311 - Unity

1. Slinky (5:14)
(Go, go ,go ,go) x3
(Make it funky like this)

I was at this club minding my tea
I saw this fine young thing so I thought that I would see
I don't smoke but I asked her for a cigarette (that's lame)
I know it's lame but I haven't got a better one yet, check it out
oh, you guess the rest I'm not the type to fess
I sing this song because I tell you she's the best, you know

That slinky girl is in my brain
now I'll never be the same
no one can ever see
what that slinky girl means to me

Uh-oh
so I'll just pretend
but I feel like

(Go, go ,go ,go) x3
(Make it funky like this)

Oh, mackadocious she's sweet and precocious
she's the one girl that I just dig, love, yes I'm not above this
you think that's wack then bro you lack
you bore me that macho crap makes me snore, see, me,
I'm all about the females, the women, the jewels of this world
those flowers like that slinky girl

That slinky girl is in my brain
now I'll never be the same
no one can ever see
what that slinky girl means to me

Uh-oh
so I'll just pretend
but I feel like

(Go, go ,go ,go) x3
(All right, break it down, 311 is in the house whether you like it or not,
1990 whatever, here we go)

Well I met her one night I'd seen her before
she stole my brain then showed me the door
girls that do me like that there's not many
but I've met one, uh that's plenty
I'm glad to say that she gets her way
she can move me and that's okay
has the power to turn paper inky
the girl has me and she's so, oh

(thats right)
(here we go, huh)
(aw, yeah)

That slinky girl is in my brain
now I'll never be the same
no one can ever see
what that slinky girl means to me

(all right, now help me out)

That slinky girl is in my brain
now I'll never be the same
no one can ever see
what that slinky girl means to me

Uh-oh
(I dont feel nothin)
(here we go)
(Go, go ,go ,go) x3

2. Feels So Good (3:07)
Well everybody got opinion that's loud and unbending
I spend my time healing and mending together
It's a question of whether live positive, well I give
P-Nut is a brother that's always got a girlfriend
I say the lyrics that'll put you in a whirlwind
Ese' has the wisdom of a Noble Laureate
I'm down for our days of glory
it's easy to do when you're up with Sexton
a rythmatic genius churnin' out the next one
but you know young bro I flow in this circumstance
you'll get your chance

Just take a moment to have a fit once in a while, you know, ha
I do it daily and like it but that's my style, here I go
in your face, that right
and it feels so good
in your face
and it feels so good

Go Ese'
trip this shake get up on the tipness
don't sweat it or let it set once you grab it
come and get some to have and to flaunt
I know about it now I got the news if you want
I pocket I lock it I sock it your mind I rock it
shell fuckin shocked as well
maybe I groove dammit I know it
fuckin up the truth yeah that's how I show it
in the half light Ese' sounds Nicks a night light
I'm rappin' he's snappin' on
something you might like now
don't frown if I chose to
cut it up brothers you can't take it with you

Just take a moment to have a fit once in a while
you know, you know
I do it daily and like it but that's my style, here I go
in your face, thats right
and it feels so good (fuck it up)
in your face, thats right
and it feels so good

yo P-nut, beat that thang

Hey, get this my stream of consciousness is a sea
much like Bukowski with a rage
speaking to the page beasts in the cage
jumping off the stage, diving
thriving, striving, for a better day Ese'
beat back by flesh shattered doors
bragging fists in the sky you're feelin' high
yes to live and die

Just take a moment to have a fit once in a while
you know, you know, you know
I do it daily and like it but that's my style, here I go
in your face, thats right
and it feels so good
in your face (you know)
and it feels so good
(thats all)

3. Do You Right (4:25)
I don't insist I am no fabulist
you can take it take it don't leave it, yeah
just get loose cause I will tell the truth
I hope you like it, my thoughts all I got

I stare at the curl of your hair
at the stregnth of your charm
I feel like I'd give my left arm
but I'm sure that you've heard this before

And when we spend the night I'd check if you're alright
how it was, I don't mean to bug
if it ended now I would just think of how
how it was, in love yes in love

I stare at the curl of your hair
at the stregnth of your charm
I feel like I'd give my left arm
but I'm sure that you've heard this before

Like I said before I'll say it once more
knew you would make me feel so good
wanna do you right
can't get enough this is the stuff
life's about and it trips me out
wanna do you right

You are so good to me I just want to see
that picture of you you gave me
though it fell out of my pocket
it hangs like a locket in my head
it'll be there til' I'm dead

I stare at the curl of your hair
at the stregnth of your charm
I feel like I'd give my left arm
but I'm sure that you've heard this before

Like I said before I'll say it once more
knew you would make me feel so good
wanna do you right
can't get enough this is the stuff
life's about and it trips me out
wanna do you right

Like I said before I'll say it once more
knew you would make me feel so good
wanna do you right
can't get enough this is the stuff
life's about and it trips me out
wanna do you do you do you do you do you

Like I said before I'll say it once more
knew you would make me feel so good
wanna do you right
can't get enough this is the stuff
life's about and it trips me out
wanna do you right

4. !@#$ the &*?=! (Fuck the bullshit) (2:54)
You know I'm ready, yes to rock steady
my name's not Betty or Teddy, but Nick
and I'm what you might call a heretic
yes, and I am from Nebraska my girl is satisfied
you can ask her, you know I've never visited Alaska
huh, where the oil was spilt, that drunken captain should
be killed for polluting the sea, an atrocity
that fucks with me, well
this one goes to all the birds that drown

Fuck the bullshit it's time to throw down
fuck the bullshit it's time to throw down
fuck the bullshit it's time to throw down
fuck the bullshit it's time to throw down

yo, fuck the bullshit
and get with it
it's time to throw down
and so I said it words of wisdom that will keep
you all guessing cause I'm tired of laying and
I'm tired of messing around
with all your suckers yes, those stupid mother fuckers
who put down what I do, I stand alone with a groove that's new
like now that you know that the rhymes that I say
are mine alone and I surely dont play
I kick in the teeth a condescending frown

Fuck the bullshit it's time to throw down
fuck the bullshit it's time to throw down
fuck the bullshit it's time to throw down
fuck the bullshit it's time to throw down

Right about now I'd like to turn over the mic
over to my mentor SA Martinez

I'm sly, Nicoli, he know why
get this kid high i'm gonna fly
right out of this world and in to the next
with a power (??) over worse than (??)
go on open, i'm poetry in motion
dont joke when you pray
my mind is spoken
the latest, the greatest, of hip-hop persuaders
I find a rhyme that always amazes brothers
the mic drum is loomin'
and in your mind my rap rhyme is bloomin like a flower
fuck the bullshit p-nut
talk shit with your

Just fuck the has been's and their stupid ass rambling
promises it's bullshit they can't come through with
do it in the basement no complacence
it's time to kick the fuck in, begin to win no sin and then
share it, declare it in the public domain refrain
perfectly sad if (?) was about
but it's not so I'd frown then I'd give it a shot
super dumb lyrics make you think I'm a clown

I don't give a fuck it's time to throw down
fuck the bullshit it's time to throw down
fuck the bullshit it's time to throw down
fuck the bullshit it's time to throw down
fuck the bullshit it's time to throw down

5. Summer Of Love (5:08)
I thought about my scene today
and I've finally got the words to say
the truth is cutting like a knife
gonna use it to cut away my strife
the grass is green and the sky is blue
my head is clear and my thoughts are true, yeah
that's what I'm sayin

Callin' out young and old
we got a thing that can't be sold, yeah
the time that takes to rise above
in the summer of love

It's the summer
it's the summer
it's the summer of love I say (x4)
yeah

I wake up each day to the sun
and it's hard to chose what to do for fun (and man thats a drag)
a blissful world surrounds me
and my brothers and sisters love is always free
oh, don't you know that I've waited my whole life just to show
what's inside and let my love flow, yeah
that's what I'm sayin'

Callin' out young and old
we got a thing that can't be sold, yeah
the time that takes to rise above
in the summer of love

It's the summer
it's the summer
it's the summer of love I say (x4)

The colors blend down the prism of light, boom
We get chance (turn the prism inside??)
said the colors blend down the prism of light, come along
we get chance (turn the prism inside??)
we cant say we came from the sun
we cant see, we came from the sun
this is the summer of unity, uh-oh
I riggity (?) so gimme a chance
to take off my pants and play
I take up the time to make up a rhyme
and give me the sign to say
happy and (?) will crystal in sight
(??), right
The colors blend down the prism of light, boom
We get chance (turn the prism inside??)
said the colors blend down the prism of light, come along
we get chance (turn the prism inside??)
oh, I say by the power vested in me
it is the summer of love, oh

It's the summer
it's the summer
it's the summer of love I say (x4)
yeah
I said it's the summer of love
my head is clear
and my thoughts are true

6. Unity (3:19)
Even if I cared to try I, I couldn't please them
their petty complaints stupid restraints ain't gonna work
it's all to cheese and
regret, don't fret, just push it away
and say I'm like the wind, relentless and irritating
a position that I think worth stating
swing I'm doin' my thing
groove I'm showin' and provin'
that maverick deal that makes you feel ill
it runs in my family
fussin' and cussin' and bitchin' and kickin'
if you ask me I think that you're just chicken to try
don't pretend you're my friend
remember I said it one day you'll regret it
oh god I can't believe it
you have asked and so you shall receive it in the ear
victory draws near but no fear my dear
i'll be here another year, that's right

What's it all about I scan a new plan for the next year in
nineties try these you wanna just bust out
I cool out and I'm done bein' mad
to just know hate well that's so sad what a life, strife
backfire in your face know your place come on like
word they come like a heard but they said
we'd drop like a lead zeppelin in your face
but that's nothin' hometeam
I ain't got to my ace in the whole yet, bet that I will
get my fill, get my thrill we'll
be back one day and we'll try not to spite
but until then you stay out of my sight
oh god I can't believe it this grooves so dope
i'm about to have a fit and here's a flash
I freaked so hard I got whiplash
and when it comes to writing stay away from our stash, come on

Swing I'm doin' my thing
groove I'm showin' and provin'
that maverick deal that maks you feel ill
it runs in my family
stoppin' and goin' and lyin' and cryin'
my brain is on fire it feels like I'm flying through space
yes, doing my best but It'll get better this much I confess
oh god I can't believe it but when this era's through
i'll say that's it
edification will take place
pull up the reigns and get out of the race
my bros are down for the unity
311 is down for the unity
unanimity of the unity
that's right

7. Damn (3:30)
Word up, I'm talkin to you
i'm makin dope rhymes, thats what I do
like a madman, you know its bad, man
I slam, a good goddamn

Well I've been burned so goddamn badly
I could just sit and sing the blues
but instead i'll make a fist, yeah
and make my own good news, yeah

Take my advice, yeah
you'll pay the price
to make it funky like this
good god
damn

I drop a syllable like
yo, what else is dissin me
huh, its pissin me off
rock me baby? What?
you dont mean that crap
what the hell, if it sells
damn, youre a sham,
no thank you, ma'am, bitch

Oh, I've been burned badly
I could just sit and sing the blues
but instead I'll make a fist, yeah
and make my own good news, yeah

Take my advice, yeah
you'll pay the price
to make it funky like this
good goddamn
tell you what
alles klar?
unh

And the nightmare of publicity begins
this is the time to find who are your true friends
I train my brain to be original
build character, aborginal
american music is what i grew in to
to my detractors
fuck you

I say we fear no evolution stand up musical co-revolution
follow me now when I say we can never stop
in we never give cuz this is how we breathe and live
and some of them whine and some of them bitch
they cannot do it we never switch
we do it for ourselves, we do it for you, boom
if you don't like it well I hope you do

8. Down South (3:30)
Let me take you down south
hear it from the dover's mouth
the rhythm will make you want to move your body
I had it once and never ever forgot it
feel the rhythm of rhapsody
your body moves in raw ecstasy
explosive eruption beyond compare and

Take my advice don't think twice
let me take you way down south

Step back cuz the funk is here and
the base is kickin' straight to your ear man
because it's like that so don't talk back
and if you do then you're gonna get the back slap
down south that's an enigma
but to you it's a stupid dumb stigma
that's right it's outta sight

Let me tell you 'bout my baby
she loves me and I don't mean maybe
she knows what I think and I don't have to say it
I love her so I don't have to play it
we sit and drink in the sun
I raise my glass and say she's the one
cool breeze light squeeze life

Take my advice don't think twice
let me take you way down south

Yo, step back I'm about to get hectic
chalk it up as another dialectic
hard like a jam
smooth like a ballad
call it what you want but I call it sound salad
a salad grown in the garden of Eden
seekin' out pleasures like my boys in Sweden
that's right the grooves tight like

Sit back just relax, let your mind unwind
pull your good thing close, let tranquility surround
psychedelic freak out taco funk frolic
grind fiend roots 'core soul music what have you
psychedelic freak out taco funk frolic
grind fiend roots 'core soul music

Yo, step back and think about the topic of this song
strong innuendo end over end goes your brain
I won't say it's plain figure it out here's a clue
it's about winding, grinding, finding that spot
that get's her hot the joy of giving pleasure
is beyond measure, you know

9. Rollin (3:09)
Rollin' windows down kickback trollen
I'm holdin' and foldin' see no cold in the streets
dirty looks - huh - we think it's funny
the workin' class squares scrounge up all the money
but we're coolin' in the middle of June
I'm gettin' girls gettin' lit and I'm making up tunes
believe that boy I'll bet I'll bet I'm trollen
just lookin' for some trouble and we be rollin'

Now I'm a tell a tale to you straight, gonna tell you a story
it's not a fairy tale and it gets a little glory
it happened one night when Tequila was flowin
we were walkin' to my car, unaware unknowin'
I stepped up crossed the the street in no hurry
and what happens next it gets a little blurry
this chump nearly hits me in a green pinto
so I threw my bottle - bang - It broke his window
he screeched to a halt jumped out of his car
I stepped straight to him gonna make him see stars, yes
the situation was going to explode
thought I should give him a warning said ya better hit the road
I knew it would be easy if i tagged him first
so I cracked him in the face all of the sudden with a burst
I hit him with a right then a left didn't land
but he turned his head and I broke my hand

Whatcha gonna do?
do whatcha gonna

I got a cast on my hand and the girls think I'm a jerk
I can't play my bass and I can't go to work
this is a true story it all did happen
better yet I regret that moment of scrappin'
been two years now since this all took place
I learn from being stupid I learn from my mistakes
and now I'm livin' peace edifyin' and trollen
can't say it wasn't fun in those days of rollin'
rollin'
rollin'

10. Right Now (4:12)
(And I) I notice the tapestries on the wall as well
(and I) I stand up and hit my head on the mobile
(and you) and you look around too
(and we) time passes easily

(ai-yi-yi)
(ai-yi-yi)

I've opened up my mind
so you can step inside
you could expect to find
a scenic rhyme

Pointyhead pizzeria perfect penetration
mezcal cuts off my brain communication
belligerence, lost of my intellegence
talkin mess like shut up and listen to me
because cuttin' through the crap is my specialty
like a bomb I'm droppin yes a ton a lead
you're tryin' to figure out the last thing I said
I'm a Redwood, I love to be a tree yes I'm a Druid
my words they're flowin' out like a fluid
never give in never conform
I'll be bustin out rhymes in a triplet form

Right now
right now
right now

(In another room) I sit and contemplate
(that winter night) my words were filled with hate
(in second sight) I should have known my fate
(but it's all right) now we're in a different state

(ai-yi-yi)
(ai-yi-yi)

I've opened up my mind
so you can step inside
you could expect to find
a scenic rhyme

Expiate, to make amends for hostilities
it's easy to see that for me, in reality
I'm not one of those fools
with an ecclesiastical whitewash
to set my ethical standards
you'll never catch me lookin' to Ann Landers
or Moses or the law or even Buddha
if there's one thing I know
it's always be true to myself
and learn from experience
educated by nights of violence, trips to jail,
broken knuckles and friendships
but that gives me the power to write a groove that rips

Right now
right now
right now
I am
I am
(??) to be and I am, damn

11. C.U.T.M. (3:26)
I got the funk on two
I got the funk on two
pick it up

Hexum, Sexton, Mahoney and Wills
we groove so fuckin' hard it gives you the chills
well I've been stricken
the bass is kickin'
when suckers step to me, boy, I give them a lickin', go

Cosmic Utopian Thrivin' Mission, baby
Cosmic Utopian Thrivin' Mission, baby

I feel good
yo bad self

Well, I am the Hexum, call me Nick
I live by the code of cosmic
I've come to say, we're here to stay
Utopian way we'll play today, yeah
we've got the drive, we are so live
won't take a dive, we're gonna thrive
we got a condition called ambition
to the cosmic utopian thrivin' mission

Cosmic Utopian Thrivin' Mission, baby
Cosmic Utopian Thrivin' Mission, baby

Make it, make it like this
(??)

Witness this, yo the pissed lyricist
in your face celebratin' a brand new race
we know colors are just brothers and some others
thrive on attention but they failed to mention
the consequence of no conscience
you damn fool, I'll school you in the new school
now speakin on a round, step back mother fucker, I'ma goin' to town

Cosmic Utopian Thrivin' Mission, baby
Cosmic Utopian Thrivin' Mission, baby

I feel good
break it down

I got one more rhyme
yes, the verbs I got
they hit that spot
the crowd is freakin'
and bro I'm peekin'
when I'm on stage, you're havin' a fit
but without my brothers, baby, I ain't shit, lets go

Cosmic Utopian Thrivin' Mission, baby
Cosmic Utopian Thrivin' Mission, baby

Make it, make it like this
gimme one