DoYaThing

Album: Single Release Only (2012)
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  • I'm a pale imitator of a boy in the sky
    With a cap in his head and a knot in his tie
    I'm the light in the mall
    When the power is gone
    A shadow in the corner, just playing along
    I'm only laying in my bed, I'm rolling aside
    But if I get a car, I'm hoping to ride
    Because I know if I ever
    Say "I'm leaving" to you
    You've gotta volunteer
    And you don't know what to do you'd sigh

    You wanna do it, but you
    Don't know what you're doing, baby
    (A-a-a-a-aah)
    You wanna feel it but you don't
    Know what you're feeling tonight
    (Alright, how are we doing?)
    And if you're thinking that I
    Don't know what you're thinking, baby
    (A-a-a-a-aah)
    You do more thinking and I'll go
    Out and make it alright
    (Alright, how do you do?)

    I’m impregnable, incredible
    And set in the quo
    I’m a late in my rider, not a heart and soul
    I got a Saturday night, and nothing is dead
    And if I ever had to do it, well
    You know I wouldn’t care
    I just get down, I love when I’m seen
    And if I wanna talk back, the message is free
    Then there’s a fire, a ray, a knot in sight
    And if you get my tip, you get 'em a lot
    You get a heartache

    You wanna do it, but you
    Don't know what you're doing, baby
    (A-a-a-a-aah)
    You wanna feel it but you don't
    Know what you're feeling tonight
    (Alright, how are we doing?)
    And if you're thinking that I
    Don't know what you're thinking, baby
    (A-a-a-a-aah)
    You do more thinking and I'll go
    Out and make it alright
    (Alright, how do you do?)

    Every time we try, we get nowhere
    Wouldn't it be nice if we
    Were just normal people? yeah
    Trying so hard to act like we don't care
    But it's true, you do, nothing is left
    So I guess I'm right

    New word, onomatopoeia (Boom)
    Quit acting like you don't wanna be here
    Fuck around and get jumped like leap year
    Glock in the glove make you
    Really wanna leave me, alone
    Get the fuck on, gone
    Okay, okay, okay, back to the happy song
    Rap ain't nothing but the art of talkin' shit
    My girl look pretty up there riding dick
    My plaid past, my solid future
    Asinine ass and a gorgeous coochie
    I'm an OutKast but you're into me
    Summer got mad 'cause winter blew me
    That Juicy Fruit, that splooshy sploosh
    Generation X on bloopty bloop
    Get duped, gotta get doopy-dupe
    Everybody hit the floor, we through the roof
    Like a chimney, I commend me how come it be
    Some lame ass nigga talking about
    "Ah, he don't rap enough"
    But y'all rap a lot and I'm like "Wrap it up
    Hoe" you ain't Scarface, you ain't Willie D
    You ain't Bushwick, you ain't killin' me
    Better play with your motherfucking momma
    Bet you still stay with
    Your motherfucking momma
    Keep sleeping on me, I'mma rock my pajamas
    In the daytime, I swear, I promise
    Dare a nigga say something
    Tear a nigga face off
    How come blacks don't play baseball?
    Y'all white, know y'all can taste all
    This fly shit, I stay finna take off

    Do Ya damn Thing, Do Ya Thing-a Thing
    Do Ya damn Thing, Do Ya Thing-a Thing
    Do Ya damn Thing, Do Ya Thing-a Thing
    You ain't fresh squeezed juice, nigga
    You that Tang
    Do Ya damn Thing, Do Ya Thing-a Thing
    Do Ya damn Thing, Do Ya Thing-a Thing
    Do Ya damn Thing, Do Ya Thing-a Thing
    Wait, is you really Slick Rick? Nope
    You Dana Dane

    Bet it up, head erupts
    A lava language in a vocal volcanic
    If it ain't fixed, don't broke it
    Don't panic
    If it ain't this, it ain't shit, goddamn it
    If it ain't this, it ain't dope
    It don't flush
    And if it ain't hip, it don't hop
    Well then hush "Man they sound like-"
    "Man they stole your-" "Man they look like-"
    Nope, it ain't us

    Do Ya damn Thing, Do Ya Thing-a Thing
    Do Ya damn Thing, Do Ya Thing-a Thing
    Do Ya damn Thing, Do Ya Thing-a Thing
    Wait, is you really Slick Rick? Nope
    You Dana Dane
    Do Ya damn Thing, Do Ya Thing-a Thing
    Do Ya damn Thing, Do Ya Thing-a Thing
    Do Ya damn Thing, Do Ya Thing-a Thing
    You ain't fresh squeezed juice, nigga
    You that Tang

    Every time we try, we get nowhere
    Wouldn't it be nice if we
    Were just normal people? yeah
    Trying so hard to act like we don't care
    (I don't care)
    But it's true, you do, nothing is left
    So I guess I'm right

    Flip the page, our days are revelations
    Space is strange, doctor
    I've got no patience
    Oh, it's all a part of the process
    (Okay, okay)
    Nothing's new, it's true, cool, I admit
    Shit, I guess you're right Writer/s: ANDRE BENJAMIN, DAMON ALBAM, JAMES JOSEPH MURPHY, JAMIE CHRISTOPHER HEWLETT
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management
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