Apocalypse
Wyclef Jean Lyrics

1,2 the headline news just broke through
News about a major disaster or event has just been announced

3,4 soldier, 100 horsemen at your door
Being confronted by a large and dangerous group of people

5,6 you wanted dead or alive, hit or miss
Being in a situation where survival is uncertain and the outcome is random

Arrival of the Carnival
A time of excitement, celebration and new experiences

New beats, I never recycle
Creating original and unique music

While you're looking for samples, You might get trampled
Focusing on trivial things can be hazardous and unproductive

Surprise, hey, I'm back with lightning and thunder
Making a grand and impressive return

I heard you over saying that I'm a one-hit-wonder, You dumb or some
Being falsely underestimated and ridiculed

I went to refugees, Silly felony
Overcoming hardships and adversity to achieve success

When I'm done, Collect royalty from record company's
Earning money and recognition for artistic talent

Clouds getting darker, Suns getting nearer
A foreboding sense of danger and impending doom

I'll turn a atheist into a god fearing believer
Having the power to convert someone's beliefs and values

The back of a building, Your body's found by children, Playin' hide go seek, All we found was his skeleton
Discovering a gruesome and tragic scene

In the back of a car, You spawned with the wrong guard
Being in a dangerous situation with the wrong people

You know my empire strikes back hard, Listen hard, "war!"
Having the power and strength to fight back against oppression and injustice

This is the day after action, Projects, cannons, Being launched at the palace
A time of upheaval and revolution

Vision, revelation, Sky know apocalypse
A prophetic warning of impending disaster

Enemy pilots kamikaze into the abyss
The willingness to make extreme sacrifices in the face of danger

Ayo, Back on earth, The party is in the tunnel
Returning to reality and experiencing a lively atmosphere

On the west side of the river, Went mad quiver
A sense of fear and uncertainty in a specific location

Rats get fed to the alligator, Gun blast equivalent to the bombs in pearl harbor
Experiencing violence and chaos on a large scale

Rescue choppers Brooklyn turned to Hiroshima, I'm driving to jersey to escape the terror
Witnessing the destruction and devastation caused by a disaster and trying to escape to safety

I was on the highway pushing a black viper, A car pulls up, is he a jack or a sniper (sniper)
Being on the lookout for danger while driving

A blue range rover, he says pull over, I didn't know he was a DT undercover
Being stopped by an undercover police officer

I screamed out my lungs, "This is discrimination!, What's the charge?", He said you just robbed a gas station
Experiencing unfair treatment and false accusations

Who me? not me! it couldn't be, I was in the Grammys with Brandy, Didn't you see me on TV?
Trying to prove innocence and establish one's reputation

Bullshit, y'all all in the same gang, He tried to run me off the road, Like he was Rosco P. Coltrane
Facing corrupt and unjust individuals and institutions

I stayed calm, gave him a hell of a show, Cause when it's time to go, All I gotta press is turbo
Remaining composed and resourceful in a dangerous situation

Heard it on his walkie, road block on 280 west, Things got serious, that's when I bust a left
Navigating through obstacles and danger to escape

U-Turn, tires burned, My concern was a truck coming, Head on collision within a changed position
Avoiding a disastrous outcome through quick thinking and action

Close one, I almost went up in a blaze, Running from what appears to be a masquerade
Surviving a narrow escape and feeling suspicious and paranoid

Least that what I thought, it was all in my mind, Reality stuck when I got to the borderline
Realizing that one's perceptions and assumptions may not be accurate

The headline reads every ghettos sad story, A rookie shoots a boy over mistaken identity
Experiencing tragedy and injustice in one's community