Year Of The Rat

<br>You can`t take anyone at their word, that`s absurd.<br>A friend in need, a friend with weed, just got my eyes blurred.<br>The stimulus propelled us into a full blown nightmare.<br>It`s a shame it`s not a game up in here.<br>Settled in the womb, put me in my tomb, corner of the room,<br>speed buggy get me out of here.<br>Varoom-a-zoom-zoom, booties on a loom, riding on a `shroom,<br>through the temple of doom. Speed buggy get me out. <br><br>Back around the way, because of the day, I`m just hanging <br>cooling with the No G`s, fronting about banging. <br>Kicking it South-Central in a Mid-West style,<br>40`s on the porch, black Jordan`s, no smile.<br>I`m wearing Starters, playing hoop in the rain.<br>I`m talking Candy Cane park and it will never be the same. <br><br>I don`t wanna be loved by you. I don`t want to hear you singing that song.<br>Where are you gonna be after High School?<br>I don`t want to see you tagging along.<br>I only wanted to be with you `cause it`s getting lonely down by the lockers.<br>I don`t wanta be seen with you. I don`t wanta smell Georgio.<br>I don`t even know what to do. When you trip and try to run my show.<br>I got no love the the trix or the kids.<br>I`m on my own and I`m out for my kicks. <br><br>C <br><br>The year of the rat. When we were all that. <br><br>You can bet your life on history coming back to serve us.<br>A four-finger ring used to make a sucker nervous.<br>You see me, you need me, you eggs are in my basket.<br>Believe me, to be me, you gotta get that ass kicked.<br>This is only one of the things that I wanta do.<br>Gotta get on with my life and get away from you.<br>A light in the attic where the sidewalk ends,<br>We can`t be together so we`ll be friends. <br><br>Hip-hop, thugalot when I was a youngster.<br>Move away, straight A`s and now you`re just a buster.<br>Shake, shimmy on the scene of a pipedream.<br>Rock around the clock, you see me driving, you see the sheen.<br>I`m maxing at parties.<br>I`m booming in my car.<br>I`m hanging with the groovies.<br>All my boys-you know who you are. <br><br>C