the line

• voodoo albümünden pek bi gangsta sözlere sahip d'angelo parçası:
  
  i've gotta tell you tell you about it
  ive been gone for so long
  i just wanna sing my song
  i know you been hearin
  hearin a lot of things about me
  
  oh i know i know
  i've heard i have heard it all to clear
  this is what i am going to do
  
  (chorus)
  i am goin to hold hold on to my pride
  i'm gonna stick im gonna stick to my guns
  i'm gonna put my finger on the trigger
  i'm gonna pull it and we gon see what the deal
  i'm for real, i just wanna put it, put it on the line
  i've gotta put it on the line
  and we havent got much time
  i've gotta put it on the line
  know what im talking bout this evening
  i've gotta put it on the line
  
  i've got a bullet in the chamber
  and im not afraid of the danger
  we've gotta go down to the wire
  i'll go through the fire with you
  kill and die with you
  i know everybody watchin me
  the pressure is on
  from every angle
  political to personal
  will i hang or be left hangin? will i fall off?
  or will it be bangin?
  i say its up to the man upstairs
  
  i am goin to hold, hold on to my pride
  i'm gonna stick, im gonna stick to my guns
  i'm gonna put my finger on the trigger
  i'm gonna pull it and we gon see what the deal
  i'm for real, i just wanna put it, put it on the line
  i've gotta put it on the line
  and we havent got much time
  i've gotta put it on the line
  know what i'm talking bout this evening
  i've gotta put it on the line