LONG in the tOOth (feat. Pos of De La Soul & The Budos Band) - 1999 WRITE THE FUTURE, De La Soul & Warren Hue

When the cold of winter comes Starless night will cover day In the veiling of the sun We will walk in bitter day. But in dreams But in dreams I can hear your name And in dreams And in dreams We will meet again. When the seas and mountains fall And we come, to end of days In the dark I hear a call Calling me there, I will go there And back again.

In Cumberland, Kentucky On a cool Autumn evening Billy lay in love with Marianne She was a rich judge's daughter He was a son of a miner But that night, their love was more than they could stand The judge said to his daughter "That son of that coal miner Is someone you'd do well to leave alone" She knew her dad so well She knew she couldn't tell But the truth was bound to show before too long Their love had started growing on its own You can't outrun the long arm of the law No, you can't outrun the long arm of the law Billy placed his hand on Mary And he felt the baby movin' Kissed her and said, "I'll see you when I can" The judge had made a promise When he caught up with Billy He'd send him far away from Marianne The whole town knew he'd do it Too many times he'd proved it To at least a hundred men behind the wall He'd smiled behind that frown And when he brought that gavel down He called himself the long arm of the law And he'd set his mind on seeing Billy fall In a hot, humid mine shack A midwife pulled the sheet back And placed a cool damp towel on Marianne Billy's eyes were wide with wonder From the spell that he was under When she placed the newborn baby in his hands He didn't hear the siren Just the baby crying That miracle of love was all he saw When the door came crashing down And Billy turned around He felt the heart and soul inside him fall He stood face to face with the long arm of the law You can't outrun the long arm of the law No, you can't outrun the long arm of the law "You can hide out for a while" He says with a smile But you can't outrun the long arm of the law Seemed like everybody down in Cumberland, Kentucky Came out that day to see poor Billy's trial The court was called to order There sat the judge's daughter She looked so proud holdin' Billy's child When they brought Billy to him The judge just looked right through him As he held that Holy Bible in his hand And he smiled at his grandson Then his eyes cut back to Billy And said, "I think this time the law will understand Son, I sentence you to life with Marianne" You can't outrun the long arm of the law No, you can't outrun the long arm of the law He said to Billy with a smile "I know you hid out for a while" Ah, but you can't outrun the long arm of the law No, you can't outrun the long arm of the law

In your time The innocence will fall away In your time The mission bells will toll All along The corridors and river beds There'll be sign In your time Towering waves Will crash across your southern capes Massive storms Will reach your eastern shores Fields of green Will tumble through your summer days By design In your time Feel the wind And set yourself the bolder course Keep your heart As open as a shrine You'll sail the perfect line And after all The dead ends and the lessons learned After all The stars have turned to stone There'll be peace Across the great unbroken void All benign In your time You'll be fine In your time

An only child alone and wild A cabinet maker's son His hands were meant For different work And his heart was known to none He left his home and went his lone And solitary way And he gave to me a gift I know I never can repay A quiet man of music Denied a simpler fate He tried to be a soldier once But his music wouldn't wait He earned his love through discipline A thundering, velvet hand His gentle means of sculpting souls Took me years to understand The leader of the band is tired And his eyes are growing old But his blood runs through my instrument And his song is in my soul My life has been a poor attempt To imitate the man I'm just a living legacy To the leader of the band My brothers' lives were different For they heard another call One went to Chicago And the other to St. Paul And I'm in Colorado When I'm not in some hotel Living out this life I've chose And come to know so well I thank you for the music And your stories of the road I thank you for the freedom When it came my time to go I thank you for the kindness And the times when you got tough And, papa, I don't think I said 'I love you' near enough The leader of the band is tired And his eyes are growing old But his blood runs through my instrument And his song is in my soul My life has been a poor attempt To imitate the man I'm just a living legacy To the leader of the band I am a living legacy to the leader of the band

متكتف مهموم موجوع وضعيف وشجاع مليان أحلام وعشان مربوط مكسور وبكسر في المآديف وتفوت أيام وتمر سنين وانا حالي غريب انا مين انا مين مشدود في الساقية وعايش مبسوط وحزين ومحبط وجرئ ورزين مشدود في الساقية وعايش مبسوط وحزين ومحبط وجرئ ورزين على غفلة اتحول بركان جبار انا ضلمة وليل أنا نار ونهار متكتف مهموم موجوع وضعيف وشجاع مليان أحلام وعشان مربوط مكسور وبكسر في المآديف ماشي على طريق مكتوب مرسوم بس انا مسؤول وعليا اللوم ماقدرش أقول من الذنب برئ لا انا ابليس ولا هبقى رسول ماقدرش أقول من الذنب برئ لا انا ابليس ولا هبقى رسول قدامي طريق همشيه همشيه نفهم في الآخر كل ده لية متكتف مهموم موجوع وضعيف وشجاع مليان أحلام وعشان مربوط مكسور وبكسر في المآديف

فوسط زحمة وناس كتير وطريق أنا ماشي فيه عكس السير وسط الطموح والأمل والتمني فاضلي خطوة توصلني فوسط حاجات ومكيفات بحاول أنسى كل اللي فات في وسط صدري ضلعي مكسور ومن خلاله قلبي شايف نور أنا كنت فاكر اني طاير وأتاريني على وشي بقع أنا كنت فاكر إني هوصل لكني بهرب من الوجع أنا كنت فاكر اني طاير وأتاريني على وشي بقع أنا كنت فاكر إني هوصل لكني بهرب من الوجع فوسط الليل وأنا بعيد عن البشر شفت نور يشبه نور القمر بس القمر مسيره يفارق ويسيبني تاني مع الوحدة أحارب فوسط قصة حب يعني وهمية كان لازم أصدق اصل الوحدة قوية مش كل المشاعر حقيقية أنا شفت نور معرفتش اغمض عنيا أنا كنت فاكر اني طاير وأتاريني على وشي بقع أنا كنت فاكر إني هوصل لكني بهرب من الوجع أنا كنت فاكر اني طاير وأتاريني على وشي بقع أنا كنت فاكر إني هوصل لكني بهرب من الوجع