sometimes you gotta exhale
let go of that breath, baby when it's getting stale
fill up your lungs with something real
n if you don't feel it then let it spill

if you feel the need to speak you should do it
don't miss the beat but leave room for some music
don't forget to eat too
we all gotta use our mouths to eat food

but for now just breathe
n focus til u don't feel the breeze
if ya brains one hundred n sixty degrees
you only need two more dollar bills to be free

exhale exhale
find a new style n set sail
if da shoe don't fit like it used to fit
you need a new one even if you're used to it

you better breathe it's the only way to walk the streets
it's the only way to fall asleep
it's the only way to talk to me
n if yall ain't breathin u ought to be

breathe it's the only way to fall asleep
it's the only way to walk the streets
it's the only way to talk to me
n if yall ain't breathin u ought to be

keep your eyes on the horizon and keep breathing
be easy
keep your eyes on the horizon and keep breathing
be easy
keep your eyes on the horizon and keep breathing
be easy
keep your eyes on the horizon and keep breathing

open up both ya eyes 
while keeping em closed real tight
now try to open one more
all three bloodshot
i got too much luggage to leave the bus stop

i get tired when i'm riding the wild red eye
wondering which time zone i'm inside
i close my mind n i read the signs
on my eyelids i'll never get to sleep tonight
 
i'm in focus when i let go
it's underneath the vocals i am one with my flow
let go of the breath i'm holding
cuz i know that death is coming for my soul

breath, breath out and breathe in
try to find some patterns repeating
some are worth keeping some need deleting
some are concrete some are fleeting

breathe it's the only way to walk the streets
it's the only way to fall asleep
it's the only way to talk to me
n if yall ain't breathin u ought to be

breathe it's the only way to fall asleep
it's the only way to walk the streets
it's the only way to talk to me
n if yall ain't breathin u ought to be

i got toxins inside my body
they're swimming deep inside me
against the stream i try to breath
before they override me

i feel it when i'm rhyming
i leave carbon trails behind me
i don't mind i like to party
a chemical safari

rollin n foldin it droppin
drankin n shooting it
i am buying it hiding it
getting high and saluting it

the stars are in the sky
my barcode's missin stripes
n by the morning light
i breathe and i can see them fly

breathe it's the only way to walk the streets
it's the only way to fall asleep
it's the only way to talk to me
n if yall ain't breathin u ought to be

breathe it's the only way to fall asleep
it's the only way to walk the streets
it's the only way to talk to me
n if yall ain't breathin u ought to be


Exhale

from your head down to your toe
i hope you feel it from your head down to your toe
oh feel it from your head down to your toe
oh i hope you feel it from your head down to your toe

we been working real hard on this groove
so i hope that you feel it now i'ma try n lay it down smooth
i only got two things that i want you to do
just let your hands fall loose n let your head move

feel it from your head down to your toes
i hope you feel it from your head down to your toes
oh feel it from your head down to your toes
i hope you feel it from your head down to your toes oh yeah

drop that needle deep into that groove
down on the dance floor
keep it hoppin a keep it hop
a keep it hoppin like a kangaroo
i only got two things that i want you to do
just let your hands fall loose n let your head move

feel it from your head down to your toes
i hope you feel it from your head down to your toes
oh feel it from your head down to your toes
i hope you feel it from your head down to your toes oh yeah

spin that vinyl beat mix that cue
dj turn it up now
get it stuck in my get it stuck get it stuck in my head like glue
i only got two things that i want you to do
just let your hands fall loose n let your head move

feel it from your head down to your toes
i hope you feel it from your head down to your toes
i hope you feel it from your head down to your toes
i hope you feel it from your head down to your toes

we were thru wit it
before you knew what to do with it
so put your hips into it do a dip
put your foot on my face n do a flip
two paces to the right bicycle kick

this is a disco
so if you like the way the disc go round 
pull out your pistols
everybody throw your guns in the air 
blow the smoke from your fingertips say hell yeah

feel it from your head down to your toes
i hope you feel it from your head down to your toes
oh feel it from your head down to your toes
i hope you feel it from your head down to your toes

oh feel it from your head down to your toes
oh feel it from your head down to your toes
oh feel it from your head down to your toes
i hope you feel it from your head down to your toes 
feel it yeah


Head To Toe

yo listen to me now
pay attention
my name uh be $trick9 n i be rhyming on duh this shit uh bud it a day down by da ma man phase two check it out

no you ain't
oh yes i am
no you ain't
i'ma rock this man
no you ain't
no you ain't gonna do that
    
i got plans
no you ain't
i'ma make em dance
no you ain't
phase two on the beat
ain't nuthin sweet
in my b-boy stance

yo i'ma see to it evolution ends with us bussit
we're executioners
now i'm crucifying every time i touch
a microphone live to bust a rhyme

$trick9 n i'm in your bloodstream shia
n i'm poisoning everything
i take a scared oath
destroy all dat don't serve my growth

i'm pushing yall off the sides of the earth
making room for my birth
the world was made for me to enslave
dominate n drive to an early grave

pave it up let the children play
dagnabit they'll pay for it anyway
join hands little boys and girls
across the planet as we consume the world

no you ain't
oh yes i am
no you ain't
i'ma rock this man
no you ain't
no you ain't gonna do that
    
i got plans
no you ain't
i'ma make em dance
no you ain't
phase two on the beat
ain't nuthin sweet
in my b-boy stance

our diversity on dis earth secures
dat after a catastrophe life endures
like after the dinosaurs died that's right
did our ancestors survive

is this why we're alive
diversity some die some thrive
sometimes i get to thinking when i drive
through dem corn fields dis ain't right

why is there only one kind 
of crop on the stalk in a country mile check it
or drive by a hog confinement right
yo there's only one kind you'll find in it

if it eats what we eat we kill it
if it doesn't feed what we eat we kill it
i'ma take nature steal it, till it
then fill it in with barnyard millet feel it

no you ain't
oh yes i am
no you ain't
i'ma rock this man
no you ain't
no you ain't gonna do that
    
i got plans
no you ain't
i'ma make em dance
no you ain't
phase two on the beat
ain't nuthin sweet
in my b-boy stance

please save the world from god's plans
put it in our much more competent hands
fresh new kicks and pants
got it like that now you know you wanna dance

i got the rhythm i got the soul
my soul motivation i gotsta grow so
so gimme an apple i gotsta know
time to pop the ozone
lock and load

echoin in my brainwaves
over and over the tape plays
making me feel safe and noble
she's saying it over and over

yo maybe if i stand on this lie
it'll turn into truth in due time
til then i'm a supafly
n i'ma ride no matter who else dies byitch

no you ain't
oh yes i am
no you ain't
i'ma rock this man
no you ain't
no you ain't gonna do that
    
i got plans
no you ain't
i'ma make em dance
no you ain't
phase two on the beat
ain't nuthin sweet
in my b-boy stance

no you ain't
oh yes i am
no you ain't
i'ma rock this man
no you ain't
no you ain't gonna do that
    
i got plans
no you ain't
i'ma make em dance
no you ain't
phase two on the beat
ain't nuthin sweet
in my b-boy stance

No You Ain't

yeah the sandman sprinkles his dust da stars twinkle at dusk
fall asleep deeply breath and just
pull your covers up over your troubles shut
the door shut your eyelids sleep see what bubbles up

it's all fading to black your head's heavy relax
like some marbles you lost em you'll never get em back
on a roll eyeballs into my skull
i fall into my soul

and the whole universe is an undertow
lost spirits stars are circling the black holes
where it all goes homie nobody knows
but the eye of this vacuum is holding us close

we're alone in this ocean of ink
our sailboat's cracked n it's startin to sink

one thing i gotta know before i say goodbye
please tell me the truth don't wanna hear no lie
when i look up to the spirit in the sky
can i take the music with me when i die
can i take the music with me 
can i take the music with me when i die

yo the undertow's been tugging at my toenails
under water there's no tears
for years i been swimming i been waiting to die
kicking it nothing else to really do with my time

can you feel me i spell my name with a dollar sign 
and i rap about sandwiches all the time
didn't love me enough then you left me
definitely too ugly to love

let me go i'm trying not to be sad
yo you vanish in the sky my heart is still in your bag
know that my dark side sinister plot lines
i drop it like gary larson penning a far side

naked and i'm late for my classes
i feel my feet straight shaking the mattress
i can't breath i've been shot this is madness
y'all know dying in a dream never happens

one thing i gotta know before i say goodbye
please tell me the truth don't wanna hear no lie
when i look up to the spirit in the sky
can i take the music with me when i die
can i take the music with me 
can i take the music with me when i die

dat little pill of ritalin when you was still a little kid
put a silly riddle in the middle of your little head
there's a hole in your pillow n you fill it in
wit deez syllables that you're assembling

words hurtling away in space
the moon drifts by n it eclipses my face
her landscape talks to me
i believe there's a crater where my heart should be

a disease where my thoughts should be,
the mark of the beast where my core philosophies of god should be
to be or not to be
the question is if i'm as i aught to be

through the mirror i can see myself
n i cease to be able to deceive myself
problem solved i absorb my enemies
die and dissolve into pure energy

one thing i gotta know before i say goodbye
please tell me the truth don't wanna hear no lie
when i lift to the spirit in the sky
can i take the music with me when i die
can i take the music with me 
can i take the music with me when i die

one thing i gotta know before i say goodbye
please tell me the truth don't wanna hear no lie
when i lift to the spirit in the sky
can i take the music with me when i die
can i take the music with me 
can i take the music with me when i die

can i take the music with me when i die

Take The Music With Me

Verse One:
a tree falls alone in a forest that is almost gone
we bought it we used it n we moved on
so does it make a sound
i doubt
i mean it didn't make a peep when all the rest of these came down

now it's a parking lot downtown
you can't hear a whisper for miles around
but dat's just how i get down
i’m demanding absolute silence when i am around

don't make me tell you twice
i can't concentrate on this with the sound of your voice
dude, i'm trying to be zen
identify the riddle n reach in

i'm the type ya never reachin with preachin
not that i'm proud, i don't believe them
i think it’s time to meditate
allow me a quick little minute to set this straight

Chorus One:
my american zen
the state of mind america's in 
my american zen
the state of mind america's in

Verse Two:
oh beautiful 
for spacious skies
amber waves 
and razor wire sometimes i believe i been hypnotized
i control my breathing 
i close my eyes

i sit like buddha eating freedom fries
waiting through the night for the sun to rise
i am patient
but don't call me complacent
cuz i approve of my placement

it goes in through da nose
out through da mouth
nobody knows what this is all about
is it the hokey pokey? i got my doubts
it's an okee doke
i take my whole body out

by the rocket’s red glare
i can see the free market is still here
it's the urban assault vehicle of the year
do you mind if i park it here?  yeah

Chorus Repeat:

Verse Three
god shed his grace on thee baby
n then we shed disgrace on thee baby
my bad i didn't mean to make you look bad
i can steer this planet with no hands

i'm a dancing fool i'm so handsome
you can reach into my pants
n have some financing
I'm 'bout to buy some implants
mother earth
I skipped church to see you dance baby

i'ma make it rain
down with sulfur and nitrogen onto the great plains
my veins are punctured 
i want some more cuz my brain is ruptured

i'm just uh opiate receptor a tax collector
and insect going for the nectar
better get a surge protector 
word to hector the booty inspector yessir

Chorus Repeat:


Uhmerikun Zen