One thing at a time One thing at a time One thing at a time
Life gave me lemonade, I pour in my spirit of choice The trees weapons grade, it's not that I'm 'noid UN inspectors upstairs, I'm tryin' not to make a noise Wave one hand like: All that gotta get destroyed I see how your man move all him raps is null and void Disregarded The game thick with con artists and hucksters Flip a cardboard box, three-card monte social justice That's a no for me beloved and the rhymes are mostly rubbish I get it Tryna pay the rent, but that's not black empowerment That's you tryna pay the rent Niggas got a lot of nerve I'll give 'em that But I don't believe a word I see through the act I see how you tryna switch up the past Before you come for me brother make sure you stop for gas
Who the cap fits Let them wear it Check it out Now there's a bomb at the end of this fuse And now we bringin' it to you live, Ghetto Network News Live if you wanna live Now you get what you want, do you want more? Now you get what you want, does you want more?
I came to the end or at least my finish and they said three wishes (three wishes) It was dark, but I could see a fire in the distance See parables of three in every other inference, thinkin' That night in Chinatown we got in the party I still don't know how Smokin' cigars across from Dr J, mine was full of haze Everything was free, one spoke English the other Portuguese Bed had a canopy, blood red lips and a gap in her teeth Oh the things we shoulda did Give me a Thanksgiving while we all still lived Auntie Carmen's cornbread, I cooked the bird, carved the pig Renell said bow our heads and Auntie Umi winked I listened to them talk while I'm washin' dishes at the sink My sister dryin' That night Umi was cryin' so quiet, let me hug her this time I'm so tired And for the last I paused, lookin' back at the road I walked They said come now, it's one more