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The Blackout Project EP

by The Blackout Project

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1.
SEW THE SEAMS she was the homecoming, prom queen, couple time pageant winner Hollywood dreams, anyone could see the passion in her anyone on God’s green earth would’ve been happy with her but something snapped with in her she was carryin the weight of the world tryin to be perfect overtime that weight builds up, now it’s a burden suddenly that weights too much, it starts hurtin then that weight just can’t wait – she’s gotta purge it swears its only one time, promises it won’t last but dammit if it don’t feel good to get control back dammit if it don’t beat the hell out of some prozac but if she looks so good then why’s she so sad? cuz the world eats at her she won’t eat back literally starving for attention but she sees fat we don’t see that, we think she’s beautiful she thinks if she could lose a few we’d love her like they used to do but we don’t know about the hurt in her heart about spending every day on the verge of a fall it’s like she’s livin in the sky but never heard of the stars like she’s fightin for her life but never learned how to spar we don’t know we can’t judge we’re so close but can’t touch it’s just life it’s like that… …and we don’t know about it [so she looks up in the sky sayin] the world goes round in circles [it goes round, it goes round] it all falls square on me [and then it all falls, and then it all falls] and I try to find some peace of mind but all I find are broken pieces and I can’t sew the seams his mama’s pride and joy, went to college on a scholarship god fearin, god bless’em doin what the bible says stayed away from all the drama and the partying… …until his world started fallin in he heard the good die young never wanted to sin, and then the good died young first his girl in a car crash, his brother in the war his father lost his battle with the Devil in His liquid form now he feels a little scorned, like the world is spittin on’em everybody near’em’s disappearing, God don’t listen to him so he throws a shot back, wishin he could stop that but misery loves company and he ain’t even got that lookin for comfort at the bottom of the bottle as if the sorrow wasn’t hard enough to swallow alone his soul burns slow, he wants to let the world know but they could never understand how much he hurts tho cuz they don’t know about the permanent scars about praying every day he could return to the start about livin life like he’d been deserted by God watchin everybody die just to learn who they are we don’t know we can’t judge we’re so close but can’t touch it’s just life it’s like that… …and we don’t know about it [so he looks up in the sky sayin] the world goes round in circles [it goes round, it goes round] it all falls square on me [and then it all falls, and then it all falls] and I try to find some peace of mind but all I find are broken pieces and I can’t sew the seams I’m hanging by a thread and I want you to know that I quit caring long ago and I can’t hide behind these walls… …watch me fall [so we look up in the sky sayin] the world goes round in circles [it goes round, it goes round] it all falls square on me [and then it all falls, and then it all falls] and I try to find some peace of mind but all I find are broken pieces and I can’t sew the seams
2.
FUTURE CELEBRITY Your boy been fly since his very first second on earth Guess that's why I keep referrin to myself in the third person I get so high I can't remember the words to the verse that I wrote, oh right, I don't write nothin Now everywhere I go they be like "look at that dogg! so much swag he could put it to a pussycat doll" I just give a little cat call, put her on the catwalk Loosen up her buttons it ain't nothin to a rap star and they're sayin I'ma mess up my album if I can't stop my obsession with how to get to hollywood get the respect and the power How else am I supposed to get with Jessica Alba? Or Kristin Cavalieri, Halle Berry, Eva Mendez Take'em all back to school, teach'em sex ed tell'em they gon' have to prove who got the best head she gon' be my half of two until my deathbed No I can't be stopped I got 15 minutes of fame and you won't take'em away No I can't be stopped I got 15 minutes of fame and you won't take'em away No No No No No No No I can't be saved...cuz I'm a future celebrity No No No No No No No I won't be saved cuz I'm a future celebrity Well I just got my apartment covered in red carpet I'm feeling like I'm a star whenever I walk across it I could be a star sleepin on a park bench I could be a star if I was eatin from the garbage Catch me at the bar I'm probly leavin with your daughter She goes to my apartment -- she ain't leavin til tomorrow see me when I rock, call it Jesus on the water cuz they can't believe what they're seein in my aura born to me a star -- born with a big head down to get married to some model I just met down to get divorced before three, and the next day get even more fame by releasing the sex tape I don't give a damn what the priests or the press say As long as everybody cop my CD and press play until I've been banned in every one of the red states then I'ma keep doing my thing (Cuz I'm a future celebrity) No I can't be stopped I got 15 minutes of fame and you won't take'em away No I can't be stopped I got 15 minutes of fame and you won't take'em away No No No No No No No I can't be saved...cuz I'm a future celebrity No No No No No No No I won't be saved cuz I'm a future celebrity The paparazzi wanna watch me gettin my coffee from starbucks You think I'll be givin a damn? Nah I'm gettin them star bucks I'm talkin about the millions -- type of money that'll have Christina Millian sleepin with me, gettin off that'll cop the crib on an Ibiza beach I'm flyin in first class, never the cheaper seats I stopped goin to church, I'm letting my Visa preach so even my Jesus piece is wearing a Jesus piece forgive me, Lord, I'm livin on easy street I got America's Top Model tellin me she's a freak my girlfriend got a girlfriend and she's a freak and they're both fightin for time in between my sheets but I'ma Rich Boy she gon' have to prove to me that she want it if I'ma (I'ma) THROW THE D ON IT! I know you're hatin you should let it be K-Nice remember the name (cuz I'm a future celebrity) No I can't be stopped I got 15 minutes of fame and you won't take'em away No I can't be stopped I got 15 minutes of fame and you won't take'em away No No No No No No No I can't be saved...cuz I'm a future celebrity No No No No No No No I won't be saved cuz I'm a future celebrity
3.
WHAT WE’VE BECOME He was exposed at a young age To the ills of the real world its rough ways Through the media billboard and front page Now he don't know if its real or he's just crazy He's already seen three wars and one hangin seen disease and pills for the contagions seen Katrinas that kill boys and young babies he don't know who to fear but he is afraid so he hides away and builds a fortress to save him from the danger and seals the walls so he never sees their faces until their gone or there’s angels in their places but still they call, they beg him to escape it but nah he won't come out he's scared of the fresh air he's never gonna step outside -- there's death there and the world that he left behind, it ain't change but they can't see his eyes so they can't take aim and he's safe...at least until they come and break the walls down, find him hiding from the lies they build their lives 'round out there they're just preparin to die he ain't afraid of dying but he's barely alive we see what we've become and we know we can't survive would we rather be casualties or be alone now? either we all confront it or we just close our eyes and hide til it all just fades away so now he can't hear the guns bang its been a year and he ain't seen a blood stain or heard the cries from the wives of the ones slain but he ain't sure if he's better for what's changed he's still a boy he ain't meant to be contained and there's a void in the balance where love hangs he learned to vanish but he wants to be untrained cuz alone is even harder than afraid so now he goes and starts to listen as the questions in the back of his mind form is he really living if there's nothing he'd die for? is this what we wanted, being alone in his own mind to hide behind the walls that he built but he won't climb? it's wrong, but god only knows why he's looking for the answers that he knows he won't find cuz he’s still livin life like he only hopes he won't die but he sees what he's become, so he opens both eyes he's afraid...he sees them tryin to come and break the walls down sees the liars and the lies they build their lives 'round but bein scared ain't a reason to hide so he lets the walls fall and he feels so alive... we see what we've become and we know we can't survive would we rather be casualties or be alone now? either we all confront it or we just close our eyes and hide til it all just fades away so we're safe...at least until they come and break our walls down and find us hiding from the lies they build their lives 'round out there they're just preparin to die and we ain't afraid of dying but we're barely alive or we're afraid...we see them tryin to come and break our walls down see the liars and the lies they build their lives 'round but bein scared ain't a reason to hide so we let the walls fall and we feel so alive... we see what we've become and we know we can't survive [we know we can’t survive, we know we can’t survive, but we gon’ stay alive until they come get us] would we rather be casualties or be alone now? either we all confront it or we just close our eyes and hide til it all just fades away we see what we've become and we know we can't survive [we know we can’t survive, we know we can’t survive, but we gon’ stay alive until they come get us] would we rather be casualties or be alone now? either we all confront it or we just close our eyes and hide til it all just fades away
4.
Halfway 04:31
HALFWAY I'd trade a bullet scar for another broken heart So while you're falling to your knees I am standing here with folded arms counting reasons we should grow apart even if it means I have to sit here and focus on your only flaw magnify it til I'm positive you don't belong let the negativity consume me til the hope is gone and hope that you don't pull my card to find out it's my fear of going all in that's keeping me from holding on see i don't even know what's going on the only thing i've ever known for sure is what I know is wrong and that’s a sad enough solo song so I refuse to get us both involved cuz love's a journey but that boulevard is full of cars I roll across and hope to God that I can make a U-Turn and you learn I’m just limping on my last leg i'd love to go the distance but can only make it halfway Wherever we fall I can’t be blamed Me risk it all again – you must be crazy I can only meet you halfway I can only meet you halfway I’d trade a bullet scar for another broken heart So while you’re head is in the heavens, I’m just reaching for the lowest star You’re aiming for the sky, but I believe that it’s supposed to fall You’re on the front line and I’m retreating ‘fore we go to war But I won’t be blamed as the reason you’re alone tomorrow So I’m gonna stay, but I’m keeping up the cold façade I’ll sit and wait ‘til you leave me on your own accord then I can say you were the one to go and throw it all away I know it feels like such a crooked game the closer that you get to me the more I push away the more things feel different the more they look the same the more you ask for more the more I wouldn’t change Wish it was something that I could explain but my only enemy is my inner me and it’s killing me watching you limping on your last leg trying to go the distance, but I stop you only halfway Wherever we fall I can’t be blamed Me risk it all again – you must be crazy I can only meet you halfway I can only meet you halfway they said you can’t kill it if it never lives you’ll never have to heal if you never face the pain can’t stop the music if the record never spins nobody loses if they never play the game but you’ll never know if it never is you’ll never be a star if you’re stuck backstage you never win nothing if it’s never put to risk and can’t be a man going only halfway so maybe I should let it go forget about every single thing I’ve ever known kick the legs off the pedestal— let it fall, let it break, maybe I can put it back together even if its better than it’s been before I tried to fight your flood, but the levee broke when it dries I might be walking on a better road— no U-turns allowed, just a fast lane you and I can ride down and fly by the halfway Wherever we fall I can’t be blamed Me risk it all again – you must be crazy I can only meet you halfway I can only meet you halfway

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released May 8, 2008

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