Baby

[Intro: Black Thought (various other voices)]

(*clears throat* "Ommmmmmm...")

Go 'head, nigga!

Nigga... slow down when you hittin' them corners

Fuck around, spill this 'gnac on my two hundred dollar suit

(Stop being a backseat driver, man)

Uh... aw now, baby...

(Turn him up)

[Verse 1: Black Thought]

Your ma don't like the jitterbug, said this unholy music

"Hip-Hop just so ridiculous, everything sounds so confusin'"

Nowadays ain't nothing like it was

One thing that's sho' – the blues is

This system so mysterious

Can't let that stop the movement

Can't get no satisfaction –

They all laughing, glad it's happening

All ringside for the main attraction

Actin' a fool, with a lust for action

Young girl, caught in a crime of passion

Sitting there, crying in designer fashion

Didn't build, didn't have time for asking

Somebody call for the ambulances, girl...

[Hook: Dice Raw, (John-John & backing vocals), Black Thought]

Baby, b(aby, baby...)

Babyaby, baby, b le– oh now, baby!

Baby, t me live, please girl let me slide!

(Baby, baby, baby...)

Babyaby, b if – hooooh-ohhhh...

Baby, you let me go, I swear I'd change, just change yo' mind!

[Verse 2: Black Thought]

Your ol' man don't like the jitterbug, said this ol' dirty music

Hip Hop just so ridiculous, them stories too confusin'"

Nowadays, he ain't loving you like he was

And you wait there, just for usin'

Could have sworn that was him with another girl

And they wasn't out just for cruisin'

Can't get no satisfaction –

He out late nights, probably smashin'

Leaving a trail like trolley tracks

Or the train underground downtown Manhattan

E'rybody seen him, run around and you bound to catch him

The condoms, you found and asked him –

"Was all this just for practice?"

He didn't realize what he had

Now your heart got fractured, girl

[Hook: Dice Raw, (John-John & backing vocals), Black Thought]

Baby, b(aby, baby...)

Baby le, baby, baby – oh now, gorgeous!

Baby,t me live – please, girl, let me slide!

(Baby, baby, baby...)

Baby if – hooooh-ohhhh...

Baby, you let me go, I swear I'd change, just change yo' mind!

[Outro: John-John, ?uestlove & Michael Heinzer]

Baby, baby, baby...

Baby, baby, baby...