You& I; Never "Us" (collabo)

Kat:
I've gotten lost in my thoughts of you;
you've found a way to tape my mouth shut and cuff my hands behind my back
-helpless
by simply answering your phone.

Nica:
& the knowledge of it all just puts me on a power trip
being aware of the fact that I have the ability to be thought of as someone special
especially to a person that has the mental
& emotional capacity that deserves it

Kat:
mentally- here's where i'm at
welcome to our world
where between blacks and whites there are purples and lime greens
and- midgets and giants stand side by side
this is where the real people live
where the poets stand high above the ones classified as others
emotionally- here's where i'm at
welcome to my world
where i call you my bestfriend
and- inside; hearing myself place our relationship in the friendship category
just claws at me from the inside out
and- knowing you feel for others is something i just have to put up with
this is where i've chose to live
where you&i stand high above the ones classified as others

Nica:
&I know that cavities don't heal, yet continue to play stupid
Cuz it kills me that
It kills you
So I
Keep you close
Cuz if you're not under the friend category
Then you're just listed as an "other"
So I welcome you to my world
Where I gave you the goggles to see my different shades of purples
The place you stay in my world
Is right across the street from the gated, secured community of heart ache central

Kat:
safety is key; no one likes getting hurt
because cavities aren't fun
so i- look through the gates of this
heavenly resort
i see all these chickens running around with their heads chopped off
they've all been welcomed in and i stand outside, where it's safe
because as soon as they enter those big white gates;
they lose their heads; not that their heads were worth much before they entered anyways
they walk through a mine field making sure to set off every trap on the way to your heart
and always die off right before hello
but me; somehow i've managed to get farther than the rest while standing here
behind these gates
where it's safe

Nica:
playin' hard to get
cuz I'm
hard to get
with good reason.
yeah,
those headless chickens you see-
they did that to themselves
&the gate surrounding them -
I did that,
for the sake of everyone else.
&what makes you& I so cool
Is that
You& I
Can be
You
&
I

Kat:
and it amazes me how we're on the same level
and- you&i have inside jokes about the ignorance that surrounds us on a daily
and- you&i are the first people to know when something is wrong
and- you&i are you&i but

Both:
You& I are never us.

Kat:
simply two independents because it would simply be too much of a hassle for

Both:
You& I to become "us"

Sleep (collabo)

Nica:
Did you know... the bullfrog is the only animal that never sleeps?

Kat:
I never sleep because sleep is the cousin of death.

Nica:
Why sleep to escape when life is too great to leave?
I love to live& tomorrow's not promised,
so I - carpe diem cuz I live for me.

Kat:
it's like...
puttin' life on hold until you open your eyes
&I don't...
wanna run away from my problems because
when I wake up from my sleeps;
my feelings are almost always intensified and;
I'm back to square one so my heart never rests;
it keeps beating and even as my eyes shut for long amounts of time;
my head continues to try and fix the problems I had from before these eyes took their rest

Nica:
&what's the point in feeling sorry for yourself& wallowing in pain...
letting sadness weaken your endurance&
allowing your muscles to turn to mush.
I choose to let these negative emotions sink in& simmer,
to condition myself to become immune to the pessimism,
cuz what doesn't kill you only makes you stronger,
&if He put me to it,
then He'll get me thru it cuz
God would never give me anything I can't handle.
Well, maybe I'm not totally immune, cuz as much as I try,
my heart would never harden.
I guess you can say I'm training to be able to cope
& run circles around these fools thinkin' they runnin game.

Kat:
and everyone thinks they got it all figured out.
like they can sleep shit off and things will be easier to cope with when wake
but leave shit to simmer for too long and it'll just burn to a crisp
and no one likes their shit burnt.
I'd much rather swallow my spit and take it like it is
cuz God made me strong and puts me through His tests
and I'll continue to fly through them with flying colors
til the day He decides that enough is enough

Nica:
Cuz I'm in it to win it.
Ya needa go hard or go home cuz nobody gets a break these days.
People sympathize like no tomorrow but when shit hits the fan,
it's me myself &I. My own watch dog 24/7,
so I couldn't sleep even if I wanted to.
I only live once so ima live it to the fullest.
I wanna go out with a bang cuz everyone lives& everyone dies,
but its how you lived& what you died for that people remember you by.