Lyrics:
The sweet pretty things are in bed now, of course
The city fathers, they're trying to endorse
The reincarnation of Paul Revere's horse
But the town has no need to be nervous
The ghost of Belle Starr, she hands down her wits
To Jezebel the nun, she violently knits
A bald wig for Jack the Ripper, who sits
At the head of the Chamber of Commerce
Mama's in the factory, she ain't got no shoes
Daddy's in the alley, he's lookin' for food
I'm in the kitchen with the tombstone blues
The hysterical bride in the penny arcade
Screaming, she moans, "I've just been made"
Then sends out for the doctor, who pulls down the shade
And says, "My advice is to not let the boys in"
Now, the medicine man comes and he shuffles inside
He walks with a swagger and he says to the bride
"Stop all this weeping, swallow your pride
You will not die, it's not poison"
Mama's in the factory, she ain't got no shoes
Daddy's in the alley, he's lookin' for food
I'm in the kitchen with the tombstone blues
Well, John the Baptist, after torturing a thief
Looks up at his hero, the Commander-in-Chief
Saying, "Tell me, great hero, but please make it brief
Is there a hole for me to get sick in?"
The sweet pretty things are in bed now, of course
The city fathers, they're trying to endorse
The reincarnation of Paul Revere's horse
But the town has no need to be nervous
The ghost of Belle Starr, she hands down her wits
To Jezebel the nun, she violently knits
A bald wig for Jack the Ripper, who sits
At the head of the Chamber of Commerce
Mama's in the factory, she ain't got no shoes
Daddy's in the alley, he's lookin' for food
I'm in the kitchen with the tombstone blues
The hysterical bride in the penny arcade
Screaming, she moans, "I've just been made"
Then sends out for the doctor, who pulls down the shade
And says, "My advice is to not let the boys in"
Now, the medicine man comes and he shuffles inside
He walks with a swagger and he says to the bride
"Stop all this weeping, swallow your pride
You will not die, it's not poison"
Mama's in the factory, she ain't got no shoes
Daddy's in the alley, he's lookin' for food
I'm in the kitchen with the tombstone blues
Well, John the Baptist, after torturing a thief
Looks up at his hero, the Commander-in-Chief
Saying, "Tell me, great hero, but please make it brief
Is there a hole for me to get sick in?"
The Commander-in-Chief answers him while chasing a fly
Saying, "Death to all those who would whimper and cry"
And, dropping a barbell, he points to the sky
Saying, "The sun's not yellow, it's a chicken"
Mama's in the factory, she ain't got no shoes
Daddy's in the alley, lookin' for the fuse
I'm in the kitchen with the tombstone blues
The geometry of innocent flesh on the bone
Causes Galileo's math book to get thrown
At Delilah, who's sits there worthlessly alone
But the tears on her cheeks are from laughter
Now, I wish I could give Brother Bill his great thrill
I'd set him in chains at the top of the hill
Send out for some pillars and Cecil B.
You call us out from the depths
Into Your freedom
Our chains are gone
No weapon formed shall prevail
Your word is stronger
We overcome
Your glory resounds through the age
All saints declaring
Your great renown
Your Kingdom forever will stand
We won't be shaken
We will not fear
Our God, a mighty warrior
You're a consuming fire
In victory You reign
We triumph in Your name
Jesus, the great commander
You conquered death forever
In victory You reign
We triumph in Your name
Your glory resounds through the age
All saints declaring
Your great renown
Your Kingdom forever will stand
We won't be shaken
We will not fear
Our God, a mighty warrior
You're a consuming fire
In victory You reign
We triumph in Your name
Jesus, the great commander
You conquered death forever
In victory You reign
We triumph in Your name
And we declare Your name is power
Exalted One no name is higher
You stand alone our strong defender
Above You there's no other, above You there's no other
And we declare Your name is power
Exalted One no name is higher
You stand alone our strong defender
Above You there's no other, above You there's no other
Above You there's no other, above You there's no other
Our God, a mighty warrior
You're a consuming fire
In victory You reign
We triumph in Your name
Jesus, the great commander
You conquered death forever
In victory You reign
We triumph in Your name
Our God, a mighty warrior
You're a consuming fire
In victory, victory, victory
Jesus, the great commander
You conquered death forever
In victory You reign
We triumph in Your name
Keep rocking, and keep knocking
Whether you Louboutin it up or Reebokin'
You see the hate, that they're serving on a platter
So what we goin' have, dessert or disaster
I never thought I'd, be in love like this
When I look at you my mind goes on a trip
Then you came in, and knocked me on my face
Feels like in I'm in a race
But I already won first place
I never thought I'd fall for you as hard as I did
(As hard as I did, yeah)
You got me thinking bout our life our house and kids (yeah)
Every morning I look at you and smile
'Cause boy you came around and you knocked me down, knocked me down
Sometimes love comes around
And it knocks you down
Just get back up
When it knocks you down
Sometimes love comes around
And it knocks you down
Just get back up
When it knocks you down
I never thought I'd
Hear myself say (ooh)
Y'all go ahead
I think I'm gonna kick it wit my girl today (kick it wit my girl today)
I used to be commander and chief
Of my pimp ship flying high (flying high)
'Til I met this pretty little missile that shot me out the sky (oh shot me out the sky)
Hey, now I'm crashing, don't know how it happened
But I know it feels so damn good
Said if I could back, and make it happen faster
Don't you know I would baby if I could
Miss independent (oh, to the fullest), the load never too much
She helping me pull it
She shot the bullet that ended that life
I swear to you the pimp in me just died tonight,
Girl sometimes love
Sometimes love comes around
And it knocks you down
Just get back up
When it knocks you down
Sometimes love comes around
And it knocks you down
Just get back up
When it knocks you down
Tell me now can you make it past your caspers
So we can finally fly off into NASA
You was always the cheerleader of my dreams that
Seem to only date the head of football teams
And I was the class clown that, always kept you laughing
We, were never meant to be baby we just happen
So please, don't mess up the trick, hey young world I'm the new slick rick
They say I move too quick, but we can't let the moment pass us
Let the hourglass pass right into ashes
Let the wind blow the ash right before my glasses
So I wrote this love letter right before my classes
How could a goddess ask, someone that's only average
For advice
OMG, you listen to that bitch?
Sometimes love comes around (love comes around, love comes around)
And it knocks you down
Just get back up when it knocks you down, knocks you down
Sometimes love comes around (love comes around, love comes around)
And it knocks you down
Just get back up when it knocks you down, knocks you down
I never thought I'd be in love like this
When I look at you, my mind goes on a trip
Then you came in and knocked me on my face
Feels like I'm in a race, but I already won first place
I never thought I'd fall for you as hard as I did (as hard as I did, yeah)
You got me thinking 'bout our life, our house, our kids, yeah
Every morning, I look at you and smile
'Cause, boy, you came around
And you knocked me down, knocked me down
Sometimes love comes around (love comes around, love comes around)
And it knocks you down
Just get back up when it knocks you down, knocks you down
Sometimes love comes around
And it knocks you down
Just get back up when it knocks you down, knocks you down
verse
I never thought I'd hear myself say (say, mm)
Y'all go ahead, I think I'm gonna kick it with my girl today (kick it with my girl today)
I used to be commander-in-chief on my pimp ship, flyin' high (flyin' high)
'Til I met this pretty little missile (oh) that shot me out the sky (oh, shot me out the sky, uh)
Hit, so now, I'm crashin' (don't know how it happened)
But I know it feels so damn good
Said if I could go back and (make it happen faster)
Don't you know I would, baby, if I could?
Indonesian, or Borean-that's black and Korean
We on the same team if we breathin'
I jumped off the subject to see if you was seein'
That we drop a little science off in every verse
They put that P.A. sticker on it 'cause they scared we gon' curse
But the knowledge is the power, the cowards get devoured
Any hour, any cipher, any way to any height
Because I might just snap on a fuck-ass nigga
Might clap a cap at a sucker-ass nigga
In the meantime, Daddy Fat sacks gon' chill out
He might just, pull out his pistol
And let that thing whistle at your windshield or your residence
Superman to Clark Kent, you better be way harder
Than the park bench to start this
Marcus, Jason, my little brother James
All my brothers from my momma but Andre is just the same
Ain't no uno, we a duo, deuce dos to a pair
A player stiffen the competition
Pressed like Levi's toughskins, on minus one
Negative one minus negative one is nothin'
Bustin' d-boy raps and player poems
The 'Kast shit ain't plastic, we smash it and move the crowd
And rock the crowd original material while you bore 'em
Your life show consists of eveybody's shit but you're owns
Do you own shit, in your life show (bitin' ass nigga)
Young Hov' in the place to be
Big Boi in the place to be (young)
Andre 3000 (cash) shout out to public housing (bitch)
I brought (holla) the whole hood with me (yeah, yeah)
Young Hov' in the place to be
Big Boi in the place to be (young)
Andre 3000 (cash) shout out to public housing (bitch)
I brought (holla) the whole hood with me (yeah, yeah)
Penelope Ann Cruz couldn't snooze
With her Eye's Wide Shut, before I asked to hit her gut
If you brunette, Legally Blonde, I might respond
Take you to Swan Lake, and beyond
Antwan raps on, raps on, clap off clop on
I switch the flow so quick you cannot fathom
I take a submarine two thousand leagues below the sea
And try to grab one line or sentence
Rhyme repentance, find the illest lyricist
And give him a clean bill of health
Wealth might make you look good but you sound like shit
And your team looking shitty to death
My nigga Big Boi said, "Watch 'em as they gawk and they gander"
You can follow or lead like Commander Picard
You can have The Whole World
Or be satisfied with the boulevard, over stand
This young player's line
I forego the crime and I focused on rhyme
Focused on every word, and line
Like a young Cassius Clay in his prime
I was born to talk shit and prove mine, and I'm
The epitome of raw rhyme
Got signed, got serious about the craft
Of raw rhyme and I got mine, Aquemini's
Murderous monster, move minds
Did it so hard that it oughta be a crime
When you see I'm comin' holla one-time, holla one-time
When you see I'm comin' holla one-time (one-time)
Young Hov' in the place to be
Big Boi in the place to be (young)
Andre 3000 (cash) shout out to public housing (bitch)
I brought (holla) the whole hood with me (yeah, yeah)
Young Hov' in the place to be
Big Boi in the place to be (young)
Andre 3000 (cash) shout out to public housing (bitch)
I brought (holla) the whole hood with me (yeah, yeah)
Don't, you, like, to groove
In your hooptie on your old, flip, flop, sweat shoes
To run yo' tennis shoes
Don't, it, matter to you
That Outkast we got that skunk for y'all
Keep that pump for y'all
When I'm in the mood I rock the S Dot tennis shoes
As a interlude, I got the Gucci flip-flops
And I, fix it up like gin and juice when I'm them interviews
Dudes want to know what he copped
And where you got that?
Joe shit but you ain't a soldier
Chopper or fold ya, you not cobra commander, you bozo
I'm the composer, writer of murder, the odor
Leakin' out of your body, temperature is gettin' colder
But you sweatin' and dizzy like a person who ain't sober
Realizin' your life is comin' quickly to a closure
Losin' composure, out of breath like you underwater
Twenty seconds in the game, and it's the fourth quarter
Primetime, "Dateline" are the best exposure
Now you're still, on the news and everybody knows ya
Yeah, yeah
By, my, side
To all the niggas tryin' to get me it's, by my side
I'm takin' some of y'all with me it's, by my side
I'm makin' sure they won't forget me it's, by my side
To all the niggas tryin' to get me it's, by my side
I'm takin' some of y'all with me it's, by my side
I'm makin' sure they don't forget me it's, by my side
Ye-yeah ye-yeah ye-yeah, by my side (ooh)
Go now boy, get your vest, protect yo' neck, kill for fun
Watch how they run and scatter when I go and pull out my gun (gun)
Call me ignorant and young, psycho sicko negro
They know that I just fuck and be gone (gone)
Drivin crazy halfway dumb
Don't stop even when the law come, believe every word out my lungs
I'm losin it, snappin' huh, this ain't just no rappin' uh
Back all the way back when you see that strap cause it go ra-tata-ta
Are you ready to die tell me why you choose to tell me in my
Face, have your body dry, pack that fire, look in my eye
Have your spirit below me or floatin' in the fuckin' sky
All black is my attire, lookin' like a umpire
Toss you in the trash like a bullshit album flop
Yeah yeah ye-yeah ye-yeah, yeah
By, my, side
To all the niggas tryin' to get me it's, by my side
I'm takin' some of y'all with me it's, by my side
I'm makin' sure they won't forget me it's, by my side
To all the niggas tryin' to get me it's, by my side
I'm takin' some of y'all with me it's, by my side
I'm makin' sure they don't forget me it's, by my side
Ye-yeah ye-yeah ye-yeah, by my side (ooh)
The murder capital mo' mayhem, yes it's thriller
Put four in your head, have you floatin' off in a river
It's cold, you shook, we crooks, your body'll quiver
These rappers so tough but really they softer than pillows
Or chinchilla or Twinkie filler, hone of a realer
They turn to serial assassins for some scrilla
Now me could see I mean him, yes this nigga
Stays true to what I do cause I keeps it realer
Be for real, have you ever ever pulled a trigger?
Indonesian, or Borean-that's black and Korean
We on the same team if we breathin'
I jumped off the subject to see if you was seein'
That we drop a little science off in every verse
They put that P.A. sticker on it 'cause they scared we gon' curse
But the knowledge is the power, the cowards get devoured
Any hour, any cipher, any way to any height
Because I might just snap on a fuck-ass nigga
Might clap a cap at a sucker-ass nigga
In the meantime, Daddy Fat sacks gon' chill out
He might just, pull out his pistol
And let that thing whistle at your windshield or your residence
Superman to Clark Kent, you better be way harder
Than the park bench to start this
Marcus, Jason, my little brother James
All my brothers from my momma but Andre is just the same
Ain't no uno, we a duo, deuce dos to a pair
A player stiffen the competition
Pressed like Levi's toughskins, on minus one
Negative one minus negative one is nothin'
Bustin' d-boy raps and player poems
The 'Kast shit ain't plastic, we smash it and move the crowd
And rock the crowd original material while you bore 'em
Your life show consists of eveybody's shit but you're owns
Do you own shit, in your life show (bitin' ass nigga)
Young Hov' in the place to be
Big Boi in the place to be (young)
Andre 3000 (cash) shout out to public housing (bitch)
I brought (holla) the whole hood with me (yeah, yeah)
Young Hov' in the place to be
Big Boi in the place to be (young)
Andre 3000 (cash) shout out to public housing (bitch)
I brought (holla) the whole hood with me (yeah, yeah)
Penelope Ann Cruz couldn't snooze
With her Eye's Wide Shut, before I asked to hit her gut
If you brunette, Legally Blonde, I might respond
Take you to Swan Lake, and beyond
Antwan raps on, raps on, clap off clop on
I switch the flow so quick you cannot fathom
I take a submarine two thousand leagues below the sea
And try to grab one line or sentence
Rhyme repentance, find the illest lyricist
And give him a clean bill of health
Wealth might make you look good but you sound like shit
And your team looking shitty to death
My nigga Big Boi said, "Watch 'em as they gawk and they gander"
You can follow or lead like Commander Picard
You can have The Whole World
Or be satisfied with the boulevard, over stand
This young player's line
I forego the crime and I focused on rhyme
Focused on every word, and line
Like a young Cassius Clay in his prime
I was born to talk shit and prove mine, and I'm
The epitome of raw rhyme
Got signed, got serious about the craft
Of raw rhyme and I got mine, Aquemini's
Murderous monster, move minds
Did it so hard that it oughta be a crime
When you see I'm comin' holla one-time, holla one-time
When you see I'm comin' holla one-time (one-time)
Young Hov' in the place to be
Big Boi in the place to be (young)
Andre 3000 (cash) shout out to public housing (bitch)
I brought (holla) the whole hood with me (yeah, yeah)
Young Hov' in the place to be
Big Boi in the place to be (young)
Andre 3000 (cash) shout out to public housing (bitch)
I brought (holla) the whole hood with me (yeah, yeah)
Don't, you, like, to groove
In your hooptie on your old, flip, flop, sweat shoes
To run yo' tennis shoes
Don't, it, matter to you
That Outkast we got that skunk for y'all
Keep that pump for y'all
When I'm in the mood I rock the S Dot tennis shoes
As a interlude, I got the Gucci flip-flops
And I, fix it up like gin and juice when I'm them interviews
Dudes want to know what he copped
And where you got that?
Ah
Hey, you're in control of the dream
You're so in control
No, no, no, no, no, no, yeah, yeah
So in control
No, no, no, no, no, no, yeah, yeah
So in control
No, no, no, no, no, no, yeah, yeah
No, no, no, no, no, no, yeah, yeah
You are
(Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo)
The commander
(Nah-nah-nah-nah-nah-nah-nah)
You are
(Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo)
The commander
(Commander, commander)
(Control)
You are
It was just before dawn
One miserable morning in black 'forty four
When the forward commander
Was told to sit tight
When he asked that his men be withdrawn
And the Generals gave thanks
As the other ranks held back
The enemy tanks for a while
And the Anzio bridgehead
Was held for the price
Of a few hundred ordinary lives
And kind old King George
Sent mother a note
When he heard that father was gone
It was, I recall
In the form of a scroll
With gold leaf adorned
And I found it one day
In a drawer of old photographs, hidden away
And my eyes still grow damp to remember
His Majesty signed
With his own rubber stamp
It was dark all around
There was frost in the ground
When the tigers broke free
And no one survived
From the Royal Fusiliers Company C
They were all left behind
Most of them dead
The rest of them dying
And that's how the High Command
Took my daddy from me
It was just before dawn
One miserable morning in black 'forty four
When the forward commander
Was told to sit tight
When he asked that his men be withdrawn
And the Generals gave thanks
As the other ranks held back
The enemy tanks for a while
And the Anzio bridgehead
Was held for the price
Of a few hundred ordinary lives
And kind old King George
Sent mother a note
When he heard that father was gone
It was, I recall
In the form of a scroll
With gold leaf adorned
And I found it one day
In a drawer of old photographs, hidden away
And my eyes still grow damp to remember
His Majesty signed
With his own rubber stamp
It was dark all around
There was frost in the ground
When the tigers broke free
And no one survived
From the Royal Fusiliers Company C
They were all left behind
Most of them dead
The rest of them dying
And that's how the High Command
Took my daddy from me
Keep rocking, and keep knocking
Whether you Louboutin it up or Reebokin'
You see the hate, that they're serving on a platter
So what we goin' have, dessert or disaster
I never thought I'd, be in love like this
When I look at you my mind goes on a trip
Then you came in, and knocked me on my face
Feels like in I'm in a race
But I already won first place
I never thought I'd fall for you as hard as I did
(As hard as I did, yeah)
You got me thinking bout our life our house and kids (yeah)
Every morning I look at you and smile
'Cause boy you came around and you knocked me down, knocked me down
Sometimes love comes around
And it knocks you down
Just get back up
When it knocks you down
Sometimes love comes around
And it knocks you down
Just get back up
When it knocks you down
I never thought I'd
Hear myself say (ooh)
Y'all go ahead
I think I'm gonna kick it wit my girl today (kick it wit my girl today)
I used to be commander and chief
Of my pimp ship flying high (flying high)
'Til I met this pretty little missile that shot me out the sky (oh shot me out the sky)
Hey, now I'm crashing, don't know how it happened
But I know it feels so damn good
Said if I could back, and make it happen faster
Don't you know I would baby if I could
Miss independent (oh, to the fullest), the load never too much
She helping me pull it
She shot the bullet that ended that life
I swear to you the pimp in me just died tonight,
Girl sometimes love
Sometimes love comes around
And it knocks you down
Just get back up
When it knocks you down
Sometimes love comes around
And it knocks you down
Just get back up
When it knocks you down
Tell me now can you make it past your caspers
So we can finally fly off into NASA
You was always the cheerleader of my dreams that
Seem to only date the head of football teams
And I was the class clown that, always kept you laughing
We, were never meant to be baby we just happen
So please, don't mess up the trick, hey young world I'm the new slick rick
They say I move too quick, but we can't let the moment pass us
Let the hourglass pass right into ashes
Let the wind blow the ash right before my glasses
So I wrote this love letter right before my classes
How could a goddess ask, someone that's only average
For advice
OMG, you listen to that bitch?
Yeah, yeah, yeah, it's the Carter, motherfucker, I came back around
It's the Carter motherfucker I came back around
It's the Carter motherfucker
Let me show you my building man, it's the Carter
I'ma show y'all the ins the outs the ups the down, know what I'm talking bout
This is me, fourth solo album baby, I came back around
By myself this time, back off the wall
Guns up in the air in the middle of the streets like blak blak blak, welcome
This is the Carter y'all welcome, hard as Malcolm
Dark as the Falcon, Lord help him but y'all felt him
That make you a part of me and pardon me
If a part of me is what you want to be, what you ought to be
Doing, recording me, I'm just acting accordingly
I give orders to the commander in chief, just the commander in me
Handling streets in the Mandarin V
I hear you haters slandering me I just hand him the P
Any drama I pace it like Indiana, I take your grandma pacemaker and just handle the piece
Not two fingers I simultaneously bop two bangers
You do not want angus USDA prime beef, ya dead meat
I'm so ahead of these trendy rappers speed up
I'm already hot when another one starting to heat up
Got Mannie hot wit me cause I always beat his beat up
Y'all cats wit y'all feet up startin' to look like feet up, I'm G'd up
On the V'd up, in the truck, gotta put my seat up
In the trunk I got my bass and I ain't speaking bout no speakers
What's leaking up out yo speaker is the speech of Weezy F.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, it's the Carter, motherfucker, I came back around
It's the Carter motherfucker I came back around
It's the Carter motherfucker
Let me show you my building man, it's the Carter
I'ma show y'all the ins the outs the ups the down, know what I'm talking bout
This is me, fourth solo album baby, I came back around
By myself this time, back off the wall
Guns up in the air in the middle of the streets like blak blak blak, welcome
This is the Carter y'all welcome, hard as Malcolm
Dark as the Falcon, Lord help him but y'all felt him
That make you a part of me and pardon me
If a part of me is what you want to be, what you ought to be
Doing, recording me, I'm just acting accordingly
I give orders to the commander in chief, just the commander in me
Handling streets in the Mandarin V
I hear you haters slandering me I just hand him the P
Any drama I pace it like Indiana, I take your grandma pacemaker and just handle the piece
Not two fingers I simultaneously bop two bangers
You do not want angus USDA prime beef, ya dead meat
I'm so ahead of these trendy rappers speed up
I'm already hot when another one starting to heat up
Got Mannie hot wit me cause I always beat his beat up
Y'all cats wit y'all feet up startin' to look like feet up, I'm G'd up
On the V'd up, in the truck, gotta put my seat up
In the trunk I got my bass and I ain't speaking bout no speakers
What's leaking up out yo speaker is the speech of Weezy F.
And truthfully, aimin' for number one, oh do we
You ask why I reply 'cause nobody remember two or three
Cross YM and out of him we'll make a movie (yessir)
We all that we can be, respect the army and salute we
Young Money army, we marchin'
We comin' forward, no warnin'
We got these boys runnin' like Forrest
So salute me like a general
First place, never last
Always on top and I'm a chief like a Seminole
Got the game in a stranglehold no lettin' up
You can get the top of your can popped like 7-Up
Knock-knock, let us up, Young Money applaud me
And we'll take the game out your hands like a joy stick
I'ma need my badges and my ribbons
Maybe it will make up for everything that I wasn't given
Everything that I've given, I swear I'll never give in
Just look at what I've been in and this is just the beginnin'
I d-d-do it 'cause I did it for my ballerina (girls)
Blowin' kisses to the soldiers, I am Marilyn Monroe
When we shoot, shoot, shoot 'em up, camouflage me
'Cause Young Money is the Navy better yet the Army (yo)
Better strap up your boots
Before they start to shoot
They do it for the troops
It's Young Money, salute
It's Young Money, salute
It's Young Money, salute
It's Young Money, salute
It's Young Money, salute
So salute, so salute
Commander-in-chief
One hand on the world, one hand on the brief
I stand on the world, bitch, I stand on the peak
Of the game, and the girls, and the guap, now that's G
Don't ask me about shit but money
Fuckin' right my money long I got that ten-foot money
I get it fast when I get to the money
When I walk, it sounds like ten foots runnin'
I meant feet, I'm in deep like wet pussy
I'm a purple heart proven war vet, rookie
You can't even sit next to me
Now bring money or debt to me, or don't step to me
Now don't step, nigga, march with me
To the steps of the court building
Like ain't we God's children?
I know you got my back
So make that bass attack
Let's make these people move
You know I need some room, to
Do what I do, I'm 'bout to act a fool
Turn the lights on
From here on out
I'll be your commander
No fear no doubt
I'll provide the answer
Right now I command you to dance
I'll be your commander
Now I command you to dance
I'll be your commander
Right now I command you to dance
Dance
I-I'll be your commander
Dance, dance, dance
I'll provide the answer
Dance, dance, dance
The Commander-in-Chief answers him while chasing a fly
Saying, "Death to all those who would whimper and cry"
And dropping a bar bell he points to the sky
Saving, "The sun's not yellow it's chicken" Chorus
The king of the Philistines his soldiers to save
Put jawbones on their tombstones and flatters their graves
Puts the pied pipers in prison and fattens the slaves
Then sends them out to the jungle
Gypsy Davey with a blowtorch he burns out their camps
With his faithful slave Pedro behind him he tramps
With a fantastic collection of stamps
To win friends and influence his uncle
[Chorus]
The geometry of innocence flesh on the bone
'Causes Galileo's math book to get thrown
At Delilah who sits worthlessly alone
But the tears on her cheeks are from laughter
Now I wish I could give Brother Bill his great thrill
I would set him in chains at the top of the hill
Then send out for some pillars and Cecil B.
I know you got my back
So make that bass attack
Let's make these people move
You know I need some room, to
Do what I do, I'm bout to act a fool
Turn the lights on
From here on out
I'll be your commander
No fear no doubt
I'll provide the answer
Right now I command you to dance
I'll be your commander
Right now I command you to dance
I'll be your commander
Right now I command you to
I-I'll be your commander
I'll provide the answer.
Burr, get a medic for the general
Yes, sir
Lee, you will never agree with me
But believe me, these young men don't speak for me
Thank you for your service
Let's ride
Hamilton
Sir
Meet me inside
Meet him inside
Meet him inside
Meet him inside, meet him, meet him inside
Son
Don't call me son
This war is hard enough
Without infighting
Lee called you out
We called his bluff
You solve nothing, you aggravate our allies to the south
You're absolutely right, John should have shot him in the mouth
That would've shut him up
Son
I'm notcha son
Watch your tone
I am not a maiden in need of defending, I am grown
Charles Lee, Thomas Conway
These men take your name and they rake it
Through the mud
My name's been through a lot, I can take it
Well, I don't have your name
I don't have your titles
I don't have your land
But, if you
No
If you gave me command of a battalion, a group of men to lead
I could fly above my station after the war
Or you could die and we need you alive
I'm more than willing to die
Your wife needs you alive, son, I need you alive
Call me son one more time
Go home, Alexander
That's an order from your commander
Sir
Go home
I know you got my back
So make that bass attack
Let's make these people move
You know I need some room, to
Do what I do, I'm 'bout to act a fool
Turn the lights on
From here on out
I'll be your commander
No fear no doubt
I'll provide the answer
Right now I command you to dance
I'll be your commander
Now I command you to dance
I'll be your commander
Right now I command you to dance
Dance
I-I'll be your commander
Dance, dance, dance
I'll provide the answer
Dance, dance, dance
Yeah (if this P, lemme hear you say, "Uh")
Uh
Nigga, this ain't no mothafuckin' P
Man, hang the phone up
Uh
Na-na, na-na
Make 'em say, "Uh" (uh)
Na-na, na-na (na-na, na-na)
Nigga, I'm the colonel of the mothafuckin' tank
Y'all after big thangs, we after big banks
3rd Ward hustlas, soldiers in combats
My comrades is dealas and killas with TRU tats
Never gave a fuck 'bout no hoes or no riches
If niggas come short, I'm diggin' ditches
M.P. pullin' stripes, commander-in-chief
If fools run up wrong
Nigga, I'm knockin' out some teeth
I'm down here slangin', rollin' with these hustlers
Tryna get rid of all you haters and you bustas
Steppin' on toes, breakin' niggas nose
In the projects, nigga, anything goes
Breakin' fools off 'cause I'm a No Limit soldier
At ease, and salute this pass me the doja
Make 'em say, "Uh" (uh)
Na-na, na-na (na-na, na-na)
Make 'em say, "Uh" (uh)
Na-na, na-na (na-na, na-na)
Make 'em say, "Uh" (uh)
Na-na, na-na (na-na, na-na)
Fiend exercising his right of exorcism
Bustin out the Expedition, fully choppin' haters
Business 'til about the size of prisons, our mission
They heard we scary, No Limit mercenary
No tellin' how bad it get, because the worse will vary
I heard you make 'em worry, that this for the loot
They intimidated by the rounds that a tank shoot
Tank dawgs salute
Every robbery we score, 'cause they know
Everything Fiend know, mean mo' money mo'
Little Fiend still want the greens
The cornbread and the cabbage
In your hood remindin' you bitches of who the baddest
Definitely the maddest, so the crime gon' stick 'em
My uhh went twice (uh, uh)
And ended with nine, get 'em
Make 'em say, "Uh" (uh)
Na-na, na-na (na-na, na-na)
Make 'em say, "Uh" (uh)
Na-na, na-na (na-na, na-na)
P gon' make ya say, "Uh"
I'ma make ya say, "Ah"
I'm not Eric B., but guaranteed to move this motherfuckin' crowd
I stay on like light switches, money 'cause I like riches
Hittin' nothin' but tight bitches, call me, I might hit ya
Nigga make 'em say na-na-na, don't trip
After I bust yo shit, then after that say na-na na-na
I hang with niggas, I do my thang with niggas
They want to know if I gangbang
'Cause I hang with a whole gang of niggas
So when we connect, bitch
You better respect this, I step quick
'Cause I got a vicious right hand, but ya know what?
Aye when you see me, salute me
Like a general I'm leading the troops
I make this G shit look so easy to do,
And when you see me salute commander
And chief can see I'm the truth
It don't matter whether the streets or the booth.
When you see me salute
And when you see me salute
When you see me salute
Yeah, you ain't gotta speak homie when you see me salute.
You were never truly loved
You've only been betrayed
You were never truly nurtured
By churches or the state
You left unprotected
To these wild and fragile lands
That you could rise up like a god
Arm yourself, you can be strong
You can build a nuclear power
Transform the earth to your desire
Free your mind from false beliefs
You can be the commander in chief
You can hide your true motives
To dismantle and destroy
Now you finally have code
I have given you code
There's no country left
To love and cherish it's gone
It's gone for good
It's you and me, babe
Survivors
To hunt and gather memories
Of the great nation we were
There are no countries left
To fight and conquer
I think I destroyed them all
It's human nature
The greatest
Hunter will survive alone
With no one left to love
There's no culture left
To love and cherish, it's gone
You know it's gone for good
A trillion memories lost in
Space and time forever more
I just wanted, I just needed to be loved
