
Because as I stopped to cry for the little bird's life
For the moment my mind was out of my sight
And I turned back around to a…
…terrible surprise
I had lost my mind for the very first time
I lost my mind for the very first time
Since I was a child, they tried to let me…
…name of science
And they probed, prodded, realigned my spine
'Til they said I could walk in a straight enough line
And then they pushed me back out into the…
By Romeo (2002)
On album Gametime (2002)

…your tails off alright? Bye
B: Rome, this B. I'm at the house, what time we gon' to the gym? Hit me on my
2-way
Girl: Romeo…
…this Antoine, I'm in the 8th grade, I just wanted to tell you i
Love you
Man: Yo Rome! I need to know what time we meetin' for the…
…television show and it's
Hott! And man, keep makin music for the kids. You a big positive influence on
Everybody
Master P (dad): Yo…

…your tails off alright? Bye.
B: Rome, this B. I'm at the house, what time we gon' to the gym? Hit me on my
2-way.
Girl: Romeo…
…this Antoine, I'm in the 8th grade, I just wanted to tell you i
love you.
Man: Yo Rome! I need to know what time we meetin' for the…
Pick up the phone. I know you not in my car! If my
car not home when I get there you in trouble! You know you too young…

…(Girl:) Romeo this Antoine, I'm in the 8th grade, I just wanted to tell you i love you. (Man:) Yo Rome! I need to know what time we…
…meetin' for the show. And don't forget to bring some 'P. Miller Shorty' ya hear me? (Record Producer:) Hey, yo Rome..what up…
…:) Romeo. This ya Momma. Pick up the phone. I know you not in my car! If my car not home when I get there you in trouble! You know you…

…your tails off alright? Bye
B: Rome, this B. I'm at the house, what time we gon' to the gym? Hit me on my
2-way
Girl: Romeo…
…this Antoine, I'm in the 8th grade, I just wanted to tell you i
Love you
Man: Yo Rome! I need to know what time we meetin' for the…
…television show and it's
Hott! And man, keep makin music for the kids. You a big positive influence on
Everybody
Master P (dad): Yo…
By Original Broadway Cast Recording
On album The Last Ship

…friends would all sneer,
At me bloody nose dripping and me cauliflower ear,
For it's hard to convince in a romantic pose,
With a…
…couldn't retreat now, I had to advance.
So I swing to the left, I swing to the right,
Keep me eyes on me partner, like I would in a…
…and your mind's in a trance,
They're all laughing and cheering and looking askance,
On the night that the pugilist finally learned…

…would all sneer
At me bloody nose dripping
And me cauliflower ear
For it's hard to convince
In a romantic pose
With a lovely black…
…swing to the left
I swing to the right
Keep me eyes on me partner
Like I would in a fight
I just keep to the rhythm
And follow the beat
The…
…important thing's
Never to look at yr feet
But a miracle's happened
And your mind's in a trance
They're all laughing and cheering
And looking…

…same shit hood that I was born in music got me well so next yr ill be touring live I a struggle when I wake up in the morning everday is the…
…time for a snake g want me to be on ur show den pay me labels calling meetings lately money over girl no time for a lady I…
…will run up in ur bakery look
Yh I write daily how can u have the cheek to tell me that im lazy im coild they say I give a brain freeze…

…Little grey bubbles, friend of mine in trouble. liberals all huddle. new extreme is subtle. gradation is the key, black & white…
…world crumbles. quit shaking yr class struggles! sick of money scuffles. calling me a stranger, calling me a liar, appalling…
…" but that shit's superstition. i say yr elders are complicit, you stick then yr not with it. calling for a coup! overthrow the…

…things started it just holds us up
Vote for him b/c he's got a plan
Why does everyone not see, the world can only revolve round me…
…?
Vote for him b/c he's got a plan
We're all the same, but i got a little somethin different baby
Vote for him b/c he's got a plan
Your…
…different rants run simultaneously til the end.... choose yr path.)
We're gonna blow up the pyramid
(then a lot of speaking in tongues)…

…me a fortune while you were outside in the dark looking for the secret to make all yr scare fall off. Call off the assistor, yr…
…fullest of my glory days but still in many ways jealous of all the people in this building, for they have a better figure than me and a…
…of bad credit in a land with no sense of time or memory. But remember me, when you see yr TV stand, flippin' through the…

…news tonight! Miss Delight, the big time mistress midnight, to perform for the Queen in a one of a kind concert celebration. Old…
…to go. Oh wait, I think I've gotten a little ahead of my mind. Lemme take a little more time. Oh, jesus, how do I look?"
Come on girl…
…keep yr composure. This night could break yr career over.
Rhonda: "Jesus, tell me how the hell do I look? I took from everyone with half a…

…isn't what you wanted her to be
daddy's little grrrl
isn't a little girl
little GIRL
little GIRL
sorry i forgot to wear my mask…
…sorry that i'm way too much to ask
sorry i cant make yr faith last
SORRY? yr a PAIN IN MY ASS
sorry that i cant make you proud
sorry…
…bad for me? i feel bad for you
daddy i wont listen to you
accept me for me, then i'll respect you
daddy's little grrrl
put metal…

…been a creep ever since you met him
it's time for revenge, girl, you're really gonna get him
kill yr boyfriend (yeah, yeah, yeah…
…boyfriend...
he's a heartless swine, beating you all the time
get yr gun and kill yr boyfriend
he's lazy and he's selfish too…
…come on girl you got somethin' to do
kill yr boyfriend (yeah, yeah, yeah)
kill yr boyfriend (yeah, yeah, yeah)
easily angered and crap in…

Cos its dirty down here, God, you get yr robes pulled of yr back
Crucified in a block of flats
Junkyard style, from the bricks to the shacks
And the…
…as I look to the stars
For a time when we can clean up the Junkyard
Yeah its hard in the streets for whoever you are
When yr livin in a…
…check me for a sponsor on the (icepoles?)
Nine year olds plottin for a title like Ollie Twist
Snatch yr purse like a…