Blunt Ashes

Yo, I wonder if Langston Hughes and Alex Haley

Got blazed before they told stories

I'ma get blazed before I tell y'all stories

I saw on TV today, this man lost his son

His son died, so he had him cremated

Took his ashes, then made it to a diamond ring

Now he watches his son shine every day

I just thought about that

While I sit here, ashin' in this ash try, yeah

The makin' of a mad band, intricate stories of DeVante Swing

Ava Gardner, the crashin' of James Dean

Bobby Brown influenced by Rick James and it goes

Prince wanted Alexander O'Neal to be Morris Day or Jerome

But Alex was puttin' coke in his nose, **** wilin'

Could be a myth, but I swear that the source was close

Phyllis Hyman killed herself, it was crazy

Mommy was bad they say

Donny Hathaway free fall from the balcony, he swings

As the blunt ash falls into the ash tray

I could see my whole life fly past me

Did I, did I keep it gangsta or keep it classy?

And will the money and fame outlast me?

The blunt's ash falls down in the ash tray

Well, I see my whole life fly past me

I'm askin', did I keep it gangsta or keep it classy?

Did I? Anything else you wanna know, just ask me

Sam trusted Womack with his main lady

He tossin' in the grave like, "This is how you repay me?"

A change gon' come, wish you didn't trust me so much

Marvin said, "No mountain's high enough," fly stuff

David Ruffin was punchin' Tammi Terrell

Gave her concussions

While the Funk Brothers was layin' down the percussions

When Flo from the Supremes died, Diana Ross cried

Many people said that she was laughin' inside

As the blunt ash falls into the ash tray

I could see my whole life fly past me

Did I, did I keep it gangsta or keep it classy?

And will the money and fame outlast me?

The blunt's ash falls down in the ash tray

Well, I see my whole life fly past me

I'm askin', did I keep it gangsta or keep it classy?

Did I? Anything else you wanna know, just ask me

John F. Kennedy's enemies dealt with treachery

It interests me, Judy Campbell in Gucci sandals

She's what a temptress be

The death of Ennis Cosby, what a mystery

Or the Chicagoan, Harold Washington

Someone is sabotagin' them

Watch out for the traps

Larry Troutman killed his brother, Roger Troutman

Then he killed himself, that's the end of Zapp

And I wouldn't change a thing, mistakes of the greats

This is what came from their pain

From their hurt, we gain, an unfair exchange

(As the blunt ash falls into the ash tray)

I smell old bogey cigars

(I could see my whole life fly past me()

Long record perfumes, smellin' just as sweet

(Did I, did I keep it gangsta or keep it classy?)

Me and my wife, K, flyin' in a drop top

(And will the money and fame outlast me?)

Like Ruby and Ossie Davis, baby, know what I mean?

(The blunt's ash falls down in the ash tray)

Yo, man, I get smoked out, and start thinkin' 'bout

Hattie McDaniels got an Oscar

(I'm askin', did I keep it gangsta or keep it classy?)

For playin' Mammy in Gone with the Wind

(Did I? Anything else you wanna know, just ask me)

And she didn't even get allowed

Wasn't even allowed to go to the premier

Believe that? Couldn't go to premier to her joint

Man, you know they were strong back then, man

Blunt from my ash tray, nothing gon' to live past me, yeah