[ti:tryin to stay alive]
[ar:wyclef jean]
[by:]
[00:05.50]We got the Rufgees All-Stars rubba dubbin' in the club
[00:08.50]Wyclef Jean, John Forte, Prizewell.
[00:18.50]Nah mean the streets are gettin' a little crazy...
[00:20.50]Looka looka looka looka
[00:22.50]Looka here looka shorty got back
[00:24.50]should I ask her for a dance, hold on theres too many in a wolf pack
[00:27.50]and besides Dirtycash talkin' ta her
[00:30.50]buyin' her fake furs and takin' her to the fever
[00:32.50]quite as his kept that ain't even his Benz
[00:35.50]she spends his franklins at the malls with her friends
[00:37.50]material girl, livin' in a material world
[00:40.50]but it's alright cuz it's Saturday night
[00:42.50]so mista funkmasta pump the Bee-Gees
[00:44.50]and all you college students bring your ouija's
[00:47.50]check the spellin' R E-F U G E-E get the cd from Sam Goody tee he he
[00:52.50]You ain't even close wit the rhymes that you wrote
[00:55.50]don't be mad cause you broke
[00:56.50]let me clear my throat, ah huh ah huh
[00:59.50]John Forte, grab the mic roots and sway it this way
[01:02.50]I more than just a rhymer, you still a small timer
[01:05.50]hopin' that the game treat that ass a 'lil kinda
[01:07.50]everystep tango'd
[01:08.50]your beat don't concern me
[01:10.50]I'm eatin mangos, in Trinada wit attorneys (oh yea)
[01:12.50]my crews slang flow worldwide like a current
[01:14.50]wit da every spot where nobody get insurance
[01:17.50]brotha do the math you ain't half near exotic
[01:19.50]my mans claim true, you forget about it
[01:22.50]pope hoe just a new stance, like my influence
[01:25.50]well recognize you a lie tryin' do it
[01:27.50]got juice told your lady, oops, we nuts baby
[01:30.50]smooth and charizmatic automatic, you gonna save me
[01:32.50]godbless the day that my sons survive
[01:34.50]we strive to teach the youth baby, and stay alive
[01:38.50]Refugee camp nuts baby
[01:40.50]John Forte
[01:41.50]Yo watch your lady
[01:43.50]yo watch your lady, eh ahhh
[01:45.50]special ill rhyme dirtycash
[01:47.50]yo if you got more than a dollar in your pocket right now
[01:50.50]put your hands up  (yo, yo)
[01:52.50]you can tell by the way i roll shorty
[01:55.50]that I'm a ladies man, a business man
[01:58.50]condos down the shore, multi million pension plans
[02:00.50]but it ain't in my plan to make a move without the fam
[02:02.50]I keep it intact, yo, Clef do the track
[02:05.50]John play da mack while I pay the tax
[02:07.50]business as usuall, watchin' suspects
[02:10.50]steal my assetts, get cut with g-lets
[02:12.50]we built this concept, connect like nin x l la
[02:15.50]drinks at the bar, my american express
[02:18.50]yo I cook up cook up
[02:19.50]and the cop a pull up pull up
[02:20.50]then I cuff up cuff up
[02:21.50]you who's callin' bluff
[02:23.50]now you shook up shook up
[02:24.50]cause you lock up lock up
[02:25.50]when I love up love up
[02:26.50]you who's callin' bluff
[02:27.50]hey you John is chillin', Dirtycash chillin'
[02:30.50]what more can i say we livin'
[02:32.50]that what we got we got it good
[02:34.50]and you understood
[02:37.50]we be...
[02:43.50]yeah
[02:45.50]live at the carnival...
[02:47.50]97 till infinite
[02:50.50]ha.....
[02:51.50]Refugee All-Stars
[02:53.50]can't stop the shining, cant stop the shining
[02:58.50]can't stop the shining, cant stop the shining
[03:03.50]you wanna stop the shining, you wanna stop the shining?
[03:08.50]you wanna stop the shining, you wanna stop the shining?
[03:13.50]cant stop the shining, can't stop the shining