By Deviates (1998)
On album My Life (2000)

…couldn't see no you couldn't feel, wake up from the dream just to find its real, yeah i remember
my mind was full of hate, my heart…
…kids living pissed off lives,
pissed on lives
playing to lose
you can't find it, but i know you will, it hurts me & kills me
to feel…
…i cant breathe. i see my way out but
I'm in too deep to care. emotionless, i feel myself about to break. self-destruction, self…

…a playgirl, a hit-parade girl
But there's gonna be a change in your foolish ways, girl
This dog will have his day
Oh oh girl, it'll be my victory…
…a playgirl, a hit-parade girl
But there's gonna be a change in your foolish ways, girl
This dog will have his day
Oh oh girl, it'll be my…
…been a run-around, a playgirl, a hit-parade girl
But there's gonna be a change in your foolish ways, girl
This dog will have his…

And when I got to America, I say it blew my mind
And when I got to America, I say it blew my mind
The Apollo Theater on…
…hero and leader
His strange tasting ways…they turned me on
I tried my best to sound just like him
When he moves…he moves like…
…ah, somehow we go on… We go on because we would like to think there's hope. But…

…[Chorus 1]
And when I got to America, I say it blew my mind
And when I got to America, I say it blew my mind
[Verse 1…
…mind
[Verse]
The Negro was my hero and leader
His strange tasting ways, they turned me on
I tried my best to sound just like him…
…telling you the truth! This is straight life but, ah, somehow we go on… We go on because we would like to think there's hope. But…

And when I got to America, I say it blew my mind
And when I got to America, I say it blew my mind
The Apollo Theater on…
…hero and leader
His strange tasting ways... they turned me on
I tried my best to sound just like him
When he moves... he moves like…
…ah, somehow we go on... We go on because we would like to think there's hope. But…

I lose my mind
And I don't know why
It's like there's voices way deep inside
I lose my mind
And I don't know why
It's like…
…there's voices way deep inside
Starin' at the world
Through my rear view
Word to Pac, the
Only way that we'll feel true
Is if we keep on…
…with gentle
Ways to escape and dependin' on whether I'll vent full or tend to hinder my ventin'
I'll know if I'll bend too
I know…

…the streets for nineteenth years
And not leaving
My first priority is to reach twenty one breathing
Forever beef
Nobody would ever be even
So I grab…
…the heat before breathing
Lost in this foul mind state
I can't keep straight thinking
But I keep my eyes on the earth without blinking…
…that you packing gats
But you scared to get locked
Once you get upon the island
Change your ways and stop
Thirteen years in the projects, my hard…
…the streets for nineteenth years
And not leaving
My first priority is to reach twenty one breathing
Forever beef
Nobody would ever be even
So I grab…
…the heat before breathing
Lost in this foul mind state
I can't keep straight thinking
But I keep my eyes on the earth without blinking
It's…
…you scared to get locked
Once you get upon the Island
Change your ways and stop
Thirteen years in the projects, my hard times…

Dom Mc
Lennon]
I'm just trying to change my ways, my ways, my ways
But it just stays the same like a heartbeat
Like…
…a heartbeat, like a heartbeat, like a heartbeat
I'm just trying to change my ways, my ways, my ways, my ways
But it just stays the same like…
…a heartbeat
Like a heartbeat, oh
I'm just trying to change my ways, my ways, my ways
But they just stay the same like a heartbeat
Like…

Dom Mc
Lennon]
I'm just trying to change my ways, my ways, my ways
But it just stays the same like a heartbeat
Like…
…a heartbeat, like a heartbeat, like a heartbeat
I'm just trying to change my ways, my ways, my ways, my ways
But it just stays the same like…
…a heartbeat
Like a heartbeat, oh
I'm just trying to change my ways, my ways, my ways
But they just stay the same like a heartbeat
Like…

McLennon]
I'm just trying to change my ways, my ways, my ways
But it just stays the same like a heartbeat
Like a heartbeat, like…
…a heartbeat, like a heartbeat
I'm just trying to change my ways, my ways, my ways, my ways
But it just stays the same like…
…a heartbeat, oh
I'm just trying to change my ways, my ways, my ways
But they just stay the same like a heartbeat
Like…
By abbreviated. life. expectancy.
…of fear
And of sorrow and pain
She'll never outgrow
Death is the first dance, eternal
There's no room for freedom
The both of you will be confined to this mind…
…broken in two
Sleepless nights
Losing ground
I'm reaching for you
Feelin' that it's gone
Can change your mind
If we can't go on
To…
…hard to please
You can taste the bright lights
But you won't get them for free
In the jungle
Welcome to the jungle
Feel my, my, my…

…are here
I like this
My heart is broken but my mind is moving
Got my music career I'm movin?
Alright
[Chorus]
I've found a place to…
…live
I got it the hard way
A permanent address to give
I got it for always
Nobody here can tear me loose
They tell me there's no escape on…
…make
My mind's made up
Mind you, I know that I'm on the Heartache Avenue waiting for my heart to break.
[[Chorus]
I've found a place to…

…the things in the past, we can leave em behind
I'll be real if you ask, girl you stay on my mind
I don't think bout nobody else
I don't…
…a place you would know
Where you at? Know it don't feel the same as before
But I promise you, girl
That I'm changing my ways
I won't…
…stay on my mind
I don't think bout nobody else
I don't think bout nobody else
[Outro]
I don't believe in power of Love
I don't believe in wisdom of stone
I don't believe in a God or a Mind…

…one of my games, I'm good at it
My brain is shaped on mind games since I'm 19, 0 1 7 9 days
Its 0 4 R 6, ride by days now fast…
…lane days are here
I like this
My heart is broken but my mind is moving
Got my music career I'm movin'
Alright
[Chorus]
I've found a place to…
…a great couple we make
My mind's made up
Mind you, I know that I'm on the Heartache Avenue waiting for my heart to break.
[Chorus…