| Song | The Book of Soul |
| Artist | Ab-Soul |
| Album | Control System |
| [00:08.281] | Saucy |
| [00:22.191] | Your momma told me, "Read the Book of Job" |
| [00:25.046] | They should've called it the Book of Soul |
| [00:28.321] | I came into this hurtful Earth in perfect health |
| [00:31.093] | Caught Stevens-Johnson syndrome when I was 10 years old |
| [00:34.323] | Internal and external fever, 80%... |
| [00:37.244] | Fatality rate at that time, ain't that some shit? |
| [00:40.533] | Severe pinkeye, my eyes swollen shut |
| [00:43.435] | For like two or three months, it's still bright as **** |
| [00:46.619] | Oh, and I even lost my lip skin |
| [00:49.395] | Grew back darker than its original pigment |
| [00:52.581] | Skin disfigured from boils and blisters |
| [00:55.361] | Unidentifiable by my little sister |
| [00:58.604] | Come to think of it, I could've got a crazy check |
| [01:01.799] | The shrink thought I'd be traumatized, but I'ma ride |
| [01:04.807] | My first years of Junior High School were not alright |
| [01:07.827] | Them dimes wouldn't give me no time, no, not a nod |
| [01:11.232] | I mean not even you, we eventually got cool |
| [01:13.772] | But I was nobody, you was the hottest hottie in the school |
| [01:17.094] | Or the world to me, not saying that 'cause I'm your dude |
| [01:20.178] | I'm glad I got to watch the woman that you blossomed to |
| [01:23.330] | Ironic, we always had the same classes |
| [01:26.581] | I copied off your work |
| [01:27.714] | And you ain't always have the right answers |
| [01:30.104] | But it worked, mama, thanks a lot |
| [01:32.145] | Probably wouldn't have even graduated had you not |
| [01:35.341] | Somewhere down the line, we became an item |
| [01:38.709] | The love was in the air like this flight I'm lighting |
| [01:41.818] | The first few years were so exciting |
| [01:44.876] | Got deeper in this rap and started pushing shit back |
| [01:47.673] | My money got funny, you wanted to go on dates |
| [01:50.912] | I had a Sounwave beat tape tryna beat Drake |
| [01:54.142] | Could've spent every minute with you, but I had to get it |
| [01:57.174] | For me and you, you sing too, so you knew the business |
| [02:00.378] | I know it was hard, but you stayed down |
| [02:03.348] | My fam had doubts, you told me you was proud |
| [02:06.583] | I did some things, you did some things, always came back together |
| [02:09.288] | We knew the only way to make it work is work together |
| [02:12.727] | Seven whole years, seven whole years |
| [02:15.767] | It was supposed to end with our grandkids |
| [02:19.162] | Luckily for me, I'm used to being cut short |
| [02:21.675] | I'm such a nice guy, why, Lord? |
| [02:24.804] | Why Lori? Why you had to take her from me? |
| [02:27.182] | Guess He needed your angel face for all of Heaven to see |
| [02:30.571] | Your picture's still on my mirror, and it's so scary |
| [02:33.189] | I swear I still ain't looked at your obituary |
| [02:36.521] | So now, I'm so doped up, I think I'm flying |
| [02:40.746] | I hope this spliff'll never finish |
| [02:43.839] | I guess the Mayans wasn't lying |
| [02:46.908] | 2012, my world ended |
| [02:49.809] | You used to say that I could see the future |
| [02:52.764] | You was wrong, 'cause you was in it |
| [02:56.104] | And I was just with you the day before |
| [02:59.435] | You said you loved me, I said I loved you more |
| [03:01.957] | And as much I wanna cower, bid the mic adieu |
| [03:05.010] | And fall off a ****ing tower tryna find you |
| [03:08.171] | I gotta stay 'cause I remember that day |
| [03:10.617] | I looked you in the face and told you: |
| [03:12.080] | "Nothing can stop me, not even you" |
| [03:14.019] | Stick to the plan, I'll meet you at our spot |
| [03:17.138] | If reincarnation is true and we don't get too lost |
| [03:20.280] | Even if you forget me and everything you left behind |
| [03:23.064] | I never lied, I love you in a place where there's no space and time |
| [03:26.552] | I close my eyes, and I can still hear you singing loud |
| [03:29.407] | We never got to tell them who The Love Religion was about |
| [03:32.451] | I ain't finna stage a cry in this rhyme |
| [03:34.967] | Signed, sincerely yours, I live to let you... |
| [03:38.491] | Dot-da, da-da-da |
| [03:41.082] | Da-da, da-da, da |
| [03:44.004] | Shine |
| [03:45.136] | Da da da, da-da-da-da |
| [03:51.082] | Oooh... |
| [03:52.455] | Everything I love the most gets taken away |
| [03:54.639] | My momma and music is next |
| [03:57.364] | And if that happens before I turn 28 |
| [04:00.029] | Then I'm going out with Kurt Cobain |
| [04:02.996] | I still believe in God, we just ain't never spoke |
| [04:06.338] | Unless we talkin' symbolically—then, I might agree |
| [04:09.369] | But if you really wanna look at it that way |
| [04:12.573] | Then, ayy, man, God don't like me |
| [04:16.813] | I refuse to believe that |
| [04:18.375] | But what's acceptable is anything's possible, but nobody's special |
| [04:21.727] | My ma took my TV, Clem took my radio |
| [04:24.526] | Now, I'm on TV and on the radio |
| [04:27.981] | Don't be dethroned by these systems of control |
| [04:30.530] | Just keep your fingers crossed and get them locks off your soul |
| [04:33.633] | Don't be dethroned by these systems of control |
| [04:36.600] | Just keep your fingers crossed and get them locks off your soul |
| [00:08.281] | Saucy |
| [00:22.191] | Your momma told me, " Read the Book of Job" |
| [00:25.046] | They should' ve called it the Book of Soul |
| [00:28.321] | I came into this hurtful Earth in perfect health |
| [00:31.093] | Caught StevensJohnson syndrome when I was 10 years old |
| [00:34.323] | Internal and external fever, 80... |
| [00:37.244] | Fatality rate at that time, ain' t that some shit? |
| [00:40.533] | Severe pinkeye, my eyes swollen shut |
| [00:43.435] | For like two or three months, it' s still bright as |
| [00:46.619] | Oh, and I even lost my lip skin |
| [00:49.395] | Grew back darker than its original pigment |
| [00:52.581] | Skin disfigured from boils and blisters |
| [00:55.361] | Unidentifiable by my little sister |
| [00:58.604] | Come to think of it, I could' ve got a crazy check |
| [01:01.799] | The shrink thought I' d be traumatized, but I' ma ride |
| [01:04.807] | My first years of Junior High School were not alright |
| [01:07.827] | Them dimes wouldn' t give me no time, no, not a nod |
| [01:11.232] | I mean not even you, we eventually got cool |
| [01:13.772] | But I was nobody, you was the hottest hottie in the school |
| [01:17.094] | Or the world to me, not saying that ' cause I' m your dude |
| [01:20.178] | I' m glad I got to watch the woman that you blossomed to |
| [01:23.330] | Ironic, we always had the same classes |
| [01:26.581] | I copied off your work |
| [01:27.714] | And you ain' t always have the right answers |
| [01:30.104] | But it worked, mama, thanks a lot |
| [01:32.145] | Probably wouldn' t have even graduated had you not |
| [01:35.341] | Somewhere down the line, we became an item |
| [01:38.709] | The love was in the air like this flight I' m lighting |
| [01:41.818] | The first few years were so exciting |
| [01:44.876] | Got deeper in this rap and started pushing shit back |
| [01:47.673] | My money got funny, you wanted to go on dates |
| [01:50.912] | I had a Sounwave beat tape tryna beat Drake |
| [01:54.142] | Could' ve spent every minute with you, but I had to get it |
| [01:57.174] | For me and you, you sing too, so you knew the business |
| [02:00.378] | I know it was hard, but you stayed down |
| [02:03.348] | My fam had doubts, you told me you was proud |
| [02:06.583] | I did some things, you did some things, always came back together |
| [02:09.288] | We knew the only way to make it work is work together |
| [02:12.727] | Seven whole years, seven whole years |
| [02:15.767] | It was supposed to end with our grandkids |
| [02:19.162] | Luckily for me, I' m used to being cut short |
| [02:21.675] | I' m such a nice guy, why, Lord? |
| [02:24.804] | Why Lori? Why you had to take her from me? |
| [02:27.182] | Guess He needed your angel face for all of Heaven to see |
| [02:30.571] | Your picture' s still on my mirror, and it' s so scary |
| [02:33.189] | I swear I still ain' t looked at your obituary |
| [02:36.521] | So now, I' m so doped up, I think I' m flying |
| [02:40.746] | I hope this spliff' ll never finish |
| [02:43.839] | I guess the Mayans wasn' t lying |
| [02:46.908] | 2012, my world ended |
| [02:49.809] | You used to say that I could see the future |
| [02:52.764] | You was wrong, ' cause you was in it |
| [02:56.104] | And I was just with you the day before |
| [02:59.435] | You said you loved me, I said I loved you more |
| [03:01.957] | And as much I wanna cower, bid the mic adieu |
| [03:05.010] | And fall off a ing tower tryna find you |
| [03:08.171] | I gotta stay ' cause I remember that day |
| [03:10.617] | I looked you in the face and told you: |
| [03:12.080] | " Nothing can stop me, not even you" |
| [03:14.019] | Stick to the plan, I' ll meet you at our spot |
| [03:17.138] | If reincarnation is true and we don' t get too lost |
| [03:20.280] | Even if you forget me and everything you left behind |
| [03:23.064] | I never lied, I love you in a place where there' s no space and time |
| [03:26.552] | I close my eyes, and I can still hear you singing loud |
| [03:29.407] | We never got to tell them who The Love Religion was about |
| [03:32.451] | I ain' t finna stage a cry in this rhyme |
| [03:34.967] | Signed, sincerely yours, I live to let you... |
| [03:38.491] | Dotda, dadada |
| [03:41.082] | Dada, dada, da |
| [03:44.004] | Shine |
| [03:45.136] | Da da da, dadadada |
| [03:51.082] | Oooh... |
| [03:52.455] | Everything I love the most gets taken away |
| [03:54.639] | My momma and music is next |
| [03:57.364] | And if that happens before I turn 28 |
| [04:00.029] | Then I' m going out with Kurt Cobain |
| [04:02.996] | I still believe in God, we just ain' t never spoke |
| [04:06.338] | Unless we talkin' symbolically then, I might agree |
| [04:09.369] | But if you really wanna look at it that way |
| [04:12.573] | Then, ayy, man, God don' t like me |
| [04:16.813] | I refuse to believe that |
| [04:18.375] | But what' s acceptable is anything' s possible, but nobody' s special |
| [04:21.727] | My ma took my TV, Clem took my radio |
| [04:24.526] | Now, I' m on TV and on the radio |
| [04:27.981] | Don' t be dethroned by these systems of control |
| [04:30.530] | Just keep your fingers crossed and get them locks off your soul |
| [04:33.633] | Don' t be dethroned by these systems of control |
| [04:36.600] | Just keep your fingers crossed and get them locks off your soul |