The Proposition

<br>You can`t have the flower without the root<br>You can`t have the fire without the soot<br>Even a stripper needs her red tasseled suit<br>And we were meant to be<br>In every war the North needs the south<br>And everyone knows all assholes have a mouth<br>Without mystery what would writers talk about<br>And we were meant to be<br>An apple needs pits the way melons need seed<br>Your foot needs your arm and your arm needs your knee<br>And one of these days I know you will need me<br>We were meant to be<br>You`re mother`s an ogre your father`s a scamp<br>You won`t see my parents honored on any stamp<br>But just like a bulb screws into a lamp<br>We were meant to be<br>The way the AIDS needs a vaccine<br>Somewhere a vaccine needs AIDS<br>The way a victim needs life<br>A life needs to be saved<br>And out of all of this<br>Will come a better way<br>We were meant to be<br>So you can go to Europe , Los Angeles or Mars<br>You can stand on a building throwing cinder blocks on cars<br>You can practice deep voodoo<br>But like me you`ll see<br>We were meant to be<br>We were meant to be