Song and Cry
Jay-Z Radiohead Lyrics

Picture all the possibilities
Imagine all the potential outcomes and options

Sounds like a love song
Has the feel and theme of a love song

The most incredible, baby
You are the most amazing, baby

I can't see 'em comin' down my eyes
I can't see the tears falling from my eyes

So I gotta make the song cry
Therefore, I have to express my emotions through this song

Good dude, I know you love me like cooked food
I know you deeply love me

Even though a nigga gotta move like a crook move
Even though I have to act like a criminal at times

We was together on the block since free lunch
We have been together since our early days on the neighborhood block, even during free lunch programs

We shoulda been together havin' Four Seasons brunch
We should have been enjoying luxurious brunches at high-end places like Four Seasons

We used to use umbrellas to face the bad weather
We used to rely on each other during difficult times

So now we travel first class to change the forecast
Now we travel in luxury to escape our previous struggles

Never in bunches, just me and you
We were always together, just the two of us

I loved your point of view 'cause you held no punches
I appreciated how honest and straightforward you were

Still I left you for months on end
Despite that, I abandoned you for an extended period

It's been months since I checked back in
It's been a long time since I last made contact

We're somewhere in a small town, somewhere lockin' a mall down
We are now in a quiet town, causing commotion and shutting down shopping malls

Woodgrain, four and change, Armor All'd down
Referring to a car with woodgrain detailing and expensive modifications

I can understand why you want a divorce now
I can comprehend why you desire a divorce now

Though I can't let you know it, pride won't let me show it
Although I can't admit it to you, my pride prevents me from displaying it

Pretend to be heroic, that's just one to grow with
I fake being heroic, but that is just a lesson for personal growth

But deep inside a nigga so sick
But deep down, I am extremely troubled

On repeat, the CD of Big's 'Me and My Bitch'
Repeatedly listening to The Notorious B.I.G.'s song 'Me and My Bitch'

Watchin' Bonnie and Clyde, pretendin' to be that shit
Watching the film 'Bonnie and Clyde,' acting like we were them

Empty gun in your hand sayin', 'Let me see that clip'
You holding an unloaded gun, requesting to see the magazine clip

Shoppin' sprees, pull out your Visa quick
We go on shopping sprees and you always pay with your Visa card

A nigga had very bad credit, you helped me lease that whip
I had terrible credit, but you assisted me in leasing a car

You helped me get the keys to that V dot 6
You enabled me to obtain the keys to that luxury car

We was so happy poor, but when we got rich
We were content when we had little, but things changed when we became wealthy

That's when our signals got crossed, and we got flipped
That's when our communication and understanding became distorted, resulting in a negative turn of events

Rather mine, I don't know what made me leave that shit
Instead of sticking with what was originally mine, I left for some reason

Made me speed that quick, let me see, that's it
Caused me to act impulsively and recklessly, let me reflect on that

It was the cheese, helped them bitches get amnesia quick
It was the allure of wealth that made those women forget about their previous negative thoughts of me

I used to cut up they buddies, now they sayin' they love me
I used to dismiss their friends, but now they claim to love me

Used to tell they friends I was ugly and wouldn't touch me
They used to tell their friends I was unattractive and untouchable

Then I showed up in that dubbed-out buggy
Then I arrived in a customized, flashy car

And then they got fuzzy and they don't remember that
And then their memories became hazy, and they conveniently forgot about that

And I don't remember you
And I also don't recall you

A face of stone, was shocked on the other end of the phone
Your expression turned cold and surprised when we spoke on the phone

Word back home is that you had a special friend
Rumors spread back in our hometown that you had a romantic interest

So what was oh so special then?
So what made that person so significant?

You have given away without gettin' at me
You betrayed me without discussing it with me first

That's your fault, how many times you forgiven me?
You are to blame, how many times have you forgiven me?

How was I to know that you was plain sick of me?
How could I have known that you were simply tired of me?

I know the way a nigga livin' was wack
I understand that my lifestyle was not ideal

But you don't get a nigga back like that
But you don't seek revenge on a person like me in that manner

Shit, I'm a man with pride, you don't do shit like that
Damn, I am a proud man, and you shouldn't have done something like that

You don't just pick up and leave and leave me sick like that
You can't simply leave me and make me feel so distraught

You don't throw away what we had, just like that
You can't easily discard the relationship we had

I was just fuckin' them girls, I was gon' get right back
I was just sleeping with those girls, I was planning to come back to you

They say you can't turn a bad girl good
There's a saying that you can't change a promiscuous woman

But once a good girl's gone bad, she's gone forever
But once a formerly good woman becomes corrupted, she is lost forever

I'll mourn forever
I will grieve indefinitely

Shit, I gotta live with the fact I did you wrong forever
Damn, I have to live with the guilt of mistreating you for the rest of my life

It's fucked up, girl
It's messed up, girl