40oz To Freedom

1. My Ruca

2. Get Out

3. 40oz To Freedom

4. Smoke Two Joints

5. Were Only Gonna Die For Our Own Arragence

6. Dont Push

7. 5446/ball and Chain

8. Badfish

9. Lets go Get Stoned

10. New Thrash

11. Scarlet Begonias

12. Live at E's

13. D.J.S

14. Chica me Tipo

15. Right Back

16. What Happened

17. New Song

18. Ebin

19. Date Rape

20. Hope

21. Krs-One

22. Rivers of Babylon

My Ruca

On the eastside, that's where I met my ramona,

"I wanna go to a party," that's what she said

Lonely - that's what I been

Here's my telephone number call me

..and to a party a house par-ty Whole lotta people jus rally-roun-me and love,

she send a message oflove

she said I love up the way you move, I love the way you rap ,BOPP BOPP.

Ramona please step back

'Cause she's my ruca, I'm barely waiting for my hina

She moved from Long Beach down to LA

Right now she selling oranges by the freeway

I wanna know, Ramona am I the only one tell me

and she said "Your not the only one, but your the best Bradly"

And know now I waiting for my ruca and I barely pulled up with my hina

I know tonite I be behind her, don't fuck around with my hina.

Get out!(only on origonal version)

My place is not a home, don't make no difference

But I have found that I need a place to stay

I never listen to what the landlord man say

You should've seen the flops in my house

We were jumping on walls and kicking ceilins

Now a days people listen to me, when I say.."GET OUT"

Hold me and don't let go

Makes no difference that your a ho

Cause I need a place to stay and though disease was just the price I paid.

In days of old that how it used to be, oh yes indeed.

That girl is dead to me now and I say .."GET OUT"

All the time the people want to know the meaning of the word Sublime

It ain't anarchist, it's the shit you missed

We get the minute man loop and add a peni twist

We know you mutha that this is the shit that you put in the box And say damn it's a hit

And to all the radios and the tv shows

Cause we don't kiss no ass or kick down free shows

What you get is the kind no econo gang or cess with yellow lover on the d-r-u-m-s

Let the lovin take a hold over me

Let the lovin take a hold over me

"Cause all I see is your fussin' and fightin'

1992 so lets all start uniting

Put your hands together be the best you can be

Let this jam take us to 1993

Stay positive and the love will come back to me

40 Oz to Freedom

You've got your hair permed

You've got your red dress on

Talkin' bout how second gear was such a turn on

And the fog forming on my window tells me that the morning here

And you'll be gone before too long

Who taught you those new tricks?

Damn I should'nt start that talk,

but life is onw big question when your starin at the clock

And the answers always waiting at the liqour store, 40 oz to Freedom,

so I'll take that walk.

And I know that ohhhh...I'm not comin back

Ohh not going back

God knows not going back

You look so fine when you lie it just don't show,

That I know which way the wind blows

40 oz to freedom is the only chance I have to feel good,

even though I feel bad

And I know that ohhhh...I'm not comin back

Ohh not going back

God knows I'm not going back

God knows I'm not going back

Smoke Two Joints

I smoke two joints in the morning

I smoke two joint at night

I smoke two joint in the afternoon

It makes me feel alright

I smoke two joints in time of peace

And two in time of war

I smoke two joints before I smoke two joints,

And then I smoke two more

Daddy he once told me,

"Son, you be hard workin' man"

And momma she once told me,

"Son, you do the best you can"

Then one day I meet a man,

He came to me and said,

"Hard work good and hard work fine,

but first take care of head"

Whoa rock me to the night

Ja say

Were Only Gonna Die For Our Own Arragence

Early man walked away

As modernman took control

There mind's weren't all the same

And to conquer was their goal

So he built his great empire

And he slaughtered his own kind

He died a counfused man

And killed himself in his own mind

(repeat)

Were only gonna die for our own arrragence,

so we might as well take our time.

Dont Push

Stolen from an african land

Chased out with a knife

With a face like Bob Marley and a mouth like a motor bike

Oh well the bars are always open and the time is always right

And if God's good word goes unspoken well the music goes all night

And it goes...

If i was Bob Marley I said could you be loved

If I was half pint I'd ball the lord up above

If I was Mike Tyson I'd look for a fight

If I was a BoomtownRats I would be stayin up all night

IF I was the king Ad-Rock i would get stupid dumb

If rythmes were valiums I'd be comfortably numb

If I had a shotgun, know what I'd do,

I'd point that shit straight up at the sky

and shoot heaven on down to you

Oh well the bars are always open, and the time is always right

And if God's good word goes unspoken, well the music goes all night

I want a lover, I can't find the time

I want a reason, I can't find the rythmec

I want to start some static, but I can't afford,

to hit the ground like I fell off my skateboard

Now a days as clear as you please, strap with protection or strap with disease.

Laughter, it's free any time just call me

439-0116 when your down with Sublime you get

funky fresh lyrics, you get nothin

Stolen from an african land

Got chased out of the bar

I saw (Ice is) my best friend tonite so don't push me too far

I gonna run come down with the new lyrics,

get hit get hip you knuckle heads

Racism is scism on a serious tip

You don't believe me I go and bust your lip.

I hear the moutain, it hard to climb

Rougher the rythm, then it must be sublime

Listen yellow lover you got it right on time

We got cricket with the quickness and the bassline

Go and raid the sound and tell people the news oh, hey

tell them regaee music is on the loose

Here i am from the place where the sun shine down in a unique fashion

Good good vibes that keep on playin, playin

People gonna come and try tell me smokin crack cocaine better than sensi

You're pumpin' that shit and I'm sick of it

Teakin' every weekend we just can't take it (WORD)

5446/Ball and Chain

Do you believe I would take such a thing with me

and give it to a police man?

I wouldn't do that, I wouldn't do that.

If I did that would you say, "Sir come down and put the charge on me"?

I wouldn't do that, no I wouldn't do that.

I'm not a fool to hurt myself, but I listened what they done to me,

they were wrong, they were wrong.

Give it to me, one time, Give it to me, two times,, Give it to me, three times,,, Give it to me: four times,,,,

Oh 5446 what's my number? what's my number now?

Right now somebody else has that number.

One more time 5447 what's my number? what's my number now? Right now somebody else has that number.

People listen up don't stand to near

I got something that you all should hear.

All lies, all the lies she told to me

make a litte part of history.

I was always taught that boy meets girl,

fall in love get married and forget the world.

Nine months later, the sweet babys on the way.

Kiss 'em on the check and lifes ok.

I don't feel, no pain. I don't have, no time

to listen to conflicting points of view.

It's a crazy world to live alone,

a ball and chain I call my own

People listen up don't stand to close

I got something that you all should know

Holy Matrimony is not for me.

Rather die alone in misery.

I was always taught that boy meets girl,

fall in love get married and forget the world.

Nine months later, the sweet babys on the way.

Isn't that what they used to say?

With a girl that you knew,

and the bonds that we grew.

Turned into a ball and chain.

I step into the great unknown,

a ball and chain I call my own.

Crazy world to live alone

With a girl that you knew,

and the bonds that we grew,

turned into a ball and chain.

I step into the great unknown,

with a ball and chain I call my own.

Because marriage doesn't work in the world today

It's an instiution that is in decay.

And if I have love I wish to portray,

I will surely find another way.

Because I was always taught boy meets girl,

fall in love get married and forget the world.

Nine months later the sweet babys on the way,

Kiss 'em on the check and lifes ok.

I don't feel no pain, I don't have no time

to listen to conflicting points of view

I step into the great unknown,

with a ball and chain I call my own

Badfish

When you grab a hold of me Tell

me that I'll never be set free

I'm a parasite,

creep and crawl I step into the night.

Two pints of boose

Tell me are you a badfish too? Are you a badfish too?

Ain't got no money to spend

I know the night will never end

Lord knows I'm weak

Won't somebody get me off of this reef

Baby your a big blue whale

Grab the reef when all duck diving fails

I swim but wish I nevered learned

The water's too polluted with germs

I dive deep when it's ten feet overhead

Grab the reef underneath my bed

Ain't got no quarrels with god Ain't got no time to grow old

Lord knows I'm weak

Won't somebody get me off of this reef

Ain't got no quarrels with God Ain't got no time to grow old

Lord knows I'm weak

Won't somebody get me off of this reef

Let's Go Get Stoned

I swear sometimes your taking me for granted

I swear sometime your a whore

I swear but I know there ain't no reason

'Cause everything is such a bore

Last night I had a dream, though it made me sick

Saw you in your bedroom sucking someone elses dick, (MY GOODNESS!)

My friends all laughed, said it was my fault

said it's time that it happened to me

But I know that the show was much more than a low

So I'm waiting for the tide to get low

If I was an ant liven upon the wall

tell me baby would it make any difference at all

If I was a roach on a tree tell me would you smoke me?

Bright lights put me in a trance

But it ain't house music, makes me want to dance. (WORD)

I don't gamble but I bet,

I'm gonna die by my last cigarette

Hold me close I always play the mack

with this monkey on my back.

New Thrash

I got so much trouble on my mind,

That I feel like I'm always sleeping with the enemy

But I know the real world always gets the last word

And that's why you gotta kick reality.

So don't tease me and try to say I should care.

I might as well go out for mine

'cause everybody's going out for their's.

So don't tell me about a fake drug war

Go cut education some more

The people will one day learn and rise

Cause not everyone is out to score.

People always ask me why people are all fucked up

At every corner liquor store.

Scarlet Begonias

As I was walkin down rubadub square

Not a chill to the window a litte to the air

From another direction she was caught in my eye

It could be an illusion, but I might as well try

..might as well try

She had rings on her fingers and bells on her shoes

And I could tell without asking she was into the blues

She wore scarlet begonias tucked into her curls

I knew right away she was not like other girls

Well I ain't never been right as I ain't never been wrong

As everthing works out the way it does in this song

Cause once in a while you get shown in the light

In the strangest of places if you look at it right

(rap) It was the summer of love and I thank the stars above

Because the women took the lovin over me

And just to gain her trust, I bought a microbus

Because I sold off my personal property

A tie-dyed dress , she was a psychadelic mess

We toured to the north, south, east and west

We sold some mushroom tea,

Sold some ectacy,

Sold nitrus, opium, acid, herion and PCP

Now I hear the police coming after me

Now I hear the police coming after me

The one scarlet with the flowers in her hair,

She's got the police coming after me

Well there ain't nothing wrong with the way she moves

All scarlet begoinas and a touch of the blues

And there ain't nothin wrong with the love that's in her eyes

I had to learn the hard way just to let her pass bye.

Live at E's

Yesterday I saw a whore looking out my door

As she bends my body aches if she'd walk in I would say:

I'm on the mic doin things you like

The name is ras M.G. and I'm a treat you right

Cause all the ladies and me we both agree that I'm going down in world history

uh-uh elected, my rhymes will be perfected.

the mighty MC's will be disected and rejected

I am the most impressive- aspective and progressive-

motivating, inovating, chillin and digested

Its obvious as ever it will be specialized

Your trying to proclaim-uh- cant be compromized

I am a fresh MC

As you can plainly see

You won't regret a DJ fresh Im sure you'll soon agree

So take a seat n' feel the beat of coarse it is OK, Uh-Uh

Oh she makes my body ache and you know I paid for more

I won't flake or perpetrate, I won't front no funky whore

Don't get me wrong I'm just singing my song

I'm just like you I like to ball my freaks all night long

Not only do I rythme I also cut so nice they call me delight

My name is eric I have nothing to say

because I am not a fucking d.j.

And if you want to talk to me, then you'll have to talk to my man Bradlee

5000 G, we outta here, peace, unity.

D.J.s

All of the d.j.s surely have taken a lesson

Start talkin trash and we'll come with my smith & wesson

A little competition comes my way but it always winds up the same,

"the stone that the builder refuse shall be the head cornerstone"

Ain't nothin wrong, ain't nothing right

But still I set and lie awake all night

All of the d.j.s surely have taken a lesson

Try talkin trash and we'll come with a smith & wesson

Enough d.j.s come with enough style

but when I bus my lyrics we all Know it's wicked-wily.

Ain't nothin wrong, ain't nothing right

But still I set and lie awake all night

You better strap with the gat

If you wanna walk with me, bound to come down

With the new stylee, rockin rubadub know as reagee music

Gotta come down with some new lyrics

It just ain't nothing, it's been a real long time

Ain't nothin wrong, ain't nothing right

But still I set and lie awake all night

Rubadub blender a new mixer

I am the one with d.j. with enough flavor

Hear the dub and say lord have his grilled cheese.

I ain't jamican, but I ain't no freak

Caught the man eno with the one pound bag o' tweak

And called him ghost rider everytime you see him he fulfill the danger

Ain't nothin wrong, ain't nothing right

But still I set and lie awake all night

Dred gotta a job to do and he might fulfill his mission

To see his pain would be his greatest ambition

We will survive in this world of competition

To make sure that till the ..is done

I won't wait so long

For you

Stop your messin around,

Better think of your future

Time to straighten right out or you'll wind up in jail

Chica me Tipo

No me importa que sería. (It doesn't matter to me what it would be)

Porque todo se quitará (Because everything will go away)

Ay no puedo verlo (I can't see you)

Ni en pintura (Not even in paint)

Chorus

Cuando empecemos, no me dió cuenta (When we started, I didn't realize)

De que luego, tuviera que pagar (That later I would have to pay)

Pero, se dice también (but, it is also said)

Me muera acostarme con ti (I'm dying to lay down with you)

Con ti (with you)

No me propongo predicar (I don't propose to preach)

Vive y dejar vivir (Live and let live)

Pero el amigo (But a friend)

Es un condón en el bolsillo (Is a condom in your pocket)

Yo no soy médico, no soy chapocero (I'm not a doctor, I'm not a joker)

Solamente soy pobre, y ya estoy tan solo (I'm just poor, and now I'm so lonely)

Pero si se cambie (But if she changes)

Ella sería la mia (She will be mine)

Para ser poseido en propeidad (To be possesed as property)

en propeidad (As property)

I've got to get alive with you

Whoa I cannot do?

I will lay down anytime with her

with her.

Right Back

Sleepin by yourself at night can make you feel alone

Your girl friend said so but I don't really know

That don't mean we fucked around that night last week when you left town

I was tweakin by myself one night that's when I wrote this tune

Didn't have no need for that bed in my hotel room

Sometimes right now since I've left the pen

I feel like I'm right back in it again

Sometimes I play, waiting waiting for some bright holiday

So I got myself a gun and I'm right back right back where I'm from

Sleepin by yourself at night can make you feel alone

My girlfriend said so, she's a little ho

That don't mean I fuck around, I like to keep that higher ground

Sometimes I play, waiting waiting for some bright holiday

So I got myself a gun and I'm right back right back where I'm from

Don't tease me, don't tease me, don't tease

Sometimes I play, waiting waiting for some bright holiday

So I got myself a gun and I'm right back right back where I'm from

What Happened?

What happened?

Wake up in the morning,

clock says half past one

I have no sunglasses

As I step into the sun

There's no recollection

of the evil things I've done

My head feels like I musta' had some fun

What happened?

Last thing I remember

I was chillin at a party

Pinching grily's asses

I was drinking recklessly

I know I did something

Lord what could it be

Woke up in the morning

And all my friends say me

What happened?

What I'm I doing here

Who is this girl in my bed

What is this shit on my face

My God, what is that awful smell

(Chorus)

She may be an angel

She may be a queen

She might be black, white, Amercian, Indian or Japanese

Thru a bottle at a bouncer

Didn't think that he was cool

Pissed in someones drink

And thru a bike into a pool

Driven down the side walk

Like a crazy possed fool

I broke every single traffic rule.

What happened?

What happened?

Let's go

(Chorus)

New Song

I heard that payback's a mother fuckin' bitch

But I won't stress and I won't switch

And I would not take my life

Glory please, my God, the only thing on my mind

Takes up all of my time,

And I said, ooh!

Running from a gun

Or some brain that ways a ton

And my God, it hurts to get so low

Searchin' through the cars

Cold, still searchin' through the night

I think I will run, to you, but I refuse to fuss and fight

And God may find a reason

Well I'm sure you'll find a rhyme

Because it takes up nearly all my time

He who stands for freedom

God knows I've got the number

But maybe I just use too much

I was sitting in that bar

I'm sittin' in that stolen car

Cold, still rollin' down the boulevard

Saw you with a gleam

And the microphone scene

'Think I will run, to you

But I know I won't live for me

Cause I know God's got both, the reason and the rhyme

Please tell me, why he takes up all my time

I've been drinking, just like you

And baby, you've got something I can use

Payback's a mother fuckin' blast

But I won't stress and I won't blast

And I would not take my life

Glory please, my God, comin' from heaven above

Takes up all of my time

And I said

"Why must I feel like that"

Running from a gun

And some brain that ways a ton

You know, I did that line for Flava' Flave

But, all the D.J.'s do it

All the D.J.'s use it

I would run, I would switch

But I wanna be the same

And I know I'll find a reason

'Cause I always bust a rhyme

Because it takes up nearly all my time

The "T" hear stands for treason

The "D" hear stands for dove

And maybe I just use too,

Maybe I'm just used too much.

Ebin

"You could hear the fuckin' fleas crawlin' on my nuts"

Out my window cool and bright

Fade so slowly into night

Funny how things look the same

Now that my friend Ebin's changed

Ebin was a cooly that I used to know

Now he's down with the PLO

He's cold kickin it live with the KKK

No xxx, No JFA

Cooly was sportin' black denium shoes

Dealing he was looking for something to use

With a pistol in his pocket and a bottle of boose

Well, it could be me or it could be you

Oh feels like my whole life is rearragned

Oh Ebin you changed

Ebin, Ebin, Ebin, Ebin you...

Oh how you changed

Oh you changed,

Oh how you changed

I give you a hard time, didn't want to stay

Got outta jail just the very next day

It's plain to see my friend Ebin is a Nazi

He was a Nazi yeah, yeah, yeah

Hooked on crack just the other day

Now he's down with the CIA

We got covert operation in Vietnam

Making hits and assaination he's long gone

He went down to protect his country

Eat Mexican food and makes lots o' money

Come back a God and drive a big white car

And take himself a plane down to Nicaragua

Well it feels like I'm the only one to blame

Oh Ebin you changed

Ebin, Ebin, Ebin, Ebin you

Oh you changed,

Oh you changed,

Oh how you changed

I give you a hard time, didn't want to stay

Got outta jail just the very next day

It's plain to see my friend Ebin is a Nazi

He was a Nazi yeah, yeah, yeah

Out my window cool and bright

Day so slowly into night

Funny how things look the same

Now that my friend Ebin's changed

Date Rape

Let me tell you about a girl I know,

had a drink about a hour ago.

Sitting in a corner by herself, in a bar in downtown Hell.

She heard a noise and she looked through the door.

And saw a man she'd never seen before.

Light skin, light blue eyes, a double-chin and a plastic smile.

Well, her heart raced as he walked through the door

And took an empty seat next to her at the bar.

"My brand new car is parked right outside. How'd ya like to go for a ride?"

And she said."Wait a minute I have to think."

He said, "That's fine. May I please buy you a drink"

One drink turned into 3 or 4 and they left and got into his car

and drove someplace real far.

Now babe the time has come.

How'd ya like to have a little fun?

And she said." If we could only please be on our way, I will not run."

That's when things got out of control.

She didn't want to, he had his way.

She said, "Let's Go"

He said, "No Way!"

Come on babe it's your lucky day.

Shut your mouth, were gonna do it my way.

Come on baby don't be afraid,

if it wasn't for date rape I'd never get laid.

He finished up and he started the car

He turned around and drove back to the bar.

He said."Now baby don't be sad, in my opinion you weren't half-bad."

She picked up a rock.,threw it at the car, hit him in the head ,now his got a big scar.

Come on party people won't you listen to me.

Date Rape Stylee.

The next day she went to her drawer, look up her local attorney at law,

went to the phone and filed the police report and then she took the guy's ass to court.

Well, the day he stood in front of the judge he screamed, " She lies that little slut!"

The judge knew that he was full of shit and he gave him 25 years

And now his hearted is filled with tears.

That night in jail it was getting late.

He was butt-raped by a large inmate, and he screamed.

But the guards paid no attention to his cries.

That's when things got out of control.

The moral of the date rape story, it does not pay to be drunk and horny.

But that's the way it had to be.

They locked him up and threw away the key.

Well, I can't take pity on men of his kind,

even though he now takes it in the behind.

DATE RAPE

She didn't want to TAKE IT!

Hope

How can you say. "You torture me", when you're already thinking about someone else.

When he comes home you'll be in his arms and I'll be gone.

But I know my day will come, I know someday I'll be the only one.

So now you wait for a spark, you now it will turn you on.

He's gonna make you feel the way you want to feel.

When he starts to lie, when he makes you cry you'll now I'll be there.

My day will come , I know someday I'll be the only one.

Call me selfish, call it what you like I think it's right.

To want someone for all your own and not to share their love.

But I'll have my way.

You don't stand a chance anyway.

Cause I got to you, you don't stand a chance.

So now you wait for his cock, you know it will turn you on.

He's gonna make you feel the way you want to feel.

When he starts to lie, when he makes you cry you'll now I'll be there.

My day will come , I know someday I'll be the only one.

My day will come , I know someday I'll be the only one.

You say you want perfection, that's your self-destruction.

You don't know what you want, it's gonna take you a year to find out.

I am not givin up.

And when you've had enough, you take your bruised little head

and you'll come running back to me

I know that I will be the only one.

KRS-One

In school they never taught 'bout hamburgers or steak,

Elijah Muhammed or the welfare state.

But I know.

And I know because of KRS-ONE.

Yeah and I know

And I know because of KRS-ONE.

Because he's droppin', dropin', dropin' science, droppin history

With a whole leap of style and intelligency

Yes, I know.

I know because of KRS-ONE

Yeah, and I know

I know because of KRS-ONE.

Because we don't want to pay money to hear the same old sounds.

Watch him, he'll take hip-hop to a higher ground.

And I know

(How do I know?)

And I know because of KRS-ONE.

Yeah, and I know

And I know because of KRS-ONE.

And I know

And I know because of KRS-ONE.

And I know

And I know

Rivers of Babylon

By the rivers of Babylyon

Where he sat down

And there he wept when he remebered Zion.

Oh from wicked, carry us away from captivity

Required from us a song

How can we singing out for song in a strange land.

So let the words of our mouth

And the meditations of our hearts

Be acceptable in thy sight

O-verride

By the rivers of Babylyon

Where he sat down

And there he wept when he remebered Zion.

Oh from wicked, carry us away from captivity

Required from us a song

How can we singing out for song in a strange land.

How can we singing out for song in a strange land.

Thank You's