Now when the city was in flame you were on the phone
Sellin' fire hoses at a premium loan
Yeah the bankers all smile but when you pass they frown
You're just a little too smart for a big dumb town
Now we seen you drivin' down the boulevard
You throw that trash but not in your backyard
But like Newton and the apple what goes up comes down
You're still a little too smart for a big dumb town
We'll all applaud when you break on through
"He's a genius, boys, but then we always knew..."
Yeah, lofty possibilities, you never had a doubt
We'd all scream from the bleachers when you'd always strike out
But now you're way out in front and you look glory bound
You're just a little too smart for a big dumb town
Now when the world is over, clocks run outta wind
Somebody will scrape through the ruins and find
A little picture of you and in a file they found
Sayin' just a little too smart for a big dumb town
Now you speak so soft but in your heart you're cold
In a tower of glass you've got a mountain of gold
Yeah you talk real sharp but we'll soon cut you down
You're still a little too smart for a big dumb townYo, im staying where we gettin crazy love
my noisy neighbors live just above me up in 13 A
the stripper says hes gunna fix the heat for sure, ive heard it 5 times before
3 locks on every door, cause sum folks got the tendency to take
it aint beverly hills more like stephanie mills
i never knew love like this could every exist
four corners on every shopping list
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when gun shots keep u up instead of heavy snoring, pipes drippin
the elevators broken, damn man im needin a lift
thank god i dont stay up on the 25th floor
yo we aint always at war its alot about the projects
i do ignore
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but you wouldnt understand it, its like another planet
you wouldnt understand it, the cops would catch your drawers down red handed its outlanded
(x2)
come thru our projects about 4 in the morning
so i can tell you what be goin on then
one block, gun shots, some hot stuff, sell it to you for a buck? boy that aint enuf
hand cuffs on your brother man
my wifes wonderin, when you gonna fix the tenants plumbing man
im tired, this ghettos cool but its on fire
i see this fool with his crack pipe lookin wired
hookers for hire, look at the ply wood
on the building where termits live in
my wife sleeps peacely, it aint easy for me
cause im trippin off these ppl with there ?
black white chicano,hell if i no
every guy no about the stolen cell phone
i got the hookup, police got me shook up
in court, cant even fort, its okay though
i got the building, the pay though
but some tenants act like they just say no
im gettin older in my years, feel me
ive got a photo worth of fears
but its cool, we gotta make it better
dont take my sweater
yall make my head hurt
i aint even gunna finish this song
its too long
ima watch cops in my lazy boy and my thong
chorus..(x2)