…Али, 17-годишно момиче, пълно с огън, търсещо свобода, страст и своето място в живота, се изявява в комплекса Manhattan Plaza на квартала Hell's Kitchen от нюйоркския район Manhattan. Майка ? Джърси е певица, която е предпазлива и силно загрижена за бъдещето на дъщеря си, като се старае тя да не повтаря нейните грешки. Независимо от забраните, Али изживява бурна любов с талантливия барабанист Нък и тогава и майката, и дъщерята се изправят пред тежките истини за расата, неподчинението и порастването. Нък обаче се отдръпва, когато разбира, че Али е непълнолетна, и решава да последва семейството си в Атланта, щата Джорджия – така двамата се разделят. Междувременно Али открива своя музикален и житейски ментор, свирещ на пиано, и така се отваря вратата ? към неочаквано приятелство и коренно различно бъдеще. Али и майка ? укрепват връзката помежду си…
Това е историята, която ни разказва добре познатата ни ALICIA KEYS в албума „HELL'S KITCHEN“, който съдържа едноименния оригинален бродуейски мюзикъл, отличен с „Grammy“ през 2025 г., две отличия Tony и няколко други престижни други награди като Lucille Lortel, Drama Desk и Drama League.
Певицата и актриса ALICIA KEYS, която е и пианист, композитор, писател и продуцент, отдавна завоюва световно признание със своята музика, чийто продажби на албуми надхвърлят 65 милиона екземпляра, а прослушванията ? в социалните платформи надминават 5 милиарда.
Hell's Kitchen като част от района Manhattan е добре познат на ALICIA, израснала в Ню Йорк, и затова ? е близка историята, която разказва в мюзикъла като автор на текста, музиката и аранжимента, наред с продуцентството.
ALICIA споделя: „Бях вдъхновена от собствения ми живот в Ню Йорк и още през 2011 г. се нагърбих да представя една любовна история между майка и дъщеря, на фона на преживяванията си при израстването ми, истинското преследване на мечтите ми, опита ми да открия коя съм, постигането на своята идентичност и в крайна сметка безусловното следване на сърцето си“ – завършва ALICIA KEYS.
За целта тя включва в мюзикъла най-известните си песни като „FALLIN'“, „IF I AIN'T GOT YOU“, „PAWN IT ALL“, „GIRL ON FIRE“ и т.н., както и три нови заглавия: "THE RIVER", "KALEIDOSCOPE“ и "SEVENTEEN".
Заедно с писателя Kristoffer Díaz ALICIA издава книга, която съпровожда театралното представление и съдържа биографични елементи от нейния живот. Мюзикълът с участието на звездите MALEAH JOI MOON, SHOSHANA BEAN и KECIA LEWIS дебютира на Бродуей на 24 април 2024 г. на сцената на театър Shubert и до днес се играе с впечатляващ успех.
Албума с оригинални творби от мюзикъла “HELL'S KITCHEN”, отличен с наградата “Grammy” на 2 февруари 2025 г. в категорията за най-добър албум за музикален театър, ще чуем в предаването “Картини от една изложба®“ в събота, 17 май, след новините от 22.00 ч. по програма “Хоризонт” на БНР.
В предаването на 17.05.2025 г.: Alicia Keys и албумът „Hell’s Kitchen“
HELL'S KITCHEN
A NEW MUSICAL FROM ALICIA KEYS
ORIGINAL BROADWAY CAST
Released: June 7th, 2024
SONGS/TRACKS:
1-1 The Elevator Prologue - Maleah Joi Moon - 1:11
1-2 The Gospel - Maleah Joi Moon, Shoshana Bean, Chris Lee , Chad Carstarphen, Vanessa Ferguson, Jakeim Hart, Jackie Leon, Nyseli Vega, Lamont Walker II, Rema Webb - 4:36
1-3 The River - Maleah Joi Moon, Ensemble* - 3:18
1-4 Seventeen - Shoshana Bean, Chad Carstarphen, Nyseli Vega, Rema Webb - 2:42
1-5 You Don't Know My Name - Maleah Joi Moon, Vanessa Ferguson, Jackie Leon - 3:05
1-6 Miss Liza Jane Plays Piano for the First Time - Maleah Joi Moon - 1:26
1-7 Kaleidoscope - Maleah Joi Moon, Ensemble* - 4:53
1-8 Gramercy Park - Chris Lee, Maleah Joi Moon, Ensemble* - 2:57
1-9 Not Even the King - Brandon Victor Dixon - 2:30
1-10 Teenage Love Affair - Shoshana Bean, Ensemble* - 2:14
1-11 Not Even the King (Reprise) - Shoshana Bean, Brandon Victor Dixon - 1:26
1-12 Unthinkable (I'm Ready) - Maleah Joi Moon, Chris Lee - 3:42
1-13 You Play These Notes - Kecia Lewis*, Maleah Joi Moon - 2:26
1-14 Girl on Fire - Jackie Leon, Vanessa Ferguson, Chris Lee, Nyseli Vega, Rema Webb, Jakeim Hart, Lamont Walker II, Ensemble* - 5:09
1-15 Perfect Way to Die - Kecia Lewis* - 4:36
1-16 Heartburn - Maleah Joi Moon, Shoshana Bean, Ensemble* - 2:41
1-17 Love Looks Better - Shoshana Bean, Ensemble* - 3:07
1-18 Work on It - Maleah Joi Moon, Ensemble* - 2:06
1-19 Price, Bonds, and Scott - Kecia Lewis* - 0:54
1-20 Authors of Forever - Kecia Lewis*, Maleah Joi Moon, Ensemble* - 4:06
1-21 Fallin' - Brandon Victor Dixon, Shoshana Bean, Ensemble* - 3:09
1-22 If I Ain't Got You - Brandon Victor Dixon, Maleah Joi Moon - 4:29
1-23 Pawn It All - Shoshana Bean, Ensemble* - 3:30
1-24 Like You'll Never See Me Again - Maleah Joi Moon, Chris Lee - 2:28
2-1 When It's All Over - Maleah Joi Moon, Ensemble* - 2:06
2-2 Hallelujah/Like Water - Brandon Victor Dixon, Kecia Lewis*, Maleah Joi Moon, Rema Webb, Ensemble* - 5:00
2-3 No One - Shoshana Bean, Maleah Joi Moon, Ensemble* - 4:38
2-4 All We Can Do Is Play - Maleah Joi Moon, Ensemble* - 0:42
2-5 Empire State of Mind - Maleah Joi Moon, Shoshana Bean, Brandon Victor Dixon, Chris Lee (83), Kecia Lewis*, Vanessa Ferguson, Jackie Leon, Ensemble* - 4:46
2-6 Kaleidoscope (From the New Broadway Musical "Hell's Kitchen") - Alicia Keys, Maleah Joi Moon - 4:01
©2024 Alicia Keys Records, LLC / Interscope Records, Inc.
CREDITS:
Ali - Maleah Joi Moon
Jersey - Shoshana Bean
Miss Liza Jane - Kecia Lewis
Davis - Brandon Victor Dixon
Ray - Chad Carstarphen
Tiny - Vanessa Ferguson
Crystal - Rema Webb
Junio/Q - Jakeim Hart
Millie - Mariand Torres
Riq - Lamont Walker II
Knuck - Chris Lee
Jessica - Jackie Leon
MUSIC & LYRICS, Arrangements
Alicia Keys
BOOK BY
Kristoffer Diaz
DIRECTED BY
Michael Greif
CHOREOGRAPHY
Camille A. Brown
MUSIC SUPERVISION
Adam Blackstone
SCENIC DESIGN
Robert Brill
COSTUME DESIGN
Dede Ayite
LIGHTING DESIGN
Natasha Katz
SOUND DESIGN
Gareth Owen
PROJECTION DESIGN
Peter Nigrini
HAIR AND WIG DESIGN
Mia Neal
MAKE-UP DESIGN
Michael Clifton
CASTING
Heidi Griffiths & Kate Murray
MUSIC CONSULTANT
Tom Kitt
ORCHESTRATIONS
Tom Kitt & Adam Blackstone
PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER
Danny Maly
Executive Producer: Aaron Lustbader; General Manager: Foresight Theatrical, Lane Marsh and Devon Miller; Company Manager: Steve Greer; Associate Co. Mgr: Ariana Z. Garcia
Production Manager: Juniper Street Productions; Tiffany N. Robinson; Assistant Stage Mgr: Anthony Rigaglia and Luisa Sánchez Colón
LYRICS:
The Elevator Prologue
I'm safe and I'm suffocating
We live in Manhattan Plaza which is cheap housing for artists
Which means almost everyone who lives here is an artist
Which means
You never know what you're gonna hear when these elevator doors open up
Yeah, that's Mr. Gordon 32nd floor, forever on his trumpet
And watch, it's gonna open on 27th
Panera sisters are always having their dance class, I swear
Like somehow every hour of the day
And I kind of hope it's gonna open on 17
I mean, I do always like 17
Yeah, I got no idea who that is or what they're saying
But, but I think they're in love
And then 9 is the poets, 8 is the painters
We got that whole string section, right on 7, 7, 6, 5 and 4
And when you hit that ground floor, piano
Always piano
The Gospel
I said we're all God's children,
Products of the ghetto
Momma cooked the soup,
Daddy did the yelling
Uncle was a drunk,
Cousin was a felon
When he got pinched,
He told them he wasn't tellin'
Auntie was a cook,
Her husband was a crook
Cause every job he had
They be payin' him off the books
Ghetto University,
Knowledge is all it took
In the tenement I was listenin' to the hook
Change gon' come,
The spirit of Sam Cooke
When the Feds coming,
Everybody be shook
Now we doing life like Eddie Murphy and Martin
On the chain gang,
I was singing into the coffin
The roaches and the rats,
Heroin and the crasp
Couldn't blame me,
I'm just giving the facts
Tryna hit the top,
The bottom ain't where it's at
Everybody got a path but you could never go back
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Sing yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Sing yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Sing yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Sing yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
I'm telling you like it is,
How we ever gon' live?
If we ain't gettin' money,
How we feedin' the kids?
It's a revolving door,
When brothers be doing bids
I know it sound wrong but the dope'll be what it is
Survival of the fittest,
This poor girl the illest
Broke mirrors and black cats give me heebie-geebies
Life seems hard, nothing ever comes easy
Whatever's in the dark,
Won't always become the light
If you ain't in a battle,
How you gon' win the fight?
Gotta speak the truth
When I'm up in the booth
The streets be flyin' birds
But they don't be on the roof
Poverty is a pain like you pulling a tooth
Told the streets don't let me go
Like I'm bishop and juice
The roaches and the rats,
Heroin and the cracks
Couldn't blame me,
I'm just giving the facts
Tryna hit the top,
The bottom ain't where it's at
Everybody got a path
But you could never go back
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Sing yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Sing yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Sing yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Sing yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh
(Sing)
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
(Sing)
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
(Gotta sing)
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
(She's a king)
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah (yeah)
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah (yeah)
And they sing New York City
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
The River
I'm alone in a corner of a one -room apartment
Dirty windows let the light in through my fingers
And make patterns on the carpet
Heavy footsteps on the ceiling
And the sirens in the distance
Drowning sound of plain children
I'm alone here in a crowd of seven million
I know there's more to life than this
Cause something's calling me
So I follow the river
So I follow the river
And I'm gonna catch the wind
Cause I'm dying to begin
So I follow the river
So I follow the river
There's a heartbeat out in these streets
Yeah, there's a bonfire that's set alight inside me
There's no money that can stop me
Watch how strong I wanna be
When they said I could be
I know there's more to life than this
Cause something's calling me
So I follow the river
So follow the river
And I'm gonna catch a wind
Cause I'm dying to begin
So follow the river
So follow the river
So follow the river
I know there's more to life than this
Cause something's calling me
Seventeen
It's not Cole, Ray. It's Facts. And it's not just her. It's all of them. They're babies and grown -up bodies. They're hormones and hoodies. But the rest of them are not my responsibility. She is...
She's 17.
And her brain just don't work.
Come on now, Jersey.
That's enough, Ray. Thank you so much.
Just 17. And she's a piece of work.
I know I did some dumb stuff when I was her age.
No. She's sassy, kinda nasty, got me feeling bad.
He gave my nerves a rag and I get like you bad money.
She was smacked, don't make me send a packing door.
She's just 17.
And her brain just don't work.
We all made mistakes when we were young.
Speak for yourself, I was an angel.
She's 17. And her brain just don't work. Thank you.
Just 17. And she acts like a jerk.
I think you're right about those hormones.
She got me going local.
I'm never gonna force her.
Put her in a choco.
Dammit, it's not the mojo.
I'm a friend, I phone her.
Gonna watch her blow.
She's just 17. And her brain just don't work.
Mira, with my kids.
Un chancletazo y se acabó.
Think she knows it all.
She don't know nothing.
All that's at stake, she can risk.
I once was her, so I tried to stop it.
She's about to step in some shit.
She'll feel the heat in the kitchen.
Somebody is about to go missing.
It's just your own and estrogen.
Bad combination. She don't ever listen.
No. She's sassy, kinda nasty, got me feeling bad.
He gave my nerves a rag and I get like you bad money.
She was smacked, don't make me send a packing door.
She got me going local.
I'm never gonna force her.
Put her in a choco.
Dammit, it's not the mojo.
I'm a friend, I phone her.
Gonna watch her blow.
She's just 17.
And her brain just don't work.
You Don't Know My Name
Baby, baby, baby
From the day I saw you
I really, really wanted to catch your eye
Somethin' special 'bout you
I must really like you
'Cause not a lot of guys are worth my time, oh
Ooh, baby, baby, baby
It's getting kind of crazy
'Cause you are taking over my mind
And it feels like, ooh
You don't know my name
I swear, it feels like, ooh
You don't know my name
('Round and 'round and 'round we go,
Will you ever know?)
Oh, baby, baby, baby
I see us on our first date
You're doing everything that makes me smile
And when we had our first kiss
It happened on a Thursday
Ooh, it set my soul on fire
Ooh, baby, baby, baby
I can't wait for the first time
My imagination's running wild
It feels like, ooh
You don't know my name
And I swear it, baby, it feels like, ooh
You don't know my name
('Round and 'round and 'round we go,
Will you ever know?)
I'm sayin',
He don't even know what he's doin' to me
Got me feelin' all crazy inside
I'm feelin' like, oh
Doing more than I've ever done
For anyone's attention
Take notice of what's in front of you
'Cause did I mention (oh)
You bout' to miss a good thing?
And you'll never know how good it feels
To have all of my affection
And you'll never get a chance
To experience my lovin' (oh)
'Cause my lovin' feels like
Ooh
You don't know my name
('Round and 'round and 'round we go)
And I swear (will you ever know?)
It feels like
Ooh
You don't my name
('Round and 'round and 'round we go) oh
(Will you ever know?)
Will you ever know it?
No, no, no, no, no
No, no
Will you ever know it?
Well, I'ma have to just go 'head and call this boy
Hello?
Can I speak to, to Michael?
Oh hey, how you doing?
Uh, I feel kinda silly doing this, but, uh
This is the waitress
From the coffee house on 39th and Lennox
You know, the one with the braids?
Yeah, well, I see you on Wednesdays all the time
You come in every Wednesday on your lunch break, I think
And you always order the special with the hot chocolate
My manager be tripping and stuff
Talking 'bout we gotta use water but
I always use some milk and cream for you 'cause
I think you're kinda sweet
Anyway, you always got on some fly blue suit
And your cuff links are shining all bright
So, what you do? Oh, word?
Yeah, that's interesting
Look, man, I mean,
I don't wanna waste your time, but
I know girls don't usually do this
But I was wondering if maybe we could get together
Outside the restaurant one day?
You know 'cause
I do look a lot different outside my work clothes and
I mean, we could just go across the street
To the park right here
Wait, hold up, my, my cell phone breaking up, hold up
Can you hear me now? Yeah
So, what day did you say?
Oh, yeah, Thursday's perfect, man
And it feels like ooh
You don't know my name
('Round and 'round and 'round we go) baby
(Will you ever know?)
Baby, I swear, it's like, ooh
But you don't know my name
('Round and 'round and 'round we go,
Will you ever know?) No, no, no
And it feels like, ooh
But you don't know my name
('Round and 'round and 'round we go,
Will you ever know?)
And I swear on my mother
And father it feels like, ooh
You don't know my name
('Round and 'round and 'round we go,
Will you ever know?)
Miss Liza Jane Plays Piano for the First Time
[ALI, spoken]
And then
She walks in
And she starts to play
Uh- and-
I start to leave, because
I am not supposed to be in here but
But I listen
And I start to think, i-
Maybe I am
Supposed to be here
I can't stop watching
She's just playing the piano but it doesn't feel like she's just
Just playin' the piano
She sits perfectly still, I mean her body is, is calm like I've never seen a body before, but her fingers
Her fingers fly
With purpose and with certainty, and with the clarity of complete control and I see in her
For the first time in my life, I think
Would I might someday be
Powerful
Regal, a
A queen
Kaleidoscope
I walked into this room cold, and- and wet and furious but now
Nah
None of that matters
I knew something had been... callin' me, and
I think it might be her
I think it might be this
Kaleido-leido-leido-leido-leidoscope
Tonight is shining bright, you know
Oh yeah, oh no
So light it, light it, light it, light it, light it up
Put in the air and let it go
Oh yeah, oh no
Can you feel the love now?
I'm feeling a buzz now
Never gonna come down
Piece it all together
Nights like this, they belong in the Guinness
Nights like this, never want them to finish
Don't wait for the end, let's start a beginning
Better to be alive than just to be living
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na
Kaleido-leido-leido-leido-leidoscope
Everyone looking high and low
Oh yeah, oh no
You're moving, moving, moving, moving way too slow
I think I got that antidote
Oh yeah, oh no, huh
Can you feel the love now?
I'm feeling a buzz now
Never gonna come down
Piece it all together
Nights like this, they belong in the Guinness
Nights like this, never want them to finish
Don't wait for the end, let's start a beginning
Better to be alive than just to be living (Come on)
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na (Yeah)
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Don't wait for the end, let's start a beginning
Ooh, ooh
Yeah
You just opened up your eyes
Don't let the colors fool you, baby
It's been inside you all this time
Feels so good when it's all out (All out)
Running through the dark until the sun's out (Sun's out)
Maybe I am ready for the fallout (Fallout)
I don't know what to say
It's a Kaleidoscope
I see your colors, baby
Make a Kaleidoscope
With all your colors, baby
(I don't know what to say)
It's a Kaleidoscope
I see your colors, baby
Make a Kaleidoscope
With all your colors (Baby)
It's a Kaleidoscope
I see your colors, baby
(I see your colors, baby, baby)
Make a Kaleidoscope
(Baby, baby)
It's a Kaleidoscope
I see your colors, baby
Make a Kaleidoscope
With all your colors
Don't wait for the end, let's start a beginning
Better to be alive than just to be living
Gramercy Park
Are you gonna see me when light gets dark?
The sun goes down over Gramercy Park
And it's become easy to hide pieces away
Making up someone in the hope that you'll stay
'Cause I've been trying to be everything
I think you want me to be
I've been doing all the things
That I think you wanna see
I've been trying to fulfill
You with your every need
Now you falling for a person that's not even me
Said you falling for a person that's not even me
(Give me the beat)
Now you falling for a person that's not even me
Don't get me wrong,
I wasn't out to deceive
I like the attention with your eyes on me
The trouble with the truth is it's so hard to believe
Now here I stand with my heart on my sleeve
And I've been trying to be everything
I think you want me to be
I've been doing all the things
That I think you wanna see
I've been trying to fulfill
You with your every need
Now you falling for a person that's not even me
Said you falling for a person that's not even me
(Give me the beat)
Now you falling for a person that's not even me
Now you falling for a person that's not even me
'Cause I forgot about the person that I used to be
Not Even the King
Money
Some people so poor,
All that they've got is money
Oh, and diamonds
Some people waste
Their life counting their thousands
I don't care what they're offering
How much gold they bring
They can't afford what we've had
Not even the king
They can't afford what we've got
Not even the king
Oh, castles
Some people so lonely,
What good is a castle
Surrounded by people?
But ain't got a friend
That's not on the payroll
Oh, and I don't care what they bring
They can have everything
They can't afford what we've got
Not even the king
They can't afford what we've got
Not even the king
All the king's horses and all the king's men
Came charging to get what we got
They offered the crown
And they offered the throne
But I already got all that I want
All the king's horses and all the king's men
They came marching through
They offered the world just to have what we got
But I found the world in you
I found the world in you
So darling, listen
Your arms around me worth more than a kingdom
Yeah, believe that
The trust that we feel the kings never felt that
Yeah, this is the song we sing
We don't need anything
They can't afford this
This is priceless
Can't afford what we've got
Not even the king
Can't afford what we've got
Not even the king
Teenage Love Affair
Uh, can't wait to get home
Baby, dial your number
Can you pick up the phone?
'Cause I wanna holla
Daydreaming about you all day in school,
Can't concentrate
Wanna have your voice in my ear
'Til mama comes and says it's too late
'Cause the lights are on outside
Wish there was somewhere to hide
'Cause I just don't want to say goodbye
'Cause you are my baby, baby
Nothing really matters
I don't really care
What nobody tell me
I'm gonna be here
It's a matter of extreme importance
My first teenage love affair
Another secret meeting
On the fifth floor stair case
I'm gonna give you this letter
Of all the things I can't say
Want you to be my first, my last,
My ending and beginning, yeah
I wrote your name in my book
Your last name, my first
I'm your Mrs
'Cause the lights are on outside
Wish there was somewhere to hide
'Cause I just don't want to say goodbye
'Cause you are my baby, baby
Nothing really matters
I don't really care
What nobody tell me
I'm gonna be here
It's a matter of extreme importance
My first teenage love affair
Hey boy
You know I really like being with you, right?
Just hanging out with you is fun
So maybe we can go to first base
Because I feel you
Second base
Want you to feel me too
Third base
Better pump the breaks
Well baby, slow down
I gotta go home now
'Cause the lights are on outside (Outside)
Wish there was somewhere to hide (To hide)
'Cause I just don't want to say goodbye
'Cause you are my baby, baby
Nothing really matters
I don't really care
What nobody tell me
I'm gonna be here
It's a matter of extreme importance
My first teenage love affair
My baby, baby
Nothing really matters
I don't really care
What nobody tell me
I'm gonna be here
It's a matter of extreme importance
My first teenage love affair
Not Even the King (Reprise)
We did not pump those brakes, and, uh
As a result, nine months later, we were parents
We were much too young to be parents, but we were parents
Then, for the moment at least, it was perfect
So, darling, listen, mm-mm
Your arms around me are worth more than a kingdom
Yeah, believe that
The trust that we feel, the kings, they never felt that
Yeah, this is the song we sing
We don′t need anything
They can't afford this
This is priceless
They can′t afford what we got
Not even the king
They can't afford what we got
Not even the king
Un-Thinkable (I'm Ready)
Moment of honesty
Someone's gotta take the lead tonight,
Who's it gonna be?
I'm gonna sit right here
And tell you all that comes to me
If you have something to say,
You should say it right now
(You should say it right now)
You give me a feeling
That I never felt before
And I deserve it,
I think I deserve it
It's becoming something
That's impossible to ignore
And I can't take it
I was wondering maybe,
Could I make you my baby?
If we do the unthinkable,
Would it make us look crazy?
If you ask me, I'm ready (I'm ready)
If you ask me, I'm ready (I'm ready)
I know you said to me
This is exactly how it should feel
When it's meant to be
Time is only wasting,
So why wait for eventually?
If we gonna do something about it,
We should do it right now
(We should do it right now)
You give me a feeling
That I never felt before
And I deserve it,
I know I deserve it
It's becoming something
That's impossible to ignore
It is what we make it
I was wondering maybe,
Could I make you my baby?
If we do the unthinkable,
Would it make us look crazy?
Or would it be so beautiful?
Either way, I'm saying
If you ask me, I'm ready
If you ask me, I'm ready
Yeah, yeah
Saying
Why give up before we try?
Feel the lows before the highs
Clip our wings before we fly away
I can't say, I can't compare
I'm suspended in the air
Won't you come be in the sky with me?
I was wondering maybe,
Could I make you my baby?
If we do the unthinkable,
Would it make us look crazy?
Or would it be so beautiful?
Either way, I'm saying
If you ask me, I'm ready (I'm ready)
If you ask me, I'm ready (I'm ready)
If you ask me, I'm ready (I'm ready)
If you ask me, I'm ready (I'm ready)
You Play These Notes
Are you teaching me how to play piano right now?
In the face of great resistance, yes
Okay, so, so what do I do? Do I just?
You stop talking, and you play these notes
And then you move your fingers here
Not your head, just your fingers
And you play these notes
Good
That's it?
You're talking again
Play these notes
Then you play these notes
Then you play these notes
Then you play these notes
And you play them again and again
Until I tell you to stop
We begin at the beginning
We master the basics
Over time, these basics lead to something more complex
Whoa
Then you play these notes
And you play these notes
Then you play these notes
And you play these notes
And from these basics, the melody can evolve
Ooh
And I don't even know what "the melody can evolve" means
But shoot, I feel the melody evolve
And you play these notes
And you play these notes
And she shifts again
And I feel tradition and culture
And for the first time, maybe ever, I feel like
Like I'm a part of something bigger than me
I feel like I make sense
And you know, I'm not doing half of what she's doing but
Without what I'm doing, this song wouldn't be this song
Girl on Fire
She's just a girl and she's on fire
Hotter than a fantasy
Lonely like a highway
She's livin' in a world and it's on fire
Filled with catastrophe
But she knows she can fly away
Oh, oh-oh-oh-oh
She got both feet on the ground
And she's burnin' it down
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh
She got her head in the clouds
And she's not backin' down
This girl is on fire
This girl is on fire
She's walkin' on fire
This girl is on fire
Looks like a girl, but she's a flame
So bright, she can burn your eyes
Better look the other way
You can try,
But you'll never forget her name
She's on top of the world
Hottest of the hottest girls, say
Oh, oh-oh-oh-oh
We got our feet on the ground
And we're burnin' it down
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh
Got our head in the clouds
And we're not comin' down
This girl is on fire (Fire, fire)
This girl is on fire
She's walkin' on fire (Fire, fire)
This girl is on fire
(Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh)
Everybody stares as she goes by
'Cause they can see the flame that's in her eyes
Watch her when she's lightin' up the night
Nobody knows that she's a lonely girl
And it's a lonely world
But she gon' let it burn, baby, burn, baby
This girl is on fire (Fire, fire)
This girl is on fire
She's walkin' on fire (Fire, fire)
This girl is on fire
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh, oh
She's just a girl, but she's on fire
Perfect Way to Die
Your rage is real
Your rage is earned
But I will not let you let it defeat you
I will not allow you to let the pain win
Simple walk to the corner store
Mama never thought
She would be getting a call from the coroner
Said her son's been gunned down,
Been gunned down
"Can you come now?"
Tears in her eyes, "Can you calm down?
Please, ma'am, can you calm down?"
But it rained fire in the city that day, they say
A river of blood in the streets
No love in the streets
And then came silence in the city that day, they say
Just another one gone
And they tell her move on
And she's stuck there, singing
"Baby, don't you close your eyes
This could be our final time
And you know I'm horrible at saying goodbye
And I think of all you coulda done
At least you'll stay forever young
I guess you picked the perfect way to die
Oh, I guess you picked the perfect way to die"
New job, new city, new her
Bright-eyed, you would have been proud if you knew her
Flashing lights in the mirror,
Pull over, pull over
A couple nights in detention and it's over,
A whole life's over
They came marching in the city that day, they say
Carrying signs in the streets
Crying eyes in the streets
But they heard nothing from the city that day, they say
Just another one gone
And the city moved on
We're stuck here singing
"Baby, don't you close your eyes
'Cause this could be our final time
And you know I'm horrible at saying goodbye
I'll think of all you coulda done
At least you'll stay forever young
I guess you picked the perfect way to die
Oh, I guess you picked the perfect way to die"
Another dream lost
Another king and queen lost
Another broken promise they refuse to make right
Oh, another night to live in fear
Oh, another night that you're not here
Another reason to get out there and fight
But I said, "Baby, don't you close your eyes
'Cause this could be our final time
And you know I'm horrible at saying goodbye
But I'll think of all you coulda done
At least you'll stay forever young
I guess you picked the perfect way to die
Oh, I guess you picked the perfect way..."
Heartburn
Uh (oh, oh, oh)
Yeah (oh, oh, oh)
Come on
Timbo, A. Keys, let's go
Let me
Let me, let me, let me,
Let me tell you somethin'
Tell you how I feel
When he comes around
I get to feelin' ill
It's an achin' feelin'
Inside my chest
It's like I'm going in
Into cardiac arrest
Adrenaline rushin' in my body
All my power I just can't fight it
Doesn't matter how I keep on tryin'
I can't deny, I got this
burnin' in my soul
(Heartburn) call the fire department
(Heartburn) it's out of control
(Heartburn) ooh
You got me trippin', slippin'
And beside myself
I tried some medication
But don't nothin' help
So I said doctor, doctor
Tell me, will I die?
And he said, "Count to five, Alicia"
And I'm goin' to be alright, let's go
One, two, three, four
Adrenaline rushin' in my body
All my power I just can't fight it
Doesn't matter how I keep on tryin'
I can't deny, I got this
burnin' in my soul
(Heartburn) call the fire department
(Heartburn) it's out of control
(Heartburn) ooh
Taste so good I can't resist (whoa)
Gettin' harder to digest (whoa)
Can't take no more,
Got to shake it off (whoa)
Now break it down,
And take it to the ground with me now
Everybody say, oh
Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
Burnin' in my soul
(Heartburn) call the fire department
(Heartburn) it's out of control
(Heartburn) whatchu tryna do
Burnin' in my soul
(Heartburn) call the fire department
(Heartburn) it's out of control
(Heartburn) ooh
Shake it, shake it, shake it, oh
Go 'head, girl
Shake it, shake it, shake it, oh
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Shake it, shake it, shake it, oh
Go 'head, girl
Shake it, shake it, shake it, oh
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Go 'head, girl
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Love Looks Better
I wasn′t thinking about him, I was thinking about you!
I'm always thinking about you!
The only one I′m ever thinking about is you!
All I, all I ever wanted
Was a dollar and a chance
Find, find what I'm made of
Alright
Coming, coming from the bottom
Better learn how to dance
Find, find what you're made of
Alright
Feel like my love is wasting
Every day, yeah
Get so damn tired of chasing
Every day, yeah
And now it's you I'm missing
Every day, yeah
Every day, yeah
Every day
So can we talk for a minute?
Stop for a minute?
All I wanna do is you
Oh, can we touch for a second?
Be us for a second?
Don't matter what I give it to
My love looks better on you
My love looks better on you
Promise you, baby
Promise you, baby
Hold up
All I, all I ever wanted
Was a city and some keys
Run, run through the street now
Alright
And now it's you I'm missing
Every day, yeah
Every day, yeah
Every day
So can we talk for a minute?
Stop for a minute?
All I wanna do is you
Oh, can we touch for a second?
Be us for a second?
Don't matter what I give it to
My love looks better on you
Promise you, baby
You're all I ever wanted
You're all I ever wanted
So can we talk for a minute?
Just stop for a minute
'Cause all I wanna do is you
Promise you, baby
My love looks better on you
Promise you, baby
Work on It
Work on it
Work on it
Work on it, baby
Oh baby, some may think
That we moved too fast
But I know you and you know me
Baby, that's what makes it last
Darling, so many lies were spread about us
Oh, that's the heartache,
That's the heartache
That makes us build all the trust
I know some people like to say
That the easiest way is to fake it
We gonna make it
If we try
Gotta promise not to abuse it
If you use it, don't lose it or break it
'Cause we gonna make it
You and I
When they see us coming they'll say
Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh
When they see us coming they'll say
Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh
Some days are hard
There ain't no easy way
No matter how we try
Nobody is perfect
But if we just,
Love each other through it all
Baby now that that's,
That makes it worth it
I know some people try to say that
The easiest way is to fake it
We gonna make it
If we try
If we try
Gotta promise not to abuse it
If you use it, don't lose it or break it
We gonna make it
You and I
When they hear us coming they'll say
Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh
When they hear us coming they'll say
Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh
When they feel us coming they'll say
Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh
When they feel us coming they'll say
Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh
Oh, we gonna work on it, baby
Me and you, we gonna work on it, baby
Price, Bonds, and Scott
[MISS LIZA JANE, spoken]
You are but the latest branch on a long-standing tree
Rising triumphant from the roots of Florence Price
Margaret Bonds
Hazel Scott
We honor these roots
Our ancestors, the patriarchs, and especially the matriarchs
By keeping their legacies alive long after they' pass
And we all eventually pass
Authors of Forever
[MISS LIZA JANE]
Where there's light, there must be a shadow
Cloudy skies and rain make a rainbow
We are builders, we are breakers
We are givers, we are takers and it's alright
We are seven billion stories
And we know the faith and glory and it's alright
We are on born on our own
And we die on our own
And we're here to make meaning
Of what happens in between
We could hate, we could love
We could doubt, we could trust
But we're here to make meanin'
For as long as we're breathin'
And it's alright
It's alright
[MISS LIZA JANE, spoken]
Ali
There will come a time when you will have to do this
All this on your own
My job is to prepare you to create your own future
Your job is to get ready to write your own story
[MISS LIZA JANE]
We are lost and lonely people
And we're lookin' for a reason, and it's alright
So let's celebrate the dreamers
We embrace the space between us 'cause it's alright
[MISS LIZA JANE & ENSEMBLE]
We're all in this boat together
And we're sailin' toward the future, and it's alright
We can make the whole thing better
We're the authors of forever and it's alright
[ALI & ENSEMBLE]
We are on born on our own
And we die on our own
And we're here to make meaning
Of what happens in between
We could hate, we could love
We could doubt, we could trust
But we're here to make meanin'
For as long as we're breathin'
[ENSEMBLE]
And it's alright
[MISS LIZA JANE]
Wherever you are it's alright
Whoever you are it's alright
Wherever you are it's alright
And if the drought hits tonight
Do not fear because you and I
We are like water
Like water, made to survive
And if the drought hits tonight
Do not fear because you and I
We are like water
Like water
[MISS LIZA JANE & ENSEMBLE]
Made to survive
Fallin
I keep on fallin'
I keep on fallin'
In and out of love
With you
Sometimes I love ya
Sometimes you make me blue
Sometimes I feel good
At times I feel used
Lovin' you darlin'
Makes me so confused
I keep on fallin' in and out
Of love with you
I never loved someone
The way that I love you
Oh, oh, I never felt this way
How do you give me so much pleasure
And cause me so much pain? (Yeah, yeah)
Just when I think
I've taken more than would a fool
I start fallin' back in love with you
I keep on fallin' in and out
Of love with you
I never (uh huh) loved someone (someone)
The way that I (way I) love you (uh, uh)
Oh, baby
I, I, I, I'm fallin'
I, I, I, I'm fallin'
Fall, fall, fall (sing)
Fall
I keep on fallin' in and out (out)
Of love (love) with you (with you)
I never (never) loved someone (loved)
The way that I (I) love you
I'm fallin' in and out
Of love (of love) with you (with you)
I never (no) loved someone (no, no)
The way that I (uh) love you
I'm fallin' in and out
Of love (of love) with you (with you)
I never (no) loved someone (no, no)
The way that I (uh) love you
What?
If I Ain't Got You
Some people live for the fortune
Some people live just for the fame
Some people live for the power, yeah
Some people live just to play the game
Some people think
That the physical things
Define what's within
And I've been there before
That life's a bore
So full of the superficial
Some people want it all
But I don't want nothing at all
If it ain't you, baby
If I ain't got you, baby
Some people want diamond rings
Some just want everything
But everything means nothing
If I ain't got you, yeah
Some people search for a fountain
Promises forever young
Some people need three dozen roses
And that's the only way to prove you love them
Hand me the world
On a silver platter
And what good would it be?
With no one to share
With no one who truly cares for me?
Some people want it all
But I don't want nothing at all
If it ain't you, baby
If I ain't got you, baby
Some people want diamond rings
Some just want everything
But everything means nothing
If I ain't got you, you, you
Some people want it all
But I don't want nothing at all
If it ain't you, baby
If I ain't got you, baby
Some people want diamond rings
Some just want everything
But everything means nothing
If I ain't got you, yeah
If I ain't got you with me, baby
Oh, whoo-ooh
Said nothing in this whole wide world
Don't mean a thing
If I ain't got you with me, baby
Pawn It All
Yeah, ah
Yeah, ah
Yeah, ah
Yeah, ah
Ah, yeah
Ah, yeah
What, ah
I would pawn you my watch
I would pawn you my chain
I would pawn you this golden diamond ring
'Cause I need it so bad
I would give you everything
Just so I could start my life over again
Sometimes you gotta let it go
Just to make it possible
Sometimes you gotta do it
Be willing to lose it
Freedom has no price, you know
Thinking how we gonna make it now
How we gonna feed the babies now
We gonna make it through it
God gonna see to it
Just get up and do it now
I would pawn you my watch (Hey)
I would pawn you my chain
I would pawn you this golden diamond ring
(I would pawn you this golden diamond ring)
'Cause I need it so bad (So bad)
I would give you everything (Yeah)
Just so I could start my life over again
(I can start all over)
Get on up (Hey)
Get on up (Hey)
Get on up (Hey)
Get on up (Hey)
Get on up
See, I learned the hard way
Now I'm doing it in my way
'Cause life is too short to fall in New York
Can't get up and get away
So I gotta let it all go
Start back from zero
'Cause I've give it up, I don't give a fuck
'Cause love is my hero
I would pawn you my watch (Hey)
I would pawn you my chain (My chain)
I would pawn you this golden diamond ring
(Pawn you this golden ring)
'Cause I need it so bad (So bad)
I would give you everything
(Everything)
Just so I could start my life over again
(I can start all over)
I would pawn you my watch
I would pawn you my chain
I would pawn you this golden diamond ring
'Cause I need it so bad
I would give you everything
Just so I could start my life over again
Get on up (Hey)
Get on up (Hey)
Get on up (Hey)
Get on up (Hey)
Get on up (Hey)
So bad
Ah, ah, ah, ah
Ah, ah
Like You'll Never See Me Again
If I had no more time
No more time left to be here
Would you cherish what we had?
Was I everything
That you were looking for?
If I couldn't feel your touch
And no longer were you with me
I'd be wishing you were here
To be everything that I'd be looking for
I don't wanna forget the present is a gift
And I don't wanna take for granted
Time you may have here with me
'Cause Lord only knows another day
Here's not really guaranteed
So every time you hold me
Hold me like this is the last time
Every time you kiss me
Kiss me like you'll never see me again
Every time you touch me
Touch me like this is the last time
Promise that you'll love me
Love me like you'll never see me again
How many really know what love is?
Many of you never will
Do you know until you lose it?
That it's everything that we are looking for
When I wake up in the morning
And you're beside me
I'm so thankful that I found
Everything that I've been looking for
I don't wanna forget the present is a gift
And I don't wanna take for granted
The time you may have here with me
'Cause Lord only knows another day
Here's not really guaranteed
So every time you hold me
Hold me like this is the last time
Every time you kiss me
Kiss me like you'll never see me again
Every time you touch me
Touch me like this is the last time
Promise that you'll love me
Love me like you'll never see me again
So every time you hold me
Hold me like this is the last time
Every time you kiss me
Kiss me like you'll never see me again
(Can you do that for me, baby?)
Every time you touch me
(See, we don't really know)
Touch me like this is the last time
(See every day, we never know)
Promise that you'll love me
(I want you to promise with me)
Love me like you'll never see me again
(Like you'll never see me again)
Oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh
When It's All Over
And it feels so good
Don't you feel so good?
Talk to me
Hey, I never been this good,
Not ever, not ever
Never seen this part of me
I know that nothing last forever,
However
Oh, I'm not worried 'bout tomorrow
'Cause tomorrow may not come
And where my heart takes me I follow,
You gotta follow
When they lay me down,
Put my soul to rest
When they ask me how I spent my life
At least I got to love you
When it's all over,
When it's all said and done
When it's all over,
At least I got to love you
At least I got to love you
Hey, ask when I wanna leave
Life on legacy, me loving you,
And you loving me
Oh, I'm not worried
About tomorrow, tomorrow
All I know,
All the time we have is borrowed,
I feel no sorrow
When they lay me down,
Put my soul to rest
When they ask me how I spent my life
At least I got to love you
When it's all over,
When it's all said and done
When it's all over,
At least I got to love you
At least I got to love you
Everybody say
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey, hey, hey
I do nothing else, ooh
I do nothing else, ooh
At least I got to love you
At least I got to love you,
Tell 'em, baby
If I do nothing else, ooh
Don't gotta do nothing else, ooh
At least I got to love you, hey
At least I got to love you
Everybody say
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey
Everybody say
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey
Say mommy (mommy),
Say I love you
(I love you, papa)
Papa, you ready?
Can you say a (no),
How about a, a, a, a (a, a, a, a)
Good boy, what's your name? Showtime
But what's your name? Egypt
Hallelujah/Like Water
I didn't know this misalized Jane, but well, she sounds like the kind of woman that makes you want to be a better person. Now, I don't know that I personally can become a better person. That ship might have sailed, but...
I do know a little bit about how to play the piano, and I'd like to do that in her honor, if that's cool.
And I don't know, maybe there's somebody out there who wants to say something but doesn't quite have the words.
So, I guess if there's anyone out there like that, she's welcome to come on up.
Okay, I'll start.
There's a hole in my heart I will hide
I've been distraught for so long that I'm blind
Is there a place I can go where the lonely river flows
Where fear ends and faith begins
Hallelujah, hallelujah, let it be
I've been praying but I'm praying for the sin
Won't you give me a sign before I lose my mind
Hallelujah, let it be
You want in on this baby girl?
No, no I do not want in on this but I feel her
And I can imagine what she'd want me to do and just how she'd get me to do it
You know I've got you babe even on cloudy days
into the rain you may cry
You still got the rest of your life, babe
I'll take you anywhere, just say I'll take you there
Out to the moon and the sea
Now I'm your galaxy, come to me
And if the drought hits tonight
Do not fear because you and I
We are like water, like water
Made to survive
And if the drought hits tonight
Do not fear because you and I
We're part of each other, like water
You've given me life
We are part of each other, like water
Please forgive me for my sins
Let me in
And if the drought hits tonight
Do not fear because you and I
We are like water, like water
Made to survive
And if the drought hits tonight
Do not fear because you and I
We are like water
We're part of each other
Like water
You've given me life
No One
[JERSEY, spoken]
I'm sorry he's not here
I'm sorry Knuck's not here, I'm sorry
I'm sorry Miss Liza Jane is not here
[ALI, spoken]
Ma... you're here
You've always been here
Um...
Thank you
I just want you close
Where you can stay forever
You can be sure
That it will only get better
You and me together
Through the days and nights
I don't worry 'cause
Everything's gonna be alright
People keep talking,
They can say what they like
But all I know is everything's
Gonna be alright
No one, no one, no one
Can get in the way of what
I'm feeling
No one, no one, no one
Can get in the way of what
I feel for you, you, you
Can get in the way of what
I feel for you
When the rain is pouring down
And my heart is hurting
You will always be around
This I know for certain
You and me together
Through the days and nights
I don't worry 'cause
Everything's gonna be alright
(Yes, it will)
People keep talking,
They can say what they like
But all I know is everything's
Gonna be alright
No one, no one, no one
Can get in the way of what
I'm feeling
No one, no one, no one
Can get in the way of what
I feel for you, you, you
Can get in the way of what
I feel, say it
I know some people search the world
To find something like what we have
I know people will try,
Try to divide something so real
So 'til the end of time,
I'm telling you there ain't no one
No one, no one
Can get in the way of what
I'm feeling
No one, no one, no one
Can get in the way of what
I feel for you
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh (oh),
Oh (oh), oh (oh), oh (oh), oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh (oh),
Oh (oh), oh (oh), oh (oh), oh
(No one)
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
(Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, ohh)
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh (no one)
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh (oh),
Oh (oh), oh (oh), oh (oh), oh
Can get in the way,
Not for a minute, baby
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh (no one)
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh (no one)
Oh, oh, oh, oh
(Can get in the way of what
I feel for you)
Yeah
Thank you
All We Can Do Is Play
Because now, now when something hurts
When I've got pain, ha
When I've got rage
I know what to do with it
I go to the Ellington Room
And I sit down at Miss Liza Jane's piano
And I play
All we can do is play, ha
And the playing makes life a little easier to handle
And when I play it all comes rushing back to me
(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah) My friends, haha
(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah) My neighbors
(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah) The folks who
(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah) Who aren't here
Empire State of Mind
Ooh, ooh, New York
They play these notes, and they play these notes
And I play my notes
Ooh, ooh, New York
And from these basics, our melody can evolve
Grew up in a town that is famous
As a place of movie scenes
Noise is always loud,
There are sirens all around
And the streets are mean
If I can make it here,
I can make it anywhere,
That's what they say
Seeing my face in lights or my name
In marquees found down on Broadway
Even if it ain't all it seems,
I got a pocketful of dreams
Baby I'm from New York!
Concrete jungle where dreams are made of
There's nothing you can't do
Now you're in New York!
These streets will make you feel brand new
Big lights will inspire you
Hear it for New York,
New York, New York!
On the avenue,
There ain't never a curfew,
Ladies work so hard
Such a melting pot,
On the corner selling rock,
Preachers pray to God
Hail a gypsy cab,
Takes me down from Harlem
To the Brooklyn Bridge
Someone sleeps tonight
With a hunger far more
Than an empty fridge
I'mma make it by any means,
I got a pocketful of dreams
Baby I'm from New York!
Concrete jungle where dreams are made of
There's nothing you can't do
Now you're in New York!
These streets will make you feel brand new
Big lights will inspire you
Hear it for New York,
New York, New York!
One hand in the air for the big city
Street lights, big dreams,
All looking pretty
No place in the world that can compare
Put your lighters in the air, everybody say
Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!
In New York!
Concrete jungle where dreams are made of
There's nothing you can't do
Now you're in New York!
These streets will make you feel brand new
Big lights will inspire you
Hear it from New York
She be spiked out, she could trip a referee
Hey (come on), hey, hey (come on)
Tell by her attitude that she's most definitely from
(Come on) from (where she from?)
Statue of Liberty, home of the World Trade (come on)
Hey (come on), hey, hey (yeah, yeah, yeah)
Long live the queen, yo (come on), she′s from the Empire State (come on)
That's, that′s, that's (come on)
In New York, New York, New York
Kaleidoscope (From the New Broadway Musical “Hell’s Kitchen”)
Kaleido-leido-leido-leido-leidoscope
Tonight is shining bright, you know, oh, yeah, oh, no
So light it, light it, light it, light it, light it up
Put it in the air and let it go, oh, yeah, oh, no
Can you feel the love now?
I′m feelin' a buzz now
Never gonna come down
Piece it all together
Nights like this, they belong in the Guinness
Nights like this, never want them to finish
Don′t wait for the end, let's start a beginning
Better to be alive than just to be living, uh
hook
Na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na (woo)
Na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na (Ali)
Kaleido-leido-leido-leido-leidoscope
Everyone looking high and low, oh, yeah, oh, no
You're moving, moving, moving, moving way too slow
I think I got that antidote, oh, yeah, oh, no, huh
Can you feel the love now?
I′m feelin′ a buzz now
Never wanna come down
Piece it all together
Nights like this, they belong in the Guinness
Nights like this, never want them to finish
Don't wait for the end, let′s start a beginning (yeah, yeah)
Better to be alive than just to be living (come on)
Na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na (yeah, ooh-ooh-ooh)
Na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na (ooh-ooh-uh)
Don't wait for the end, let′s start a beginning
(Ooh-ooh-ooh)
(Ooh-ooh-ooh)
Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, oh-oh, oh-ooh (ooh-ooh-ooh)
Yeah
Ah, ah, ah, ah
You just open up your eyes
Don't let the colors fool you, baby
It′s been inside you all this time, mm
Feel so good when it's all out (all out)
Wanna do the dirt 'til the sun′s out (sun′s out)
Baby, I'm ready for the fallout (fallout)
I don′t know what to say, ayy, ayy
It's a Kaleidoscope
I see your colors, baby (no, oh)
Make a kaleidoscope
With all your colors (I don′t know what to say)
It's a Kaleidoscope (hey)
I see your colors, baby
Make a Kaleidoscope (yeah, yeah, oh)
With all your colors (baby)
It′s a Kaleidoscope
I see your colors, baby (I see your colors, baby)
Make a kaleidoscope (baby)
With all your colors (baby, baby)
It's a Kaleidoscope
I see your colors, baby
Make a kaleidoscope
With all your colors
Don't wait for the end, let′s start a beginning
Better to be alive than just to be living
Асансьорът
В безопасност съм и се задушавам
Живеем в Манхатън Плаза, което е евтино жилище за артисти
Което означава, че почти всеки, който живее тук, е артист
Което означава, че
Никога не знаеш какво ще чуеш, когато вратите на тези асансьори се отворят
Да, това е г-н Гордън на 32-ри етаж, който вечно свири на тромпета си
А на 27-мия етаж сестрите Панера имат уроци по танци
Някакси във всеки един час на деня
И някак си се надявам да отвори на 17-тия
Искам да кажа, винаги харесвам 17-ия етаж
Да, нямам представа кой е това или какво казват
Но мисля, че са влюбени
А после на деветия са поетите, на осмия са художниците
Имаме цялата секция струнни инструменти на седмия, шестия, петия и четвъртия етаж
И когато стигнеш до партера, там има пиано
Винаги има пиано
Реката
Сама съм в ъгъла на едностаен апартамент
Светлината преминава през мръсните прозорци и през пръстите ми
И прави шарки по килима
Тежки стъпки по тавана
И сирени в далечината
Давя се в звука на играещите деца
Сама съм тук в тълпа от седем милиона
Знам, че има повече в живота от това
Защото нещо ме зове
Затова следвам реката
Затова следвам реката
И ще хвана вятъра
Защото умирам да започна
Затова следвам реката
Затова следвам реката
Има сърцебиене по тези улици
Да, има огън, който е запален вътре в мен
Няма пари, които могат да ме спрат
Вижте колко силна искам да бъда
Когато казаха, че мога да бъда
Знам, че има повече в живота от това
Защото нещо ме зове
Затова следвам реката
Затова следвам реката
И ще хвана вятъра
Защото умирам да започна
Затова следвай реката
Затова следвай реката
Затова следвай реката
Знам, че има повече в живота от това
Защото нещо ме зове
Седемнайсет
Това са фактите, и това важи не само за нея, а за всички като нея. Бебета в пораснали тела. Хормони и суичъри. Но останалите не са моя отговорност, а тя е...
Тя е на 17.
И мозъкът ? просто не работи.
Хайде сега, Джърси.
Стига толкова, Рей. Благодаря ти много.
Само на 17. И е костелив орех.
Знам, че и аз съм правилa глупости, когато бях на нейната възраст.
Не. Тя е нахална, малко гадна, кара ме да се чувствам зле.
Къса ми нервите до краен предел и понякога ме кара да искам да я изхвърля.
Тя е само на 17.
И мозъкът ? просто не работи.
Всички сме правили грешки, когато сме били млади.
Говори за себе си, аз бях ангел.
Тя е на 17. И мозъкът ? просто не работи. Благодаря ти.
Само на 17. И се държи като глупачка.
Мисля, че си права за тези хормони.
Тя ме подлудява, но никога няма да я насилвам или да я бия
По дяволите, не е заради чара.
Аз съм приятел, звъня ?.
Ще я гледам как се издънва.
Тя е само на 17. И мозъкът ? просто не работи.
С моите деца работи чехълът, веднага започват да се държат добре.
Тя си мисли, че знае всичко, а не знае нищо.
Може да рискува всичко и да го пропилее.
Някога бях същата, затова се опитах да го спра.
Тя е на път да се забърка в нещо.
Ще усети жегата в кухнята.
Някой ще изчезне.
Това са само твоите чувства и естрогенът, лоша комбинация.
Тя никога не слуша.
Тя е само на 17.
И мозъкът ? просто не работи.
Калейдоскоп
Влязох в тази стая студенa, и- и мокра, и ядосана, но сега
Нищо от това няма значение
Знаех, че нещо ме е... викало и
Мисля, че може да е била тя
Мисля, че може да е това
Калейдоскоп
Тази вечер свети ярко, знаеш
Запали го и го пусни във въздуха
Усещаш ли любовта сега?
Чувствам тръпката сега
Тя никога няма да ме пусне
Всички парчета ще застанат на мястото си
Нощи като тази, те са достойни за рекорд на Гинес
Нощи като тази, аз никога не искам те да свършат
Не чакай края, нека започнем ново начало
По-добре да си истински жив, отколкото просто да оцеляваш
Калейдоскоп
Всички гледат високо и ниско
О, да, о, не
Движиш се, движиш се, движиш се, движиш се твърде бавно
Мисля, че имам противоотровата
О, да, о, не, а
Току-що ти отвори очи
Не позволявай на цветовете да те заблудят, любов моя
Било е вътре в теб през цялото това време
Толкова е хубаво, когато всичко е навън
Бягаш през тъмнината, докато слънцето не изгрее
Може би съм готова за последствията
Не знам какво да кажа
Това е калейдоскоп
Виждам цветовете ти, любов моя
Направи калейдоскоп
С всичките си цветове, скъпа
(Не знам какво да кажа)
Не чакай края, нека започнем ново начало
По-добре да си жив, отколкото просто да оцеляваш
Тийнейджърска любовна афера
Нямам търпение да се прибера
И да набера номера ти
Можеш ли да вдигнеш телефона?
Защото искам да си говорим
Мечтая за теб по цял ден в училище,
Не мога да се концентрирам
Искам да имам гласа ти в ухото си
Докато мама не дойде и не каже, че е твърде късно
Защото светлините сияят отвън
Иска ми се да имаше къде да се скрием
Защото просто не искам да се сбогувам
Защото ти си моят любим, скъпи
Нищо наистина няма значение
Не ме интересува
Какво ми казват хората
Ще бъда тук
Това е въпрос от изключителна важност
Първата ми тийнейджърска любовна афера
Още една тайна среща
На стълбището на петия етаж
Ще ти дам това писмо
С всички неща, които не мога да изрека
Искам да си ми първи и последен
Моят край и начало, да
Написах името ти в тетрадката си
Моето име с твоята фамилия
Аз съм твоята госпожа
Хей, момче
Знаеш, че наистина ми харесва да съм с теб, нали?
Дори просто да се мотая с теб е забавно
Така че може би можем да стигнем до първа база
Защото те чувствам
Втора база
Искам и ти да ме чувстваш
Трета база
По-добре натисни спирачките
Скъпи, забави темпото
Защото сега трябва да се прибирам
Момиче в пламъци
Тя е просто момиче и гори в пламъци
По-гореща от фантазия
Самотна като магистрала
Живее в свят, който гори в пламъци
Пълен с катастрофи
Но тя знае, че може да отлети
С двата крака е стъпила на земята
И изгаря всичко
Главата ? е в облаците
И тя никога не се отказва
Това момиче е в пламъци
Това момиче е в пламъци
Тя ходи в пламъците
Това момиче е в пламъци
Изглежда като момиче, но е пламък
Толкова ярка, че може да ти изгори очите
По-добре погледни на другата страна
Можеш да опиташ,
Но никога няма да забравиш името ?
Тя е на върха на света
Най-горещата от най-горещите момичета, казват
Стъпили сме здраво на земята
И изгаряме всичко
Главата ни е в облаците
И няма да слезем оттам
Всички се взират, докато минават покрай нея
Защото могат да видят пламъка в очите ?
Гледайте я как осветява нощта
Никой не знае, че е самотно момиче
И светът е едно самотно място
Но тя ще го остави да гори
Това момиче гори (Огън, огън)
Това момиче гори
Тя ходи в огъня (Огън, огън)
Това момиче гори
Перфектният начин да умреш
Гневът ти е истински
Гневът ти е заслужен
Но няма да те оставя да му позволиш да те повали
Няма да ти дам да позволиш на болката да победи
Проста разходка до магазина на ъгъла
Мама никога не е мислила
Че ще получи обаждане от съдебния лекар
Той й каза, че синът й е застрелян,
Бил е застрелян
"Можете ли да дойдете сега?"
Сълзи в очите ?: „Можете ли да се успокоите? Моля ви, госпожо, можете ли да се успокоите?“
Но онзи ден в града се изля огън, казват те
Река от кръв по улиците
Нито капка любов по улиците
И в този ден в града настъпи тишина, казват хорара
Просто още един човек си отиде
А на нея ? казват да продължи напред
И тя застинала там, и пее
"Любов моя, не си затваряй очите
Това може да е последният ни път заедно
И знаеш, че не ме бива в сбогуването
И мисля за всичко, което можеше да направиш
Поне ще останеш завинаги млад
Предполагам, че избра перфектния начин да умреш
О, предполагам, че избра перфектния начин да умреш"
Нова работа, нов град, всичко в нея е ново
С блестящи очи, щеше да се гордееш, ако я познаваше
Мигащи светлини в огледалото,
Спрете, спрете
Няколко нощи в ареста и всичко свърши,
Един цял живот свърши
Те дойдоха да маршируват в града онзи ден, казват хората
Носеха плакати по улиците
Плачещи очи по улиците
Но не чуха нищо от града онзи ден, казват те
Просто още един човек си отиде
И Градът продължи напред
Застинали сме тук и пеем
"Любов моя, не си затваряй очите
Това може да е последният ни път заедно
И знаеш, че не ме бива в сбогуването
И мисля за всичко, което можеше да направиш
Поне ще останеш завинаги млад
Предполагам, че избра перфектния начин да умреш
О, предполагам, че избра перфектния начин да умреш"
Още една изгубена мечта
Още един изгубен крал и кралица
Още едно нарушено обещание, което отказват да изпълнят
О, още една нощ, в която да живеем в страх
О, още една нощ, в която не си тук
Още една причина да излезеш и да се бориш
Но аз казах: "Любов моя, не си затваряй очите
Това може да е последният ни път заедно
И знаеш, че не ме бива в сбогуването
И мисля за всичко, което можеше да направиш
Поне ще останеш завинаги млад
Предполагам, че избра перфектния начин да умреш
О, предполагам, че избра перфектния начин да умреш"
Падам
Продължавам да се влюбвам в теб
И да те разлюбвам
Отново и отново
Понякога те обичам
Понякога ме огорчаваш
Понякога се чувствам добре
Понякога се чувствам използвана
Но да те обичам, скъпи, ме обърква толкова много
Продължавам да се влюбвам в теб
И да те разлюбвам
Отново и отново
Никога не съм обичала някого
Така, както обичам теб
О, о, никога не съм се чувствала така
Как ми доставяш толкова много удоволствие
И ми причиняваш толкова много болка? (Да, да)
Точно когато си помисля
Че съм понесла повече, отколкото би понесъл и най-големият глупак
Започвам да се влюбвам отново в теб
Продължавам да се влюбвам в теб
И да те разлюбвам
Отново и отново
Никога не съм обичала някого
Така, както обичам теб
Ако нямам теб
Някои хора живеят за богатството
Някои хора живеят само за славата
Някои хора живеят за властта
Някои хора живеят само за да играят играта
Някои хора мислят,
Че физическите неща
Определят какво е вътре в нас
Била съм там преди
Но този живот е скучен
И толкова повърхностен
Някои хора искат всичко
Но аз не искам нищо
Ако не си ти, любов моя
Ако нямам теб
Някои хора искат диамантени пръстени
Някои просто искат всичко на света
Но всичко не означава нищо
Ако нямам теб
Някои хора търсят фонтан
Който обещава вечна младост
Някои хора се нуждаят от три дузини рози
И това е единственият начин да им докажеш, че ги обичаш
Ако ми подадеш света
На сребърен поднос
Каква полза би имало от него?
Ако нямам с кого да го споделя
Ако няма кой наистина да се грижи за мен?
Бих заложила всичко
Бих ти заложил часовника си
Бих ти заложил верижката си
Залагам този златен диамантен пръстен
Защото имам толкова голяма нужда от това
Бих ти дал всичко
Само и само да мога да започна живота си отначало
Понякога трябва да го пуснеш
Само за да стане възможно
Понякога трябва да го направиш
Да си готов да го загубиш
Свободата няма цена, знаеш
Мисля как ще се справим сега
Как ще нахраним бебетата сега
Ще се справим
Бог ще се погрижи за това
Просто стани и го направи сега
Ставай, ставай, ставай
Виж, научих се по трудния начин
Сега го правя по моя си начин
Защото животът е твърде кратък, за да загубя в Ню Йорк
Не мога да стана и да се махна
Затова трябва да се откажа от всичко
Да започна отначало
Защото вече не ми пука
Защото любовта е моят герой
Алилуя/Като вода
Не познавам тази, Джейн, но звучи като жена, която те кара да искаш да бъдеш по-добър човек. Сега, не знам дали аз лично бих могъл да стана по-добър човек. Този кораб може би е отплавал, но...
Знам малко как да свиря на пиано и бих искал да го направя в нейна чест, ако това е окей. И не знам, може би има някой, който иска да каже нещо, но няма думите, които са му нужни. Така че, предполагам, че ако има някой такъв, е добре дошъл да се качи тук при мен.
Добре, ще започна аз.
Има дупка в сърцето ми, която ще скрия
Толкова дълго съм отчаян, че ослепях
Има ли място, където мога да отида, където тече самотната река
Където свършва страхът и започва вярата
Алилуя, алилуя, нека бъде така
Моля се, но се моля за греха
Няма ли да ми дадеш знак, преди да си изгубя ума
Алилуя, нека бъде така
Искаш ли да участваш в това?
Не, не, не искам да се меся в това, но я разбирам
И мога да си представя какво би искала да направя и как би ме накарала да го направя
Знаеш, че съм с теб дори в облачни дни
В дъжда може да си поплачеш
Все още имаш остатъка от живота си, скъпа
Ще те заведа навсякъде, само кажи и отиваме
При луната и морето
Сега аз съм твоята галактика, ела при мен
И ако сушата удари тази вечер
Не се страхувай, защото ти и аз
Ние сме като вода, като вода
Създадени да оцелеем
И ако сушата удари тази вечер
Не се страхувай, защото ти и аз
Ние сме част един от друг, като вода
Ти ми даде живот
Ние сме част един от друг, като вода
Моля те, прости ми за греховете ми
Пусни ме вътре
И ако сушата удари тази вечер
Не се страхувай, защото ти и аз
Ние сме като вода, като вода
Създадени да оцелеем
И ако сушата удари тази вечер
Не се страхувай, защото ти и аз
Ние сме като вода
Ние сме част един на друг
Като вода
Ти ми даде живот
Никой
Съжалявам, той не е тук
Съжалявам, че Нък не е тук, съжалявам
Съжалявам, че госпожица Лиза Джейн не е тук
Мамо... ти си тук
Винаги си била тук
Ъм...
Благодаря ти
Просто искам да си близо до мен
Където можеш да останеш завинаги
Можеш да бъдеш сигурна,
Че ще става само по-добре
Ти и аз заедно
През дните и нощите
Не се тревожа, защото
Всичко ще бъде наред
Хората продължават да говорят,
Могат да казват каквото си искат
Но всичко, което знам е, че всичко
Ще бъде наред
Никой, никой, никой
Не може да ми попречи на това,
което чувствам
Никой, никой, никой
Не може да ми попречи на това,
което чувствам към теб, теб, теб
Не може да ми попречи на това,
което чувствам към теб
Когато дъждът вали
И сърцето ме боли
Винаги ще бъдеш наоколо
Това е единственото, което знам със сигурност
Ти и аз заедно
През дните и нощите
Не се тревожа, защото
Всичко ще бъде наред
(Да, ще бъде)
Хората продължават да говорят,
Могат да казват каквото си искат
Но всичко, което знам е, че всичко
Ще бъде наред
Знам, че някои хора търсят по целия свят
За да намерят нещо като това, което имаме
Знам, че хората ще се опитат,
Опитат се да разделят нещо толкова истинско
Така че до края на времето,
Казвам ти, че няма никой
Който да може да попречи на това,
което чувствам
Никой, никой, никой
Не може да попречи на това,
което чувствам към теб
Усещане за Ню Йорк
О, о, Ню Йорк
Те свирят тези ноти и свирят тези ноти
И аз свиря своите ноти
О, о, Ню Йорк
И от тези основи може да се развие нашата мелодия
Израснах в един град, който е известен
Като място на филмови сцени
Шумът винаги е силен,
Има сирени навсякъде
И улиците са страшни
Ако мога да успея тук,
Мога да успея навсякъде,
Това казват
Виждам лицето си в светлините или името си
В шатрите на Бродуей
Дори и да не е всичко, което изглежда,
Имам джоб, пълен с мечти
Аз съм от Ню Йорк!
Бетонна джунгла, където са създадени мечтите
Няма нищо, което не можеш да направиш
Сега си в Ню Йорк!
Тези улици ще те накарат да се почувстваш чисто нов
Големите светлини ще те вдъхновят
Викайте за Ню Йорк,
Ню Йорк, Ню Йорк!
На булеварда,
Никога няма полицейски час,
Дамите работят толкова усилено
Всички хора се сливат заедно
На ъгъла продават кока,
Проповедниците се молят на Бог
Спирам циганско такси,
Което ме отвежда от Харлем
До Бруклинския мост
Някой спи тази вечер
С глад много по-голям
От празен хладилник
Една ръка във въздуха за големия град
Улични лампи, големи мечти,
Всички изглеждат красиви
Няма място по света, което може да се сравни с това
Вдигнете запалките си във въздуха, всички казват
Да! Да! Да! Да!
В Ню Йорк!
Бетонна джунгла, където се раждат мечтите
Няма нищо, което не можеш да направиш
Сега си в Ню Йорк!
Тези улици ще те накарат да се почувстваш чисто нов
Големите светлини ще те вдъхновят
Викайте за Ню Йорк!
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На 1 февруари 2026 г. американският hip-hop музикант KENDRICK LAMAR получи пет отличия
„Grammy“, четири от които за работата си върху проекта “GNX”. Това е неговият шести студиен
албум и така продължаваме да представяме музиката на по-младата част от нашите слушатели,
някои от които го определят като „поета на нашето съвремие“.
KENDRICK LAMAR е сред най-ярките имена в съвременната hip-hop музика, той е известен и като
успешен продуцент и предприемач, и още нещо – популярен е със силната си социална
ангажираност. KENDRICK безспорно е най-известният hip-hop изпълнител на своето поколение,
един от онези редки музиканти, които са постигнали творчески и търговски успех, като са
спечелили уважението и подкрепата на онези, които са ги вдъхновявали.
Неговите шест студийни албума са белязани с 90 основни награди, сред които 27 отличия
„Grammy“, две Primetime Emmy, една Brit, и дори една Pulitzer Prize for Music, за несравнимата им
комбинация от изобретателна игра на думи и завладяващи концептуални истории, със изследване
на високомерието, расовата сегрегация, полицейското насилие и мястото на чернокожите жени в
съвременната американска действителност. За това допринася сътрудничеството му с такива имена
като Dr. Dre, SZA, Taylor Swift, MC Eiht, Sounwave и Jay Rock.
Албумът „GNX“ е фокусиран върху културната гордост на Западното крайбрежие в САЩ и възхода
на местните музиканти. Заглавието идва от модела GNX (Grand National Experimental) на
автомобила Buick Regal (1987), известен с това, че превъзхожда класическите суперколи от своята
епоха като символизира сурова мощност, висок статус и скорост. KENDRICK LAMAR e израснал в
Лос Анжелис, в квартала Compton, родното място на hip-hop и gangsta rap, с музиката на
пионерите от N.W.A Dr. Dre, Ice Cube и Eazy-E. Затова с ярост изобличава фалшивия образ на хора,
които твърдят, че носят културата на Лос Анджелис или се преструват, че представят града без
никакво покритие. Същевременно KENDRICK изразява дълбока си преданост към корените си
като човек и музикант, чието начало е белязано от появата през 1987 г. на N.W.A. Други теми са
личностното израстване и това да остане верен на моралния си кодекс въпреки търговския натиск.
В музикален план откриваме влиянието на традиционния gangsta funk сред hip-hop теченията на
Западното крайбрежие, смесено с разновидности на уличната култура в Лос Анджелис и
регионални стилистични похвати. За участие са привлечени редица популярни имена като SZA,
DODY6, LEFTY GUNPLAY, WALLIE THE SENSEI, SIETE7X, RODDY RICCH, AZCHIKE, HITTA
J3, YOUNGTHREAT И PEYSOH.
Албумът „GNX“ е петият номер едно албум на LAMAR в класацията за албуми Billboard 200 в
САЩ и оглавява класациите в Канада, Холандия, Швеция, Австралия, Дания и Великобритания.
Отделно синглите „SQUABBLE UP“ и „LUTHER“ заемат първо място в Billboard Hot 100.
Този именно албум ще чуем в предаването “Картини от една изложба®
” на програма “Хоризонт” в
събота, 8 август, след новините от 22.00 ч.
В предаването на 8 август 2026 г.: Kendrick Lamar и албумът „GNX“
KENDRICK LAMAR
GNX
Released: November 22 nd , 2024
SONGS/TRACKS:
1.Wacced Out Murals - 5:17
Drums, Programmed By, Keyboards, Synth – Dahi*
Keyboards, Synth – Frano*
Mastered By – Ruairi O'Flaherty
Mixed By – Oli Jacobs
Producer – Craig Balmoris, Dahi*, Frano*, Jack Antonoff, Sounwave, Tyler Reese
Producer [Additional Production] – M-Tech, Tim Maxey*
Programmed By, Arranged By – Sounwave
Programmed By, Percussion, Keyboards, Cello, Acoustic Guitar – Jack Antonoff
Recorded By – Jack Antonoff, Johnathan Turner, Laura Sisk, Oli Jacobs, Ray Charles Brown Jr.
Synth [Ambient Synth], Keyboards – M-Tech
Vocals [Additional] – Deyra Barrera
Written-By – C. Balmoris*, D. Natche*, F. Huett*, Jack Antonoff, Kendrick Lamar, M. Spears*, T.
Mehlenbacher*
2.Squabble Up - 2:38
Backing Vocals – Ink, Sam Dew
Drums, Programmed By – Scott Bridgeway
Mastered By – Ruairi O'Flaherty
Mixed By – Oli Jacobs
Producer – Jack Antonoff, Kendrick Lamar, Scott Bridgeway, Sounwave
Producer [Additional Production] – M-Tech
Programmed By, Arranged By – Sounwave
Programmed By, Percussion, Keyboards, Guitar – Jack Antonoff
Recorded By – Jack Antonoff, Johnathan Turner, Laura Sisk, Oli Jacobs, Ray Charles Brown Jr.
Written-By – Jack Antonoff, Kendrick Lamar, M. Spears*, Scott Bridgeway
3.Luther - 2:57
Conductor [For Strings] – Kamasi Washington
Drum Programming – Scott Bridgeway
Electric Piano [Rhodes], Drum Machine [808] – M-Tech
Featuring – SZA
Mastered By – Ruairi O'Flaherty
Mixed By – Oli Jacobs
Producer – Jack Antonoff, Kamasi Washington, M-Tech, Rose Lilah, Scott Bridgeway, Sounwave
Programmed By, Arranged By [Strings], Arranged By – Sounwave
Programmed By, Keyboards, Guitar, Mellotron [Mellotrone], Marxophone – Jack Antonoff
Recorded By – Jack Antonoff, Johnathan Turner, Laura Sisk, Oli Jacobs, Ray Charles Brown Jr.,
Tony Shepperd
Recorded By [SZA] – Hector Castro, Sean Matsukawa
Recorded By [Strings] – Tony Austin
Strings – Andrea Whitt, Chad Jackson, Ginger Murphy, Miles Mosley, Paul Cartwright, Peter
Jacobson, Reiko Nakano, Tylana Renga*, Yvette Devereaux
Vocals [Additional] – Sam Dew
Written-By – Ink, Kendrick Lamar, M. Spears*, M. Bernard*, R. Larisha Bacha, Sam Dew, S.
Bridgeway*, S. Rowe*
4.Man At The Garden - 3:53
Backing Vocals – Sam Dew
Drums, Keyboards, Bass, Synth – Craig Balmoris, Tyler Reese
Mastered By – Ruairi O'Flaherty
Mixed By – Oli Jacobs
Producer – Craig Balmoris, Jack Antonoff, Sounwave, Tyler Reese
Producer [Additional Production] – M-Tech
Programmed By, Bass, Keyboards, Synth – Jack Antonoff
Programmed By, Piano, Synth, Arranged By – Sounwave
Recorded By – Jack Antonoff, Johnathan Turner, Laura Sisk, Oli Jacobs, Ray Charles Brown Jr.
Written-By – C. Balmoris*, Jack Antonoff, Kendrick Lamar, M. Spears*, T. Mehlenbacher*
5.Hey Now - 3:37
Backing Vocals – Sam Dew
Featuring – Dody6
Mastered By – Ruairi O'Flaherty
Mixed By – Oli Jacobs
Producer – Mustard*, Jack Antonoff, Sounwave
Programmed By, Arranged By – Sounwave
Programmed By, Drums – Mustard*
Programmed By, Keyboards – Jack Antonoff
Recorded By – Jack Antonoff, Johnathan Turner, Laura Sisk, Oli Jacobs, Ray Charles Brown Jr.
Written-By – Mustard*, Jack Antonoff, Kendrick Lamar, M. Spears*, Z.J. Cunningham
6.Reincarnated - 4:35
Backing Vocals – Sam Dew
Mastered By – Ruairi O'Flaherty
Mixed By – Oli Jacobs
Producer – Jack Antonoff, Kendrick Lamar, M-Tech, Noah Ehler, Sounwave
Recorded By – Jack Antonoff, Johnathan Turner, Laura Sisk, Oli Jacobs, Ray Charles Brown Jr.
Vocals [Additional] – Deyra Barrera
Written-By – Jack Antonoff, Kendrick Lamar, M. Spears*, Matthew Bernard, N. Ehler*
7.TV Off - 3:40
Arranged By [Strings], Arranged By – Sounwave
Conductor [Strings and Winds] – Kamasi Washington
Featuring – Lefty Gunplay
Mastered By – Ruairi O'Flaherty
Mixed By – Oli Jacobs
Producer – Mustard*, Jack Antonoff, Kamasi Washington, Sean Momberger, Sounwave
Programmed By – Mustard*, Sean Momberger
Programmed By, Keyboards – Jack Antonoff
Recorded By – Jack Antonoff, Johnathan Turner, Laura Sisk, Oli Jacobs, Ray Charles Brown Jr.,
Tony Austin
Recorded By [Evan Smith's Performance] – Evan Smith
Recorded By [Strings] – Tony Austin
Recorded By [Zem Audu's Performance] – Zem Audu
Strings – Chad Jackson, Ginger Murphy, Marta Honer*, Miles Mosley, Paul Cartwright, Peter
Jacobson, Reiko Nakano, Tylana Renga*, Yvette Devereaux
Tenor Saxophone – Zem Audu
Tenor Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone – Evan Smith
Vocals [Additional] – Lefty Gunplay
Wind – Amber Wyman*, Malik Taylor, Rickey Washington, Ryan Porter, Sarafin Aguilar, Sean
Sonderegger
Written-By – Mustard*, Jack Antonoff, Kendrick Lamar, M. Spears*, S. Momberger*
8.Dodger Blue - 2:11
Arranged By – Sounwave
Engineer – Jack Antonoff, Jacob Spitzer, Johnathan Turner, Laura Sisk, Oli Jacobs, Ray Charles
Brown Jr.
Featuring – Roddy Ricch, Siete7x, Wallie The Sensei
Mastered By – Ruairi O'Flaherty
Mixed By – Oli Jacobs
Producer – Jack Antonoff, Sounwave, Tane Runo, Tim Maxey*
Producer [Additional Production] – Terrace Martin
Programmed By, Guitar, Synth, Bass, Drums – Tane Runo, Tim Maxey*
Programmed By, Percussion, Keyboards – Jack Antonoff
Vocals [Additional] – Ink , Roddy Ricch, Sam Dew
Written-By – C. Lamonte Johnson Jr., Jack Antonoff, Kendrick Lamar, M. Spears*, Sam Dew, T.
Runo*, T. Maxey*, Traquan Tyson
9.Peekaboo - 2:35
Arranged By – Sounwave
Featuring – AzChike
Mastered By – Ruairi O'Flaherty
Mixed By – Oli Jacobs
Producer – Scott Bridgeway, Sean Momberger, Sounwave
Programmed By – Scott Bridgeway
Recorded By – Jack Antonoff, Johnathan Turner, Laura Sisk, Oli Jacobs, Ray Charles Brown Jr.
Written-By – D.K. Walker*, Kendrick Lamar, M. Spears*, Scott Bridgeway, S. Momberger*
Written-By [Melody] – Sean Momberger
10.Heart Pt. 6 - 4:52
Backing Vocals – Ink, Sam Dew
Mastered By – Ruairi O'Flaherty
Mixed By – Oli Jacobs
Producer – Jack Antonoff, Sounwave
Producer [Additional Production] – JuJu The Fool, M-Tech
Programmed By, Arranged By – Sounwave
Programmed By, Drums, Keyboards, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Arranged By [Strings] – Jack
Antonoff
Recorded By – Jack Antonoff, Johnathan Turner, Laura Sisk, Oli Jacobs, Ray Charles Brown Jr.
Violin [Additional] – Bobby Hawk
Written-By – Jack Antonoff, Kendrick Lamar, M. Spears*
11.GNX - 3:13
Arranged By – Sounwave
Featuring – Hitta J3, Peysoh, YoungThreat
Mastered By – Ruairi O'Flaherty
Mixed By – Oli Jacobs
Piano [Piano Loop] – Billy*, Kenny*
Piano, Synthesizer – Rascal
Producer – Billy*, Jack Antonoff, Kenny*, Rascal, Sounwave
Producer [Additional Production] – Tim Maxey*
Recorded By – Jack Antonoff, Jacob Spitzer, Johnathan Turner, Laura Sisk, Oli Jacobs, Ray
Charles Brown Jr.
Written-By – B.G. Gnanasundaram*, Hitta J3, Jack Antonoff, Kendrick Lamar, K.S.
Gnanasundaram*, M. Spears*, Peysoh, T. Breuer*, YoungThreat
12.Gloria - 4:47
Backing Vocals – Sam Dew
Featuring – SZA
Mastered By – Ruairi O'Flaherty
Mixed By – Oli Jacobs
Producer – Deats, Jack Antonoff, Sounwave
Programmed By – Deats
Programmed By, Arranged By – Sounwave
Programmed By, Drums, Keyboards, Acoustic Guitar, Arranged By [Strings] – Jack Antonoff
Recorded By – Jack Antonoff, Johnathan Turner, Laura Sisk, Oli Jacobs, Ray Charles Brown Jr.
Violin – Bobby Hawk
Vocals [Additional] – Deyra Barrera
Written-By – D. Patrzek*, Ink, Jack Antonoff, Kendrick Lamar, M. Spears*, SZA (2)
©2024 PGLang, LLC / Interscope Records, Inc.
CREDITS:
Producer [Album Producer] – Jack Antonoff, Sounwave
Executive-Producer – Kendrick Lamar
Creative Director – Dave Free, Kendrick Lamar
A&R – Kojo Asamoah
Coordinator [A&R Coordinator] – Cristela S. Rodriguez*
Design, Layout – Chris Burnett
Photography By – Dave Free
Track 1:
Published by: Kendrick Lamar Music (BMI), administered by Songs of Universal, Inc., Mark
Anthony Spears p/k/a "Sounwave" individually and d/b/a He Publishing Designee Of Mark
Anthony Spears (BMI) and Sony Songs, a division of Sony Music Publishing (US) LLC (BMI),
Jack Antonoff / Isimo Compositions / Universal Music Corp. (ASCAP).. Dahi Music Productions,
LLC (SESAC), administered by Sony Music Publishing, Tyler Reese Mehlenbacher (ASCAP) -
calowayfrombd / PW Arrangements / UMPG, Craig B of BKS (ASCAP)
Recorded at: Electric Lady Studios (New York, NY), Conway Recording Studios (Los Angeles,
CA), Tamarind (Los Angeles, CA)
Mixed at: Sharp Sonics Studios (Los Angeles, CA), Electric Lady Studios (New York, NY) and
Tamarind (Los Angeles, CA)
Mastered at: Nomograph Mastering (Los Angeles, CA)
Track 2:
Published by: Kendrick Lamar Music (BMI), administered by Songs of Universal, Inc., Wave Pub,
Jack Antonoff / Isimo Compositions / Universal Music Corp. (ASCAP), Ruchaun Maurice Akers /
Universal Music Corporation (ASCAP)
Recorded at: Electric Lady Studios (New York, NY), Conway Recording Studios (Los Angeles,
CA), Tamarind (Los Angeles, CA)
Mixed at: Sharp Sonics Studios (Los Angeles, CA), Electric Lady Studios (New York, NY) and
Tamarind (Los Angeles, CA)
Mastered at: Nomograph Mastering (Los Angeles, CA)
"Squabble Up" contains elements from "When I Hear Music" (T. Butler) performed by Debbie Deb.
Licensed courtesy of Pandisc Music Corp. Published by Whooping Crane Music Inc./321 Music
LLC (BMI).
Track 3:
Published by: Kendrick Lamar Music (BMI), administered by Songs of Universal, Inc. SZA (BMI)
- Songs of Universal, Inc., Atia Boggs (Ink) - Sony/ATV Ballad, BMI, Samuel Joseph Dew /
Greyscape Songs / Sony/ATV Ballad / Sony/ATV Music Publishing (BMI), Mark Anthony Spears
p/k/a "Sounwave" individually and d/b/a He Publishing Designee Of Mark Anthony Spears (BMI)
and Sony Songs, a division of Sony Music Publishing (US) LLC (BMI), Jack Antonoff / Isimo
Compositions / Universal Music Corp. (ASCAP), 6K Publishing, administered worldwide by BMG
Rights Management (Benelux) B.V., Matthew Bernard p/k/a "M-Tech" / Self-published (BMI),
Ruchaun Maurice Akers / Universal Music Corporation (ASCAP)
Recorded at: Electric Lady Studios (New York, NY), Conway Recording Studios (Los Angeles,
CA), Tamarind (Los Angeles, CA)
SZA Recorded at: Glenwood Place Studios, Burbank CA
Strings Recorded at: Sunset Sound (Los Angeles, CA)
Mixed at: Sharp Sonics Studios (Los Angeles, CA), Electric Lady Studios (New York, NY) and
Tamarind (Los Angeles, CA)
Mastered at: Nomograph Mastering (Los Angeles, CA)
"Luther" contains elements from "If This World Were Mine" (M. Gaye) performed by Luther
Vandross. Licensed courtesy of Sony Music Entertainment. Published by EMI
Track 4:
Published by: Kendrick Lamar Music (BMI), administered by Songs of Universal, Inc., Mark
Anthony Spears p/k/a "Sounwave" individually and d/b/a He Publishing Designee Of Mark
Anthony Spears (BMI) and Sony Songs, a division of Sony Music Publishing (US) LLC (BMI),
Jack Antonoff / Isimo Compositions / Universal Music Corp. (ASCAP)., Tyler Reese Mehlenbacher
(ASCAP) - calowayfrombd / PW Arrangements / UMPG , Craig B of BKS (ASCAP)
Recorded at: Electric Lady Studios (New York, NY), Conway Recording Studios (Los Angeles,
CA), Tamarind (Los Angeles, CA)
Mixed at: Sharp Sonics Studios (Los Angeles, CA), Electric Lady Studios (New York, NY) and
Tamarind (Los Angeles, CA)
Mastered at: Nomograph Mastering (Los Angeles, CA)
Track 5:
Published by: Kendrick Lamar Music (BMI), administered by Songs of Universal, Inc., Zarius Joel
Cunningham (BMI), Dijon McFarlane / Pay Mustard / Sony/ATV Tunes, a division of Sony/ATV
Music Publishing LLC dba EMI April Music Inc. (ASCAP), Mark Anthony Spears p/k/a
"Sounwave" individually and d/b/a He Publishing Designee Of Mark Anthony Spears (BMI) and
Sony Songs, a division of Sony Music Publishing (US) LLC (BMI), Jack Antonoff / Isimo
Compositions / Universal Music Corp. (ASCAP).
Recorded at: Electric Lady Studios (New York, NY), Conway Recording Studios (Los Angeles,
CA), Tamarind (Los Angeles, CA)
Mixed at: Sharp Sonics Studios (Los Angeles, CA), Electric Lady Studios (New York, NY) and
Tamarind (Los Angeles, CA)
Mastered at: Nomograph Mastering (Los Angeles, CA)
Track 6:
Published by: Kendrick Lamar Music (BMI), administered by Songs of Universal, Inc., Mark
Anthony Spears p/k/a "Sounwave" individually and d/b/a He Publishing Designee Of Mark
Anthony Spears (BMI) and Sony Songs, a division of Sony Music Publishing (US) LLC (BMI),
Jack Antonoff / Isimo Compositions / Universal Music Corp. (ASCAP)., Matthew Bernard p/k/a
"M-Tech" / Self-published (BMI), Noah Christopher Ehler Sony/ATV Songs (BMI) / Mike Hector
Sony/ATV Songs (BMI)
Recorded at: Electric Lady Studios (New York, NY), Conway Recording Studios (Los Angeles,
CA), Tamarind (Los Angeles, CA)
Mixed at: Sharp Sonics Studios (Los Angeles, CA), Electric Lady Studios (New York, NY) and
Tamarind (Los Angeles, CA)
Mastered at: Nomograph Mastering (Los Angeles, CA)
"Reincarnated" contains elements from "Made Niggaz" (J. Jackson/T. Shakur/M. Greenidge/K.
Cox/M. Beale/Y. Fula/B. Washington) performed by 2Pac. Licensed courtesy of Estate of 2Pac
Shakur. Published by Universal Music - MGB Songs (ASCAP)/Universal Music Corp./Amaru
Publishing/ Foxbeat Music/ Yaki Kadafi Music (ASCAP)/ Songs OfUniversal, Inc. /Gimme Minz
Publishing/ (BMI).
Track 7:
Published by: Kendrick Lamar Music (BMI), administered by Songs of Universal, Inc., Dijon
McFarlane / Pay Mustard / Sony/ATV Tunes, a division of Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC dba
EMI April Music Inc. (ASCAP), Sean Mom Publishing (BMI) administered by 300 Rainwater
Music (BMI) & Warner Chappell Music., Mark Anthony Spears p/k/a "Sounwave" individually and
d/b/a He Publishing Designee Of Mark Anthony Spears (BMI) and Sony Songs, a division of Sony
Music Publishing (US) LLC (BMI), Jack Antonoff / Isimo Compositions / Universal Music Corp.
(ASCAP).
Recorded at: Electric Lady Studios (New York, NY), Conway Recording Studios (Los Angeles,
CA), Tamarind (Los Angeles, CA)
Strings Recorded at: Sunset Sound (Los Angeles, CA)
Evan' Smith's performance recorded at Pleasure Hill Recording (Portland, Maine)
Mixed at: Sharp Sonics Studios (Los Angeles, CA), Electric Lady Studios (New York, NY) and
Tamarind (Los Angeles, CA)
Mastered at: Nomograph Mastering (Los Angeles, CA)
"TV Off" contains elements from "MacArthur Park" (J. Webb) performed by Monk Higgins.
Licensed courtesy of Universal Music Enterprises. Published by Universal PolyGram Int.
Publishing, Inc. (ASCAP).
Track 8:
Published by: Kendrick Lamar Music (BMI), administered by Songs of Universal, Inc., Timothy
Maxey (BMI) Concord, Mark Anthony Spears p/k/a "Sounwave" individually and d/b/a He
Publishing Designee Of Mark Anthony Spears (BMI) and Sony Songs, a division of Sony Music
Publishing (US) LLC (BMI), Jack Antonoff / Isimo Compositions / Universal Music Corp.
(ASCAP), Traquan Tyson - (BMI), Siete7xMusic (BMI) administered by Empire Strikes First
(BMI)
Recorded at: Recorded at: Electric Lady Studios (New York, NY), Conway Recording Studios (Los
Angeles, CA), Tamarind (Los Angeles, CA), Pen Station (Los Angeles, CA)
Mixed at: Sharp Sonics Studios (Los Angeles, CA), Electric Lady Studios (New York, NY) and
Tamarind (Los Angeles, CA)
Mastered at: Nomograph Mastering (Los Angeles, CA)
Track 9:
Published by: Kendrick Lamar Music (BMI), administered by Songs of Universal, Inc., Mark
Anthony Spears p/k/a "Sounwave" individually and d/b/a He Publishing Designee Of Mark
Anthony Spears (BMI) and Sony Songs, a division of Sony Music Publishing (US) LLC (BMI),
Sean Mom Publishing (BMI) administered by 300 Rainwater Music (BMI) & Warner Chappell
Music., Ruchaun Maurice Akers / Universal Music Corporation (ASCAP), AzChike (BMI) by
BeatBread Publishing
Recorded at: Electric Lady Studios (New York, NY), Conway Recording Studios (Los Angeles,
CA), Tamarind (Los Angeles, CA)
Mixed at: Sharp Sonics Studios (Los Angeles, CA), Electric Lady Studios (New York, NY) and
Tamarind (Los Angeles, CA)
Mastered at: Nomograph Mastering (Los Angeles, CA)
"Peekaboo" contains elements from "Does Anybody Care" (W. Clarke/W. Hale) performed by
Little Beaver. Licensed courtesy of Stone Family Music. Published by Lottsamama Music (BMI) /
Henstone Publishing (BMI).
"Peekaboo" contains elements from "Blue Revery" (M. Legrand) performed by Grille-Chemand.
Licensed courtesy of Musique Pour L'Image. Published by APM Music (SACEM) /Sony Music
France (SACEM).
Track 10:
Published by: Kendrick Lamar Music (BMI), administered by Songs of Universal, Inc., Mark
Anthony Spears p/k/a "Sounwave" individually and d/b/a He Publishing Designee Of Mark
Anthony Spears (BMI) and Sony Songs, a division of Sony Music Publishing (US) LLC (BMI),
Jack Antonoff / Isimo Compositions / Universal Music Corp. (ASCAP).
Recorded at: Electric Lady Studios (New York, NY), Conway Recording Studios (Los Angeles,
CA), Tamarind (Los Angeles, CA)
Mixed at: Sharp Sonics Studios (Los Angeles, CA), Electric Lady Studios (New York, NY) and
Tamarind (Los Angeles, CA)
Mastered at: Nomograph Mastering (Los Angeles, CA)
"Heart Pt. 6" contains elements from "Use Your Heart" (T. Lucas/C. Hugo/P. Williams) performed
by SWV. Licensed courtesy of Sony Music Entertainment. Published by T Lucas Music
(ASCAP)/EMI Blackwood Music Inc (BMI)/EMI Pop Music Publishing (GMR)/Waters of
Nazareth Publishing (GMR).
Track 11:
Published by: Kendrick Lamar Music (BMI), administered by Songs of Universal, Inc., Tobias
Breuer (GEMA) administered by Kobalt Germany, Kenneth Stanley Gnanasundaram (GEMA),
Billy Graham Gnanasundaram (GEMA)
Recorded at: Electric Lady Studios (New York, NY), Conway Recording Studios (Los Angeles,
CA), Tamarind (Los Angeles, CA), Pen Station Studios (Los Angeles, CA)
Mixed at: Sharp Sonics Studios (Los Angeles, CA), Electric Lady Studios (New York, NY) and
Tamarind (Los Angeles, CA)
Mastered at: Nomograph Mastering (Los Angeles, CA)
Track 12:
Published by: Kendrick Lamar Music (BMI), administered by Songs of Universal, Inc., Atia Boggs
(Ink) - Sony/ATV Ballad, BMI, SZA (BMI) - Songs of Universal, Inc. , Dominik Patrzek p/k/a
"Deats" (GEMA) published by Warner Chappel - Edition Key, Mark Anthony Spears p/k/a
"Sounwave" individually and d/b/a He Publishing Designee Of Mark Anthony Spears (BMI) and
Sony Songs, a division of Sony Music Publishing (US) LLC (BMI), Jack Antonoff / Isimo
Compositions / Universal Music Corp. (ASCAP).
Recorded at: Electric Lady Studios (New York, NY), Conway Recording Studios (Los Angeles,
CA), Tamarind (Los Angeles, CA)
Mixed at: Sharp Sonics Studios (Los Angeles, CA), Electric Lady Studios (New York, NY) and
Tamarind (Los Angeles, CA)
Mastered at: Nomograph Mastering (Los Angeles, CA)
"Gloria" contains elements from "Amarga Tristeza" (J. Castañeda) performed by Combo Impacto.
Licensed courtesy of Tamayo Records. Published by Jorge Castañeda Publishing Designee.
LYRICS:
wacced out murals
[Intro: Deyra Barrera]
Siento aquí tu presencia
La noche de anoche
Y nos ponemos a llorar
[Verse 1]
Yesterday somebody whacked out my mural
That energy'll make you niggas move to Europe
But it's regular for me, yeah, that's for sure
The love and hate is definite without a cure
All this talk is bitch-made, that's on my Lord
I'll kill 'em all before I let 'em kill my joy
I done been through it all, what you endure?
It used to be fuck that nigga, but now it's plural
Fuck everybody, that's on my body
My blick first, then God got me
I watch 'em pandеr with them back-handed compliments
Put thеy head on a Cuban link as a monument
I paid homage and I always mind my business
I made the—
I never lost who I am for a rap image
It's motivation if you wonder how I did it
[Chorus]
Yeah, nigga, go and up your rank
Know you a god even when they say you ain't
Yeah, nigga, keep your feelings out the way
Never let no one put smut up on your name
Yeah, nigga, keep your head down and work like I do
But understand everybody ain't gon' like you
Yeah, nigga, if they say it's love, you've been lied to
A couple rules of engagements, I'ma guide you
[Post-Chorus: Deyra Barrera]
Que reflejan tu mirada
La noche, tú y yo
[Verse 2]
Ridin' in my GNX with Anita Baker in the tape deck, it's gon' be a sweet love
Fuck apologies, I wanna see y'all geeked up
Don't acknowledge me, then maybe we can say it's fair
Take it to the internet and I'ma take it there
Miss my uncle Lil' Mane, he said that he would kill me if I didn't make it
Now I'm possessed by a spirit and they can't take it
Used to bump Tha Carter III, I held my Rollie chain proud
Irony, I think my hard work let Lil Wayne down
Whatever, though, call me crazy, everybody questionable
Turn me to an eskimo, I drew the line and decimals
Snoop posted "Taylor Made," I prayed it was the edibles
I couldn't believe it, it was only right for me to let it go
Won the Super Bowl and Nas the only one congratulate me
All these niggas agitated, I'm just glad they showin' they faces
Quite frankly, plenty artists, but they outdated
Old-ass flows, tryna convince me that you they favorite
This is not for lyricists, I swear it's not the sentiments
Fuck a double entendre, I want y'all to feel this shit
Old soul, bitch, I probably built them pyramids
Ducking strays when I rap battled in the Nickersons
Where you from? Not where I'm from, we all indigenous
Against all odds, I squabbled up for them dividends
Against all odds, I showed up as a gentleman
I done lost plenty friends, sixteen to be specific
Put that on my kids' children, we gon' see the future first
They like, "Dot big trippin'," I just want what I deserve
What bridge they done burnt? All of them, it's over with
I'm doin' what COVID did, they'll never get over it
[Chorus]
Yeah, nigga, go and up your rank
Know you a god even when they say you ain't
Yeah, nigga, keep your feelings out the way
Never let no one put smut up on your name
Yeah, nigga, keep your head down and work like I do
But understand everybody ain't gon' like you
Yeah, nigga, if they say it's love, you've been lied to
A couple rules of engagements, here to guide you
[Verse 3]
Niggas from my city couldn't entertain old boy
Promisin' bank transactions and even bitcoin
I'll never peace it up, that shit don't sit well with me
Before I take a truce, I'll take 'em to Hell with me
If that money got in the hands of a crash dummy
Could jeopardize my family and burden the ones who love me
Niggas mad 'cause I decided not to pretend
Y'all stay politically correct, I'ma do what I did
Ain't no sympathy here, this shit's hilarious
It's a lot of opinions, but no power to carry it
2025, they still movin' on some scary shit
Tell 'em quit they job and pay the real niggas they severance
Don't insult my intelligence, I'm not just for the television
Teleport to Bullis Road and dig up all my relatives
Okay, nigga, let's settle it, these niggas been fake loyal
Since y'all pandering to choose a side, let me do it for you
Okay, fuck your hip-hop, I watched the party just die
Niggas cackling about— while all of y'all is on trial
Niggas thought that I was antisocial when I stayed inside of my house
You better off to have one woman, everything tricky right now
You niggas live in denial
Ayy, fuck anybody empathetic to the other side, I vow
A bitch nigga love bitch niggas, they exist with 'em in style
Exterminate 'em right now
Make Katt Williams and them proud, the truth 'bout to get loud
No juice inside of my cup, I sober up and knock 'em all off
Don't let no white comedian talk about no Black woman, that's law
I know propaganda work for them, and fuck whoever that's close to them
The niggas that coon, the niggas that bein' groomed, slide on both of them
You ever ate Cap'n Crunch and proceeded to pour water in it?
Pulled over by the law, you ridin' dirty, so you can't argue with 'em?
Then make it to be a star, bare your soul and put your heart up in it?
Well, I did
Whacked the murals out, but it ain't no legends if my legend ends
squabble up
[Intro: Kendrick Lamar]
God knows
I am reincarnated
I was stargazin'
Life goes on, I need all my babies (Gyah, gyah)
[Verse 1: Kendrick Lamar & Debbie Deb]
Woke up lookin' for the broccoli
High-key, keep a horn on me, that Kamasi
IP, ownership, the blueprint is by me
Mr. Get Off, I get off and mop feet
When I hear music, it makes me dance
You got the music, now is your chance
A yee nigga couldn't try me in the tri-state
Buddy pass, bet I get him splashed 'til he hydrated
Bounce out, know he spook town, eyes dilated
I got the money and the power both gyratin'
[Chorus: Kendrick Lamar]
I feel good, get the fuck out my face
Look good, but shе don't got no taste
I walk in, walked out with the safе
Mando, let me know what the play
[Verse 2: Kendrick Lamar]
What the fuck?
I got hits, I got bucks, I got new paper cuts
I got friends, I got foes, but they all sitting ducks
Hit his turf and get crackin', double back like a deluxe
Fifty deep, but it ain't deep enough
Fuck a plea, there he go, beat him up
Fallin' from a money tree and it grow throughout the months
Spit a loogie at the camera, speed off, yeah, it's us
[Chorus: Kendrick Lamar]
I feel good, get the fuck out my face
Look good, but she don't got no taste
I walk in, walked out with the safe
Mando, let me know what the play
[Post-Chorus: Kendrick Lamar]
Squabble up, squabble up
Squabble up, squabble up
Squabble up (Mm, mm), squabble up (Mm, mm)
Squabble up (Mm, mm), squabble up
[Bridge: Kendrick Lamar]
Hol' up (Hol' up)
Where you from? (Where you from?)
Bye, bitch (Bye, bitch)
I'm finna go dumb (Finna go dumb)
Sideways (Sideways)
Bunk skunk (Bunk skunk)
Fever (Fever)
I'm on one (I'm on one)
[Verse 3: Kendrick Lamar]
Thunk, thunk, thunk, thunk, thunk, baby rockin' it
Quid pro quo, what you want? 'Cause I'm watchin' it
Work on the floor, let me know if you clockin' it
Brodie won't go, but I know that he poppin' it
It was wolf tickets on sale 'til I silenced it
Pipe down, young, these some whole other politics
Bitch with him and some bitch in him, that's a lot of bitch
Don't hit him, he got kids with him, my apologies
Ghetto child, it was Blacky Milds with the Smirnoff
Yeehaw, we outside, whoadie 'bout to kill him off
Blaps on blaps, it's a fact, this a brick of raw
Tell me why the fuck you niggas rap if it's fictional?
Tell me why the fuck you niggas fed if you criminal?
"Ayy, Dot, can I get a drop?" I'm like, "Nigga, nah"
Ace boon coon from the Westside to Senegal
It's a full moon, let the wolves out, I been a dog (Ah)
[Chorus: Kendrick Lamar]
I feel good, get the fuck out my face
Look good, but she don't got no taste
I walk in, walked out with the safe
Mando, let me know what the play
[Post-Chorus: Kendrick Lamar]
Squabble up, squabble up
Squabble up, squabble up
Squabble up (Mm, mm), squabble up (Mm, mm)
Squabble up (Mm, mm), squabble up
luther
[Intro]
If this world were mine
[Verse 1: Kendrick Lamar]
Hey, Roman numeral seven, bae, drop it like it's hot
If this world was mine, I'd take your dreams and make 'em multiply
If this world was mine, I'd take your enemies in front of God
Introduce 'em to that light, hit them strictly with that fire
Fah-fah, fah-fah-fah, fah-fah, fah
Hey, Roman numeral seven, bae, drop it like it's hot
If this world was mine, I'd take your dreams and make 'em multiply
If this world was mine, I'd take your enemies in front of God
Introduce 'em to that light, hit them strictly with that fire
It's a vibe, do your dance, let 'em watch
She a fan, he a flop, they just wanna kumbaya, nah
[Chorus: SZA, SZA & Kendrick Lamar]
In this world, concrete flowers grow
Heartache, she only doin' what she know
Weekends, get it poppin' on the low
Better days comin' for sure
If this world were—
If it was up to me
I wouldn't give these nobodies no sympathy
I'd take away the pain, I'd give you everything
I just wanna see you win, wanna see
If this world were mine
[Verse 2: Kendrick Lamar & SZA]
It go in (When you), out (Ride it), do it real slow (Slide)
Baby, you a star, strike, pose
When I'm (When you), with you (With me), everything goes (Slow)
Come and (Put that), put that (On my), on my (Titi), soul (Soul)
'Rari (Red), crown (Stack), wrist (Stay), froze (Really)
Drip (Tell me), pound (If you), on the way home (Love me)
[Chorus: Kendrick Lamar & SZA]
In this world, concrete flowers grow
Heartache, she only doin' what she know
Weekends, get it poppin' on the low
Better days comin' for sure
If this world were—
If it was up to me
I wouldn't give these nobodies no sympathy
I'd take away the pain, I'd give you everything
I just wanna see you win, wanna see
If this world were mine
[Verse 3: Kendrick Lamar & SZA]
I can't lie
I trust you, I love you, I won't waste your time
I turn it off just so I can turn you on
I'ma make you say it loud
I'm not even trippin', I won't stress you out
I might even settle down for you, I'ma show you I'm a pro
I'ma take my time and turn it off
Just so I can turn you on, baby
Weekends, get it poppin' on the low
Better days comin' for sure
[Outro: SZA]
I know you're comin' for
Better days
If this world were mine
man at the garden
[Verse 1]
Twice emotional stability
Of sound body and tranquility
I deserve it all
Like minds and less enemies
Stock investments, more entities
I deserve it all
VVSs, white diamonds
GNX with the seat back, reclinin', bitch
I deserve it all
Put?my?homes?on the beachfront
Flyin'?private, what you?eat for lunch?
I deserve it all
The respect and the accolades
Lampin' on the island, watchin' Cast Away
I deserve it all
For еvery good nigga that passed away
Sent two-point-fivе million on an average day
I deserve it all
Keep my name by the world leaders
Keep my crowds loud inside Ibiza
I deserve it all
More money, more power, more freedom
Everything Heaven allowed us, bitch
I deserve it all
[Chorus]
Hmm, I deserve it all
Hmm, I deserve it all (I deserve all these flowers)
All
All
[Verse 2]
'Cause my intentions was pure
Even when you wasn't sure
Even with every allure
How much temptation you endured?
You'd probably look for every cure
I said I deserve it all
I'm wakin' up at 6 a.m.
Six miles a day, conditionin' my wind
I said I deserve it all
I'm showin' up as your friend
Tellin' truths better than your next of kin
I said I deserve it all
I never ask for too much credit
Seekin' validation just for the aesthetics, bitch
I deserve it all
I see you as a human first
Even when you didn't understand your worth
Bitch, I deserve it all
It's innate to mind my business
Writin' words, tryna elevate these children
That's why I deserve it all
Pray for those who prayed against me
Every reason why my ancestors sent me
Bitch, I deserve it all
[Chorus]
I deserve it all
I deserve it all
All
All
[Verse 3]
Put a smile on my mama
Good health and good karma
Yeah, she deserves it all
One hundred murals out in Compton
Remember me? I kept my promise
Yeah, we deserve it all
A better life for my daughter
May my son take it further than his father
Yeah, he deserves it all
A close relationship with God
Whisper to me every time I close my eyes
He say, "You deserve it all"
Keep these bitch niggas away from me
Keep all my blessings faithfully
Keep my essence contagious, that's okay with me
I burn this bitch down, don't you play with me or stay with me
I'm crashin' out right now, no one's safe with me
I did it with integrity and niggas still try hate on me, just wait and see
More blood be spillin', it's just paint to me
Dangerous me, nothin' changed with me, still got pain in me
Flip a coin, want the shameless me or the famous me?
How annoying, does it angers me to know the lames can speak
On the origins of the game I breathe? That's insane to me
It's important, I deserve it all because it's mine
Tell me why you think you deserve the greatest of all time, motherfucker
[Outro]
I deserve it all
I deserve it all
hey now
[Intro: Kendrick Lamar]
Damn, baby
I like it
Damn
Hmm
[Verse 1: Kendrick Lamar]
Hey now, say now, I'm all about my yen
Big face Buddha, get my peace from within
Sending kites to all my dirties in the pen
Let the honorary walk for the win, for the win
You crash out, then you better break the backboard
I got friends, hopin' that they make the tabloids
You know the last one figured he was Magneto
You play God, you gon' get what you ask for
We got the same twenty-four, what you mad for?
I put a square on his back like I'm Jack Dorsey
It's high beams if I make a public appearance
Go back to hidin' 'cause I'm not too friendly with niggas
One one thousand, two one thousand, four
The Black Noah, I just strangled me a goat
I walked in with a therapeutic flow
Put a few hundred up, let 'em go, let 'em go
[Chorus: Kendrick Lamar]
Hey now, say now
Hey now, say now
Hey now, say now
Hmm, hey now, say now
Hey now, say now, I'm all about my yen
Big face Buddha, get my peace from within
Sending kites to all my dirties in the pen
Let the honorary walk for the win, for the win
Hey now, say now
Hey now, say now
Hey now, say now
Hey now, say now
[Verse 2: Kendrick Lamar]
Hey now, say now, I done slid on they backstreet
Heavy on the Parmesan, every day tax season
What the fuck you wearin'? Bro, it's tacky
Niggas layin' on they deathbed tryna match me
Oh my God, I'm 'bout to do the fool
They be screamin' out P, but they resume is boof
Switch both lanes, the engine sound like the zoo
Need a fee just to breathe, bitch, I can't talk to you
It's the Ben Frank murderer
Mister I ain't heard of ya
Gulf streams, back to back, flyin' through the turbulence
Who is he? Free lunch, hmm, craft services
Throw your ass out this rental if I smell nervousness
Hey now, say now, let me pop my shit
Water down my wrist, arm around my bitch
It's a green light, don't get out of bounds, I'ma blitz
It's a bird, it's a plane, no, it's all blue strips
Nigga, what?
[Chorus: Kendrick Lamar]
Hey now, say now
Hey now, say now
Hey now, say now
Hmm, hey now, say now
I'm way too important
I'm way too important
I'm way too important to ever let you slide on me again
[Bridge: Kendrick Lamar & Sam Dew]
Startin' to see spaceships on Rosecrans (Startin' to see spaceships on Rosecrans)
I seen the aliens hold hands (I seen the aliens holding hands)
They wanna see me do my dance (They wanna see me do my dance)
I let 'em watch me do my dance
[Verse 3: Dody6 & Kendrick Lamar]
Who the fuck I feel like? I feel like Joker
Harley Quinn up in the cut with a blower
Ayy, shit get spooky, every day in October
My torpedo even jumped out on smokers, J-Cat
Ayy, we mean muggin' niggas, Dody too important
If they talkin' 'bout playin' ball, me and my team gon' get to scorin'
If they talkin' 'bout playin' ball, they can take it up with Jordan
It's bald heads in the Heckler for all endorsements
Eenie, meenie, miny, moe, I'm tryna tag a nigga toe
I'm aggressive on the beat and real life, niggas know
Ayy, I tatted up my body in the pen', level four
Ayy, I sharpened up a knife and came home to a blow
My bitch gon' get to tweakin' like she playin' with her nose
Lil' brodie 'bout to crash, my young niggas be on go
I'm a different type of trophy, baby girl, I'm rose gold
Me and Dot get to slidin', put 'em in a choke hold
Bitches actin' like some niggas, niggas actin' like some hoes
Ayy, I jumped out that pen', then I jumped up in a Ghost
I'm the hottest type of nigga, see my face, then he froze
All that shit he was talkin', found out he not that bold
Okay, this shit like forty, that's a dub, okay, let's add it up
Baby ass fat, can you do it? Can you back it up?
Kickflip a nigga, I got Tech Decks
And it ain't shit for me to call and get your chin checked
Tell 'em, "Dody did that"
reincarnated
[Intro: Deyra Barrera]
Que reflejan tu mirada
La noche, tú y yo
[Verse 1: Kendrick Lamar]
I got this fire burnin' in me from within
Concentrated thoughts on who I used to be, I'm sheddin' skin
Every day, a new version of me, a third of me demented, cemented in pain
Juggling the pros and cons of fame
I don't know how to make friends, I'm a lonely soul
I recollect this isolation, I was four years old
Truth be told, I've been battling myself
Tryna navigate the real and fake
Cynical about the judgement day
I did past life regression last year and it fucked me up
Reincarnated on this earth for a hundred plus
Body after body, lesson after lesson, let's take it back to Michigan in 1947
My father kicked me out the house 'cause I wouldn't listen to him
I didn't care about his influence, only loved what I was doing
Gifted as a musician, I played guitar on a grand level
The most talented where I'm from, but I had to rebel
And so I'm off in the sunset, searchin' for my place in the world
With my guitar up on my hip as the story unfurled
I found myself with a pocket full of money and a whole lot of respect
While the record business loved me
I was head of rhythm and blues
The women that fell to they feet, so many to choose
But I manipulated power as I lied to the masses
Died with my money, gluttony was too attractive, reincarnated
[Verse 2: Kendrick Lamar]
Another life had placed me as a Black woman in the Chitlin' Circuit
Seductive vocalist as the promoter hit the curtains
My voice was angelic, straight from heaven, the crowd sobbed
A musical genius what the articles emphasized
Had everything I wanted, but I couldn't escape addiction
Heroin needles had me in fetal position, restricted
Turned on my family, I went wherever cameras be
Cocaine, no private planes for my insanity
Self-indulged, discipline never been my sentiments
I needed drugs, to me, an 8-ball was like penicillin
Fuck love, my happiness was in that brown sugar
Sex and melodies gave me hope when nobody's lookin'
My first assistant was a small town scholar
Never did a Quaalude 'til I got myself around her
My daddy looked the other way, he saw sin in me
I died with syringes pinched in me, reincarnated
[Verse 3: Kendrick Lamar]
My present life is Kendrick Lamar
A rapper looking at the lyrics to keep you in awe
The only factor I respected was raisin' the bar
My instincts sent material straight to the charts, huh
My father kicked me out the house, I finally forgive him
I'm old enough to understand the way I was livin'
Ego and pride had me looking at him with resentment
I close my eyes, hoping that I don't come off contentious
I'm yelling, "Father, did I finally get it right?" Everything I did was selfless
I spoke freely, when the people needed me, I helped them
I didn't gloat, even told 'em, "No," when the vultures came
Took control of my fleshly body when the money changed
Son, you do well, but your heart is closed
I can tell residue that linger from your past creates itself
Father, I'm not perfect, I got urges, but I hold them down
"But your pride has to die," okay, Father, show me how
Tell me every deed that you done and what you do it for
I kept one hundred institutions paid
Okay, tell me more
I put one hundred hoods on one stage
Okay, tell me more
I'm tryna push peace in L.A.
But you love war
No, I don't
Oh, yes, you do
Okay, then tell me the truth
Every individual is only a version of you
How can they forgive when there's no forgiveness in your heart?
I could tell you where I'm going
I could tell you who you are
You fell out of Heaven 'cause you was anxious
Didn't like authority, only searched to be heinous
Isaiah fourteen was the only thing that was prevalent
My greatest music director was you
It was colors, it was pinks, it was reds, it was blues
It was harmony and motion
I sent you down to earth 'cause you was broken
Rehabilitation, not psychosis
But now we here now
Centuries you manipulated man with music
Embodied you as superstars to see how you moving
You came a long way from garnishing evilish views
And all I ever wanted from you was love and approval
I learned a lot, no more putting these people in fear
The more that word is diminished, the more it's not real
The more light that I can capture, the more I can feel
I'm using words for inspiration as an idea
So can you promise that you won't take your gifts for granted?
I promise that I'll use my gifts to bring understanding
For every man, woman and child, how much can you vow?
I vow my life just to live one in harmony now
You crushed a lot of people keeping their thoughts in captivity
And I'm ashamed that I ever created that enemy
Then let's rejoice where we at
I rewrote the devil's story just to take our power back, 'carnated
tv off
[Intro: Kendrick Lamar]
All I ever wanted was a black Grand National
Fuck being rational, give 'em what they ask for
[Chorus: Kendrick Lamar]
It's not enough (Ayy)
Few solid niggas left, but it's not enough
Few bitches that'll really step, but it's not enough
Say you bigger than myself, but it's not enough (Huh)
I get on they ass, yeah, somebody gotta do it
I'll make them niggas mad, yeah, somebody gotta do it
I'll take the G pass, shit, watch a nigga do it
Huh, we survived outside, all from the music, nigga, what?
[Verse 1: Kendrick Lamar]
They like, "What he on?"
It's the alpha and omega, bitch, welcome home
This is not a song
This a revеlation, how to get a nigga gone
You need you a man, baby, I don't understand, baby
Pay your bill and makе you feel protected like I can, baby
Teach you somethin' if you need correction, that's the plan, baby
Don't put your life in these weird niggas' hands, baby (Woah)
[Chorus: Kendrick Lamar]
It's not enough (Ayy)
Few solid niggas left, but it's not enough
Few bitches that'll really step, but it's not enough
Say you bigger than myself, but it's not enough (Huh)
I get on they ass, yeah, somebody gotta do it
I'll make them niggas mad, yeah, somebody gotta do it
I'll take the G pass, shit, watch a nigga do it
Huh, we survived outside, all from the music, nigga, what?
[Verse 2: Kendrick Lamar]
Hey, turn his TV off
Ain't with my type activities? Then don't you get involved
Hey, what, huh, how many should I send? Send 'em all
Take a risk or take a trip, you know I'm trippin' for my dog
Who you with? Couple sergeants and lieutenants for the get back
This revolution been televised, I fell through with the knick-knacks
Hey, young nigga, get your chili up, yeah, I meant that
Hey, black out if they act out, yeah, I did that
Hey, what's up, though?
I hate a bitch that's hatin' on a bitch and they both hoes
I hate a nigga hatin' on them niggas and they both broke
If you ain't coming for no chili, what you come for?
Nigga feel like he entitled 'cause he knew me since a kid
Bitch, I cut my granny off if she don't see it how I see it, hm
Got a big mouth but he lack big ideas
Send him to the moon, that's just how I feel, yellin'
[Chorus: Kendrick Lamar]
It's not enough (Ayy)
Few solid niggas left, but it's not enough
Few bitches that'll really step, but it's not enough
Say you bigger than myself, but it's not enough
[Part II]
[Intro: Kendrick Lamar]
Huh
Huh, huh
Hey
Hey (Mustard on the beat, ho)
[Chorus: Kendrick Lamar]
Mustard
Niggas actin' bad, but somebody gotta do it
Got my foot up on the gas, but somebody gotta do it
Huh, turn his TV off, turn his TV off
Huh, turn his TV off, turn his TV off
Huh, turn his TV off, turn his TV off
Huh, turn his TV off, turn his TV off
[Verse: Kendrick Lamar]
Ain't no other king in this rap thing, they siblings
Nothing but my children, one shot, they disappearin'
I'm in the city where the flag be gettin' thrown like it was pass interference
Padlock around the building
Crash, pullin' up in unmarked truck just to play freeze tag
With a bone to pick like it was sea bass
So when I made it out, I made about 50K from a show
Tryna show niggas the ropes before they hung from a rope
I'm prophetic, they only talk about it how I get it
Only good for saving face, seen the cosmetics
How many heads I gotta take to level my aesthetics?
Hurry up and get your muscle up, we out the plyometric
Nigga ran up out of luck soon as I upped the highest metric
The city just made it sweet, you could die, I bet it
They mouth get full of deceit, let these cowards tell it
Walk in New Orleans with the etiquette of LA, yellin'
[Chorus: Kendrick Lamar]
Mustard (Ah, man)
Niggas actin' bad, but somebody gotta do it
Got my foot up on the gas, but somebody gotta do it
Huh, turn his TV off, turn his TV off
Huh, turn his TV off, turn his TV off
Huh, turn his TV off, turn his TV off
Huh, turn his TV off, turn his TV off
[Outro: Lefty Gunplay]
Shit gets crazy, scary, spooky, hilarious
Crazy, scary, spooky, hilarious
Shit gets crazy, scary, spooky, hilarious
Crazy, scary, spooky, hilarious
Shit gets crazy, scary, spooky, hilarious
Crazy, scary, spooky, hilarious
Shit gets crazy, scary, spooky, hilarious
Crazy, scary, spooky, hilarious
dodger blue
[Intro]
Ooh
Ooh
[Verse 1: Kendrick Lamar]
White diamonds, 2 a.m., she wildin'
Bitches sick, got their stomach in her comments
What school you went to? Gardena, Compton
Westchester, King/Drew, then we function
Little nigga, but that dog in me, that’s on Pupp
On my kids, I'll sock you niggas up
Have you ever took a fade and ran three more back-to-back?
Oh, you haven't? Then shut the fuck up and keep it rap
Gah, gah, gah
Bitch, I’m from the Land
Don't say you hate L.A. when you don't travel past the 10
Am I trippin'? Yes, I am
Meditate over some money, I see Franklin, I find zen
Bitch, I'm from the Land
Don't say you hate L.A., but live in L.A. and pretend
My neck on Tarantino, Alejandro, Spike Lee
Just know you took the scenic route if you stand by me, stupid
[Chorus: Wallie the Sensei & Roddy Ricch]
So fly in this bitch
Fifty on me, don't die tryin' and shit (Ooh-ooh)
You know I’m up and down when I slide in this bitch
Bimmers and the Jets outside in this bitch
Westside, get the money, yeah, that’s fo' sho’
Streets don't love you, better respect the code
Ain't no sleepin' in on Sunday
If it’s 'bout the money, then my niggas on go
[Verse 2: Kendrick Lamar & Ink]
When I walk in, oh yeah, bring that
It's unanimous, how I pop shit
When I walk in, hoes better get in check
You lookin' at a bad bitch, nothin' less
Walk, walk, walk, walk
Walk, walk, walk, walk
Tip, toe, pivot, walk
Tip, toe, pivot, walk
[Outro: Siete7x]
Ooh, don't take it personal
You won't be the first to know
Just might be the first to go
Just might be, ooh
Don't take it personal
You won't be the first to know
Just might be the first to go
Just might be
peekaboo
[Intro: Kendrick Lamar]
Give a helping hand
To your fellow men, oh, my—
Ayy, what?
Look
[Chorus: Kendrick Lamar]
What they talkin' 'bout? They ain't talkin' 'bout nothin'
What they talkin' 'bout? They ain't talkin' 'bout nothin'
What they talkin' 'bout? They ain't talkin' 'bout nothin'
What they talkin' 'bout? They ain't talkin' 'bout nothin'
Huh? They ain't talkin' 'bout nothin'
Hm, ayy
What they talkin' 'bout? They ain't talkin' 'bout nothin'
What they talkin' 'bout? They ain't talkin' 'bout nothin'
What they talkin' 'bout? They ain't talkin' 'bout nothin'
What they talkin' 'bout? They ain't talkin' 'bout nothin'
Huh? They ain't talkin' 'bout nothin', hm
[Verse 1: Kendrick Lamar]
Peekaboo, I just put them boogers in my chain
Peekaboo, eighty-pointers like a Kobe game
Peekaboo, 7.62s'll make 'em plank
Peekaboo, poppin' out, you better not smut my name
Peekaboo, put two foreigns on the 405
Peekaboo, cacio e pepe if I'm doin' pasta
Peekaboo, why you actin' tough on IG Live?
Peekaboo, you know my lil' niggas off they rocker
[Verse 2: AZ Chike & Kendrick Lamar]
Peekaboo, surprisе, bitch, it's that nigga checkin' cheese
Peekaboo, let mе FaceTime my opp, bitch, I'm up the street
Peekaboo, yeah, it's AZ, I'm puttin' somethin' to sleep
Peekaboo, he on the ground, I praise God and start stompin' feet
Peekaboo, I put ten on his face, bitch, my shooter playin'
Peekaboo, I hit it from the back, I told her move her hands
Peekaboo, then slide my thumb in it where her, uh, at
Peekaboo, I'm on your top, I'm with Dot, bitch, don't look back
[Chorus: Kendrick Lamar]
What they talkin' 'bout? They ain't talkin' 'bout nothin'
What they talkin' 'bout? They ain't talkin' 'bout nothin'
What they talkin' 'bout? They ain't talkin' 'bout nothin'
What they talkin' 'bout? They ain't talkin' 'bout nothin'
Huh? They ain't talkin' 'bout nothin', hm
[Verse 3: Kendrick Lamar]
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, that's my bitch
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, that's my bitch
Hey, hey, hey, hey, with all that fake shit
Hey, hey, hey, hey, ain't the one to play with
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, pull off in a Lam'
Double-park it all at Tam's, Mr. Get-Off-On-Your-Mans
If he hatin', disrespect, you better follow up with hands
Losses to the neck, but now I'm trophied up, I'm sayin', like
Bing-bop-boom-boom-boom-bop-bam
The type of shit I'm on, you wouldn't understand
The type of skits I'm on, you wouldn't understand
Big-dog business, I would not hold your hand
[Verse 4: AZ Chike]
Broke-bitch business, I could not be your man
Never got his ass whooped until we opened up that can
Damn, alley-oop me bands, I'ma slam, jam
Freak bitch, I like my MAC touchin' yams
Play that opp shit around me, I'ma tell you, "Turn it off"
Heard what happened to your mans, not sorry for your loss
Should've prayed before them shooters came and nailed him to the cross
I let your boy get a pass, bitch, you lucky he soft, for real
[Chorus: Kendrick Lamar & AZ Chike]
What they talkin' 'bout? They ain't talkin' 'bout nothin'
What they talkin' 'bout? They ain't talkin' 'bout nothin'
What they talkin' 'bout? They ain't talkin' 'bout nothin'
What they talkin' 'bout? They ain't talkin' 'bout nothin'
Huh? They ain't talkin' 'bout nothin', hm, ayy
What they talkin' 'bout? They ain't talkin' 'bout nothin'
What they talkin' 'bout? They ain't talkin' 'bout nothin'
What they talkin' 'bout? They ain't talkin' 'bout nothin'
What they talkin' 'bout? They ain't talkin' 'bout nothin'
Huh? They ain't talkin' 'bout nothin', hm
[Outro: Kendrick Lamar]
Peekaboo
heart pt. 6
[Verse 1: Kendrick Lamar]
Load up the Pro Tools and press three
Studio filled with Jack In The Box and Pepsis
Niggas watchin' WorldStar videos, not the ESPYs
Laughin' at B. Pumper, stomach turnin', I get up and proceeded to write somethin'
Ab-Soul in the corner mumblin' raps, fumblin' packs of Black & Milds
Crumblin' kush 'til he cracked a smile
His words legendary, wishin' I could rhyme like him
Studied his style to define my pen
That was back when the only goal was to get Jay Rock through the door
Warner Brother Records, hope Naim Ali would let us know
Was excited just to go to them label meetings
Wasn't my record deal, but still, I couldn't beliеve it
Me and Rock inside thе booth hibernatin'
It was simple math, if he made it, that mean I made it
Everything I had was for the team, I remained patient
Grindin' with my brothers, it was us against them, no one above us, bless our hearts
[Chorus: Sam Dew & Ink]
Use your heart and not your eyes (Baby, just relax your mind)
If you got time, then I got time (Yeah, yeah)
Free your thoughts and watch them fly
Use your heart and not your eyes (Mm-hmm)
[Verse 2: Kendrick Lamar]
My nigga Dave had a champagne Acura
A bunch of instrumentals I freestyled in the passenger
That nigga wore several hats, a producer, a manager, director, and DJ
A hothead squabblin', Bloods, Pirus, and Keeways
For this little thing of ours we called TDE
I watched you take some penitentiary chances to say the least
Remember in the county building with MixedByAli
We tried to freak the system just to make a couple ends meet
That's my nigga for shit sure
He brought Q over, but Q didn't rap, but he learned from our inspo
We split Louisiana chicken riverboat specials
Sleepin' next to 02R consoles to be our refuge
He was homeless and I left home
Q said, "Dot, you won't be slept on, you the nigga to bet on" (Use your h—)
Top had given us dominion in the home he lived in
Hopin' that we see some millions, God bless our hearts
[Chorus: Sam Dew & Ink]
Use your heart and not your eyes (Baby, just relax your mind)
If you got time, then I got time (Yeah, yeah)
Free your thoughts and watch them fly
Use your heart and not your eyes
[Verse 3: Kendrick Lamar]
Punch played Phil Jackson in my early practices
Strategies on how to be great amongst the averages
I picked his brain on what was ordained, highly collaborative
RET pushed the label the same, amongst the savages
Moose kept my name in the function that he would run in
TEEZ kept the vultures away from me that was comin'
Sounwave let me borrow his clothes for shows as a hype man
To cook up in this room 'til the night ends
Time flies, I'm carryin' debates of a top five
Buryin' my opps and allies
But I'd done a half job communicatin' feelings of being stagnant
Life was gettin' bigger than just rappin'
The business, what I was lackin'
Top used to record me back when it was poor me
And now we at the round table for what assures me
I guess my motivation was the yearnin' for independence
Poured everything I had left in the family business
Now it's about Kendrick, I wanna evolve, place my skillset as a Black exec'
I jog my memory, knowin' Black Hippy didn't work 'cause of me
Creatively, I moved on with new concepts in reach
Top, remember all them sessions we would strategize
To hit the streets, then come back, record three records? Ah
To tell the truth, it fucked me up when D-Man passed
The motive was the condolences, but the pride crashed
I had to bypass old mythologies I had
Put my heart on display like it was an iMac
To all my young niggas, let me be the demonstration
How to conduct differences with a healthy conversation
If that's your family, then handle it as such
Don't let the socials gas you up or let emotions be your crutch
Pick up the phone and bust it up before the history is lost
Hand-to-handshake is good when you have a heart-to-heart
[Chorus: Sam Dew & Ink]
Use your heart and not your eyes (Baby, just relax your mind)
If you got time, then I got time (Yeah, yeah)
Free your thoughts and watch them fly
Use your heart and not your eyes (Mm-hmm)
gnx
[Chorus: Kendrick Lamar]
Tell 'em Kendrick did it, ayy, who showed you how to run a blitz?
Tell 'em Kendrick did it, who put the West back in front of shit?
Tell 'em Kendrick did it, ayy, I'm trippin' and I'm lovin' it
Tell 'em Kendrick did it, like, wha—
Hi, have you ever been a joint and you know it?
Have you ever had to flip your unemployment?
On the dead guys, nigga, I ain't goin'
[Verse 1: Peysoh]
Ayy, on the dead ones
We'll treat an enemigo like some bread crumbs
All of my killers on go, like, who said somethin'?
Redrum, all I think about when I see heads comе
Do my dance, hit the chop when I see opps go
Lеt 'em claim it, we the ones who really pop, bro
Don't televise it, we the ones who lettin' chops blow
Opps know, let 'em piss him off and it's a flop show
Murder man, singin' murder music off a murder van
Beat the pussy up like I been celibate and I murder sound
Who is him? One and only shotta, known as murder man
Catch you doin' dirty, it's no other way but murder plans
I broke her heart and you the type to go and fix it
Don't wanna speak if you ain't talkin' 'bout no ticket
I'm bougie with it, but I might just let you kiss it
Hit that block with diamonds on me, you could tell 'em Peysoh did it
[Chorus: Kendrick Lamar & Peysoh]
Tell 'em Peysoh did it, ayy, who showed you how to run a blitz?
Tell 'em Peysoh did it, who put the West back in front of shit?
Tell 'em Peysoh did it, ayy, I'm trippin' and I'm lovin' it
Tell 'em Peysoh did it, like, wha—
Hi, have you ever been a joint and you know it?
Have you ever had to flip your unemployment?
On the dead guys, nigga, I ain't goin'
[Verse 2: Hitta J3 & Kendrick Lamar]
Hop out suicide doors, it's the Hitta, man
You don't wanna see them doors slidin' on the Caravan
I know killers who was catchin' bodies and not one fade
I was thirteen up at Avalon, poppin' chains
Fourteen, ridin' minibikes with some dead friends
Twenty-one, flag on my head like a Taliban
Twenty-five, feelin' like the box, it was full of sand
At the cemetery, fuck that, that's where I could've been
142nd, I'm connected like I'm Rosecrans
Kinda shit I seen, try and forget and I will pop a Xan'
Uppin' scores, doin' files, sacrifices like a boxing ring
Can't throw in the towel, pistol-packin' since a child
Ayy, like it's Iraq, shooter name Hussein
Ridin' with the dirty blicky, switchy, make a new flame
She said I been a dog all my life, bae, can you change?
True to my religion, Cuban links, more than two chains
[Chorus: Kendrick Lamar & Hitta J3]
Tell 'em Hitta did it, ayy, who showed you how to run a blitz?
Tell 'em Hitta did it, who put the West back in front of shit?
Tell 'em Hitta did it, ayy, I'm trippin' and I'm lovin' it
[Verse 3: YoungThreat]
It's gettin' down to the wire
Get on my Bob the Builder shit, get down with the pliers
Been comin' back-to-back hits, how this nigga ain't tired?
I'm with some rockstar bitches, they want Lizzie McGuire
I'm switchin' gears, I pop the clutch, I'll send a nigga up
A risk-taker, I'll call you niggas' bluff
If they hangin' out for real, we come deduct, tuckin' tails, they out of luck
When it's wartime, they hidin' in the cut
Y'all had y'all chance, y'all couldn't do it
I swear I'm comin' worse than y'all baby moms, I'm puttin' niggas through it
They hate to see me doin' it
Meal ticket, I'm pursuin' it
I'm in the field for real, UCLA Bruins
They askin' how I do it, how a young nigga so fluent
I kept my mouth closed and I ain't never leave no witness
D.O.A. up on the scene, tell 'em YoungThreat did it, nigga
gloria
[Intro: Deyra Barrera]
Sentado, Anita y tú
[Verse 1: Kendrick Lamar]
Me and my bitch got a complicated relationship
She's so controllin', I noticed it ain't no playin' with
I met her when I was off the porch as a teenager
She said one day I would right my wrongs and see paper
We started out young, lookin' for some identity, made a thousand mistakes
But never did we lack chemistry
Wrappin' my hand 'round your waist
That was back when you did whatever I say
Dreams of sellin' narcotics, runnin' blocks, or robbin' banks
I was in love with you, didn't know what it was with you
Kiss you in back of the class just to get a buzz with you
Some niggas wanted you, but they weren't committed
Preoccupied playin' John Madden and bullshittin'
Remember when granny died? You looked at me and said, "Baby, dry your eyes
Depend on me as your relief, let your anger be mine"
We was locked in ever since then
So territorial, even took me 'way from my friends, hmm, hmm (Gah, gah, gah)
[Chorus: SZA]
Scared of forever, you know nothin' else is gon' pass
I just gotta let you know, woah
Whenever you want me, you got me 'til the end of time
Ooh, just gotta let you know
[Verse 2: Kendrick Lamar]
Said you gon' see other people if I didn't grow with you
Wasn't no more holdin' them pistols in front of stores with you
You want reality, not tragedy, for sure, I get you
To tell the truth, I been pretty used to what open-minded people do
In 2014, I went to Africa, baby, you was my passenger
My eyes and ears for all the years the neighborhood had baffled us
Of course I had to wrap it up, I didn't fully trust you
Fabrication, I disgust you, then you blocked me, I said, "Fuck you"
[Interlude: SZA & Kendrick Lamar]
Nigga, what?
I gave you life, I breathe the motherfuckin' charisma in this bitch
I bring the blessings, I gave you power
Nigga, I bring the rainfall, I gave you hustle
Then fall right back in love the very moment that I touch you (Gah, gah, gah)
[Chorus: SZA]
Scared of forever, you know nothin' else is gon' pass
I just gotta let you know
Whenever you want me, you got me 'til the end of time
Ooh, just gotta let you know
[Verse 3: Kendrick Lamar]
You were spontaneous, firecracker, plus our love is dangerous
Life of passion, laughin' at you lose your temper, slightly crashin'
Dumb enough to ill reaction, ain't no disrespect
Highly sensitive, possessed, saw potential, even when it's tragic
So jealous, hate it when I hit the club to get some bitches
Wrote 'em off, rather see me hit the church and get religious
Who you foolin'? I know what you doin', you my contradiction
'Member when you caught that body and still wiggled through that sentence?
Loved you more, when you flip and lose your shit, I hugged you more
It's sexy to me, cuss they ass out and hold that grudge some more
Down bitch, I know your favorite movie, is it Notebook?
So good, if they all sub me, get 'em all booked
My baby boo, you either heal niggas or you kill niggas
Both is true, it take some tough skin just to deal with you
Logical explanation don't exist, flippin' pages
Chapter after chapter, probably remarry and head to Vegas
Bitches gettin' marked out, they can't erase our history
They margins ain't big enough, they all led by bigotry
My woman and my right hand, my saint and my sin
Ain't no bitch like my bitch 'cause that bitch been my pen
[Outro: SZA]
Gloria, I wanna take you to euphoria
Bitches want, but they ain't strong enough
I heard they talking, we notorious
If someone talking on me
I see you, you see me
Both see what we want, oh, oh
I see you, you see me
Both see what we want
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Началото на италианската прогресив пауър метъл група DGM е като инструментално трио през
1994 г. в Рим, името е съкращение от инициалите на основателите на групата: Diego Reali,
Gianfranco Tassella и Maurizio Pariotti.
След като заемат второ място в конкурса „Битката на групите“ в Рим, формацията започва да търси
вокалист и в крайна сметка си осигурява услугите на опитния Luciano Regoli – ветеран от
множество прогресив рок групи през 70-те години на миналия век – преди да запишат EP „Random
Access Zone“ („Зона за произволен достъп“) през 1996 г. Започвайки с дебютния си албум,
подходящо наречен „Change Direction“ („Промяна на посоката“), DGM навлизат все по-дълбоко в
прогресивния пауър метъл. Още с втория си албум „Wings of Time“ („Крилете на времето“) от
1999 г., те редовно оглавяват анкети на специализирани списания, бележат участия с именити
музиканти като вокалистът на Evergrey Tom Englund и китаристът на Symphony X Michael Romeo.
Днес DGM са квинтет и са известни със своето технично музикално майсторство и извисяващи
мелодии, водени от виртуозния китарист SIMONE MULARONI. Музиката им е характерна със
сложни прогресив рок елементи и високоенергиен пауър метъл.
Дванайсетото заглавие в дискографията на DGM е концептуалният албум „ENDLESS“, или
„БЕЗКРАЙ“, в който проследяват въображаемо пътешествие на един човек да разбере изборите,
оформили живота му. Чрез ярки истории албумът изследва вечния въпрос – какъв би бил животът,
ако бях поел по друг път?
Историята започва със саморефлексията на главния герой върху обстоятелствата от сегашния му
живот. Той се бори с несигурността относно решенията, които са го довели до мястото, където е, и
се чуди на фантомните видения, които не е живял. Средната част поглежда назад към някои
ключови моменти. С яснотата на ретроспекцията героят си представя алтернативни времеви линии,
произтичащи от хипотетични избори. В тях се усеща мъката и съжалението за пропуснатите
възможности. В последния акт нашият герой достига края на своето търсене на визия. Макар и по-
възрастен и по-мъдър, той остава измъчван от необяснимото „защо“ зад криволичещия път на
живота. Темите за съдбата и свободната воля се сблъскват в края на повествованието. В крайна
сметка „ENDLESS“ надхвърля историята на един човек чрез универсалността на своята концепция.
Всички имаме моменти, в които се чудим за неизминатите пътища, като в албума авторите ни
предлагат да стигнем, след изследване на множеството възможности, до себеопрощението.
SIMONE MULARONI споделя в интервю:
„В самото начало имах няколко музикални теми, които развивах, и си помислих, че може би е
добре като всяка прогресив рок група да имаме концептуален албум в кариерата си. Затова
поговорих с момчетата, защото нямах никаква идея, имах музикалните теми като мелодии и други
неща, но нямах някаква концепция. И тогава нашият барабанист FABIO и бас китаристът ANDREA
измислиха тази идея да разкажем историята на този човек, на този герой, който е нещо като
характер. Което се отразява основно в това въображаемо пътешествие на всички избори, които той
е направил, и какво е можело да бъде различно. Винаги сме мислили за история като от филма
„Sliding Doors“ („Плъзгащи се врати“) с Gwyneth Paltrow (1998 г.), в който тя изпуска влак в
метрото и след това има различен живот заради това малко нещо, което ? се е случило. И това е
историята, която преминава основно през целия албум, така че всяка песен е отделна стъпка и е
като „ами ако това се случи, какво ще стане“ и последствията, които настъпват. Така че това е
основната идея зад концепцията“ – завършва SIMONE MULARONI.
Албума „ENDLESS“, или „БЕЗКРАЙ“, ще чуем в предаването “Картини от една изложба®
” на
програма “Хоризонт” на БНР в събота, 1 август, след новините от 16 ч.
В предаването на 1 август 2026 г.: DGM и албумът „Безкрай“
DGM
ENDLESS
Released: 18 October 2024
SONGS/TRACKS:
1.Promises - 05:17
2.The Great Unknown - 07:02
3.The Wake - 07:29
4.Solitude - 05:27
5.From Ashes - 05:35
6.Final Call - 06:10
7.Blank Pages - 05:02
8....of Endless Echoes - 14:21
©2024 Frontiers Music, Srl
CREDITS:
Band members
Mark Basile: Vocals
Simone Mularoni: Guitars, Vocals (backing), Songwriting
Emanuele Casali: Keyboards, Saxophone, Flute, Songwriting (tracks 4, 6, 7)
Andrea Arcangeli: Bass, Lyrics
Fabio Constantino: Drums, Lyrics
Guest/Session
Gabriele Boschi: Violin (tracks 2, 8)
Ludovico Cioffi: Orchestrations (track 8), Programming (track 8)
Miscellaneous staff
Produced By Simone Mularoni
Simone Mularoni: Mixing, Mastering, Recording
Travis Smith: Cover art
Mattia Stancioiu: Editing (additional)
Daniele Marzi: Recording (flute), Recording (saxophone), Recording (mellotron)
Matteo Ermeti: Photography
Recorded At – Domination Studio
Recorded At – Marzi Recording Studio
Mixed At – Domination Studio
Mastered At – Domination Studio
LYRICS:
Promises
Down below, the great unknown
And coming to surface
I'll travel along the rainbow
A pot of gold I will find
No more ordinary days I will know
On through the boundaries of my fear
An extraordinary journey to face
The dawn of a new day has come
The Great Unknown
Welcome you to this world
Where everything is upside down
and all the dark’s turning to light
It’s me without my fears
Just trying hard to see it clear
I am a king without a crown
Through the mind’s eye
The siren’s call to a bright perception
It’s time for me to realize
Kingdom of thousand hopes
A burning sun for a new dawn
The highest mountain I will climb
No pain, I’ll shed no tears
Chasing wishes to fulfill
Until the end, until I die
Through the mind’s eye
The siren’s call to a bright perception
I’m not afraid I want to try
To the great unknown
Solitary introspection
A light in the darkness
I wander, discover I need to
No wonder, I’m eager to find out
A dreamer, in this world I belong
I will face the road that’s
Leading to the great unknown
Through the mind’s eye
The siren’s call to a bright perception
I’m not afraid I want to try
To the great unknown
Solitary introspection
A light in the darkness
To the great unknown
I’m walking through the line
The Wake
Waiting, hiding
Darkness unforeseen
From the shadowland I'm crawling out
Wavering will last, the time will find out a way of mine
A way of mine
The light I'll see, through the clouds where my dreams rush to come alive
Wait and praying for something to take me
Out of the world I know
Staring, watching
Shadows all I see
Carved on my soul,
Cannot live without the curse no longer last,
A spellbound's going to fade away
Going to fade away
Wait and praying for something to take me
Out of the world I know
The world I know
Solitude
Hard to know what I wonder
And I am questioning why
Tell me why I'm all alone
Searching for my desires
Now I'm going beyond and
I am eager to find the thread
Show me the way
The start of a brand new day
Leaving darkness behind
Facing my fears with no sorrows
Stars have aligned again
Holding down all of my tears
Carrying on in a different way
Walking in silence once again
And the night will fade away
Who can tell if I'm right or wrong?
Am I wasting time?
Lost in thoughts, am I fool myself?
Trying to find a way to realize
An empty heart
I'm filling up with hopes
A new treasure to find
This can be my new horizon
I need to relieve my pain
Holding down all of my tears
Carrying on in a different way
Walking in silence once again
And the night will fade away
And the night fades away
Waiting for a brand new day
From Ashes
Enlightened by signs
Acknowledged through time
Another new fire will burn
Lost in time
Into this world I am finding my way
And deep in my heart I'm believing in a new dawn
On through this path I'm looking for redemption
Heal the wounds and pass by, I'm not gonna stay
The hope will lead to all I need
Beyond the dark walls
From ashes I'm bound to rise
I'm back to life again
My new beginning
There's no more lie
I struggle and try
Throughout the twisting and turn
Run and hide
Running in circle has come to an end
Within my soul
I am believing just won't let go
On through the mist
I'm sailing to a safe shore
Heal the wounds and pass by, I'm not gonna stay
The hope will lead to all I need
Beyond the dark walls
From ashes I'm bound to rise
I'm back to life again
My new beginning
Final Call
It has been such a long time
Long long time ago
Something I’ve been searching for
I can’t let go
Alone inside the walls I’ve built
Locked behind the door
And nothing else to know
Worth fighting for
it’s clear the meaning of my life
Eyes are open wide
Wheel of time goes round and round
Finally I saw
(Eyes are open wide)
I was giving in
I’m giving up no more
It’s always been inside my mind
But now I’m in control
Molded by a resilient soul
My final call
And I know where I need to move
Somewhere else I’ll look
Stronger than the apathy I’m dying for
I’ll stop the world that’s passing by
Eyes are open wide
Wheels of time goes round and round
Finally I saw
(Eyes are open wide)
I was giving in
And I’m giving up at all
Blank Pages
Waiting for new horizons
Here I stand, questioning my soul
The answers that I need to know
Are hiding within myself and they're trying to push me away
From the life path I'm walking on
Fading, recalling all of my memories
Facing, going through these frames I'll see
What if life would have been as I wondered
Looking back at the choices I made
Dreaming of a new blank page where I'll write my life again
Once again
Live again
Please wait for a new heaven
Blowing a candle and close down my eyes
And for the way I want to go
I'll come back through the darkness
And I'll turn the page of my destiny walking in a field of rising fears
That I should remember
Lying, I am my life's great pretender
Changing, moving through time I'll see
What if life would have been as I wondered
I'll fight for who's to love and to hate
I will search for the key that is going to unlock the door
I will search
Lying, I am my life's great pretender
Changing, moving through time I'll see
What if life would have been as I wondered
I'll fight for who's to love and to hate
Dreaming of a new blank page where I'll write my life again
...of Endless Echoes
Distant voices calling
Faded memories
Another day inspiring an hollow melody
Death and blind I have lived in constant apathy
Awaken by the rumbling of thousand symphonies
Echoes from the ages
A dreamer's legacy
Whispering from the shadows a timeless prophecy
Cold as ice my life's been
Praying for the heat
To set me free from agony
New journey to begin
Waiting
For the wind to spread my cries
And flying on the wings of time
And I'm breathing
A new found joy that ease the sorrow
A passage to a brand new day
I should know my life is just a game
Like a roller coaster to the moon
A leaf that's floating with the wind, no place for landing
And I should know that I'm in need for more
But I'm a simple man who doesn't understand
It's all within my hand
To the wind I'll surrender
Those feelings I'll survive
Within myself I know I am through
I will rise
I walk away
From the chains I free myself
I'll turn the darkness to light
Hunter or prey?
Chasing my dream 'til the day... the journey is over
Time
On through time I'll realize
All of the tears that I have cried
They are drops of destiny, a motion impending
And I
I'm only going with the flow
But I keep pushing more
'Cause I will see the shore
It's all within my hand
To the wind I'll surrender
Those feelings I'll survive
And all the time I've been striving to feel alive
I walk away
From the chains I free myself
I'll turn the darkness to light
Hunter or prey?
Chasing my dream 'til the day... the journey is over
Here comes again the fear of a lifetime
Dragging me down to a place I know well
Down in a hole, starless in sorrow and pain
The fighting is gone
Or am I just gone insane?
I'll tame the storm and search for a light
Leading the race
The hope is in sight
I walk away
From the chains I free myself
I'll turn the darkness to light
Hunter or prey?
Chasing my dream 'til the day... the journey is over
Обещания
Под мен е великото неизвестно
И щом изляза на повърхността
Ще пътувам по дъгата и
Ще намеря гърне със злато
Няма да има повече обикновени дни за мен
Отвъд границите на моя страх
Едно необикновено пътешествие, на което да потегля
Зората на нов ден дойде
Великото неизвестно
Добре дошли в този свят
Където всичко е с главата надолу
и всичкият мрак се превръща в светлина
Това съм аз без страховете си
Просто се мъча да го видя ясно
Аз съм крал без корона
През окото на ума
Сирената зове към светло възприятие
Време е да осъзная
Царство на хиляди надежди
Изгарящо слънце за нова зора
Най-високата планина, която ще изкача
Без болка, няма да проливам сълзи
Имам желания за изпълняване
До края, докато не умра
През окото на ума
Сирената зове към светло възприятие
Не се страхувам, искам да опитам
Към великото неизвестно
Самотно самовглъбяване
Светлина в мрака
Скитам се, откривам, че се нуждая
Нищо чудно, нетърпелив съм да откривам
Мечтател, моето място е в този свят
Ще се изправя пред пътя, който
Води към голямото неизвестно
През окото на ума
Сирената зове към светло възприятие
Не се страхувам, искам да опитам
Към великото неизвестно
Самотно самовглъбяване
Светлина в мрака
Към голямото неизвестно
Вървя отвъд границата
Следата
Чакам и се крия
Непредвиден мрак
От страната на сенките изпълзявам
Колебанието ще продължи, с времето ще открия своя път
Своя път
Светлината, която ще видя, през облаците, където мечтите ми бързат да оживеят
Чакам и се моля нещо да ме отведе
Извън света, който познавам
Взирам се, наблюдавам
Сенките са всичко, което виждам
Издълбани в душата ми,
Не мога да живея без проклятието, но не мога повече да го търпя
Омагьосаният ще избледнее
Ще избледнее
Чакам и се моля нещо да ме отведе
Отвъд света, който познавам
Света, който познавам
Самота
Трудно е да знам какво се чудя
И се питам защо
Кажи ми защо съм съвсем сам
Търся желанията си
Сега отивам отвъд и
Нямам търпение да намеря нишката
Покажи ми пътя
Началото на един чисто нов ден
Оставям мрака зад гърба си
Сблъсквам се със страховете си без жал
Звездите отново се подредиха
Сдържам всичките си сълзи
Продължавам по различен начин
Вървя отново в тишина
И нощта ще избледнее
Кой може да каже дали съм прав или греша?
Дали губя време?
Дали, изгубен в мисли, се заблуждавам?
Опитвам се да намеря начин да разбера.
Празно сърце
Изпълвам се с надежди
Ново съкровище, което да открия
Това може да бъде моят нов хоризонт
Трябва да облекча болката си
Сдържам всичките си сълзи
Продължавам по различен начин
Вървя отново в тишина
И нощта ще избледнее
И нощта избледнява
Чакам чисто нов ден
От пепелта
Просветлен от знаци
Признат във времето
Друг нов огън ще лумне
Изгубен във времето
В този свят намирам пътя си
И дълбоко в сърцето си вярвам в нова зора
По този път търся изкупление
Излекувай раните и ме отмини, аз няма да остана
Надеждата ще ме отведе до всичко, от което се нуждая
Отвъд тъмните стени
Аз съм длъжен да възкръсна от пепелта
Връщам се отново към живота
Моето ново начало
Няма повече лъжа
Боря се и се мъча
С криволиците и завоите
Бягам и се крия
Бягането в кръг е приключило
В душата си
Аз вярвам и няма да се откажа
През мъглата
Плавам към безопасен бряг
Излекувай раните и ме отмини, аз няма да остана
Надеждата ще ме отведе до всичко, от което се нуждая
Отвъд тъмните стени
Аз съм длъжен да възкръсна от пепелта
Връщам се отново към живота
Моето ново начало
Последен зов
То беше толкова отдавна
Много отдавна
Нещо, което търсех
Не мога да го пусна
Сам съм в стените, които построих
Заключен зад вратата
И нищо друго, за което да знам
Че си струва да се боря
Ясен е смисълът на живота ми
Очите ми са широко отворени
Колелото на времето се върти
Най-накрая прозрях
(Очите ми са широко отворени)
Предавах се
Но няма повече да се отказвам
Винаги е било в ума ми
Но сега го контролирам
Оформен от устойчива душа
Моят последен зов
И знам къде трябва да се преместя
Някъде другаде ще погледна
По-силно от апатията, от която умирам
Ще спра света, който минава
Очите ми са широко отворени
Колелата на времето се въртят
Най-накрая прозрях
(Очите ми са широко отворени)
Предавах се
Но вече изобщо няма да се отказвам
Празни страници
Чакам нови хоризонти
Ето ме, стоя, в душата си изпитвам колебание
Отговорите, които трябва да знам
Се крият в мен и се опитват да ме отблъснат
От житейския път, по който вървя
Избледнявам, припомням си всичките си спомени
Когато се изправя и премина през тези рамки, ще видя
Ами ако животът беше такъв, какъвто се колебаех да го направя
Оглеждайки се назад към изборите, които направих
Мечтая за нова празна страница, където ще напиша живота си отново
Още веднъж
Да живея наново
Моля, изчакай едно ново небе
Издухвам свещта и затварям очи
И за пътя, по който искам да вървя
Ще се върна през тъмнината
И ще ??обърна страницата на съдбата си, ходейки в поле от нарастващи страхове
Които трябва да помня
Лъжейки, аз съм великият измамник в живота си
Променяйки се, движейки се през времето, ще видя
Ами ако животът беше такъв, какъвто ми се искаше да го направя
Ще се боря за това кого да обичам и кого да мразя
Ще търся ключа, който ще отключи вратата
Ще търся
Лъжейки, аз съм великият измамник в живота си
Променяйки се, движейки се през времето, ще видя
Ами ако животът беше такъв, какъвто ми се искаше да го направя
Ще се боря за това кого да обичам и кого да мразя
Мечтая за нова празна страница, където ще напиша живота си отново
...От безкрайни еха
Далечни гласове, които зоват
Избледнели спомени
Още един ден, вдъхновяващ куха мелодия
Мъртъв и сляп, живеех в постоянна апатия
Събуден от тътена на хиляди симфонии
Ехо от векове
Наследство на мечтател
Шепнещо от сенките вечно пророчество
Студен като лед бе животът ми
Моля се за топлината
Да ме освободи от агонията
За ново пътешествие, на което да потегля
Чакам
Вятърът да разпространи виковете ми
И летя на крилете на времето
И дишам
Новооткрита радост, която облекчава тъгата
Път към чисто нов ден
Трябва да знам, че животът ми е просто игра
Като влакче на ужасите към луната
Лист, което се носи с вятъра, няма място за кацане
И аз трябва да знам, че имам нужда от повече
Но аз съм прост човек, който не разбира, че
Всичко е в ръцете ми
На вятъра ще се предам
Тези чувства ще преживея
Вътре в себе аз си знам, че съм приключил
Ще се възнеса
Тръгвам си
Освобождавам се от веригите
Ще превърна мракав светлина
Ловец или плячка?
Преследвам мечтата си, до деня, в който пътуването свърши
Време
През времето ще осъзная
Всички сълзи, които съм изплакал
Те са капки на съдбата, предстоящо движение
И аз
Просто се нося по течението
Но продължавам да се боря
Защото ще видя брега
Всичко е в ръцете ми
На вятъра ще се предам
Тези чувства ще преживея
И през цялото време се стремях да се чувствам жив
Тръгвам си
Освобождавам се от веригите
Ще превърна тъмнината в светлина
Ловец или плячка?
Преследвам мечтата си, докато деня... пътуването свърши
Ето го отново страхът на целия ми ??живот
Дърпа ме надолу към място, което познавам добре
Долу в пропастта, беззвезден в скръб и болка
Борбата е свършила
Или просто съм полудял?
Ще укротя бурята и ще търся светлината
Водя състезанието
Надеждата е в полезрението
Тръгвам си
Освобождавам се от веригите
Ще превърна мрака в светлина
Ловец или плячка?
Преследвам мечтата си, докато деня... пътуването свърши
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Сред носителите на отличията “Grammy”, връчени на 1 февруари 2026 г. в зала Crypto.com Arena в
Лос Анжелис, направи впечатление ROBERT RANDOLPH – американски певец, интерпретатор на
госпъл, рок, блус, соул и фънк, чийто албум „PREACHER KIDS“ („ДЕЦА ПРОПОВЕДНИЦИ“), бе
награден като най-добър в категорията за съвременен блус албум.
ROBERT RANDOLPH е pedal steel китарист, най-вече известен от участието си в американската
госпъл група ROBERT RANDOLPH AND THE FAMILY BAND, свиреща със завидно рокендрол
самочувствие. Лидерът ROBERT RANDOLPH изучава още като дете техниките на pedal steel
китарата в църквата „Домът на Бога“ – Keith Dominion, историческа, предимно чернокожа
петдесятна деноминация, със седалище в Нашвил, щата Тенеси. Тази църква е основана през 1903
г. от майка Mary Magdalena L. Tate, днес има над 100 локации по цял свят и е известна в
музикалните среди с богатата си традиция в госпъл музиката от типа на "sacred steel"(„свещена
стомана“).
Израсъл с тези традиции, ROBERT RANDOLPH добива славата на виртуоз на pedal steel китарата и
затова е канен за съвместни участия от редица музиканти, сред които Buddy Guy, Elton John, Eric
Clapton, Carlos Santana, Beyoncé, Ozzy Osbourne, Ringo Starr и Dave Matthew.
Албумът „ДЕЦА ПРОПОВЕДНИЦИ“ е концептуално изследване на възпитанието в строгите
традиции на църквата „Домът на Бога“. ROBERT противопоставя своите благоговейни госпъл
корени на суров бунтарски южняшки рок и блус звук, разглеждайки сложността на нарушаването
на религиозните традиции. В албума RANDOLPH ни представя хора, отгледани в строги, силно
религиозно ориентирани семейства, където споделят това фокусирано върху църквата възпитание,
изследвайки как чувствата за религиозна вина, мисловните процеси и културата остават в костите
им, дори когато са обзети от соления, потен и безкомпромисен свят извън църквата. Така в
стилистиката на албума властва диалога между традиционните очаквания и съвременните
реалности, смесвайки госпъла с американа и блус, в съчетание с елементи от спонтанна
импровизация на живо.
ROBERT RANDOLPH споделя в интервю:
„PREACHER KIDS“ е концептуален албум, има тема, която преминава през него в текста.
Концепцията и темата в него са за нагласата, с която аз идвам от църква в музикална група, затова
всички сме като деца проповедници, и ние събираме всички истории и ги гледаме като
документални филми. Това се отнася до Aretha Franklin, която идва от проповедниците, и Sly Stone,
и дори хора като George Clinton, и това са толкова много хора, включително James Brown и Ray
Charles, и всички те са различни хора, и всички ние имаме подобни истории. Накратко, всички ние
сме произлезли от този строг, традиционен тип мислене или преподаване, или сме израснали по
този начин, а след това сме се разбунтували по някакъв начин, но всички ние имаме визия да
излезем и да споделим своите красиви музикални идеи и да имаме всички тези различни, нови
възгледи върху писането на песни и концепции, и всичко е едно и също при нас. Това са подобни
истории, защото всички сме преминали през борбата с всички тези църковни традиции. Така че
това е концепцията – деца проповедници, историята на всички деца проповедници“ – завършва
ROBERT RANDOLPH.
Албума „PREACHER KIDS“, или „ДЕЦА ПРОПОВЕДНИЦИ“, ще чуем в предаването “Картини от
една изложба®
” на програма “Хоризонт” на БНР в събота, 25 юли, след новините от 16 ч.
В предаването на 25 юли 2026 г.: Robert Randolph и албумът „Деца проповедници“
ROBERT RANDOLPH
PREACHER KIDS
Released: June 27 th , 2025
SONGS/TRACKS:
1."Big Women" (Robert Randolph, Judith Hill) – 4:59
2."7 Generations" (Robert Randolph, Stephen Kellogg) – 5:56
3."Gravity" (Robert Randolph) – 4:53
4."I'd Like to Love You Baby" (JJ Cale) – 3:40
5."Choir Woman" (Robert Randolph, Judith Hill) – 3:51
6."Sinner" (Robert Randolph, Aaron Raitiere) – 4:13
7."King Karma" – featuring Margo Price (Robert Randolph, JT Nero) – 3:46
8."When Will the Love Rain Down" – featuring Judith Hill (Robert Randolph, Judith Hill) – 5:43
"9.All Night Lover" (Robert Randolph, Sam Hollander) – 4:35
10."Roosevelt Pool" (Robert Randolph) – 4:34
©2025 Sun Records, LLC / Sun Entertainment Corporation, Inc.
CREDITS:
Musicians
Robert Randolph – pedal steel guitar, vocals
Tash Neal – guitar
Jay White – bass
Willie Barthell – drums
Production
Produced by Shooter Jennings
Mastered by Pete Lyman
Mixed by David Spreng
Assisted by Daniel Bacigalupi
Photography and design by Julian Gross
LYRICS:
Big Women
[Verse 1]
Hey, good Lord
She got more than enough
Hair toss to the world
She don't give no fuss
She gonna shake me all up
Gonna make me weak
Gonna grab my collar pull me in rinse and repeat
[Pre-Chorus]
Am I doing it right? (teach me)
Got a word for me? (teach me)
I'll be a good good boy, keep me
Think I falling in love
[Chorus]
Do me right
Day and night
Big women got me riding high
Tried and true
Yea I want you
Big women make me feel alright
[Verse 2]
Yes, Lord
From the front to the back
She got love in stacks
She call my name and I'm coming
Doctor, doctor I need some more prescription
Big bone head strong super vixen
With all the fixins'
That's all I need
[Pre-Chorus]
She solid as a rock
She one for mama and the pop pops
She solid as a rock
I see her coming round the block block
[Chorus]
She keeping it real
You know what I'm saying
Big women got me riding high
I feel brand new
I can't get enough of you
Big women make me feel alright
Big girls put that love on life
You keep doing me right
Til I touch the sky
Big women put that love on life
Tried and true
Yea I want you
Big women make me feel alright
Big girls put that love on life
[Bridge]
Hey fellas, (yeah)
I need a big fine woman
Like a boss, fully funded, keeping it one hundred
Double the walk double the talk
Bringin' that flavor with double the sauce
Speaking the love 'til its flaming hot
'Cuz I love what you do for me
You rock my world from A to Z
You're all I really need in the world
[Chorus]
Love me right
All day and night
Big women got me riding high
I'm right where I belong
No, I can't go wrong
Big women make me feel alright
7 Generations
Thank you. BYE!
Seven generations took the chosen one.
My grandma would say: 'The father was a hero to his only son.
That's why I'm here today.
With my cousins in the Jersey Strait,
Mama said, 'You don't run around.
' Built a family band around the Middle East.
Man, I'll always love that sound.
seven generations gotta bring the light
seven generations gotta bring the light
seven generations yeah
seven generations yeah
Me and little folk, we used to have a laugh.
And we get the kitchen done.
And in a row, it never happens again.
And now we've both got some
Seven generations to the chosen ones.
She's the one that brings the light.
My great star child gonna get it done.
Yeah, she's gonna raise a riot. The seven generations gotta bring the light.
seven generations gotta bring the light.
seven generations gotta bring the light
seven generations yeah
seven generations yeah
Yeah, so light the candle and you'll ring no bells.
The time has finally come.
Got to hold the space for the one I've been. For my father's son.
If you come in heaven with a heart of good, you're the next king.
Strike up the band and have some crowned and rockin' loud.
And wash away our sins.
seven generations gotta bring the light.
seven generations gotta bring the light
seven generations yeah
seven generations yeah
Gravity
Fell in love, we stuck back in the tunnel.
We'll be right back.
Friends tell you I'm broke, I'm messin' around
Woo! I only had a couple dollars for drinks, but you seemed happy.
But your mama said your new man ain't no good either.
Come back, come back to me I've changed. I don't hold no more.
Come back, come back to me I’m the man who you looking for
Be your phone number when I ain't no good.
But on my Sunday bash, I knew I got a real woman.
Tell my boys it's pretty but you won't do it.
Help somebody understand what we've been through.
Sittin' on a plane round the country I don't know. First class street drinks. Listen to Fish Playlist
again and again.
But your mama still said your new man ain't no good either.
Now you play a pickleball, don't call me no more. Hey!
Come back, come back, come back to me I've changed. I don't hold no more.
Come back, come back, come back to me I’m the man who you looking for
Like To Love You Baby
I'd like to love you, baby.
Keep my husband, baby, too.
Put my arms around you.
That's all I wanna do.
I know I've got you, baby.
Like to love you, baby. And keep my other baby, too.
Sometimes my baby's sleepy.
Sometimes she's not around.
Sometimes I look to find her.
I know she'll put me down.
Won't you let me hold you?
Let me lean on your head.
I'd like to love you, baby, and keep my other baby, too.
The sun doesn't shine no more.
I know I've got you.
I'd like to love you, baby.
And keep my other baby too
I said I'd like to love you, baby.
And keep my other baby too.
Well, well, I said I'd like to love you, baby.
And keep my lover baby too.
Choir Woman
Rumor has it she's a serial killer.
First row, second to last, same address every week.
I gotta send this guy, she stands another pill.
Holy rose of a stainless, I know she'll ready to eat.
I get up cause she got the power.
I get high when the beat gets louder.
I get up cause you got the power.
I get high when the beat gets louder.
She looks at me with eyes that say beware.
I think I'm next to gold, caught in a lying lie.
Choir Woman
Choir Woman
Choir Woman
I need that choir woman
Oh, oh, oh. Come and touch my mind.
Leaving marks as she stops on her linoleum, uh.
She keeps me hypnotized.
She keeps me weak and foul
Steps Behind! Steps Behind the podium.
Opens her mouth to testify about all the good
Get it up cause she got the power
Get it high when the beat is louder
I'm just another slave to all her desire
Choir Woman
Choir Woman
Choir Woman
I need that choir woman
Oh, oh, oh. Come and touch my mind
Stand up
Stand up
Stand up and ready to go
Sinner
Grew up in church
The preacher taught me well
You don't straighten up
You goin straight to hell
We're just out here havin' fun
They gotta loosen up
They gotta open their eyes
Maybe try some wine in their cup
You can call me a sinner
Ain't nobody sinnin' alone (You can call)
Call me a sinner
Ain't nobody sinnin' alone (You can call)
Call me a sinner
That's what they call me back at home (Yeah, you can call)
Call me a sinner
Ain't nobody sinnin' alone
It's hard to understand
When something breaks tradition
And why some people try
Most just scared to witchin'
Nashville, Tennessee
Good place to be alone
2am at Tootsie's
Makes me feel at home
Call me a sinner
Ain't nobody sinnin' alone (You can call)
Call me a sinner
Ain't nobody sinnin' alone (You can call)
Call me a sinner
That's what they call me back home (You can call)
Call me a sinner
Ain't nobody sinnin' alone
Bunch of sinners
Bunch of sinners
Bunch of sinners
Give me the bass
You can call me a sinner
Ain't nobody sinnin' alone (Hey, you can call)
Call me a sinner
Ain't nobody sinnin' alone (Hey, you can call)
Call me a sinner
That's what they call me back home (Hey, you can keep calling)
Call me a sinner
Ain't nobody sinnin' alone
Call me a sinner
Ain't nobody sinnin' alone (hey you can keep calling me)
Call me a sinner
Ain't nobody sinnin' alone
Call me a sinner
That's what they call me back home (Hey, you can call)
Call me a sinner
Ain't nobody sinnin' alone
Call me a sinner
Ain't nobody sinnin alone (Take me to Vegas)
Call me a sinner
Ain't nobody sinnin' alone (Save a table for me)
Call me a sinner
That's what they call me back home
Call me a sinner
Ain't nobody sinnin' alone (come on down to New York)
Call me a sinner
That's what they're talking at home (Where they're never gonna sleep)
Call me a sinner
Ain't nobody sinnin' alone
King Karma
When it all comes down around you
All your hopes and dreams
And the ones that were there to crown you
Found a brand-new king
I ain’t gonna say I told you so
There’s no shame in getting laid low
I am here for the ride
It’s a roller coaster
Better lean into what your daddy told you
You never know what it is really about
‘til you taste your own blood in your mouth
Alright
Yeah, alright
God will forgive him that brought you pain
But I’m coming back with a list of names
Alright
Yeah, alright
Karma comes around
But Imma get you first ‘cause karma might wait too long
We’re all kinfolk
Yeah, that’s right
Seat ‘em at your table to your left and right
Yeah, alright
Friends kept close and your enemies closer
Better lean in to what your daddy told you
Alright
Yeah, alright
Karma comes around
But Imma get you first ‘cause karma might wait too long
Karma comes around
But Imma get you first ‘cause karma might wait too long
Karma comes around
But Imma get you first ‘cause karma might wait too long
Karma comes around
When Will the Love Rain Down
verse
Been going 'round and 'round in circles, tryna punch a hole in the sky
I just wanna feel the warmth again
Must've took a billion steps, 'cause now the trail runs cold in the night
Hear the baby cryin' loud
hook
Ha, ooh
Ha, ooh
verse
City drifting
I keep my head pointed way low to the ground
But then I looked here, and the crowd shouted
"Hey, look up, the skies are open now"
chorus
When will the love rain down?
The levees are broken now
When will the love rain down?
Take me higher, higher, higher, higher, higher
I'm begging the sky, "Please, can you spare one drop of love for humanity?"
bridge
What goes around comes around, goes around, comes around
Goes around, comes around, goes around, comes around
Rich man, poor man, young man, old man
Fighting for the power as the wind blows louder
What goes around comes around, goes around, comes around
Goes around, comes around, goes around, comes around
Good man, bad man turn into each other
As the foot stomps hard and tramples every flower
verse
My heart is aching right now
I'm sick and tired of sitting 'round and waitin' for it
There's gotta be a way to break free
Stop fighting and just make peace
There's bound to be a way to break free
Oh, just drop down on your knees, 'cause the skies are open now
chorus
When will the love rain down?
The levees are broken now
When will the love rain down?
Take me higher, higher, higher, higher, higher
I'm begging the sky, "Please, can you spare one drop of love for humanity?"
verse
The skies are open now
chorus
When will the love rain down?
The levees are broken now
When will the love rain down?
Take me higher, higher, higher, higher, higher
I'm begging the sky, "Please, can you spare one drop of love for humanity?"
outro
Mm-hm, ooh, yeah-yeah, yeah
Oh, yeah-yeah, hm
All Night Lover
All Night Lover, you've got to win
Ain't no other way to win
Now we don't sleep, sugar
Sleep for days
Let's go deep to that river, friend
All my lovers gonna be up in my arms
Undercover dancing in the dark
In the midnight hour, going round and round
In the midnight hour, baby
This is how it sounds
This is how it sounds
Mama hold tight
Mama hold tight
I need to feel my sweet skin on mine
This is how we ride, love, this is how we ride
Crashing on down to the morning light
Yeah, yeah
All night lover, full moon in your eyes
All night lover, never say goodbye
Won't let you leave until you say you're satisfied
Let it cease till this night run dry
Night run dry
Night run dry
Mama hold on tight, mama hold on tight
I need to feel that sweet skin on mine
This is how we ride, yeah
She's a take your time
Till the morning light, yeah
Crash it on down
This is how we ride
This is how we ride, yeah
Mama hold on tight
This is how we ride
This is how we ride, yeah
All night lover, another man with eyes
Keep the mystery rollin''til the moon is gone
We got miles that just, just begun
Meet me at the shadows and we'll raise that sun
Gonna raise that sun
Gonna raise that sun
Raise that sun!
All night lover
All night lover
Whatcha say, whatcha say now
Roosevelt Pool
Hollywood North
Thought you'd be somewhere else
But then you land on Hollywood North
There's only one place
Where you come around
You open the door
Walk your way up to the ramp
The lady says,"Let me check your I.T."
I said,"Why, man?"
She said,"Just'cause you look real sad
I said,"Man, I'm just trying to have a seat at the Roosevelt Pool."
Hey!
Cause I've been down for a while, and I need a drink at the Roosevelt Pool.
Come rescue me, come talk to me,
you make me feel good, but I need a change.
Trying to turn me into a sinner
But I said, hey, I think I'm a saint
I just want a hand
She looked at me and said, boy, don't you know
Yeah, yeah What you mean when you come down here At the river's end too
I said what you talking about?
She said my name is Stacy.
I said Stacy where you from?
She said I came from Burbank.
I said I'm from New Jersey.
She said boy I want you to do an all way ride here.
I said I've been on the road 200 days and I just Lady, I need one now at the Roosevelt pool
Bobby, what's going on, daddy?
I said, lady to my left and a lady to my right
Feeding me drinks at the Roosevelt pool
Y'all don't know what I'm talking about.
St. Gregory's and Smokes
All are welcome in California
Ah, pour me two glasses of Versace
Put a little whiskey in ya
Because I need love,
I need to feel good, yeah
This is where I belong, cause we're hanging out in here
The road, the road, the road, the road
Cause I travel 10,000 miles
But ain't no place like the Roosevelt Pool Roosevelt Pool
You can go to Hawaii
The folks there are a little bit nice
You can go to London
But ain't no pool parties there
You can go to Miami
But people look too out there
I need you to get on a plane
And then you land in LA
Come down and hang, hang
With me at the Rose Hotel
Some say I'm a turd boy, but it's okay,
I'm at the Roseville Pool Roseville Pool, yeah Roseville Pool, oh yeah
Големи Жени
Хей, Господи
Тя има повече от достатъчно
Косата, която да размята пред целия свят
Не се интересува
Ще ме разтърси
Ще ме направи слаб
Ще ме хване за яката, ще ме изпере и ще повтори
Правя ли го правилно? (научи ме)
Имаш ли някоя дума за мен? (научи ме)
Ще бъда добро, добро момче, пази ме
Мисля, че се влюбвам
Направи ми каквото трябва
Ден и нощ
Големите жени ме възнасят
Изпитано и вярно всеки път
Да, искам те
Големите жени ме карат да се чувствам добре
Да, Господи
Отпред и отзад
Тя има любов на цели купчини
Тя вика името ми и аз идвам
Докторе, докторе, имам нужда от още от тази рецепта
Голяма, силна, супер съблазнителка
С всички лекарства
Това е всичко, от което се нуждая
Тя е здрава като скала
Тя е за мама и за тате
Тя е здрава като скала
Виждам я да идва по улицата
Тя е истинска
Знаеш какво казвам
Големите жени ме възнасят
Чувствам се чисто нов
Не мога да ти се наситя
Големите жени ме карат да се чувствам добре
Големите момичета влагат тази любов в живота
Продължаваш да ми правиш всичко както трябва
Докато не докосна небето
Големите жени влагат тази любов в живота
Изпитано и вярно всеки път
Да, искам те
Големите жени ме карат да се чувствам добре
Големите момичета влагат тази любов в живота
Хей, момчета, (да)
Имам нужда от голяма, хубава жена
Като шеф, напълно финансирана, на сто процента истинска
Двойно повече от всичко
Създава този вкус с двоен сос
Говори любовни думи, докато всичко не се възпламени
Защото обичам това, което правиш за мен
Ти разтърсваш света ми от А до Я
Ти си всичко, от което наистина се нуждая на света
Обичай ме както трябва
По цял ден и нощ
Големите жени ме възнасят
Аз съм точно там, където принадлежа
Не, не мога да сбъркам
Големите жени ме карат да се чувствам добре
7 поколения
Благодаря ти. Чао!
Седем поколения взеха избрания.
Баба ми би казала: „Бащата беше герой за единствения си син.
Затова съм тук днес.
С братовчедите ми в пролива Джърси,
мама каза: „Не тичай наоколо.“
„Създадохме семейна група из Близкия изток.
Човече, винаги ще обичам този звук.
седем поколения трябва да донесат светлината
седем поколения трябва да донесат светлината
седем поколения да
седем поколения да
Аз и малките хора се смяхме.
И ремонтирахме кухнята.
И в този ред, това никога повече не се случва.
И сега и двамата имаме
Седем поколения до избраните.
Тя е тази, която носи светлината.
Моето страхотно звездно дете ще го постигне.
Да, тя ще вдигне бунт.
Седемте поколения трябва да донесат светлината.
Запали свещта и не бий камбаните
Времето най-накрая дойде.
Трябва да запазя мястото за онзи, който бях.
За сина на баща ми.
Ако дойдеш в рая с добро сърце, ти ще си следващият крал.
Свири с оркестъра и си сложи короната.
И измий греховете ни.
Седем поколения трябва да донесат светлината.
Седем поколения трябва да донесат светлината
Гравитация
Влюбихме се, заседнахме в тунела.
Ще се върнем след малко.
Приятелите ти казват, че съм разорен, че съм разхайтен.
Ура! Имах само няколко долара за питиета, но ти изглеждаше щастлива.
Но майка ти каза, че и новият ти мъж не става.
Върни се, върни се при мен, промених се, вече не правя така.
Върни се, върни се при мен, аз съм мъжът, когото търсиш.
Намирам твоя телефонен номер, когато не съм добре.
Но на неделното парти знам, че имам истинска жена.
Казвам на момчетата ми, че е хубаво, но няма да го направя.
Нека поне някой разбере през какво сме преминали.
Седя в самолет, обикалям страната, не знам. Пия първокласни улични напитки.
Слушам плейлиста за риба отново и отново.
Но майка ти все още казва, че новият ти мъж също не е добър.
Сега играеш пикълбол, не ми се обаждай повече.
Върни се, върни се при мен, промених се, вече не правя така.
Върни се, върни се при мен, аз съм мъжът, когото търсиш.
Искам да те обичам
Бих искала да те обичам, скъпи.
Но и да запазя и съпруга си.
Да те прегърна е всичко, което искам да правя.
Знам, че те имам, скъпи.
Обичам да те обичам, скъпи.
Но искам да запазя и другия си любим.
Понякога любимата ми е сънлива. Понякога не е наоколо.
Понякога я търся. Знам, че ще ме довърши.
Няма ли да ми позволиш да те прегърна? Нека се облегна на главата ти.
Бих искал да те обичам, скъпа, и да запазя и другата си жена.
Слънцето вече не грее. Знам, че те имам.
Бих искал да те обичам, скъпа. И да запазя и другата си любима.
Хористка
Носи се слух, че е сериен убиец.
Първи ред, предпоследен, един и същ адрес всяка седмица.
Трябва да изпратя на този човек, тя получава още едно хапче.
Света роза от неръждаема стомана, знам, че тя е готова да ме изяде
Ставам, защото тя има силата.
Опиянявам се, когато ритъмът стане по-силен.
Ставам, защото ти имаш силата.
Опиянявам се, когато ритъмът стане по-силен.
Тя ме гледа с очи, които казват „пази се“.
Мисля, че съм до златото, хванат в лъжлива лъжа.
Хористка
Хористка
Хористка
Нуждая се от тази жена
Ела и докосни ума ми.
Оставя следи, докато спира на линолеума
Тя ме омайва и ме вкарва в хипноза
Заради нея съм слаб и мръсен
Бяга и се скрива зад подиума
Отваря уста, за да разкаже за всичко добро
Издига се, защото тя има силата
Възнася се високо, когато ритъмът е по-силен
Аз съм просто още един роб на всичките ? желания
Хористка
Хористка
Хористка
Трябва ми тази хористка
О, ох, ох Ела и докосни ума ми
Стани
Стани
Стани и бъди готов да тръгнеш
Грешник
Израснал съм в църква
Свещеникът не научи добре
Ако не се поправиш
Отиваш директно в ада
Просто сме тук и се забавляваме
Те трябва да се отпуснат
Трябва да отворят очите си
Може би да опитат малко вино в чашата си
Можеш да ме наречеш грешник
Никой не греши сам (Можеш да ме наречеш)
Наречи ме грешник
Никой не греши сам (Можеш да ме наречеш)
Наречи ме грешник
Така ме наричат ??у дома (Да, можеш да ме наречеш)
Наречи ме грешник
Никой не греши сам
Трудно е да се разбере
Когато нещо нарушава традицията
И защо някои хора се опитват
Повечето просто се страхуват да станат вещици
Нашвил, Тенеси
Добро място да бъдеш сам
В 2 сутринта в Тутси
И се чувствам като у дома си
Наречи ме грешник
Никой не греши сам (Можеш да ме наречеш)
Обади ми се грешник
Никой не греши сам (Можеш да ме наречеш)
Наречи ме грешник
Така ме наричат ??у дома (Можеш да ме наречеш)
Наречи ме грешник
Никой не греши сам
Ние сме просто тълпа грешници
Ние сме просто тълпа грешници
Крал Карма
Когато всичко се срине около теб
Всичките ти надежди и мечти
И тези, които ти сложиха короната
Са си намерили чисто нов крал
Няма да кажа, че ти казах, че ще стане така
Няма срам в това да се смириш
Тук съм за пътуването
Това е влакче на ужасите
По-добре разчитай на това, което ти е казал баща ти
Никога не знаеш за какво всъщност става въпрос
докато не вкусиш собствената си кръв в устата си
Бог ще прости на този, който ти е причинил болка
Но аз се връщам със списък с имена
Кармата идва
Но аз ще те хвана пръв, защото кармата може да чака твърде дълго
Всички сме един род
Да, точно така
Сложи ги на масата си отляво и отдясно
Приятелите са близо, а враговете - още по-близо
По-добре разчитай на това, което ти е казал баща ти
Кармата идва
Но ще те хвана пръв, защото кармата може да чака твърде дълго
Кармата идва
Но ще те хвана пръв, защото кармата може да чака твърде дълго
Кармата идва
Но ще те хвана пръв, защото кармата може да чака твърде дълго
Кармата идва
Кога ли ще завали любовта
Въртя се в кръг, опитвам се да пробия дупка в небето
Просто искам отново да усетя топлината
Сигурно съм направил милиард крачки, защото сега пътеката е студена в нощта
Чувам бебето да плаче силно
Градът се носи по течението
Държа главата си наведенаниско към земята
Но тогава погледнах насам и тълпата извика
„Хей, вижте, небето се отвори“
Кога ли ще завали любовта?
Дигите се разкъсаха
Кога ли ще завали любовта?
Вдигни ме по-високо, по-високо, по-високо, по-високо
Моля небето: „Моля те, можеш ли да отделиш една капка любов за човечеството?“
Каквото се случва, се случва, се случва
Кръгово, се случва, се случва, се случва
Богатият, бедният, младият, старецът
Се борят за властта, докато вятърът духа по-силно
Каквото се случва, се случва, се случва, се случва
Кръгово, се случва, се случва, се случва
Добрият и лошият човек се превръщат един в друг
Докато кракът тропа силно и стъпква всяко цвете
Сърцето ми боли в момента
Писна ми и съм уморен да седя и да го чакам
Трябва да има начин да се освободя
Спри да се бориш и просто сключи мир
Със сигурност има начин да се освободя
О, просто падни на колене, защото небесата са отворени сега
Кога ли ще завали любовта?
Дигите се разкъсаха
Кога ли ще завали любовта?
Вдигни ме по-високо, по-високо, по-високо, по-високо
Моля небето: „Моля те, можеш ли да отделиш една капка любов за човечеството?“
Любовник за цяла нощ
Любовник за цяла нощ, трябва да спечелиш
Няма друг начин да спечелиш
Сега не спим, скъпа
Спим с дни
Хайде да се гмурнем дълбоко в онази река, приятелю
Всички мои любовници ще бъдат в прегръдките ми
Танцуваме под прикритието на мрака
В полунощ се въртим в кръг
В полунощ, скъпа
Ето как звучи
Ето как звучи
Дръж се здраво
Трябва да усетя сладката ти кожа върху моята
Сблъскваме се един в друг се до зори
Любовник за цяла нощ, пълна луна в очите ти
Любовник за цяла нощ, никога не казвай сбогом
Няма да те пусна да си тръгнеш, докато не кажеш, че си доволна
Няма да спра, докато тази нощ не пресъхне
Дръж се здраво
Трябва да усетя тази сладка кожа върху моята
Давай
Тя не бърза
До зората, да
Спуснете се
Ето как караме
Любовник за цяла нощ, друг мъж с очи
Продължава мистерията, докато луната залезе
Имаме километри за изминаване
Срещни ме в сенките и ще издигнем слънцето
Любовник за цяла нощ
Любовник за цяла нощ
Какво ще кажеш, какво ще кажеш сега
Басейн Рузвелт
Северен Холивуд
Мислех, че ще си някъде другаде
Но после се озоваваш там
Има само едно място
Където отиваш
Отваряш вратата
Вървиш до рампата
Жената казва: „Нека да те проверя”
Аз казах: „Защо?“
Тя каза: „Само защото изглеждаш много тъжен.“
Аз казах: „Човече, просто се опитвам да си намеря място на басейна Рузвелт.“
Защото съм от известно време в лошо настроение и имам нужда от питие на басейна
Рузвелт.
Ела да ме спасиш, ела да говориш с мен,
караш ме да се чувствам добре, но имам нужда от промяна.
Опитваш се да ме превърнеш в грешник.
Но аз казах, че мисля, че съм светец
Просто искам малко помощ.
Тя ме погледна и каза: „Момче, не знаеш ли?“
Казах: „Какво имаш предвид, когато идваш тук? На края на реката?“
Казах: „За какво говориш?“
Тя каза: „Казвам се Стейси.“
Попитах: „Стейси, откъде си?“
Тя каза: „Аз съм от Бърбанк.“
Казах: „Аз съм от Ню Джърси.“
Тя каза: „Искам да направиш едно пътуване дотук.“
Казах: „На път съм от 200 дни и просто... лейди, имам нужда от едно питие сега на
басейна Рузвелт.“
“Боби, какво става?”
Казах аз, една дама отляво и една дама отдясно
Ме черпи напитки на басейна Рузвелт
Не знаете за какво говоря.
Сейнт Грегъри и Смоукс
Всички са добре дошли в Калифорния
А, налейте ми две чаши Версаче
Пийнете си малко уиски
Защото имам нужда от любов,
Трябва да се чувствам добре, да
Тук е моето място, защото тук ни е добре
Пътят, пътят, пътят, пътят
Защото пътувам 10 000 мили
Но няма място като басейна Рузвелт, басейн Рузвелт
Можеш да отидеш на Хаваите
Хората там са доста мили
Можеш да отидеш в Лондон
Но там няма партита край басейна
Можеш да отидеш в Маями
Но хората изглеждат твърде странно
Трябва да се качиш на самолет
И след това да кацнеш в Лос Анджелис
Ела там и прекарай време с мен
С мен в Хотел „Роуз“
Някои казват, че съм скапаняк, но няма проблем,
Аз съм на басейна „Рузвелт“
Превод: Симона Дянкова
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