Serious Interlude

Uh-huh, yeah Uh-huh, yeah Talk to me Talk to me, yeah Ladies love cool Nas with a tight fade And I ain't make it past the ninth grade And I ain't need to have one diamond to bag a dime (yeah) And I ain't need a dollar to holler I made her mine (yeah) A rich dude' wife stayed on my block talking to me Like she ain't scared to get knocked, and she wore all this jewelry What she see in me? She look like Sheila E She looked like she could be ten years older easily Her name was - oh well, I don't kiss and tell But she must've ran her mouth 'cause every time me and her man cross paths (what's that?) It's tension in the air he probably doin' the math Late night, she ventin' to me, say he doin' her bad And I ain't feel a way about it (yeah) Told her pray about it When I crush and she go back home, I hate the silence Writin' in my notepad flippin' through soul samples Not knowin' I could get caught in a whole scandal A serious situation we all go through (Yeah, we all go through) we all go through A serious situation we all go through We all, we all (uh-uh, it's too serious) I ain't have to drive a Rolls and I took off her clothes I ain't have to have a house and I was strippin' her down (yeah) I was switchin' 'em out (yeah) Ig'nant amounts (yeah) I guess that's how I was movin' can't say I was proud Since the days of public school when I was a scruffy dude I ran with the troubled youth (yeah), had shorties in love, it's true Many had got jealous before I was top sellin' Before I had touched a million (okay), few niggas caught feelings Few niggas bought pussy Few of 'em bought gifts And I ain't do none of that, she blew me a soft kiss (mwah) But now she want something more, I'm ready to call it quits The one I'm with right now, who I'm gettin' lost in A serious situation we all go through (Yeah, we all go through) we all go through A serious situation we all go through (When I risk it all for you) A serious situation we all go through (Yeah, we all go through) we all go through A serious situation we all go through Anything could happen now that you're my baby Yeah, I be gripping on you crazy Haven't we all I was havin' a ball Oh, yeah Serious situation we all go through Damn, mami, you sexy, I love the thickness I'd bite you too Don't act like that with a back like that, uh