Mos Def - Fake Bonanza lyrics

[Verse 1] Hip hop, modern time, flossy and raw so self-absorbed, immature I can't remember being this bored Fake bonanza, there come real wars Bullets burn through the candy on the driver side door Long investigations and no firm lead, billion dollar flow And black life is still cheap Your rent skyrockets and y'all prospects plummet 10 murders, 10 days, this summer Talk about today's mathematics, a 8th, an O, a key And the caliber on your rack, sh** The inmate number, the centerfolds for measurement Is close as a coed cell come to some tendon-is I heard them say it was All About The Benjamin's I don't believe it now, didn't believe it then, f** what you heard You believe what you want, the truth is what it is, it be what it been Get rich, shorty just tryin' to live Don't believe in heaven & ain't tryin' to get in And hell is everyday, f** the world anyway Potion & sips, spark up a clip, FADE AWAY! [Hook] The low lights, tree top heights Be careful how you move the traps are covered in the lights Landmines be disguised as welcome signs I'll repeat it so you ain't got to press rewind The landmines be disguised as welcome signs Black fresh from Iraq, a wild look in his eyes, missing part of his arm. What the f** is your problem!? Ohh lord! Fake Bonanza! [Verse 2:] Gladiator, circus world Glamour, p**y, pimp, hoe good to serve this world Paranoid, if she trick a n***a nervous world Shade-tonic natural order in reversal world The iPod, no God, 0 circle world The blow-a turtle world, smoke from the purple world The k**er murder world, hamburger murder world Open 24 hours, all about them dollars Pretty poison, devoid choices Cold coffee & more coffers, Fake Bonanza Cold coffee & more coffers, Fake Bonanza Huh? What? I don't understand ya! What they talking bout save they soul, ohh lord, save they soul! Help them reach the goal, peace! Help them reach the goal, peace! Help them reach the goal, peace! Help them reach the goal, peace! You know, peace You know, peace You know, peace, boogieman! Don't be scared Ohh lord, save they soul Ohh lord, save they soul Ohh lord, save my soul Ohh lord, save my soul Please Boogieman [Outro] Woke up this morning with my, my state don't fade & said I Had the baddest feeling, maybe you stayed on my mind, said I Had the baddest feeling, maybe you stayed on my mind, said I Woke up this morning in my, my state, I'm dreaming, dreaming Ain't nothing even.....dreaming, praying, keeping Woke up this morning & my mind stayed on freedom Woke up this demon that keep staying on my mind Said, woke up this morning & my mind stayed on freedom It makes no difference what people say.