Kurt Rosenwinkel - Johnny Is Dead lyrics

[Verse 1: Q-Tip] Sometimes I phase out when I look at the screen And I think about my chance for me to intervene And it's up to me to bring back the hope Put feeling in the music that you could quote Not saying that I hate it, cause here I kinda dig it But what good is a ear if a Q-Tip isn't in it? So to stick it in, to inform your friend Your boy from the hood, is on that sh** again He has upped the degrees and dropped the mercuries To splash on the ma** from low to upper cla** And when the records spins and sometimes blows a wind A fickleness of friends, they sometimes hate again They always bring up Tribe on me, could not survive on me Cause this is my man's on me, this is my fams And here's somethin' new, it's front row for you So don't misconstrue, it's Tribal and true My dudes who hustle hard, don't stop your repertoire As long as you could see, it's you who's stayin' we Cause life is filled with pills and little pearls and sh** I'm f**in' up, I mean, I'm trippin' up But still, there is a void, them people get annoyed Let's focus is on the feel, before we get a deal Come on [Hook] Figurin' life can be a thing, the wilderness is wild to me But you're not alone, I see we're just the same Figuring out where we should be Figurin' life can be a thing, the wilderness is wild to me But chillin on a whole, I see we're just the same [Q-Tip] With the vibe we came, to put back on the street Let's take care of ours, and ensure we eat And Oprah an 'em, they criticize the boys Without in between, they lose all their boys They can't keep us down, we're dominate and brown And those other shades, they join our parade But wait there's rain ahead, like Brit and Kevin Fed And magazine debris, is sh** she gotta see it I'm no different to you, I goes through it too I thumbs through the page, I don't come of age I'm not a deity, I'm far from perfect, see I roll the tumble weed, it's just a humble scene That I present to you, is just a mister crue Who burrs a harmony, and soon a melody That speaks to where we are, the door, I hope's ajar And soon we're walkin' in, a blip, it's just to say, "Come on" [Hook 2] x3 Figurin' life can be a thing, the wilderness is wild to me But you're not alone, I see we're just the same Figuring out where we should be