album: "From Chaos" (2001)

You Get Worked lyrics - 311

This is happening, this here is life
days spent pondering, truth is a knife
respect due to those who have caught it
dedicated to our friends who have sought it

This is happening, this here is life
days spent pondering, truth is a knife
respect due to those who have caught it
dedicated to our friends who have sought it

Brainstorm superseding the norm
when we come together, new planet is born
you revel in the chaos when people are torn
then you come to find out your welcome is worn

We are advancing and retracting visionaries
really here, it's not imaginary
the way you work your mind, you find it's an art
where you feel it most, you feel in your heart

Everybody gets confused
delusions are everywhere
buy into fakeness, you'll feel used
double talk fills the air
looking all over for happiness
I've got the will to live
it's in front of you right now, don't you feel stressed
falls through my hands live a sieve

I'm on a new high
with a pen and a pad
and for fun I attend
a jam that's super bad
at the same time
give it all that I have
whether you're square
or the coolest lad

Eatin up my people, purgin their words
the jammies take flight like Icarus birds
drop on you and you get hurt
cuz if you're under the rock, you get worked

Say, what gives, are you after me
breakin me down won't you let me be
won't be having none of your mind control
it ain't gonna work on me no more
I said what gives, are you after me
breakin me down won't you let me be
won't be having none of your mind control
it ain't gonna work on me no more

woo! ha-ha!
you get worked

If you don't watch your back
people are scheming on you
exploiting all the things you lack
they'll do what they have to do
your good will is something they'll crack
how many times will the bust
your originality they will hack
don't know just who you can trust

I'm on a new high
with a pen and a pad
and for fun I attend
a jam that's super bad
at the same time
give it all that I have
whether you're square
or the coolest lad

Eatin up my people, purgin their words
the jammies take flight like Icarus birds
drop on you and you get hurt
cuz if you're under the rock, you get worked

Yeah, you get worked
yeah, you get worked
yeah, you get worked
yeah, you get worked

Say, what gives, are you after me
breakin me down won't you let me be
won't be having none of your mind control
it ain't gonna work on me no more
you get worked

Sick Tight lyrics - 311

Head rush
come on, we take the stage
and what's up, it's on
this is a blow up
so just listen up
just take your mouth off interrupt
we came to throw down
it's a showdown
and you know why, we never lie
get the lowdown son
we're mashin and bashin
the stage we're crashin
if you're on the roof
I know you're dancin
I bet we get the people jumpin overseas
and I know why you're bustin mp3's
the shit shit shocker
the hiphop rocker
wiser than Baraka
stronger than Chewbacca
KISS never did this nor Ozzy Ozbourne
shakin that ass and shakin your firstborn
back to the future and past to the front
we appear like adrenaline it's just that blunt

Two score and five we came alive
a minor blow up has started
a song for the newly sane and
the broken hearted

Head rush
come on, we take the stage
and what's up, it's on
from midnight til daylight
you best believe that we're sick tight
you're cryin' bout your life
I think it's absurd
what could be so bad
you come from the suburbs
just like me
but I could never despair
most people in this world
ain't got shit to spare
suckas look up to thugs
they like the attitude
but fuck that
I'm talkin' gratitude
they harder they act
just to hide their insecurity
I'm talking honestly
we are assuredly
dope, I smoke it
but not everyday
cuz anything all the time's
a drag I say
three eleven you want to get next to them
my name's Nick H, E, X, U, M

Two score and five we came alive
a minor blow up has started
a song for the newly sane and
the broken hearted
we keep an eye for each other then again
our known associates endure
we make a sick tight connection when we
see our true people on tour

Head rush
keep it going now
you know we get it right
we keep it flowing now
we're sick tight

We keep an eye for each other then again
our known associates endure
we make a sick tight connection when we
see our true people on tour

Head rush
keep it going now
you know we get it right
we keep it flowing now
we're sick tight

You Wouldn't Believe lyrics - 311

He was a king 'til she laid waste
now he can not fill up the space
and I just see him drifting
while he's drifting
on bourbon alley, feeling low
just because she let him go
I don't think he even knows
he'll ever be fine

And he's got a head full of ideas
let me tell ya, that you wouldn't believe
and he's got a heart made of pure gold
and something else, many tricks up his sleeve
you might think he's a jester
because he'll make you laugh til' you cry
and what else, you better come with your best
if you test him, unless you're ready to die

Wonder woman got rid of wonder man
that man's not part of your wonder plan
letter to the so called better bet on my man
believe it you will find out baby, damn

Head full of ideas
let me tell ya, that you wouldn't believe
and he's got a heart made of pure gold
and something else, so many tricks up his sleeve
you might think he's a jester
because he'll make you laugh til' you cry
and what else, you better come with your best
if you test him, unless you're ready to die

A million people come and go
through a persons ebb and flow
and faces keep on changing
while there changing
a certain few will stay in tact
when they're not they'll don an act
I know this important fact
don't get confused like

And he's got a head full of ideas
let me tell ya, that you wouldn't believe
and he's got a heart made of pure gold
and something else, so many tricks up his sleeve
you might think he's a jester
because he'll make you laugh til' you cry
and what else, you better come with your best
if you test him, unless you're ready to die

First you love him then your loving him not
all the while he just smiles, giving all that he's got
do you find it in your heart to say he's not what you sought
do you want me to continue with this, or what

woahohohohohohohooh yeah
woahohohohohohohooh yeah

Head full of ideas
let me tell ya, that you wouldn't believe
and he's got a heart made of pure gold
and something else, so many tricks up his sleeve
sleeve, sleeve

Full Ride lyrics - 311

Yeah, uh-hu, unh
awww shit
what, unh
you know the freaks can't handle it
we keep on searching from the seaside
to the mountainside, come on
hardly outstyled and hardly outblazened
nectar natural, completely amazing
others more concerned with just fronting on hardness
I flow sweet with millennium niceness
I don't know if they're just scared or what
but a little sincerity would knock them on their butt
I keep my dogs at my side and I keep my shit tight
let me tell you how I feel, all right

Y'all's radio rock ain't that tuff
can't move to that ain't deep enough
one more time groove on the line
chill's up my spine, ready, rewind

The only thing that never gets old is honesty
you'll probably be caught up fronting
the only thing you always try to be is hard
because you're scared that someone might pull your card
the only thing that never gets played out
is melody, I'm hearing it calling me
it's plain to see because it's all laid out

Full ride, I'm a master of technology
livin' my life nice in pursuit of groove-ology
I'm getting vibes like you checking me out
without a doubt I pull clout and crush crews in a rout
I'm a Doberman in any given reaction
well-mannered and reserved, yet ready for action
I let you have it all, I got nothin to hide
I tell ya how we comin', we comin' full ride
full ride, full ride, we work in on the inside
as you'd expect we come correct
while others just run and hide
full ride, full ride, we work in on the inside
as you'd expect we come correct

I get fucked up rockin the jams, I bump disco
playin' records all day I then let go
I'm the king of my town
but when my girl is around
parlay like the Count of of Monte Cristo
so simple the jams are in front of me
get drunk in New York, make fun of me
when we play it's a serous thing
to all the people who that gather
here's what we bring

The only thing that never gets old is honesty
you'll probably be caught up fronting
the only thing you always try to be is hard
because you're scared that someone might pull your card
the only thing that never gets played out
is melody, I'm hearing it calling me
it's plain to see because it's all laid out

Yeah, yeah, what
full ride, full ride, we work in on the inside
as you'd expect we come correct
while others just run and hide
full ride, full ride, we work in on the inside
as you'd expect we come correct

yes, yes, full ride, full ride, we work in on the inside
as you'd expect we come correct
while others just run and hide
full ride, full ride, we work in on the inside
as you'd expect we come correct, unh

From Chaos lyrics - 311

From chaos comes clarity, I tell ya
what you appear to be, you ought to know
glycerin tears don't fool me, I tell ya
delusions plaguing everybody

Makin that hybrid music back in '90 now it's on ya
I hear we we're the model for the bad you front, we spawned ya
finding it hard to come original, we warned ya
we're shakin the white boys in New York, black girls in California
we come through hip-hop, drum-n-bass, and dancehall rhythms
you want our beats and lyrics, you want to get them
watchin you sink into the depths of opportunism
missing the point, music's about love not pessimism
I'm SA moving supreme and on my team
I rock the mic with a sweet lean
and you know that stated as a fact
the only DJ MC gettin' down like that
metaphorically we are the chief of police, you're rock n roll
and we're positive you stole more that just the radio
now it's 2, 1 and we are back in the control
the jammies are coming, people succumbing cuz we got soul

Everyone needs to forget upon re-enrty
orbiting space quantum saints, we're the only
beginning from a planet so naturally
gifted in the heart lies our technology
it's only right, right
entering in a space of pure delight, light
next contestant on this jam is, tight
feels spontaneous you'll improvise, vise

From chaos comes clarity, I tell ya
what you appear to be, you ought to know
glycerin tears don't fool me, I tell ya
delusions plaguing everybody

Don't even try it, you don't want to disrespect me
if dealing with punks was school, I'd have a Harvard degree
you can't make me hate you no mater how punk you act
no matter what you do I don't react
I'm a perfect example of not giving a fuck
about the catty rude people that just suck
what do you know all of the sudden, ah I usurp you
look it up in the dictionary to find out what I do
I go back to the style I came from
it's not something you can fake son
you're a con man who's run is done
you lead a world wide web of deception

Everyone needs to forget upon re-entry
orbiting space quantum saints, we're the only
beginning from a planet so naturally
gifted in the heart lies our technology
it's only right, right
entering in a space of pure delight, light
next contestant on this jam is, tight
feels spontaneous you'll improvise, vise

From chaos comes clarity, I tell ya
what you appear to be, you ought to know
glycerin tears don't fool me, I tell ya
delusions plaguing everybody

I Told Myself lyrics - 311

Picked up on the wrong scent
not gonna make a dent
how many times
are you in my rhymes
burn me once shame on thee
but burn me again, shame on me
I'm chasing and facing the point misplacing
when I think of you my mind's racing
I'm spacing out when I get to the point
of no return, I get burned
I told myself I'm through with you
the last thing that I'll ever do
let down my guard shoudln't be too hard
I know it's over, got to elevate, disregard

I can't believe I fell for it, but did it again
I told myself I'm gonna quit, but did it again
I can't believe I fell for it, but did it again
I told myself I'm gonna quit, but

This was supposed to be the last time
I told myself this wouldnt happen again
I told myself I wasn't ever going to call you
I told myself I wasn't going to let you back in
but here I am dialing, trying

I told myself to get a hold myself
I won't freak out, let you tweak out
on ecstacy not next to me
somethin tells me baby girl that you're testin me
I told myself to get a hold myself
and I'm tryin' I'm not lyin'
don't make me mad, you know I love you bad
I want to sniff the glue that hold me to you
I told myself to get a hold myself
but don't rush me can't you trust me
the sound I hear whenever you are near
I know it's never wrong and it's my favorite song

I can't believe I fell for it, but did it again
I told myself I'm gonna quit, but did it again
I can't believe I fell for it, but did it again
I told myself I'm gonna quit, but

This was supposed to be the last time
I told myself this wouldnt happen again
I told myself I wasn't ever going to call you
I told myself I wasn't going to let you back in
but here I am dialing, trying

And now it's all turned bad
turned bad, turned bad
your ploy to make me jealous
is obvious and sad
it has the opposite effect
now you're left with what you had
you had

The rain comes down as love turns to dust
I was joking she took me serious
the rain comed down as love turns to dust
I was joking she took me serious
yes, serious

This was the last time that I was ever going to call you
I told myself I wouldn't let you back in
but here I am dialing, trying

Champagne lyrics - 311

I will never understand you
when will I stop trying
I mean, cuz it's just not how I planned to
spend my time til' dying

I mean, champagne
California on the brain
she's got an appetite for no refrains
just verses, she curses as blood vessels burst in defiance
she made an alliance to the dark side of Hollywood
where everything looks good
so I treat her right as any other player would
lightly, then she wants to fight me
too bad, that's just too bad
I can't be around to pick up your bags and your debts
she wants to love me with threats
not taking chances, I'm hedging my bets
with other girls I'm not providing pearls
I'm free, free

I will never understand you
when will I stop trying
I mean, cuz it's just not how I planned to
spend my time til' dying
I mean

I know loving me isn't easy
I'm home and next thing I'm leaving
but when I look at you it's like praying with my eyes
I follow you to sleep so I will find
your dream place and hey, I'm not an angel
but girl you make me feel like I know one, one

Champagne
California on the brain
she's got an appetite for no refrains
just verses, she curses as blood vessels burst in defiance
she made an alliance to the dark side of Hollywood
where everything looks so good
so I treat her right as any other sucker would
lightly, then she wants to fight me
too bad, that's just too bad
I can't be around to pick up your bags and your debts
she wants to love me with threats
not taking chances, I'm hedging with my bets
with other girls I'm not providing pearls
I'm free, free
never understand

Hostile Apostle lyrics - 311

I can't free myself of the suspicion
for your motives on your mission
some people live for the rules
I live for exceptions
can't take part in the deception
but I know just how it feels
to wanna blow the world away
just to get to what is real
it won't work cuz
everybody grinds to a halt now and then
everybody's game gets salt then again
no matter what the papers say, they're normal as they come
bodyguards, ball of wax, the hide behind the gun
they get a panic pulse when they are so far from home
to me that is the reason to continue to roam
exhilaration mix with the people skunk blazing
checking out the shows that are sadly unamazing

Hostile apostle, who are you following
negative energy that you're swallowing
some coked out malcontent
who's soul is up for rent
victim of lost soul, hostile apostle

Unlimited in time and space and nearest universal
light is what we're reachin for, it's not rehearsal
follow this around, follow this hustle
makin use of everything, movin' all your muscle

Angry human leads impressionable boy
to skulls and piercings and will to destroy
all of your heroes speak nothing to me
one emotion, one tempo, and no real feeling

In this field we are the presence of the thoughts you're missin'
keepin' positive intact from all the people dissin'
open your eyes, look at who you're kissin'
if you can't hear it people, just listen

Hostile apostle, who are you following
negative energy that you're swallowing
some coked out malcontent
who's soul is up for rent
victim of lost soul, hostile apostle

Angry human leads impressionable boy
to skulls and piercings and will to destroy
all of your heroes speak nothing to me
you don't have to be a prick just to be heavy

Chaingin' all the time we changin' all the same
change in this life and this eternal flame
warm in the sun, refresh in the breeze
glow in the stars, blossom in the trees
livin' through life in infinite extent
spread undivided, operate unspent
no high, no low, no great, no small
build and bound, connect and equal all

Wake Your Mind Up lyrics - 311

Wake your mind up, clear your eyes up
move and rise up before your times up
clock is ticking, your caught slippin'
stop to realize, look and listen

Well I guess that's life
when you see a dark road up the way
and I guess that's life
when you gotta roll through anyway
now don't scream, don't fight
fear never ever made it go away
same ghost town as yesterday
made you feel like love was miles away

Wake your mind up, clear your eyes up
move and rise up before your times up
clock is ticking, your caught slippin'
stop to realize, look and listen

Now those sleepless nights
thoughts just cloud up my brain
feeling helpless, repeating the same
old memories of pain and I wish it would rain, yo
gimmie starlit skies for dreamland
I know it's really smaller than it seems but when
the pressure gets under my skin
I just wanna get out and scream in the wind, yo

The world we're livin in is complicated
the streets that we walk on are dark and jaded
a wandering suld that's filled with hatred
in it is poison, the youth is tainted
social engineering keeps us separated
media control is highly overrated
ignorance is bliss to those uneducated
listen to the message cuz it's time we faced it

Wake your mind up, clear your eyes up
move and rise up before your times up
clock is ticking, your caught slippin'
stop to realize, look and listen

I'm controller of my destination
gotta change my mind to help me break away
the sun creeps over the hillside to shed this light
no man could take away
and I guess that's life
you see a new side from the norm
a new direction and meaning to the form
and the calm in the eye of a storm, yo

Show me a desert that can never be drenched
I'll show you a thirst that can never be quenched
temptation chronicles, the story of my life
been spent on a dose of balancing strife
inspiration it comes and goes
you can bet when it hits, I'm on the phone
singing to my voicemail trying to get it down
in a sensation of shape shifting sound
you're telling fables to cover up your foibles
from overindulgence on things you find enjoyable
designed to take my mind away from the truth
try to make me out to play the sleuth
they want you to think someone's watching you
so they can make up a set of rules for you
I'm just trying to find a path that I can stomach
just trying to make some sense out from it, unh
don't stop, don't stop what you got
don't stop til you find the sweet spot

Wake your mind up, clear your eyes up
move and rise up before your times up
clock is ticking, your caught slippin'
stop to realize, look and listen

Amber lyrics - 311

Brainstorm
take me away from the norm
I got to tell you something
this phenomenon
I had to put it in a song
and it goes like

Whoa, amber is the color of your energy
whoa, shades of gold displayed naturally
you ought to know what brings me here
you glide through my head blind to fear
and I know why
whoa, amber is the color of your energy
whoa, shades of gold displayed naturally

Whoa, amber is the color of your energy
whoa, shades of gold displayed naturally

You live too far away
your voice rings like a bell anyway
don't give up your independence
unless it feels so right
nothing good comes easily
sometimes you gotta fight

Whoa, amber is the color of your energy
whoa, shades of gold displayed naturally
launched a thousand ships in my heart, so easy
still it's fine from afar, and you know that
whoa, brainstorm take me away from the norm
whoa, I got to tell you something

Uncalm lyrics - 311

Uncalm, uncalm, uncalm
listen to the drummer, just listen to the strings
listen to the DJ just rappin' and things
once I get a message from you, I get all edgy
my minds racing but you know I'm not ready, uh, I say
for you, baby all our dreams trickle through
we are back in your teenage bedroom
Salvador Dali honeymoon, for you

It's like you and me on Plymouth Rock
embarking on a journey that I never thought
would happen to me so effortlessly
sparks flying, your laughter is a symphony
spring, what a little moonlight can do
soon the summer sun is on you
all the while we don't hear the news or feel blue

On the scales of desire your absence weighs
more than someone else's presence
I wanna kiss reason goodbye today
I wanna show it's purple essence
on your lips baby it'll fade away
return your natural iridescence
on the scales of desire your absence weighs
more than someone else's presence

You make me feel uncalm and I think I like it
make me think of a song that I could not write yet
melodies create themselves, I'm just a conduit
you make my heart accelerate and I'm on to it
for you baby there's so much that I will do
to be near the sweetness on you
funny everything seems so new when with you

On the scales of desire your absence weighs
more than someone else's presence
I wanna kiss reason goodbye today
I wanna show it's purple essence
on your lips baby it'll fade away
return your natural iridescence
on the scales of desire your absence weighs
more than someone else's presence
uncalm, uncalm, uncalm

I'll Be Here A While lyrics - 311

I'll be here a while, ain't going nowhere
I'll be here a while, ain't going nowhere
I'll be here a while, ain't going nowhere
I'll be here a while

Far is solace in the maddening pace
sad state written on my face
not a tight rope walk but dance
uncertain game of chance
but I'll see it through in time

I'll be here a while, ain't going nowhere
I'll be here a while, ain't going nowhere
I'll be here a while, ain't going nowhere
I'll be here a while

And if a person place or thing can deliver
I will quiver with delight
tempted by the hand that could
blind my vision and sight
but at twenty years of age
in frolic and in rage
I will see it through in time

I'll be here a while, ain't going nowhere
I'll be here a while, ain't going nowhere
I'll be here a while, ain't going nowhere
I'll be here a while

But the dawn has come into the endless night
and everything's going to be alright
but at thirty years of age
through frolic and in rage
all regressed and healed in time

I'll be here a while, ain't going nowhere
Said I, said I, said I, I will survive

We Do It Like This lyrics - 311

Now look out
whatcha say
now look out
it's time to kick the basics
flowing and knowing it's in your faces
sounds good when we're trading up places
when we fuck it daily I see something that sails me
from here to infinity it nails me
to do the groove til the suckas improve
on these so called grooves
that just don't move
a million ways to fuck it up and one to get it right
to the best of modern man keep movin through the night

Makin funky rhymes in a permanent bliss
SA and Nicholas and we do it like this
we work it on out saw something you missed
SA and Nicholas and we do it like this

People busy mulling over the worst case scenario
I just wind it up and let it go
I don't dis people, I dis ideas
and when I say dis I mean disagree
then we go to the studio and re-up
some new tunes and we make some new dubs
well that's where we grow the gems the pearls
take a trip to find there's another world

Makin funky rhymes in a permanent bliss
SA and Nicholas and we do it like this
we work it on out saw something you missed
SA and Nicholas and we do it like this

A battle against time to make use of your minds
to hook up your drum beats with my fresh rhyme
to make the best use of our strings and things
all cylinders go motherfucker we ring
a battle against time to make use of your minds
to hook up your drum beats with my fresh rhyme
to make the best use of our strings and things
all cylinders go motherfucker we ring

We put that shit on the map
for everyone to see it son, there it is
now we come what you see we be it no comparative
we can make up a word when just nothin else will fit
then we break it on down that's it

Makin funky rhymes in a permanent bliss
SA and Nicholas and we do it like this
we work it on out saw something you missed
SA and Nicholas and we do it like this

A battle against time to make use of your minds
to hook up your drum beats with my fresh rhyme
to make the best use of our strings and things
all cylinders go motherfucker we ring

Makin funky rhymes in a permanent bliss
SA and Nicholas and we do it like this
we work it on out saw something you missed
SA and Nicholas and we do it like this
makin funky rhymes in a permanent bliss
SA and Nicholas and we do it like this
we work it on out saw something you missed
SA and Nicholas and we do it like this

album: "Transistor" (1997)

Transistor lyrics - 311

If you want more beats for you buck there's no luck [4x]
Then there's no luck
Then again if you came for drama then I can't understand a
Music critics [2x]
Not afraid of a guy who'll tell you he's never been in a mix
Been in a mix [2x]
We're from the grassroots so big up to our friends
Every crew, every click, and every posse
Big up to all the heads not of hypocracy

You're a transistor
Lightning resistor
Conducting to the mother star
That's what you are

Renegade sound system 311 [4x]
311
Brothers from another planet and here once again
Automatic [2x]
Quantam saints of the universe in a holographic
Cosmic remix [2x]
From the mysterious blue planet
We can breathe anywhere
Under water, out in space, and in LA
Your polluted air's no problem for these homeys

You're a transistor
Lightning resistor [2x]
Conducting to the mother star
That's what you are

Prisoner lyrics - 311



Whoa oh prisoner
My pretty oh oh prisoner

A black ocean is the sky above
Tiny lights bob what star you from

Trapped in material plane
She wants to fly and they think she's insane
But she knows what she know
Give that girl wings and that's all she wrote

Twilight zone [2x]
I'm floating in the dark alone and
Is there any love out here let me know

A laser lights pinpoints the top of my dome
Then through my body
As if Scotty's beaming up a wayward soul
Mutant races in an ancient universe
Dark shadows humans rhymin' in a raggae verse

It's gone if you blink
I can see it as soon as you think it

Dancehalls crystal balls
On sidewalk malls
Psychic people outdoors reading palms

I believe that you know more
To survive the dimension if four

Oh prisoner
My pretty oh oh prisoner

Look at the way she's searching
Trapped in a world that's hurting
So bad it makes her cry
But I won't let her say good bye

Twilight zone [2x]
I'm floating in the dark alone and [2x]
Is there any love out here let me know
No way [2x]

Galaxy lyrics - 311

Between Mars and Jupiter there's a gap
For another planet now way back yeah
Maybe a mad man just blew the shit out of it
Now were tryin' to get back in alignment
Explains why we go through cycles
Always tryin' to find it
Closin' into the age of Aquarius
Crazy weather floods tornadoes
Low jet streams not gettin' better
Enterin' a twilight zone
Activities grown every single day
More people spottin' UFO's

Let's come together with this new coast shit
We got the motherfuckin' kids now lets freak this shit
It's messed up when you're feeling everything is wrong
Takeover the Pentagon

It's fucked up in this paradigm
Cuz I'm burning fossil fuels I don't even need to
Free energy has been harnessed
We don't use it why
Cuz the techniques been suppressed
The hour glass has passed through granules
That's cool we gotta break it
Bust all these rules and switch
Change up the pitch
Rearrange our lives and this dumb shit we'll ditch

Let's come together with this new coast shit
We got the motherfuckin' kids now lets freak this shit
It's messed up when you're feeling everything is wrong
Dealin' in our Chevrons

I found a bootleg of the cosmic conscious then erased it
Visualized the breath technique slowly became it
Now something is watchin' me
Since I have found the keys
To free this energy
My high speed light body
Cuz the galaxy is crazy
It doesn't amaze me that we're livin' out of phase
And quickly decaying
6 protons, 6 neutrons, 6 electrons
Is encoded in the plane
We live on

Beautiful Disaster lyrics - 311

Today seems like a good day to burn a bridge or two
The one with old wood creaking that would burn away right on cue
I try to be not like that but some people really suck
Some people need to get the axing chalk it up to bad luck

I know a drugstore cowgirl so afraid of getting bored
She's always running from something so many things ignored
I might do that stuff if it didn't make me feel like shit
I'm on some old reality tip so many trips in it

Beautiful disaster
Flyin' down the street again
I tried to keep up
You wore me out and left me ate up
Now I wish you all the luck
You're a butterfly in the wind without a care
A pretty train crash to me and I can't care
I do I don't whatever

I know a drugstore cowgirl so afraid of getting bored
She's always running from something so many things ignored
I try to be not like this but I thought it'd make a good song
There's nothing to see shows over people just move along

Beautiful disaster
Flyin' down the street again
I tried to keep up
You wore me out and left me ate up
Now I wish you all the luck
You're a butterfly in the wind without a care
A pretty train crash to me and I can't care
I do I don't whatever

Inner Light Spectrum lyrics - 311

When I shadow box inside my skull
Bothered by the senselessness
I wish for the messiah
Indian woman, Babylon

There is one thing I will say on life
We are livin' yeah
Let it flow
Cuz it won't stop

And when the kind consiousness yes come unto you
You will know and it won't stop

When I wipe the sleep from my eyes
Will my fondest dream please come true
Crush my heart with a hammer
Make a purer one Babylon

There is one thing I will say on life
We are livin' yeah
Let it flow
Cuz it won't stop

And when the kind consiousness yes come unto you
You will know and it won't stop

But mean people I say choke on it
Gagging all the way
May you remember the texture for days
But you'll get used to
The feeling of your pride
Of your pride [2x]
Chugalug it [2x]
Time after time [3x]
Learning your lesson [2x]
Will do you fine
Do you fine [2x]

Electricity lyrics - 311

This song started as a rant against haters
But that'd be giving in to the instigators
If there is one thing I'd like to pull off
When someone steps with hate all I do is just scoff
You can't burn me [2x]

The same force that flows through every circuit
The juice that's spent everytime you work it
Every life form is based on this simplicity
The soul that you have is electricity

You can't avoid that
Evolution is fact
We're all from the same Lucy
Despite differences you see

I'm in disbelief at what people will believe
All along I thought we had our hearts on our shirtsleeve
If one thing I can say as a piece of advice
Don't believe it till you see it and then see it twice
It's so funny [2x]

The same force that flows through every circuit
The juice that's spent everytime you work it
Every life form is based on this simplicity
The soul that you have is electricity

You can't avoid that
Evolution is fact
We're all from the same Lucy
Despite differences you see
A call out for unity
In every province and city
What do you think we've been saying
Since we first started playing

What Was I Thinking lyrics - 311

The word that I heard was so absurd
I can't believe it slipped from my lips
The tongue with which it was sung was so dumb [2x]
I wish to pull it from my skull

What the fuck was I thinking [8x]

Jupiter lyrics - 311

Sometimes the only thing that saves you
Think of bad things luck never gave you
And although your true love has just left you
Well at least you mother kept you

Be sure that a dreams alive
There only short burst in life
Are you able to be satisfied
Do you expect fun all the time

Hey we can rock it easy and lay it in the fold
Hey we can shake you simply just by being cold
And if it falls apart will you still be my friend
Get back we're gonna stick together

And so many things that have gone wrong
At least you have ears to hear this song
And if you reading in close caption
There's still bad things that could have happened

Long time since we've first came here
And sometimes we fall on deaf ears
One thing I've got to say before sales dive
Stay positive and love your life

Hey we can rock it easy and lay it in the fold
Hey we can shake you simply just by being cold
And if it falls apart will you still be my friend
Get back we're gonna stick together

Use Of Time lyrics - 311

With the words slaying me slow
The verbs that just don't flow
Confusing use of time
Partial stoning of the heart
Waiting for something to start
Confusing use of time

But the trying again
Makes me think it's all gonna end
Confusing use of time

But everytime I turn the volume down
All the I hear is the deafening sound
Of you hearts pound

But the trying again
Makes me think it's all gonna end
Confusing use of time

Today, the longest day
Hearing repeating things you'd say
Confusing use of time
Can you hear the void I describe
What could I say vacancy sounds like
Confusing use of time

But the trying again
Makes me think it's all gonna end
Confusing use of time

The Continuous Life lyrics - 311

When things are outta whack
And they might collapse
And at the end of the day
You still can't relax
And physically you ache
Like a cavity feelin' the bind
On your mind and the rest
Of your body
Listen to your heartbeat
Flow and imagine
Become Jackson Pollack
Air brush Chinese dragons
On a sky blue convertion
Van or an electra
Buick of the mind full of
Fuminous matter
And slowly all the pressure
Recedes and you stop to decay
Naturally think clearly
Ultimately though your grace
Will give way to traffic jams
Submachine guns in hand
City red-necks who think
Like the Omega man
Feelin' the extremes
Of the times we're livin'
Stockpile spaghetti-o's
And cheerios plannin'
To survive that fall-out shit

It's not ambuguous
It be continuous
It's all about us
It's for real my man [2x]
The continuous life there is no end
Movin' through life
Movin' through death

My radio emits a signal form
A strange noise the kind of which
I've never heard before
I scan the dial for more stations
But all I get is an eerie feelin'
I'm not dreamin' this is the real dealin'
There's nothin' like this trance
I'm caught in a daze
Cuz I'm finally out of my body
The blue lights are ablaze
Yeah I'm really amazed
And feelin' so light that's right
Lift off and I'm into the sky
As if a hologram were created
To shift my conciousness
Changed again and I'm flung
In the riff
I wanna be free I wanna do right
I move through the portal
To be purified

It's not ambuguous
It be continuous
It's all about us
It's for real my man [3x]
The continuous life there is no end
Movin' through life
Movin' through death

No Control lyrics - 311

Do you want me to cry?
Cry for you
How can you say that you're blue
A rich rock star you are
Yet you still complain, that's insane
Imagine if you had a child of two
You're a single mom, son named Tom
You work a long hard day just to bill pay
With no time to play then what would you say

Still in this world what it means to me
Losin' my grip as I trip on anomalies
My thired eye is the prize of unifyin' Horus
The Pleadies will smash out of Taurus
Energy pure decompose in the porous
Soil of life moving on it's courses
Crystals 'neath the surface radiate the cycle
Combing minerales they will flex and let go
Toxically were built to never last
Cuz the waste we make all day
Steady growin' fast
I get up intake my blue-green algae
Let it penetrate
Strengthen my grasp
Holistic healers dealin' our galactic growth
Reversin' fx of shit wrecked Chernobyl

Wanna take it further [2x]
Let's take that funk further

We've all got pain that's real
And we should say how we feel
And I've felt so alone
But I know I've always got a home
The question I'm up serving
Is am I really deserving

Gamma waves bacterial plagues
Cow mutilations all the time
Not to mention visitations
More than 2000 years
Of fuckin' with our fears
The only thing true
We gotta love each other
Try to leep a positive vibe
They make it tough for ya
You're cut off and lonely
While you hustle for dough
We can overcome the wrongs
While we're reachin' the point
Stick together all forever
Now continue to flow

Wanna take it further [2x]
Let's take that funk further

Running lyrics - 311

Here in the world feel it flowing
River of life on a human journey
Don't be afraid of becoming the sea
Don't worry yourself [3x]
Many stories will
Be left untold
But understand everything must go

Slow slow lover
Rub you down
We don't want no one
Hurting don't make a sound
Oh livin' is a journey
Waking believing running
For shelter now
Slow slow lover
Rub you down
We don't want no one
Hurting don't make a sound
Oh livin' is a journey
Waking believing running

What's that you do
You're running around
There's people that need you
And you're letting down
And when it's time to care
You always leave town
Don't hurry yourself [3x]
There's some wildness
There and mercy
It's the emptiness we
Love touching

Slow slow lover
Rub you down
We don't want no one
Hurting don't make a sound
Oh livin' is a journey
Waking believing running
For shelter now
Slow slow lover
Rub you down
We don't want no one
Hurting don't make a sound
Oh livin' is a journey
Waking believing running

Give thanks and praise
For good things you found
Humble people
Not ashamed nor proud
And always try to keep
Your feet on the ground
And love yourself

Slow slow lover
Rub you down
We don't want no one
Hurting don't make a sound
Oh livin' is a journey
Waking believing running
For shelter now
Slow slow lover
Rub you down
We don't want no one
Hurting don't make a sound
Oh livin' is a journey
Waking believing running

Light Years lyrics - 311

You're a thousand light years runnin' through my brain
Reminding me that no one's sane
Not all the time
Yes

You're a thousand light years runnin' through my brain
Reminding me that no one's sane
Not all the time
Yes I still remember you
In a way that you'd want me to
I man a man you know see
Who will do right for you

Never let your regret make you wish we had not met
I cannot think that way yeah
I drove you crazy I see that plainly
You waited on pins for me
But needles never ever love
What did you think of

Creature Feature lyrics - 311

I wanna do what's right
Be kind to every single body
Open up to light
Just let it flow through
My body

But sometime's
I'm unsure [2x]
I tell my baby

I'm slippin' into darkness
I'm creepin' into darkness
I don't want to start this
I'm attracted to darkness

Be positive with love
Just see the good in everybody

But sometimes
I'm unsure [2x]
I tell my baby

There's something going on
In my heart
I feel it weigh me down
So I reach up for
Wide blue sky
Try to pull it into
The deep arc of my arms

I'm slippin' into darkness
I'm creepin' into darkness
I don't want to start this
I'm attracted to darkness

Tune In lyrics - 311

You're a power spot rotating
Everchanging
Transmitting like a radio wave
Frequently feeling
What's goin' on
Times are weird all this static
Things erratic
Seems like we lost the magic
See hear how clear
Is inner quality
A yin and yang type of thang
Sacred geometry
Ascending mad
Energy crazy bad
You're something NASA
Fuckin' wish they had

Tune in for those who are wantin'
Vision feel it from within
Sing along
Tune in for those who are wantin'
Vision feel it from within
You know

You're a star creator
Soul craft generator
Movin' through time and space
Son you're a liberator
But you're memory
Has been erased
The things you knew
Misplaced check it out
Babylon
Life style we scorn
Now we live again
In LA Tokyo and New York
Come on pay a fee
Smoke your booty weed
Put gas in your tank
Keep you city bumpin'

Tune in for those who are wantin'
Vision feel it from within
Sing along [2x]
Tune in for those who are wantin'
Vision feel it from within
You know

Rub A Dub lyrics - 311

Ooh, what else can I do [2x]
Ooh, face in a screw
Ooh, racing to prove
You never remember
The blossom sender
Still in a rub a dub style

Long time you don't know what I'm doing whoa
Long time see troubles are brewing yeah
Stick to the way you rock it and know that
You'll cope with that
Not gonna let it sit til I say
How dope was that
Keep you head pumping til you get in the zone
Not giving up not going home

Stick to the way you rock it just do it real slow
Nobody can really say cuz nobody really know
Only thing that matters if it's funky to you
You got a choice of what you can do

Ooh, what else can I do [2x]
Ooh, face in a screw
Ooh, racing to prove
You never remember
The blossom sender
Still in a rub a dub style

Stick to the way you rock it just do it real slow
Nobody can really say cuz nobody really know
Only thing that matters if it's funky to you
You got a choice of what you can do

Starshines lyrics - 311



I am a music lover some how I get paid
This song would still exist if no money was made
That's the difference
I summed it up in a sentence
I'm sittin' here perfectly still cuz I've got no place to go
Be about two months until we light up
The show follow me now
I sing of spring it's a marvelous thing
What else swing the thing you bring

Yo I got to say hola
Orange County to Angola
I go back to the beat [2x]
It never lets me down
Zone in and let it rola

I deem stream of sweat that connects me to you
I still be all about that thing that you do
We dip dip dive and herbalize
I don't look over my shoulder but I know there are spies
But then long time crew
Stuck like glue
You never let me down
Always came through
Always kept the flow
Even when you didn't know
Don't ask us
We make it up as we go

Yo I got to say hola
Orange county to Angola
I go back to the beat [2x]
It never lets me down
Zone in and let it rola

Seems like people are the viruses
And earth is simply tired of us
So many headz what if something would give
And kill off our race
Maybe diseases from space
Arriving from a comet
With a trail left for the planet
Say the wake it created was the start of the end
Filled with spores that were engineered
Plant pathogens
What's in the future for the view is many changes
Humans could be in danger
What would you eat to be a remainder
As your food is maimed
To take you out the frame
Some would vaporize
Some would remain
The same suckers with no cares about
The wave of the world I feel
Their lives are destined for hard times too

There's a parallel universe that might be blocked
But by emotion we put into it we could unlock
I'm not saying we could escape fate tunneling in this vast
Untranslatable energy filled of dust and ash

Strangers lyrics - 311

Now I don't know you you don't know me
But I can show you where's the beat [2x]
And you can do as you feel as long as you move
Two perfect strangers sharing a groove

Suckers step up and want to cause friction
But violence is for those who can't handle diction
Competion is waning circumnavigate the draining
Complaining about those who are steady maintaining the jam

Jump into the pit and just slam
Big respect goes out to those who can
Lose their shit once in a while
Act a fool just to mark time yo that's my style

And you can do as you feel as long as you move
Two perfect strangers sharing a groove

Borders lyrics - 311

There are days I wanna leave LA
I wanna break out the maze
Escape the dark haze these days
So many kids I know your feelin' crazed
Crave material thangs and makin' slave wages
Baggy pockets only got laundry fluff
Livin' where rich people always buyin' some stuff
So you try to act tough and hide whats inside
Hold your head high gettin' fucked up and throwin' dice
As bad as yours and bad enough I'm sure
My heart wants to love but must navigate through war
Cuz seein' that we're wired to short circuit
Must mean the meek who will inherit the earth already work it

There's a land by the sand grab the money
Plastic the life end of the century
People actin' fake can't see the omens
Wake up yourself cause change is comin'
There's a land by the sand grab the money
Hollywood is such a place fuelin' the frenzy
And everybody starts to peep around corners
Before they take their next step they know their borders

In this $19.98 plus shipping and handling type
Netherworld everytime merchandise dips in our coffers
We buy that image that cost of livin' uh huh
The fakest shit and act cool our friends are watchin'
Attention shoppers check the selection in our reflection
Don't you feel good does it enhance your fresh complexion
You gotta have it you got got to have it [2x]
As the world turns and all the money we burn
On the bullshit to make us happy sometimes we never learn
We're self centered we think were better
We look down as a people upon our elders

There's a land by the sand grab the money
Now let go of it cause it's dissolving
It created all your fears and kept you hustling
Made you sever all the ties to your family
There's a land by the sand grad the money
Plastic the life end of the century
People actin' fake can't see the omens
Wake up yourself cause change is comin'
There's a land by the sand grab the money
Hollywood is such a place fuelin' the frenzy
And everybody starts to peep around corners
Before they take their next step they know their borders

Stealing Happy Hours lyrics - 311

Massive laminate fortress
Hazy cannibus porches
Saying no to the bores
It's not mine or yours then I said
The wait sucks I don't mind waiting
Once you get here there's no more gates and I gotta say

Stealing happy hours [4x]

Don't wait one minute more to ask me
You make me feel like Hank Chinaski
In war all the time war (war) war all the time
We're snatching bits of time that
No one else can seem to find

Stealing happy hours [4x]
Stealing happy hours [4x]

album: "311" (1995)

Random lyrics - 311


Sound boy proceed to blast into the galaxy
Go back rocket man into the skyyou'll see
Hear it all the time, come back rewind
Aliens are watching up in thesky
Sound boy proceed to blast into the galaxy
Sound boy when you come round
Sound boy won't you stay
No one gonna harm you
They all want you to play I watchthe birds of prey
that hunt the canyon below my house
Looking for a meal like alizard or a mouse I wonder
if they appreciate the setting like me
To controlyour own direction choose to be free
And I reserve the right to be as trite as Iwant
And you can lick but don't bite I toss you here to Vermont I kick it lickety split
and hand it to the man in the tan van
And as for you and your crewI don't hate you peace is my priority 'cuz
Marley said for sure-ity
Just what doyou think I'm doin' I'm not just here for screwin yo
And if it's sore take careof it perhaps from too much stucking
But anytime your aware of it then keep onfucking
You know we cool
Hey hey isn't that random?
When we come boutpeople get ready
Hey hey isn't that random?
Gonna freak do it national
Sound boy gonna rock you
People rock steady
Hey hey isn't that random?
Tobe the one who has it all is not that hard
And I'll be that type of dude in afunky car I dream of a suit that will fit my rhyme
When I recognize my girl froma former life
I love it when the only sound that I hear Is your infectiouslaughter
I will hear you again in 800 years If I'm still lucky
Go north on
Outpost then take a left on Mullholland
To me that's where I like it and Macapa
Drive is callin' I get up to the sun and then I stretch out
Beginning to looklike summer
And i'm down with no doubt swing
You know we cool
Hey hey isn'tthat random?
When we come bout people get ready
Hey hey isn't that random?
Gonna freak do it national
Sound boy gonna rock you
People rock steady
Hey hey isn't that random?
I break a silly peace for offering rap weasel
ThenI'm boffering I'd give you an exclusive on my playlist
The thought and styles Ikick are from a random hat pick
That's why most radio will never play this
Tell'em again
Me a rude boy from Omaha, Nebraska
Sick as a porno flick yet gold asprecious laughter
Many don't agree but we can't care about that
'Cuz we're nevergonna wear the old hat.
Spoken

Jackolantern's Weather lyrics - 311

Well I beat a bad rap when I skip a soul trap
Just trippin' and laughin' atthe crap
Dap is what I get the best skins that I hit
You know we rock thefuckin' joint and we split
Singin' an ryhmin's what I'm better for
When Idescribe I'm a scribe with a metaphor I use a simile lightly
'cuz that shitsplayed
The common way most ryhmes are made, ya know I rock like this I flow likethat
But all those comparisons are just that
Kickin' different styles I'll beright here
Today, tomorrow, next week and next year I always say
what I feel andthat is a promise
Nothing in life is above being honest
Sauna is cool comparedto being on stage
But that's how it's gotta go in the stone age
The fame in mygame I name rapture
Like a polished rock I'll make it shine for sure
Word isthat I've travelled become unravelled
I been around the world baby gimme anapple
I'll be your boogie man rather than son-of-sam
What I am is what I am
Though we don't have too long to love a day a night
We only love those who, loveus right back
The kid is smart the kid is clever
Stompin' in jack-o-lantern'sweather
Backpack strapped 'cuz the world is cold
Headphones pumpin' don't yaknow
The kid is smart the kid is clever
Stompin' in jack-o-latern's weather
Rocks his hood and playes it mellow
While maple leaves change into yellow
And ohshit damn honey at it again
Tryin' to beat my high score since the age of ten
See my high score flash on the back glass I was malcontented
Doug in giftedclass
Now here's the deal we came to heal we gonna rock in Rio
Oh no it's not ajoke it's how we feel
Put to test like a Sugar Ray scientist I'm always dancingin my
Sunday best I'm betting on my bliss and my path is lit' see
The microphoneis live and I'm rockin' my body
Smooth like Reggie Miller in an airborne freezeframe
Funky like the kung-fu that can put you to shame
The kid is smart the kidis clever
Stompin' in jack-o-lantern's weather
Backpack strapped 'cuz the worldis cold
Headphones pumpin' don't ya know
The kid is smart the kid is clever
Stompin' in jack-o-latern's weather
Rocks his hood and playes it mellow
Whilemaple leaves change into yellow I'm like hey wait a minute
Give a check on twothen I'm ready to begin it
With a boom boom bap coming outta your trunkies
Givea fat shout out to the Phunk Junkeez
Striken like a cancer taken chances
But Ilove to see the girl windin' like the belly dancer
Standin' up front with atight stomach showin
Me on stage singin, flowin
We just kickin' it live we justkickin' it live
'Cuz if you can't kick it live you gonna die
'Fraid so punk soquit talkin' junk
You need a live show like a ball player needs a dunk

All Mixed Up lyrics - 311

You've got to trust your instinct
And let go of regret
You've got to bet onyourself now star
'Cause that's your best bet
Watch me now with a wicked andwild and I said
We come with the funky style that gets us known for the show
Andwe'll mix the hip hop reggae if we say it is so
And fuck the naysayers causethey don't mean a thing
Cause this is what style we bring
Now it's morning butlast night's on my mind
There's something I need to get off my chest
And nomatter what may come to shine
The dream will always be mine
All mixed up, youdon't know what to do
Next thing you turn around and find the person is you
Thought a freak might be the thing
But the first could be the last, so just getoff of your ass
All mixed up, you don't know what to do
Next thing you turnaround and find the person is you
Thought a freak might be the thing
But youknow this will pass, so just get off of your ass
You've got to trust yourinstinct
And let go of regret
You've got to bet on yourself now star
`Causethat's your best bet
Watch me now with a wicked and wild and I said
Sick sickbit got to have it
Like bustin' in on a session but you got to call it quits
Sick sick bit just can't quit
Fact that you don't even know makes it fully legit
Now it's morning but last night's on my mind
There's something I need to get offmy chest
And no matter may come to shine
The dream will always be mine
You keepme coming,
That is a gal that'll kill dem stunning
You keep me coming,
That is agal that'll kill dem stunning
You keep me coming,
That is a gal that'll kill demstunning
You keep me coming,
That is a gal that'll kill dem stunning
You make menervous, throat dry
My brain is empty, don't know why
But I saw you doingsomething
Which is really truly nothing
But you could bust me out all day
Manymoons since first I saw you
Many moons since first we did the do
Many moonssince first I saw you
Many moons since first we did the do
And why did I trywhen I knew it was no and
Why did I try when I say it was so
But save it forlate we should just let it skate
'Cause the waiting feel is fine

Hive lyrics - 311

Coming like a nightmare word like I'm gonna go for it
Fuckin' around what yagot to show for it?
Let it be know that I'm in the zone
And whatever I need Ijust pick up the phone
'Cuz I'm true with it and you're new with it I just swingthe thing
and then I'm through with it I don't need friends to act like foes
'Cuz I'm Nick Hexum the one who knows about things
'Cuz it takes two and weswings better than you
Then it's time for the dub so we roll out the club
And you know just what I do I'm hitting in the freak mode
Puttin' on a load sippin'on a guinny
Then lo and behold una vision from bottom to top
And I just can'tstop 311 show them the air is rarified
But you don't give a damn 'cuz the grooveis hellafied
Grew up punk, listening to funk I'm a hyper type of fella that doesnot touch junk
You're the back of the pack and the bottom of the stack
That'swaht you get when you're steady talkin' shit
Not goin' for self that shit is onthe shelf
It's 95 and we go for the hive
Listen up this you're gonna bump tothis
And if I'm feelin' mean I'm gonna clutch my fist
Now when I say mean, Imean I'm gonna rock it
You're gonna find out kid I'm bout to shock it
When I'mon I'm gone I hear the beat that spawns
The way we freak it and we kick up astorm
The day we turn to pop the show will stop
So feel the beat and get lostnow
Back to part 2 the hard way we play
Sublime on time to all the fans I'm
SAAnd if you don't know I say check the show
Do what you got to on the dance floor
Some say the style is wack but I say fuck that
Get the hell back and watch usrock the set
We cast the mold bust it cold explode
Megatrendsetters known aroundthe globe
Friends takin' you where you never been
We done what we wantedcraftin' poems
You can rock there is a glow around you
Lose control holmes justlike we do
Hard to obtain brotha' what's my name
Mad to find unlike ya mamma andyour masquerade I drive a mach-
1 no dashboard Jesus I hear voices say that's Doug Martinez
You're all up in my mix like fuckin' Betty Crocker
You thinkyou're playing me but actually you're a jocker
You bad mouth me bitch man yougivin me juice
It aint nothin' but a party everybody get loose
Notice what Idon't do when stress steps to me
Whatever your complaint so sue me I say fuckthe naysayers and keep goin
Gotta do what I gotta do to get the people glowin'
So let everybody gather the more the better I represent the traveler him
he's ashredder
At ease with yourself and don't try to please me
I'm just here todaythen quickly I'm out
On the town one light I'm a glow worm
For several hourswiggle jiggle like I'm a huge sperm
Can't appreciate a brothers love of funkymusic
You think I'm a silly rabbit 'cuz my style has tricks
Of the way I feelnow I just got to rock
The music be poppin through me like electric shocks Ithink
and blink and I wink but that shits not tiny
'Cuz in a blink of an eyelashyou will not find me
You're the back of the pack and the bottom of the stack
That's what you get when you're steady talkin' shit
Not goin' for self that shitis on the shelf
'Cuz it's 95 and we go for the hive

Guns (Are For Pussies) lyrics - 311


Here comes the thunder down under, we're natural wonders
Night falls when weleave all you feel is the hunger
Sunrises of people all shapes and sizes
Dig onthe decade and realize it's funky
No matter this rude boy stll got that swagger
My ears have heard all these crews but we're badder Interracial, special,
positive beings I am I be a cool awakwening
It's getting hectic the metrics thebody electric
Everybody in worn out blue jeans or tacky dresses
This is the citywe've reached we've come to
Go unrecognized on the corner or make moves
All thelights are red all the poets are dead
A familiar nightmare appears in my head
Times are a changin' myself I'm rearrangin'
Dream eight-thousand-five-twelve allblazin'
Born to act out,
Paranoid with a gat
Born to act out,
Think you knowwhere it's at
Born to act out,
But you're lookin' like a sissie
Born to act out,
Guns are for pussies I'm not from Philly but some say I'm a blunt
That's justthe way I am and no I'm not going to front
And yes I took a trip to find outabout the ways of big
City seedy bars and drugs that make you feel shitty
Prettyolder women in skirts conversation frisky
Stinking cigarettes and plenty ofbourbon whisky
Sad classical music on the jukebox of doom Hollywood Blvd.
Barflyfrolic room
Tomb of lost souls some beyond salvage
Some just having fun openingsteam valvage I was one becoming
the other hellbent to discover
Had to pull upthe reigns or else smother
Take it brother all the way and then you're scared
Don't want to be unprepared
You're getting paranoid,
And then guns are shared
You guys think you're hard,
But you're in fear of getting harmed
I fear no manand
I am unarmed

Misdirected Hostility lyrics - 311

Not I'm not the type to just act like I know
Puttin on an angle putting on ashow
Speaking on nothing makes you a stunt
I'll tell you right here yo I don't front I cross the t's and skip nonlegitimacies
Or else please I cannont handleall the negative vibe merchants
Is that all you have in you per chance
So muchangst and pain it's so wack
You should take a tip from the one Frank
Black Playsome pachinko play some parcheesi
Cause all the angst shit is just cheesy
It's the 311 bliss too smooth for pissed
Lyrics talkin loud again
Yeah we are theparty men
Cosmetics that you fretted
We sport the high asthetic H
ere go rapkickin the dazzled crazy mathematic
I am what I am mix some old school jams ontotape cuz the
Party's in the crates I scan step into the realm
What you gonna do
Give the party people something funky to listen to
Misdirected hostility,that's what you got see
Misdirected hostility, that's what you got see
Misdirected hostility, that's what you got see
Misdirected hostility, that'swhat you got
Bodyrock pop and lock here's an example
Boulevard chrome beatsalways ampin' your temple
Punks get got in the age of hip hop
It's just begunlike stolen bikes on the blacktop
Born to sing a lyric immaculately concepted
Nostrain in your game if your game is respected
Come as you are radio star
Drownout the hatred with a rhyme
An electric guitar
Dispatched when rap shattered theglass of radio access
May we turn some soul on their rythmless dances
You knowthe time and they'l know the scoop
They'l say it was a rhyme and a beat of a rapgroup
Your rhymes have been outmoded
Your rhymes have been outmoded
Your rhymeshave been outmoded
Your rhymes have been outmoded
Your rhymes have beenoutmoded
So just quityourbellyachin'
You're saying that your tortured
Give me afuckin break and
Maybe take out the source
Of your disparing what do I mean
Kickthe fuckin' heroin I speak from experience
Because I didn't see clearly once
Acting like I dunce In 1989 I was cocaine and Jim Beam
But now it's 95 and I'mginseng
Misdirected hostility, that's what you got see
Misdirected hostility,that's what you got see
Misdirected hostility, that's what you got see
Misdirected hostility, that's what you got

Purpose lyrics - 311

I believe in your purpose baby
Coming up to the surface and maybe
I'll neversee you again then again who knows
Make me quiver hands will shiver
Still gotall the things that I woulda give her
Yeah, yeah but it's slow going
Something's showing yeah, yeah
Love is a stream that will find it's own course
Making dueis a thing a thing I will do no more
Whenever you come back I'll be waiting
Trifling the slack no head gating
This is all pure fiction you know that's right
Just pure fiction
That's all right I believe in your purpose baby
Coming up tothe surface and maybe
I'll never see you again then again who knows
Make mequiver hands will shiver
Still got all the things that I woulda give her, yeah
But it's slow going something's showing
Yeah, yeah

Loco lyrics - 311

Hey you got to step outside to see what's going on
Hey you can't run andhide when the 'psybin trip is on
Not like this have you seen such green
A spotlike this becomes serene I'm glad your here i have no fear
We trip the 'shroomsfantastic
And shit gets drastic elbow pull and kick
We trip the 'shroomsfantastic
And shit gets drastic, check it out
Right now my brain is fragile
But you seem so agile we'll make it in tea
And we'll see what there is to see
We trip the 'shrooms fantastic
And shit gets drastic elbow pull and kick
We tripthe 'shrooms fantastic
And shit gets drastic, check it out
Make an instrumentaladd a little vocal
Take to the stage and make the people go loco
Make aninstrumental add a little vocal
Take to the stage and make the people go loco
Boom boom you got the spinning of the room
Quite right you got the breaking ofthe light
Boom boom you got the spinning of the room
Quite right you got thebreaking of the light
And the sun and the moon and the spinning of the room
It does to my sight what the prism does to light
You're quicker than me ridiculoussee
You come follow me get lobotomy
You're quicker than me ridiculous see
Youcome follow me get lobotomy
We trip the 'shrooms fantastic
And shit gets drasticelbow pull and kick
We trip the 'shrooms fantastic
And shit gets drastic, checkit out
Make an instrumental add a little vocal
Take to the stage and make thepeople go loco
Make an instrumental add a little vocal
Take to the stage andmake the people go loco

Brodels lyrics - 311

Ooh you know we pepper you
With a sonic assault side step a you I cannotthink of a better way
That we could celebrate freedom
Than make up a set ofgoals and cold beat 'em
See dumb verbal tags like audio spaghetti
Give a shoutto the one they call
Yeti I bet he put the cabash on any foes whatsoever
Likeoriginal brodel Trevor
Positive vibe merchant grandson of Lord Buckley
Scottish Ralston shows up if you're lucky
Ad Raspler the sweed a friend in deed
He'skeeping an eye on the other guy's greed
These are 311 characters I dubbedeveryone
The story ain't over but my rhyme is done
It was the year that I firsttouched ground
So I grabbed the microphone and I got down
Just like James Browngather round of our sight and sound
Pound for pound we throw down ratherprofound
I'll put you in another world I can't hear you
Like having phone sexwith a deaf girl
No doubt we got the jams that'll smack ya I penned three booksof lyrics
2 for action 1 for backup
'Cuz I'm a cold rockin' brother gottransistor tunes
And it feels real good to get close to you
The brodels is thenazz and the nazz knows where it's at
The brodels is the nazz who knows a catwho can feed a cat
The goal is to be a poet and a carpenter
To be one who lovesto be one who works
The nazz not something that can be given
The brodel isinside you it comes from within
When I feel into the sea
When the world came andkissed me
Transformed my shit told the shark I was a dolphin
Swam quick funnythough
Pirranahs chilled and laughed at
The way that I took off my polka dots ontop of that
The whales know I'm quick watch out
And I get funky fresh as for thefishes
I'm lit luminous I'm not nouveau techno I glow like a glacial
In skinthat swims faster than speed I am I be dropped out of nothing
I will return tonothing
Rotate my style my rhyme my way magician of a rhythm
Lover of animalsdamn I wanna hear 'em
Aquatic my way I got soul shape
Well I'm 6 foot 3 andlike Mohammed Ali I float like a butterfly
but sting like poison ivy
Drive a 69lincoln suicide doors
Around the town I'm slinking fat subs of course
We're thegreatest show on earth
You know we turn it out daily
In and out of town like Barnum and Bailey I know that is a simile
but I couldn't resist
From Solomon Roadie for the PJ's I don't think he'll be pissed I eat a cobb salad,
smokedfish, duck, or clam chowder
Chill with indica and
Guinness Steer clear of whitepowder I run into my brother give him a pound
and a yodel
They know my word isbond talkin' bout the brodels
The brodels is the nazz and the nazz knows whereit's at
The brodels is the nazz who knows a cat who can feed a cat
The goal isto be a poet and a carpenter
To be one who loves to be one who works
The nazznot something that can be given
The brodel is inside you it comes from within
And we're fresh dude just check my man P
He said I will not muddle my mind withimpertinency
Lost a lot in Vegas plays a lot of Sega
Saw a phrase that he likesand put it on his leg
And we're fresh dude just check my man D he said
Comin'in ruff and tuff all systems are tweakin'
People all over the world they must bethinkin'
All the shit that we kickin' our shoes must be stinkin'

Don't Stay Home lyrics - 311

Life could slip away in absent minded numbness
I'm only sayin this 'cuz Iwish for the best
When you always stay in self-incarceration I think it's such ashame
Don't stay home this time now don't stay home
If he don't have to hedon't want to
Don't stay home this time no don't say no
Oh how I'd like todiffuse your time bomb anger
It's screaming danger danger this kind of world
Don't care if you're home so you better get some
Don't stay home this time nowdon't stay home
If he don't have to he don't want to
Don't stay home this timeno don't say no
Everything I'm sayin' you can dismiss
Because I sat alone onthis past Christmas I deserved to be alone
But I guess I should have gone home
Hey don't break the mold kid just eat around it
Yeah that's what I did I'll berunnin around the block
For no apparent reason
Somethin' you'll catch me doin'in any given season
Gotta break a sweat man gotta go bust out Buddy bye bye byebye
Good-bye to the drought - yea
Don't stay home this time now don't stayhome
If he don't have to he don't want to
Don't stay home this time no don't say no
Don't stay home this time now don't stay home
If he don't have to he don'twant to

Dont Let Me Down lyrics - 311

Don't Let Me Down
Don't Let Me Down Again
Don't Let Me Down
Don't Let Me Down Again
Don't Let Me Down
Don't Let Me Down
Swelled up eye's oh my the girl got beat
And the stupid mother fucker who madeyou so
That punk is a coward let that be told I hear voices in the night thatare electric
He kicks the shit out of her because he's heartless
She won't leaveshe has low self esteem
He's got gravitational pull
Sucks her body till herheart and her limbs grow cold
Hang in there use your head
How can I love youafter you're dead
Hang in there keep trying
How can I love you after dying
Here's what you got to tell him I'm thinking of a picture that's keeping me institch
You're causing me a mental glitch
'Cause jealousy is such a bitch Ihereby emancipate myself from that
You can consider yourself free to flirt andchat
With whoever you want It should have always been that way
The way that youwant the way that you play
My mind is blank slate I'm pretending you're erased
You cannot let me down when I cannot see your face
Hang in there use your head
How can I love you after you're dead
Hang in there keep trying
How can I loveyou after dying
Ode to a beat up girl, I know you're out there
Stronger thanyou think, stand up if you care
Get up off the ground, don't let me down
Get upoff the ground, don't let me down
Hang in there use your head
How can I loveyou after you're dead
Hang in there keep trying
How can I love you after dying
And you, I'm a let you pass without kicking you're ass
Because I'm above it youhurt someone I love
It takes two to make a thing go right and that's trite
But one just to sneak and weasel through the night
If you hurt her again I'll fuckyou up
If you hurt her again I'll fuck you up, fuck you up
If you hurt her again I'll fuck you up
If you hurt her again I'll fuck you up, fuck you up

Sweet lyrics - 311

Take a chance on something star you gotta
All the live long day
If I had toname one thing you think data
Be hard pressed to say
You can't say I'm gushy,
Atleast you know what I think I know that I'm lucky, I know you're on the brink
You got it good good good,
You got it good so good
You make up ridiculous words which mean exactly nothing
I know just what you mean and that's the funny thingIt's understood,
It's understood
Buddy buddy buddy I know why you wander
Through the sweetness on the ground
The sweetness of the flowers
You make yourway on a cloudy day
You've got to move
The world you prove is too sweet, yeah
We parted much too soon I know but that's how it goes
There's someone better outthere for you and me
Can't wait to get on the road and feel the shows
And belike phenomenon number 1 and 2 and 3
I don't mean to brag, I don't mean to boast
But I am the guy that could give you the most
It's good good good, It'sunderstood
Buddy buddy buddy I know why you wander
Through the sweetness on theground
The sweetness of the flowers
You make your way on a cloudy day
You've gotto move
The world you prove is too sweet, yeah

T & P Combo lyrics - 311

People sing about the coming of spring
But what is comin' down around it's snow or it's rain
It's insane and I'm still in the same gang
The way the weatheract's it's a shame ok
Badder behavior in our shit is flavor
Grandiose endeavorsyes the quest is greater
Make no mistake I know the time and I wake I slip onlywhen
P-Nut gets me baked from that shake
Yeah you can't fuck with this
You're Walter Middy don't take it as a dis
But the fantasy has got to end this minute I had a fucking dream
and yo now I'm in it I've been at many function
but I knowI'm about the function
If someone brings you down keep punching
We bunched in alittle house where conditions got squalid
But where we at now - solid I concurtime it slurs and it blurs
The vision like a drug and yo it's the word
Howabsurd deliver us from nerds
And funky 40 oz. glass littered curbs
Soon thechurch pitted bell will clang
Boys on the corner mack with slang play a dicegame
When I walk by it some bag lady goes sha-na-na-na
Your street time islimited 'cuz this band rocks it
Take your whole crew put 'em all in your pocketIf your feelin' sick rub it on
with vicks 'N take 2 to 6 of our sweet super mix
Your street time is limited 'cuz this band rocks it
Take your whole crew put 'emall in your pocket
If your feelin' sick we got the elixir
Rub it on down withthe sweet super mixer
Late night radio players late night airwave invaders
Yeahwe got the force late night radio
Zooma zooma zooma yeah we got the boom
Blowin' up the spot so so give us room
We prowl sometimes we howl hysterical
When we take the stage see a miracle I realize today nothing is more vestigial
Than the young space walkin' individual
For years and years bubbling up withsoul power
To detonate this planet or reach another
Yeah we take it up a notch
We diggin' the shit so deep like
Ralston digs scotch
Botch this and I'll regretit no that's not what I'm saying
Remember this instead I'm staying
We played ina little house where conditions got squalid
But where we at now - solid
Wehauled a van with a RV that was a bad call It all went up in flames
but Ihaven't seen it all
Homey steps to me and say hey where ya goin'
Oh just headin'back to where I done my growin'
If you must go somewhere over the rainbow
Theadventures of a cosmic hero
From planet to planet my tags a crater
If you're notin the future you're not here either
Labeled psychedelic we can play disco
Whenthe going gets weird you know the weird turn pro
Your street time is limited'cuz this band rocks it
Take your whole crew put 'em all in your pocket
If yourfeelin' sick rub it on with Vicks 'N take 2 to 6 of our sweet super mix
Yourstreet time is limited 'cuz this band rocks it
Take your whole crew put 'em allin your pocket
If your feelin' sick we got the elixir
Rub it on down with thesweet super mixer
Late night radio players late night airwave invaders
Yeah wegot the force late night radio

album: "Grassroots" (1994)