ASK SOMEBODY

ASK SOMEBODY
 
it's all about timing

you did'nt know . . . shit

you best go ask somebody

It ain't about you

or me

when it began

when it ends

It be in the moment

now

now

now

Timing

you didn't know?

you better go ask someone

It ain't about the pill

or that condom spill

that makes you ill

It ain't about

the will to survive or

being sucked out alive

or dead

It ain't about

Teddy or Freddy

or Helen Reddy

or being steady

after a brew

or a puff or two

It's about Timing

Timing

you didn't know . . . shit

better go ask somebody quick!

It ain't about Hip Hop

Gangsta rap or that cop

shot your brother dead

Not about that med

from Coach

steroid devoid of that

future kid

It ain't about that

British dude that say

your ass can't sing

It's about Timing

you know . . . really?

surprise, surprise

I suggest you go inquire

It's about inspire

Dad to Son

can barely walk or talk

but can kick your ass

on the golf course

It's about the fire

deep inside

where stuff like race

is inadmissable

dismissable considering

the facts

It's about proving the masses

WRONG!

about elasticity

stretching where none have before

Its that open door closed

opened

'cause you kicked it that way

That moment when

Abe read the speech

King had that dream

TIMING

(it's back to that . . . yep)

still don't know?

(don't be so slow. . . )

well the internet might have

something

It's not what you know

think you know or who

you know

It's all about

how you flow

ebb and such

north one day, east

eighties in the winter

a splinter from a stone

ten below in the Summer

no hurricanes all year

Fear not!

'cause it's all about TIMING

not your engine

or your best on the 40

or your best 40 oz.

It's how you bounce

wear your pants

dance

get it up to make romance

WHAT! NO FOREPLAY?

that's a switch . . .

It's not how loud you scream

to avoid being heard

or the word --- syntax and verb

not the tone

treble or

bass

or the look on her face

his face

her face

his face

It's not the Orange

in chains or the

bullet hole

in each of their brains

not the blood

the Tech-9 in the trunk

the soul before the funk

my milk shake or my humps

It's about TIMING

(or am i just rhyming?)

I don't think so . . .

you know . . . really?

better go ask somebody

Not the hot toddy

body or roddy

with the cams

or the spinning rims

Not the pecs

or the respects you get

in the flex

all vaseline and sweaty

It ain't the place

you got picked in the

DRAFT

first round or third

blow out your knee

they still set you free

Not like Abe or King, tho'

you still get your cash money

countin'

as you get your ass whipped

on the front of the bus

Is it just me

just us

NO

just TIMING

you didn't know?

better go ask someone

Not Dan without a ring

Jimmy who couldn's sing

but could play hell out of a

six-string

It's about the mind to

throw a decent pass, my brotha'

motha' not worried 'bout her son

on crack

a sister and mister

not coming to blows

Would you like the red or the blue

on those toes?

who me . . . no way

I say

It's all about the

TIMING

(is my bell rung, or am I just chimin')

comprende? NO?

ask somebody

Disco, afro

low rider, pull tighter

turn it loose, James

comeback a heart attack

helicopter ride

never came back

Lack now . . . claim later

Anakin, Darth Vader

win

lose

what's the diff

just another taste . . . another sniff

another whiff (pee-you)

another day . . . a minute, a page

CRASH over two brothers gay

(hey, hey, whatcha got to say?)

It's all about timing

not just stylin' and profilin'

shuckin' and jivin'

deprivin' the rest

no EKG or CT test

No rocket science

calculus

Yahoo, Dogpile or Google

spendthrift or frugal

Just TIMING

the right place . . .

the right time . . .

the right face . . .

the right rhyme . . .

you say you STILL don't know?

well . . . you'd just better go

and ask somebody.