WYCLEF JEAN - Bubblegoose lyrics

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Intro: (1st half sung, 2nd half spoken)<br><br>When I was young, mama played a guitar<br>A microphone and she said I'd go far<br>She said, 'just keep all the lyrics hardcore'<br>Listen to my talk and get up, I'm on the corner with my...<br><br>Hey kids, gather around, it's wyclef and melky sedeck<br>I got a story to tell, heeeeeeere we go<br><br>Chorus: (sung)<br><br>Sit right back and hear a tale of a hustler 'round my way<br>He used to clock around the block from where my grandma stayed<br>Black bmw with rims to match, windows bulletproof<br>One night, he jumped out the car<br>And caught a bullet in his bubblegoose<br>He caught a bullet in his bubblegoose<br>He caught a bullet in his bubblegoose<br>You can be at the party gettin' loose<br>But you can catch a bullet in your bubblegoose<br><br>Verse 1:<br><br>Hey yo, hey yo, my pen's in my hand, what should I write next? <br>Oh yeah, and if you don't know, success brings stress<br>I'm vexed, my phone rings, collect call from jeff<br>The operator say, 'if you accept, say yes'<br>'yes, what's the deal, son? '<br>'yo, I got bad news'<br>Yo, by the tone of his voice, I heard the ill street blues<br>'the friends will make you, then too can break you<br>They plan an execution like fu man chu'<br>'who? '<br>'you know the character from channel 5 kung-fu (wahoo)'<br>'slow down, man, jeff, I'm losin' you'<br>'hey yo, your cousin rohann...'<br>'uh-huh'<br>'who used to sell bang'<br>'uh-huh'<br>'dt's found his hand in the back of binnigans...'<br>'what? '<br>'in a plastic bag with a note attached'<br>'saying what? '<br>'a million and a half or he won't be back'<br>'so meet me by the brooklyn bridge, 12:00 sharp'<br>'if not, at the funeral, you gotta play the harp'<br>Yo, why they wanna start and make me play my part? <br>Don't they know like sting, I can turn this murder into art? <br>I jumped into my car, there's gotta be a joke<br>Traffic's backed up, who's in town, the pope? <br>S-s-s-s-someone blew the horn, I turned and looked left<br>To my surprise, it was my sis, melky sedeck<br><br>Repeat chorus<br><br>Verse 2:<br><br>You're shootin' in the opposite position<br>I'm thiniin', 'should I fire or hold back on ammunition<br>On your wig transition? '<br>My mission, like take 6, is to spread love<br>But all you screwed mugs got me wearin' black gloves<br>You up in my face, I see the fear in your eyes<br>You wanna feel the pain like a grown man gettin' circumcised<br>Shalom, shalom, pardon my left<br>But my right hand's on your throat, massaging you to death<br>You provoke the cycle, call michael<br>You're lookin' in the mirror, well, I'm in your window, oh oh<br>You hear me urkel, your blood will turn purple<br>Like the colour, you holler, ballin' for your mother<br>No-one hears you even though you knock<br>You used to walk around the block with the daily rock<br>Things done changed since your spark got hot<br>Now you got your knot wocked with your very own glock<br><br>Chorus 2:<br><br>Sit right back and hear a tale of a hustler 'round my way<br>He used to clock around the block from where my grandma stayed<br>Black bmw with rims to match, windows bulletproof<br>One night, he jumped out the car<br>And caught a bullet in his bubblegoose<br>He caught a bullet in his bubblegoose<br>He caught a bullet in his bubblegoose<br>You can be witcha girl gettin' loose<br>But you can catch a bullet in your goose<br>He caught a bullet in his bubblegoose<br>He caught a bullet in his bubblegoose<br>You can be at the party gettin' loose<br>But you can catch a bullet in your goose