Late 808

I saw your green hair
Beauty mark next to your mouth
There on the subway
I nearly had a breakdown
A few weeks later
Somebody wore your perfume
It almost killed me
I had to leave the room

And if at first you don’t succeed (Oh)
Then dust yourself off and try again
You can dust it off and try again, try again
‘Cause if at first you don’t succeed
You can dust it off and try again
Dust yourself off and try again, try again
Again, again

But at your best, you are love, yes
You’re a positive, motivating force within my life
Should you ever feel the need to wonder why?
Let me know, let me know
Let me know, let me know

Playin the game because you want to play
Look I’ll be the king and I’m gonna slay
I’ll be the king and I’m gonna slay
I’ll be the king and I’m gonna slay
I am a queen yeah I’m gonna slay
I’ll be the King and I’m gonna slay
Playing the game that you want to play
I’ll be the king

Champagne on the rocks, sporting a Fort Knox Lazarus
Shark salad with carrots, pork chops and applesauce

From Harlem to Queens, back to the Bronx who fathered the dream
They started this thing called rap, but I reign supreme

How you livin’ life with no passion?

I think I’m gonna love you for a long time

That’s just a tall tale about our shortcomings

I’m no therapist
But I’ll try my best

Late up, got me thinkin’, babe
Tell me if you with it ’cause I’m with it, babe
I haven’t heard from you in a minute, babe
Just tell me what to do when I get it, babe
Gucci and Prada

Hold up, hold up

Please, remember, I love you
This, is what the history of human love feels like
Deep spasms of underground joy

He typin’ like a NPC

I learned to adapt, way better than I could plan

In the mornin’ you go gunnin’
For the man who stole your water
And you fire ’til he is done in
But they catch you at the border
And the mourners are all sangin’
As they drag you by your feet
But the hangman isn’t hangin’
And they put you on the street

Yeah, you go back, Jack, do it again
Wheel turnin’ ’round and ’round
You go back, Jack, do it again

How can we go back to being friends
When we just shared a bed?
How can you look at me and pretend
I’m someone you’ve never met?

Some days, I don’t know if I am wrong or right
Your mind is playing tricks on you, my dear

And still I pray for love instead of common sense

I see the baddest in the world when I look in the mirror

I fell, you fell in love a couple times
Tell me, what’s it to ya? Tell me, is it a crime
To fall, to fall in love a couple times?
What’s it to ya? Is it a crime to fall?

Yeah, the ball is in your court
No defense, nobody’s keeping score
No offense but I’ve played this before
Maybe you can and you just don’t care anymore

And now we’re grown-up orphans that never knew their names
We don’t belong to no one, that’s a shame
You could hide beside me, maybe for a while
And I won’t tell no one your name
And I won’t tell ’em your name

Hey, girl, it’s me
I just heard what happened and oh, my God
I am so sorry
If you wanna pull up on him, just say the word, I’m already grabbing my keys
Call me when you can, love you

Now that you’re gone, it’s been a long, lonely time
It’s a long, sad, lonely time
Rolling along, I’m in a strange state of mind
It’s a strange, old state of mind