The song lyrics were written by the band Van Halen, as they were asked to write a song for the 1979 movie "Over the Edge" starring Matt Dillon. The movie (and the lyrics, although more obliquely) are about bored, rebellious youth with nothing better to do than get into trouble. If you see the movie, these lyrics will make more sense. It's a great movie if you grew up in the 70s/80s you'll definitely remember some of these characters from your own life. Fun fact, after writing the song, Van Halen decided not to let the movie use it.
[Cise Star:]
Sometimes I let the stress get the best of me
Empty liquor bottles litter the floor, before was my enemy
Familiar with the taste in my mouth
Mickey? eyes from last night, God damn what the fuck is about
But don't play me, cause I need a way out
Only human in my skin, well shit I can't lie to myself again, feel me
No monkey on my back grin wit his mouth
Heaven opened up it's doors and I feel through a cloud
A fallen angel, crip to L.A.E. to make an angle
My mind ain't right, because my mind ain't stable, get it?
I stand and I fall, and get up cause I'm ready to run
Like Icarus because I'm close to the sun
We goin down to the river, downhill we all float
Pennywise in the gutter I'm stealin the boat
Let it go to the rhythm my vision is so ghost
Vision is so ghost, my vision is so ghost
[Repeat]
[Akin:]
Though I see peace scars with abundant danger
Thugs got guns in the air there's anger
Derek caught one in the chest he shot back
Now his friend is yellin for Ja to bring him back
Lost hopes, boy floats wonderin why
Why he couldn't feel real beneath the surface of lies
The night is young but we get old
So full with them deep see tide rise
Boy cries, he in flock with illusion at night
He saw the sky the land, words boom & life's boring
Where crack vials move the black child cause life's torment
Where vanity be so real that life's dormant
The cats quick to make beef like a George Forman
Man fuck that, he searchin for faith
From afros to cornrows the style of the day
But now as of late, you can tell anyway
Man, he don't stress the hair let it curl and shape
And then grow parallel to a spiritual mate
He found Ja, sprung by the bendy drunks sound got him high
Read wit again that slang to get by
Dread-locked in the guy chef servin up pies
Eat, if you dare fiends walk with a stare
Magnetic, to the rock, that's why Larry is here
Place unknown though stray bullets call home
Where truce is far from truth is war zones
Like put ya guns in the air and shoot'em up
21 gun salute lose ya last and bust
Larry is the victim crossfire life of bruh man
I need to go seekin salvation is what I thought
But then I saw peace scars with abundant danger
Thugs had guns in the air there's anger
This nigga caught one in the chest he shot back
Now some dread is yellin for Ja to bring him back
[Chorus: Cise Star]
We goin down to the river, downhill we all float
Pennywise in the gutter I'm stealin the boat
Let it go to the rhythm my vision is so ghost
Vision is so ghost, my vision is so ghost
[Repeat]
Lyrics submitted by MizzFWA
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shokeem and stephenkung: do you know what the acronym cyne is?
cultivating your new experience.
nothing mainstream about that. their lyrics are very inspiring and contradict the concepts conveyed IN mainstream hip hop, as the commercialism is motivated by desire for money and fame = NOT CYNE. i've listened to cyne extensively and i must say..anyone who thinks they are mainstream or their is blinded by mainstream music is clearly not really listening to the music first person is a good example of that, they talk about theyre influences, their reasons for forming cyne. shokeem and stephenkung need to reevaluate cyne.
this song is fascinating. it has one of the sickest piano riffs for a hip hop beat i've ever heard.
Pretty sure he was saying that the people weren't commenting because they are too blinded by mainstream music, not that CYNE is blinded by it. I have a feeling that everyone who has posted here understands just how amazing CYNE is.<br /> <br /> I agree with you about the piano riff. It's nasty.
You know it been about 2001.. there was a point where all i had is CYNE To this day I buy everything. I got in to making Beats and Remixs because of them.