Pardon Me

Upon a time I scribbled and scribed when music used to be fun
But I can't sing that anymore, it's time I even up the score
It's time I make things right for my society
Not talking about blunts
I can't stand rappers when they front
Now what done happened to those days of righteous rapping
Them days is long gone so now I'm hearing wack songs
Whenever on my AM or my corporate radio dial
Hardly ever on my face do you come to see a smile
Because I'm frowning, I'm looking down
When I hear emcees talking about the things they got
They shit is wack
But I have to come through and represent for the real
It's time step to the mic' and reel and show you how I feel
It's time I come through and do it how it was done in the start
It's time I come through and do it straight from the heart
It's time that I do things that sound so nice
It's time that I do things that's gonna be right

So pardon me, y'all, I got things to do
I got a life to live, I got my life to change
So pardon me, y'all, I got things to do
I got a life to live, I got my life to change
So pardon me, y'all, I got things to do
I got a life to live, I got my life to change
So pardon me, y'all, I got things to do
I got a life to live, I got my life to change

If it's about gats and guns and disrespecting women for fun
Man, fuck hip-hop
Y'all can have it back 'cause, man, I don't even rap
What you ain't know
I'm not an emcee I just rhyme a lot
I'm on the grind a lot 'cause on my mind a lot
Is this situation that's kinda taxing
I'm talking about how black men
Talked about how 4 white cops was beating Rodney King
But nigga, hear yourselves sing
You don't want change, you want to ride in a Range
You don't want liberation, you just want a Play Station DVD
And you want to see whatever's on the TV
But for me, Chuck D is still my CNN
Until we learn to win, until we all get it right
Bring back the blue light in the basement
Discuss the problems we are facing
What's wrong with the human race, man
One day we gonna have to - uh - hold up

So pardon me, y'all, I got things to do
I got a life to live, I got my life to change
So pardon me, y'all, I got things to do
I got a life to live, I got my life to change
So pardon me, y'all, I got things to do
I got a life to live, I got my life to change
So pardon me, y'all, I got things to do
I got a life to live, I got my life to change

Now let's bring it back with the hotness
To stop shit that's crazy going on in this life
When the hell we gonna get it right
No need to cuss and fight
Just stop, look and listen at what's going all around
When it all gets you down nothing left to do
But to take a step back
Correct that, shut up that noise
When these men grow from boys they act responsibly
Possibly the impact will be to win back all of our communities
Now the truth is that you and me we gotta find a way
We gotta find a day
When we don't wanna hear what they have to say
But that's just an idea meaning follow if you want to
But I mean if you don't see nothing wrong
And things around don't haunt you
We can leave it as it is and go about our biz
It's just lives we're trying to change anyway
And it ain't important, after all life is meaningless, right

So pardon me, y'all, I got things to do
I got a life to live, I got my life to change
So pardon me, y'all, I got things to do
I got a life to live, I got my life to change
So pardon me, y'all, I got things to do
I got a life to live, I got my life to change
So pardon me, y'all, I got things to do
I got a life to live, I got my life to change