[Intro: Lee Majors]
Uh! Time-time keeps slippin'
Uh! Time-time keeps slippin'
Uh! Time-time keeps slippin'
[Verse 1: Lee Majors]
Yo, the only thing Major don't waste is time in bed
My timin' is rare
Take time, time to prepare
No time for fear, how many times I said it this year?
At what time y'all gonna realize your time is near?
Call a time out — Scritti Politti
Major climbed out the cracks of the streets
Waste no time on beats
Mos Def — most definitely the rap chief
The new release, time to make C.R.E.A.M., time to take a piece
And at the same time, time to build, time is realer
I swear I bring the Heat to tracks like Val Kilmer
You know that time waits for no man, in time you'll see
That you wastin' all you time while you watchin' TV
A-yo, Scritti, I'm on it like walls to graffiti
From night sticks to plungers, to NYPD
From Lucille to BB King, you see me rhyme
You stay away from drama if it's wastin' your time
[Hook: Lee Majors & Green Gartside]
The time tables keep turnin'
From Tinseltown
You've got the both ends burnin' up (They burnin' up)
And all the lies you been learnin'
To the Boogiedown
To keep your future on hold (On hold)
(Time keeps slippin')
The time tables keep turnin'
From Cali fly
You've got the both ends burnin' up (They burnin' up)
And all the lies you been learnin'
To the Do or Die
To keep your future on hold (On hold)
(Time keeps slippin')
[Verse 2: Mos Def]
From Boogiedown to Tinseltown, I had 'em all gettin' down
My baggage claim's got exotic names, I get around
How I'm livin' now? Well, that's a whole lot different now
From where I'm sittin' at, got a whole clearer vision now
I played the tables hard, wild cards I was flippin' down
My partner's hittin' pounds somewhere up in prison now
I'm flippin' how things switch and change so suddenly
You're where you're at today, and tomorrow's where you wanna be
Your company shift when you start livin' comfortably (Word)
Spotlights switch, and then you dip right from under me
Don't front from me! I wanna be perfectly clear
That time is here, I'm keepin' yesterday in the rear
A current affair, Mos Def and Lee Majors appear
'Bout to rock this little ditty with the Scritti in here
And it's about that time, so if you could, then would you?
Sit back and look at who time's been good to
See that?!
[Hook: Lee Majors & Green Gartside]
The time tables keep turnin'
From Tinseltown
You've got the both ends burnin' up (They burnin' up)
And all the lies you been learnin'
To the Boogiedown
To keep your future on hold (On hold)
(Time keeps slippin')
The time tables keep turnin'
From Cali fly
You've got the both ends burnin' up (They burnin' up)
And all the lies you been learnin'
To the Do or Die
To keep your future on hold (On hold)
(Time keeps slippin')
[Verse 3: Lee Majors]
At one time, I thought I had it all, mass of broads
Flash awards, cash cards, time's a double-edged sword
One day you hear applause, next day when you leave
You catch a L in the C like Christopher Reeves
Would y'all believe that these cats threw dirt on my name?
Give 'em time, they couldn't win if I gave 'em point game
At times I used to swerve, now I'm learnin' my lane
Trapped in time, what a shame, with nobody to blame
[Verse 4: Mos Def]
It waits for no one
The fast and slow ones
The rich and no funds
The samurais and shoguns
The first drinkin' nora
A-yo, dunn! You better hop to it or you blow, son
'Cause time keeps slippin', make no difference if you don't come
It's bein' well recorded how we sport it, I advise we
Get on our game and do our thang, and spend these moments wisely
It's time to make chase, give pace, no time to waste
First you on, then you gone — so long, you been replaced
[Hook: Lee Majors & Green Gartside]
The time tables keep turnin'
From Tinseltown
You've got the both ends burnin' up (They burnin' up)
And all the lies you been learnin'
To the Boogiedown
To keep your future on hold (On hold)
(Time keeps slippin')
The time tables keep turnin'
From Cali fly
You've got the both ends burnin' up (They burnin' up)
And all the lies you been learnin'
To the Do or Die
To keep your future on hold (On hold)
(Time keeps slippin')
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