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'Cause I don't want to reveal I put that house up for rent.
'Cause I don't want to reveal the fact that I'm suffering.
'Cause I don't want to reveal the crack that I sell for real.
'Cause I don't want to reveal the fact that I'm suffering.
'Cause I don't want to reveal the fact that I'm so for real.
'Cause I don't want to reveal the fact that I'm suffering.
'Cause I don't want to reveal the fact that I'm soul for real.
'Cause I don't want to reveal the fact that I'm suffering.
And I'm going to extremes to prove I'm 'bout it 'bout it
And I'm going to extremes to prove I'm fine without you
And it is underway
You can feel the hate
But I guess you never will
I'm on a roll again
And I wanted it 'cause
I feel ya creepin' in.
Heaven is on the way
You can feel the hate
But I guess you never will
I'm on a roll again
And I want an end 'cause
I feel it creeping in.
Baby, breakdance, go ahead an' do me.
Breakdance, honey, get it through the night
Baby, breakdown, go ahead and give it to me
Breakdown, honey, take me through the night
Break up all my alcohol.
or
Bring out all my alcohol.
Drank up all my alcohol.
Do you cling to your pride and sing "I Will Survive"?
Do you like Jodeci? How do you live this way?
Do your home running thing and they just slip away
Do you cling to your pride and sing "I Will Survive"?
Do you lash out and say "How dare you leave this way"?
Do you hold on in vain as they just slip away?
I break down in the middle of news my friend
I break down in the middle and lose my thread
What does he man by "lose my thread"? Perhaps he means that a thread in his shirt got pulled?
My apples are runny
My eyeballs are runny
Say there ain't no cents
Say there ain't no sense
The one you love is the one
Who makes your d***s get higher.
The one you love is the one
That should take you higher.
Then ramen provided the wings of the dove.
Then Brahman provided the wings of the dove.
Thus spake, the super glue
Thus spake, the super guru
Til I go home at night and tell my mother lies.
Til I go home at night and turn out all the lights.
Well I guess I'm trying to be not your lolly polly
Well I guess I'm trying to be nonchalant about it
Well I guess I'm trying to say I'm not your la-di-da-di
Well I guess I'm trying to be nonchalant about it
Well, I guess I'm tryin' to be macho man about it.
Well, I guess I'm tryin' to be nonchalant about it.
Well, I guess I'm tryin' to be macho man about it.
Well, I guess I'm tryin' to be nonchalant about it.