Black Star - Thieves In The Night

[00:01.06] Yo Dee (What?) [00:02.66] Come on (Yeah) [00:03.27] What? What? Come on (Yeah) [00:05.03] "Give me the fortune, keep the fame," said my man Louis [00:07.71] I agreed, know what he mean because we live the truest lie [00:10.61] I asked him why we follow the law of the bluest eye [00:13.14] He looked at me, he thought about it [00:14.46] Was like, "I'm clueless, why?" [00:15.83] The question was rhetorical, the answer is horrible [00:18.22] Our morals are out of place and got our lives full of sorrow [00:20.94] And so tomorrow comin' later than usual [00:22.71] Waitin' on someone to pity us [00:24.37] While we findin' beauty in the hideous [00:26.23] They say money's the root of all evil but I can't tell [00:28.44] You know what I mean, pesos, francs, yens, cowrie shells, dollar bills [00:32.14] Or is it the mindstate that's ill? [00:33.78] Creating crime rates to fill the new prisons they build [00:36.46] Over money and religion there's more blood to spill [00:38.90] The wounds of slaves in cotton fields that never heal [00:41.25] What's the deal? [00:41.89] A lot of cats who buy records are straight broke [00:44.18] But my language universal they be recitin' my quotes [00:46.58] While R&B singers hit bad notes, we rock the boat [00:49.28] Of thought, that my man Louis' statements just provoked [00:51.90] Caught up, in conversations of our personal worth [00:54.33] Brought up, through endangered species status on the planet Earth [00:57.07] Survival tactics means, bustin' gats to prove you hard [01:00.27] Your firearms are too short to box with God [01:02.66] Without faith, all of that is illusionary [01:05.11] Raise my son, no vindication of manhood necessary [01:07.74] (Not strong) Only aggressive [01:09.02] (Not free) We only licensed [01:10.48] (Not compassionate, only polite) Now who the nicest? [01:13.02] (Not good but well behaved) [01:14.35] Chasin' after death so we can call ourselves brave? [01:16.78] (Still livin' like mental slaves) [01:18.34] Hidin' like thieves in the night from life [01:20.60] Illusions of oasis makin' you look twice [01:23.76] Hidin' like thieves in the night from life [01:25.97] Illusions of oasis makin' you look twice [01:28.02] Yo, I'm sure that everybody out listenin' agree [01:31.29] That everything you see ain't really how it be [01:33.67] A lot of jokers out runnin' in place, chasin the style [01:36.39] Be a lot goin' on beneath the empty smile [01:39.02] Most cats in my area be lovin' the hysteria [01:41.91] Synthesized surface conceals the interior [01:44.33] America, land of opportunity, mirages and camouflages [01:47.59] More than usually, speakin' loudly, sayin' nothin' [01:50.06] You confusin' me, you losin' me [01:51.62] Your game is twisted, want me enlisted, in your usary [01:54.23] Foolishly, most men join the ranks cluelessly [01:56.66] Buffoonishly accept the deception, believe the perception [01:59.90] Reflection rarely seen across the surface of the lookin' glass [02:02.81] Walkin' the street, wonderin' who they be lookin' past [02:05.25] Lookin' gassed with them imported designer shades on [02:07.91] Stars shine bright, but the light, rarely stays on [02:10.34] Same song, just remixed, different arrangement [02:13.03] Put you on a yacht but they won't call it a slave ship [02:15.58] Strangeness, you don't control this, you barely hold this [02:18.22] Screamin' brand new, when they just sanitized the old shit [02:20.63] Suppose it's, just another clever Jedi mind trick [02:23.32] That they been runnin' across stars through all the time with [02:26.24] I find it's distressin', there's never no in-between [02:28.41] We either niggas or Kings [02:29.74] We either bitches or Queens [02:31.19] The deadly ritual seems immersed, in the perverse [02:34.01] Full of short attention spans, short tempers, and short skirts [02:36.48] Long barrel automatics released in short bursts [02:39.08] The length of black life is treated with short worth [02:41.75] "Get yours first, them other niggas secondary" [02:44.44] That type of illin' that be fillin' up the cemetery [02:46.89] This life is temporary but the soul is eternal [02:49.74] Separate the real from the lie, let me learn you [02:51.82] Not strong, only aggressive, cause the power ain't directed [02:54.60] That's why, we are subjected to the will of the oppressive [02:57.26] Not free, we only licensed [02:58.53] Not live, we just excitin' [02:59.82] 'Cause the captors. own the masters, to what we writin' [03:02.25] Not compassionate, only polite, we well trained [03:04.98] Our sincerity's rehearsed in stage, it's just a game [03:07.65] Not good, but well behaved cause the camera survey [03:10.58] Most of the things that we think, do, or say [03:12.94] We chasin' after death just to call ourselves brave [03:15.65] But everyday, next man meet with the grave [03:18.39] I give a damn if any fan recall my legacy [03:20.79] I'm tryin' to live life in the sight of God's memory [03:23.45] Like that y'all [03:26.54] (A lot of people don't understand the true criteria of things) [03:29.92] (Can't just accept the appearance) [03:32.13] Have to get the true essence (They ain't lookin' around) [03:33.97] Not strong (Only aggressive) [03:35.25] Not free (We only licensed) [03:36.55] Not compassionate, only polite (Now who the nicest?) [03:39.11] Not good but well behaved) [03:40.76] (Chasin' after death so we can call ourselves brave?) [03:43.01] Still livin' like mental slaves [03:44.70] Hidin' like thieves in the night from life [03:46.76] Illusions of oasis makin' you look twice [03:49.99] Hidin' like thieves in the night from life [03:52.07] Illusions of oasis makin' you look twice [03:55.02] Hidin' like thieves in the night from life [03:57.12] Illusions of oasis makin' you look twice [04:00.17] Hidin' like thieves in the night from life [04:02.26] Illusions of oasis makin' you look twice [04:05.15] Stop hidin', stop hidin', stop hidin' yo' face (yes, c'mon) [04:10.26] Stop hidin', stop hidin', 'cause ain't no hidin' place (celebrating death) [04:15.61] Stop hidin', stop hidin', stop hidin' yo' face [04:20.76] Stop hidin', stop hidin', 'cause ain't no hidin' place [04:25.88] Said there ain't no hidin' place (Not strong) [04:28.27] Said there ain't no hidin' place (Not free) [04:31.15] Said there ain't no hidin' place (Not compassionate) [04:33.54] Said there ain't no hidin' place [04:36.25] Said there ain't no hidin' place (We well trained) [04:38.80] But stop hidin' yo' face (Black star) [04:41.58] Stop hidin', stop hidin', stop hidin' yo' face (Black Star keep shining) [04:46.94] (Be better, be sure) We take the Black Star line right on home [04:49.60] Keep shining (We take the Black Star line right on home) [04:52.24] Be better, be sure (We take the Black Star line right on home) [04:54.69] Keep shining (We take the Black Star line right on home) [04:57.31] Yo [04:57.97]