Talkin' the Truth - Long Beach Dub Allstars

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Hey!

(Chorus ª 2)

We're gonna tell you what them drugs can do
They'll fuck your life in a minute or two
If you keep it up, you'll be finishing through
Opie, Ras, and Paulie always talkin' the truth

Paulie:

Me see 'em on the street
Boy, what a shame
You all cracked up
Man, you lost all your game
3 weeks in a row
You'll be wearing the same clothes
Stink so bad
The smell be wrinklin' up me nose

Man, what at one
Drugs on your mark
Revert all your sold
All the furniture you had
Down at the pawn shop
Scream in a scroungin'
Ingest the tweak
And your heart starts pounding
Crap head, boy
Them a smoke of a mountain

Opie:

Night is the time when you should be asleep
No walking around and tweaking on the street
You look down town, you know what I mean
You see them strange people and them take speed

We no pirate, we no bad man
A one thing I know, the tweak will make you sad
Stick with your actions and you'll end up in rehab

(Chorus)

Paulie:

Yo, them of always heard
Them a smoke tweak
Them fast a deal
Them a make a profit
Me stick to me Guinness and me stick to me spliff
Cause me no wanna end up like a zombie on the street

Me see it everyday
In it I my face
A whole generation
Lost out without a trace
Caught on the plastic
Boy, what a waste
Oh, mass a God, a petty in all them fiez

(Chorus)

Paulie:

Them collect bottles
Them collect charms
Some will sell anything
And get in on the pants

Them a leave daddy
No laugh in a funny
Could've been a sittin'
On your daddy or your mommy

We speak of Philly hood
Tell them the truth
Fuck with the speed
And the devil does a dead

Ras-1:

Lips on the pipe
Up all night
Starin' at an engine'
With a flashlight

Then I start to take apart my VCR
20 projects goin' cause I'm tweakin' so hard
Pullin' out my hair, pickin' out my skin
Lose a couple teeth, but I'm not trippin'

Just when I thought I was head of the game
Wake in a rehab with Rick James
Didn't even see that I was slippin'
2 years in another backyard wrenchin'
Next thing I know I'm on heroin
I woulda been better off just smokin'

Ras-1: Choona
Opie: Hona, still stick to the weed man
Ras-1: I ain't trippin', Opie. Got some weed, Paulie?
Paulie: Brooklyn's best kid!

(Chorus ª 2)

And you know that, man
Guinness and the ganja
That kyamboron...

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Long Beach Dub Allstars
Origin Long Beach, California, United States
Genre(s) Reggae
Punk rock
Ska
Dub reggae
Years active 1997–2002
Label(s) DreamWorks
Associated acts Sublime
Long Beach Shortbus
Eyes Adrift
Volcano
Former members
Eric Wilson
Jack Maness
Marshall Goodman
Bud Gaugh
Tim Wu
Opie Ortiz
RAS-1
Miguel Happoldt
Todd Foreman
Isaiah Ikey Owens

The Long Beach Dub Allstars was a dub reggae/ska/rock band formed in 1997 and disbanded in 2002.

Eric Wilson and Bud Gaugh met in childhood (in 1979) and later started their first garage punk band, consisting of drums, bass and vocals. They later formed Sublime with Brad Nowell. The Long Beach Dub Allstars (LBDAS for short) were founded after Brad died in 1996 of a heroin overdose (frequent contributors to Sublime including Michael "Miguel" Happoldt, Todd Foreman, and "Field" Marshall Goodman are also members of the band).

Eric Wilson says,"We will never replace the greatness that Sublime did or what Brad has done." The band was originally a 10-piece and they recorded their debut recording called Right Back, which shortly after completion in 1999 saw the departure of three members. Their second album, Wonders of the World was recorded and released in 2001. It featured "Sunny Hours" featuring will.i.am from the Black Eyed Peas.

In 2002 rumors that the band had broken up began to surface. Apparently the band had taken a hard-drug-free vow and some of the band's members had broken this vow, which caused Bud Gaugh to quit and join Eyes Adrift with Krist Novoselic of Nirvana and Curt Kirkwood of Meat Puppets. Gaugh was also playing with Kirkwood and Michael Happoldt in the band Volcano.[1].

Eric Wilson, Trey Pangborn and RAS-1 formed Long Beach Shortbus with former Slightly Stoopid and temporary Sublime drummer, Kelly Vargas (later replaced by Damion Ramirez). Jack Maness and Opie Ortiz formed Dubcat, with members of Hepcat. Shortbus has had slightly more success than Dubcat, though the latter has yet to release an album.

Their feel-good song "Sunny Hours" was used as the title track for the sitcom Joey. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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