O’hene Savant - Emerald City lyrics
[O’hene Savant - Emerald City lyrics]
Welcome to Emerald City
Land of the high sadity
Where everybody got dough and
The girls are pretty
You ain’t made it nowhere ’til
You make it here now that you made it here
Let me make it clear
Welcome to Emerald City
Land of the high sadity
Where everybody got dough and
The girls are pretty
You ain’t made it nowhere ’til
You make it here now that you made it here
Let me make it clear
Welcome to Emerald City
Where all the women pretty
Where people live to get these
Dollars while the buildings glistening
Everybody say they got a
Lotta what you missing
The hem of greed in the key of E
Are you listening?
I know you yearnin' singin’ unison
The love of money and the fruit
Of it’ll do us in
Is it the root of it ‘cause we
Got it down to the stem
The tree I’ma sit under give me shade
From poverty and the shame so
Bask in the currency currently
We are in the current of
A reoccurring current see
It’s like we get mo’ to spend mo’
Force-fed like Gitmo to get dough
Just so our friends know
And so, hop out of that limo
Fly by in that Lambo, sambo
Here’s a freakin’ brain for you to sample
Better yet
Here’s a freakin’ heart that you can have yo
But, you rather have some mo’ dough so
Welcome to Emerald City
Land of the high sadity
Where everybody got dough and
The girls are pretty
You ain’t made it nowhere ’til
You make it here now that you made it here
Let me make it clear
Welcome to Emerald City
Land of the high sadity
Where everybody got dough and
The girls are pretty
You ain’t made it nowhere ’til
You make it here now that you made it here
Let me make it clear
City of Champagne and caviar dreams
We carry our dreams on the carriage of greed
Money ain’t the object but it is the subject
We covet the wealth of the
Public and double it
So don’t you love it? The
Finer robes and designer clothes
Exotic models with bottle-shapes don’t
Know how to pose
Here ain’t nobody broke or that’s
What I was told pockets can’t be down
They gotta keep up with the Jones
Look at them city lights
Them really pretty lights
It’s Emerald City life
You say what it’s really like
Is it everything you dream of and more?
Is it as it seems when it’s
On the screen? Are you sure?
They told you how to get here
And now that you got here
What you ‘bout to find here is
The Wizard of Os here
They call it the city that never sleeps
A city that never sleeps
Is psychotic at least, oh be
Welcome to Emerald City
Land of the high sadity
Where everybody got dough and
The girls are pretty
You ain’t made it nowhere ’til
You make it here now that you made it here
Let me make it clear
Welcome to Emerald City
Land of the high sadity
Where everybody got dough and
The girls are pretty
You ain’t made it nowhere ’til
You make it here now that you made it here
Let me make it clear
City of Emeralds, pity we never do
If you can’t make it on your
Own then this ain’t for you
Corporations are worse
Merge into a gang or two
We tryna fill up our pockets
Hoppin’ around like kangaroos
Munchkins are the bunch and there’s
A gang of you
But y’all the little people so we
Know what you ain’t gon’ do
Wise up and rise up ‘cause y’all love
The prospect of Os yes, y’all love
Lookin’ at diamonds from a
Distance admirin’ the riches
Salivatin’ toleratin’ the sickness
Ig’nance is what bliss is
Listen to the wizards
Not really what it seems though
It seems so terrific
Women switch they image to
Cover up the blemish
Fashion - they use it to mask them, ask them
I see it from inside of my mansion
I know what it is and I
Know what it has been, laughin’ so
Welcome to Emerald City
Land of the high sadity
Where everybody got dough and
The girls are pretty
You ain’t made it nowhere ’til
You make it here now that you made it here
Let me make it clear
Welcome to Emerald City
Land of the high sadity
Where everybody got dough and
The girls are pretty
You ain’t made it nowhere ’til
You make it here now that you made it here
Let me make it clear
Land of the high sadity
Where everybody got dough and
The girls are pretty
You ain’t made it nowhere ’til
You make it here now that you made it here
Let me make it clear
Welcome to Emerald City
Land of the high sadity
Where everybody got dough and
The girls are pretty
You ain’t made it nowhere ’til
You make it here now that you made it here
Let me make it clear
Welcome to Emerald City
Where all the women pretty
Where people live to get these
Dollars while the buildings glistening
Everybody say they got a
Lotta what you missing
The hem of greed in the key of E
Are you listening?
I know you yearnin' singin’ unison
The love of money and the fruit
Of it’ll do us in
Is it the root of it ‘cause we
Got it down to the stem
The tree I’ma sit under give me shade
From poverty and the shame so
Bask in the currency currently
We are in the current of
A reoccurring current see
It’s like we get mo’ to spend mo’
Force-fed like Gitmo to get dough
Just so our friends know
And so, hop out of that limo
Fly by in that Lambo, sambo
Here’s a freakin’ brain for you to sample
Better yet
Here’s a freakin’ heart that you can have yo
But, you rather have some mo’ dough so
Welcome to Emerald City
Land of the high sadity
Where everybody got dough and
The girls are pretty
You ain’t made it nowhere ’til
You make it here now that you made it here
Let me make it clear
Welcome to Emerald City
Land of the high sadity
Where everybody got dough and
The girls are pretty
You ain’t made it nowhere ’til
You make it here now that you made it here
Let me make it clear
City of Champagne and caviar dreams
We carry our dreams on the carriage of greed
Money ain’t the object but it is the subject
We covet the wealth of the
Public and double it
So don’t you love it? The
Finer robes and designer clothes
Exotic models with bottle-shapes don’t
Know how to pose
Here ain’t nobody broke or that’s
What I was told pockets can’t be down
They gotta keep up with the Jones
Look at them city lights
Them really pretty lights
It’s Emerald City life
You say what it’s really like
Is it everything you dream of and more?
Is it as it seems when it’s
On the screen? Are you sure?
They told you how to get here
And now that you got here
What you ‘bout to find here is
The Wizard of Os here
They call it the city that never sleeps
A city that never sleeps
Is psychotic at least, oh be
Welcome to Emerald City
Land of the high sadity
Where everybody got dough and
The girls are pretty
You ain’t made it nowhere ’til
You make it here now that you made it here
Let me make it clear
Welcome to Emerald City
Land of the high sadity
Where everybody got dough and
The girls are pretty
You ain’t made it nowhere ’til
You make it here now that you made it here
Let me make it clear
City of Emeralds, pity we never do
If you can’t make it on your
Own then this ain’t for you
Corporations are worse
Merge into a gang or two
We tryna fill up our pockets
Hoppin’ around like kangaroos
Munchkins are the bunch and there’s
A gang of you
But y’all the little people so we
Know what you ain’t gon’ do
Wise up and rise up ‘cause y’all love
The prospect of Os yes, y’all love
Lookin’ at diamonds from a
Distance admirin’ the riches
Salivatin’ toleratin’ the sickness
Ig’nance is what bliss is
Listen to the wizards
Not really what it seems though
It seems so terrific
Women switch they image to
Cover up the blemish
Fashion - they use it to mask them, ask them
I see it from inside of my mansion
I know what it is and I
Know what it has been, laughin’ so
Welcome to Emerald City
Land of the high sadity
Where everybody got dough and
The girls are pretty
You ain’t made it nowhere ’til
You make it here now that you made it here
Let me make it clear
Welcome to Emerald City
Land of the high sadity
Where everybody got dough and
The girls are pretty
You ain’t made it nowhere ’til
You make it here now that you made it here
Let me make it clear