Life in Marvelous Times-Mos Def

[ti:Life in Marvelous Times] [ar:Mos Def] [al:The Ecstatic] [offset:0] [00:00.77]Bright moments [00:03.64]Bright moments always come back Vivid [00:07.19]The 5th great was epic citywide test pressure [00:10.18]The precrack era [00:11.74]Mr Schollmen what a prick attitude matches wardrobe uglier then sin [00:17.61]This is Bedstuy 82 [00:19.73]9th floor 3 tiny rooms one view [00:22.97]Buck town Roosevelt house [00:24.91]They green grass is green [00:26.22]Our green grass is brown [00:28.15]Shots rang my phone wasn't touchtone [00:30.15]A heavy beef in the street [00:31.64]Et had to flee [00:32.58] [00:33.95]Grey heavens good grief [00:36.51]Hungry bellies [00:37.38]Right gold on they teeth [00:39.62]The windows on the Ave look like sad eyes [00:42.12]They fix their sharp gaze on you when you pass by [00:44.80]And if you dare to stand you can see em cry [00:47.68]You can watch em scowl [00:49.30]Feel them prowl [00:50.67]While and study every inch about you [00:53.35]Fast math measuring what you amount to [00:56.10]The laughter the screams [00:58.28]The numeral the song of Psalms [01:00.09]The book of dreams [01:01.34]Ends don't meet where the arms can't reach [01:03.40]Mean streets [01:04.09]Even when its free it ain't cheap [01:06.71]On going saga terminal diagnosis [01:08.69]Basic survival requires super heroics [01:12.44]No space in the budget for a cape [01:14.87]It's when you gotta fly by night to save the day [01:18.12]Crash landings routinely happen [01:20.24]Some survive others never rise from the ashes [01:23.05]Watching asphalt and observing the Sabbath [01:25.86]Creates an ecstatic and there you have it [01:28.48]From teenage love [01:29.97]Praying in tongue [01:31.16]Strange fruit batty boots and native drums [01:34.03]From hence I come [01:35.41]So here we go [01:36.77]Signs and wonders all along the road [01:39.64]Some lies open [01:40.89]Some lies close [01:42.26]Some stretchers role with no lies at all [01:44.95]Some riders don't know what they riding for [01:48.01]Hands on the wheel and their mind is gone [01:50.63]Wherever you ride whatever your lane [01:53.31]This road called life is a beautiful thing [01:56.12]And we are alive in amazing times [01:59.44]Delicate hearts diabolical minds [02:01.75]Revelations hatred love and war [02:04.49]And more and more and more and more [02:07.05]And more of less than ever before [02:09.86]It's just too much more for your mind to absorb [02:12.79]It's scary like hell but there's no doubt [02:15.35]We can't be alive in no time but now now now [02:19.85]It's just another shot to the heart [02:22.40]It's just a sure shot in the dark [02:25.15]It's just another place in the stars ha ha ha ha ha [02:31.14]Wonders on everyside life in marvelous times [02:37.63] [02:39.25]Life in marvelous times [02:42.13] [02:45.49]Bang [02:46.06] [02:53.35]Ride [02:53.85] [02:55.85]Everywhere [02:56.47] [02:58.97]All over the world you can feel it [03:03.77]All over the world [03:07.50]Feeling the spirit everywhere [03:14.92]It's just a sure shot to the heart [03:17.61]It's just a sure shot in the dark [03:20.29]It's just another place in the stars ha ha ha ha ha [03:26.15]Wonders on every side life in marvelous time [03:34.71]Life in marvelous times [03:36.33]Now