Black Star - Thieves In The Night(2002)

[00:01.06] Yo Dee (What?)
[00:02.66] Come on (Yeah)
[00:03.27] What? What? Come on (Yeah)
[00:05.03] "Give me the fortune, keep the fame," said my man Louis
[00:07.71] I agreed, know what he mean because we live the truest lie
[00:10.61] I asked him why we follow the law of the bluest eye
[00:13.14] He looked at me, he thought about it
[00:14.46] Was like, "I'm clueless, why?"
[00:15.83] The question was rhetorical, the answer is horrible
[00:18.22] Our morals are out of place and got our lives full of sorrow
[00:20.94] And so tomorrow comin' later than usual
[00:22.71] Waitin' on someone to pity us
[00:24.37] While we findin' beauty in the hideous
[00:26.23] They say money's the root of all evil but I can't tell
[00:28.44] You know what I mean, pesos, francs, yens, cowrie shells, dollar bills
[00:32.14] Or is it the mindstate that's ill?
[00:33.78] Creating crime rates to fill the new prisons they build
[00:36.46] Over money and religion there's more blood to spill
[00:38.90] The wounds of slaves in cotton fields that never heal
[00:41.25] What's the deal?
[00:41.89] A lot of cats who buy records are straight broke
[00:44.18] But my language universal they be recitin' my quotes
[00:46.58] While R&B singers hit bad notes, we rock the boat
[00:49.28] Of thought, that my man Louis' statements just provoked
[00:51.90] Caught up, in conversations of our personal worth
[00:54.33] Brought up, through endangered species status on the planet Earth
[00:57.07] Survival tactics means, bustin' gats to prove you hard
[01:00.27] Your firearms are too short to box with God
[01:02.66] Without faith, all of that is illusionary
[01:05.11] Raise my son, no vindication of manhood necessary
[01:07.74] (Not strong) Only aggressive
[01:09.02] (Not free) We only licensed
[01:10.48] (Not compassionate, only polite) Now who the nicest?
[01:13.02] (Not good but well behaved)
[01:14.35] Chasin' after death so we can call ourselves brave?
[01:16.78] (Still livin' like mental slaves)
[01:18.34] Hidin' like thieves in the night from life
[01:20.60] Illusions of oasis makin' you look twice
[01:23.76] Hidin' like thieves in the night from life
[01:25.97] Illusions of oasis makin' you look twice
[01:28.02] Yo, I'm sure that everybody out listenin' agree
[01:31.29] That everything you see ain't really how it be
[01:33.67] A lot of jokers out runnin' in place, chasin the style
[01:36.39] Be a lot goin' on beneath the empty smile
[01:39.02] Most cats in my area be lovin' the hysteria
[01:41.91] Synthesized surface conceals the interior
[01:44.33] America, land of opportunity, mirages and camouflages
[01:47.59] More than usually, speakin' loudly, sayin' nothin'
[01:50.06] You confusin' me, you losin' me
[01:51.62] Your game is twisted, want me enlisted, in your usary
[01:54.23] Foolishly, most men join the ranks cluelessly
[01:56.66] Buffoonishly accept the deception, believe the perception
[01:59.90] Reflection rarely seen across the surface of the lookin' glass
[02:02.81] Walkin' the street, wonderin' who they be lookin' past
[02:05.25] Lookin' gassed with them imported designer shades on
[02:07.91] Stars shine bright, but the light, rarely stays on
[02:10.34] Same song, just remixed, different arrangement
[02:13.03] Put you on a yacht but they won't call it a slave ship
[02:15.58] Strangeness, you don't control this, you barely hold this
[02:18.22] Screamin' brand new, when they just sanitized the old shit
[02:20.63] Suppose it's, just another clever Jedi mind trick
[02:23.32] That they been runnin' across stars through all the time with
[02:26.24] I find it's distressin', there's never no in-between
[02:28.41] We either niggas or Kings
[02:29.74] We either bitches or Queens
[02:31.19] The deadly ritual seems immersed, in the perverse
[02:34.01] Full of short attention spans, short tempers, and short skirts
[02:36.48] Long barrel automatics released in short bursts
[02:39.08] The length of black life is treated with short worth
[02:41.75] "Get yours first, them other niggas secondary"
[02:44.44] That type of illin' that be fillin' up the cemetery
[02:46.89] This life is temporary but the soul is eternal
[02:49.74] Separate the real from the lie, let me learn you
[02:51.82] Not strong, only aggressive, cause the power ain't directed
[02:54.60] That's why, we are subjected to the will of the oppressive
[02:57.26] Not free, we only licensed
[02:58.53] Not live, we just excitin'
[02:59.82] 'Cause the captors. own the masters, to what we writin'
[03:02.25] Not compassionate, only polite, we well trained
[03:04.98] Our sincerity's rehearsed in stage, it's just a game
[03:07.65] Not good, but well behaved cause the camera survey
[03:10.58] Most of the things that we think, do, or say
[03:12.94] We chasin' after death just to call ourselves brave
[03:15.65] But everyday, next man meet with the grave
[03:18.39] I give a damn if any fan recall my legacy
[03:20.79] I'm tryin' to live life in the sight of God's memory
[03:23.45] Like that y'all
[03:26.54] (A lot of people don't understand the true criteria of things)
[03:29.92] (Can't just accept the appearance)
[03:32.13] Have to get the true essence (They ain't lookin' around)
[03:33.97] Not strong (Only aggressive)
[03:35.25] Not free (We only licensed)
[03:36.55] Not compassionate, only polite (Now who the nicest?)
[03:39.11] Not good but well behaved)
[03:40.76] (Chasin' after death so we can call ourselves brave?)
[03:43.01] Still livin' like mental slaves
[03:44.70] Hidin' like thieves in the night from life
[03:46.76] Illusions of oasis makin' you look twice
[03:49.99] Hidin' like thieves in the night from life
[03:52.07] Illusions of oasis makin' you look twice
[03:55.02] Hidin' like thieves in the night from life
[03:57.12] Illusions of oasis makin' you look twice
[04:00.17] Hidin' like thieves in the night from life
[04:02.26] Illusions of oasis makin' you look twice
[04:05.15] Stop hidin', stop hidin', stop hidin' yo' face (yes, c'mon)
[04:10.26] Stop hidin', stop hidin', 'cause ain't no hidin' place (celebrating death)
[04:15.61] Stop hidin', stop hidin', stop hidin' yo' face
[04:20.76] Stop hidin', stop hidin', 'cause ain't no hidin' place
[04:25.88] Said there ain't no hidin' place (Not strong)
[04:28.27] Said there ain't no hidin' place (Not free)
[04:31.15] Said there ain't no hidin' place (Not compassionate)
[04:33.54] Said there ain't no hidin' place
[04:36.25] Said there ain't no hidin' place (We well trained)
[04:38.80] But stop hidin' yo' face (Black star)
[04:41.58] Stop hidin', stop hidin', stop hidin' yo' face (Black Star keep shining)
[04:46.94] (Be better, be sure) We take the Black Star line right on home
[04:49.60] Keep shining (We take the Black Star line right on home)
[04:52.24] Be better, be sure (We take the Black Star line right on home)
[04:54.69] Keep shining (We take the Black Star line right on home)
[04:57.31] Yo
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