[Verse 1 Guru] Another Gang Starr remix, tailor made for Macy Gray Big kids like us need a lot of space to play Im blowin fakes away with my man, Mos Def Of course, Premo on the track, walk the streets, no vest So dont test, cause you could catch a bad one I turn you happycamper rappers into sad ones Always bless you with a new joint, shit you never heard I need a place to lay low, bro, cause this one is murder [Verse 2 Macy Gray] My baby works down at the boulevard cafe Just a fine young man with big dreams Trying to make his own way The owner is this mean ol bitch Who degrades him everyday Then she fires him for no reason Dont wanna give him his last pay, hey [Chorus] Ive committed murder and I think I got away Hiding at my mothers house, come get me Right away I have no intention of paying For my crime, dont fear Gonna get the next plane out of here And fly away [Verse 3] When hes down it breaks my heart to see him So I figured Id talk to her woman to woman I walk in and she countin her cash Got so much cash her office looks like a green pasture I said, Give him the money you owe him She said Get back, bitch, I aint givin you shit I said You ol bag, you aint heard But them are fighting words [Chorus] Ive committed murder and I think I got away Hiding at my mothers house, come get me Right away Right away I have no intention of paying For my crime, dont fear Gonna get the next plane out of here And fly away [Verse 4 Mos Def] Yo Puttin a maximum effort for minimum wage It bring the stillest waters up to a simmering rage And I dont feel bad about it My boss flippin, steady trippin, wanna get in my face Tryna treat a brother any old typical way Hehehey that aint the way Im living today Give me my last week check and let me bounce up and skate Thats when she said I aint giving you not one thin dime Thats when she made me wanna switch into my criminal mind She sittin back in her office countin major dough And dont wanna give a young man the pay she owe Thats when I got on the horn and called Macy yo Like yo this crazy ho tryna play me low Macy beamed on the scene with both hands on deck Like, yo, respect your debt or protect your neck But old chick got bold and said what you gon do Macy reached for the tool, made er holla like Ja Rule And I was like Oh shit! Relax dont flip But ol chick got slick Macy let off a whole clip Then she said You crazy, you know labor aint free Snatched the cash and made the dash like O.J. in A.C. and we out [Bridge Mos Def Macy Gray] Yo! I didnt know you had a gun Ha! Ha! Ha! What, you think its funny Look at all this money But damn you went and shot her in the tummy Look at all these papers But we didnt have to go pull a murder caper Make the old lady meet her maker Your maker? That rhymes with Jamaica We better bounce before our face be in the paper Gettin locked up in the bing is not the flavor [Verse 5 Macy Gray] With a suitcase full of money We flew to a Jamaican paradise One thing Ive learned through all of this is Having money sure is nice Me and my baby got married Hes working hard to make his dreams come true As far as regrets I dont have any Would you? [Chorus Macy Gray Mos Def] Ive committed murder and I think I got away Hiding at my mothers house, come get me Right away Right away I have no intention of paying For my crime, dont fear Gonna get the next plane out of here And fly away Ive committed murder and I think I got away Hiding at my mothers house, come get me Right away Right away I have no intention of paying For my crime, dont fear Gonna get the next plane out of here And fly away [Outro Macy Gray] And I dont feel bad about it Fly away And I dont feel bad about it Fly away And I dont feel bad about it Fly away Oh, oh shobeedobop
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