One Time - The Roots/Dice Raw.mp3

[00:05.399]Yo the spirit in the sky scream homicide
[00:08.883]But it was time to ride on some ****ing funny talking
[00:11.476]If too much money talking
[00:12.730]We make em economize
[00:14.404]Real rap no tails spinning
[00:16.359]Such is the life of a Kam I Ka Ze pilot
[00:19.132]We wylin out of control until we all
[00:21.708]Make the funny papers like Comic-Con
[00:24.088]Feared in all streets
[00:25.169]So if you ever see me out in y'all streets
[00:27.744]Find another one to occupy
[00:29.504]I never hope for the best
[00:30.825]I wish a bitch would
[00:32.187]Turn around and walk away
[00:33.608]I wish a bitch could
[00:35.081]Listen to my instincts and say **** the rest
[00:37.638]But once you've had the best better ain't as good
[00:40.768]Weak heartedness cannot be involved
[00:43.157]Stick to the script bitch **** your improv
[00:45.704]Like the samurai
[00:47.033]The street's Hammurabi Code
[00:48.627]Play your part shut the **** up and do as I was told
[00:51.661]I was always late for the bus
[00:54.511]Just once can I be on time
[00:57.045]Then I start to think what's the rush
[01:00.187]Who wants to be on time
[01:03.101]Feeling unlucky and if I ever got lucky it was one time
[01:08.926]In this crazy world
[01:13.783]Not a thing I fear besides fear itself
[01:16.638]This is clearly a lesson learned for someone else
[01:19.505]Reach for the crown of thorns upon the shelf
[01:21.993]Cross around my neck
[01:23.290]I've been taught by stealth
[01:24.588]Capture this moment in time it's a smash and grab
[01:27.246]And where my party people y'all finna have a blast
[01:30.250]You say goodbye I say hello first and last
[01:33.119]Hello Hello Now all of y'all elevate your glass
[01:35.729]To an example of what time will do to you
[01:38.685]When those nameless things just keep on eluding you
[01:41.058]When shit is new to you and lies is true to you
[01:43.963]Words of suspects-usual coming though to you
[01:46.522]Man I guess if I was ever lucky it was one time
[01:49.378]Then I went missing looking for the sublime
[01:52.507]A bitch stayed low left the ladder unclimbed
[01:55.056]Time after time verse blank the line unrhymed
[01:58.049]You ever wonder what's the big fuss
[02:00.742]For everyone be on time
[02:03.585]What's the big deal why do they feel
[02:06.255]The need to have us marching on line
[02:09.483]Feeling unlucky and if I'd ever got lucky it was one time
[02:15.356]In this crazy world
[02:19.276]I wonder when you die do you hear harps and bagpipes
[02:21.690]If you born on the other side of the crack pipe
[02:24.722]Niggas learn math just to understand the crack price
[02:27.291]Then drive in head first like the jack knife
[02:30.159]Cause out here yo you mother****ers can't belly flo
[02:32.997]If you wanna make the noise inside your belly stop
[02:35.540]One time means being on the front line
[02:38.151]Being on the front line means ducking one time
[02:40.900]The pendulum swinging my way couldn't be more blind
[02:43.713]****** talk to the cops Not even one time
[02:46.441]Cause we all going down just like the subprime
[02:49.301]Or a cheap ass half gallon of Ballantine
[02:52.261]But hopping over gates to escape is sublime
[02:54.778]Then through the alley way and down to the sub line
[02:57.795]Tales from the streets
[02:59.106]A life of high crime
[03:00.296]To make it to the bottom
[03:01.826]Such a high climb
[03:04.465]I was always late for the bus
[03:07.149]Just once can I be on time
[03:10.031]Then I start to think what's the rush
[03:12.904]Who wants to be on time
[03:15.879]Feeling unlucky and if I ever got lucky it was one time
[03:21.682]In this crazy world