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Too Young to Die

David Crosby

Thousand Roads

1993

I recall my so called misspent youth
It seems more worthwhile every single day
Cruisin' Van Nuys and acting so uncouth
All the joys of runnin' away
There was no speed limit on the Nevada state line
The air was red wine on those top down nights
Just you and me my old roller-skate
And the common sense to know our rights
Sweet old racin' car of mine
Roarin' down that broken line
I never been so much alive
Too fast for comfort
Too low to fly
Too young to die

You say a man can't love a material thing
With aluminum skin and a cast iron soul
But they never heard your engine sing
Ah, there's peace in losing control
"Sticky fingers" turned up real loud
Ah, we were flirtin' with catastrophe
We were doing everything that's not allowed
Life didn't come with a warranty for you and me
Sweet old racin' car of mine
Roarin' down that broken line
I never been so much alive
Too fast for comfort
Too low to fly
Too young to die

There is peace in losing control
When I die I don't want to go to Heaven
I just want to drive my beautiful machine
Up north on some Sonoma County road
With Jimmy Dean and Steve McQueen all the boys be singin', singin'
Sweet old racin' car of mine
Roarin' down that broken line
I never felt so much alive
Too fast for comfort
Is too low to fly
Too young to die
Just a little bit too young
Too young
To die

I'm leaving Santa Rosa for them Tucson nights 
Think I'll get up to Carson City
 See them big bright blinking lights 
Adios old Nevada
Far west for the golden state
I've got my suits together and I'm almost to L.A.
If the way I'm living seems like such a mess
Believe me I would choose this life over the rest 

I left that angel city for the Frisco Bay 
That town it was hard on me 
I had to get away 
Walking with my guitar down Divisadero street
The people give me money 
For the way I play and sing 
If the way I'm living seems like such a mess
Believe me I would choose this life over the rest 

If the way I'm living seems like just a mess
Believe me I would choose this life over the rest 

You know I really like it in this 49er town
But I've got to step on over 
To that redwood highway now 
Mendocino county brings me lots of joy
It's opened up the eyes of this wandering Texas boy And if the way I'm living seems like just a mess 
Believe me I would choose this live over the rest
Oh, believe me I would choose this life before the rest 

She found love in Minnesota at a lakeside bar and grill
In a girl from Oklahoma running from her family's will
And it's fate or just by chance they found their spirits did align
They chose not to overthink it and they took it as a sign
They said don't look back
Don't look back
At a truck stop in Milwaukee oh they thought they lost their way
Boo thing thought about her family and the judgment games they play
Then she stared into the ocean of her naive lover's eyes
And remembered what she told her as they crossed the county line
She said don't look back
Don't look back
Ahhhhh
Ahhhhh
Ahhhhh
In the deserts of Nevada their car struck a shipping crate
That had fallen off a tractor trailer that was running late
As they stared into the vacuum of the cold dark void of death
Taking comfort in the warm embrace of each other's caress
And in their final moments whispered in her lover's ears
The words that reassured her she had nothing left to fear
They said don't look back
Don't look back
Don't look back
Don't look back

Robby was a working man
And he made his livin off of callused hands
His weekly income got him by
Up until he put too much effort in
And his working days come to an end
He had to find another way to survive

And that government check wasn't nearly enough
For him to pay the bills he had racked up
And he wasn't the kind to plead for help
Then one day he came across some seeds
That his cuz had found in his tumbleweeds
He told him those were all he was gonna need
So Robby's headed west, and he's gonna do his best

And the buds grew high in the Colorado soil
And robbys pockets were spilling green
He was living out, the American dream
He was finally on his own two feet

When Robby thought he had it made
He took a trip across the interstate
Bound toward Nevada to gamble away
He was riding on them Vegas nights
But he could never seem to find a light
So he's heading back to Colorado
But when he got back they had cleared the lot
Four acres empty of Robby's finest pot

There was nothing left in the Colorado soil
And Robby's pockets were as dry as could be
So he's heading back, to Cherokee County
To take his crash course in Methamphetamines

All alone I dont wanna hurt nobody
Come from the streets I can tell you about that violence
Isolated got me feeling like a Island
I speak the truth up in the booth
That just how I live
I got money partners
I dont wanna take that route so I looked softer
Had to keep gangsta double back see you tomorrow
I know my bitch she miss her momma cause she in Nevada
Jump in the raft
Time dont wait so we dont wait
Say my grace
Guns to face, I miss brother
Blow that K, any day
Im thuggin wit K
We taking up space
Not throwing no weight
Came from the bottom
It's shooters in hilltop
Back that up after gimmie that top
Laid in the county not talking to cops
500 On bond my brother go drop
500 On bond my momma go drop
Resend that back, I'm not taking no shots
Big Gangsta put it on me
Shawty slow down in them streets
Shawty slow down in them streets
Driving too fast
Police on my ass
Not my first time (Yea)
Gun slang a few times in them streets, we can really it there
Getcha face smashed in the jammed
Bitch this peanut butter not jam
Riding around in the city lowkey
Where's my Ninja Turtle gear
All alone, I dont wanna hurt nobody
Come from the streets I can tell you about that violence
Isolated, got me feeling like a Island
I speak the truth up in the booth
That just how I live
I got money partners
I dont wanna take that route so I looked softer
Had to keep gangsta double back see you tomorrow
I know my bitch she miss her momma cause she in Nevada
I can't eat (I can't)
I can't see (I can't)
I cant breath
(Ouuuu ahh ahh)
Billy jean can you
Can you please dont blame
Dont blame me
(Ouuu ahhh ahh)
Up in this place
Witta dirty K
I got my brudda back
Even when he wrong
Disrespect my brother
4 Go burn ya face
Came from the bottom
Its shooters in Hilltop
All alone I dont wanna hurt nobody
Come from the streets
I can tell you about that violence
Isolated got me feeling like a Island
I speak the truth up in the booth
That just how I live
I got money partners
I dont wanna take that route
So I looked softer
Had to keep gangsta
Double back see you tomorrow
I know my bitch she missed her momma cause she in Nevada

Hope you ain't scared to die lil bitch, because its time to ride
Judgement day for you, the cause of death, gon be a homicide
The unspoken one, better known as the black sheep
Nevada County's most hated, I know you bitches wanna scratch me
Don't need no big artillery, this lil 38 is all I need 
Hollow tips up in my clip, thats strong enough to chop down trees
I empathize with killas, always two sides to one story
Like the ones who don't get caught, they don't do this for no glory
I've been talking to the reaper, & he's looking for a soul to take
Hungry for a body mane, I'm fiending just to fill my plate
Begging for one of you pussies to drop my name, please give me a reason
Ain't no squashing shit, I promise bitch, you gon see a demon
If I catch a body right now, I'm probably gon die a legend
I'ma reign up on this earth, while you're six feet deep worm infested
You can talk all fly about me amongst ya bitch mane, that's alright
But say my name all out in public, I'm like a thief up in the night

Fifteen thousand addresses were vacant or commercial
How could this be true, is it controversial
Maybe they were homeless or living in a cave
And 1500 people were caught voting from the grave

Did Joe Biden win the election with a vote spike overnight
If the AP says it's legitimate, does it mean that they are right
Did the votes arriving in the night turn it left or right
Did Joe Biden win the election with a vote spike overnight

But wait, there's more from Nevada

Technical employees in Clark County had their say
Machine counts after closing changing at the break of day
Votes appear and disappear in the dead of night
Like ghosts, oh my oh my oh my, oh my, what a fright

But wait, there's more

More evidence ignored but so far not refuted
Much more but we'll tire of this silly tune we've tooted
To find it, don't use Google they will chase the facts away
Six big corporations must approve of what you say

Did Joe Biden win the election with a vote spike overnight
If the AP says it's legitimate, does it mean that they are right
Did the votes arriving in the night turn it left or right
Did Joe Biden win the election with a vote spike overnight
Did Joe Biden win the election with a vote spike overnight

Ruby and Carlos

James McMurtry

Just Us Kids

2008

Ruby said you're getting us in of world of hurt
Down below the mason dumb ass line the food gets worse
I can't go back to Tennessee
That Nascar country's not for me
Go on if you think you must

Carlos packed his drums up in the dark of night
Ruby standing just outside the front porch light
Chain smoking camel straights
The sky off to the east got grey
And he rolled off in a cloud of dust

And the grey colt nickered at the gate, she said,
\"You're right it's getting late
You and me got work to do
We can't be burning daylight too

She took down the long lead rope 
And stayed off that slippery slope
Now aspen trees were turning gold up top
The talk was buzzing round the beauty shop

Wasn't he barely half her age 
Well that's just how they do nowadays
We should all have been so lucky

By spring she'd had the run of the free born men
Ruby turned 50 in a sheep camp tent
Her body still could rock all night
But her heart was closed and locked up tight

Potato feids all muddy and brown
The gossip long such quieted down
After one more Coggins test
Pouring coffee for the county vet

Pictures on the ice box door
Carlos in the first gulf war
Black eyed brown and youthful face
Smiling back from a Saudi base

Then Carlos on the big bay mare
Heavier now and longer haired
Looking past the saddle shed 
From way on bac inside his head

And the old vet said one day Rube
that colt will break an egg in you
Now and then one comes along
You just can't ride and he went on home

And the storm door didn't catch
It blew back hard as she struck a match
But she cupped it just in time
Then she sent that ashtray flying

And holding back the flood
Just don't do no good
You can't unclench your teeth
To howl the way you should
So you curl your lips around 
The taste of tears and the hollow sound
That no one owns but you
No one owns but you

Carlos took the road gig 
And he saw it through
He rode the tour bus 
While the singer flew

Managed out a music row,
Carlos never saw the studio
The session guys had that all sewn up

He looks out the window 
And it starts to sleet
Laying on a friends couch on Nevada street
Lately he's been staying high
Sick all winter and they don't know why
They don't know why or they just won't say
They don't talk much down at the V.A

And Ruby's in his thoughts some times
What thoughts can get out past the wine
He feels her fingers on his brow
And right then he misses how
She looked in that grey morning light

She never shaved like they all do now
He sees it all behind his eyes
And his hands go searching but they come up dry

Half way in that waking dream
Carlos lets the land line ring

He'd never guess it was Ruby calling
A pin in her hip from the grey colt falling
Figure eights and a lazy lope
Stumbled on that slippery slope

Holding back the flood
Just don't do no good
You can't unclench your teeth
To howl the way you should
So you curl your lips around 
The taste of tears and the hollow sound
That no one owns but you
No one owns but you

Yeah nick Miles, Quentin Miller
What a time, ooh

Ay, here come the package
Here come the package come the package, ay
Ooh, here come the
Yeah, here come the package
I deliver the package wrap up the package
Watch me send you the package, yeah
Niggas was sleepin'
I bet they won't do that again
No they ain't gon do that
Again no they ain't gon do that again
Linked up with Nick again
And he sending the package in
I hit up my drug man and
He sending the package in
Back on the pack again
I'm back on that pack again
No nigga we are not friends we
Ain't even gon act like friends
Skrrt, back in the whip that I
Push like the latest Benz
I take pride in the shit
I acquired you hated man, yeah
They want the wave, they want the wave again
But I cannot save you, I cannot save you man
Yeah i'm back on that bullshit
My niggas back on that bullshit
Y'all niggas ain't doin' shit
All my niggas is doin' shit
Thought you could intimidate me
Niggas thought they could ruin it
But Ima keep movin' it
I'ma keep movin' it oh I got enemies now
Dudes wanna injury me now
Niggas pretend to be down
Shit go down ain't nowhere to be found
I can't be friends with these rappers
I can't pretend with these rappers
I put an end to these rappers
1317 you bastards back on the pack again
I got the pack again, I got the pack again
Me and Nick got the pack again
We got the pack again
Niggas slept on once before
I bet they won't do that again
Holy flow, holy flow
I should just move to the Vatican
Hottest flow, hottest flow
Hotter than June in Nevada man
Not from the six in Toronto
The six in Atlantastan

That's Decatur, Georgia
26 years ago today, it's my birthday
Winnett county, what's happening
Yeah, that shit really made a nigga
Not gonna flex gwinett county kid
I really stayed on snapfinger, yeah
I really used to jog every day on Glenwood
I really used to uh, take that bus
I think it was that 86 to east lake
And ride the train all the way to North
Springs just to sell cable for Comcast
Back when I was sleepin' in
The kitchen at Wall crib, what it do
It's a lot more to a nigga you know
Y'all tryna box me in
Trap me in a certain story
I'm 26 years old today, you know
There's a lot more to me than y'all think
Yeah, niggas really shed blood over this
Over this rap beef shit
And I didn't even ask to be apart of it
And I'm just tryna make some
Money to feed my daughter
But I'm wrong for that right?

I've been walking through the desert
I've been wandering that open road
I've crawled past the snakes and the Joshua trees and it's been sixty long hours and I'm still not home

I see you lying there, darling
I see you broken in that hospital bed
cnd the baby's by your side, and he's not mine
He's got the same birthmark your coach did on the back of his head

But I feel fine
I'd do it all again in a heartbeat
He's not my blood but I think that we'll figure it out in time 

I've been crying in the darkness
Under cover of that big black sky
The desert's all the same, and the places and the names start to fade into the distance with the passing time

cnd now the sun burns at my hairline
She sits amongst the injured cops and insurance men
She asked what I did with the gun, and I said that it's already done
I killed him stone dead, and I'd fuckin' do it again

cnd I feel fine
Damn, I didn't know if I had it in me
It's not my blood on these hands, so we can figure it out in time

While you were sleeping with the baby
While you were sleeping off the tire marks
I got a plane ticket back home and I called ol' coach up on the phone and I got my gun and met him in the fields in County Clark

I can see it now in front of me
I can see his orange ‘69 Charger pulling up to the field
We talked for a little while, and he was leaving with a smile, then I pulled my pistol and sprayed his chest all over his front wheels

cnd I tried
But I couldn't help myself, and I took his keys
So we can sell that car for cash, and it'll all work out just fine

Getting back here was hard, though
I got a train back to Nevada but that's all we could afford
So I hitchhiked ‘cross a state or two and thanked the man when he was through
I'm walking a couple miles to be back ‘fore you wake up

cnd now I'm almost back to you, girl
cs the sweat drips down my brow to the back of my neck
There's not much left to say, and I'm so far outside L.c.

Ridin down the highway, with some bodies in my trunk
My dawg ridin' with me, mane we headed to the swamp
It hit me like a ton of bricks, this shit here ain't no movie
This shit here is real life, mane this shit is kinda spooky
A triple homicide, mane that's a real who-done-it
If you see some flashing lights, you better get to runnin'
But I ain't really worried mane, cause they don't have a clue
And murders don't get solved down here my boy, except a few
Now let me put you in my shoes, on how I'm feelin' to the world
They treat me like a hoe, say everything I do absurd
I never start no shit, this shit always come to me
They say my music wack, and that I'm just a wannabe
Pushed me to the edge, and now mane, I ain't got no feelings
Droppin bodies left and right, men women children
This shit is meant to be my boy, it's deeper than some beef
I'm ridding the world of pussies mane, now come and ride with me
I know a place to hide a body mane, what about you
Deep off in the piney woods, ain't got no clue
Bodies in my trunk mane, I gotta go
Cause if I get caught with this shit, I'm up the road
I know a place to hide a body mane, what about you
Deep off in the piney woods, ain't got no clue
Bodies in my trunk mane, I gotta go
Cause if I get caught with this shit, I'm up the road
Pulled up to the swampland, south Nevada County
Way down in the boonies, perfect place to hide a body
Better hurry up, because we ain't got too much time
If everything go right, then this might be the perfect crime
Its five in the morning, mane the suns about to rise
My dawg kinda panicking, I see it in his eyes
C'mon mane, let's hurry up and get this out the way
You swore an oath to me my boy, you better not betray
The last thing I need, is somebody droppin' dimes
He looked at me and said, its do or die, I said alright
Now he a solid dude, so I'm gon take him for his word
Don't ever say a word mane, we gon take it to the dirt
Tied some bricks to the bodies, dumped em in the swamp
You gotta have heart to do this shit, can't be no chump
I know a place to hide a body mane, what about you
Deep off in the piney woods, ain't got no clue
Bodies in my trunk mane, I gotta go
Cause if I get caught with this shit, I'm up the road
I know a place to hide a body mane, what about you
Deep off in the piney woods, ain't got no clue
Bodies in my trunk mane, I gotta go
Cause if I get caught with this shit, I'm up the road

I'm back on my
Proving grounds old shit
Kendrick Lamar clone shit
The you've seen my cute side but now I'm in my zone shit
Imma miss my town but that's because my homes sick
The drive between my lines should make you feel like it's a road trip
So sick
I'm in a young body but when I spit, I'm like an old MC
Most mature Gen Z
Local curse, set free
I call my myself Nevada because let's see
I'm the one these local rappers NV
I'm nearly 5'9" (Royce) but every time that I Busta Rhyme I feel like I'm
One of the best local talents that has yet to get any shine
But I have looked up to the Snoop Dogg, Nas, Slim's, Rakim's
Drake flows, J Cole's, Pac's, BIG's
The Kanye's, Conway's (The Butcher Coming) Doc Dre's
Royce, 50, Wayne, Jay, Kendrick, Busta and Andre
Raekwon, Kane, Joyner yo the list goes on and on wait
Forgot Nate, Hopsin, Harlow, Logic, and Scarface
Now I don't pay much but I'm paying homage
The greats upon us who moved hip hop changed it up and made it blossom
You thought that I forgot the LL Cool J's, the Diddy's
Big Sean, Pun, DMX, Cube, Nicki, Slick Rick Missy's
Everybody in Wu Tang, Tech N9ne, Common and ASAP
Luda, Proof, Jadakiss, Rick Ross speaking of Maybach
Yeah truly underrated when I enter rooms
I'd prefer to eat a beat before I get my food
If you said B let's go bar for bar and make a better tune
Speaking of rappers, I would say yeah this MF is doomed
Preach to the battle rappers who got me into rap wait
Clips, Ars, Roc, Lux, DNA and Pat Stay
Hollow, Surf, Con, Shine, Rum, Lyt, okay B stop
John John, Holla, Verb, Charrone, Rone, Chef and T-Top
Look, yeah if your name was mentioned shout out to you
Cause of y'all I'm on a mission and rapping's what I'm set out to do
Yeah
And thou shall believe
Now, how could thou sound with thou and count out the fees
Please, I know my worth now so pay or don't agree
I go nuts on every record but thy brotha forgot the Deez
Got em
But I had to give my credit, proceed to jot em
Down cause they're the reason I'm a menace now watch me blossom
Okay it's ironic my amigos will watch me takeoff
Offset the odds yeah add that to the list of name drops

Yeah
Add that to the list of name drops

So many dreams now I write while lounging
The same topic in my mind and I'm silent frowning
It don't matter that they tried to clown me
Cause I listen to my music and I'm looking through my files proudly
Don't get it twisted when I smile loudly
Cause you would think with all the bars in front of me that I'm inside the county
I fought hard felt like Ronda Rousey
But ended up a champ after all the struggles just like Kyle Lowry
And by struggles, I mean mentally
Physically losing energy
My phone was there chilling all day in bed with me
We off that cause it will go how it is meant to be
I just wanna say thank you to my friends who are protecting me
So with my outlook, I'm making changes
Yeah I make some change if zero got my back like I'm Jayson Tatum
And while you stay complacent
I'm like messing up in cancel culture cause right now
I really have to make a statement
Yuh
And my brains more savage with
A great war I'll make sure that they more average
Replace more pain sure, create more, attract the bliss
I'm going off the rails like a skateboard accident
Okay think about these hard facts
Never label me as a number, that's a bar graph
Y'all can sleep on me at will (wheel), that is a car crash
Goals to run this whole field at 40, that's a yard dash

Yeah
Add that to the list of name drops
It's B

Around here, keep it straight G/
Cali the birth place, still much love to AZ/
Same for Nevada, Oregon and Washington too/
The whole westcoast I'm rockin' with you. And this is not the issue/
But why the east never give us no credit?

Nothing but the rawness
What we bringing forth kid

This ones going up and down 
Then its going side to side
Any state that you reside 
Expect an unexpected surprise

Hold up i said hold up 
No this bombs about to blow up
And theres nothing you can slow up 
All you can dos get your hope up
Lots of tracks are getting blown up
If you rhyme then pick ya flow up
This is sho up on this piece partner
Chinkys beat got ya 
Going out of control 
Over about and below
Anywhere that you reside
Anywhere that we arrive
Every word i speak will rise
Just like you hear with your ears
Youre gonna see with your eyes
Waves increasing in size

Whats panning out were planning out
Were who you cannot cancel out
Always landing anthems out 
Branching and expanding out
And we gon keep yas bugging cuz
Come thru like a dozen floods
You keep doing what ya does
Well keep doing what we must
Whats panning out were planning out 
Were who you cannot cancel out
Always landing anthems out
Branching and expanding out
And we gon keep yas buggin cuz
Come through like a dozen floods
This is simply what it does 
What it will be is and was 

Upstairs downstairs 
East and west bound is where
Were taking this one to
Lets take a quick run thru
Upstairs downstairs
East and west bound is where
They get it hopping 
So we get it poppin fa sho
Upstairs downstairs 
East and west bound is where
Were taking this one to
Lets take a quick run thru
Upstairs downstairs
East and west bound is where
They get it hopping 
So we get it poppin fa sho

This ones stretching over 
Every county town city state
Seeping through your region
Yea this waters coming quickly
Make way or roll with it
Watch it flip and fold gimmicks
Drown bitter cold critics 
Everytime from every single take
And were just getting started
Nothings stopping 
Nothings over bro
The game is like a dry town
And ima make it overflow
Bounce and let your shoulders go
Left right up down
My words water its flooding towns 
Bringing thunder round

This is what
This is what you didnt know nothing about
Kick it cousin
Give them something
Give them all something to shout
Tell them that just tell them that 
Just tell them the thunder was brought
Anyone who disagrees then tell them
Say fuck whatcha thought
This is what
This is what you didnt know nothing about
Kick it cousin
Give them something
Give them all something to shout
Tell them that just tell them that 
Just tell them the thunder was brought
Anyone who disagrees then tell them
Say fuck whatcha thought

This ones going up and down
Then its going side to side
Any state where you reside
Expect an unexpected surprise
This ones going up and down
Then its going side to side
Any state where you reside
Heres some thunder to thump in your ride
This ones going up and down
Then its going side to side
Any state where you reside
Expect an unexpected surprise
This ones going up and down
Then its going side to side
Any state where you reside
Heres some thunder to thump in your ride

This will go to arizona arkansas and alabama
New york new jersey new mexico and new hampshire
Connecticut kentucky kansas california colorado
Illinois and idaho indiana know what the time is bro
North and south carolina north and south dakota
From vermont to virginia rhode island down to georgia
I got that shit i assure ya if youre in maine or in florida
Nevada or nebraska hawaii or alaska 
Michigan massachusetts montana maryland
Mississippi Missouri Minnesota were checkin in
Ohio oklahoma oregon they knows its on
I got west v tennessee and texas throwing arms
Got washington wyoming and wisconsin stomping
Theyre well aware in delaware pennsylvania catch it yea
Fire for iowa utah and louisiana 
Thats where were taking this one to 
In an exclusive manner 

Upstairs downstairs 
East and west bound is where
Were taking this one to
Lets take a quick run thru
Upstairs downstairs
East and west bound is where
They get it hopping 
So we get it poppin fa sho

This ones going up and down
Then its going side to side
Any state where you reside
Expect an unexpected surprise
This ones going up and down
Then its going side to side
Any state where you reside
Heres some thunder to thump in your ride