The Voice

(album: The Voice - 1993)

Lord, have mercy
Bang! A gunshot rings out
13-year-old baby falls 2 the ground
See the killer running down the street
Tell me killer, can you hear the sound?

Tap, tap, tapping on your window like a falling rain
Crying like a baby in a cradle saying pick me up again

Ching! Mr. Politician goes on vacation
Brings along a friend or 2
In the disguise of taxes
Mr. Politician (sends) sends the bill 2 you know who

Tap, tap, tapping on your window like a falling rain
(Tapping on my window like a falling rain)
Crying like a baby in a cradle saying pick me up again
(Crying like a baby, pick me up)
Can't you hear the voice? (Oh yeah)

The nightsticks are still singing
4-part harmony on brother's back
Justice is doomed when we don't start no S-H
And there's still some I-T in all of that

Tap, tap, tapping on your window like a falling rain
(Can't you hear it tapping like a falling rain fine-tune crying like a baby?)
Crying like a baby in a cradle saying pick me up again
(Pick me up, pick me up)
I'm talking about the voice, y'all

Ha, suky, suky now
Sho'mon (Tap)
Sho'mon (Tap)
Help me here (Tap)
Tapping (Tap)
Tapping, tapping, ha ha (Tap)
Tap on it, tap on it (Tap) (Tap)

Can't you see it's just dirty money?
If your brother man is dying in the flow
Take off these chains (Tap) (Tap)
And listen 2 the voice calling (Tap)
We gotta go, gotta go (Tap) (Tap)

Tap, tap, tapping on your window like a falling rain
(Oh yeah, like a falling rain)
Crying like a baby in a cradle saying pick me up again
(Crying like a baby, pick me up, pick me up)

5-4-3-2-1, keep the war over (Tap)
But how many want to keep the peace (Tap) (Tap)
We keep building guns when we could build love (Tap)
(When we need 2 build love)
'cause that's when the war will cease

you know it, you know it (Tap) (Tap)
Can't you hear the voices? (Tap) (Tap)
Can't you hear the sound? (Tap)
Take heed, get your house in order (Tap)

Tap, tap, tapping on your window like a falling rain
(Tapping, tapping like a.. like a falling rain)
Crying like a baby in a cradle saying pick me up again
(Cryin'' like a baby, pick me up, pick me up)

Sighing like a woman on fire
When she's ready 4 some of your love
(Born ready 4 all of your love)
The voice is just a-steady-calling
(The voice is callin')
Until you give in, until you give up