Kid Nothing vs. The Echo Factor

[Verse 1] Now I could, sit here and baffle you with Shallow babble and a, bunch of punch lines you probably won't get Or even, use some big words that, you'd have to look up but I'm not a teacher so go 'head and close your book up I could, tell a fairy tale, so convincin And keep a straight face from beginnin to happy endin I could waste thirty-two bars tellin you how to live Knowing damn well I used MTV Cribs for the blueprint I could, bore you to death with, my past relationships Or, a little ditty 'bout "Jack & Diane" Or I could, go back to childhood, dig up them skeletons and Spit 'em at you with a catchy hook look I could, strike a nerve with some four letter words That'll make Richard Pryor proud; or better yet I could, sing a jingle that'll contort and mingle Every single solitary letter in the alphabet [Hook] I could tell you whatever you want to hear But if I just said hello would you listen to me? I could sell a blind man new ears If I just said hello would you listen to me? I'm tryin hard to make it perfectly clear But I'm dyin’ because there ain't nobody listenin’ to me Been relyin’ on myself on myself for more than twenty-two years And I ain't cryin I just need someone to listen to me Breaker breaker can I get some reply, or maybe some kind of sign To let me know that you're listenin to me? Just from time to time, I get lost in my mind It's hard to find someone to listen to me My ears were open when you needed some consolin Now I'm hopin to hear sounds besides echoes Every time I say hello [Verse 2] I could talk about my duds and my thrift store scores But that probably wouldn't interest you and, why should it?! I mean, I've seen a lot of shit in twenty-two years But your feet in my shoes is not somethin I recall And I've been known to drink twenty-two beers Before a show cause otherwise I probably wouldn't have the balls I could, make references to books I never read For the sake of sounding conscious but, that's just obnoxious I could take off these bandages and, expose these papercuts And put 'em in the air with both, my middle fingers up Or talk about myself in third person like I'm better than you Cause there's nothin else better to do I could, attack your character from eighty different angles Cleverly explainin exactly how wack you are, but Why do that when it's a well known fact You buyin this CD is potentially feedin me, c'mon [Hook] I could tell you whatever you want to hear But if I just said hello would you listen to me? I could sell a blind man new ears If I just said hello would you listen to me? I'm tryin hard to make it perfectly clear But I'm dyin’ because there ain't nobody listenin’ to me Been relyin’ on myself on myself for more than twenty-two years And I ain't cryin I just need someone to listen to me Breaker breaker can I get some reply, or maybe some kind of sign To let me know that you're listenin to me? Just from time to time, I get lost in my mind It's hard to find someone to listen to me My ears were open when you needed some consolin Now I'm hopin to hear sounds besides echoes Every time I say hello [Outro] Hello… is there anybody out there? Hello… is there anybody out there? Hello… is there anybody out there? Hello… is there anybody out there? Hello… is there anybody out there? Hello… is there anybody out there?