Lyrics

A Thousand Words

I've got a thousand words that I never spoke,
see I broke down codes at an early age,
filled the page, filled my ears with rage,
sound in my headphones sound like a cyclone,
I'm all fed up with your list of demands,
you're dreaming of the things that you're holding in your hands,
I keep my head low, I stay in the know,
I break down the door with the renegade flow,
Professor Plum with the candlestick in the conservatory,
Dr. Prynn mixes rhymes in the underwater laboratory,
you know I flow I don't drink joe
coming every Friday night I know the hottest place to go,
I'm lean I'm mean I'm clean I'm not seventeen,
I'm the hottest girl rapper that you know you ever seen,
Northern States it's a new beginning,
gonna throw the first pitch top of the first inning,
coming from the island where the sun is shining,
the flow is smooth like a vinyl lining,
it's like dum de dum I keep my eyes underground,
I'm walking down the street I'm the purveyor of sound,
it's like dum de dum de dee 1,2,3,
I'm speaking loud and clear so you can understand me,
the things I do so easily,
it's like dum de dum de dee 1, 2, 3,

Where you at? Over here.

In a new place with the same old face
you're recognizing me from the CD case,
cause I'm 5'4 and I've got brown eyes,
long brown hair and I'm medium sized,
you thought you knew me before, you thought you knew me when,
but now I've got the strength of a million men,
we bring the optimism and the opportunity,
you can feel the power of the possibility,
if you could see half the shit I see,
you see I caught the disease on the 1,2,3,
beats passing through my system faster than I can spit it,
if you don't feel my style then you're not down with it,
I'm a saint not a sinner I am the prize winner,
gonna get the NSP and host my own spaghetti dinner,
I'm a vegetarian, humanitarian, imaginarian, not a libertarian,
the country's getting ugly and there's more in store,
but don't blame me cause I voted for Gore,
keep choice legal, your wardrobe regal,
Chekhov wrote the Seagull, and Snoopy is a beagle,
it's like dum de dum I keep my eyes underground,
I'm walking down the street I'm the purveyor of sound,
it's like dum de dum de dee 1,2,3,
I'm speaking loud and clear so you can understand me,
the things I do so easily,
it's like dum de dum de dee 1, 2, 3,

Where you at? Over here.

I'm running off my mouth, my engine running clean,
I'm running til I'm raw like I'm running down a dream,
I'm running out of beans, I'm running out the door,
I'm running round in circles cause I always want more,

Where you at?

Trinity

The father, the son, the holy ghost
Which MC do you like the most
Why pick one when you could choose from three
That's why they call it the tri-ni-ty

Brighter than the moon and the sun and the stars
We be riding around in the subway cars
With the medicine man and the far away places
The lights have gone blurry and i see the traces

Dreams of dreams of chances missed
topaz, torquoise, amathyst
the night is black and i got shit to do
i let out my breath on flatbush avenue

Some people say it once, we're gonna say it thrice
we're not the sons of brady or the three blind mice

and the mist a mist and fiercest frost
a most the most and the upheaval
all our hope cannot be lost
ya'll i'm dr. prynn i fight for good not evil

a-k-a n-s-p t-b-a Tri-ni-ty
you knew it was on the way
you knew it was on the way
i said you knew it was on the way
the trinity, the trinity, the trinity

canal to dekalb and back again
the stars up high but i can see them
and the base beneath be creepin'
and the night light sleepin'
as the waves of doubt all around me deepen

so you be whistlin' and lookin' right through my eyes
gonna run through the night and remove my disguise

Yo realize exactly who i am
i'm gonna exercise the demons in my head
until i'm perfectly sane, i don't need no psychiatrist
runnin' around town like i'm the arch diasis

happen all courage and loosin' all fear
i can thrill you in manilla from here to zaire

a dark shadow of a tree against the winter sky
you know my hands are too cold, my throat is too dry
i be building in all up in my mind
and then the things that i lost i am beginning to find

sound settles heavy in humidity
through up our names like SEC
yo 1-2-3, 3-2-1 i do, i did, i'm done

a-k-a n-s-p t-b-a Tri-ni-ty
you knew it was on the way
you knew it was on the way
i said you knew it was on the way
the trinity, the trinity, the trinity

Throw your hands in the air if you're a true believer
fall to the floor if you're feelin it
Throw your hands in the air if you're a true believer
fall to the floor if you're feelin it
Throw your hands in the air if you're a true believer
fall to the floor if you're feelin it
Throw your hands in the air if you're a true believer
Beware of things in triplicate

i'll be dressed all in black just like johnny cash
three part harmony like crossy stills and nash
in the dark people know what they're afraid to say
and i've seen all good people turn their heads each day

i'm the superhero from mysterious movie
the world is upside down but i am feeling groovy
betwixt and between i am fierce and unclean
sometimes we say things that we just don't mean

i'll be like wendel berry, how i know the dark
it's just me and the moon in the forest park
you see i got dark feet and i got dark wings
and i know that tomorrow is what the nighttime brings

a-k-a n-s-p t-b-a Tri-ni-ty
you knew it was on the way
you knew it was on the way
i said you knew it was on the way
the trinity, the trinity, the trinity

At the Party

I went to the party, It's never what it seems
I went to the party, ya know what I mean?
I want to the party, Just me, a lonely MC
You can pop the cork, Said you can twist the cap
I'm at this party, And I'm here to rap!

I went to the party, but I couldn't get in
I asked the bouncer if he knew my girl Hesta Prynn
He said, "I know that girl, are you in that band?"
I said, "I think im on the list, could you stamp my hand?"

He said, "Step inside girl, you look alright
Hold up - do you satisfy the minimum height?
You gotta be this tall to ride tonight"
I said, "I might be short, but I can still party
I can shake it on the floor like Melissa Alardi!"

I went to the party, but I'll never go back, yo
The speakers were shitty and the jams were whack
This girl at the bar said, "Northern who?"
I said, "It's Northern State, haven't you heard of my crew?

Yo we rock the stage anyway we want,
Hell I'll rock this party like a debutante
Riverdale's too Kiwanis
True party people want us, yo
Keep it real, i gotta break the seal

Close my eyes as I leave the house (close my eyes and i)
And then I'm at the party and I'm fillin out (im at the party and i)
And then I'm watchin my worries as they floatin by (watch all my worries just)
It's just, there they go, slippin away now (slip away)

It's alright if you're feelin bad (it's alright ??)
And then you're at the party and you feel so glad (im at the party and i)
And you wanna know if it's time to work or play (just don't know if)
It's just - should i go or should i stay now? (i should go or stay)

Yo, I called you, Yo, I didn't get it
I didn't hear my cell, Didn't ring, so don't sweat it!
I went to the party, It's never what it seems
I went to the party, ya know what I mean?
I went to the party, Just me, a lonely MC
You can pop the cork, Said you can twist the cap
I'm at this party, And I'm here to rap!
I went to the party, a lonely MC
All the way from Avenue D
Lookin for Katie Cassidy
I noticed this guy was starin at me

He said, "Hi," I said, "Hi, do I know you?"
He said, "Yeah, don't you run in that girl rap group?"
Uh huh ho, you're the one with that liberal arts
Academic, literary kinda name, right?

I said, "Like Gorgeous George, my name is Hideous Hesta
Rhyme with pizazz, and I am the masta
Shout out to Cynthia plasta casta
Speed up the tempo and I'll go faster!"
Uhn! You wanna know what it's about?
I like to party but I never go out
Mailin' and I'm maxin', callin' and I'm faxin'
I need some more relaxin', 'cause my job is real taxin'!

I got the perfect party in my mind
Y'all out on the floor, relax and unwind
And the people at the party be the NSP
No drama at the door and the drinks are free!

Close my eyes as I leave the house (close my eyes and i)
And then I'm at the party and I'm fillin out (im at the party and i)
And then I'm watchin my worries as they floatin by (watch all my worries just)
It's just, there they go, slippin away now (slip away)

It's alright if you're feelin bad (it's alright ??)
And then you're at the party and you feel so glad (im at the party and i)
And you wanna know if it's time to work or play (just don't know if)
It's just - should i go or should i stay now? (i should go or stay)

Yo, ya know it, Yo, like Dolly said it
Workin nine to five'll, make you crazy if you let it!
I went to the party, It's never what it seems
I went to the party, ya know what I mean?
I want to the party, Just me, a lonely MC
You can pop the cork, Said you can twist the cap
I'm at this party, And I'm here to rap!

All the Same

I used to wear a long skirt in the summer time,
Dancin' around real slow in the sunshine,
barefeet dirty, long hair flowin',
Feelin' carefree and not knowin' why.
I'm just happy to be alive.
I'm livin' in this time and place.
Every day thinkin' hard about the human race,
And why we do the things we do.
Would it be like this if it was up to you?

Round trip and you're back where you started.
Waiting at the station from which you departed.
You touch down and you walk through the gate and,
You look up and you notice the date and,
There isn't anybody left to blame,
It's all different but it's still the same.

You and I will crawl up and die.
All we can do is try
to speak for the people who haven't any voices
and feel for the women who haven't any choices.
Downtown used to be a lot taller,
Now the whole world just seems a lot smaller.
One day and suddenly
you know it's not just a place that's on tv.
So surprising rhyme why we can't rewind
can't turn the clock back oh my gosh
all wounds don't heal with time.
All stains don't come out in the wash.

We don't seem to learn from our history.
How could war lead to peopale feelin' free?
Is there a way to protect ourselves from ourselves?
And the fears we hide inside.
we gotta delve down deep into our hearts and minds
give more thought to the feelings that we find.

Round trip and you're back where you started.
Standing on the platfrom from which you departed.
I know the reason you said what you said and
What's the reason you did what you did and
I know you tried to forget me.
I would do the same if my body would let me.
But I love you now like i did back then.

Life is real short, regrets are real long,
I'm making my choice just writing this song.
Can you do what you love, can you love what you do?
And nobody designs you life for you.
I walk a path of resistance you haven't tried yet,
Connect, accept, forgive, forget.
With every single breath you will dissolve yourself,
Your birth, your name, your deeds, your death.

I'll meet you in the last car of the train,
My ears still ringin' from these songs of pain.
And you know me now like you knew me then,
And it's all the same.

It's all the same (5X)
We don't seem to learn from our history.
All this time and we're still not feelin' free.
Is there a way to connect ourselves with ourselves?
And the hope that hides inside.
we gotta delve deep into what we find
And take time to hear the story from both sides.
Round trip and you're back where you started.
Waiting at the station from which you departed.
The sun sets and it's getting late and,
You sit back and you live in your fate and,
There isn't anybody left to blame,
it's all different but it's still the same.

Life is real short, regrets are real long,
I'm making my choice just writing this song.
Can you do what you love, can you love what you do?
And nobody designs you life for you.
I walk a path of resistance you haven't tried yet,
Connect, accept, forgive, forget.
With every single breath you will dissolve yourself,
Your birth, your name, your deeds, your death.

Dying in Stereo

I'm free balling, yeah, I'm free falling,
my cellie blowin' up from the numbers that I'm calling,
go from 9 to 5, then from 5 to 9
I got DJ Sprout on the line
In my other ear I got Hesta Pyrnn and you know that little girl be wheelin' and dealin'
Prynn up all night tryin to work the plane, me and Sprout stuck again in a traffic jam
We do it how we do it and we don't need permission, we like it how we rock it
Intuition in our pocket, so please and thank you and don't apgolize
I'm saying what I'm saying looking you right in the eyes, you're dying in stereo.

There's nothing to left to sy and everything I knew, I knew yesterday,
what's a girl like me supposed to do? get on the mic you know you want to
what's a girl like me supposed to sy? I'm on the mic cause I like it that way.

It's like you're dying in stereo, can't believe my ears,
every single night, I cast you out,
you're serving me capers and you're serving me papers,
and I'm feeling kinda high off of your poisonous vapors,
you can't trash what you don't understand.
You can make requests buy you can't make demands.
I'm proud of what I'm doing so don't criticize me.
I knew you all along and you didn' t ever surprise me.
I cast you out and then I cast you in, put that on your tables and spin,
in your mouth or in your hand, the name is not Eminem.
The name is Hesta Prynn, I'm timeless.
I write while I rhyme this, turn down the sound and I'll mime this.
Edmund Hillary couldn't climb this, parsley sage rosemary and thyme this,
step off, your flow is weak, save that talk for Dawson's Creek,
and if you wanna know why I shriek like a banshee?
I'm seven eighths white, one eighth Comanche.

What's a girl like me supposed to do?
One step and then another and we're going with the flow,
tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow, we learn from the rhythm.
We take what we're given, we do whow we do and that's how we're living.

It's like you're dying in stereo, can't believe my ears,
every single night, I cast you out,
my book is full of business and short on rhymes,
I'm afraid to even look at the New York Times,
gonna wash my hands off the whole affair,
open the window and breathe the fresh air.
I'm tired in a way that I can't explain,
can't remember the last time I felt the rain,
I write in the dark because I don't need to see,
I'm not following the moon - you know it's following me,
keep my lips together and my teetha part,
be your substitute teacher write my rhymes on a chart,
we're ready every single night to take the stage and play.
I don't have a job but I work all day.
Northern State put the cart before the horse,
we be who we are and show no remorse.

What's a girl like me supposed to do? It's like you're dying in stereo..

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