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Everlast: Today

 A l b u m   D e t a i l s

Artist: Everlast
Title: Today
Released: 1999
Label: Tommy Boy Music
Time: 39:42
Producer(s): Max Nichols
Appears with:
Category: Rap/Hip-Hop
Rating: *****..... (5/10)
Media type: CD
Purchase date:  2000
Price in €: 13,99
Web address: www.forevereverlasting.com

 S o n g s ,   T r a c k s


[1] Today (Watch Me Shine) [Remix] - 5:02
[2] Put Your Lights On [Featuring Carlos Santana] - 4:45
[3] What Its Like (Live) - 8:29
[4] Jump Around (Live) - 4:27
[5] Only Love Can Break Your Heart [from the motion picture soundtrack "Big Daddy"] - 2:53
[6] Some Nights (Are Better Then Others) - 2:49
[7] Hot To Death (Live) - 5:26
[8] Blues For XMas - 5:51

 A r t i s t s ,   P e r s o n n e l


Everlast - Rap, Voices

Carlos Santana - Guitar

 C o m m e n t s ,   N o t e s


The first three tracks (either blues or Santana driven) are very intersting and good, but for my confusion the others are bad raps. I am not a really specialist of rap music but some of them are ok, some not bad, some very good - this three does not match any of the above. So for the tracks [1] - [3] gets five stars; for the other one start only - thats the reason for the three stars at bottom line.

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Mit "Whitey Ford Sings The Blues" sorgte EVERLAST für das Alternative-Highlight des Jahres, doch alleine konzeptionell kann "Today" da bei weitem nicht mithalten. Bei dieser CD handelt es sich nämlich um ein Mini-Album, das mehr schlecht als recht zusammengeschustert wurde und passenderweise den Titel "Resteverwertung" tragen sollte. Ganze zwei neue Songs (das HipHop-lastige ´Some Nights (Are Better Than Others)´ und der spacige ´Blues 4 Xmas´), die allenfalls durchschnittliches Niveau haben, werden mit einem entbehrlichen Remix des Titelstücks, der bereits vom (übrigens sehr empfehlenswerten) "Supernatural"-Album bekannten Santana-Kooperation ´Put Your Lights On´, dem "Big Daddy"-Soundtrack-Beitrag ´Only Love Can´t Break Your Heart´ (im Original von Neil Young) sowie drei Live-Mitschnitten (u.a. dem völlig verhunzten House Of Pain-Hit ´Jump Around´) ergänzt. Als Single zum entsprechenden Preis wäre "Today" okay, so aber nicht.

© RockHard - mehr unter RockHard.de



Mit "Whitey Ford Sings The Blues" sorgte EVERLAST für das Alternative-Highlight des Jahres, doch alleine konzeptionell kann "Today" da bei weitem nicht mithalten. Bei dieser CD handelt es sich nämlich um ein Mini-Album, das mehr schlecht als recht zusammengeschustert wurde und passenderweise den Titel "Resteverwertung" tragen sollte. Ganze zwei neue Songs (das HipHop-lastige ´Some Nights (Are Better Than Others)´ und der spacige ´Blues 4 Xmas´), die allenfalls durchschnittliches Niveau haben, werden mit einem entbehrlichen Remix des Titelstücks, der bereits vom (übrigens sehr empfehlenswerten) "Supernatural"-Album bekannten Santana-Kooperation ´Put Your Lights On´, dem "Big Daddy"-Soundtrack-Beitrag ´Only Love Can´t Break Your Heart´ (im Original von Neil Young) sowie drei Live-Mitschnitten (u.a. dem völlig verhunzten House Of Pain-Hit ´Jump Around´) ergänzt. Als Single zum entsprechenden Preis wäre "Today" okay, so aber nicht.

© RockHard (152) - RockHard Marcus Schleutermann
mehr unter RockHard.de
 

 L y r i c s


TODAY (WATCH ME SHINE)

[Remix]

Yesterday, just a dream I don't remember
Tommorrow, still I hope I get to ending
I'm out of time, I'm out of rhyme, I'm out of reason
Seasons change and leave me out in the cold
Story's old, tale's been told by many scholar
Got fist full of dollars, and a pocket full of love
God above, if you hear me crying
Tried to sell my soul but no one's buying
Lord, strike me down now, if I'm lying
It's getting cold, it's time for dying

[Chorus]
Come on and watch me shine
Like the world is mine
Today, come on and watch me shine
Like the world is mine
Today, watch me shine

Let man who's free from sin
Cast the first stone and begin the violence
Let man whose words ring true
Speak on up till his voice breaks through the silence
Let the one's who lose their way
Live to see just one more day in the sunshine
Let the one's who chose to stray
Recognize the price they'll pay in their lifetime

[Chorus]

Sitting here, waiting for my roads to cross
You nailed me down and you watched me bleed
So lay my head against the earth
Plant my body like a seed
You can't always get the things you want, love
Get what you deserve and maybe what you need
So fill my hole with precious dirt, love
Turn the soil and plot the weed

[Chorus]


PUT YOUR LIGHTS ON

[Featuring Carlos Santana]

Hey now, all you sinners
Put your lights on, put your lights on
Hey now, all you lovers
Put your lights on, put your lights on

Hey now, all you killers
Put your lights on, put your lights on
Hey now, all you children
Leave your lights on, you better leave your lights on

Cause there’s a monster living under my bed
Whispering in my ear
There's an angel, with a hand on my head
She say I’ve got nothing to fear

There’s a darkness deep in my soul
I still got a purpose to serve
So let your light shine, into my hole
God, don’t let me lose my nerve
Lose my nerve

Hey now, hey now, hey now, hey now
Wo oh hey now, hey now, hey now, hey now

Hey now, all you sinners
Put your lights on, put your lights on
Hey now, all you children
Leave your lights on, you better leave your lights on

Because there’s a monster living under my bed
Whispering in my ear
There's an angel, with a hand on my head
She say's I’ve got nothing to fear
La ill aha ill allah
We all shine like stars
We all shine like stars
Then we fade away


WHAT ITS LIKE

(Live)

We've all seen a man at the liquor store beggin' for your change
The hair on his face is dirty, dread-locked, and full of mange
He asks a man for what he could spare, with shame in his eyes
"Get a job you fucking slob," is all he replies
God forbid you ever had to walk a mile in his shoes
'Cause then you really might know what it's like to sing the blues

Chorus
Then you really might know what it's like...(x4)

Mary got pregnant from a kid named Tom that said he was in love
He said, "Don't worry about a thing, baby doll
I'm the man you've been dreaming of."
But 3 months later he say he won't date her or return her calls
And she swear, "God damn, if I find that man I'm cuttin' off his balls."
And then she heads for the clinic and
she gets some static walking through the door
They call her a killer, and they call her a sinner
and they call her a whore
God forbid you ever had to walk a mile in her shoes
'Cause then you really might know what it's like to have to choose

Chorus

I've seen a rich man beg
I've seen a good man sin
I've seen a tough man cry
I've seen a loser win
And a sad man grin
I heard an honest man lie
I've seen the good side of bad
And the downside of up
And everything between
I licked the silver spoon
Drank from the golden cup
And smoked the finest green
I stroked the fattest dimes at least a couple of times
before i broke their heart
You know where it ends, yo, it usually depends on where you start

I knew this kid named Max
who used to get fat stacks out on the corner with drugs
He liked to hang out late
he liked to get shit-faced and keep the pace with thugs
Until late one night there was a big old fight and Max lost his head
He pulled out his chrome .45, talked some shit, and wound up dead
Now his wife and his kids are caught in the midst of all of this pain
You know it comes that way
at least that's what they say when you play the game
God forbid you ever had to wake up to hear the news
'Cause then you really might know what it's like to have to lose

Then you really might know what it's like...
Then you really might know what it's like...
Then you really might know what it's like...to have to lose


JUMP AROUND

(Live)

[Everlast]
Pack it up, pack it in, let me begin
I came to win, battle me that's a sin
I won't ever slack up, punk you better back up
Try and play the role and yo the whole crew'll act up
Get up, stand up (c'mon!) c'mon throw your hands up
If you've got the feeling, jump across the ceiling
Muggs lifts a funk flow, someone's talking junk
Yo I bust him in the eye, and then I'll take the punk's hoe
Feelin, funkin, amps in the trunk and I got more rhymes
than there's cops at a Dunkin' Donuts shop
Sho' nuff, I got props
From the kids on the Hill plus my mom and my pops
I came to get down, I came to get down
So get out your seat and jump around!

Jump around! (3X)
Jump up, jump up and get down!
Jump! (17X)

I'll serve your ass like John McEnroe
If your girl steps up, I'm smacking the hoe
Word to your moms, I came to drop bombs
I got more rhymes than the Bible's got Psalms
And just like the Prodigal Son I've returned
Anyone stepping to me you'll get burned
Cause I got lyrics, but you ain't got none
If you come to battle bring a shotgun!
But if you do you're a fool, cause I duel, to the death
Trying to step to me, you'll take your last breath
I got the skills, come get your fill
Cause when I shoot the gift, I shoot to Kill
I came to get down, I came to get down
So get out your seat and jump around!

Jump around! (3X)
Jump up, jump up and get down!
Jump! (17X)

I'm the cream of the crop, I rise to the top
I never eat a pig, cause a pig is a cop
Or better yet a Terminator, like Arnold Schwarzanegger
Try to play me out like, as if my name was Sega
But I ain't going out like no punk bitch
Get used to one style and yo and I might switch
it up up and around, then buck buck you down
Put out your head and then you wake up in the Dawn of the Dead
I'm coming to get ya, I'm coming to get ya
Spitting out lyrics, homie I'll wet ya
I came to get down, I came to get down
So get out your seat and jump around!

Jump around! (3X)
Jump up, jump up and get down!
Jump! (33X)

Yo, this is dedicated.. to Joe.. DeBerg.. Dakota!
Grab your bozack, punk!


ONLY LOVE CAN BREAK YOUR HEART

[from the motion picture soundtrack "Big Daddy"]

When you were young and  on your  own
How did it  feel to  be alone
I was always thinking of games that I was playing
Trying to make the best of my time

[Chorus]
But only love can break your heart
Try to be sure right from the start
Yes only love can break your heart
What if your world should fall apart

I have a friend I've never seen
He hides his head inside a dream
Someone should call him and see if he can come out
Try to lose the down that he's found

[Chorus]

I have a friend I've never seen
He hides his head inside a dream
Yes, only love can break your heart
Yes, only love can break your heart


SOME NIGHTS (ARE BETTER THEN OTHERS)

Some nights are better than others
Some fights are left to bum brothers
Some nights are better than others
Some fights are left to bum brothers

You know the freaks come out at night with the drama
I'm a break it down, take it down, learn it
Roll it up, burn it, think it
Stir it up, drink it, swallow it
Follow it straight to the heart of the matter
Program the data, turn on the lights
Watch them all scatter, from the shine off the glean
Course by my team, it's the high pro glow
One for the show, two for the handgun
Three, the one you man run when it's time for the action
All the stories you told are bound to get old
When your hands ain't as fast as the words you flippin'
Word to Scottie Pippin, got to be trippin'
You must have been slippin', or want the ass whippin'
It's time to start flippin'

CHORUS: (3x)
Some nights are better than others
Break it down to the bare root essence
Some fights are left to bum brothers
Count your fingers then count your blessins

They say blood runs thicker than water
Mothers to sons, bullets to guns
Hard times a spreadin', just like the flu
The voodoo child don't need to be raised
I'm no kid act wild son, you might get blazed
Like an acid hit, I rock classic shit
That can make your head bump, put some shake in your rump
This ain't Forrest Gump but I got mad rhyme
Why you shoot that gun, I'm a shoot this gift
Leave you internally perplexed like the question if
Some hit the spliff, some of y'all sniff
Some clap the hammer when they pull a four fifth
But most of y'all fry, kid let's be blunt
You try to be the man I be on the man hunt

CHORUS (8x)


HOT TO DEATH

(Live)

We're gonna be breakin' it down (Yeah!)
You gotta know the feel
You gotta know the life
You know what I'm sayin' (Hey!)

I said what's goin' wrong
You know it just ain't right
Tell me who be loud
When the spark ignite
Now from the break daylight
To the fall of the sun
You gotta pick your fight
It's time to choose your gun

Chorus:
Front to back
Right to left
Keep it live all night
Make it hot to death
Get your heart pumpin' like some crystal meth
Keep it live all night
Make it hot to death

Well...
Hey...

Tell me who's your God
Does he make a lotta dough
I'm gonna take you higher
Or to the fire below

Chorus

Guns to roses
Abraham to Moses
Daylight exposes what the night conceals
Let's break these seals
And get this thing started
Some be out classed
Some be out smarted
Some be over bound by the blindin' rays
I hear the whisper in the night
Get trapped in the maze
See back in the days
When I was juvenile
I dreamed of rockin' on the mic
In a brand new style
Now I'm shakin' these bones
Tryin' to get these shoes
Outbidded major crews
I'm paid crazy dues
Now I'm speakin' on you
They just slept on me
And rumors start spreadin'
Just like a disease
I'll have you down on your knees
Below the spot ground zero
Turn brown and burn down Rome just like Nero
A hero ain't nothing but a
Don't make me say it again
Legend
Don't make me say it

Chorus

That's what I'm sayin (2x)


BLUES FOR XMAS

Blues for X'Mas
Baby, I ain't got a dime
Blues for X'Mas
Baby, I ain't got a feakin' dime

I'm just ain't and they're wasted
I hang my head down baby
I'm cryin'
Baby, I'm cryin'

Santa Clause
Bring my Baby back on home
See, I ain't got a lot of money
But my baby she's rich enough for us both

Blues for X'Mas
I'm as blue as I can be
Blues for X'Mas
Baby, I'm as blue as I can be

I'm just in here dinkin'
Tryin' to drink my Baby back to me
Tryin' to drink my Baby back

Santa Clause
Bring my Baby back on home
Blues for X'Mas
Ain't no time to be home all alone
I can't lose these X'Mas Blues

Baby, I just can't seem to shake off
Held so many arms
All I seem to do is break 'em
Yeah, break 'em
I said I break 'em, Baby
nach oben

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