Karma Hotel
ming xia
welcome
to the
karma
hoooooooo
welcome
to the
karma
hoooooooo
first verse
karma hotel lobby and i'm lookin' for enlightenment
concierge where can i go to find adventure and excitement
played of all the casinos bars and orgies they bore me
here's another twenty now what you got for me
he stared at me hard finally dipped in his drawer
flipped the elevator keys and said go to the fourteenth floor
so in a flash i was there cold knock on the door
bombarded by cigar smoke the smell of hell and war
and when the fog cleared the scene was like an eerie nightmare
come in we've been waitin' on you for years
you wanted adventure now you got it boy don't show me no tears
this is the place where you face your desires and fears
in each of his hands was a revolver forty five in the left
twenty two in his right
russian roulette's the game tonight
and there's no escape so don't try to run
but i'll fill your life with bliss if you're alive once the death wheel has spun
choose your gun
gimme the forty five i said with a smile
here's a shiny silver bullet might as well go out in style
put one in the cylinder spun it aimed at my dome and slowly clicked it
now i feel the adrenheline rush that's got me so addicted
motivatin' me to play a second time then a third time
fourth time i clicked and popped
boom money shot
next morning cops found me needle stickin' out my arm
peep the drama another sad story at the karma
chorus ming xia
welcome to the karma hotel
looks like heaven but could be hell
where pleasant screams transform to yells
and every suite casts its own spell
2x
second verse
peep the gamblin' scene
gettin' dough as he rambled the fiends
exotic queens dancin' with tamborines
and the gambler's theme
one eye open one eye scopin'
watchin' his gat watchin' his back
watchin' his stack watchin' his wrap
watchin' his deck as people notice like
oh shit nbsp boy just won a hundred grand
where nbsp where nbsp nbsp oh my god at table seven did you see him yet
look at his chips all that green growin' like chia pets
two out the handle and he can't stop
the more and more the fans flock the more the dice out his hands drop
walk in the room he's bettin' and makin' money and every table
women are sweatin' him like he was james bond or joe david
yeah he's satisfied he's in his element now
to do this for the rest of his life is how it's goin' down
so it seems like he got his whole shit set
but his son is gangbangin' in the park holdin' a rain check
meanwhile somehow somethin' is kinda eerie
about this place that he seems to be payin' a permanent visit to
every face he sees expressionless like a mannequin
he really wants to leave but stays cool to avoid panickin'
he's gettin' the same attention but somethin' seems sorta different
he's wrinklin' up losin' weight and his body's startin' to stiffen
now he notices years have passed in one night
he made more cash than we could imagine but never lived life
chorus
third verse ming xia amp
ming xia
since we're all trapped in peace guys see you later
i'ma go to that red door near the elevator
triple nines on nails danglin' off the door
excuse me sir i didn't notice you before
pleased to meet you macristo's the name
pretty young thing
come into my room i'd like to play a game it's called doom
beat the friends and family
gotta give yourself to me
by the way what's your name
ming xia
eve
check the scenery
ming xia
looks so happy at the same time
the way they're entwined seems so good it's a crime
believe in me as i believe in you live it up tonight
ming xia
well fuck it i feel i've got all of my life
so true pleasure and pain transform lust to thrust
one night stands of hot sex the bottle entrusts
ming xia
oooh invitation accepted too good to reject it
so i join in unprotected
expected one life to live don't respect it
ming xia
respect what
ooh you poor child you've been neglected
ming xia
cristo why do i feel so cold
it's like each time i climax you take a piece of my soul
you could never leave you made a pact with the devil himself
infected in my family of trust my daughter of lust
ming xia
so what you're tellin' me is i can't leave
and i'm trapped here for eternity
oooooohhhhhhhhhh
chorus
Refrain:
You won't believe the things I've seen
Far beyond your wildest dreams
I've seen chaos and order reign supreme
I've seen the beauty of the universe
so peaceful and serene
in seconds turn to violence and screams
I've seen true genius, too often to lose the meaningless
appreciation of this mediocre nation
I've heard the mind is repetition,
of empty words without tradition
Turned original verbs into submission
I smelled this malignerance addiction,
but I guess I wouldn't be right
if I said the blunt was like a baby pipe
There ain't gon' be no revolution tonight
Half of my warriors as high as a kite
Lost and they lost all they fight
And I've tasted, the bitter tragedy of lives wasted
And men who glimpsed the darkness inside, but never faced it
And it's a shame that most of y'all are followin sheep
Wallowin deeper than the darkness, you're fallin asleep
Refrain:
You won't believe the things I've seen
Far beyond your wildest dreams
I've seen chaos and order reign supreme
I've seen the beauty of the universe
so peaceful and serene
in seconds turn to violence and screams
I've seen and experienced things
that'll push the average to the edge and swan dive to death
I'm two guys, multiplied by ninety-three guys
Evenly balanced seein evil equally in each eye now
Maybe I'm the most thorough worker on the job to you
or maybe I'm the one, who was plottin to rob you
The fear of this beatdown, the women on no cash to floss
makes most of y'all hustle ya ass off
From nothin to two mill', in five years I'll live to see it
vanish in six months, with no tears believe it
I'll rock, twenty-eight years before the Feds can lay a trace
See they plan is to erase me, just to replace me
Life! Your heart is one with your brain
Emotional or reason, now which one do you obey?
Life! Somebody callin you insane
When overwhelmed and blessed, burst in tears of happiness
Yo, yo, I've seen relationships that's so sick
Life long friendships so cha-o-tic
Thug cat bangin this chick but won't kiss
Drinkin her spit, when coppin a fix for dope bliss
I got a knife and a bat, to bust your brain, put a knife in your back
"Once in the Life" I was trifle like that
like my man Troy, who lost his days
shootin dice on worldly ways
and ended up in a early grave
Because once in a lifetime is rough
Twice in a lifetime you combat the ghost of mistrust
Mentally cuffed, thrust by a cop thinkin he tough
You bust, Amadou Diallo is us, and what
now I'm on my knees, beggin' "God, please!
Save me from the fires of hell!
Let water water soul prevail" - cos I can't take no more
Who's that knockin, at, my door?
Is that you, Pete from Cobb's Creek, who died in my sleep?
We was playin for fun, now it's keeps
Like my man Mark I beat to death wrapped in a carpet
and left in the garbage, now that's cold-hearted
Ask Book he saw it, "Yo black I ain't seen (shit)
Kids in the 6, they flip for nonsense"
Poke an icepick, smokin that (shit) since preschool fool
and packin a tool, (fuck you) Mom Dukes it's cool
Refrain:
You won't believe the things I've seen
Far beyond your wildest dreams
I've seen chaos and order reign supreme
I've seen the beauty of the universe
so peaceful and serene
in seconds turn to violence and screams
Life! Your heart is one with your brain
Emotional or reason, now which one do you obey?
Life! Somebody callin you insane
When overwhelmed and blessed, burst in tears of happiness