311 Album

All through the scandal
of the small town scene
I always handle
you like to think my spirit is weak
I thought you knew I thought you knew,
it was gonna be this way
I guess I thought that
cuz I told you nearly every day
I know you're tryin' to suck my soul

Oh
well I'm sick of the chicks and I'm sick of the bars
I'm sick of the scene, it blows (??)
I'm sad yea its getting me madder
hah, I'm tired of you pulling on me
it makes you look foolish and why can't you see
that its weak just stand on your feet
get your arms off my shoulders
and get a little older you
wait life's a creep it's a good life with me so take me
but you cannot, cannot suck my soul, no
check it out

well, the soulsuckers must be circumnavigated
the soulsuckers must be circumnavigated
the soulsuckers must be circumnavigated
the soulsuckers must be circumnavigated

But I promise you, I promise you
I will do what I want to anyway
you're out of luck
cuz the souls that you suck
you're nothin so I say
make peace with me cuz
I'm sure that you'll see that its
no big deal to me
I wish you the best
move on and test without me
Or someone like me
cuz you cannot suck my soul

Oh
well you know the time
you always are tryin'
to flip your wings
and make you not lyin
its lame its always the same
it's human instinct, (??)
it's takes mental dexterity too keep open eyes
it's true it happened to you
it's sad to be talkin
while others do the walkin to the promised land
the way that you creep
makes you look like a leech. so tell me
but you cannot, cannot suck my soul no, no

Cuz the soulsuckers must be circumnavigated
the soulsuckers must be circumnavigated
the soulsuckers must be circumnavigated
the soulsuckers must be circumnavigated
check it out
the soulsuckers must be circumnavigated

Here I sit in idle envy
T.V. show still holds me in
thin steel creases my (??)
begging to begin

And then it hits me
and then I see, then I see
today my love, we shall let the world slide
for we, will never be
younger again

Well, I'm tired of the ladies and the stupid excuses
sitting on my ass makes me feel useless
earth accelerate, hurry up and turn that's right
I'm starting to burn

Well I get kinda mad like a (??) crawdad
it's time to throw down, too bad so sad
don't step to me when things don't go as you planned
no, I don't give a damn

And then it hits me
and then I see, then I see
today my love, we shall let the world slide
for we, will never be
younger again, younger again
younger again, younger again

It's easier to hurt than heal
hypocrites they make me ill
young men yearn to turn the tables
that too is a sin

And then it hits me
and then I see, then I see
today my love, we shall let the world slide
for we, will never be
younger again

We all look to the end of a certain social stress
i'm down for that day, but don't forget the progress
of wakening things up the passion understanding
here's to the youth who aren't afraid to put a hand in

And then it hits me
and then I see, then I see
today my love, we shall let the world slide
for we, will never be
younger again, younger again
younger again, younger again 

(Make it funky like this)

I was at this club minding my tea
I saw this fine young thing so I thought that I would see
I don't smoke but I asked her for a cigarette (that's lame)
I know it's lame but I haven't got a better one yet, check it out
oh, you guess the rest I'm not the type to fess
I sing this song because I tell you she's the best, you know

That slinky girl is in my brain
now I'll never be the same
no one can ever see
what that slinky girl means to me

Uh-oh
so I'll just pretend
but I feel like

(Make it funky like this)

Oh, mackadocious she's sweet and precocious
she's the one girl that I just dig
love, yes I'm not above this
you think that's wack then bro you lack
you bore me that macho crap makes me snore, see, me,
I'm all about the females, the women, the jewels of this world
those flowers like that slinky girl

That slinky girl is in my brain
now I'll never be the same
no one can ever see
what that slinky girl means to me

Uh-oh
so I'll just pretend
but I feel like

(All right, break it down)

Well I met her one night I'd seen her before
she stole my brain then showed me the door
girls that do me like that there's not many
but I've met one, uh that's plenty
I'm glad to say that she gets her way
she can move me and that's okay
has the power to turn paper inky
the girl has me and she's so, oh

(here we go, huh)

That slinky girl is in my brain
now I'll never be the same
no one can ever see
what that slinky girl means to me

(all right, now help me out)

That slinky girl is in my brain
now I'll never be the same
no one can ever see
what that slinky girl means to me

Uh-oh
(I dont feel nothin)
(here we go) 

I thought about my scene today
and I've finally got the words to say
the truth is cutting like a knife
gonna use it to cut away my strife
the grass is green and the sky is blue
my head is clear and my thoughts are true, yeah
that's what I'm sayin

Callin' out young and old
we got a thing that can't be sold, yeah
the time that takes to rise above
in the summer of love

It's the summer
it's the summer
it's the summer of love I say (x4)
yeah

I wake up each day to the sun
and it's hard to chose what to do for fun (and man that's a drag)
a blissful world surrounds me
and my brothers and sisters love is always free
oh, don't you know that I've waited my whole life just to show
what's inside and let my love flow, yeah
that's what I'm sayin'

Callin' out young and old
we got a thing that can't be sold, yeah
the time that takes to rise above
in the summer of love

It's the summer
it's the summer
it's the summer of love I say (x4)

The colors blend down the prism of light, boom
We get chance (??)
said the colors blend down the prism of light, come along
we get chance (??)
we cant say we came from the sun
we cant see, we came from the sun
this is the summer of unity, uh-oh
I riggity (?) so gimme a chance
to take off my pants and play
I take up the time to make up a rhyme
and give me the sign to say
happy and (?) will crystal in sight
(??), right
The colors blend down the prism of light, boom
We get chance (??)
said the colors blend down the prism of light, come along
we get chance (??)
oh, I say by the power vested in me
it is the summer of love, oh

It's the summer
it's the summer
it's the summer of love I say (x4)
yeah
I said it's the summer of love
my head is clear
and my thoughts are true 

Word up, I'm talkin to you
i'm makin dope rhymes, thats what I do
like a madman, you know its bad, man
I slam, a good goddamn

Well I've been burned so goddamn badly
I could just sit and sing the blues
but instead i'll make a fist, yeah
and make my own good news, yeah

Take my advice, yeah
you'll pay the price
to make it funky like this
good god
damn

I drop a syllable like
yo, what else is dissin me
huh, its pissin me off
rock me baby? What?
you dont mean that crap
what the hell, if it sells
damn, youre a sham,
no thank you, ma'am, bitch

Oh, I've been burned badly
I could just sit and sing the blues
but instead I'll make a fist, yeah
and make my own good news, yeah

Take my advice, yeah
you'll pay the price
to make it funky like this
good goddamn
tell you what
all this (?)
Huh

and the nightmare of publicity begins
this is the time to find who are your true friends
I train my brain to be original
build character, aborginal
american music is what I grew in to
to much for (??)
fuck you

I say we fear no evolution stand up musical revolution
follow me now when I say we can never stop
in we never give cuz this is how we breathe and live
and some of them whine and some of them bitch
they cannot do it we never switch
we do it for ourselves, we do it for you, boom
if you don't like it well I hope you do 

Let me take you down south
hear it from the dover's mouth
the rhythm will make you want to move your body
I had it once and never ever forgot it
feel the rhythm of rhapsody
your body moves in raw ecstasy
explosive eruption beyond compare and

Take my advice don't think twice
let me take you way down south

Step back cuz the funk is here and
the base is kickin' straight to your ear man
because it's like that so don't talk back
and if you do then you're gonna get the back slap
down south that's an enigma
but to you it's a stupid dumb stigma
that's right it's outta sight

Let me tell you 'bout my baby
she loves me and I don't mean maybe
she knows what I think and I don't have to say it
I love her so I don't have to play it
we sit and drink in the sun
I raise my glass and say she's the one
cool breeze light squeeze life

Take my advice don't think twice
let me take you way down south

Yo, step back I'm about to get hectic
chalk it up as another dialectic
hard like a jam
smooth like a ballad
call it what you want but I call it sound salad
a salad grown in the garden of Eden
seekin' out pleasures like my boys in Sweden
that's right the grooves tight like

Sit back just relax, let your mind unwind
pull your good thing close, let tranquility surround
psychedelic freak out taco funk frolic
grind fiend roots 'core soul music what have you
psychedelic freak out taco funk frolic
grind fiend roots 'core soul music

Yo, step back and think about the topic of this song
strong innuendo end over end goes your brain
I won't say it's plain figure it out here's a clue
it's about winding, grinding, finding that spot
that get's her hot the joy of giving pleasure
is beyond measure, you know 

Rollin' windows down kickback trollen
I'm holdin' and foldin' see no cold in the streets
dirty looks - huh - we think it's funny
the workin' class squares scrounge up all the money
but we're coolin' in the middle of June
I'm gettin' girls gettin' lit and I'm making up tunes
believe that boy I'll bet I'll bet I'm trollen
just lookin' for some trouble and we be rollin'

Now I'm a tell a tale to you straight, gonna tell you a story
it's not a fairy tale and it gets a little glory
it happened one night when Tequila was flowin
we were walkin' to my car, unaware unknowin'
I stepped up crossed the the street in no hurry
and what happens next it gets a little blurry
this chump nearly hits me in a green pinto
so I threw my bottle - bang - It broke his window
he screeched to a halt jumped out of his car
I stepped straight to him gonna make him see stars, yes
the situation was going to explode
thought I should give him a warning said ya better hit the road
I knew it would be easy if i tagged him first
so I cracked him in the face all of the sudden with a burst
I hit him with a right then a left didn't land
but he turned his head and I broke my hand

Whatcha gonna do?
do whatcha gonna

I got a cast on my hand and the girls think I'm a jerk
I can't play my bass and I can't go to work
this is a true story it all did happen
better yet I regret that moment of scrappin'
been two years now since this all took place
I learn from being stupid I learn from my mistakes
and now I'm livin' peace edifyin' and trollen
can't say it wasn't fun in those days of rollin'
rollin'
rollin' 

(And I) I notice the tapestries on the wall as well
(and I) I stand up and hit my head on the mobile
(and you) and you look around too
(and we) time passes easily

(ai-yi-yi)
(ai-yi-yi)

I've opened up my mind
so you can step inside
you could expect to find
a scenic rhyme

Pointyhead pizzeria perfect penetration
mezcal cuts off my brain communication
belligerence, lost of my intelligence
talkin mess like shut up and listen to me
because cuttin' through the crap is my specialty
like a bomb I'm droppin yes a ton a lead
you're tryin' to figure out the last thing I said
I'm a Redwood, I love to be a tree yes I'm a Druid
my words they're flowin' out like a fluid
never give in never conform
I'll be bustin out rhymes in a triplet form

Right now
right now
right now

(In another room) I sit and contemplate
(that winter night) my words were filled with hate
(in second sight) I should have known my fate
(but it's all right) now we're in a different state

(ai-yi-yi)
(ai-yi-yi)

I've opened up my mind
so you can step inside
you could expect to find
a scenic rhyme

Expiate, to make amends for hostilities
it's easy to see that for me, in reality
I'm not one of those fools
with an ecclesiastical whitewash
to set my ethical standards
you'll never catch me lookin' to Ann Landers
or Moses or the law or even Buddha
if there's one thing I know
it's always be true to myself
and learn from experience
educated by nights of violence, trips to jail,
broken knuckles and friendships
but that gives me the power to write a groove that rips

Right now
right now
right now
I am
I am
I'm supposed to be and I am, damn 

I don't jones for nothing
cause that's a waste
waste of space in my frontal lobe and
I just sit, deal with it, don't have a fit
do you know what I'm sayin'?

I just get as down as I can
don't look to relief from a troubled young man
just take a piece
sometimes it sucks

Oh and then and then I say
I looked the other way
I changed my point of view
and here's what I do, one time, check it out

This too shall pass
this too shall pass
this too shall pass
all the good times, all the bad times
face it bro, they all will pass

Your problems will seem inconsequential and trivial
when you realize one thing
we're just a speck of dirt
on this golf ball called earth
so get stupid and sing

fuck it up!

Oh and then and then I say
I looked the other way
I changed my point of view
and here's what I do

This song is past
yeah