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	Current version of Saul Williams Lyrics Telegram (http://www.mp3lyrics.org/s/saul-williams/telegram/) Current version of the lyrics						Version 1 of Saul Williams Lyrics Telegram (http://www.mp3lyrics.org/s/saul-williams/telegram/v1.html) Version 1 of the lyrics
1	I'm fallin' up flights of stairs						I'm falling up flights of stairs,	1
2	Scrapin' myself from the sidewalk						scraping myself from the sidewalk,	2
3	Jumpin' from rivers to bridges						jumping from rivers to bridges,	3
4	Drownin' in pure air						drowning in pure air.	4
5							Hip Hop is lying on the side of the road,	5
6	Hip hop is lyin' on the side of the road						half dead to itself.	6
7	Half dead to itself						Blood scrawled over its mangled flesh,	7
8	Blood scrawled over its mangled flesh like jazz						like jazz, stuffed into an oversized record bag.	8
9	Stuffed into an over sized record bag						Tuba lips swollen beyond recognition.	9
10							Diamond studded teeth strewn	10
11	Tuba lips swollen beyond recognition						like rice at karma's wedding.	11
12	Diamond-studded teeth strewn like rice at Karma's wedding						The ring bearer bore bad news.	12
13	The ring bearer bore bad news						Minister of information wrote	13
14	Minister of Information wrote the wrong proclamation						the wrong proclamation.	14
15							Now everyone's singing the wrong song.	15
16	An' now everyone's singin' the wrong song						Dissonant chords find necks like nooses.	16
17	Dissonant chords find necks like nooses						That nigga kicked the chair from under my feet.	17
18	That nigga kicked the chair from under my feet						Harlem shaking                     from a rope, but still on beat.	18
19	Harlem shakin' from a rope but still on beat						"Damn that loop is tight." Nigga,	19
20							found a way to sample the way the truth the light.	20
21	Damn, that loop is tight						Can't wait to play myself at the party tonight.	21
22	That nigga found a way to sample the way the truth the light						Niggas are gonna die. Cop car swerves	22
23	Can't wait to play myself at the party tonight						to                   the side of the road.	23
24	Niggas are gonna die						Hip Hop takes its last breath.	24
25							The cop scrawls vernacular manslaughter onto	25
26	Cop car swerves to        the side of the road						a yellow pad, then balls the paper into his hand,	26
27	Hip hop takes its last breath						deciding he'd rather free-style.	27
28	The cop scrawls vernacular manslaughter on a yellow pad						"You have the right to remain silent."	28
29	Then balls the paper into his hand decidin' he'd rather freestyle						You have the right to remain silent.	29
30							You have the right to remain silent.	30
31	"You                     have the right to remain silent"						And maybe you should have before your	31
32	"You have the right to remain silent"						bullshit manifested.	32
1	An' maybe you should have, maybe you should have							1
33	Before your bullshit manifested						These thugs can't fuck with me,	33
34							they're too thugged out. Niggas think	34
35	These thugs can't fuck with me, they're too thugged out						I'm bugged out, 'cause I ain't Sean John	35
36	Niggas think I'm bugged out 'cause I ain't Sean John or Lugged out						or Lugged out. This ain't hip hop no more,	36
37	This ain't hip hop no more, son, it's bigger than that						son, it's bigger than that. This ain't	37
38	This ain't ghetto no more, black, it's bigger than black						ghetto no more, black, it's bigger than black.	38
39							So where my aliens at? Girl, we're all illegal.	39
40	So where my aliens at? Girl, we all illegal						This system ain't for us. It's for rich people.	40
41	This system ain't for us, it's for rich people						And you ain't rich, dawg, you just got money.	41
42	An' you ain't rich, dawg, you just got money						But you can't buy shit to not get hungry.	42
2	But you can't buy shit to not get hungry							2
43							Telegram to Hip Hop: Dear Hip Hop .(stop).	43
44	Telegram to Hip Hop						This shit has gone too far. (stop).	44
45	Dear Hip Hop, stop						Please see that mixer and turntables are	45
46	This shit has gone too far, stop						returned to Kool Herc. (stop).	46
47	Please see that turntables an' mixer are returned to Kool Herc, stop						The ghettos                               are dancing off beat. (stop).	47
48							The master of ceremonies have forgotten that	48
49	The ghettos are dancin' off beat, stop						they were once slaves and have neglected the	49
50	The master of ceremonies have forgotten						occasion         of this ceremony. (stop).	50
3	That they were once slaves and have neglected							3
4	The occasion of this ceremony, stop							4
5								5
	Perhaps we should not have encouraged them						Perhaps we should not have encouraged them
51	To use cordless microphones						to use cordless microphones, for they have	51
52	For they have walked too far from the source						walked too far from the source and are emitting	52
53	An' are emittin' a lesser frequency, stop						a lesser frequency (stop). Please inform all	53
54							interested parties that cash nor murder have	54
55	Please inform all interested parties						been added to the list of elements. (stop).	55
56	That cash nor murder have been included to list of elements, stop						We are discontinuing our current line                     of braggadocio,	56
57	We are discontinuin' our line of braggadocio						in light                           of the current trend in "realness". (stop).	57
58	In light of the current trend in 'Realness', stop						As an alternative, we will be confiscating weed	58
59							supplies and replacing them with magic mushrooms,	59
60	As an alternative, we will be confiscatin' weed supplies						in hopes of helping niggas see beyond their reality.	60
61	An' replacin' them with magic mushrooms						(stop). Give my regards to Brooklyn.	61
6	In hopes of helpin' niggas see beyond their reality, stop							6
62	Give my regards to Brooklyn						These thugs can't fuck with me,	62
63							they're too thugged out. Niggas think I'm bugged out,	63
64	These thugs can't fuck with me, they're too thugged out						'cause I ain't Sean John or Lugged out.	64
65	Niggas think I'm bugged out 'cause I ain't Sean John or Lugged out						This                                     ain't hip hop no more, son,	65
66	This ain't hip hop no more, son, it's bigger than that						it's bigger than that. This ain't ghetto no more,	66
67	This ain't ghetto no more, black, it's bigger than black						black, it's bigger than black.	67
68							So where my aliens at? Girl, we're all illegal.	68
69	So where my aliens at? Girl, we all illegal						This system ain't for us. It's for rich people.	69
70	This system ain't for us, it's for rich people						And you ain't rich, dawg, you just got money.	70
71	An' you ain't rich, dawg, you just got money						But you can't buy shit to not get hungry.	71
7	But you can't buy shit to not get hungry							7
8								8
9	These cats can't fuck with me, I purr purple							9
10	Sold, increased, toe shell like a turtle							10
11	I walk the streets like the lie that I'm tellin'							11
12	One listener grips me and starts yellin'							12
13								13
14	I see through speakers, I speak what's seen							14
15	I eat and shed, I sleep and dream							15
16	I walk the streets of London like, "'Know what I mean?"							16
17	An' chillin' rack a momma, eatin' crib soy beans							17
18								18
19	It's like that							19

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