Bad News - Lateef And Lyrics Born

Chorus : Bad News travels fast / and if it's about you you'll probably hear 
'bout it last / but when they press up / and check up / and they ask / you 
gotta keep perspective on the future and the past / and laugh / while they 
keep talkin' / talk  talk  talkin  / chicken heads keep squawkin' / power 
of the spoken word is infinite / you can tell / cuz people are always 
talking / talking on the run  talking while walking, / talking in line, 
talking in circles, / talking in time all over the world / talkin' 'bout 
whatever's on their mind- that's fine / talkin' 'bout who they hawkin, who 
they watchin, who they clockin, / who they heard was up to something 
poppin' / always talkin' about who they remember and who's forgotten / 
who's rockin' the set and who's floppin', droppin' out / talkin' 'bout 
people from the cradle to the coffin / talkin' 'bout people, talkin' 'bout 
people, talkin' 'bout people, / talkin' 'bout people non-stop talkin' often 
/Chorus /People talk shit / their minds reinforce it / spittin' out words 
and thoughts that are amorphous / pushin' sloppy sound out of their vocal 
orifice / like it ain't bein' recorded / sometimes a words scorch is worse 
than torches / whats more / is the talk aint uniform or rehearsed / it's 
the richest, the poorest,/ from CEO boardrooms to porches to alley ways and 
gutters / from coast to coast, east to west, south to north / it's people 
talking of course! / like life is a courtroom / most bullshittin' from 
midnight to high noon and back again / Blacks and the Blacker thans / 
Whites and the Africans / far to little action far to much satisfaction / 
in philanderin' usin' sex like a sedative / repetitive like rhetoric / I'm 
bettin' ya think ya nice cuz you give free add-vi