Sat In Your Lap (2018 Remaster)

[Verse 1]

I see the people working

And see it working for them

And so I want to join in

But then I find it hurts me

[Refrain]

Some say that knowledge is something sat up in your lap

Some say that knowledge is something that you never have

[Verse 2]

I see the people happy

So can it happen for me?

'Cause when I am unhappy

There's nothing that can move me

[Refrain]

Some say that knowledge is something that you never have

Some say that knowledge is something sat up in your lap

Some say that heaven is hell

Some say that hell is heaven

[Chorus]

I must admit, just when I think I'm king (I just begin)

Just when I think I'm king, I must admit (I just begin)

Just when I think I'm king, ooh (I just begin)

[Verse 3]

I've been doing it for years

My goal is moving near

Says "Look, I'm over here"

Then it up and disappears

[Refrain]

Some say that knowledge is something sat up in your lap

Some say that knowledge is oh-ho-ho-ho

[Verse 4]

I want to be a lawyer

I want to be a scholar

But I really can't be bothered

Ooh, just give it quick, gimme it, gimme, gimme, gimme, gimme

[Refrain]

Some say that knowledge is oh-ho-ho

Some say that knowledge is oh-ho-ho

Some say that heaven is hell

Some say that hell is heaven

[Chorus]

I must admit, just when I think I'm king (I just begin)

Just when I think I'm king, I must admit (I just begin)

Just when I think everything's going great (I just begin)

I get the break, hey, I'm gonna take it all (I just begin)

When I'm king (Just begin)

[Verse 5]

In my dome of ivory

A home of activity

I want the answers quickly

But I don't have no energy

I hold a cup of wisdom

But there is nothing within

My cup, she never overfloweth

It is I that moan and groaneth

[Outro]

Some grey and white matter

(Give me the karma, mama)

I'm coming up the ladder

Hey, I'm coming up the ladder

(A jet to Mecca)

Up the ladder

(Tibet or Jeddah)

(To Salisbury, a monastery)

(The longest journey)

(Across the desert)

(Across the weather)

(Across the elements)

(Across the water)