One Time-The Roots/Dice Raw/Phonte

[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