Stand-Sly & the Family Stone

[00:19.850]Dear Slim, I wrote but you still aint callin [00:23.070]I left my cell, my pager, and my home phone at the bottom [00:26.190]I sent two letters back in autumn, you must not-a got em [00:29.360]There probably was a problem at the post office or somethin [00:32.290]Sometimes I scribble addresses too sloppy when I jot em [00:35.400]but anyways; **** it, what\'s been up? Man how\'s your daughter? [00:38.110]My girlfriend\'s pregnant too, I\'m bout to be a father [00:40.810]If I have a daughter, guess what I\'ma call her? [00:43.060]I\'ma name her Bonnie [00:44.100]I read about your Uncle Ronnie too I\'m sorry [00:46.940]I had a friend kill himself over some ***** who didn\'t want him [00:49.970]I know you probably hear this everyday, but I\'m your biggest fan [00:53.030]I even got the underground **** that you did with Skam [00:56.180]I got a room full of your posters and your pictures man [00:59.100]I like the **** you did with Rawkus too, that **** was fat [01:02.640]Anyways, I hope you get this man, hit me back, [01:05.290]just to chat, truly yours, your biggest fan [01:07.530]This is Stan [01:07.830]My tea\'s gone cold, I\'m wondering why I got out of bed at all [01:13.920]The morning rain clouds up my window and I can\'t see at all [01:19.830]And even if I could it\'d all be grey, but your picture on my wall [01:25.870]It reminds me that it\'s not so bad [01:30.120]It\'s not so bad [01:32.240]Dear Slim, you still ain\'t called or wrote, I hope you have a chance [01:34.660]I ain\'t mad - I just think it\'s ****** UP you don\'t answer fans [01:38.000]If you didn\'t wanna talk to me outside your concert you didn\'t have to, [01:40.750]but you coulda signed an autograph for Matthew [01:43.750]That\'s my little brother man, he\'s only six years old [01:46.130]We waited in the blistering cold for you, [01:48.760]four hours and you just said, \"No.\" [01:49.940]That\'s pretty ****ty man - you\'re like his ****** idol [01:52.960]He wants to be just like you man, he likes you more than I do [01:55.610]I ain\'t that mad though, I just don\'t like bein lied to [01:58.690]Remember when we met in Denver - you said if I\'d write you [02:02.020]you would write back - see I\'m just like you in a way [02:03.950]I never knew my father neither; [02:06.060]he used to always cheat on my mom and beat her [02:08.180]I can relate to what you\'re saying in your songs [02:10.400]so when I have a ****ty day, I drift away and put \'em on [02:13.660]cause I don\'t really got **** else so that **** helps when I\'m depressed [02:16.880]I even got a tattoo of your name across the chest [02:19.300]Sometimes I even cut myself to see how much it bleeds [02:22.290]It\'s like adrenaline, the pain is such a sudden rush for me [02:25.280]See everything you say is real, and I respect you cause you tell it [02:28.410]My girlfriend\'s jealous cause I talk about you 24/7 [02:31.510]But she don\'t know you like I know you Slim, no one does [02:34.510]She don\'t know what it was like for people like us growin up [02:37.520]You gotta call me man, I\'ll be the biggest fan you\'ll ever lose [02:40.080]Sincerely yours, Stan [02:41.500]P.S. We should be together too [02:45.090]My tea\'s gone cold, I\'m wondering why I got out of bed at all [02:50.340]The morning rain clouds up my window and I can\'t see at all [02:55.760]And even if I could it\'d all be grey, but your picture on my wall [03:02.250]It reminds me that it\'s not so bad [03:06.080]It\'s not so bad [03:07.820]Dear Mister-I\'m-Too-Good-To-Call-Or-Write-My-Fans, [03:10.450]this\'ll be the last package I ever send your ass [03:13.580]It\'s been six months and still no word - I don\'t deserve it? [03:16.030]I know you got my last two letters; [03:17.760]I wrote the addresses on \'em perfect [03:19.690]So this is my cassette I\'m sending you, I hope you hear it [03:22.550]I\'m in the car right now, I\'m doing 90 on the freeway [03:25.590]Hey Slim, I drank a fifth of vodka, you dare me to drive? [03:28.730]You know the song by Phil Collins, \"In the Air of the Night\" [03:31.560]about that guy who coulda saved that other guy from drowning [03:34.580]but didn\'t, then Phil saw it all, then at a a show he found him? [03:37.640]That\'s kinda how this is, you coulda rescued me from drowning [03:40.470]Now it\'s too late - I\'m on a 1000 downers now, I\'m drowsy [03:43.600]and all I wanted was a lousy letter or a call [03:46.300]I hope you know I ripped +ALL+ of your pictures off the wall [03:49.560]I love you Slim, we coulda been together, think about it [03:52.630]You ruined it now, I hope you can\'t sleep and you dream about it [03:55.670]And when you dream I hope you can\'t sleep and you SCREAM about it [03:58.680]I hope your conscience EATS AT YOU and you can\'t BREATHE without me [04:04.590]Hey Slim, that\'s my girlfriend screamin in the trunk [04:07.210]but I didn\'t slit her throat, I just tied her up, see I ain\'t like you [04:10.410]cause if she suffocates she\'ll suffer more, and then she\'ll die too [04:13.680]Well, gotta go, I\'m almost at the bridge now [04:16.800]Oh ****, I forgot, how\'m I supposed to send this **** out? [04:32.190]My tea\'s gone cold, I\'m wondering why I got out of bed at all [04:38.180]The morning rain clouds up my window and I can\'t see at all [04:44.140]And even if I could it\'d all be grey, but your picture on my wall [04:50.040]It reminds me that it\'s not so bad [04:53.960]It\'s not so bad [04:55.350]Dear Stan, I meant to write you sooner but I just been busy [04:58.270]You said your girlfriend\'s pregnant now, how far along is she? [05:01.390]Look, I\'m really flattered you would call your daughter that [05:04.190]and here\'s an autograph for your brother, [05:05.940]I wrote it on the Starter cap [05:07.740]I\'m sorry I didn\'t see you at the show, I musta missed you [05:10.480]Don\'t think I did that **** intentionally just to diss you [05:13.760]But what\'s this **** you said about you like to cut your wrists too? [05:16.730]I say that **** just clownin dogg, [05:18.480]c\'mon - how ****** up is you? [05:20.170]You got some issues Stan, I think you need some counseling [05:22.330]to help your ass from bouncing off the walls when you get down some [05:25.320]And what\'s this **** about us meant to be together? [05:28.520]That type of ****\'ll make me not want us to meet each other [05:31.350]I really think you and your girlfriend need each other [05:34.440]or maybe you just need to treat her better [05:36.860]I hope you get to read this letter, I just hope it reaches you in time [05:39.990]before you hurt yourself, I think that you\'ll be doin just fine [05:42.970]if you relax a little, I\'m glad I inspire you but Stan [05:45.940]why are you so mad? Try to understand, that I do want you as a fan [05:49.740]I just don\'t want you to do some crazy shit [05:52.230]I seen this one shit on the news a couple weeks ago that made me sick [05:55.380]Some dude was drunk and drove his car over a bridge [05:58.080]and had his girlfriend in the trunk, and she was pregnant with his kid [06:00.990]and in the car they found a tape, but they didn\'t say who it was to [06:04.020]Come to think about, his name was.. it was you