Ordinary People

Oops, I guess I should stop singin' and start bringin' the funk
The negro sings a rap and have you clappin'
I gets busy 'cause I never fall, I excel
Never takin' no shorts, so here's my tall tale

Once upon the clock it was hard growing up with no pops
But moms did the supernatural, very extra-ordinary person that she is
She finished college, three kids at home cryin'
But never got fed up and kept her head up

"I shoot for the sky", is what she said, it got embedded in my skull
That's how I got soul to reach ya through your speaker
My mother alone helped me to be me
So that's my role model, not an idiot on TV

Used to do it like this and like that and like this
But since she never let me join a gang I couldn't G thang
So for all her prayers at night under the church steeple
I give thanks to my mother, one of those very extra-ordinary people

Now dig it, 2, 6, 8, I guess that I appreciate
(4)
And consider that niggas who work hard is the superstars
(Ordinary)
People with families, that have kids
Should be put on a pedestal, not average

Treatment for our mother and fathers and if you ask me
I'll say, "You put your family first, before an athlete"
But everybody wanna be somebody special
Who can grab a microphone or put a ball through a hoop

And it's okay to like Mike even I would, if I drank Gatorade
But I'm too busy funkin' your trunk with all this 808
To worry about that, I'm worried 'bout this, if you agree
Then pump your fist, if you're proud to show you're pissed
(Say it loud)

Off at the news and media because they swear
That all black people are menaces and holler and cheer
But since there's so many others that want justice
I know we will start respectin' others as brothers and come together
All of the ordinary people

Ordinary people make the world turn
I learned that if you work hard in life
Then it counts the way the balls bounce
I wrote this to give a message, I'll be glad if it switches your goal
From bein' a gangsta to a graduate

And if you listened close to what I said, you learned a lesson
And heard that all the average Jones' are no greater
Or no lesser than stars 'cause all we all are is equal
So shut off your TV set and show respect to some of the
Ordinary people