I play practical just to get a laugh I put in my neighbor's bubblebath But anyway, one day she called me She said, "Lyte, an emergency"
My door neighbor had an errand to run I said, "Why Ms. Davis, ask son" She said, "Ricky's at his grandmother's" I said, "Well, what about Tommy, the brother?"
She said, "See, umm, at the pharmacy" I said, "He'll be back soon how much could it be?" She said, "C'mon, please, just a trip uptown If you right now, you'll be back before sundown
Hurry up, not a moment to spare It absolutely has to get there" Umm, I then I played a good Samaritan Started the car, she threw the package in
It absolutely, positively has to get It absolutely, has to get there It absolutely, has to get there It absolutely, got to get there
Pumpin' out the on the FDR Not far me was a DT car So I up selector, 55 the digit But on the FDR, 40 is the
Here they come, on I could see myself in jail 'til the break of But they rolled right by, it wasn't me they was A little red corvette, they was to capture
Dread I feel sweat so I set my jacket Look up ahead, now that's what I call to an exit and I made my way through Couldn't believe I hit First Avenue
On a ass, just about to crash at the gauge and the shit said no gas Zero, nada, in here, see In car the shit was on empty
Got out and pushed the to the side Hailed a cab I caught a quick ride To the of inflation, yes, the gas station Gave a tip to show my appreciation
Got back to the ave I left my car It wasn't there but it couldn't have far Damn, I have got towed to figure out how much money I owed
Went to the and I paid my debt that was the worst, you ain't heard nothin' yet Bumped into crackhead Sam, I used to see And always, hand out, give me money In my tank was a dollar's worth of gas I had to get to a machine fast
It absolutely, has to get there It absolutely, positively got to get It absolutely, got to get there It absolutely, positively has to get
As I left the to walk back to the BM Couldn't believe what my eyes were at the back tire, it was flat While the three were so damn fat
A brother walked by and offered his Ordinarily I woulda did the myself But he it quick, so I passed him a ten Here I go on this journey
to the gas station to fill it up When a crackhead from nowhere grabbed the I said, "Look, I don't need your today" And I scared the and he was on his way
Oops, a cat, shit, Fur on my and all that What's this, a stroke of bad But at this point, I even give a fuck
I got to get the to the destination No matter the confrontation I arrive, bag in my for a woman named Pam
She the bag, it was wrapped tight and snug But in that bag, yo, in bag 45, guess what, it was a box of A box of Q-tips, man