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People Everyday - Arrested Development (Metamorphosis Mix) 1992
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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Arrested Development
Arrested Development
Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Speech
Speech
Lyrics
Arrested Development
Arrested Development
Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Speech
Speech
Mixing Engineer
Michael Mauldin
Michael Mauldin
Producer

Lyrics

Yo, this is Headliner from the Arrested Development And right now you're in the mist of a celebration A celebration of life, death, and the struggle of our ancestors Check it out, let me hear you say whoa (whoa) Say yeah (yeah) Say whoa (whoa), yeah (yeah) Whoa (yeah), whoa (yeah), whoa (yeah), whoa (yeah) Whoa (whoa), say yeah (yeah) Say whoa (whoa), yeah (yeah) Whoa (yeah), whoa (yeah), whoa (yeah), whoa (yeah) I am everyday people (yeah, yeah) You see, I am everyday people See I was resting at the park minding my own (my own) Business as I kick up the treble tone (the treble tone) On my radio tape player box, right (box, right) Just loud enough so folks could hear its hype, see? Outta nowhere (nowhere) comes a woman I'm dating (I'm dating) Investigation maybe she was demonstrating But nevertheless I was pleased (I was pleased) My day was going great, and my soul was at ease Until a group of brothers (brothers) started bugging out Drinking the 40 ounce (the 40 ounce), going the nigga route (the nigga route) Disrespecting my black queen (black queen) Holding their crotches and being obscene (obscene) At first, I ignored them 'cause see I know their type (I know their type) They got drunk (what?) And got guns (what?) And they wanna fight (they wanna fight) And they see a young couple having a time that's good (time that's good) And their egos wanna test a brother's manhood So they came to test Speech 'cause of my hair-do (true that) And the loud bright colors that I wear (bloom!) I was a target 'cause I'm a fashion misfit (misfit) And the outfit that I'm wearing brothers dissing it Well I stay calm and pray the niggas leave me be (ah-ha) But they're squeezing parts of my date's anatomy (anatomy) Why, Lord, do brothers have to drill me? (Drill me) 'Cause if I start to hit this man they'll have to kill me You see, I am everyday people, yeah You see, I am everyday people I told the niggas please let us pass, friend (let us pass, friend) I said, "Please" 'cause I don't like killing Africans But he wouldn't stop, and I ain't ice cool But I had to take the brother out for being rude And like I said before (said before) I was mad by then (I was mad by then) It took three or four cops to pull me off of him (they pull me off of him) But that's the story y'all (story y'all) of a black man (black man) Acting like a nigga (nigga) and get stomped by an African You see, I am everyday people (hey, hey, come on) You see, I am everyday people (Every day, every day, every day, come on) The moral of the story is you never know who you steppin' to You might be stabbed, shot, killed, or hurt It's not even worth it Hey, you know it, you know it, you know it, you know it, hit it
Writer(s): Errol Osbourne, Todd Thomas, Lloyd James, Sylvester Stewart, Ian Smith, Noel Davey Lyrics powered by www.musixmatch.com
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