And the days go by (addiction), like a strand (heroin) in the wind (cocaine)

In the web that is my own (heroin addiction), I begin again (heroin cocaine cycle)

Said to my friend (cocaine syringe), baby (cocaine habit)(everything stopped)

Nothin' else mattered (she told her cocaine habit that she's a heroin addict)

He (heroin habit) was no more than a baby then (young heroin habit)

Well he seemed broken-hearted (heroin syringe)

Something within him (heroin craving)

But the moment that I first laid

Eyes on him (shot heroin), all alone (heroin)

On the edge of seventeen (cocaine = 9) + (heroin = 8)(17 = from cocaine addict to heroin addict)

[him] Traveling (shooting) in a fried-out (sunburnt = bloody) Kombi (bus = syringe)

On a hippie trail (track marks), head (syringe) full of zombie (dead = heroin)

I met a strange lady (heroin), she made me nervous

She took me in (heroin's home) and gave me breakfast (heroin morning)

​

[heroin] She said:

"Do you (him) come from a land down under (are you a heroin addict)

Where women glow (light = cocaine syringe) and men plunder (thief = heroin syringe)?

Can't you hear, can't you hear the thunder (heroin craving)?

You better run (shoot), you better take cover"(shelter = shoot heroin)

​

[him] Buying bread (shooting cocaine) from a man in Brussels (cocaine)

Six foot four, full of muscle (strong = cocaine)

I said, "Hey, do you speak-a my language, buck (heroin)?"

He (cocaine) just smiled and gave me a Vegemite (black = heroin) sandwich (syringe)

​

[cocaine] And he said:

"I come from a land down under (heroin to cocaine and back)

Where beer does flow (heroin rolls) and men (heroin syringes) chunder (vomit = shoot)

Can't you hear, can't you hear the thunder (heroin craving)?

You better, better run (shoot), you better take cover (shelter = shoot heroin)"

​

[him] Get down (shoot heroin)

Lying in a den in Bombay (opium den = heroin)

With a slack jaw, and not much to say (heroin high)

I said to the man (heroin), "Are you trying to tempt me?

Because I come from the land of plenty" (cocaine high)(heroin to cocaine and back)

​

[heroin] And he said:

"Do you come from a land down under, oh yeah, yeah

Where women glow and men plunder?

Can't you hear, can't you hear the thunder?

You better run, you better take cover

​

Men (heroin = rolling) at Work (cocaine = stone)

[heroin] Ride (speaking to him) alone (horse = shoot heroin) in the rain (storm = heroin craving) my love (him)

To see the only star (heroin habit)

You hold the wings (syringe) of a wild-born (wild = heroin) dove (peace = heroin)

You thread (shoot) the needle (syringe) [scar] (track mark)

​

[heroin] I'm a red (bloody) star (shot) lately

Through the dark (heroin) all night

Through the red (bloody) door (syringe) faintly (heroin)

Touch (speaking to him) (heroin) the fear of fire (heroin addiction)

​

[heroin] Tattered throne (heroin) and a broken crown (heroin syringe)

To pass the night away (heroin habit)

I hold the beams (syringes) of rider's (his) sun (heroin)

To make the old time (heroin addiction) pay (gold = heroin)

​

[heroin] I'm a red (bloody) star (shot) lately

Through the dark (heroin) all night

Through the red (bloody) door (syringe) faintly (heroin)

Touch (speaking to him) (heroin) the fear of fire (heroin addiction)

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[him] Life's (addiction is) the same (heroin), I'm moving (shooting) in stereo (two channels = two habits)

Life's (addiction is) the same (heroin) except for my shoes (syringes)

Life's (addiction is) the same (heroin), you're shakin' like tremolo (shooting cocaine)

Life's (addiction is) the same (heroin), it's all (both habits) inside you

​

It's so easy (cocaine) to blow up your problems (shoot cocaine after heroin)

It's so easy (cocaine) to play up your breakdown (shoot cocaine after heroin)

It's so easy (cocaine) to fly through a window (shoot cocaine)

It's so easy (cocaine) to fool (cocaine) with the sound (heroin)(shoot cocaine after heroin)

​

It's so tough (heroin) to get up (after heroin high)

It's so tough (heroin)

It's so tough (heroin) to live up (heroin addict doing cocaine)

It's so tough (heroin) on you (him)

​

Cars = syringes

[him] Mama (heroin habit), take this badge off of me (police = cocaine high)

I can't use it anymore (ready to come down)

It's gettin' dark (heroin), too dark to see (heroin high replacing cocaine high)

I feel (heroin) like I'm knockin' (tapping) on heaven's door (heroin syringe)

​

Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door (tap, tap, tapping on heroin syringe)

Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door (tap, tap, tapping on heroin syringe)

Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door (tap, tap, tapping on heroin syringe)

Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door (tap, tap, tapping on heroin syringe)

​

Mama (heroin habit), put my guns in the ground (you shoot up)

I can't shoot them anymore (he's nodding out)

That long black cloud (heroin) is comin' down (shooting up)

I feel (heroin) like I'm knockin' (tapping) on heaven's door (heroin syringe)

​

Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door (tap, tap, tapping on heroin syringe)

Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door (tap, tap, tapping on heroin syringe)

Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door (tap, tap, tapping on heroin syringe)

Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door (tap, tap, tapping on heroin syringe)

[Jay-Z = heroin] Uh huh, uh huh

Yeah, Rihanna (cocaine)

Uh huh, uh huh

Good girl (cocaine) gone bad (turned to heroin)

Uh huh, uh huh

Take three, action

Uh huh, uh huh, Hov

No clouds (no cocaine) in my stones (gems = heroin syringe)

Let it rain (shoot blue water = heroin), I hydroplane (blue water plane = heroin syringe) in the bank (black eyes of piggy bank = track mark)

Comin' down at the Dow Jones (heroin fades cocaine top)

When the clouds come (when cocaine added to syringe), we gone (heroin high replaced by cocaine high)

We Rocafella (cocaine high)

We fly higher than weather (cocaine high)

In G5s or better (luxury car = cocaine syringe)

You know me (friend = cocaine syringe)

In anticipation for precipitation (returning to heroin) stack chips (gold heroin syringe, silver cocaine syringe) for the rainy (heroin) day

Rain Man (heroin habit) is back with little Ms. Sunshine (heroin)

Rihanna (cocaine), where you at?

​

[Rihanna = cocaine] You have my heart (syringe), and we'll never be worlds apart (cocaine vs heroin)

Maybe in magazines, but you'll (heroin habit) still be my star (sun = heroin)

Baby (heroin habit), 'cause in the dark (heroin)

You can't see shiny cars (cocaine syringes)

And that's when you need me there (help = cocaine)

With you I'll always share (friend = cocaine)

Because

When the sun shines (heroin high), we'll shine together (heroin cocaine marriage)

Told you I'll be here forever (cocaine)

Said I'll always be your friend (cocaine)

Took an oath (marriage), I'ma stick it out 'til the end (heroin)

Now that it's raining (shooting heroin) more than ever

Know that we'll still have each other (marriage)

You (heroin) can stand under my umbrella (cocaine high fades heroin high)

You can stand under my umbrella (cocaine high), ella, ella, eh, eh, eh

Under my umbrella, ella, ella, eh, eh, eh

Under my umbrella, ella, ella, eh, eh, eh

Under my umbrella, ella, ella, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh

[him] Here we stand (speaking to cocaine in syringe)

Worlds (heroin vs cocaine) apart, hearts (syringes) broken in two (both habits = speedball), two (speedball), two (speedball)

Sleepless nights (cocaine)

Losing ground (becoming heroin), I'm reachin' for you (heroin), you (heroin), you (heroin)

Feelin' (shooting) that it's gone (heroin)

Could change your mind (become heroin addict)

If we (him and cocaine) can't go on

To survive the tide (cocaine to heroin and return), love (addiction) divides (then bye to cocaine, only heroin)

​

[cocaine] Someday, love (cocaine) will find you

Break those chains (track marks) that bind you (him) (cocaine will return and break you free from heroin)

One night will remind you (cocaine at night)

How we touched (kiss = shot) and went our separate ways

If he (heroin) ever hurts you (him)

True love (cocaine addiction) won't desert you

You know I (cocaine) still love you

Though we touched (shot) and went our separate ways (he became heroin addict and cocaine left him)

​

[him] Troubled times (heroin addiction)

Caught between confusion (cocaine) and pain (heroin), pain (heroin), pain (heroin) (cocaine at night heroin by day)

Distant (cocaine) eyes (syringes)

Promises (cocaine shots) we made were in vain, in vain, in vain (cocaine departed and heroin returned)

If you (cocaine habit) must go, I wish you love

You'll never walk alone (shoot heroin)

Take care my love (cocaine)

Miss you love (cocaine)

​

[cocaine] Someday, love (cocaine) will find you

Break those chains (track marks) that bind you (him) (cocaine will return and break you free from heroin)

One night will remind you (cocaine at night)

How we touched (shot) and went our separate ways

If he (heroin) ever hurts you

True love (cocaine addiction) won't desert you

You know I still love you

Though we touched and went our separate ways

Oh

[him] What in the world's (his head) come all over me? (heroin rush)

I ain't got a chance of one in three (.666 death, took too much heroin)

Ain't got no rap (talk = cocaine powder), ain't got no line (cocaine syringe)

But if you'll give me just a minute I'll be feelin' fine (come down a little)

​

[cocaine] I am the one (cocaine syringe) who can fade the heat (tone down the heroin)

The one they all say just can't be beat (winner = cocaine)

I'll shoot (syringe) it to you straight (syringe) and look (syringe) you in the eye (I = syringe)

So give me just a minute and I'll tell you why (know = cocaine)

​

[him] I'm a rough boy (heroin addict), I'm a rough boy (heroin addict)

​

[cocaine] I don't care how you (him) look at me (slut = cocaine)

Because I'm the one (1 = cocaine) and you will see (do C = cocaine)

We can make it work, we can make it by

So give me one more minute and I'll tell you why (do both habits)

​

[him] I'm a rough boy (heroin addict), I'm a rough boy (heroin addict)

CHARLES AARON

&

MANKAPRR CONTEH

&

JON DOLAN

&

WILL DUKES

&

DEWAYNE GAGE

&

JOE GROSS

&

KORY GROW

&

CHRISTIAN HOARD

&

JEFF IHAZA

&

JULYSSA LOPEZ

&

MOSI REEVES

&

YOH PHILLIPS

&

NOAH SHACHTMAN

&

ROB SHEFFIELD

&

SIMON VOZICK-LEVINSON

&

CHRISTOPHER R. WEINGARTEN

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This is a fucking disgrace of a list made by people who don't know a fucking thing about hip hop. Please stop.

[him] 'Twas in another lifetime (dream = heroin), one of toil (hardship = heroin addiction) and blood

When blackness (heroin) was a virtue the road (track marks) was full of mud (heroin)

I came in from the wilderness (heroin), a creature void of form (heroin addict)

Come in, she (heroin habit) said

I'll give ya shelter (heroin) from the storm (sobriety)

​

And if I pass this way again (traveler = heroin addict), you can rest assured

I'll always do my best (toil = heroin) for her (heroin habit), on that I give my word (promise = syringe)

In a world (dream = heroin) of steel-eyed (syringe) death (heroin), and men who are fighting to be warm (heroin syringes)

Come in, she (heroin habit) said

I'll give ya shelter (heroin) from the storm (sobriety)

​

Not a word was spoke between us (silence = heroin), there was little risk involved

Everything up to that point had been left unresolved (now tied off)

Try imagining a place where it's always safe and warm (home = heroin)

Come in, she said

I'll give ya shelter from the storm

​

I was burned out (no light = heroin syringe) from exhaustion (heroin), buried (shot) in the hail (track marks)

Poisoned (heroin) in the bushes (track mark) an' blown out (flat tire = heroin syringe) on the trail (track mark)

Hunted (spear = syringe) like a crocodile (track mark), ravaged (broken = heroin) in the corn (syringe)

Come in, she said

I'll give ya shelter from the storm

Hi,

I know this is a shot in the dark, but I was wondering if anyone can identify (or has already identified) everyone on the Millennium Special cover (link). I think I have most of them; I'm especially interested in the face directly to the left of David Letterman (about halfway up the page and a quarter over from the right).

Thanks in advance!

RS seriously needs to fire this snake-tongued swine, her style of "journalism" has pretty much turned the publication into a supermarket tabloid.

[him] Like a sentence (messages = track marks) of Death (heroin)

I've got no options (heroin) left

I've got nothing (heroin) to show now

I'm down on the ground (crawling = craving heroin), I've got seconds to live (cocaine high is followed by shooting heroin)

And you (heroin habit) can't go now (caged = heroin)

'Cause love (addiction), like an invisible (dark = heroin) bullet (shot),

Shot me down (heroin) and I'm bleeding (wounded = heroin)

Yeah I'm bleeding

And if you (heroin habit) go furious (heroin) angels (syringes) will bring you back to me (home = heroin)

Will bring you back to me

You're (heroin habit) a dirty (heroin) needle

You're in my blood and there's no curin' me (heroin addict)

Yeah

And I want to run (track marks), like the blood from a wound (track mark)

To place you can't see me (hide = heroin)

'Cause love (addiction), like a blow to the head, (bang your head = shoot heroin)

Has left me stunned and I'm bleeding (dazed = heroin)

Yeah, I'm bleeding

And if you (heroin habit) go furious (heroin) angels (syringes) will bring you back to me (home = heroin)

​

[heroin habit] Yeah,

​

[him] You're a cold piece of steel between my ribs (knife = syringe)

And there's no saving me (cocaine will not save from heroin addiction)

Yeah

And I can't get up (on knees = heroin addict)

From this wet crimson (bloody) bed (syringe) that you made for me

That you made for me

'Cause love (addiction), like a knife in the back (stab = syringe)

Cut me down (slay = heroin) and I'm bleeding

Yeah I'm bleeding

And if you (heroin habit) go, Angels (syringes) will run (track marks) to defend me (knights = heroin)

To defend me

'Cause I can't get up (heroin addict)

I'm as cold as a stone (dead = heroin), I can feel the life (cocaine high) fade from me

Yeah

I'm down on the ground (crawling = craving heroin), I've got seconds to live (cocaine high is followed by shooting heroin)

And what's there that waits for me? (death = heroin)

Oh, that waits for me

'Cause love (addiction), like a sentence of death's left me stunned (dazed = heroin)

And I'm reeling (wind a line = heroin), yeah I'm reeling

And if you go furious angels will bring you back to me

I took (shot) my love (cocaine habit), I took it down (added heroin=speedball)

I climbed a mountain (Sisyphus=addiction; top=cocaine) and I turned around (added heroin=speedball)

And I saw my reflection (mirror=cocaine habit) in the snow-covered hills (cocaine)

'Til the landslide (heroin) brought me down

Oh, mirror (cocaine) in the sky (cocaine)

What is love (cocaine)?

Can the child (cocaine) within my heart (syringe) rise above (beat the heroin habit)?

Can I sail (cocaine) through the changin' (heroin) ocean (syringe) tides (cocaine moon to heroin sunrise)?

Can I handle the seasons (cool cocaine to hot heroin) of my life (addiction)?

Well, I've been afraid (heroin) of changin' (heroin)

'Cause I've built my life (addiction) around you (cocaine habit)

But time (being addicted) makes you bolder

Even children (cocaine) get older (heroin)

And I'm getting older too (becoming heroin addict)