[00:00:00] Sketch - Stereo MC's [00:00:00] Written by:Nicholas Hallam/Tuze Abreu/Robert Birch [00:00:11] Feel alive [00:00:13] Paint it true [00:00:14] Paint it true [00:00:15] Paint it true [00:00:16] Thru and thru [00:00:17] Paint it true [00:00:18] Paint it true [00:00:19] Paint it true [00:00:21] Are you havin' problems tuning in [00:00:23] Are the truths that you're seeing deceptively thin [00:00:25] I come to clear up and pull you out of your spin [00:00:28] Don't adjust your set jus' let me begin [00:00:31] I wanna tell you âbout my daily barrage [00:00:32] Commercial breaks livin' in a mirage [00:00:35] Seen stars that are fake [00:00:36] They make you sedate as your thoughts gestate [00:00:38] Daylight I can't wait [00:00:39] Now's it's too late and I can see my mistake [00:00:43] Stone love and hate [00:00:44] Ain't it what you make of life [00:00:45] Don't ya see or buckle at the knee [00:00:47] The pressure around it won't let you be [00:00:50] I wanna know why we ain't conversin' [00:00:52] I wanna know why we always reversin' [00:00:55] Fobbin' me off with a web of diversion [00:00:57] Check the artist sketch if you want the true version [00:01:00] Paint it true [00:01:01] Paint it true [00:01:03] Paint it true [00:01:04] Thru and thru [00:01:05] Paint it true [00:01:06] Paint it true [00:01:07] Paint it true [00:01:09] Paint it true [00:01:10] To miss or mister [00:01:12] If you don't [00:01:13] We won't get the picture [00:01:14] Lies and deception is a terrible mixture [00:01:16] When you speak from the heart [00:01:17] It'll uplift ya [00:01:18] Don't be afraid when you don't understand [00:01:21] 'Cause your life span's only just began [00:01:23] And every step you take is as good as a stand [00:01:25] First impressions don't count like a slight of hand [00:01:28] A sudden move [00:01:29] The stride of a cheetah [00:01:30] The sound of a drum beater [00:01:33] Woman to woman breast to breast [00:01:35] If you want the rest check the artist's sketch [00:01:38] Paint it true [00:01:40] Paint it true [00:01:41] Paint it true [00:01:42] Thru and thru [00:01:43] Paint it true [00:01:44] Paint it true [00:01:47] Paint it true [00:01:55] Feel alive [00:02:06] So check the sketch [00:02:07] No dust collects [00:02:08] Never fades degrades soul [00:02:10] Made to make ya stretch [00:02:11] Agile worthwhile nothin' come [00:02:13] From a vial or capsule [00:02:14] I got a natural smile [00:02:16] Turn out the lights [00:02:17] Tell me can you see what a difference exists [00:02:19] Now between you and me [00:02:21] I'm at a bus stop waiting on a 33 [00:02:23] I see for miles 'cause my mind is free [00:02:25] Don't take a genius to know about Venus [00:02:28] No misdemeanours I taking it serious [00:02:30] The flesh is weak you must protect it [00:02:33] If you forget check the artist sketch it [00:02:40] Now paint it true [00:02:42] Paint it true [00:02:43] Paint it true [00:02:44] Thru and thru [00:02:45] Paint it true [00:02:47] Paint it true [00:02:48] Paint it true [00:02:50] Paint it true [00:02:51] Thru and thru [00:02:53] Paint it true [00:02:55] Paint it true [00:03:12] Check the sketch [00:03:18] I chose this time to relate to you [00:03:20] A state of mind come habitual [00:03:23] Like a ritual instinctual [00:03:25] Like you don't know how but you know you will [00:03:27] And instilled on the in to will to the outside world [00:03:31] Sleepin' in pure formaldehyde [00:03:33] Crystal ball mirror upon the wall [00:03:35] What is the fate to befall us all [00:03:37] 'Cause I remember days I swear you wore flowers in your hair [00:03:42] And I wore cloth on my limbs all bare we was there [00:03:47] But now nothin' is as was intended [00:03:49] Can't walk the street without being apprehended [00:03:52] I feel so wretched and so perplex [00:03:54] So I flex the real in the artist sketch [00:03:57] I paint it true [00:03:58] I paint it true [00:04:00] Paint it true [00:04:01] Thru and thru [00:04:02] I paint it true [00:04:03] Paint it true [00:04:04] Paint it true [00:04:07] Paint it true me to you [00:04:09] Me to you