Ladies and gentlemen, Presenting the outrageous
I'm music without limelight, A guitarist without stages
I'm a Hells Angel without the Harley Davidson
You're a golden state warrior without Antawn Jamison

I'm your last laugh without a punchline
I'm a fistfight in your high school halls at lunchtime
I'm dangerous like car wrecks without that drunk driver
I'm that island that traps you and votes you off like survivor

I'm MacGyver without a red switchblade, I'm man-made
Graffiti on the walls without the aerosol spray
I'm a 30-second delay without the time limit
I'm a shark-infested ocean, I dare you to dive in it

I'm that gold chain ready to be snatched from your neck
I'm that AIDS virus when you don't practice safe sex
I'm that hole in your latex that made your whole world crash
The most dangerous three letter word is Yas

Somebody back-up (there's no room to stand up)
Stop and throw your hands up, nobody can do it like this
Somebody back-up (there's no room to stand up)
Stop and throw your hands up, let's get it on like this

I'm your last bit of oxygen, I'm Waco Texas
I'm a 13-year-old kid stealing your Lexus
I'm a trilogy without the second and third sequels
I'm a crash test dummy without the smashed up vehicle

I'm everything you dream of, I'm life without death
I'm a respirator holding on to your last breath
I'm Bill Gates' Microsoft without Silicon Valley
I'm a natural born killer without Mickey or Mallory

You're a chair being thrown around at a Bobby Knight practice
I'm a cross between rival gangs and celebrity death matches
I attack this like pythons, I'm a living icon
You wanna see the apocalypse? Then turn my mic on

Somebody back-up (there's no room to stand up)
Stop and throw your hands up, nobody can do it like this
Somebody back-up (there's no room to stand up)
Stop and throw your hands up, let's get it on like this

One, two, one, two
I'm a shark-infested ocean, I dare you to dive in it
One, two, one, two
I'm a shark-infested ocean, I dare you to dive in it

One, two, one, two
I'm a shark-infested ocean, I dare you to dive in it
One, two, one, two
I'm a shark-infested ocean, I dare you to dive in it

Somebody back-up (there's no room to stand up)
Stop and throw your hands up, nobody can do it like this
Somebody back-up (there's no room to stand up)
Stop and throw your hands up, let's get it on like this

Somebody back-up (there's no room to stand up)
Stop and throw your hands up (I'm a shark-infested ocean, I dare you to dive in it)
Somebody back-up (there's no room to stand up)
Stop and throw your hands up (I'm a shark-infested ocean, I dare you to dive in it)


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Nothing's What It Seems Lyrics as written by Bobby Mcintosh Adam Arsenault

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    my friend justin told me about project wyze so i downloaded em i really like thses lyrics they are pretty tite so many " I'm" in it

    ROXYGURLLL7488on May 25, 2002   Link

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