Artist: The Roots f/ Dice Raw, Phonte Album: How I Got Over Song: Now or Never Typed by: PDog1217@aol.com [Chorus] Everything's changin around me and I wanna change too It's one thing I know, it ain't cool bein no fool I feel different today, I don't know what else to say But I'm a get my shit together, it's now or never (Now or never, now or never, now or never ...) [Verse 1 - Black Thought] Uh, I'm sick, sick of waitin in vain, tired of playin the game Thinkin of makin a change, finally breakin the chains Every phase, every happenin, craze When it's said and done, my head is right back in the haze I'm ready for the next chapter and page to start actin my age And part ways with Black Thought from back in the days I'm stargazin from the back of the stage Questionin if who y'all praise, is worthy of praise What's the phrase "bygones is bygones?" Niggaz who used to be the underdog is icons People say the light shines once in a lifetime Is this meant like kind or crisis a little bit like mine? I'm thinkin not now but right now I need some kind of sign that the future is bright now I fuck around, "Do The Right Thing" like Spike now The quick and the dead, which one is my lookalike now, I'm movin ahead [Chorus] [Verse 2 - Phonte] Yo, opportunities lost because I blew 'em On the sunniest days of my life, I cried through 'em Moms is out the picture and Pops I barely knew him And I would pray to God but I'm tired of lyin to Him Tired of tryin to run from the things inside of us Got a lot of fam and a lot of admirers Who tell me that I should aspire to change but when I think of changin, it's like why even try this shit? My mind hazy and my thoughts they get distorted I know my good and bad deeds both get recorded You do right so your soul can last But my role was cast before I even auditioned for it So I don't really see an end to my vice It's just false reformation, no end to my strife Feel the evil overpowerin You can go 'head, throw the towel in, 'cause nigga that's the end of the fight When you can only see the tunnel at the end of the lights Like South party over, it's the end of your life and I'm out [Chorus] [Verse 3 - Dice Raw] When I look into the mirror and see my own image It feel like there's something else far off in the distance Something I wanna see but something that's resistant And everyday the heart it in is growin more persistent I never noticed it before but now I can't miss it And the constant pounding's drivin me ballistic I ran from it few years but it's still next to me And it's growin stronger, takin, leavin less of me I can't fight it now, I know it's just destiny And I just wonder what's gonna happen when it catches me Will it leave me face down, in a chest of pee Or will it just start bringin out the best of me? But is the best of me really just the worst of me And if so, yesterday could be my anniversary In sinners' court, it's important to have church with me I'm tryin to get rid of these ghosts that's cursin me I feel a change is an absolute certainty 'Cause what's goin on is a state of emergency (state of emergency) [Chorus] Everything's changin around me and I wanna change too It's one thing I know, it ain't cool bein no fool I feel different today, I don't know what else to say But I'm a get my shit together, it's now or never It's now or never