f/ Andreas 13







I sing the BLUES in the hull of a ship



beneath the sting of a slavemaster's whip



I sing the BLUES on a ship anchored to dock



my family being sold on a slave block



I sing the BLUES being torn from my first born



and hung my head and cried



when my wife took his life



and then commited suicide



I sing the BLUES on a slavemaster's plantation



helpin him build his free nation



I sing the BLUES in the cotton field



hustlin to make the daily yield



I sing the BLUES when he forced my woman to bed



lawd KNOWS how I wish he was dead



I sing the BLUES on the run.. {*fades out*







[Andreas 13]



{It-it-it, it takes, it-it ta-it



It takes.. solitude, to contemplate a dope rhyme



Drop the bass as I go for mine



13, and I'm chillin with the X Man



I choose to spews the blues, so you can understand



I'm harder than the steel forged in a hot fire



The Prince of Power, the ink of desire



Engagin Andreas in the muck or the mire



I got a storm - and she is a live one



Singin in the background, promisin the stars the moon



and the sun sayin, "Dre' I got a new life



and I've just begun, a rerun might be fun"



Now I play to win the game, to be put on



This is what, gives me the blues, word is bond



So now I'm gone..







{That's why I sing the blues..



{That's why I sing the blues..



{That's why I sing the blues..







[Andreas 13]



Now, it's the blues, so don't snooze, check out how I kick it



A def beat that's dope wild and wicked



A mad brother, that is God gifted



So tell me why am I another statistic



Payin all my bills and still bein evicted



Slum lord brought a rate height and I ripped it



Broken lights, and no hot water



You got nerve in here, beggin for a quarter



Burn this bitch down, is what I oughta do



and that's comin from the workin man's point of view



The first of the month and all my bills are due



I pay the light bill and pay the phone bill do



because if I don't, my po' ass is through



My po' ass is through







{That's why I sing the blues..



{That's why I sing the blues..



{That's why I..







[Andreas 13]



I got a job - workin and smirkin for Apartheid County



It takes two weeks to step collect my bounty



and damn, I can't believe the way they tax me



A third of my pay G?Exactly!



Yeah they think they got me, sweatin for a paycheck



Hearin my boss riff with empty threats



But I don't worry, and I don't fret



Just daydream about regrets



Would I do it all over again?No words



Cause workin everyday, and still bein broke..



.. is strictly to the curb!







{That's why I sing the blues..



{That's why I sing the blues..



{That's why I sing the blues..







[Andreas 13]



Now my girl, I tell her that I love her



She says if you do, you must suffer - SUCKA



So she moves in with another - brother



Claimin to me, she needs two lovers



One for the sex, and one for the money



You know which one I was, but not to be funny



Let me tell you all about this sourpuss honey



Was she slick, and was she crummy



cause I believed her when she said she loved me



Oh boy, what a dummy



because behind the back, everyone ain't true



You see I live with someone, and scummy does too



She said, "It's good for me.. if it's good for you"







{That's why I sing the blues..



{That's why I, I have to sing the blues..



{Ahhh-hahhh, that's why I.. that's why I..



{That's why I got to sing the blues..



{ooooh-hooooooooo..







{*continues in background w/ variations







I sing the BLUES in church on Sunday



slavin on Monday, misused on Tuesday



abused on Wednesday, accuased on Thursday



fried alive on Friday, and died on Saturday



sho' nuff singin the blues



I sing the BLUES that a sucka thought we couldn't bring



I tell him sho' nuff the blues is my thing



I sing the backwater BLUES, rhythm and BLUES



gospel BLUES, St. Louis BLUES, North Carolina BLUES



Chicago BLUES, Mississippi god-DAMN BLUES



The Watts BLUES, Harlem BLUES, ?? BLUES



Gut-funky BLUES, funky chunky BLUES



I sing the up North cigarette cough BLUES



The down South strung out the side of my mouth BLUES



I sing the BLUES black



I sing the BLUES blacker



I sing the BLUES blackest..







{That's why I sing the blues..



{That's why I..



{That's why I sing the blues..