Wordplay

[Verse 1]

I've been all around the world, I've been a new sensation

But it doesn't really matter in this generation

The sophomore slump is an uphill battle

And someone said that ain't my scene

'Cause they need a new song like a new religion

Music for the television

I can't do the long division

Someone do the math

For the record label puts me on the shelf up in the freezer

Gotta find another way to live the life of leisure

So I drop my top

Mix and I mingle

Is everybody ready for the single? And it goes...

[Chorus]

Ha la la la la la

Now listen closer to the verse I lay

(Ha la la la la la)

It's all about the wordplay

Ha la la la, love

The wonderful thing it does

Because, because

I am the wizard of ooh's and ah's and fa-la-la's

Yeah, the Mister A to Z

They say I'm all about the wordplay

[Verse 2]

When it's time to get ill, I got your remedy

For those who don't remember me

Well, let me introduce you to my style

I try to keep a jumble and the lyrics never mumble

When the music's makin' people tongue-tied

You want a new song like a new religion

Music for the television

I can't do the long division

Someone do the math

For the people write me off like I'm a one-hit wonder

Gotta find another way to keep from going under

Pull out the stops

Got your attention

I guess it's time again for me to mention the wordplay

[Chorus]

Ha la la la la la

Now listen closer to the verse I lay

(Ha la la la la la)

It's all about the wordplay

Ha la la la, love

The wonderful thing it does

Because, because

I am the wizard of ooh's and ah's and fa-la-la's

Yeah, the Mister A to Z

They say I'm all about the wordplay

[Bridge]

I built a bridge across the stream my consciousness

It always seems to be a flowin'

But I don't know which way my brain is going

Oh, the rhyming and the timing keeps the melodies inside me

And they're coming till I'm running out of air

Are you prepared to take a dive into the deep end of my head?

Are you listening to a single word I've said?

[Chorus]

Ha la la la la la

Now listen closer to the words I say

(Ha la la la la la)

I'm stickin' to the wordplay

Ha la la la, love

The wonderful thing it does

Because, because

I am the wizard of ooh's and ah's and fa-la-la's

Yeah, the Mister A to Z

They say I'm all about the wordplay

Ha la la la la la

Now listen closer to the verse I lay

(Ha la la la la la)

I'm stickin' to the wordplay

Ha la la la, love

I love the wonderful thing it does

Because, because

Of the ooh's and ah's and the fa-la-la's I'm back in love

Yeah, the Mister A to Z

They say it's all about the wordplay