Quart d'heure musical

Bad Boys!
What'cha want? What'cha want?
What'cha gonna do when sheriff John Brown come for you

Tell me what'cha ya wanna do, what'cha gonna do

Yeah!

CHORUS
Bad Boys, Bad Boys what'cha gonna do, what'cha gonna do when
they come for you
Bad Boys, Bad Boys what'cha gonna do, what'cha gonna do when
they come for you

When you were 8 and had bad traits you go to school and learn
the golden rule
So why are you acting like a bloody fool, if you get hot then
you must get cool!

(CHORUS)

You chuck it on that one, ya chuck it on this one.
You chuck it on ya mother and ya chuck it on ya father.
You chuck it on ya brother and ya chuck it on ya sister.
And you chuck it on that one and ya chuck it on ME!

(CHORUS x2)

Nobody naw give you no break, Police naw give you no break
Soldier naw give you no break, Not even you idren naw give you
no break
Hehe

(CHORUS x2)

Why did you have to act so mean. Don't you know you're human
being
Born from a mother with the love from a father, reflections come
and reflections go
I know sometimes you want to let go
Hehehe
I know sometimes you want to let go

(CHORUS x2)
(You're too bad, you're too rude)
(You're too bad, you're too rude)

You chuck it on that one, ya chuck it on this one.
You chuck it on ya mother and ya chuck it on ya father.
You chuck it on ya brother and ya chuck it on ya sister.
And you chuck it on that one and ya chuck it on ME!

(CHORUS - repeated until end)

Damn, take a ride, to my block
My block, that's right! Heh
F'real on my motherfucking block

[Verse One]
They got a nigga
Shedding tears, reminiscing on my past fears
Cause shit was hectic for me last year
It appears that I've been marked for death, my heartless breath
The underlying cause of my arrest, my life is stressed
And no rest forever weary, my eyes stay teary
for all the brothers that are buried in the cemetery
Shit is scary, how black on black crime legendary
But at times unnecessary, I'm getting worried
Teardrops and closed caskets, the three strikes law is drastic
And certain death for us ghetto bastards
What can we do when we're arrested, but open fire
Life in the pen ain't for me, cause I'd rather die
But don't cry through your despair
I wonder if the Lord still cares, for us niggas on welfare
And who cares if we survive
The only time they notice a nigga is when he's clutching on a four-five
My neighborhood ain't the same
Cause all these little babies going crazy and they suffering in the game
And I swear it's like a trap
But I ain't given up on the hood, it's all good when I go back
Hoes show me love, niggas give me props
Forever hop cause it don't stop... on my block

[Chorus: a bunch of kids - see the liner notes]
Living life is but a dream
Hard times is all we see (on my block)
Every block is kinda mean
But on our block we still prayyyyyy
But on our block we still prayyyyyy...

[Verse Two]
Now shit's constantly hot, on my block, it never fails to be gunshots
Can't explain a mother's pain, when her son drops
Black male slipping in hail when will we prevail
Fearing jail but crack sales got me living well
And the system's suicidal with this Thug's Life
Staying strapped forever trapped in this drug life
God help me, cause I'm starving, can't get a job
So I resort to violent robberies, my life is hard
Can't sleep cause all the dirt make my heart hurt
Put in work and shed tears for my dead peers
Mislead from childhood where I went astray
Till this day I still pray for a better way
Can't help but feel hopeless and heartbroke
From the start I felt the racism cause I'm dark
Couldn't quit the bullshit make me represent
Hit the bar and played the star, everywhere I went
In my heart, I felt alone out here on my own
I close my eyes and picture home... on my block

[Chorus w/ minor variations]

[Verse Three]
And I can't help but wonder why, so many young kids had to die
Caught strays from AK's and the driveby
Swollen pride and homicide, don't coincide
Brothers cry for broken lives, mama come inside
Cause our block is filled with danger
Used to be a close knit community but now we're all cold strangers
Time changes us to stone them crack pipes
All up and down the block exterminating black life
But I can't blame the dealers
My mama's welfare check has brought the next man chrome wheels
Shit's real, I know ya feel, my tragedy
A single mother with a problem child, daddy free
Hanging out picking up game, sipping cheap liquor
Gamin the hoochies hoping I can get to sleep with her
It's a man's world, staying strapped
Fantasies of a nigga living phat, but held back
Pipe dreams can make the night seem hopeless
Wide eyed and losing focus... on my block

[Chorus w/ minor variations]

[Verse Four]
And block parties in the projects lasting way past daylight
A young nigga learned to break night
Used to play fight with my homies but they stuck in the pen
I send them ends, but it's tough on a friend, in my mind
I see the same motherfuckers balling
Alcohol will make a lazy nigga slip and fall, miss his call
I know the young niggas understand this
Growing up in this world where everything is scandalous
I reminisce on the fast times, past crimes
Trying to cop a slice of pizza with my last dime
Can't explain, just what attracts me to this dirty game
Gold chains, some extra change, and the street fame
And what's strange is everybody knows my name, swear they all know me
And lots of cash make a nigga change
I hit the green just to maintain, feeling pain
For all the niggas that I lost to the game... from my block

[Chorus w/ minor variations; kids repeat last line over and over]

[2Pac - speaking over Chorus]
Rest in peace to all the motherfuckers who passed away
From all the blocks that I'm from
One-twelve street, 7th Avenue, New York, Uptown, knahmsayin?
183rd and Walt, my block, that's right
122nd and Morningside, my block, that's right
Decatur Avenue, Baltimore, my block, that's right
In the jungle of Marin City, that's my block, that's right
Los Angeles, haha, that's my block too
Oakland, can't forget Oaktown, that's my block for sure
And all the other blocks around this motherfucker
Houston, Florida, St. Louis, Tennessee, Miami, Chicago
All y'all niggas stay kicking up dust
Represent the motherfucking block

Intro:
Ooh whoa-ooh!
Whoa,whoa...yeahh!
Whoa-oh!
Ey,ey!
Yeah,you got to get going
No time for sitting down
Some people not knowing life is a cycle
You got to know how to get around
Woo!...hahh

Chorus:
Yes,you got to be strong
And be all the best you can
The world is out there,conquer your fears
And don't you wait too long
Yes,you got to be strong
And be all the best you can
The world is out there,conquer your fear
And don't you wait too long

Verse 1:
Ahhy! how you doing? long time I haven't seen you
Hope you behaving yourself now like a good-behaving citizen
Nothing come easy--you got to work hard,I'm telling you
Hope and pray for the best 'cause I believe in you
Not like the stereotype,cleanliness intriguing you
Give thanks and praise for my life,and for us being here
Children can't go to school,the system killing us
There's good in us,and we've always wanna bring it out!
Show the world what we got--the struggle continues,yow
Check the conditions in which we living,yow
Right now I come giving you
That you work to be the winner
All children,going to baby,that's how we continue

Chorus:
Yes,you got to be strong
And be all the best you can
The world is out there,conquer your fears
And don't you wait too long
Yes,you got to be strong
And be all the best you can
The world is out there,conquer your fear
And don't you wait too long

Verse 2:
People love fi lift expectation,that's fine with me
Opportunity comes but once,so it's time for me
I don't think of failure because the sun shine for me
Something in the back of my head keep reminding me
Keep on listening,you hear when I call
There's good and bad,so just be good and stand tall
A lot of people out there wish for me to fall
I'm not scared--I pray to He who had created us all
Evils and the demons--woo! I don't stop with them
Hey,they don't like me? hey,what's up with them?
I just can't do without Jah love
Because it's like the oxygen
I'm no in no folly--ah! doh gimme no crap with them

Chorus:
Yes,you got to be strong
And be all the best you can
The world is out there,conquer your fears
And don't you wait too long
Yes,you got to be strong
And be all the best you can
The world is out there,conquer your fear
And don't you wait too long

Verse 1:
Ahhy! how you doing? long time I haven't seen you
Hope you behaving yourself now like a good-behaving citizen
Nothing come easy--you got to work hard,I'm telling you
Hope and pray for the best 'cause I believe in you
Not like the stereotype,cleanliness intriguing you
Give thanks and praise for my life,and for us being here
Children can't go to school,the system killing us
There's good in us,and we've always wanna bring it out
Show the world what we got--the struggle continues,yow
Check the conditions in which we living,yow
Right now I come giving you
That you work to be the winner
All children,going to baby,that's how we continue

Chorus:
Yes,you got to be strong
And be all the best you can
The world is out there,conquer your fears
And don't you wait too long
Yes,you got to be strong
And be all the best you can
The world is out there,conquer your fear
And don't you wait too long

Le sombre monarque débarque et étale
Son pouvoir, la puissance de l'ombre s'installe
Non, ne résiste pas, ne lutte pas
Ne te détourne pas de la main tendue vers toi
Ou je vais explorer le royaume de tes peurs
En devenir le dictateur pour mieux te dominer
Là, tu deviens raisonnable, c'est bien
Oui tombe sous le charme pour de meilleurs lendemains
Pour les rebelles la force est trop forte
Je balaie ces petits Ewoks comme le vent balaie les feuilles mortes
Les indécis sont avertis, qu'ils se méfient
De la seule étoile qui se fond dans la nuit
Le bastion des bas-fonds du pays en action
L'énergie dégagée génère une telle attraction
Que vers lui se tournent enfin tous les regards
Pour s'apercevoir que l'espoir émerge du noir
Une partie de tout homme la force manipule
D'un rien il suffit pour que l'être bascule
Que les yeux de l'aveugle s'ouvrent, qu'il contemple
Mars de l'obscur côté, le temple

N'aies pas peur, ouvre-moi ton coeur, viens vers l'Empereur
Sentir la chaleur de l'obscurité pour toi il est l'heure
De rejoindre l'armée des guerriers de l'ombre
Ne vois-tu pas ton côté clair qui succombe
C'est ta destiné pourquoi vouloir lui résister
Sans peine je ferai sauter les verrous de ta volonté
Sois l'hôte dans la noirceur la plus pure de l'Empereur
Et arbore les couleurs du côté obscur

REFRAIN :
Obscure, la force est noire,
Noire comme le château où flotte l'étendard, notre drapeau
Sois sûr, que sous les feux, la vérité est masquée,
Viens, bascule de notre côté, obscur

Je suis le fils de Jaffar, le sale rejeton de Dark Vador
Le grand Cador, du maniement de mic, j'adore
Adapter ma technique à la manière du caméléon
Sans pitié pour mater la rebellion

Millénaire, salive empoisonnée langue amer
Un pilot V-50 en tant que sabre laser
Quoi, ma conscience comme seule médaille
Je traque et j'étripe sans remords tous les chevaliers Jedi

La haine monte en toi, je le sais parfaitement
Je vois ta main droite gantée de noir
C'est sans espoir, la mutation s'amorce
Ta nature que tu obtures, le côté obscur de la force

Viens vers moi, passe le pont de part en part
Rejoindre ma demeure dans la lune noire
Mars est l'empire, je lance mes troupes à terre
Pour éradiquer ce niais de Jean-Claude Gaudin Skywalker

Petit présomptueux ne vois-tu pas le nombre
Déployé? L'armée des ombres, tu seras éliminé
Au nom des forces mystiques qui habitent là
Dans mon cerveau, je donne pas cher de ta peau

Le souffle de la force est en moi
Le microphone crépite, crache des tas de flammes sur les "en bois"
Le fils de Dieu tremble
Mais lutte avec ses armes, renverse les crédos qui lui semblent

Erronés, brise les traîtres de la tête au peroné
Par la peur l'ennemi reste sclérosé
Longue vie au règne de la nuit
D'une théorie qui renverse les croyances établies

"Luke, aide-moi", idiote il est trop tard
Tu appartiens au sinistre sombre seigneur vêtu de noir
Casque, souffle rauque sous une armure
Du soldat le plus dur, de l'empire du côté obscur

REFRAIN

How can I think I'm standing strong,
Yet feel the air beneath my feet?
How can happiness feel so wrong?
How can misery feel so sweet?
How can you let me watch you sleep,
Then break my dreams the way you do?
How can I have got in so deep?
Why did I fall in love with you?

CHORUS:
This is the closest thing to crazy I have ever been
Feeling twenty-two, acting seventeen,
This is the nearest thing to crazy I have ever known,
I was never crazy on my own…
And now I know that there's a link between the two,
Being close to craziness and being close to you.

How can you make me fall apart
Then break my fall with loving lies?
It's so easy to break a heart;
It's so easy to close your eyes.
How can you treat me like a child
Yet like a child I yearn for you?
How can anyone feel so wild?
How can anyone feel so blue?

CHORUS

...and being close to you
...and being close to you.

This is the end
Beautiful friend
This is the end
My only friend, the end

Of our elaborate plans, the end
Of everything that stands, the end
No safety or surprise, the end
I'll never look into your eyes...again

Can you picture what will be
So limitless and free
Desperately in need...of some...stranger's hand
In a...desperate land

Lost in a Roman...wilderness of pain
And all the children are insane
All the children are insane
Waiting for the summer rain, yeah

There's danger on the edge of town
Ride the King's highway, baby
Weird scenes inside the gold mine
Ride the highway west, baby

Ride the snake, ride the snake
To the lake, the ancient lake, baby
The snake is long, seven miles
Ride the snake...he's old, and his skin is cold

The west is the best
The west is the best
Get here, and we'll do the rest

The blue bus is callin' us
The blue bus is callin' us
Driver, where you taken' us

The killer awoke before dawn, he put his boots on
He took a face from the ancient gallery
And he walked on down the hall
He went into the room where his sister lived, and...then he
Paid a visit to his brother, and then he
He walked on down the hall, and
And he came to a door...and he looked inside
Father, yes son, I want to kill you
Mother...I want to...fuck you

C'mon baby, take a chance with us
C'mon baby, take a chance with us
C'mon baby, take a chance with us
And meet me at the back of the blue bus
Doin' a blue rock
On a blue bus
Doin' a blue rock
C'mon, yeah

Kill, kill, kill, kill, kill, kill

This is the end
Beautiful friend
This is the end
My only friend, the end

It hurts to set you free
But you'll never follow me
The end of laughter and soft lies
The end of nights we tried to die

This is the end

Voici la fin
Mon bel ami
Voici la fin
Mon seul ami, la fin

De nos plans élaborés, la fin
De tout ce qui a un sens, la fin
Ni salut ni surprise, la fin
Je ne te regarderai plus dans les yeux... jamais

Peux-tu imaginer ce que nous deviendrons
Sans limites et sans entraves
Désespérément avides... de quelque... main étrangère
Dans une... contrée désespérée

Perdus dans un désert Romain... de douleurs égarés
Et tous les enfants sont (devenus) fous
Tous les enfants sont fous
Dans l'attente de la pluie d'été

Les abords de la ville sont dangereux
Chevauche la grand route du roi (lézard)
Scènes étranges au fond de la mine d'or
Chevauche la grand route vers l'ouest, bébé

Chevauche le serpent, chevauche le serpent
Jusqu'au lac, le lac antique
Le serpent est long, sept miles
Chevauche le serpent... il est vieux, et sa peau est froide

L'ouest est ce qu'il y a de mieux(x2)
Viens ici, et nous ferons le reste

L'autobus bleu nous appelle(x2)
Chauffeur, où nous emmènes tu ?

Le tueur s'éveilla avant l'aube, il mit ses bottes
Il prit un visage dans la galerie antique
Et il s'avança le long du couloir
Il rentra dans la chambre où vivait sa sœur, Et... puis il
Rendit visite à son frère, puis il
Continua le long du couloir, et
Il arriva à une porte... et il regarda à l'intérieur
Père, oui mon fils, je veux te tuer
Mère... je veux... te baiser

Viens bébé, tente ta chance avec nous(x3)
Et retrouve-moi à l'arrière de l'autobus bleu
Danser un rock bleu
Sur un bus bleu
Danser un rock bleu
Viens, ouais

Tue, tue, tue, tue, tue, tue

Voici la fin
Mon bel ami
Voici la fin
Mon seul ami, la fin

Cela me peine de te laisser partir
Mais tu ne me suivras jamais
La fin du rire et des doux mensonges
La fin des nuits où nous avons voulu mourir

Voici la fin

Derrière un homme, une femme
Donne ses joies, ses larmes
Partage le courage
Traverse l'orage et la rage
Femme de militant, sans Palace ni Hilton
Entend les cris de sa nation, pas ceux des Rollings Stones
Dame de terrain, traverse le feu sans se brûler
Elle connait les chants de guerre pour cultiver la paix
Reine des belles immaculées
Pour partager ta haine figée
Quand ton mari s'est fait tirer
Aujourd'hui c'est toi qui part
Briller au loin comme les lumières d'un phare
Briller plus haut, plus fort qu'une star
C'est toi qui part
Les Blacks américains orphelins de l'Histoire
Ont à jamais perdu, une perle rare
Passe le bonjour à Malcolm de ma part
A Newton, Martin Luther
Dis-leur que Mandela n'est plus au mitard
Et que l'on garde l'espoir
Betty Shabazz ton nom est gravé dans l'histoire.

Refrain :
Une princesse est morte
Sans flashs ni escorte
Sans bougie dans le vent
Sans rose devant sa porte
Une princesse est morte
Une femme de coeur, une femme forte
Morte, sans flashs ni escorte.

À travers les flammes, le sang et les bombes
Alger succombe et tes fils tombent dans les tombes
La mort effleure, ton coeur flambe quand tes filles tremblent
Tu lèves les mains au ciel, pieds nus dans les cendres
Dernier rayon de soleil sur ta djellaba
Premiers coups de feu, la terreur fait ses premiers pas
Ta tête est sous contrat, ta vie est un combat
Ils ont pointé le doigt sur toi les démons de Balla
Quand le jour se lève, tu comptes les morts autour de toi
Chasses les vautours sur ton toit
Tu pries et gardes la foi
Vies de tes propres lois
Avec les instits, les avocats
Manifeste pour la paix et pour tes droits
Pas de château ni de marbre
Jeune femme des sables
Tu graves tes rêves, élèves tes gosses avec des fables
Et tu t'éteins comme une bougie
Tuée par le massacre en Algérie.

Refrain

Toutes les mères sont des princesses qui sans cesse
Donnent de l'amour aux vies qui naissent et disparaissent
Aux yeux d'un enfant, le deuxième nom de maman c'est Dieu
Qui peut plus qu'une mère forger l'esprit d'un homme sérieux?
Au sein d'une famille, royale ou pas, son amour vrille
Pas besoin de diamants ou de caisse à elle-seule, elle brille
Elle apporte la joie, amène le souffle infini
Règne telle une reine sur le sentier de la vie
Des princesses meurent tous les jours
Les coeurs se froissent pour toujours
Qui sont ces femmes qui dans ce monde ont bougé les tours?
Qui sont celles qui pour une cause ont brisé les montagnes?
Qui sont celles qui ont connu les flammes?
Fortes, au sein des souffrances et des douleurs
A travers les nations, les époques et les couleurs
Combattantes, militantes ou bien mères tout simplement
Des larmes coulent quand vos âmes s'en vont dans le vent.

Refrain

Come on baby let's do the twist
Come on baby let's do the twist
Take me by my little hand and go like this
Ee-oh twist baby baby twist
Oooh-yeah just like this
Come on little miss and do the twist

My daddy is sleepin' and mama ain't around
Yeah daddy is sleepin' and mama ain't around
We're gonna twisty twisty twisty
'Til we turn the house down
Come on and twist yeah baby twist
Oooh-yeah just like this
Come on little miss and do the twist

Yeah you should see my little Sis
You should see my my little Sis
She really knows how to rock
She knows how to twist
Come on and twist yeah baby twist
Oooh-yeah just like this
Come on little miss and do the twist
Yeah rock on now
Yeah twist on now
Twist.

Come on everybody clap your hands
Now you're looking good
I'm gonna sing my song and you won't take long
We gotta do the twist and it goes like this

Come on let's twist again like we did last summer
Yea, let's twist again like we did last year
Do you remember when things were really hummin'
Yea, let's twist again, twistin' time is here

Yeah round 'n around 'n up 'n down we go again
Oh baby make me know you love me so then
Come on let's twist again like we did last summer
Yea, let's twist again, twistin' time is here

Come on let's twist again like we did last summer
Yea, let's twist again like we did last year
Do you remember when things were really hummin'
Yea, let's twist again, twistin' time is here

Yeah round 'n around 'n up 'n down we go again
Oh baby make me know you love me so then
Come on let's twist again like we did last summer
Yea, let's twist again, twistin' time is here