The Carpenter

THE SUN GON' RISE OPEN YOUR EYES THEN KEEP EM ON ME THE SUN GON' RISE OPEN YOUR EYES THEN KEEP EM ON ME THE CARPENTER Sand to the rescue Hipper than ha-choo, then "bless you" I be in the lab dude, my respect due I should get a tattoo with a test tube Monkey that's a baboon, that's my nephew Funkier than the bathroom, that's the restroom Way more than the backroom with the guess whos I be on the avenue, making chess moves I don't be getting fretful At times I get forgetful Repping for the fresh few Whipping up fresh food Yeah! Beard like Moses Kick it with the opposition to the posers Planes be going "eeeer" passing over Each and every foe wake up and smell the Foldgers I don't wanna hear how it won't work That just means the whole earth hasn't done they homework Early on I veered But then I soul searched Dug deep like a gopher Figured I should go first Reason why I don't curse Reason why I'm sober Reason I feel younger even though I'm older OPEN YOUR EYES THEN KEEP EM ON ME THE CARPENTER Shotgunning for the legroom End all of my fortune cookies "in the bedroom" Type of cat that's always repping in the rec room Paparazzi, Boy Sand rampant in they red rooms As soon as I check one, 'fore I even check two You ain't gotta say it once Everybody guessed who I be putting checks up Even when the rent's due Ain't nobody next up Ain't nobody next to The moment that I enter They recognize the emperor So I be getting extra Places like Bethesda Sun! People see the Homeboy Then they be like "oh snap" Then they be like "oh boy" Shout to Japanese cats chilling watching "Old Boy" People in New Orleans chilling eating po boys Just because I'm pro-life Don't mean I ain't pro choice Reading Dostoevsky don't mean I read Tolstoy Used to be had no voice You could see that's null and void Nas'd be like "I am" I'ma be like "yo soy" Now I'm making big noise Playing with the big boys I don't mean the Big Noids B, I mean the Sig Freuds Wooooo! THE SUN GON' RISE OPEN YOUR EYES THEN KEEP EM ON ME THE SUN GON' RISE OPEN YOUR EYES THEN KEEP EM ON ME THE SUN GON' RISE OPEN YOUR EYES THEN KEEP EM ON ME INDEED BEN BOOGZ AND DEEP AND HOMEY THE CARPENTER I'm never gonna slow I'm never gonna stall I'm never gonna cease I'm never gonna cheat I'm never cheapen Never gonna eat I'm never gonna sleep I'm never gonna sell out Never gonna lease More than ever in the streets I'm never gonna leave Cats claim that they believe then never take a leap You won't never feel relieved, you don't never take a leak My level is elite Times in another league Times the anomaly Warn the diabolique Cats blabber on the mic Cats gather on the right I'd rather make a left I ain't frightened of the lights I ain't tryna be polite I'm fighting for my life And I'm fighting to the death I'm down to pay the price Ain't no roll of the dice Only one way to dive in Take it to the depths Don't mind if money's tight I'm done with wearing ties I'm running out of time Not running out of breath Next thing you know Presto, I'm all up in the press Oh yeah, you wanna bet? Make sure to stay abreast THE CARPENTER