A song with a good lesson

[Giancarlo]

Peace of Mind (B.B King)

I`ve had everything that money can buy,
oh, but still I`m so unhappy darling, that I could cry
Because I`ve never had peace of mind, darling, in my life time
When you`re in trouble and all down and out,
then you`ll find out, darling, what it`s all about
Then you`ll realize that peace of mind, darling, is hard to find
I`ve been everywhere, seen everything but I only have myself to blame,
for not realizing while I was riding high that happiness is something money can`t buy
Oh, the things I haven`t done, darling, are very few
Yes, I`ve had trouble baby, and good luck too
Oh, but I`ve never had peace of mind, darling, in my life time

One of my favorite songs...

Post a favorite song of your's that has an impact on you..

[yago]

Rock 'n' roll damnation (AC/DC)

They say that you play too loud
Baby that's tough
They say that you got too much
Can't get enough
They tell you that you look a fool
And baby I'm a fool for you
They say that your mind's diseased
Shaky stuff

And it's a rock 'n' roll damnation
Ma's own whippin' boy
Rock 'n' roll damnation
Take a chance while you still got the choice

You say that you want respect
Honey for what?
For all the things that you've done to me
Thanks a lot
C'mon, get up off your bended knees
You can up your mind at ease
My temperature's gettin' hot
Oh I been waitin' all night
For a bite of what you got

Rock 'n' roll damnation
Ma's own whippin' boy
Rock 'n' roll damnation
Take a chance while you still got the choice

As I am white trash without manners and too good education, this song reflects my attitude.

[Pekka]

Soul Captain - Taistelun Arvoinen (worth a fight)
I don't have lyrics for you because it's in finnish.. but it has a big meaning to me.

[monolith94]

Debaser - The Pixies

[Pekka]

Also Soul Captain - Sadrak, Mesak ja Abedbnego.
That's my favourite song with a message. It's about these dudes who were executed by someone by fire, it's a story in bible, you know the story.. And they came back alive and didn't catch the fire because they believed.
They refused to obey and worship wrong things.. Yeah.. I love this song, it's little religous though this is reggae, but I love it.

[Q Classic]

not my favorite songs, but i like for message:

bob seger's against the wind
and
lynyrd skynyrd's simple man

[St Leo]

You and me, baby
Ain't nothing but mammals,
So let's do it
Like they do on the Discovery channel.

[Plan Austral]

I could drink a case of you by Joni Mitchell

If you avoid the allusion to Canada it is a great song.



Just before our love got lost you said
"I am as constant as a northern star"
And I said "Constantly in the darkness
Where's that at?
If you want me I'll be in the bar"

On the back of a cartoon coaster
In the blue TV screen light
I drew a map of Canada
Oh Canada
With your face sketched on it twice
Oh you're in my blood like holy wine
You taste so bitter and so sweet

Oh I could drink a case of you darling
Still I'd be on my feet
oh I would still be on my feet

Oh I am a lonely painter
I live in a box of paints
I'm frightened by the devil
And I'm drawn to those ones that ain't afraid

I remember that time you told me you said
"Love is touching souls"
Surely you touched mine
'Cause part of you pours out of me
In these lines from time to time
Oh, you're in my blood like holy wine
You taste so bitter and so sweet

Oh I could drink a case of you darling
And I would still be on my feet
I would still be on my feet

I met a woman
She had a mouth like yours
She knew your life
She knew your devils and your deeds
And she said
"Go to him, stay with him if you can
But be prepared to bleed"

Oh but you are in my blood
You're my holy wine
You're so bitter, bitter and so sweet

Oh, I could drink a case of you darling
Still I'd be on my feet
I would still be on my feet

[Lincoln]

From A Distance


From a distance the world looks blue and green,
and the snow-capped mountains white.
From a distance the ocean meets the stream,
and the eagle takes to flight.

From a distance, there is harmony,
and it echoes through the land.
It's the voice of hope, it's the voice of peace,
it's the voice of every man.

From a distance we all have enough,
and no one is in need.
And there are no guns, no bombs, and no disease,
no hungry mouths to feed.

From a distance we are instruments
marching in a common band.
Playing songs of hope, playing songs of peace.
They're the songs of every man.
God is watching us. God is watching us.
God is watching us from a distance.

From a distance you look like my friend,
even though we are at war.
From a distance I just cannot comprehend
what all this fighting is for.

From a distance there is harmony,
and it echoes through the land.
And it's the hope of hopes, it's the love of loves,
it's the heart of every man.

It's the hope of hopes, it's the love of loves.
This is the song of every man.
And God is watching us, God is watching us,
God is watching us from a distance.
Oh, God is watching us, God is watching.
God is watching us from a distance.

Bette Midler

[monolith94]

Take Me With U - Prince

[Tingkai]

Stan Rogers - Mary Ellen Carter

She went down last October in a pouring driving rain.
The skipper, he'd been drinking
and the Mate, he felt no pain.
Too close to Three Mile Rock,
and she was dealt her mortal blow,
And the Mary Ellen Carter settled low.

There were five of us aboard her
when she finally was awash.
We'd worked like hell to save her,
all heedless of the cost.
And the groan she gave as she went down,
it caused us to proclaim
That the Mary Ellen Carter would rise again.

Well, the owners wrote her off;
not a nickel would they spend.
She gave twenty years of service, boys,
then met her sorry end.
But insurance paid the loss to us,
so let her rest below.
Then they laughed at us and said we had to go.
But we talked of her all winter,
some days around the clock,
For she's worth a quarter million, afloat and at the dock.
And with every jar that hit the bar,
we swore we would remain
And make the Mary Ellen Carter rise again.

Rise again, rise again,
that her name not be lost to the knowledge of men.
Those who loved her best and were with her till the end
Will make the Mary Ellen Carter rise again.

All spring, now, we've been with her
on a barge lent by a friend.
Three dives a day in hard hat suit and twice I've had the bends.
Thank God it's only sixty feet
and the currents here are slow
Or I'd never have the strength to go below.
But we've patched her rents, stopped her vents, dogged hatch and porthole down.
Put cables to her, 'fore and aft and birded her around.
Tomorrow, noon, we hit the air
and then take up the strain.
And watch the Mary Ellen Carter Rise Again.

For you see we couldn't leave her there
to crumble into scale.
She'd saved our lives so many times,
living through the gale
And the laughing, drunken rats who left her to a sorry grave
They won't be laughing in another day. . .

And you, to whom adversity has dealt the final blow
With smiling bastards lying to you everywhere you go
Turn to, and put out all your strength of arm and heart and brain
And like the Mary Ellen Carter, rise again.

Rise again, rise again -
though your heart it be broken
And life about to end
No matter what you've lost, be it a home, a love, a friend.
Like the Mary Ellen Carter, rise again.

[Bereta_Eder]

[translated]

Life is a sea. And we are skippers.
And they're really lucky those who die young.

[Frankychan]

*** If You Wanna Be Happy For The Rest Of Your Life ***
by: The Skatalites

(Chorus 2x):
If you wanna be happy for the rest of your life
Never make a pretty woman your wife
So from my personal point of view
Get an ugly girl to marry you

A pretty woman makes her husband look small
And very often causes his downfall
As soon as he marries her then she starts
To do the things that will break his heart

But if you make an ugly woman your wife
you'll be happy for the rest of your life

An ugly woman cooks meals on time
And she'll always give you peace of mind

(Chorus)

Don't let your friends say you have no taste
Go ahead and marry anyway
Though her face is ugly, her eyes don't match
Take it from me, she's a better catch

(Chorus)

Say man!

Hey baby!

I saw your wife the other day!

Yeah?

Yeah, an' she's ug-leeee!

Yeah, she's ugly, but she sure can cook, baby!

Yeah, alright!

(Chorus 4x)

[Drake Tungsten]

The Infamous Date Rape - A Tribe Called Quest

Classic, classic...
Classic example of a...a date rape(4X)

Q-Tip:
Listen to the rhyme, it's a black date fact
Percentile rate of date rape is fat
This is all true to the reason of the skeezin
You got the right pickin but you're in the wrong season
If you're in the wrong season, that means you gotta break
Especially if a squaw tries to cry out rape
You be all vexed cuz she got it goin on
You don't wanna fight cuz you know that you're wrong
So instead you rest your head on the arm of the couch
Envision in your head of a great sex bout
Worthy opponent, all you wanna do is bone it
You ask can you kick it, she says you can't stick it
This is the case, the situation is sticky
Should you try to kiss or head for a hickey
Not even, you can ask Steven
If the vibe ain't right, huh, ya leavin
Hit the road Jack and all of that
But if she offers her abode, to drop ya load
Right smack dab in the middle
Get the kitten, I got crazy tender vittles

Phife:
Uh huh, you know science, you get buckwild
Runnin mad games as if your name was Scott Skiles
Or better yet Magic or even Karl Malone
Regardless who it is, your aim is to bone
If she tries to front, then you start to dis her
If she's with the program, that's when you start to kiss her
Might as well get to the point, no time to waste
Might as well break the ice, then set the pace
You start to talk nasty, now she's ready to bone
Step out of the shower, throw on cologne
All of a sudden, her sugarwalls tumble down like Jericho
She's hotter than Meshach, Shadrach and Abendego
You listen to After 7, break fool after 10
Do your thing at 12 o'clock and when you go again
There goes round 1, ding, there goes round two
Now tell me what the (****) are you supposed to do
What do you know, when the meow is completed
Girly girl cried rape, yo, I didn't really need it

Q-Tip:
Sweetheart, we ain't goin out like that(2X)
Sweetheart, we ain't goin out like that(zulu)
We ain't goin out like that(zulu)
We ain't goin out like that

Now baby bust it, if you wanna groove
Me and you can do it, it will be the move
I won't cry over spilled milk
If you won't let me take you to the Hilt
I don't wanna bone you that much
That I would go for the unforbidden touch
I'm not the type that would go for that
I'll have to fetch a brand new cat
Baby, baby, baby I don't wanna be rude
I know because of your bloody attitude
I know why you act that way
It usually happens on the 28th day
I respect that crazily
When you're done with the past can you come check me
This ain't a joint to disrespect you
Because one head ain't better than two
Check it out

It's a classic example of a...a date...

All true playas will recognize the wisdom of the Tribe's words; they'll keep you out of a lot of trouble, believe me. Watch yo neck.

[cinch]

Some songs with great messages in 'em:

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Halloween
(Dead Kennedys)

So it's Halloween
And you feel like dancin'
And you feel like shinin'
And you feel like letting loose

Whatcha gonna be
Babe, you better know
And you better plan
Better plan all day

Better plan all week
Better plan all month
Better plan all year

You're dressed up like a clown
Putting on your act
It's the only time all year
You'll ever admit that

I can see your eyes
I can see your brain
Baby, nothing's changed
[repeat]

You're still hiding in a mask
You take your fun seriously
No, don't blow this year's chance
Tomorrow your mold goes back on

After Halloween

You go to work today
You'll go to work tomorrow
****faced tonight
You'll brag about it for months

Remember what I did
Remember what I was
Back on Halloween

But what's in between
Where are your ideas
You sit around and dream
For next Halloween

Why not everyday
Are you so afraid
What will people say
[repeat]

After Halloween

Because your role is planned for you
There's nothing you can do
But stop and think it through
But what will the boss say to you

And what will your girlfriend say to you
And the people out on the street they might glare at you
And whadya know you're pretty self-conscious too

So you run back and stuff yourselves in rigid business costumes
Only at night to score is your leather uniform exhumed
Why don't you take your social regulations
And shove 'em up your ass

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Masters Of War
(Bob Dylan)

Come you masters of war
You that build all the guns
You that build the death planes
You that build the big bombs
You that hide behind walls
You that hide behind desks
I just want you to know
I can see through your masks

You that never done nothin'
But build to destroy
You play with my world
Like it's your little toy
You put a gun in my hand
And you hide from my eyes
And you turn and run farther
When the fast bullets fly

Like Judas of old
You lie and deceive
A world war can be won
You want me to believe
But I see through your eyes
And I see through your brain
Like I see through the water
That runs down my drain

You fasten the triggers
For the others to fire
Then you set back and watch
When the death count gets higher
You hide in your mansion
As young people's blood
Flows out of their bodies
And is buried in the mud

You've thrown the worst fear
That can ever be hurled
Fear to bring children
Into the world
For threatening my baby
Unborn and unnamed
You ain't worth the blood
That runs in your veins

How much do I know
To talk out of turn
You might say that I'm young
You might say I'm unlearned
But there's one thing I know
Though I'm younger than you
Even Jesus would never
Forgive what you do

Let me ask you one question
Is your money that good
Will it buy you forgiveness
Do you think that it could
I think you will find
When your death takes its toll
All the money you made
Will never buy back your soul

And I hope that you die
And your death'll come soon
I will follow your casket
In the pale afternoon
And I'll watch while you're lowered
Down to your deathbed
And I'll stand o'er your grave
'Til I'm sure that you're dead

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(That last one's a little dark, but still beautiful.)