Roosevelt Franklin

[Intro] Don't forget to do that thing for your mother Roosevelt! Yeah yeah yeah, alright, alright [Verse 1: Prince Poetry] Running upon the jagged edge (buck, buck) The rough life When you have to gain much respect As an individual keepin' negativity minimum Requires havin' courage respect him his intellect So you gotta be on that specific type of set Like Roosevelt, especially when your cards are dealt You see me, frankly, I don't give a hoot About the blanks you shoot out of your mental bank see I like Roosevelt, 'cause he ain't booty Moody maybe, baby you're mad 'cause he snatched up your cutie Playin' the courts, takin' the loss to wherever Some clever college edu-ma-cated individual With financial status just to mess what the bank stated Girls love it, and you can't look above it, you hate it Peeped his method, you laid, you waited You never ever contemplated if I pull an automatic Millimeter artillery out of your flight Check in the night, you're out to snipe, my man You can't stand upon sight of him Out to fatally ignite him Roosevelt felt staticky, he knew things were shady Grady had Bradley's uzi, but he always packed a clip or two Belongin' to a nickel-plated .380 Givin' off the impression of a clever nerd Never was a suspect when a homicide occured in the suburbs He was referred to as a respectable intellectual Highly acceptable rebel from the ghetto on the level Of an intelligent rapper, create him just like Geppetto The aggresive type, and he's not your puppet Stickin' quick enough to pull a skeezer with repetition After takin' aim and buckin' him, blowin' the smoke away Then tuckin' and jettin' home Hopin' that no stunts are stuck in it He needs sleep for eight o'clock class So as fast as he crash, he might last For six hours of bed passed, 'cause Roosevelt's a scholar Ivy League material, cully-head kid with brainpower Six foot two, and we wear the same size shoe He drinks brew, and he runs with my crew, my herd On a continuous basis, in the same places Rollin' out five deep, but it's only four faces So I don't give a two drip-drops about what those have felt And if I die (and if he die) and if I die (and if he die!) And if I die it's because of my man Roosevelt [Hook] Roosevelt, Roosevelt, Roosevelt, Roosevelt Franklin Roosevelt, Roosevelt, Roosevelt Franklin, Roosevelt Franklin Roosevelt, Roosevelt, Roosevelt, Roosevelt Franklin Roosevelt, Roosevelt, Roosevelt Franklin, Roosevelt Franklin [Verse 2: Pharoahe Monch] Oooh, I'm so confused Damn, it hurts! People persist to treat me like dirt I don't sleep at night time 'cause dimes I don't drop I sling and clockers cease Commanders in Chiefs when I pop rocks Dig deep within, you might recognize me I'm the one with the bloodshot eyes Hot rays of sun beat down upon my face as if I'll melt bacon Why the hell my mother named me Roosevelt Franklin? I don't know, so I strive to gain Only the Lord knows my eyes have seen the pain Tears comin' down my cheeks like rain I was abused, they stripped the mind for amusement Now I walk the path of Organized Konfusion But it's only a temporary formality 'Cause my man Scott turns illusion into reality A loaf of bread (a loaf of bread), a stick of butter Somebody's mother lies, dead in the gutter So I move quick fast to get past quickly Swiftly, at last cops can't get with me Can't hit me, nah never I'm too nifty, people shittin' me Products in the projects so I pump fifties In soda cans so dogs won't sniff me I'm takin' the proper precautions (yeah) 'Cause once my mother told me she was gonna get an abortion I can't keep track of the fluctuation of time Hallucinogenics keep abusin' my mind Gotta pick up, gotta pick up, gotta pick up, gotta pick up More product, gotta move, gotta go, I can't get stuck; not here Not if I wanna become Roosevelt Franklin: the employee of the year I wear baseball caps over my eyes so you can't make out Me at night when I'm standin' on the corner eatin' Chinese takeout Damn I almost forgot, yo, yo I have to break out [Outro] Yo don't forget your moms told you to get that stuff A loaf of bread, a stick of butter, container of milk A loaf of bread (a loaf of bread) a stick of butter (stick of butter) Umm... container of milk (container of milk)