Mr. ***** - Mos Def/Q-Tip.mp3

[00:00.000] 作词 : Martin, Smith
[00:03.967]Say ho, everybody say ho
[00:09.298]By the way yo
[00:11.574]I said take it slow like way back in the day-yo
[00:16.127]By the way yo, everybody say ho
[00:21.077]Everybody say hooooo- hooo
[00:29.354]Everybody say ho
[00:31.845]And check it out now
[00:33.440]Who is the cat dining out on the town
[00:35.119]And make the whole dining room turn they head round
[00:37.810]Mr. Nigga, Nigga Nigga
[00:40.366]He got the speakers in the trunk with the bass on crunk
[00:43.002]Who be riding up in the high rise elevator
[00:45.741]Other tenants who be prayin that he ain't the new neighbor
[00:48.480]Mr. Nigga, Nigga Nigga
[00:51.022]They try to play him like a chump cause he got what they want
[00:53.923]He under thirty years old but already he's a pro
[00:56.414]Designer trousers slung low cause his pockets stay swoll'
[00:59.163]Could afford to get up and be anywhere he go
[01:01.723]V.I.P. at the club, backstage at the show
[01:04.619](Yes y'all) the best crib, the best clothes
[01:07.413]Hottest whips on the road neck and wrists on froze (say word)
[01:10.454]Checks with Os, o-o-o-o-ohs
[01:12.628]Straight all across the globe, watch got three time-zones
[01:15.119]Keep the digital phone up to his dome
[01:17.794]Two assistants, two bank accounts, two homes
[01:20.497]One problem; even with the Os on his check
[01:23.907]The po-po stop him and show no respect
[01:26.033]"Is there a problem officer?" Damn straight, it's called race
[01:28.612]That motivate the jake (woo-woo) to give chase
[01:31.443]Say they want you successful, but that ain't the case
[01:33.801]You living large, your skin is dark, they flash a light in your face
[01:36.625]Now, who is cat dining out on the town
[01:39.249]Maitre'd wanna take a whole year to sit him down
[01:42.037]Mr. Nigga, Nigga Nigga
[01:44.466]He got the speakers in the trunk with the bass on crunk
[01:47.212]Now, who is the cat at Armani buying wears
[01:49.964]With the tourists who be asking him, do you work here?
[01:52.586]Mr. Nigga, Nigga Nigga
[01:55.188]Nigga Nigga
[01:58.003]Yo, the Abstract with the Mighty Mos Def
[02:00.547]White folks gotta mumble the chorus beneath they breath
[02:03.417](I didn't say it!)
[02:04.085]But they'll say it out loud again
[02:05.766]When they get with they close associates and friends
[02:08.440]You know, sneak it in with they friends at the job
[02:11.300]Happy hour at the bar, while this song is in they car
[02:14.209]And even if it's never said and lips stay sealed
[02:16.883]They actions reveal how their hearts really feel
[02:19.272]Like, late night I'm on a first class flight
[02:21.916]The only brother in sight, the flight attendant catch fright
[02:25.159]I sit down in my seat, 2C
[02:26.925]She approach officially, talking about, "Excuse me"
[02:30.049]Her lips curl up into a tight space
[02:32.738]Cause she don't believe that I'm in the right place
[02:35.781]Showed her my boarding pass, and then she sort of gasped
[02:38.325]All embarrassed, put an extra lime in my water glass (So sorry)
[02:41.275]An hour later here she come by, walkin' past
[02:43.640]"I hate to be a pest but my son would love your autograph"
[02:46.877]Wow.. (I saw you roll your eyes, Mr. Nigga I love your albums!..)
[02:51.516]They stay on nigga patrol on American roads
[02:53.804]And when you travel abroad they got world nigga law
[02:57.175]Some folks get on a plane, go where they please
[02:59.430]But I go overseas and I get over-seized
[03:02.536]London, Heathrow, me and my people
[03:05.197]They think that illegal's a synonym for negro
[03:07.920]Far away places, customs agents flagrant
[03:10.287]They think that dark face is smuggled away in they cases
[03:13.276]Bags inspected, now we arrested
[03:15.541]Attention directed to contents of our intestines
[03:19.482]Urinalysis followed by X-rays
[03:20.607]Interrogated and detained 'til damn near the next day
[03:23.362]No evidence, no apology, and no regard
[03:25.916]Even for the big American rap star
[03:29.259]For us especially, us most especially
[03:31.569]A Mr. Nigga VIP jail cell, just for me
[03:34.393](If I knew you were coming I'd have baked a cake)
[03:36.583]Just got some shoe-polish, painted my face
[03:39.459]They say they want you successful, but then they make it stressful
[03:41.851]You start keeping pace, they start changing up the tempo
[03:44.699]Now, who is cat riding out on the town (Ha ha)
[03:47.769]State trooper wanna stop him in his ride, pat him down
[03:50.140]Mr. Nigga, Nigga Nigga
[03:52.567]He got the speakers in the trunk with the bass on crunk
[03:55.367]Now, who is the cat with the hundred dollar bill (What, what say word)
[03:58.891]They gotta send it to the lab to make sure the shit is real
[04:00.767]Mr. Nigga, Nigga Nigga
[04:03.304]Nigga Nigga.. Nigga
[04:06.111]You can laugh and criticize Michael Jackson if you wanna;
[04:08.522]Woody Allen molested and married his step-daughter
[04:12.017]Same press kicking dirt on Michael's name
[04:14.024]Show Woody and Soon-Yi at the playoff game (Holding hands)
[04:16.967]Sit back and just bug, think about that
[04:19.273]Would he get that type of dap if his name was Woody Black?
[04:22.325]O.J. found innocent by jury of his peers
[04:25.460]And they been ****ing with that nigga for the last five years
[04:27.470]Is it fair, is it equal, is it just, is it right?
[04:29.872]Do you do the same shit when the defendant face is white?
[04:32.864]If white boys doing it, well, it's success
[04:35.545]When I start doing it, well, it's suspect
[04:38.001]Don't hate me, my folks is poor, I just got money
[04:40.884]America's five centuries deep in cotton money
[04:43.764]You see a lot of brothers caked up, yo straight up
[04:46.197]It's new, y'all livin off of slave traders' paper
[04:49.358]But I'm a live though, yo I'm a live though
[04:51.760]I'm puttin up the big swing for my kids, yo
[04:54.320]Got my mom the fat water-front crib, yo
[04:57.050]I'm a get her them pretty bay windows
[05:00.056]I'm a cop a nice home to abide in
[05:02.677]A safe environment for seeds to reside in
[05:05.037]A fresh whip for my whole family to ride in
[05:07.565]And if I'm still Mr. Nigga, I won't find it suprisin'