Mattafix Album

I, I know it’s only time
Only time until,
You pull the job that kills
You say you’ ll never do it
Again but you know
You will
Call your boys who know the drill
It pains me to see how you get you thrill
Now time will prove
Now you have to choose
If life’s the game you lose
By taking one last chance and falling
To the gangster blues.

I, I heard the people say,
you’re in high demand.
Well badness will follow badman.

You know you only do it
son cause you now
you can
Another drive another gram
Well think of your family understand

Now time will prove
Now you have to choose
If life’s the game you lose
By taking one last chance and falling

You know its true,
Life can be so cruel
Time won’t wait for you
And I don’t want my friend a victim
of the Gangster Blues.

Bad man and Bad John
From all about
Rock it out.
Me draw for me spliff not
The cocaine
Me lef it out.
Babylon ah watch m run
big tings from long time
Time, time ey yeah.
Burning, hustling smuggling planting
Ah bare weed me deal wid
and me nah touch.
De hard ting.
Soon done ya chattin when
de war start fi happen
right now.

Now time will prove
Now you have to choose
If life’s the game you lose
By taking one last chance and falling
To the gangster blues

[Chorus x 2]
Big City Life,
Me try fi get by,
Pressure nah ease up no matter how hard me try
Big City Life,
Here my heart have no base,
And right now Babylon de pon me case

People in a show,
All lined in a row
We just push on by,
Its funny,
How hard we try

Take a moment to relax
Before you do anything rash

Don’t you wanna know me?,
Be a friend of mine
I’ll share some wisdom with you
Don’t you ever get lonely,
From time to time
Don’t let the system get you down

[Repeat Chorus]

Soon our work is done,
All of us one by one
Still we live our lives,
As if all this stuff survives

Don’t you wanna know me?,
Be a friend of mine
I’ll share some wisdom with you
Don’t you ever get lonely,
From time to time
Don’t let the system get you down

[Bridge]
The Linguist across the seas and the oceans,
A permanent Itinerant is what I've chosen
I find myself in Big City prison,
arisen from the vision of man kind
Designed, to keep me discreetly neatly in the corner,
you’ll find me with the flora and the fauna and the hardship
Back a yard is where my heart is still
I find it hard to depart this Big City Life

[Repeat Chorus]

COMING SOON SO SORRY GUYS,
LYRICS UP IN NEXT FEW DAYS CHECK BACK TOMORROW

I had a thought of you,
in solitude without rescue.
Your thoughts are in the
puring rain,
and you feel the way you
did before I met you.
Now I see the pain
forcing you to blame,
the only man that loved you.
Well no one more got
close to me before.
I'm amazed I let you.

To & fro,
is how my thoughts
would go,
while I was looking for,
my release.
You should know,
I had to let you go,
now and forever more,
I'm out of reach.

Now I see it all,
right before me,
your little story.
My role was on the page,
I refused to play in your
tragedy.
I feel no remorse while
you deal with yours.
How you feeling lately?
Well no one more got
close to me before.
Lady you betrayed me.

To & fro,
is how my thoughts
would go,
while I was looking for,
my release.
You should know,
I had to let you go,
now and forever more,
I'm out of reach.

Hence in the past tense,
the sentiments,
the arguments,
taking offence.
The only consequence,
I'm left to lament,
the love that came and went.
I'm still a true gent.
Never bitter and never
twisted.
Only optimistic about
the main statistic.
Number one is standing
vertical cause I never
take things personal.
Believe me,
my woman my woman
is gone,
and so me jus move on.
Da Linguist, this producer
this performer,
moulded by the pain and the trauma.
I'm on a mission to listen
to intuition more than
I've ever done before
never keep it hidden.
I won't waist away,
I'll wake up from day
to day and I'll face this.
You're on a need to
know basis.

To & fro,
is how my thoughts
would go,
while I was looking for,
my release.
You should know,
I had to let you go,
now and forever more,
I'm out of reach.
Out of reach.

They always told me
In the begining there was life
There was sin that was only
A story to explain
The state we're in
Gotta lie it's not your own
Need to take care of your home
Got a calling get some feeling
You got a family now

[Chorus:]
Now do you think you're too poor
The only one that wants you
Wants to be loved by you
And everyone around you
Can you even entertain
A thought that it's yourself to blame
I know that it's killing you
Just to hear this from me

I always warned you
When life's upon you -
Struggle before you run in
Every moments loose your focus
And fell to breathe in
It's not the place nor the time
You just start to change your mind
Gotta hold it down
You got a family now
Stand and be proud

[Chorus:]
Now do you think you're too cool
For the only one that wants you
Wants to be loved by you
And everyone around you
Can you even entertain
A thought that it's yourself to blame
I know that it's killing you
Just to hear this from me
I know that it's killing you
To hear this from me

You got the one of a kind
And that's all you should mind
How much life will you claim
Your ideas need to change
And o-o-oh, I came to say
I came to fight
With the pain they feel
'Cause of family name

[Chorus:]
Now do you think you're too cool
For the only one that wants you
Wants to be loved by you
And everyone around you
Can you even entertain
A thought that it's yourself to blame
I know that it's killing you
Just to hear this from me
I know that it's killing you
To hear this from me

Pray tell sweet
rosemary,
are the times what
they're supposed to be?
Is leadership the same
as treachery?
Will knighthood silence
anarchy?

Sorry for the hurt.
Sorry that the destiny
seems to be the ever
clear and present
danger.

Headlines that fail
to trace.
Land mines in a dossier.
Young, naive I may be.
Vietnam don't look that
different to me.
Oh no.

And now, sorry for
the hurt.
Sorry that the destiny
seems to be the ever
clear and present
danger.

All i wanted was to
Live without the
Middleman
All you needed was a

Chance to say," i told you so"
When youґre cold and
Battered all you want
Is to know you matter
To someone

I had to throw away all
The plans we made and
Now these days
With marks against my
Shoulders i feel like
Iґm older than i am

All i want right now
Is to be my own child.
Do you think it makes
Me a better man just
Mo know i can be
Alone a while?

I had to throw away
All the plans we made
And now these days
With marks against my shoulders i feel like
Iґm older than i am

Oh yeah
In so many ways
I’m not a fighter I’m a lover
This aint the old days I’m a 21st century brotha

And if you don’t know
Who I am
You will never know
You don’t know, so you try to keep it on the down low
Unless you wanna tell me when I ask you:
Who am I to you?

Yo mama don’t know
Yo daddy aint sho
Who am I to you?

Everybody you know
Passed me straight on the road
Now I’d like to know who am I to you?

The sun is going down
An the streets are getting empty
I’m a stranger in your town
I’ll be your friend if you would let me

And if you don’t know
Who I am
You will never know
You don’t know, So you try to keep it on the down low
Unless you wanna tell me when I ask you;
Who I am to you

Yo mama don’t know
Yo daddy and sho
Who am I to you?
(Who I, who I)

Every body you know (Who I, who I)
passed me straight on the road (Who I, who I)
Now id like to know (brotha)
Who am I to you? (brotha)

You don’t know
Never know
don’t know
Down low
Unless you
Ask you
Who I am to you?

Yo mama don’t know
Yo daddy aint sho
Who I am to you?
Everybody you know passed me straight on the road
Now I’d like to know, Who I am to you

Did I ever call for
your fame?
Why do we fight in
your name?
Is it really true that
you're there?
And do you ever
answer my prayers?
We are calling for
change,
so why don't you
come back again?
Why do you spread
love uneven?
This is not what I
believe in.

Do I have the right,
to write this down?
Without heresy pointing
a finger at me.
Rights?
We don't have no more.
In this catastrophe,
of a 21st century war.

Did I ever call for
your fame?
Why do we fight in
your name?
Is it really true that
you're there?
And do you ever
answer my prayers?
We are calling for
change,
so why don't you
come back again?
Why do you spread
love uneven?
This is not what I
believe in.

Turn and let your gaze
burn over yonder,
a young man stern
with the hunger,
who never puts asunder,
the late night thoughts
and the wonder.
Writing is a lightening
speech is a thunder.
Kid, I'm misinterpreted
like a Marxist.
The scared will
ask this,
impartial vocabulary
martial artist
practice verbal Ti-Chi
and pilates.
Da Linguist, the proper
opportunist.
Quick to drop a new list
of rhymes which
revue this,
right wind stifling that
we're suffering,
far from enlightening it's
frightening so usher in,
a new type of verbal
well being.
As your talks are warped
by a canopy of entropy,
enter the Linguist who
eventually,
with a dismaying display
of rhyme slaying advances.
The impartial vocabulary
martial artist.

Did I ever call for
your fame?
Why do we fight in
your name?
Is it really true that
you're there?
And do you ever
answer my prayers?
We are calling for
change,
so why don't you
come back again?
Why do you spread
love uneven?
This is not what I
believe in.

Did I ever call for
your fame?
Why do we fight in
your name?
Is it really true that
you're there?
And do you ever
answer my prayers?
We are calling for
change,
so why don't you
come back again?
Why do you spread
love uneven?
This is not what I
believe in.

Haead rests,
a sore mind behind these
red eyes.
Watch the television,
sweet escapism,
game shows and racism.
Headlines,
war crimes behind disguised
affection.

All for a cause that
never was.
Call for a voice but all
it does is sigh.
Inside.
Sigh.

More or less,
there abouts,
a young man with so
many doubts.
I try to learn
impersonating,
the clever moves but I
am facing,
the always power-crazed,
middle aged generation.

All for a cause that
never was.
Call for a voice but
all it does is sigh.
Inside.
Sigh.
Inside.

Blood and blame passed
on to a neighbour.
Continuing the chain.
Deadly game of whispers.
How am I to grow.
The life I love I
don't know.

Blood and blame passed
on to a neighbour.
Continuing the chain.
Deadly game of whispers.
How am I to grow.
The life I love I
don't know.

Blood and blame passed
on to a neighbour.
Continuing the chain.
Deadly game of whispers.
How am I to grow.
The life I love I
don't know.

The shot of the bomb in the night

well, gimme the woman who fi love-up shi man properly
Mi no wanna gal wid da wrong recipe
If she have fi a di lovin and the right mentality

and she don't wanna trick me
you never knew that you hurt me
i woke to fall in love
must been 'bout 11.30 and you never tried to phone
now i'm thinking not you're dirty
and now i gotta trying calm, calm down
you ain't backing down, backing down
from the dirtiest trick in town oh oh
you're the dirtiest trick in town

the shot of the bomb in the night

you never let me love you,
you never let me love you like i can
you never let me love you, god damn
you never let me love you like a man can

you should never tried to fool me
don't you know i am
far from ordinary
a hard working man
and never let you control me
like the ones you knock, knock down
will make you back down, back down
from the dirtiest trick in town
you're the dirtiest trick in town

well, gimme the woman who fi love-up shi man properly
Mi no wanna gal wid da wrong recipe
If she have fi a di lovin and the right mentality

Da linguist wont be your accessory
You tried to double cross me now you lost me
This relationship showed proof to be costly
I'm in da studio I'm flippin with the posse
But all my beats sounds wrong and lyrics sound off key
I lost my knack to lay down a track
It took me a strong cognac to get my flow back

I can't believe this is me complanin

The one stamina maintaining lyrical reigning argument and excuse explaining (uh huh)
You feminism ship has gone overboard (well look)
You left your man ignored (well look)
Lord, as the words for my vocal chords move towards your eardrums your realize

you're a fraud and then some

*the shot* Its just like the shot *of a bomb in the night*
An explosion of insight you dirt tricks hold tight
Please

Gimme da woman who fi love-up shi man properly
Mi no wanna gala wid da wrong recipe
If she have fi a di lovin and the right mentality

And she don't wanna trick me

you never let me love you,
you never let me love you like i can
you never let me love you, god damn
you never let me love you like a man can

Gimme da woman who fi love-up shi man properly
Mi no wanna gala wid da wrong recipe
If she have fi a di lovin and the right mentality

And she don't wanna trick me

Vaccum. Not even a court room.
Just me in a small room,
that has become a tomb.

Converted. Disadvantaged,
Nothing granted. Will they
ever get my message?
And how soon will I
have to think when
allowed to?
Lonely in this commune,
Given away, Giving them
names. I hope you were
with me.
The world is far too
busy now.
The nation has
forgotten me.

Several times severed
lines with means.
Patience with Hypocracy.
Only misery.
Severed ties, several
lies over me.
Right over me,
right over me

Justice is but a promise
from the dishonest. Where
do I stand in all this?
So long they have chosen
even my opinion, while
I remain forgotten
I'm evading the main
thing. Frozen but ageing,
while I'm left debating.
Whether or not I'm
worth a lot. To waste
away. To have another
say now.
The nation has
forgotten me.
Dem forget about me.

Several times severed
lines with means.
Patience with Hypocracy.
Only misery.
Severed ties, several
lies over me.
Right over me,
right over me

But wait, wait na mah.
I ever show you de scene
when babylon came
approach me?
Man, ha long story dat
yu know.
You see when dem wha
come fight yo down fi
di wrong ting
And nah protect
dem end?
A sign of struggle you
know, a sign of struggle
hol on.

Why? Why do you
love me?
What have i done to
deserve you lately?
If the poorest ones could
feel this energy
they need nit fear the
cursed son nor the
devils night.

There i lay with warmth
watching over me.
The favoured son on whom
fortune smiled upon
Why? Why do you
want me?
With a past like mine iґd
rather love and lose than
falt in line.

Went to a dance last saturday night
I was feeling tipsy, the mood was right
Sight a little daughter steppin' out the corner
'cause I feel like dancing all night

But I told her:
Cool down the pace for me little woman
you're coming in to fast for me
Cool down the pace for me little woman
that's not how it should be

I told her to try
I dunno why
She keep on trying be she can't
and so she do it how she want

And so I told her:
Cool down the pace for me little woman
you're coming in to fast for me
Cool down the pace for me little woman
that's not how it should be

And I told her: Cool down, cool down
I told her: Cool down, cool down

Went to a dance last saturday night
I was feeling tipsy, the mood was right
Sight a little daughter steppin' out the corner
'cause I feel like dancing all night

And so I told her:
Cool down the pace for me little woman
you're coming in to fast for me
Cool down the pace for me little woman
that's not how it should be

She said she would try
She just dunno why
She keep on trying be she can't
and so she do it how she want

And so I told her:
Cool down the pace for me little woman
you're coming in to fast for me
Cool down the pace for me little woman
that's not how it should be

And I told her: Cool down, cool down
I told her: Cool down, cool down
Cool down, cool down

She said she would try
I dunno why
She keep on trying be she can't
and so she do it how she want

But I told her:
Cool down the pace for me little woman
you're coming in to fast for me
Cool down the pace for me little woman
that's not how it should be

Cool down the pace for me little woman
you're coming in to fast for me
Cool down the pace for me little woman
that's not how it should be