It Goes

[Slug]<br>Now, when you come to apply for a job<br>Don`t tell `em you`re homeless<br>`Cause I promise they won`t hire you<br>And if they like your songs<br>Just nod your head and play along<br>Never tell `em what inspires you<br>I bet my fans know me better than my friends do<br>Because my friends don`t pay that much attention<br>The fans memorize every single sentence<br>Which makes them far too smart to ever start a friendship<br>I need to start writing pieces about other people`s problems<br>`Cause strangers are starting to get worried<br>I`m in a hurry to try to slow the system down a bit<br>And find happiness before I hit thirty<br>OK, OK, I`ve said too much<br>I wear my heart on my sleeve<br>When all I need to do is write a hit<br>Somebody shoulda showed me how to shut up and breathe<br>`Cause there`s a time and place to bite your lip<br>It goes peace to phobia<br>For the boots made for walking<br>Now if only Best Buy could break me off with a Walkman<br>Everything would be fine<br>I could spend time smiling<br>Instead of pulling a sad clown around this island<br>I`ve got no suggestions<br>Well, maybe one<br>Leave my type alone when you decide to touch that microphone<br>See, me and you<br>We`re on different pages<br>We`re in different stages<br>We`ve got different flavors<br>I`mma let you do your thing<br>Just as long as your thing<br>Ain`t got a single thing to do with me and what I`m trying to bring<br>But if my name crosses your lips<br>You better guard your tongue<br>Pardon me, give me my respect, and keep it all in fun<br>If I had extra time I`d walk around and shake everybody`s hand<br>(Like, how you doin` my man?)<br>But I`m not allowed<br>I`m trying to beat the clock now<br>So I`m out, right after I rock this crowd<br>It goes: ola ola olaaa (yeah)<br>Ola ola olaaa (2x)<br>It goes: one two three four five<br>Six seven eight nine ten<br>And all I ever wanted out of live was rhymin`<br>Either from me or an innocent bystander<br>I wasn`t that picky, just give it to me quickly<br>Whatever it takes, to cook these cakes<br>You wanna hear your voice but don`t know nothing `bout the breaks<br>And it`s obvious you haven`t found your place<br>Got me askin`, `Who is he?"<br>"How did he end up in my city?"<br>I`m the crocodile that the trucker tried to wrestle<br>I`m the main ingredient from yesterday`s special<br>Close the hole and push that level<br>I`ll chop the head off the devil and I`ll throw it at you<br>And I`ll be damned if I ever climb another tree<br>From here on, the squirrels and birds can come to me<br>From sun to sun and from sea to sea<br>(Girl, they call me Slug, do you wanna make love?)<br>Now all the leaders in the place, throw your hands in the air<br>All the feeders in the house, throw your hands in the air<br>All the thinkers here tonight, put your hands in the air<br>Anybody we forgot, you can stand there and stare<br>Yeah, you remember, tracksmart (?), off to a bad start<br>The way I used to carry got buried in the backyard<br>Caught between a scotch and a cinnamon Pop-Tart<br>The bell doesn`t work, foo, you better knock hard<br>Line by line, I`m doing fine<br>Ideas on my mind for my time<br>Hail when my kind does leave behind<br>They`ll find that I was the one that died trying<br>I would never trade the way I am for the way I`m not<br>My crew is kinda popular, we get to play a lot<br>And my son thinks that I am the coolest thing in the world<br>`Cause he`s still too young to fall in love with girls<br>It goes: ola ola olaaa <br>Yeah, you`re listening to the cool sounds of Atmosphere<br>Ola ola olaaa<br>From Minneapolis, Minnesota <br>Ola ola olaaa<br>Givin` a shout-out to the whole world<br>Ola ola olaaa<br>And we`d like to tell all of y`all, it goes:<br>Ola ola olaaa<br>To y`all<br>Ola ola olaaa<br>To us<br>Ola ola olaa<br>Now band, shut up, let the bassman do his thing, shush<br>It`s like that and<br>It`s like that and<br>It`s like this and<br>It`s like this and (2x)<br>It goes: ola ola olaa<br>Ola ola olaaa (3x)<br>It goes...