[uncredited spoken word poet the song's intro] A tall, handsome, chocolate colored kid in a fresh hairstyle. Quiet was more in tune with his, well-heeled patrons with his hip-hopping friends. "Who you up man?Yo' momma?!"
I a poem the other day I hope you it
Roses are red, and are blue Sugar is sweet love, but not as as you Boogers are green, and doo-doo is Life is but, not when you get down I said roses are red, and violets are Sugar is sweet love, but not as as you Boogers are green, and doo-doo is
is uphill but, not when you get down
Sticks and stones, and bones Electricity+ chromosomes I'm alone, but not by choice I up the phone and I hear a strange voice Hocus pocus, boo Abra-cadabra, what's a to do? and forth, and open and closed And if you see through it then poke you some holes It's like glass and dirt, water and Things to burn the hotter the pan and right, and right and wrong
Wrong and guilty, and hung and old, and old and new Knew and never knew and the truth like black and blue, and battered and bruised
And if you get away from this one then, that'll be I
Jack and Jill, and +Jill+ and Scotch and soda, a plot Bums and cops, covers and and blankets, cottons and silks
Mind so heavy the bed don't tilt and welts, and screams for help
Eat and sleep, shit shower and Work and play, cradle to the
It's all for nothin, or at all all for one, and one for all You better look up at me I'm ten feet tall Cause you're lookin down at me like I'm two feet and wishes, wishes and dreams It's ugly and dirty, I wish it was Win or lose, smoke or And if you get away this one then, that'll be news I
Ready or not, and hot Tired and hungry but haven't
Guns and shots, runs and Or buried alive under tons of A beautiful day, a wonderful A suitable just rockin the mic
A day in the life, a in a day You when they comin so you might get away
Space and time, nickels and Bass and rhyme tickle your spine A brand new mind, a design One of a kind, and you find
and crews, weapons and tools Lovers and and teachers and fools try walkin one day in my socks and shoes And if you get from this one then, that'll be news like