D'Angelo - The Line(2000)

[00:15.67] Let me tell you about it
[00:19.17] I wanna tell you about it
[00:23.21] Let me tell you
[00:24.10] I've been gone, gone so long
[00:30.73] Just wanna sing, sing my song
[00:36.83] I know you've been hearin'
[00:42.07] Hearin' a lot of things about me
[00:48.63] Oh, I know, I know, I know, I know
[00:54.33] I've heard, I've heard it all too clear
[01:00.44] This is what I am going to do, yeah
[01:04.84] I'm gonna, I'm gonna hold, hold on
[01:11.70] Hold on to my pride, my pride
[01:17.69] I'm gonna stick, I'm gonna stick, I'm gonna stick
[01:23.49] I'm gonna stick to my guns, gonna stick to my guns, yeah
[01:30.37] I'm gonna put my finger on the trigger
[01:33.27] I'm gonna pull it and we gon' see what the deal, what the deal
[01:42.24] I'm for real, I'm for real, I just wanna put it, put it on the line, yeah
[01:51.35] That's all I wanna do, I've gotta put it on the line
[01:59.75] And we haven't got much time
[02:04.32] Yeah, I've gotta put it, put it on the line
[02:16.08] Know what I'm talking 'bout this evening
[02:18.09] Said I get to put it, oh, yeah, I've gotta put it on the line
[02:27.80] Listen to me
[02:30.15] Said, I got a bullet in the chamber
[02:36.30] And I'm not afraid of danger
[02:41.77] Said, we got to go down, down to the wire
[02:47.56] I'll go through the fire with you, kill and die with you
[02:52.97] Said, I know everybody watchin' me
[02:56.37] I said the pressure is on from every angle, political to personal
[03:06.34] Will I hang or get left hangin'? Will I fall off?
[03:10.91] Or is it bangin'? And I says ('sup to God) it's up to the man upstairs
[03:17.63] But all I gotta do is hold, hold on to my pride
[03:26.31] I've gotta hold on to my pride
[03:29.82] (I'm gonna stick) said I'm gonna stick (stick)
[03:34.13] I'm gonna stick to my guns (I'm gonna stick to my guns)
[03:38.44] (Gonna stick to my guns yeah) oh
[03:42.25] I'm gonna put my finger on the trigger
[03:45.12] I'm gonna pull it and we gon' see what the deal, baby what the deal
[03:54.16] I'm for real, yeah, I just wanna put it
[04:00.08] Put it on the line
[04:02.76] Somebody out there knows I'm singin' about
[04:05.49] Would you help me sing the song
[04:16.78] Said the stakes is high, yeah
[04:28.15] It's the moment of truth
[04:33.58] And If I can hold on, hold on
[04:38.14] I'm sure everything will be alright
[04:49.92] Oh yeah, put it on the line
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