Begin winter Season when people start Sneezin
cold air is the Reason they Claim ;
but let’s just Suppose it was stayin Indoo’s that’s t Blame!
T keep from the Wind a boy shuts imself In,
breathes over Again the stale Air :
indoors outta Shape while the cure he Escaped is out There
The boy blows his rosy ol nose keeping in from the gust ; while
The mouse with no lousy ol house is awake and robust!
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winter starts to wear when it’s not even november
these people in my house
i live in a basement. its grey cement and no windows
man to even go to the bathroom tomorrow, every morning
is to walk into the kitchen and all these people you dont know
theres an italian gay couple living in the
living room
sleeping on the floor for good money
six rooms
there’s a one-eyed long-legged chihuahua on
floor four
my back is sore
from sitting down here tryin to work
it’s hard work just trying to avoid them
it’s hard work talkin to them and tryin to eat
to cook breakfast while theyre in yer way
or makin you feel like you’re in theirs
i’m not shy
i’m just not a people guy
tour is coming, 12 days, i’m tryin to make songbooks to sell but i forget how to read & write
music
i want to write songs but
but
always but
gotta go scrub the toilet,
pick pubic hair off the floor
remove the pillow stains
where those canadians were stayin
cuz more people come in an hour
two years
since comin to harlem
since movin in a mansion
mo money mo problems
mo rooms mo work
mo space mo stuff
mo profit mo spent
mo in mo out
mo mo po boy
mo & mo & mo & mo
thought this ended long ago
and you try not to expect nothin
you know the world dont owe you
you know you already lucky
gettin more than you earned
but think about the glory days
think of gas guzzlers and real moviestars
when you could make a living by bein good
at what you do
times they keep a-chainin
changin
one thing never does,
you want it back the way it was
