I play jokes just to get a laugh I put roaches in my neighbor's But anyway, one day she called me She said, "Lyte, an emergency"
My door neighbor had an errand to run I said, "Why Ms. Davis, ask son" She said, "Ricky's at his grandmother's" I said, "Well, what Tommy, the younger brother?"
She said, "See, umm, at the pharmacy" I said, "He'll be back soon how much could it be?" She said, "C'mon, please, it's a trip uptown If you leave now, you'll be back before sundown
Hurry up, not a moment to spare It positively has to get there" Umm, I contemplated I played a good Samaritan Started the car, she threw the package in
It absolutely, positively has to get It absolutely, has to get there It absolutely, positively has to get It absolutely, got to get there
Pumpin' out the on the FDR Not far me was a DT car So I eased up selector, 55 the But on the FDR, 40 is the
they come, sirens on I could see myself in jail 'til the break of But they rolled right by, it wasn't me they was A little red corvette, they was to capture
Dread I feel sweat so I set down my Look up ahead, now that's what I call Dipped to an exit and I my way through Couldn't believe when I hit Avenue
On a Honda's ass, just to crash Looked at the gauge and the shit no gas Zero, nada, in here, see In car terms the was on empty
Got out and the shit to the side Hailed a cab then I caught a ride To the of inflation, yes, the gas station a little tip to show my appreciation
Got to the ave where I left my car It wasn't there but it couldn't have far Damn, I must got towed Tried to out how much money I owed
to the pound and I paid my debt Think that was the worst, you heard nothin' yet into that crackhead Sam, I used to see And always, hand out, give me money In my was a dollar's worth of gas I had to get to a nice machine fast
It absolutely, has to get there It absolutely, got to get there It absolutely, got to get there It absolutely, positively has to get
As I the bank to walk back to the BM Couldn't what my eyes were seein' Looked at the tire, it was flat While the three were so damn fat
A brother walked by and his help I woulda did the shit myself But he it quick, so I passed him a ten Here I go on this again
to the gas station to fill it up When a crackhead from grabbed the pump I said, "Look, I need your help today" And I scared the and he was on his way
Oops, a cat, shit, Fur on my and all that What's this, a of bad luck? But at point, I don't even give a fuck
I got to get the package to the No what the confrontation I arrive, bag in my Lookin' for a woman Pam
She opened the bag, it was tight and snug But in that bag, yo, in bag 45, what, it was a box of Q-tips A box of Q-tips, man