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Well he was smilin' like a vulture as he rolled up the horticulture
Ignited it and said, "I hope the vapors don't insult ya"
What I replied, denied, but it makes him weed and hot
His head was noddin' up and down like he agreed a lot
Bored, said, "We need a plot," I complied, "Let's leave the spot"
Hopped in the Granada, he's impressed by the beat I got
His name is Jesus, but his pimp name is Jesus
Slapped the ho to pieces with his plastic prosthesis
"****, don't you know that I'm your daddy?" said he
This is true, plus he schooled me for my mackin' degree
Never flee, try not to flee, make **** pee when you stick around
This man my momma had found, taught me to put it down
I press the gas to the ground to show that I'm a hound
Make sure that gear rubber sound is heard throughout the town
Thirty years ago Jesus could pull a ho quick
But now he 50 and his belly hang lower than his dick
Philosophy that he spit stuck in my memory chips
And now he puttin' in a disc of Gladys Knight and the Pips
And then his shit starts to skip, he said somebody musta scratched it
Put the 40 to his lips and poured the contents down the hatchet
Now since my adolescence, 'cause of his pimp lessons
Smack my woman in the gentle just for askin' silly questions
Relationship reduction, either rock the box or suction
Ain't got no close partners, socially I can't function
From the penny would scribe on how to survive
Don't be Microsoft, be Macintosh with a hard drive
Used to tell me all the time to keep a bitch broke
Did I mention that my momma was his number one ho?
Clunked the 40 on the floor and placed his palm on the dash
And wheezed out, "Come on man, make this motherfucker mash!"
Ain't gon' mash too fast 'cause my tags ain't right
Me and Jesus the Pimp in a '79 Granada last night
Oakland do you want to ride?
I can't hear ya!
Oakland do you want to ride tonight?
Oakland do you want to ride?
I can't hear ya!
Oakland do you want to ride tonight?
City lights from far away can make you drop your jaw
Sparklin' like sequins on a transvestite at Mardi Gras
There's beauty in the cracks of the cement
When I was 5 I hopped over them wherever we went
To prevent whatever it was that could break my momma's back
Little did I know that it would roll up in a Cadillac
And matter fact, she couldn't see him like a cataract
And on the track, she went from beautiful to battle axe
And back at home, she would cry into her pillow
Vomit in the commode, I was 6 years old
I would crawl into her lap and we would hug and hold
Never knew how she was sufferin' for my food and clothes
She asked me what I thought of Jesus when he broke off some bread
I said he missin' an arm and he seem like a pee-pee head
She said, "Don't cuss, and my teeth to go brush
And get ready for bed, and the toilet to flush"
With tears in momma's eyes, I was her everything
Before she went out on a stroll she tucked me into bed and sing
You're just too beautiful for words
You're just too beautiful for words
You're just too beautiful for words
You're just too beautiful for words
I see the red and white lights as the ambulance flies
Reminds me of midnight in a dope fiend's eyes
And my 9-year-old self as paramedics leave
Left to bawl my eyes out on a neighbor's sleeve
To give illustrations that are clear and clean
I'll take you two hours back before this scene
Early in the mornin' when the sun starts to creep
When the birds start to chirp and crackheads go to sleep
Mom's was comin' in, I heard her keys go clink
Wearin' nothin' but pumps, bikini and fake mink
Even though she served for 50 dollars a pop
Hardly had enough for rent after Jesus re-copped
That day the landlady got her rent before he got his knot
Slammed momma's head against the front bolt lock
Then the pimp with one arm done harm
Reached back and plowed into her head like a farm
Never saw the act, locked in the back, I was cussin'
Heard the blap-blap of 20 head crack percussion
And body blows, her body froze from bolos to the spine
I was hysterically cryin', all she could do was whine
She didn't even have the strength to say, "I love you boo"
But I said it to her, and she knew that I knew
She was dead by the time the ambulance got on the case
But I never will forget the plastic hand stuck in her face
Stop at the intersection to ask Jesus 'bout directions
"Go to 'Frisco, I got very friendly vocal inflections"
Momma left at MacArthur to continue in flight
Me and Jesus the Pimp in a '79 Granada last night
Oakland do you want to ride?
I can't hear ya!
Oakland do you want to ride tonight?
Oakland do you want to ride?
I can't hear ya!
Oakland do you want to ride tonight?
The raindrop dry and froze, God was pissin' on the world
Or that old man who was snorin' rolled on over and earled
My temperature gauge read cold and blistery
Spinnin' wheels made the piece of asphalt history
This was Jesus' debut out the penitentiary
15 Years but it seem like a century
See he went in the pen for some other murder drama
12 Years old, I wrote him, quote, "I wanna be a pimp, comma
You accidentally killed my moms, no playa Haitian points
We know how bitches act, shit, exclamation point!"
At first it was a set up move, then it was the truth
His letters were the only friend that I had as a youth
But his lopsided game, see, was really counterfeit
So my little son Dominic thinks that I'm a dick
'Cause I was runnin' 'round like a little baby Jesus
To me women had to be saints, hoes, or skeezers
And I don't think that it's gon' end 'til we make revolution
But who gon' make this shit if we worship prostitution?
Ain't no women finna die for the same old conclusion
Put they life on the line so some other pimp can use 'em
Pulled into a vacant lot, the road to recovery
Pulled out my pistol as we brushed against the shrubbery
Jesus said, "Why the hell you pointin' a gat?"
So I pulled a piece of game I could use out the hat
I said, "This trip is over, we ain't finna ride on
This is for my mental and my momma that I cried on
Microsoft motherfuckers, let bygones be bygones
But since I'm Macintosh I'ma double-click your icon"
He struggled for life, then gave up the fight
Me and Jesus the Pimp in a '79 Granada last night
Oakland do you want to ride?
I can't hear ya!
Oakland do you want to ride tonight?
Oakland do you want to ride?
I can't hear ya!
Oakland do you want to ride tonight?
You're just too beautiful for words
You're just too beautiful for words
You're just too beautiful for words
You're just too beautiful for words
Oakland do you want to ride?
I can't hear ya!
Oakland do you want to ride tonight?
Oakland do you want to ride?
I can't hear ya!
Oakland do you want to ride tonight?
Oakland do you want to ride?
I can't hear ya!
Oakland do you want to ride tonight?
Written by: Boots Riley, Raymond Lawrence Riley
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