Cheesy Rat Blues-LL Cool J

[ti:Cheesy Rat Blues] [ar:LL Cool J] [al:Mama Said Knock You Out] [by:] [offset:0] [00:02.20]Ll cool j [00:05.21]Cheesy rat blues [00:07.77]Nothin can save ya [00:09.02]Nothin can save ya [00:11.58]Nothin can save ya [00:13.33]*scratched* Nothin [00:14.14]Just throw your hands in the air [00:16.14]And wave 'em like you just don't care [00:17.82] [00:18.70]Keep 'em there [00:19.46] [00:20.01]Yo run the jewels run the jewels run the jewels [00:21.83]*scratched* Can you feel it [00:22.95] [00:23.83]I used to be rollin like a millionaire [00:25.58]Cash in a flash bankroll to spare [00:27.64]Homeboys hangin champagne and girls [00:30.77]Got my main woman Diamonds my mistress Pearls [00:32.52]Everybody laughin at my corny jokes [00:34.95] [00:35.58]I was stupid; I thought that they were sincere folks [00:38.51]It turned out they liked the money and the fame [00:40.83]If I ain't get paid I'd be that nobody James [00:43.20]The nobody who dreamed about bein somebody [00:45.08]Chief rocker at the party [00:47.32] [00:47.83]And they was hangin like ＂Yo I'm your man [00:50.34]I don't even care about the ring on your hand＂ [00:53.03]We'd go out to eat and chill [00:54.90]But they would go to the bathroom when it was time to pay the bill [00:58.34]I didn't notice all the chuckles and laughter [00:59.72]Too busy with a female tellin me I'm the master [01:01.59] [01:02.40]I was slick like ＂Huh do I know you [01:05.34]I got play here let me show ya＂ [01:07.09]Used to have a girl that was on the ball [01:09.08]When the cash flow got low so did her calls [01:11.09]Used to have a homeboy always chillin [01:13.09]My cash went low he told me I was illin [01:16.40] [01:17.15]And don't call cause he don't hang with derelicts [01:18.97]Broke with no cash yo I was in the mix [01:21.03]Everybody stepped cause my pocket wasn't fat [01:23.21] [01:24.09]My girl got a new man I fixed his flat [01:26.22]I'm the one that they're laughin' at [01:28.03]They say ＂Cheesy rat you ain't all that＂ [01:31.85] [01:32.79]Chorus: *BizMarkie again* [01:34.54]Can you feel it [01:35.98]Can you feel it [01:37.10]Can you feel it [01:38.98]Can you feel it [01:41.04]Nothin can save ya [01:42.30]I mean crabbin played out by backstabbin; I feel like tiein [01:45.24]A anchor to my ankle and jumpin right in the ocean [01:48.12]Cause I'm ashy and I can't afford lotion [01:50.24]So-called friends in the jewelry store [01:51.74]Told me ＂Todd come back when you get off tour＂ [01:55.12]Souped as hell I really regret it [01:57.68]Now the only thing I got in my pocket is bad credit [02:00.05]How can a man like me [02:02.30]Be walkin around in a world of misery [02:04.18]And if women like a man with a body it's not mine [02:07.55]Cause they be walkin past me like I'm a stop sign [02:09.61]My homeboys laugh when they pass the forty [02:11.49]Sayin ＂Todd as if he used to have a sporty＂ [02:14.49]The Benz was slammin the Jeep was pumpin [02:16.30]Ain't that somethin [02:17.34] [02:19.78]I just laugh this isn't what I was raised for [02:21.96]When I walk away it's like ain't this a [02:23.86]Kick in the rear that I'm standin here [02:25.36]And can't afford a tissue for my tear [02:26.98]Should I drink wine and brandy [02:28.05]Or get a job puttin stripes on candy [02:29.67]Or put a hole in donuts [02:30.86]Cause when you're broke your middle name is ＂so-what ＂ [02:33.60]I had to learn in an incredibly fast way [02:35.79] [02:40.80]When you ain't got no money they treat you like an ashtray [02:43.61]I pawned all my jewelry and clothes [02:45.61]Right after that I got dissed by all the hoes [02:48.36]That I thought was mine but really never was [02:50.49]Soon the whole neighborhood got the buzz [02:52.24]That my tank was on ＂E＂ and that means empty [02:55.24]That Twinkie looks good so mister don't tempt me [02:57.55]Everybody thought I was trippin [02:59.86]I rode the back of the bus but my grip kept on slippin [03:02.61]I'm the man that they're laughin at [03:05.05] [03:07.47] [03:17.47]I wanna hang with my man like ＂Let's do this＂ [03:19.47]But this man like ＂Who this ＂ [03:22.04] [03:22.66]That's right the brother got two faces [03:24.10]They got me puttin the tips on shoelaces [03:26.41]P on the Puma a mop and a bucket [03:29.29]My motto is I don't care [03:32.41]I don't give a damn so what why try [03:34.97]I might as well rob some Blake Carrington sucker for his money [03:37.35]It's so funny [03:37.61] [03:42.05]Cars ride by with the boomin system [03:43.67]Sayin ＂Leave him alone my man already dissed him＂ [03:46.68]Now I'm on the cheeseline poverty-stricken [03:47.92]As the red tape thickens [03:49.23]I go to the park they wanna baseball-bat me [03:51.98]I go to the mall they throw my old tapes at me [03:55.96] [03:57.47]I'm so horny [03:58.22]And every girl I know be like ＂He's so corny＂ [04:01.78]I want money in a hurry [04:03.41]I'm gettin tired of leftover curry [04:04.91] [04:05.72]I wanna fall off but I don't know where the edge is [04:08.46]I'm so hungry I eat my neighbor's hedges [04:10.28]Now I realize I gotta go for mine [04:12.47] [04:13.15]It's windshield time [04:13.71] [04:15.77]I take quarters pennies dimes and nickles [04:17.77] [04:18.65]And a kiddy's tricycle [04:20.21] [04:20.90]I'm a desperado [04:21.52]＂I'ma steal your rims＂ is my motto [04:25.21]I watch wrestlin until I'm dizzy sore [04:27.08]So if you're cashin your rent check know how to get busy [04:30.27]Go to the drive-through run with a milkshake [04:31.96]Go to the supermarket pocket a raw steak [04:33.25] [04:35.99]I need beer [04:36.50]I'ma catch the Miller truck out there [04:39.18]You know how they throw the newspapers in the morning [04:42.00]The owner don't want em [04:44.50] [04:45.31]I'm the man that they're laughin at [04:46.50]They say ＂Cheesy rat you ain't all that ＂ [04:49.25] [04:53.93]So yo one more time one more time [04:57.44]Party people in the house tonight [04:59.31]Just throw your hands in the air [05:00.87]And wave em like you just don't care [05:02.14]Keep em there [05:03.57]Run the jewels run the jewels run the jewels