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Payment Time

Written by Bootsauce, from The Brown Album, 1990


As you look to the past
As you look you will see
Never wrongs make a right
Never right by me
Let the edge of your world
Be the edge of your mind
Believe what you read
And become entwined
And become entwined
It's payment time

A people's need to survive
A race that's run aground
Holed up in your head
'Cause that's all you've found
Just take all you can
You can take all you need
As you stab my back
And you hear me scream
As you hear me scream
It's payment time

(Greenwich) Payment time! Payment time!

Ooh, that time,
Close your eyes, and you'll see

(Greenwich) Payment time! Payment time!

You could never like this time
You could never live to see
You could never like this time

As you look to the hills
As you look to the north
You never admit that you're the cause
Let the edge of your world
Be the edge of your mind
You just take all you can
You can take my mind
You can take my mind
It's payment time

(Greenwich) Payment time! Payment time!

The thing is, when payment's made
You always get credit
You could never like this time
It's payment time
You could never live to see
It's payment time
You could never like this time
It's payment time
You could never live to see
It's payment time


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