[Produced by J57] Talking Talking to my boy the other day. He said if he gave every time somebody asked, he wouldnt have nothing left for himself. But he aint never tried that [Verse 1] I aint a bad guy for keeping my cash caught a bad vibe when he passed by Looked right in my staring eyes and asked, Could I spare a dime? Next man wouldnt spare his, Why should I spare mine? Call it, New York state of mind, but please bare in mind I know he in a bind, but he gone go buy beer and wine I work my 9 to 5 trying to provide for me and mine Not to sponsor every slob that survived Vietnam Im cautious that his noble cause just might be a con No way to find out if he a fraud, so dont mind me if Im More the kind of guy inclined to unkindly decline Besides the fact that panhandlings apparently a crime Lucky PD of NY decided to let him slide Couldve collared his behind and had him pay a fine Before he came and started whining, everything was fine No wonder every other night anothers set on fire [Hook] Im a form of life Forms of life are friend to me Not unlike infinity So are our souls alike Air raids arent polite Lighting bolts are energy Ive composed an elegy For those that froze tonight My bros that froze tonight [Verse 2] I aint ate nothing since last night That was from the trash heap somebodys last bite Outlook getting real dim, used to be real bright Jeans are fitting real big, used to be real tight Tshirt looking real brown, was real white It hasnt seen no Tide, not in a long time Im just trying to catch a ride, please spare a swipe You aint got to act like Im some type of parasite Caught up in a paradigm, lost Paradise Silent as a pantomime every day of life Sullen as Balboas eyes, when Apollo died If I want something to swallow Ive got to swallow pride Not the one to wallow and whine, but the bottom line Right now I got a lot of doubt Ill make it out 09 In school were taught the golden rule, but no one abides In fact its quite the otherwise so Im off to the other side [Hook] [Verse 3] Imagine you was dying and nobody helped you If aint nobody listen you might talk to yourself too Turning up your nose, holding you nose going, Peww In church, yall in the front row, filling up the whole pew Fronting like its Gods work that yall gonna do When its time to show and prove, yall gone like, Pioom! Sun walked in with no shoes, guess thats your cue To act entirely consumed in your Sudoku A hundred dimes a dime sack plus buying Bamboo But asked to spare a dime cats act brand new So many empty hands answered with, No can do. Its got so out of hand lending a hands taboo Its a black eye on the race fam, matter of fact two I mean the human race planet is straight raccooned Its a blessing to just to have food, you should have gratitude But you wouldnt bless the next man if he had achooed! [Hook]
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