These are the lyrics to all 20 songs on "Hi-Fi Superfly"

all songs © copyright 1999 Vinyl Grooves and Sticky Pistil

everything is possible
words and music by m. hershiser

everything is possible
brothers and sisters
everything is possible
have you forgotten
you know that!

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whatcha waitin’ for
words by s. kesson (excerpt by m. hershiser) / music by s. perry and s. kesson

maybe you’re just waitin for the right time maybe you’re just tryin to be coniving
maybe you’re developing your master plan while the enemy is thriving
maybe you’re just waitin for elections then you’re goin to go and make your choices
meanwhile the horrible hillbilly present is drowning out our voices

whatcha waitin’ for

maybe you’re just waitin on your children maybe you’re just tryin to be protective
maybe they just see right through your postures maybe you should give them some directive
maybe you’re just waitin for a spaceship to evacuate the masses
maybe you’re just waitin on jesus to come and kick their asses

whatcha waitin’ for

i don’t want to start a revolution i don’t want to step on peoples toes
my guru says avoid confrontation i just wanna go with the flow
maybe i’ll just drink a couple fortys maybe i’ll just mingle with the masses
maybe i’ll just sit at home and watch TV until this feelin passes

"sittin watchin TV waitin gettin late and no escapin the hatin the rapin,
too much scrapin the bottom, for a nickle and a dime i think we better check the time
change the station, change the nation cmon why ya waitin"

maybe you’re just waitin for the right time maybe you’re just tryin to be coniving
maybe you’re developing your master plan while the enemy is thriving
maybe you’re just waitin for elections then you’re goin to go and make your choices
meanwhile the horrible hillbilly present is drowning out our voices

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fundamental thang
words by s. kesson / music by s. perry

we can funk if you want baby i don’t mind
we can funk with your body we can funk with your mind
we can slap down on the ground get back to that fundamental thang
we can funk if you want babe it don’t mean a thang

we can funk with your body we can funk with your mind
baby i’m a gonna take you for a little ride
(slide, slide, slippity slide, take a little trip in my ‘65)
there’s a funky little party goin on in my mind
we can take a little trip and leave it all behind
(it’s hi-fi superfly)

we can funk with your body we can funk with your mind
baby i’m a gonna take you on a little ride
(fine, fine feelin so fine take a little trip down 69)
there’s a funky little party on the other side
we just movin to the groove and baby let it ride
(it’s hi-fi superfly)

we can funk with your body we can funk with your mind
baby i’m a gonna take you for a little ride
(slide, slide, slippity slide, take a little trip in my ‘65)
there’s a funky little party goin on in my mind
gonna take a little trip and leave it all behind
(it’s hi-fi superfly)

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alienated
music by m. hershiser and m. carón

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contact
words and music by s. kesson

check it in the paper or the five o’clock news spot - the reaper and the raper got it all sewn up
hot off the wire we got automatic gunfire - crack deal, gang related, keepin us intimidated
get a car alarm, better pack a pistol - don’t ya know the crime rates goin up, up, up
feelin like an isolated, paranoid intimidated, media manipulated chump

we gotta make contact, we gotta open up our eyes
we gotta start talkin to each other, its time we realize
that we gotta make contact, we gotta make some big decisions
just rip that godamn cord right out of your godamn television

headline no hope, everybody doin dope - pessimism, anarchism always on the rise
hard luck media well theres a lot of money in it if it aint bad news there never gonna spin it
on the prime time, top cops, crackin down on gang bangers better lock your doors better run better hide
livin in fear of our sisters and our brothers ya we better get to know one another

we gotta make contact...

hurricane aftermath, drive by bloodbath - sexual misconduct in the presidential suite
oklahoma city bomber, hes a loser, hes a goner - that aint revolution, thats a chicken shit hit man
blame it on the gangs on the guns on the blacks on the whites on the cops on the jews on the liberals
blame it on the welfare mothers - ya we gotta get to know one another

we gotta make contact...

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the western world
music by m. hershiser

"somebody stole it, it's broken"

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politics and religion
by s. kesson

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stick up
words by m. hershiser and s. kesson / music by s. perry

this is a stick up
everybody get your feet on the floor
everybody get your hands in the air - tell ‘em I just couldn’t take anymore
im tired of waitin in line, wastin my time take a number aint gonna make it this time
im tired of waitin around, hangin around I aint playin around this time
so check it out now im comin back to get it
listen up now remember that i said it
im changin the tune don’t nobody forget it
im comin back now, im comin back to get it

workin for the man i been breakin my back child
gather up the money and put it in the sack child
try and pay the rent, keep a family fed
do the right thing as i try and stay ahead
keep it in line or youll be out on the street
gonna be a freeloader, gonna be a deadbeat
i always been hungry man i always been afraid
so don’t nobody move cause i gotta get paid

this is a stick up
so get your hands where i can see em - my family’s hungry and you know i gotta feed em
tryin to make ends meet im gettin beat down on the street - cause i never make enough and
im gettin desperate when i see my children sufferin,
gettin nothin - things are tough and gettin tougher,
i’m gettin desperate, my kids are hungry so i gotta do something
"daddy i’m hungry"
so i gotta do something

workin for the man i been breakin my back
get up all the money and put it in the sack
i try so hard in my struggle to survive
everyday it gets harder just to stay alive
just to keep a family fed, shoes on the feet
a roof overhead to to keep from livin on the street
now i always been hungry and i always been afraid
so don’t nobody move cause i gotta get paid

this is a stick up
everybody get your feet on the floor
everybody get your hands in the air...

this is a stick up - ain't nothin funny
please don't nothin move but the money
cause i'm so hungry - so hungry...

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cop shop truck stop
words and music by m. hershiser

well you can get it at the cop shop truck stop - they got it all at the salvation bus stop
get your fill at the gas station thrift shop - get your thrill at the bus station gift shop
they got a pit stop, called the pit fall 2 bit slots and a gritty little strip mall
a plastic neon mini mall - they got it all

down at the cop shop truck stop
get your fix at the hip hop body shop
they got a little coffee shop 24 - 7, the coffees always hot
at the cop shop truck stop - radar love is on the radio the next stop
is the funky little rest stop
no better deal when your drivin that steel
no better deal when your drivin that steel

theyre gettin down at the cop shop truck stop - the funky sound is goin down in the parking lot
the two steppin, sock hoppin, hip hoppin, hop scotchin
do the funky dance and take your shoes and your socks off and
theyre goin off - to the hip to the hip to the hip to the hop
do the trip hop and ya don’t stop, and ya don’t stop

til ya get to the cop shop truck stop
try your luck at the cop stop road block
they got a little coffee shop - donuts by the dozen and the coffees always hot
at the cop shop truck stop - zz top is on the radio the next stop
is the funky little rest stop
no better thrill when your toppin that hill
no better thrill when your toppin that hill

hip hoppin at the cop shop truck stop - to dj mack and the jake brake jack pot
they got a funky black top, parking lot, block party, junkyard, trailer park, shock party
they got a block party, theyre gettin down, theyre gettin serious,
theyre gettin around, they got it all - but most of all
ya know they got that funky sound

down at the cop shop truck stop
pick me up at the cross top, crosswalk
speeding past the cops, and ya don’t stop, and ya don’t stop
til ya get to the cop shop truck stop - get your fix - get your kicks - get your mug shot
all mixed up and bloodshot
no better deal when your drivin that steel
no better deal when your drivin that steel

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can i get a ride
music by m. hershiser

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different route
words and music by s. perry

thats right - gonna do it right - all night - all damn night
thats right - gonna do it right - all night

this aint no never never never never land
and i aint your never never never can man
so things i do i do just for fun
and all them little girlies got me on the run

so take a ride with me - i like to get buck wild
when i get on down - i get on down with style
cause i'm im gonna do it my way - and ill say what i got to say
theres things i need to figure out
and im gonna take a different route - different route

thats right - gonna take a different route - oh yeah - different route
thats right - gonna take a different route - oh yeah

so what im sayin im sayin right to you
theres many things you may or may not do
so when it comes to gettin down
sticky p dont mess around

my name is shawnie p - and when i get on down
aint no messin around - and you can take that back to town
cause i'm im gonna do it my way - and ill say what i got to say
theres things i need to figure out
and im gonna take a different route - different route

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funky baby
music by m. hershiser

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cowboy funk
words by m. hershiser and s. kesson / music by s. perry and s. kesson

wanna be a cowboy a bareback mare rider - t a k e y a o u t r i d i n
put my pistol in your holster - oh baby loosin up on the reigns...

wanna be a cowboy, a bareback mare rider - take ya out ridin on the dusty plains
rollin around the sage and thistle - watch out baby im packin a pistol
cmon baby let me brush them burrs off - i promise I’ll take my spurrs off

well im back in the saddle, but im gonna get bareback
you take the reigns baby tie me to the train track
open up your love shack baby - let me come inside and put my rifle in your gunrack
cause i wanna be a cowboy a bronc breakin bullrider
hidin out and ridin out west like a gunfighter
lets ride, cause i wanna be a cowboy

cmon baby let me saddle you up - my snake is gonna rattle you up
im a colt 45 with a silver bullet - baby put your finger on my trigger now and pull it
cmon baby let me brush them burrs off - i promise I’ll take my spurrs off

wanna be a cowboy a bareback mare rider - take ya out ridin on the dusty plains
take ya rollin in the sage and thistle - oh baby loosin up on the reigns
and we’ll ride off in the sunset - find a water hole, get our feet wet
do it side saddle or bareback - take a roll in the haystack
cause i wanna be a cowboy - lets ride, cause i wanna be a cowboy...

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the real thing
words by m. hershiser / music by m. hershiser, s. perry, s. kesson, m. carón

well check out my style - designed to get a crowd goin wild
shakin it up - breakin it up - try and wakin shit up - i aint fakin it
this is the real thing - better than coke - better than crack
this is the one that broke the camels back - this is the one that stole it back - the soul is back

how ya like me now - cmon im get live and loud
im givin it up - im gettin down - let us move the body around baby
gettin with the funky sound baby
ya know I’m gettin it back - I’m takin it back - it aint smacked up or cracked up
you know its better than that - its where its at - and im bringin it back

so wave your hands in the air - shake your body like ya just don’t care
we gonna get on down now - everybody say oh yeah

well yes yes yall - i confess yall
im gettin down to the sound so move your feet to the beat
its so sweet baby - when our bodies meet baby
can ya feel it... can ya feel the heat

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taos
music by m. carón

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history
music by s. kesson

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cracker
words by s. kesson / music by s. kesson, s. perry, m. carón

disconnected by choice
dancing and weaving like serpents in cold steel moonlight
vacant eyes survey the flow
methodical in their own demise
colors fade on the downside
the rush of heat and passion always dies
the candles burn down, the money runs out
and you’re left to face the grey place
the icy slap of lack of meaning

things are gettin kinda hazy - you don’t even have to try
friends are actin kinda crazy - you don’t wanna know why
the world is passin you by punk - go on take another hit
you don’t even have to try punk - when ya gonna get sick of that shit

zombie eyes, mesmerized
isolated despite the density of your populations
retracing your footsteps again and again
consuming your happiness in desperate breaths
casting shadows in empty places

things are gettin kinda hazy - you don’t even have to try
friends are actin kinda crazy - you don’t wanna know why
the world is passin you by punk - go on take another hit
you don’t even have to try punk - when ya gonna get sick of that shit

so you get high and you get by
and each night passes in dismay
and you don’t laugh and you don’t cry
and time just ticks your life away

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soul power '99
music by m. hershiser

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thank you dj's
music by m. hershiser

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all that scratchin'
words by m. hershiser / music by m. hershiser, s. kesson, s. perry, m. carón

well I got a back street - back beat - gettin funky in the back seat
like a junky with a rap sheet - i got a needle - a record and its cookin on a low heat
im puttin on a slow beat - low and deep - to keep the rythym so sweet
im goin with the flow - and so ya know - im goin with the soul

pump it up homeboy...

well i got the hip hop - the trip hop - funky record spinnin like a big top
spinnin out the flip flop - the flip side - the do wop and the be bop from the b-side
you can feel it on the inside - feel it movin - and groovin the body like an e-ride
feel it soothin the soul - and so ya know - im goin with the flow

pump it up homeboy.....

cause all that scrathin is makin me itch...

so check out my funky sound - move your funky body around
groovin to the hip hop sound - i got a hip hop beat and im gettin down
im gettin around - im givin it up - im gettin down - cause i cant get enough
of that funky stuff - ya know its got to be the funky stuff

cause all that scratchin is makin me itch...

well i got a back street - phat freaky funky pumpin wax beat
the funky pumpin slap deep bass tweaks and drops to the drum beat
im hoppin to the hip beat - trick or treat - im trippin to the trunk beat
im strippin down to the funky sound - and im droppin down a funk beat

pump it up homeboy...

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