Coolio - Knight Fall Lyrics
Chorus:When night falls over the cityGotta be ready cause it feels likeSomebodys comin to get meVerse 1:Its ten oclock and darkness covers my areaAnd every night its gettin a little bit more scarierThe eleven oclock monday news is mo like a horror flickPeople sure have changed, it seems that they enjoying thisDeath and destructionWith no instructionLeads to malfunction, disruption, and full consumptionHow can I escape this mind state that Im in?I been tryin, but it seems that I cant winIve fallen and I cant get upAnd the homies that was my homies went and set me upSomebody tried to tell me that it was all in my brainI tried to act a hard male runnin cocaineBut it still dont ease my painAm I insane or a victim of my own fears?Whats goin on we supposed to be happy hereGod dont make no junk thats what I been toldBut it seems to me that God aint in controlChorus:When night falls over the city (when the night falls)Gotta be ready cause it feels like (feels like somebody)Somebodys comin to get me (when the night falls)When night falls over the city (when the night falls, ooh-yeah)I gotta be ready cause it feels likeSomebodys comin to get me (comin to get me)Verse 2:I need assistance, but all I get is resistanceI try to be persistent, but life can be gone in an instantIm scared to turn around cause I know somebodys watchingI can feel they evil stares, and I know that they plottin on meAnd scheamin, I wish I was dreaminIf my mind was free I could chase away the demonsBut in aint, and they still cant understand thatAll I ever wanted in life was a chance to be a manThe same old pattern has got me goin crazy, locDescendent of a king, but I feel like a royal jokeIs this a sequel?Are all men created equal?The lies you told to the people back then now they is lethalAnd now we swimmin in a pool like shark bait (like shark bait!)Feel my pulse race, abnormal heart rate (heart rate!)And now Im startin to feel like I might come up missinI tried to tell somebody but nobody wouldnt listenChorus:When night falls (when the night falls) over the city (over the city)Gotta be ready cause it feels likeSomebodys comin to get me (comin to get me)When night falls (when the night falls, yeah) over the cityI gotta be ready cause it feels like (I wanna be)Somebodys comin to get me (comin)Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-oohOoh-ooh-ooh-ooh-oooohhhhVerse 3:Im feelin oppressed, this stifleMy life is trifleNo family, friends, or relations, so I sleep with my rifleAnd my pistol, Im seein stars and hearin whistlesOne shot from a little junky ass twenty-two will tear a whole in your gristleWont stay to state sideCause the unpure fall off the fall by the way sideSo stay your ass on the plate sideTheres nothin to fear but the fear itselfAnd if you control the fear then the fear is wealthDo I have power or do I have no self control?These long, lonely nights have made my heart grow coldHear my pleads, can somebody help a gAnd, will we fight this battle for eternityI blame you cause my mind is not my ownSo, dont blame me if I trespass in yo zoneIm your creationThe product of a twisted nationGuess this is what youre facin (facin!)Chorus:When night falls (when the sun goes down) over the city (over the city)Gotta be ready cause it feels likeSomebodys comin to get me (somebody help me!)When night falls (when the night falls) over the city (over the city)Gotta be ready cause it feels like (over the city, over the city, over the city!)Somebodys comin to get meWhen night falls (when the night falls) over the cityGotta be ready cause it feels likeSomebodys comin to get meWhen night falls (when the night falls) over the city (over!)Gotta be ready cause it feels likeSomebodys comin to get meWhen night falls over the cityI gotta be ready cause it feels likeSomebodys comin to get me (comin to get me, get me, get me, get me, get me)Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-oohOoh-ooh-ooh-ooh-oooohhhh
