Trouble (feat. Paleface & Joyce Elaine Yuille)

There's trouble round the corner, baby, yeah

There's trouble round the corner, baby

Check, check, mic check, yo, hey

Sometimes I put my phone on hold and miss the days of old

Nowadays it seems that everybody plays a role

It's sensational, you're capable to save your soul

But no one is content now that everything's available

But still we want more, still we want more

Couldn't find happiness knockin' on your front door

You actin' confident, it's really unsure

You know you had enough, but you ask for one more

All this confusion and this hatred got to stop

An illusion of bein' separated, but we're not

We using music to get loose by mixin' jazz and true hip hop

We fuse the blues, produce a juice that feeds the soul with every drop

I miss life back in the day, back, back in the day

Shit that would not happen today, hap-happen today

These lips keep flappin' away, flap-flappin' away

Sometimes they need a slap in the face, hey, hey, hey

My mama always said, "It's time to jump out from the bed"

(That's what she said)

You need to stay one step ahead, "There's trouble round the corner"

She said (There's trouble round the corner, baby)

My papa always said, "Don't let it get into your head"

(That's what he said)

You need to stay one step ahead, "There's trouble round the corner"

He said ("There's trouble round the corner," they say)

I've seen hatred march with tiki torches, stony faces sit on porches

Peace cannot be kept by force

It's thoughtlessness that killed the orchids

Fortresses are filled with orphans, narratives fall of proportions

Mama said, "Proceed with caution," balance out your wins and losses

Either we proceed to be a part of the machinery

Or finally agree that we could use a change of scenery

So clear the frequencies in the name of decency

And coexisting peacefully, proceed to set the people free

How do we make it alive? How we gonna survive?

How we gonna get by? What if we're not gonna try?

How do we reach the sky?

Where do we draw the line? When do the rules apply?

Livin' an eye for an eye, gettin' a piece of the pie

Flyin' across the sky

How do we make it alive? How we gonna survive?

How we gonna get by? What if we're not gonna try?

How do we reach the sky?

Where do we draw the line? When do the rules apply?

Livin' an eye for an eye, gettin' a piece of the pie

Flyin' across the sky

My mama always said, "It's time to jump out from the bed"

You need to stay one step ahead, "There's trouble round the corner"

She said (There's trouble round the corner, baby)

My papa always said, "Don't let it get into your head"

You need to stay one step ahead (That's what he said)

"There's trouble round the corner," he said

(There's trouble round the corner, baby)

Oh, my mama always said, "It's time to jump out from the bed"

You need to stay one step ahead (That's what she said)

"There's trouble round the corner," she said

(There's trouble round the corner, baby)

And, oh, my papa always said, "Don't let it get into your head"

(Don't let it get into your head)

You need to stay one step ahead, now (That's what he said)

"There's trouble round the corner," he said

No

Mama always said

Yeah, yeah, yeah, there's trouble round the corner, baby

Stay one step ahead, now

There's trouble round the corner, they say