Well I woke up to the sound of silence
The cars were cutting like knives in a fist fight
And I found you with a bottle of wine
Your head in the curtains
And heart like the fourth of July

You swore and said
We are not
We are not shining stars
This I know
I never said we are

Though I've never been through hell like that
I've closed enough windows
To know you can never look back

If you're lost and alone
Or you're sinking like a stone
Carry on
May your past be the sound
Of your feet upon the ground
Carry on

Carry on, carry on

So I met up with some friends
At the edge of the night
At a bar off 75
And we talked and talked
About how our parents will die

All our neighbours and wives
But I like to think
I can cheat it all
To make up for the times I've been cheated on

And it's nice to know
When I was left for dead
I was found and now I don't roam these streets
I am not the ghost you want of me

If you're lost and alone
Or you're sinking like a stone
Carry on
May your past be the sound
Of your feet upon the ground
Carry on

Whoa
My head is on fire
But my legs are fine
'Cause after all they are mine
Lay your clothes down on the floor

Close the door
Hold the phone
Show me how
No one's ever gonna stop us now

'Cause we are
We are shining stars
We are invincible
We are who we are

On our darkest day
When we're miles away
So we'll come
We will find our way home

If you're lost and alone
Or you're sinking like a stone
Carry on
May your past be the sound
Of your feet upon the ground
Carry on

Carry on, carry on

Can you blow my whistle baby, whistle baby?
Let me know
Girl I'm gonna show you how to do it
And we start real slow

You just put your lips together
And you come real close
Can you blow my whistle baby, whistle baby?
Here we go

I'm betting you like Bebop
And I'm betting you love creep mode
And I'm betting you like girls that give love to girls
And stroke your little ego

I bet I'm guilty your honor
But that's how we live in my genre
When in hell I pay rottweiler
There's only one Flo, and one Rida

I'm a damn shame
Order more champagne, pull it down hell stream
Tryna put it on ya
Bet your lips spin back around corner
Slow it down baby take a little longer

Can you blow my whistle baby, whistle baby?
Let me know
Girl I'm gonna show you how to do it
And we start real slow

You just put your lips together
And you come real close
Can you blow my whistle baby, whistle baby?
Here we go

Whistle baby, whistle baby,
Whistle baby, whistle baby

It's like everywhere I go
My whistle ready to blow
Shorty don't leave a note
She can get any by the low

Permission not approved
It's okay, it's under control
Show me soprano, 'cause girl you can handle
Baby we start snagging, you come in part clothes
Girl I'm losing wing, my bucatti the same road

Show me your perfect pitch,
You got it my banjo
Talented with your lips, like you blew out candles
So amusing, now you can make a whistle with the music
Hope you ain't got no issue, you can do it
Give me the perfect picture, never lose it

Can you blow my whistle baby, whistle baby?
Let me know
Girl I'm gonna show you how to do it
And we start real slow

You just put your lips together
And you come real close
Can you blow my whistle baby, whistle baby?
Here we go

Whistle baby, whistle baby,
Whistle baby, whistle baby

Go girl you can work it
Let me see your whistle while you work it
Imma lay it back, don't stop it
'Cause I love it how you drop it, drop it, drop it, on me
Now, shorty let that whistle blow
Yeah, baby let that whistle blow

Can you blow my whistle baby, whistle baby?
Let me know
Girl I'm gonna show you how to do it
And we start real slow

You just put your lips together
And you come real close
Can you blow my whistle baby, whistle baby?
Here we go

Whistle baby, whistle baby,
Whistle baby, whistle baby

Bicycle bicycle bicycle
I want to ride my bicycle bicycle bicycle
I want to ride my bicycle
I want to ride my bike
I want to ride my bicycle
I want to ride it where I like

You say black I say w[...]

Let's have some fun, this beat is sick
I wanna take a ride on your disco stick
Let's have some fun, this beat is sick
I wanna take a ride on your disco stick

Huh!

I wanna kiss you
But if I do then I might miss you, babe
It's complicated and stupid
Got my ass squeezed by sexy Cupid
Guess he wants to play, wants to play
A love game, a love game

Hold me and love me
Just wanna touch you for a minute
Maybe three seconds is enough for my heart to quit

Let's have some fun, this beat is sick
I wanna take a ride on your disco stick
Don't think too much, just bust that kick
I wanna take a ride on your disco stick

Let's play a love game, play a love game
Do you want love, or you want fame
Are you in the game?
Dans the love game (French; literally "In the love game")
Let's play a love game, play a love game
Do you want love, or you want fame
Are you in the game?
Dans the love game

I'm on a mission and it involves some heavy touching, yeah
You've indicated your interest, I'm educated in sex, yes
And now I want it bad, want it bad
A love game, a love game

Hold me and love me
Just wanna touch you for a minute
Maybe three seconds is enough for my heart to quit

Let's have some fun, this beat is sick
I wanna take a ride on your disco stick
Don't think too much, just bust that kick
I wanna take a ride on your disco stick

Huh!

Let's play a love game, play a love game
Do you want love, or you want fame
Are you in the game?
Dans the love game
Let's play a love game, play a love game
Do you want love, or you want fame
Are you in the game?
Dans the love game

I can see you staring there from across the block
With a smile on your mouth and your hand on your... (huh!)
The story of us, it always starts the same
With a boy and a girl and a... (huh!) and a game
(and a game, and a game, and a game)
A love game

Let's play a love game, play a love game
Do you want love, or you want fame
Are you in the game?
Dans the love game
Let's play a love game, play a love game
Do you want love, or you want fame
Are you in the game?
Dans the love game

Let's play a love game, play a love game
Do you want love, or you want fame
Are you in the game?
Dans the love game
Let's play a love game, play a love game
Do you want love, or you want fame
Are you in the game?
Dans the love game

There was a time, I used to look into my father's eyes
In a happy home, I was a king I had a gold throne
Those days are gone, now the memories are on the wall
I hear the sounds from the places where I was born

Up on the hill across the blue lake,
thats where I had my first heart break
I still remember how it all changed
my father said

Don't you worry, don't you worry child
See heaven's got a plan for you
Don't you worry, don't you worry now
Yeah!

Don't you worry, don't you worry now
Yeah!
Ooh ooh ooh ooooh!
See heaven's got a plan for you
Ooh ooh ooh ooooh!

There was a time, I met a girl of a different kind
We ruled the world,
Thought I'll never lose her out of sight, we were so young
I think of her now and then
Still hear the song reminding me of when

Up on the hill across the blue lake,
thats where I had my first heart break
I still remember how it all changed
my father said

Don't you worry, don't you worry child
See heaven's got a plan for you
Don't you worry, don't you worry now
Yeah!

Don't you worry, don't you worry child
See heaven's got a plan for you
Don't you worry, don't you worry now
Yeah!

Ooh ooh ooh ooooh!
See heaven's got a plan for you
Ooh ooh ooh ooooh!
Yeah!

You could be the greatest
You can be the best
You can be the King Kong banging on your chest

You could beat the world
You could beat the war
You could talk to God go banging on his door

You can throw your hands up
You can beat the clock
You can move a mountain
You can break rocks

You can be a master
Don't wait for luck
Dedicate yourself and you gon' find yourself

Standing in the hall of fame (yeah)
And the world's gonna know your name (yeah)
'Cause you burn with the brightest flame (yeah)
And the world's gonna know your name (yeah)
And you'll be on the walls of the hall of fame

You can go the distance
You can run the mile
You can walk straight through hell with a smile

You can be a hero
You can get the gold
Breaking all the records they thought never could be broke

Do it for your people
Do it for your pride
How are you ever gonna know if you never even try?

Do it for your country
Do it for your name
'Cause there's gon' be a day when you're...

Standing in the hall of fame (yeah)
And the world's gonna know your name (yeah)
'Cause you burn with the brightest flame (yeah)
And the world's gonna know your name (yeah)
And you'll be on the walls of the hall of fame

Be a champion
Be a champion
Be a champion
Be a champion (walls of the hall of fame)

Be students
Be teachers
Be politicians
Be preachers

Be believers
Be leaders
Be astronauts
Be champions
Be truth seekers

Be students
Be teachers
Be politicians
Be preachers

Be believers
Be leaders
Be astronauts
Be champions

Standing in the hall of fame (yeah)
And the world's gonna know your name (yeah)
'Cause you burn with the brightest flame (yeah)
And the world's gonna know your name (yeah)
And you'll be on the walls of the hall of fame

You could be the greatest
You can be the best
You can be the King Kong banging on your chest

You could beat the world
You could beat the war
You could talk to God go banging on his door

You can throw your hands up
You can beat the clock
You can move a mountain
You can break rocks

You can be a master
Don't wait for luck
Dedicate yourself and you gon' find yourself

Standing in the hall of fame

This one is for the boys with the booming systems.
Top down AC with the cooling systems.
When he come up in the club, he be blazin' up.
Got stacks on deck, like he saving up.
And he ill, he real, he might got a deal.

He pop bottles and he got the right kinda bill.
He cold, he dope, he might sell coke.
He always in the air, but he never fly coach.
He a motherf***in' trip (trip).
Sailor of the ship (ship).
When he make it drip (drip),
Kiss him on the lip (lip).

That's the kinda dude I was looking for.
And yes, you'll get slapped if you looking hoe.
I said, "Excuse me. You're a hell of a guy.
I mean my-my-my-my like pelican fly.

I'm mean you're so shy and I'm loving your type.
You're like slicker than the guy with the thing on is eye. ARGH!"
Yes, I did. Yes, I did.
Somebody, please them who the F I is.
I am Nicki Minaj. I mack them dudes up.
Black coops up and chunk the deuce up.

Boy, you got my heart beat running away.
Beating like a drum and its coming your way.
Can't you hear that boom-ba-doom-boom-boom-ba-doom-boom-bass.
(He got that super bass!)
Boom-ba-doom-boom-boom-ba-doom-boom-bass.
(Yeah! It's that super bass!)

Boom. Base. Boom. Base. Boom. Base. Yeah. Base.
Boom. Base. Boom. Base. Boom. Base. Yeah. Base.
Boom-ba-doom-boom-boom-ba-doom-boom-bass.
(He got that super bass!)
Boom-boom-ba-doom-boom-boom-ba-doom-boom-bass.
(Yeah! It's that super bass!)

Yo! Yo!
This one is for the boys in the polos.
Entrepreneur n****s in the moguls.
He could ball with the crew.
He could solo, but I think I like him better when he do-lo.
And I think I like him better with the fitted cap on.
He ain't even gotta try to put the mack on.

He just gotta give me that look.
When he give me that look.
Then them panties coming off! Uh!
"Excuse me. You're a hell of a guy.
You know I really got a thing for American guys?

I mean sigh. Sickening eye.
'Cause I can tell that you're in touch with your feminine side."
Yes, I did. Yes, I did.
Somebody, please tell them who the F I is.
I am Nicki Minaj. I mack them dudes up.
Black coops up and chunk the deuce up.

Boy, you got my heart beat running away.
Beating like a drum and its coming your way.
Can't you hear that boom-ba-doom-boom-boom-ba-doom-boom-bass.
(He got that super bass!)
Boom-ba-doom-boom-boom-ba-doom-boom-bass.
(Yeah! It's that super bass!)

Boom. Base. Boom. Base. Boom. Base. Yeah. Base.
Boom. Base. Boom. Base. Boom. Base. Yeah. Base.
Boom-ba-doom-boom-boom-ba-doom-boom-bass.
(He got that super bass!)
Boom-boom-ba-doom-boom-boom-ba-doom-boom-bass.
(Yeah! It's that super bass!)

See I need you in my life for me to stay.
No. No. No. No. No. I know you'll stay.
No. No. No. No. No. Don't go away.
Boy, you got my heart beat running away.
Don't you hear that heart beat coming your way.
Oh, it be like boom-ba-doom-boom-boom-boom-ba-doom-boom-boom.
Can't you hear that boom-ba-doom-boom-boom-ba-doom-boom-bass.

Boy, you got my heart beat running away.
Beating like a drum and its coming your way.
Can't you hear that boom-ba-doom-boom-boom-ba-doom-boom-bass.
(He got that super bass!)
Boom-ba-doom-boom-boom-ba-doom-boom-bass.
(Yeah! It's that super bass!)

Boom. Base. Boom. Base. Boom. Base. Yeah. Base.
Boom. Base. Boom. Base. Boom. Base. Yeah. Base.
Boom-ba-doom-boom-boom-ba-doom-boom-bass.
(He got that super bass!)nmkdsnkdnas
Boom-boom-ba-doom-boom-boom-ba-doom-boom-bass.
(Yeah! It's that super bass!)

I’m gonna pop some tags
Only got 20 dollars in my pocket
I-I-I'm hunting, looking for a come up
This is f***ing awesome

Walk into the club like "What up? I got a big cock!"
Nah, I’m just pumped, I bought some s*** from a thrift shop
Ice on the fringe is so damn frosty
The people like “Damn, that’s a cold ass honky!”
Rolling in hella deep, headed to the mezzanine
Dressed in all pink except my gator sh***, those are green
Draped in a leopard mink, girl standing next to me
Probably shoulda washed this, smells like R. Kelly's sheets
(Piss)
But s***, it was 99 cents!
copping it, washing it, 'bout to go and get some compliments,
passing up on those moccasins someone else has been walking in,
bummy and grudgy, f***ing it,
I am stunting and flossing and saving money and I’m hella happy
That’s a bargain, b****,
I’mma take your grandpa's style
I’mma take your grandpa's style, no for real, ask your grandpa
Can I have his hand-me-downs? (Thank you!)
Velour jumpsuit and some house slippers
Dookie brown leather jacket that I found (dig it!)
They had a broken keyboard, I bought a broken keyboard
I bought a skeet blanket, then I bought a knee board
Hello, hello, my ace man, my Miller
John Wayne ain’t got nothing on my fringe game, hell no
I could take some Pro Wings, make them cool, sell those
The sneaker heads would be like “Ah, he got the Velcros”

I’m gonna pop some tags
Only got 20 dollars in my pocket
I-I-I'm huntin' lookin' for a come up
This is f***ing awesome

What you know about rocking a wolf on your noggin?
What you knowing about wearing a fur fox skin?
I’m digging, I’m digging, I’m searching right through that luggage
One man’s trash, that’s another man’s come up
Thank your granddad for donating that plaid button up shirt
‘Cause right now, I’m up in here stunting
I’m at the Goodwill, you can find me in the Uptons
I’m not I'm not stuck on searching in this section
Your grandma, your aunty, your momma, your mammy
I’ll take those flannel zebra jammies, secondhand and rock that motherf***er
The built-in onesie with the socks on that motherf***er
I hit the party and they stop in that motherf***er
They be like “Oh that Gucci, that’s hella tight”
I’m like “Yo, that’s fifty dollars for a t-shirt”
Limited edition, let’s do some simple addition
Fifty dollars for a t-shirt, that’s just some ignorant b**** s***
I call that getting swindled and pimped, s***
I call that getting tricked by a business, that shirt’s hella dough
And having the same one as six other people in this club is a hella don’t
Peep game, come take a look through my telescope
Trying to get girls from a brand? Man, you hella won’t, man, you hella won’t

I’m gonna pop some tags
Only got 20 dollars in my pocket
I-I-I'm huntin' lookin' for a come up
This is f***ing awesome

I'll wear your granddad's clothes
I look incredible
I’m in this big ass coat
from that thrift shop down the road

I wear your granddad's clothes
I look incredible
I’m in this big ass coat
from that thrift shop down the road

I’m gonna pop some tags
Only got 20 dollars in my pocket
I-I-I'm huntin' lookin' for a come up
This is f***ing awesome

Is that your grandma's coat?

Hey baby, won't you look my way?
I can be your new addiction
Hey baby, what you gotta say?
All you're giving me is fiction
I'm a sorry sucker and this happens all the time
I found out that everybody talks,
Everybody talks, everybody talks

It started with a whisper
And that was when I kissed her
And then she made my lips hurt
I could hear the chit chat
Take me to your love shack
Mama's always gotta back track
When everybody talks back

Hey honey, you could be my drug
You could be my new prescription
Too much could be an overdose
All this trash talk make me itchin'
Oh my my
Everybody talks, everybody talks
Everybody talks, too much

It started with a whisper
And that was when I kissed her
And then she made my lips hurt
I could hear the chit chat
Take me to your love shack
Mama's always gotta back track
When everybody talks back

Never thought I'd live
To see the day
When everybody's words got in the way
Hey sugar, show me all your love
All you're giving me is friction
Hey sugar, what you gotta say?

It started with a whisper
And that was when I kissed her
And then she made my lips hurt
I could hear the chit chat
Take me to your love shack
Mama's always gotta back track
When everybody talks back

Everybody talks
Everybody talks
Everybody talks
Everybody talks
Everybody talks
Everybody talks... back

It started with a whisper
And that was when I kissed her

Everybody talks
Everybody talks... back

Pour up, drank, head shot, drank
Sit down, drank, stand up, drank
Pass out, drank, wake up, drank
Faded, drank, faded, drank

Now I done grew up
'Round some people living their life in bottles
Granddaddy had the golden flask
Backstroke every day in Chicago

Some people like the way it feels
Some people wanna kill their sorrows
Some people wanna fit in with the popular
That was my problem

I was in the dark room
Loud tunes, looking to make a vow soon
That I'ma get f***ed up, fillin' up my cup
I see the crowd mood
Changing by the minute and the record on repeat
Took a sip, then another sip, then somebody said to me:

N****, why you babysittin' only 2 or 3 shots?
Imma show you how to turn it up a notch
First you get a swimming pool full of liquor, then you dive in it
Pool full of liquor, then you dive in it

I wave a few bottles, then I watch 'em all flock
All the girls wanna play Baywatch
I got a swimming pool full of liquor and they dive in it
Pool full of liquor imma dive in it

Pour up, drank, head shot, drank
Sit down, drank, stand up, drank
Pass out, drank, wake up, drank
Faded, drank, faded, drank

Okay, now open your mind up and listen to me, Kendrick
I'm your conscience, if you do not hear me
Then you will be history, Kendrick
I know that you're nauseous right now
And I'm hopin' to lead you to victory, Kendrick

If I take another one down
Imma drown in some poison, abusin' my limit
I think that I'm feelin' the vibe
I see the love in her eyes, I see the feelin'

The freedom is granted as soon as the damage of vodka arrive
This how you capitalize
This is parental advice
Then apparently, I'm over influenced by what you are doin'
I thought I was doin' the most then someone said to me

N****, why you babysittin' only 2 or 3 shots?
Imma show you how to turn it up a notch
First you get a swimming pool full of liquor, then you dive in it
Pool full of liquor, then you dive in it

I wave a few bottles, then I watch 'em all flock
All the girls wanna play Baywatch
I got a swimming pool full of liquor and they dive in it
Pool full of liquor, imma dive in it

Pour up, drank, head shot, drank
Sit down, drank, stand up, drank
Pass out, drank, wake up, drank
Faded, drank, faded, drank

I ride, you ride, bang
One chopper, one hundred shots, bang
Hop out, do you, bang
Two chopper, two hundred shots, bang

I ride, you ride, bang
One chopper, one hundred shots, bang
Hop out, do you, bang
Two chopper, two hundred shots, bang

N**** why you babysittin' only 2 or 3 shots?
Imma show you how to turn it up a notch
First you get a swimming pool full of liquor, then you dive in it
Pool full of liquor, then you dive in it

I wave a few bottles, then I watch 'em all flock
All the girls wanna play Baywatch
I got a swimming pool full of liquor and they dive in it
Pool full of liquor, imma dive in it

Pour up, drank, head shot, drank
Sit down, drank, stand up, drank
Pass out, drank, wake up, drank
Faded, drank, faded, drank

You're insecure
Don't know what for
You're turning heads when you walk through the door
Don't need make up
To cover up
Being the way that you are is enough

Everyone else in the room can see it
Everyone else but you

Baby you light up my world like nobody else
The way that you flip your hair gets me overwhelmed
But you when smile at the ground it aint hard to tell
You don't know
You don't know you're beautiful

If only you saw what I can see
You'll understand why I want you so desperately
Right now I'm looking at you and I can't believe
You don't know
You don't know you're beautiful
Oh oh
But that's what makes you beautiful

So c-come on
You got it wrong
To prove I'm right I put it in a song
I don't why
You're being shy
And turn away when I look into your eyes

Everyone else in the room can see it
Everyone else but you

Baby you light up my world like nobody else
The way that you flip your hair gets me overwhelmed
But you when smile at the ground it aint hard to tell
You don't know
You don't know you're beautiful

If only you saw what I can see
You'll understand why I want you so desperately
Right now I'm looking at you and I can't believe
You don't know
You don't know you're beautiful
Oh oh
But that's what makes you beautiful

Na na na na na na na
Na na
Na na na na na
Na na na na na na na
Na na
Na na na na na

Baby you light up my world like nobody else
The way that you flip your hair gets me overwhelmed
But you when smile at the ground it aint hard to tell
You don't know
You don't know you're beautiful

Baby you light up my world like nobody else
The way that you flip your hair gets me overwhelmed
But you when smile at the ground it aint hard to tell
You don't know
You don't know you're beautiful

If only you saw what I can see
You'll understand why I want you so desperately
Right now I'm looking at you and I can't believe
You don't know
You don't know you're beautiful
Oh oh

But that's what makes you beautiful

Big fat bass, the big fat bass
Big fat bass, the big fat bass
Big fat bass, the big fat bass
Big fat bass, the big fat bass

Big fat bass, the big fat bass
Big fat bass, the big fat bass
Big fat bass, the big fat bass

I can be the treble, baby
You can be the bass
You can be the bass
You can be the bass

I can be the treble, baby
You can be the bass
You can be the bass
You can be the bass

I can be the treble, baby
You can be the bass
You can be the bass
You can be the bass

I can be the treble, baby
You can be the bass
You can be the bass
You can be the bass

Hey, you see me down on the floor
I want you to take me higher
'Til I can't take it no more
It's gettin' bigger, the bass is gettin' bigger

And now you see me up in the sky
I was rockin' the bottom
Now look at me, I can fly
It's gettin' bigger, the bass is gettin' bigger

I can be your treble, baby
You can be my bass
You can be my bass
You can be my bass

I can be your treble, baby
You can be my bass
You can be my bass
You can be my bass

It's gettin' bigger, the bass is gettin' bigger
It's gettin' bigger, the bass is gettin' bigger
It's gettin' bigger, the bass is gettin' bigger
It's gettin' bigger, bigger, bigger

The bass is getting low
The bass is getting low
The bass is getting low
It's gettin' bigger, the bass is gettin' bigger

Hey, you see me out in the night
Wanna go out dancing
So I can feel alright
It's gettin' bigger, the bass is gettin' bigger

You take me out in the lights
I wanna have me a good time
The bass is feelin' nice
It's gettin' bigger, the bass is gettin' bigger

I can be your treble, baby
You can be my bass
You can be my bass
You can be my bass

I can be your treble, baby
You can be my bass
You can be my bass
You can be my bass

I can be your treble, baby
You can be my bass
You can be my bass
You can be my bass

I can be your treble, baby
You can be my bass
You can be my bass
You can be my bass

Y'all better get ready for the kick drum
For the kick drum, for the kick drum
Y'all better get ready for the kick drum
For the kick drum, for the kick drum

Yo, it's the kick drum, come and get some
Of the sound that's rockin' your system
When it pounds it 'cause an addiction
Y'all addicts better have a prescription

Me and Brit got the whole club trippin'
They sit and wait and listen
For the kick drum, for the kick drum
For the kick drum, for the kick drum

For the big, big, fat, fat bass
Rockin' all in your face
Vibrate, shake up the place
Right now, let's get crazy

Here we go, here we go, here we go
Everybody in the place get frantic
This beat right here's gigantic, yo

It's gettin' bigger, the bass is gettin' bigger
It's gettin' bigger, the bass is gettin' bigger
It's gettin' bigger, the bass is gettin' bigger
It's gettin' bigger, the bass is gettin' bigger

I can be your treble, baby
You can be my bass
You can be my bass
You can be my bass

I can be your treble, baby
You can be my bass
You can be my bass
You can be my bass

I can be your treble, baby
You can be my bass
You can be my bass
You can be my bass

I can be your treble, baby
You can be my bass
You can be my bass
The femme fatale