Artist: Black Lotus Album: Lotus Notes: 1997-1999 Song: If These Walls Could Talk Typed by: Cno Evil [Dragonfly] Looking at the walls, trying to teleport emotion Focused in the corner, deep dark like the ocean I used to stand there, stand there like a plant And unaware there was a punishment for pain Thinking how the pictures on the wall would start And the noises in the dark when the walls would talk They say [Long Axe] What's been going on, life keep flowing on Walls is talking yeah a fetus when you rode on But hold on, what you need in ya life Money don't make everyday right, right It only calms the monsters in ya stomach Bring a little ass, bring ya gear to a summit But if you don't respect yourself and your power You're better off dead in the street in rush hour [Dragonfly] Yeah, I understand, just trynna keep a righteous path But what about the times I stay up until four It's time to make a dollar, people buzzing at my door Play my music loud, people beating on the floor Vision a big apple, I be eating at the core Trying to borrow from my neighbor, but his living is poor Even got me a woman, tried to change the mood But she was hungrier than me, and ate all my food [Chorus: Long Axe, Dragonfly] I said, if these walls can talk They could tell you how far we've walked They can tell you that life is grand They can tell you that I'm fighting, man If these walls could sing They would tell you how life is mean They would tell you how time is rough They could tell you bout rhymes and stuff [Dragonfly] Frustrated, trying to make it, got bills to pay But everyday starts and ends the same way Smiling at the world, trying to get motivated Staring at a wino, on the corner, getting wasted And he can taste it, devils are two faced I lost my job and now I'm trying to replace it These walls, they talk loud, so I listen in close I rise all my visions, reinvent wise decisions But, none to less, these thoughts, they run through me Just staring at the ceiling, and that shit be talking to me Saying [Long Axe] What you bump your head on, sound of depress A black man's life is 80 percent stress Member when you couldn't get rest and kept tossing Turning up the radio, turning up the faucet Talking to me like I had all the answers Instead of getting out in the world, and taking chances Now, now, I know I got a light But that don't mean I'm here to make your shit right I'm here to be a roof over your head But instead, you talking to me, like I'm over your head, man... [Chorus 2X]