John Ariss
Architect John Ariss (sometimes spelled Ayres) (1725–1799) was born in Westmoreland County, Virginia to a family long settled in the Old Dominion. Two of his works have been classified as National Historic Landmarks. A rare surviving, documented example of his work is Traveller's Rest in Kearneysville, West Virginia, which he designed as a farmstead home for American Revolutionary War General Horatio Gates. He is also believed to have designed the Neo-Palladian estate Mount Airy, located in Richmond County, Virginia on Virginia's Northern Neck.
Ariss was born in Westmoreland County in 1725, but by 1743 his father was dead and Ariss apparently chose his brother Spencer Ariss as his guardian. Subsequently Ariss may have been sent to England for schooling because his return from England is noted in 1751. In 1755, Ariss moved to nearby Richmond County, and in 1767 he moved, this time to Fauquier County. Ariss was a longtime friend of General George Washington, to whom he rented his home. Some also believe that Ariss had a role in designing the Washington home at Mount Vernon.
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by Jon Rice
Our Time
by: Jon RiceHOOK:
It's our time They never gonna bring us down
They never gonna bring us down, Cause it's our time.
VERSE 1:
10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, anybody in the way this is what I'll die for,
Don't see no competitors it's like I got my eyes closed,
I'm riding to the top you would have thought I asked for Gieco.
I'm into winning it and I can do anything,
That's what real champs do, they just pretending it.
You starting now I'm finishing, everything is simple when,
You get past the struggle, use your muscle then you win again.
Ain't nobody stopping this, they prolly just jocking this,
Why they steady hating I should tell you put a sock in it.
I remember back when I felt I wasn't cool enough,
Now look at your boy (laughter) ain't I cool or what?
HOOK:
It's our time They never gonna bring us down
They never gonna bring us down, Cause it's our time.
It's our time. They never gonna bring us down
They never gonna bring us down, We're here to stay, we're here to stay.
VERSE 2:
I'm gone make it, trust me I ain't bailing out,
I'm winning dog the champs here it seems as if you failing now,
Looks as if you sitting still, you say that you prevailing how?
Hard in the paint, if I'm in anything I tear it down.
Trust me I'm the best, if not then I'm the next
And I ain't settling for second I'm a knock them out there nest.
I ain't playing man, feels like I'm weighing in,
Where's my heavyweight belt? Everyday I play to win.
That's how you got to do it when you feel like there's somewhere that you need to go,
It's on you, hustle hard, one day you gone be the show.
Stop saying that you need a show, be the show,
And every time you do it make sure everybody see the show.
HOOK:
It's our time They never gonna bring us down
They never gonna bring us down, Cause it's our time.
It's our time. They never gonna bring us down
They never gonna bring us down, We're here to stay, we're here to stay.
BREAKDOWN:
They never gonna bring us down, down, down, down
They never gonna bring us down, down, down, down
HOOK:
It's our time They never gonna bring us down
They never gonna bring us down, Cause it's our time.
It's our time. They never gonna bring us down