Say it on a String
Here we are in '99
With a bottle of wine
Feelin' fine just as long as the sun does shine
Cause rainy days suck
I keep askin' for a dance
From a woman full of love
But I lost that romance
But that's the past y'all
It didn't last
It's a different play with a different cast
It's all about what you know
And how you grow
And so I say bravo to the to the artist
Who likes to paint his wall
But now he carves his wood
You would if you could and you should
Causewhen you reach you burn
And when you teach you learn
And when you preach you yearn just to be understood
Hey it's all good
It's like sand between your toes
And everybody knows
Once you get your shoes back on
It's time to run that marathon
And now my body goes deeper
Inside the Kreeper
Down that hole like a chiminey sweeper
Singin' my sad love songs for years and years
And nobody hears a word I say
But hey, that's okay
I'm gonna sing 'em anyway
At least I get 'em out and take my turn to shout
About how love has kicked my ass
And how love helps me surpass
The loneliness of an everyday mediocre exsistance
And the resistance and persistance of a conscience
That gets a kick out of seeing me sqirm
Like sperm
That's about to confirm that it gotz no place to go
I know
I know what you're thinkin'
This sad song singin'
Guitar-slingin'
Just about anythingin' mother fo'er
Thinks he can bust a rap like a dawg
Hell no
I don't think, I KNOW
As a matter of fact here we go
I never espresso'd like this before
I think I dig it you might get more
It feels good, like I'm almost understood
I ain't from the hood
But I'm payin' my dues in Hollywood
I pound my chest with respect for my brothers of color
Who say it loud and who say it proud
With a groove that makes me move
So phat you can't improve
On a rhyme that comes from the soul
To me it's all rock and roll
I prefer when it comes from a place of love
Because I have faith in God above
I mean no disrespect if you got yo 44
I'll just be makin' my way to the doordy-door
No trouble
Don't want to burst yo bubble
Don't know nothin' 'bout no gun
Just tryin' to have some fun
Because one minute you're here
The next minute you're gone
Just like my man Stevie Ray Vaughn
Yo
It's like show and tell
Just tryin' to make it jell
I'm not tryin' to sell
I just want to excell
When the mind meets the pen and the pen meets the paper
It's enlightenment like Zen and as high as a skyscaper
And now that I mention
The spiritual intervention
I think anything can be done with a positive intention
And whomsoever should critisize this endever
And be talkin' about anti-clever
And sayin' never
Yo, whatever
Can't be pleasin' all the people all of the time
No matter how high you climb
Or how phat your rhyme
Gotta do it cause you love it
And gotta make something of it
And if you want to sleep with it
You gotta make sure you glove it
Just kickin' it low with an afternoon snooze
Gotz a brand new book and a bottle of booze
I want to walk a mile in these shoes
Cause I got nothin' to lose
Can always fall back on the rhythm and blues
(I realize that it's not politically correct to refer to the African-American backround singer as a "colored girl." However, I am merely quoting my man Lou Reed. And besides that, when I wrote this tune I was high on weed!)
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