Let's go down to the east river And throw something in Something we can't live without And then let's start again... The more you talk The more I get The sense of something That hasn't happened yet The more you talk The more I want to know The way I'll remember you When I go... I eat too much I laugh too long Maybe I'll like too much of you When I'm gone... I am so many white people I mean where do I start I've got lots of personalities I just can't tell them apart And I never remember anything Except for those things Which I never forget you know There's no in between... I'm big on your face Yeah, it's big in my mind You're like the rest of the human race You're one of a kind... Songwriters: Ani Difranco Names and Dates and Times lyrics © A Side Music LLC D/B/A Modern Works Music Publishing

A LETTER TO ELISE: the cure

[Chorus] Oh, Elise it doesn't matter what you say I just can't stay here every yesterday Like keep on acting out the same The way we act out Every way to smile Forget And make-believe we never needed Any more than this Any more than this... [Verse] Oh, Elise it doesn't matter what you do I know I'll never really get inside of you To make your eyes catch fire The way they should The way the blue could pull me in If they only would If they only would At least I'd lose this sense of sensing something else That hides away From me and you There are worlds to part With aching looks and breaking hearts And all the prayers your hands can make Oh, I just take as much as you can throw And then throw it all away Oh I throw it all away Like throwing faces at the sky Like throwing arms round Yesterday I stood and stared Wide-eyed in front of you And the face I saw looked back The way I wanted to But I just can't hold my tears away The way you do Elise, believe I never wanted this I thought this time I'd keep all of my promises I thought you were the girl always dreamed about But I let the dream go And the promises broke And the make-believe ran out... [Chorus] Oh, Elise it doesn't matter what you say I just can't stay here every yesterday Like keep on acting out the same The way we act out Every way to smile Forget And make-believe we never needed Any more than this Any more than this... [Outro] And every time I try to pick it up Like falling sand As fast as I pick it up It runs away through my clutching hands But there's nothing else I can really do There's nothing else I can really do There's nothing else I can really do At all... lyrics and music by the cure

RID OF ME: pj harvey

Tie yourself to me No one else, no You're not rid of me You're not rid of me Night and day I breathe Hah hah ay hey You're not rid of me Yeah you're not rid of me Yeah you're not rid of me Yeah you're not rid of me I beg you my darling Don't leave me I'm hurting Lick my legs I'm on fire Lick my legs of desire I'll tie your legs Keep you against my chest Oh you're not rid of me Yeah you're not rid of me I'll make you lick my injuries I'm gonna twist your head off, see 'Til you say don't you wish you never never met her Don't you don't you wish you never never met her Don't you don't you wish you never never met her Don't you don't you wish you never never met her I beg you my darling Don't leave me I'm hurting I've been lonely Above everything Above every day I'm hurting Lick my legs I'm on fire Lick my legs of desire Lick my legs I'm on fire Lick my legs of desire Yeah you're not rid of me Yeah you're not rid of me I'll make you lick my injuries I'm gonna twist your head off, see Till you say don't you wish you never never met her Don't you don't you wish you never never met her Don't you don't you wish you never never met her Don't you don't you wish you never never met her Don't you don't you wish you never never met her Don't you don't you wish you never never met her Don't you don't you wish you never never met her Don't you don't you wish you never never met her Don't you don't you wish you never never met her Don't you don't you wish you never never met her Don't you don't you wish you never never met her Don't you don't you wish you never never met her Lick my legs I'm on fire Lick my legs of desire Lick my legs I'm on fire Lick my legs of desire

Songwriters: Polly Harvey Rid of Me lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC

4 MY PEOPLE: missy elliot featuring eve

Uhh, yo This is for my motherfucking club heads, you feel me? AAAAOOW!! People, gangstas, and pimps and people Smokin that deeper reefer Up in the club wit speakers I had some base and tweeters DJ is jockin needle Sweat till I catch a fever Call me the illest diva Yo I'm on FIRE!!!!! People go head and drink up Get in the club get fucked up See me you got get lucked up Someone to touch your rubber Show me some love, strip off your clothes, and take off your socks The party's jumpin, I see something fine Boy I want to kiss you, but I'm just too shy Let me dance with you, let me wear you out Here's a glass of orange juice, let's go X it out The music's bangin, way down in my soul When you dance behind me, I lose all control Make me grind my hips, make me move my waist When the music comes on, you take my breath away This is for my people, my party people This is for my people, my motherfucking people see'mon, see'mon, get down, get, get on down see'mon, see'mon, get down, get, get on down This is for my people, my party people This is for my people, my ecstasy people see'mon, see'mon, get down, get on down see'mon, see'mon, get down, get, get on down I'm at the bar now, and I'm buying drinks And I got this feeling, and it's all over me I want to dance with you, and lick your face Take me on the dance floor to feel some ecstasy The vibe is right now, and I'm bout to score Mr. DJ can you, play this joint once more 'Cause I see the man I want, I want him right away I'm look him right in his face and say dance with me This is for my people, my party people This is for my people, my motherfucking people see'mon, see'mon, get down, get, get on down see'mon, see'mon, get down, get, get on down This is for my people, my party people This is for my people, my ecstasy people see'mon, see'mon, get down, get on down see'mon, see'mon, get down, get, get on down Freak that, come here baby, grab me from the back Baby you the mack, and you know that Put the needle on the track skip that, flip that, bring the beat back Freak that, come here baby, grab me from the back Baby you the mack, and you know that Put the needle on the track, skip that, flip that, bring the beat back Uno... dos... tres... Uno... dos... tres... Uno... dos... tres... Uno... dos... tres... Can't stand when a nigga fuckin up my plans All night liquored up while I'm tryin to dance Drunk, and his breath stink, freaky with his hands Cocky with his mouth please like he got a fan Can't stand when a bitch all in my side I don't even know her and she all up in my light Givin me the side eye like she want to fight Philly known for boxing bitch better get it right Can't stand when a DJ fuckin up the song Know I'm tryin to shake my ass all night long Cuttin up the same shit all night long High 'fore I got there, now my shit is blown Can't stand when it ain't jumpin like I want Cats that try to stop my fun, take away my blunt I don't give a fuck he ain't gon' take away my fun See him when this shit is over, make a nigga run, uh This is for my people, my party people This is for my people, my motherfucking people see'mon, see'mon, get down, get, get on down see'mon, see'mon, get down, get, get on down This is for my people, my party people This is for my people, my ecstasy people see'mon, see'mon, get down, get on down see'mon, see'mon, get down, get, get on down

Written by Melissa A. Elliott, Eve Jeffers, Dante Nolan, Nisan Stewart • Copyright © EMI Music Publishing, Universal Music Publishing Group

WASTED TIME: me'shell n'degeocello

You rarely notice but I hang on your every word Everything you say You are much too busy to notice me You turn and walk away Into another's arms hopeless ashamed I wish I could hold you that way Brokenhearted I dream for you to notice me... Wasted time on loving you wasted time Wasted time on someone Who won't love you as much as I As much as I as much as I as much as I... In my fantasy you are asleep beside me I feel you breathe If only I could be there for you The one that you make love to... Wasted time on loving you wasted time Wasted time on someone Who won't love you as much as I As much as I as much as I as much as I... You rarely notice but I hang on your every word Everything you say You are much too busy to notice me You turn and walk away Into another's arms hopeless ashamed I wish I could hold you that way Brokenhearted I dream for you to notice me...

Written by Meshell Ndegeocello • Copyright © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc

WRONG: everthing but the girl

I wanted everything for a little while Why shouldn't I? I wanted to know what it was like But I pushed you too far I know And you started laying down the law 'Til I didn't love you any more Now you can pull a little bit There's a little give and take And love will stretch a little bit But finally it's gonna break Wherever you go I will follow you, 'Cause I was wrong Wherever you go I will follow you, 'Cause I was wrong So there we both were in that little house Just hanging out You didn't know what you were about You turned to me as you were Threading daisies on a chain And you said, "It's decision time again" Now you can pull a little bit There's a little give and take And love will stretch a little bit But finally it's gonna break Wherever you go I will follow you 'Cause I was wrong. Wherever you go I will follow you 'Cause I was wrong. And the ground's gonna swallow you I was wrong I was wrong I was wrong I was wrong I wanted everything for a little while. Why shouldn't I? I wanted to know what he was like. Now you can pull a little bit, There's a little give and take. And love will stretch a little bit, But finally it's gonna break. Wherever you go I will follow you, 'Cause I was wrong Wherever you go I will follow you, 'Cause I was wrong Wherever you go I will follow you, 'Cause I was wrong Wherever you go I will follow you, 'Cause I was wrong... Songwriters: Ben Watt / Tracey Thorn

NAPOLEON: ani difranco

They told you your music could reach millions The choice was up to you You told me they always pay for lunch And they believe in what I do And I wonder if you'll miss your old friends Once you've proven what you're worth And I wonder when you're a big star Will you miss the earth And I know you always, always want more I know you, you'll never be done Because everyone is a fucking napoleon Everyone is a fucking napoleon And the next time that I saw you You were larger than life Yeah you came and you conquered You were doing all right You had an army of suits behind you And all you had to be was willing And I said I still make a pretty good living You must make a killing, a killing And I hope that, that you are happy I hope that at least you are having fun Oh but everyone is a fucking napoleon Well everyone is a fucking napoleon You say that, so that's the way it's gonna be So that's what this is all about I think that that's the way it always was You chose not to notice until now Oh now that, now that there's a problem You call me up to confide And you go on for over an hour About each one that took you for a ride And I guess that you dialed my number Because you thought for sure that I'd agree I said baby, you know I still love you But how dare you complain to me Oh but everyone is a fucking napoleon Everyone is a fucking napoleon Everyone is a fucking napoleon... Songwriters: Ani Difranco

AROUND MY WAY (Freedom Ain't Free): lupe fiasco

[Verse 1] First off say peace to Pine Ridge Shame on all the damage the white man wine did Ghost dance, Trail of Tears, 5 million beers a year And all that other crime did More peace to the teachers of blind kids To rebels in small cells keeping their mind big Say everything’s hostile Suicide bombers and prosperity gospels, emaciated models With cocaine and blood pouring out their nostrils, they got to Just to stay awake on the catwalk of life where everybody watch you Straight hair, high heels and a handbag Crucifixes, racism and a land grab Katrina, FEMA trailers, human body sandbags A peace sign and a pants sag A money toss cause a 9 stripper mad dash A friend request following a hash tag Now everybody want it like the last laugh A Michael Jackson jacket or a daft mask Purple Jordans or the mixed girl in your math class Stable is when the Ba’ath had Baghdad But corporate jets really had to have that gas bad War and they hope they all fall from the ratatat Cause that’s just more dinosaur for the Cadillac [Hook] Live from the other side what you see A bunch of nonsense on my TV Heaven on Earth is what I need But I feel I’m in hell every time I breathe Reporting live from the other side what you hear A bunch of nonsense all in my ear Rich man, poor man, we all gotta pay Cause freedom ain’t free, especially ’round my way [Verse 2] And we marvel at the state of heart of man Then turn around and treat Ghana like a garbage can America’s a big motherfuckin’ garbageman If you ain’t know, you’re part and parcel of the problem You say no you ain’t, and I say yes you is Soon as you find out what planned obsolescence is You say no they didn’t, and I say yes they did The definition of unnecessary-ness Manifested Say that we should protest just to get arrested That goes against all my hustling ethics A bunch of jail niggas say its highly ineffective Depart from Martin, connect on Malcolm X tip Insert Baldwin to similar the separate To me, the truth is more fulfilling than a meth hit Or finding really fast internet to have some sex with It’s all one song short of a set list Couple croissants shy of a continental breakfast Or blowing out your birthday candles just to make a death wish So absurd word to Chief Bone Necklace Down at the Lakota Sioux Casino A whole culture boiled down to giving you paquino I go as left as a heart in the chest Cause the Horn of Africa is now starving to death [Hook] [Verse 3] An all white Los Angeles, the dream of Mr. Chandler Hope and pray they take Columbus day up off the calendar South Central an example of God’s gifts So shout to all the mothers raising babies in spa 6 The projects of Oakland city, Detroit ghost towns Monopolies on poverty where D-boy coke bound It’s parts of Manilla like the video for Thriller But the US Embassy is reminiscent of a villa If poverty is chocolate and privilege vanilla Then what’s the flavor of the Sunday preacher’s pedophilia Cash rules everything around these niggas As classrooms everywhere around me wither Hither you can be Mr. Burns or Mr. Smithers The tyrant or the slave but nowhere in the middle Of the extremes of America’s dream Freud fighting Neo, Freddy Krueger refereeing, naaa… [Hook]

GOING TO TOWN: afghan whigs

Lover mine Get your coat and come outside I want to take you for a ride On into town Lover fair We'll be looking sharp, I swear I want them all to stop and stare When we take 'em down Go to town, burn it down, turn around And get your stroll on, baby I'll get the car You get the match And gasoline And as we ride Away into the countryside I feel as though I must confide There is a cost When you say Now we got Hell to pay Don't worry, baby, that's okay I know the boss

Written by Greg Dulli • Copyright © BMG Rights Management US, LLC

DEEPER AND DEEPER: madonna

Deeper and deeper, and deeper, and deeper Sweeter and sweeter, and sweeter, and sweeter I can't help falling in love I fall deeper and deeper the further I go Kisses sent from heaven above They get sweeter and sweeter the more that I know When you know the notes to sing You can sing most anything That's what my mama told me Round and round and round you go When you find love you'll always know I let my father mold me Daddy couldn't be all wrong (Not gonna let you slip away, I'm gonna be there) And my mama made me learn this song (You're gonna bring your love to me, I'm gonna get you) That's why The deeper I go All is fair in love she said Think with your heart, not with your head That's what my mama told me All the little things you do Will end up coming back to you I let my father mold me Someone said that romance was dead And I believed it instead of remembering What my mama told me Let my father mold me Then you tried to hold me You remind me what they said This feeling inside I can't explain But my love is alive And I'm never gonna hide it again Deeper and deeper, and deeper, and deeper Never gonna hide it again Sweeter and sweeter, and sweeter, and sweeter Never gonna have to pretend [Repeat] You got to just let your body move to the music You got to just let your body go with the flow Falling in love, falling in love, falling in love I can't keep from falling in love with you You know there's nothing better that I'd like to do.

Written by Shep Pettibone, Anthony Shimkin, Madonna Ciccone • Copyright © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc

SHY: ani difranco

The heat is so great It plays tricks with the eye It turns the road to water And then from water to sky And there's a crack in the concrete floor And it starts at the sink There's a bathroom in a gas station And I've locked myself in it to think And back in the city The sun bakes the trash on the curb The men are pissing in doorways And the rats run in herds I've got a dream with your face in it That scares me awake I put too much on my table And now I got too much a stake And I might let you off easy Yeah I might lead you on I might wait for you to look for me And then I might be gone Where I come from and where I'm going And I'm lost in between I might go up to that phone booth And leave a veiled invitation on you machine And you'll stop me, won't you If you've heard this one before The one where I surprise you By showing up at your front door Saying 'let's not ask what's next, Or how, or why' I am leaving in the morning So let's not be shy The door opens, the room winces The housekeeper comes in without a warning I squint at the muscular motel light And say, hey good morning As she jumps, her keys jingle And she leaves as quickly as she came in I roll over and taste the pillow with my grin The sheets are twisted and damp Well the heat is so great And I swear I can feel the mattress Sinking underneath your weight Oh sleep is like a fever And I'm glad when it ends And the road flows like a river And pulls me around every bend And you'll stop me, won't you The heat is so great It plays tricks with the eye It turns road to water And water to sky And there's a crack in the concrete floor And it starts at the sink There's a bathroom in a gas station And I've locked myself In it to think And you'll stop me, won't you

Songwriters: Ani Difranco Shy lyrics © A Side Music LLC D/B/A Modern Works Music Publishing

DREAMS: Fleetwood Mac

Now here you go again, you say You want your freedom Well who am I to keep you down It's only right that you should Play the way you feel it But listen carefully to the sound Of your loneliness Like a heartbeat drives you mad In the stillness of remembering what you had And what you lost, and what you had, and what you lost Thunder only happens when it's raining Players only love you when they're playing Say women they will come and they will go When the rain washes you clean, you'll know, you'll know Now here I go again, I see the crystal visions I keep my visions to myself, it's only me Who wants to wrap around your dreams and, Have you any dreams you'd like to sell? Dreams of loneliness, Like a heartbeat, drives you mad In the stillness of remembering, what you had, And what you lost and what you had and what you lost Thunder only happens when it's raining Players only love you when they're playing Women, they will come and they will go When the rain washes you clean, you'll know Thunder only happens when it's raining Players only love you when they're playing Say, women, they will come and they will go When the rain washes you clean, you'll know You'll know, you will know, you'll know --lyrics by Stevie Nicks

I SEE FIRE: by Ed Sheeran

Oh, misty eye of the mountain below Keep careful watch of my brothers' souls And should the sky be filled with fire and smoke Keep watching over Durin's son If this is to end in fire Then we should all burn together Watch the flames climb high into the night Calling out for the rope, sent by and we will Watch the flames burn on and on the mountain side hey And if we should die tonight Then we should all die together Raise a glass of wine for the last time Calling out for the rope Prepare as we will Watch the flames burn on and on the mountain side Desolation comes upon the sky Now I see fire, inside the mountain I see fire, burning the trees And I see fire, hollowing souls And I see fire, blood in the breeze And I hope that you'll remember me Oh, should my people fall Then surely I'll do the same Confined in mountain halls We got too close to the flame Calling out father hold fast and we will Watch the flames burn on and on the mountain side Desolation comes upon the sky Now I see fire, inside the mountain I see fire, burning the trees And I see fire, hollowing souls And I see fire, blood in the breeze And I hope that you'll remember me And if the night is burning I will cover my eyes For if the dark returns then My brothers will die And as the sky's falling down It crashed into this lonely town And with that shadow upon the ground I hear my people screaming out Now I see fire, inside the mountain I see fire, burning the trees And I see fire, hollowing souls And I see fire, blood in the breeze I see fire, oh you know I saw a city burning (fire) And I see fire, feel the heat upon my skin (fire) And I see fire (fire) And I see fire (burn on and on and mountains side)