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Get Down

311
Track 15 on Uplifter 

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Jun. 2, 20091 viewer

Get Down Lyrics

[Intro]
I got this great idea about why I got stuck in reverse
I was so out of control it just got worse
I hope you got more sense than I
Side step the curse
I don't know which came first
In the spiral threatening my survival
It's come
Time to get down

[Verse 1]
It's time to get down
Boots to the ground
Know we don't stop 'til they hear the bell sound
Keep your head up
Cause the truth just cut
No quick fix when I'm caught in a rut
What I got to do to get right size
Think I'm despised when I look through the eyes
Of another
Not mine to discover
What the next man think is none of my fucking business

[Pre-chorus]
And then I say what is this
Illusion I can't fix it
You name it, hey
The story stays the same
Any trouble you can name
Just go straight into accepted
You name it, hey
[Chorus]
It's time to get down
To the ground
So simple yet profound
In the now
Is why we're here

[Post-chorus]
Inspiration
I've been waiting all my life
I'm set free, it's happened
I won't look back and think twice
It's how it's meant to be
Something's happened
A sudden slap in the right place
In my face, I thank you
You always came through for me
It's how it's meant to be

[Verse 2]
Gonna get down because I can't stay high
All of the time, cause I see the sign
So I realign with an open mind
Adamant and circumvent
I get by every night and day
Get by with my comfort way
Open space to an open way
I just unwind, just unwind
[Pre-chorus]

[Chorus]

[Post-chorus]

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June 2, 2009
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