Here are some of the lyrics I have written over the years:
President’s Day
Less Than Zero
That Feeling
America’s Baby
Slay That Dragon
Reflection
Ego Trippin’
420 (Miracle Mix)
The Sound Of Industry
Industry
The Innersection
Strange Behavior
Corporate Greed
I Am The Man
Big Bad Wolf
Everybody Gone Psycho
Magic In The Air
President’s Day
he got a ford on lincoln’s birthday
but there’s a killer on the loose
if that parade is held in dallas
the man will rob him of his youth
the lincoln looked so continental
so long and sleek and black
the rear doors were suicidal
and there were bloodstains in the back
some say the bullet it was lonely
but then others say they lie
and if you listen very closely
well you can hear the widows cry
so if you’re ever down in dallas
won’t you please pray for rain
remember me on president’s day
a celebration of pain
admission used to cost a penny
but there’s a killer on the loose
the theater is closing early
’cause there’s a killer in the booth
and our american cousin
was up on stage when he died
some said he gave a good performance
but then others said he lied
and i think money is the motive
’cause now it costs five dollars at the door
they’ll say you’re paying for your freedom
as civil men send you to war
so if you’re ever down in gettysburg
my address is the same
remember me on president’s day
a celebration of shame
Copyright © 1998. All Rights Reserved.
Less Than Zero
(This was me in L.A. circa 1986-87)
here we go – the lights are low
these tarpit streets are paved with broken bones
broken homes on the side
broken dreams help pay for the ride
he makes a donation
as he makes his way into a desperate isolation
on a broken down run down come down day
he starts slippin away
in a clear glass tube blast
love flash crash the cash went fast
smashed schemes and dashed dreams
in pay by the hour motel room scenes
he meets his connection
as he peaks and starts falling in the opposite direction
on a broken down run down come down day
he starts slippin away
and he got to high
til he was lower than low
how low can you go (less than zero)
he got to high
til he was lower than low
how low can you go
and he broke – smoking on the crack coke
broke – smoking up his last hope
cause he was down low on the low down hoe down
run down big town big city get down let down
rubbin with the niteclubbin hip huggin hip hoppin
buggin gettin wild with the lifestyle street coppin
from a black jack or a cracker jack joker
brokering crack out of a cadillac
a mac daddy crack daddy
dope dealing wheeling stealing dreams from a black caddy
how low can you go
and he was lighting up the pipe day and night
like a fiend he was a dope fiend
the boy had a pipe dream
a steel wool screen
a real smooth clean glass tube stream
of a cream colored smoke
smokin the coke
headrushing visions of flesh and sexually
driven moments of inspiration and ecstacy
smokin the coke smoke til your broke
this is the best he said
this feeling i get in the head
getting a hit gimme a hit
this is the shit
and he got to high
til he was lower than low
how low can you go (less than zero)
he got to high
til he was lower than low
how low can you go
and he broke – smoking on the crack coke
broke – smoking up his last hope
Copyright © 1996. All Rights Reserved.
That Feeling
a man works hard for 37 years
says when its done
gonna head down south, take some time
spend it in the sun
says i’ll drive 6 days
and on the 7th day i’m gonna rest
but when sunday came
he woke with a pain right up in his chest
the preacher said its sad
a man works hard every day of his life
survived by 3 beautiful children
and a beautiful wife
but i know hes going to heaven
cause every sunday he been in here kneeling
praying to god, looking for that feeling
for that feeling
everybodys looking for that feeling
some are working some are stealing
but everybodys looking for that feeling
janet got a man, always got a plan
always working on some scam
says this one is it, this time i got a hit
this time i almost feel legit
but janet heard it all before
she counting nothing but her blessings
asking herself inside when her man gonna learn his lessons
says if i had a dollar, everytime he hollered “man i got it made”
if i had a dime, every single time he said “i’m getting paid”
id buy a big house on a hill with a pool and a 10 foot ceiling
jan and her man are just looking for that feeling
for that feeling
everybodys looking for that feeling
some are hurting some are healing
but everybodys looking for that feeling
betty got a baby, driving betty crazy
wishing she could get away, maybe
to another time, she used to be so fine
they used to call her little sexy sadie
she got a good man with a plan and some land and a little savings
betty got a beautiful baby but she’s bored and she gets these cravings
says when i was a teen, life was just a dream if you know what i mean
now i got a son, now i come undone, i fall apart at the seam
but betty gonna be allright, all she needs is some sexual healing
just like the rest, shes just looking for that feeling
for that feeling
everybody’s looking for that feeling
some abusing some appealing
but everybody’s looking for that feeling
susie got the blues, susies all bad news
say lifes a bitch and then you lose
make her want to quit, maybe slit her wrist
or some percoset and a fifth of booze
she got no home, down to skin and bone
from living a life of tweeking
now shes all alone, she cant get her jones
she can’t get her freak and
says all of my life, ive been trying to get high
ive been trying to get clean
now i gotta get high again, just one more time
and then ill try and get clean
susie gonna use, and abuse, beg, borrow and stealing
even her death, was looking for that feeling
for that feeling
everybody’s looking for that feeling
some are using some are dealing
but everybody’s looking for that feeling
Copyright © 2008. All Rights Reserved.
America’s Baby
baby gettin crazy, everybody got a gun
1,2,3, bang, everybody run
got a fifth grade killer at eleven with a nine
shootin up the body and its blowin my mind
’cause baby gettin crazy, yeah baby got a gun
got a drive-by bullet in an innocent one
finger on the trigger, a little girl is dead
the hole is gettin bigger and its fuckin with my head
the hole is gettin bigger
my baby got a finger on the trigger
my baby got a hand on the gun
my baby never, never got a chance to be young
the hole is gettin bigger
everything is gettin really hard to figure
its gettin really hard to survive
sometimes its hard just stayin alive
baby gettin crazy, got everybody stunned
when a twelve year old said he didn’t care none
took the life of another mothers son
said he did it for the thrill, he did it just for fun
’cause baby gettin crazy, yeah baby got a gun
got a drive-by bullet in an innocent one
finger on the trigger a little boy is dead
the hole is gettin bigger and its fuckin with my head
fifteen with a bullet, got your finger on the trigger and you pull it
it shouldn’t have to be all that but sometimes where your from got you right where your at
my baby seen some real hard times, heard some real hard lines, got some real hard rhymes
forty fives and nines, channel fives and nines and violent crimes
you know my baby seen all of that, yeah my baby’s watchin all of that
now my baby’s walkin all of that, talkin all of that, and thats where were at
left holdin the trigger, watchin as the hole is gettin bigger
a hole made of lead, is fuckin with my head…….
’cause americas baby got a gun
1,2,3, bang, everybody run
got a fifth grade killer at eleven with a nine
shootin up the body and its blowin my mind
’cause baby gettin crazy, yeah baby got a gun
got a drive-by bullet in an innocent one
finger on the trigger, a little girl is dead
the hole is gettin bigger and its fuckin with my head
Copyright © 1999. All Rights Reserved.
Slay That Dragon
for knowledge i thirst
so i go deeper and deeper into the universe
i’m witnessing a planets birth
and then i’m watching and waiting when a planet bursts
to wake you and take you by the hand
a breakthrough as i make you understand
the lesson in life that’s had you guessing, stressing, pressing the question
who, what, why, where it’s at
i swear it’s that, you share it fair that’s where it’s at
as easy as 1, 2, 3, then you’ll be free
then you’re gonna look and see me
but to some they can’t, they won’t, i don’t exist
they’re looking for liquid, i’m a mist
lost, adrift, in the abyss
in bliss and ignorance they missed the gyst
of the truth that i’m saying
now with clenched fists they’re praying
playing like i’m coming back and saving the day
paying someone else to try and show them the way
straying further and further away
slay that dragon everyday
straying further and further away
slay that dragon
but still you can never kill the ill will
if your mind keeps creatin it
you can stab it and beat it and still
you keep reanimatin it
originating as a thought in your mind
manifesting itself into this space and time
slowly growing, smoothly flowing
and the fear keeps it going
making it real, every day,
til every deal has that look and feel
look – feel
looks so real, look its you
look what you do – your makin it all come true
sayin you do what you do – you do what you gotta do
sayin you do what you do – cause they done it to you
sayin you do what you do – cause they fronted on you
sayin you do what you do – you do what you gotta do
lost – things get so confusing
life – can be so abusing
using all your skill and still
it seems you end up ill and losing
choosing – to many damn choices
hearing – to many damn voices
to many noises
to many opinions – not enough visions
to many prisons – decisions, decisions
divisions, to many divisions
religions, to many religions
contradicting, causing collisions
causing conditions to start slippin
and the mind starts trippin
so you go through the motions
with your lucky charms and your magic potions
adrift on the oceans, lost at sea
but then your gonna look and see me
Copyright © 1998. All Rights Reserved.
Reflection
stare off into space i’ll trace your thoughts
as they escape into your memory and moments lost
in time, and history, the mind is a mystery
that can take you to a place like the sun and stars
stare into my face it’s the one on mars
travel at the speed of light
orbit all around the earth just like a satellite
then out of sight you stray
as your world gets further and further away
travel through the milky way
on a journey to a galaxy far, far away
where a black hole in space and time is torn
slip through to the other side, a star is born
you look and see it’s your own reflection
look deeper you see it’s your own projection
and then direction is known
and you realize you were never alone
i’ve been here all along
making you, taking you, miles beyond
Copyright © 2000. All Rights Reserved.
Ego Trippin’
ego trippin’ – i’m always on my mind
ego trippin’ – i gotta get whats mine
i’ll get the big house at the top of the hill
i’ll get the big phat ride with a gold out grille
because i’m ego trippin’ – i’m always on my mind
gold diggin’ – money is my sign
gold diggin’ – got money on my mind
say you love me baby – like i love myself
say you got alot of money baby
so i don’t get somebody else
ego trippin’ – i me me mine
ego trippin’ – mine all mine – i’m gettin mine all mine
my love, my life, my needs, my rights,
my greed, my obsessions, my position, my possessions,
my god how i love myself
you know i love my status and i love my wealth
i love my money – my well bred disposition
my people how i love the recognition
so say you love me baby like i love myself
like you love nobody else
say you love me like i love myself
say you’ll never love nobody else
oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah
i’m ego trippin’
Copyright © 2000. All Rights Reserved.
420 (Miracle Mix)
its gettin critical, hypocritical, chronic, ironic, gettin physical
its gettin hydroponic and i want it, so i’m getting socially political
because its medical, mythical, magical and mystical
mental, physical and spiritual, well some are callin it a miracle
because its minimal, it isnt criminal, so i’m gettin vocal and subliminal
i’m gettin tactical, practical, radical and cynical
i’m gonna organize, normalize, we gotta legalize
possession of marijuana – all rise
i’m gettin logical, psychological, because your logic is illogical
your laws are pathological, fanatical, tyrranical and diabolical
its only a botanical, its ecological, it isnt chemical its natural
and so i’m gettin factual, lyrical, and some are callin it a miracle
Copyright © 1999. All Rights Reserved.
The Sound Of Industry
this is the sound of industry
the luxury of a brand new car
an air conditioned living room
a heated pool and bar
this is the sound of industry
as graveyards fill with broken steel
plastic cash and plastic trash
and wounds that never heal
this is the sound of industry
detroit and pittsburg in july
the smoke stacks up, the traffic backs up
and the acid rains from the sky
this is the sound of industry
of life made easy, damn life’s been good
we gather ’round the last tree
breathe in deeply, knock on wood
Copyright © 1997. All Rights Reserved.
Industry
here you are on this planet earth
acting like you’re running the universe
you’re ripping all the trees from the ground
you got that ugly industrial sound going
i’m choking on dead air
how did you kill the air
you killed the air, you kept the cash
the shit aint fair, someone should kick your ass
here i am on this planet earth
this is my home, this is my place of birth
but now my world is getting stabbed and beaten
stolen, stripped, raped and left bleeding
i’m choking on dead air
how do you kill the air
you killed the air, you kept the cash
the shit aint fair, someone should kick your ass
your industrial revolution
is choking on its own pollution
your industrial seduction
is soaking in its own destruction
your industrial revolution
is choking on its own pollution
your industrial seduction
is soaking in its own corruption
Copyright © 1997. All Rights Reserved.
The Innersection
so here we are
having chosen to exteriorize and materialize
the inner landscapes of our minds
creating barren wastelands of thoughts we hold
junkyards of relatively bad ideas
confronting our fears and foes at every innersection
and asking ourselves why? – and how?
why is it we so coincidentally meet here again?
at this same spot – this same point in space and time
how is it we so mysteriously meet here again?
at this innersection – here at this crossroad
where the steel and glass come together so violently
where burning fuel, burning rubber, and burning out
mix and mingle so perfectly with the sounds of
breaking glass and breaking down
where breaking out and breaking in
meet broken hearts and broken homes
where broken dreams and broken schemes
become broken bones and broke and jonesing
at this innersection – here at this crossroad
where’s my soul – i ponder
where’s my body – i wonder
where’s my drivers license – im asked
where’s my registration booms the voice of authority –
through bullhorned amplification in perfect harmony –
with the screams of sirens and the thrashing rotation –
of emergency helicopter blades – the sound of salvation –
am i insured – they wonder
am i alive – they ponder
i think I’m alive – i consider
i mean i think – so i must be alive – right?
yet i see my lifeless body – lying there – this is madness –
my body – dying there – the sadness
my face – my blood – my bones – lying there on the ground
my face – my blood – my bones – dying there on the ground
at this intersection – here at this crossroad
and yet here i am – me – my self – my soul
here i am – me – my self – i feel whole
unscathed by the sharp edges
of ripped steel and broken glass
untouched as the human flesh
the blood and bones and flesh of my body
meet the impending doom of cold black asphalt
unable to fully appreciate the inertia and gravity
so taken for granted moments before
and as i watch my body twist and turn and erode
helpless under the relentless weight
of space and time below
and as above me the strobing bright yellow warnings
fade into intense flashes of green – then red – then green – then red
and as my body lay motionless on the double yellow line
yea as my body lay still and silent by the turn lane sign
my mind sings out for freedom
my body screams out in pain
time and space start losin meaning
as my life slowly bleeds from my veins
and i know i’m nearing the end of this journey
as my thoughts move so fast or slow – i can’t tell
and my mind drifts slowly away from my body
so slow its almost as if i can’t tell
and me myself my soul – ponders the question
as i stare off in space – i wonder in which direction
my soul will now take
at this innersection – here at this crossroad
Copyright © 1994. All Rights Reserved.
Strange Behavior
all these lifted faces
piled high in elevated plastic places
all these high paid liars
jaded fabricated airtight alibiers
all these points of view
pointing fingers telling me and telling you
all these false protections
sick selections, fixed elections, misdirections
and i say
check this strange behavior thats coming from the man
you better check it while you can
all these useless channels
useless views with clueless experts on the panels
all these preachers preaching
their fundamental coalitioned backwards teaching
all these politicians
spinning first editioned lies about conditions
all these mass consumers
used abused from choosing news thats spewing rumors
and i say
check this strange behavior thats coming from the man
you better check it while you can
check this strange behavior
comes in any style any color any flavor
check this strange behavior
theyre telling lies and breaking promises they made ya
check this strange behavior
theyre gonna take from you the freedoms that they gave ya
check this strange behavior
theyre gonna rape ya gonna break ya gonna slave ya
check this strange behavior
you killed the man that had the plan that couldve saved ya
check this strange behavior
sado masochistic fascist dominate ya
check this strange behavior
comes in any style any color any flavor
check this strange behavior
theyre gonna rape ya gonna break ya gonna slave ya
dont let em slave ya….
Copyright © 1996. All Rights Reserved.
Corporate Greed
i cant see – this thing surrounding me
its in the sea – its in the air i breathe
and i dont know – why things are getting so
getting low – it seems its everywhere i go
oh no – oh no no no no
oh no – you know i wish it wasnt so
its hard to see – who it is polluting me
but i know – its time they got to go
they got to leave – this aint make believe
they got to go – oh no no no no no no no
now i know – now i know whos getting so
getting low – just check the money flow
and now i see – now it aint no mystery
its corporate greed – thats whats pollutin me
its corporate greed – its imposin me
its corporate greed – its infringin me
its corporate greed – its annoyin me
its corporate greed – thats whats pollutin me
oh no – oh no no no no
oh no – you know i wish it wasnt so
Copyright © 1996. All Rights Reserved.
I Am The Man
i am the man
i am the man with the bloodstains on my hand
im a paranoid man – thats what i am
i am the man
i am the man that you’ll never understand
im a paranoid man – im a government man
whats my name? well you can call me the law
whos to blame for conclusions that i draw
im a paranoid man – im a government man
on patrol – im gonna get you where you go
ive got a pistol but ive lost control
cause im a paranoid man – im a government man
i am the man
i am the man with the gun in my hand
im a paranoid man – thats what i am
i am the man
i am the man that you’ll never understand
im a paranoid man – im a government man
dont ya know – im going off in all directions
and where i go – i make more problems than protections
i go so low – im sending you to state corrections
before you go – id like the names of your connections
because i am the man – and i got you in a jam
im a paranoid man – dont you know who i am
im a government man – you can call me the man
fear me – i am the man
fear me – i am the man
im a paranoid man – im a government man
Copyright © 1996. All Rights Reserved.
Big Bad Wolf
little red riding hood, the big bad wolf and robin hood
were hanging out in the neighborhood
thinking how things werent going so good
the corporation with all the goods
came and clear cut down all the woods
who ever ever even said they could?
it sure wasnt no one from the neighborhood
so little red riding hood, the big bad wolf and robin hood
and all the people from the neighborhood
said we gotta get out of hollywood
they descended on the congregation
of politicians and delegations
and proceeded with as sad narration
a dissertation on the situation
we’ve got too much starvation- too much exploitation
too much deprivation – to justify the high taxation
all your procrastinations – your alterior motivations
too many paid vacations – to justify the compensations
the illegal contribution – your disregard of the constitution
your self serving corporate institution – justifies your substitution
(the govt responds):
“we disapprove of this demonstration
so as an imitation of reconciliation
and also to avoid any further complication
our lawyers have suggested more litigation”
but the big bad wolf had a plan of his own
he said i heard this story when you cut down my home
now its my turn – this is an overthrow
time to pack your bags and go
so you know – this is an overthrow
time to pack the bags and go
and he huffed and he puffed
and he blew the house down
all the little piggies were running all around
the executive was there – he got quite a scare
when the big bad wolf gave him quite a stare and said
i am now the representation
i am the voice of the population
your corporation is a violation
now the people from the neighborhood
are running the nation
c’mon little red riding hood, little red riding hood
c’mon little red riding hood
and all the people from the neighborhood
so little red riding hood, the big bad wolf and robin hood
and all the people in the neighborhood
were thinking how things had gone so good
the little piggies didnt think they would
the little piggies didnt really think they could
but once the situation was understood
the declaration of independance said they should
we had too much starvation- too much exploitation
too much deprivation – to justify the high taxation
all your procrastinations – your alterior motivations
the extended paid vacations – didnt justify the compensations
the illegal contribution – your disregard of the constitution
your self serving corporate institution – justified your substitution
and your response was manipulation
an imitation of cooperation
no appreciation for the situation
no appropriation for the dislocation
so the big bad wolf had a plan of his own
he said i heard that story when you cut down my home
now its my turn – this is an overthrow
time to pack your bags and go
so you know – this is an overthrow
time to pack the bags and go
and he huffed and he puffed
and he blew the house down
all the little piggies were running all around
the speaker of the house – he didnt make a sound
when the big bad wolf looked him up and down and said
i am now the representation
i am the voice of the population
your situation is a violation
now the people from the neighborhood
are running the nation
all your kings horses and all your kings men
couldn’t put your house back together again
so you know the people said you gotta go
what we have is an overthrow…
Copyright © 1996. All Rights Reserved.
Everybody Gone Psycho
blind leading the blind – on a steady mental decline
lost, severed and tossed – t’s dotted and the eyes crossed
mad, madder than mad – lost the only mind ya had
its bad, badder than bad – the situation is sadder than sad
everybody goin psycho – everything is gettin crazy
everyone is goin loco – everybody out to get me
everybody gone psycho – everything is goin crazy
everybody gettin loco – somebody come and save me
blame, who’s to blame – its a shame when you lose the brain
its gone, the mind is gone – the insanity goes on and on
cmon, whats goin on – something gone wrong
insane, in the brain – everybodys insane
everybody goin psycho – everything is gettin crazy
everyone is goin loco – everybody out to get me
everybody gone psycho – everything is goin crazy
everybody gettin loco – somebody come and save me
save me, somebody save me – i think ive gone crazy
save me, somebody save me – the world has gone crazy
Copyright © 1996. All Rights Reserved.
Magic In The Air
diamond earrings, solid gold
found the silver, lost the soul
walls surround us, to protect us from ourselves
you can’t have it, it belongs to someone else
false surroundings, pick a place
you say plastic, i say waste
can you feel it, the magic in the air
you can’t have it, if you don’t believe it’s there
working graveyard, cash in hand
rape the body, rape the land
i get lonely, but i’ve never been alone
you can’t have it, if you think it’s yours to own
shiny cities, steel and dreams
dirty sidewalks, dirty schemes
all around us, the magic fills the air
you can’t have it, if you never learn to share
television, sealed and kissed
spinning tunnel vision truths with a twist
information, to protect us from ourselves
you can have it, i’d rather listen to myself
change the station, change the name
race relations, look the same
i get lonely, but i’ve never been alone
you can’t have it, if you think it’s yours to own
saving souls, saving face
selling fear, saying grace
can you feel it, something special in the air
you can’t have it, if you don’t believe it’s there
second nature, second rate
second coming, seconds late
can you feel it, the magics here to stay
you can’t have it, ’til you give it all away
Copyright © 1996. All Rights Reserved.
You are COOL Mark for sure!