作词 : Ali Shaheed Muhammad/Kamaal Fareed 作曲 : Ali Shaheed Muhammad/Kamaal Fareed
Fool: defined in Webster's Open up the book, read it read it Turn the page, see what it says Read it to me will you, please
One who acts doltishly So what? What does it mean to me? That's you (how's that?) 'Cause of the way you act (huh?!) Standin' on the corner sellin' jumbos (What you talkin bout?) Scarin' your friends and also your foes What's the matter wit'cha boy? (Ain't nothin' wrong with me, mother...) You big galoot (huh?), you nincompoop (what?) What's wrong wit' you? You can't compute (Yes, sure I can compute) Don't fix your lips to tell me you can Standin' on the boulie playin' pusher man What you got to do with yourself? (why?) Can't you be somebody else? (no) Look at you described to a tee (huh) You're a fool of many in society (crazy) I know some more, I shall go on And continue in the song, fooled the fool
(Man I don't know what you're talkin' 'bout callin' me a fool "Fool" - scratched by Ali Shaheed I've been out here for twenty-some-odd years Doin' my thing, I ain't no fool, man You crazy or something? I'm gonna stick this, right up your...)
The girl I talked to she's sort of neurotic (yeah) Her crazy ex-boyfriend is really psychotic (uh-huh) Scares the girl by threatening her life (word) Says "Girl, you're dead if you're not my wife" (oh, man) Beats in her public, beats her in private Tried it 'round me, almost a riot (what you gon' do?) Said "Forget him, don't you know he's a loser Who would love a woman turn around and abuse her?" (oh) Only a fool as described by the Tribe Here's another one who's on the fool vibe (okay) Gonna make it short, gonna make it quick (why?) For this situation makes me sick (oh) See your brother man, with a female (yeah) His crazy ego tried to show he'll prevail (aha) In any situation lady luck's on his side (word) Emotions run free, nothing he will hide Why I remember one sunny day (yeah) Took my cousin to the park, so we can play (yeah, park) On the way, a couple resembled The one I just described, everything assembled Another young man walked in their direction (yeah) Bumped him a bit, excused his imperfection (mhm hm) But the man with the lady grabbed the other by the neck (mhm hm) Demanded an apology and also respect (uh-huh, uh-huh) The young man aggravated grabbed him back and smacked him The girl just laughed and laughed and laughed at him (oh man!) He felt ashamed for what he had done It looked like a fool to everyone (Oh!) These are three stories from the naked city (yeah) Reality, is sometimes a ditty (yeah, uh huh) Like Rod Serling from The Twilight Zone Earth to your brain--is anyone home? (what you talkin bout?) I see ya there, tryin to make amends Try to make some friends, but now my story ends (oh man!) On the note, that I just wrote Stay afloat on the reality boat (oh) Slow down and think and take it cool And try to avoid the description of a...
[00:00.000] 作词 : Ali Shaheed Muhammad/Kamaal Fareed [00:00.527] 作曲 : Ali Shaheed Muhammad/Kamaal Fareed [00:01.54] [00:02.79]Fool: defined in Webster's [00:04.66]Open up the book, read it read it [00:06.85]Turn the page, see what it says [00:09.04]Read it to me will you, please [00:11.54] [00:20.91]One who acts doltishly [00:22.47]So what? What does it mean to me? [00:24.66]That's you (how's that?) 'Cause of the way you act (huh?!) [00:26.85]Standin' on the corner sellin' jumbos (What you talkin bout?) [00:29.35]Scarin' your friends and also your foes [00:31.22]What's the matter wit'cha boy? (Ain't nothin' wrong with me, mother...) [00:33.72]You big galoot (huh?), you nincompoop (what?) [00:35.60]What's wrong wit' you? You can't compute (Yes, sure I can compute) [00:38.10]Don't fix your lips to tell me you can [00:40.29]Standin' on the boulie playin' pusher man [00:42.47]What you got to do with yourself? (why?) [00:44.66]Can't you be somebody else? (no) [00:46.85]Look at you described to a tee (huh) [00:49.04]You're a fool of many in society (crazy) [00:51.22]I know some more, I shall go on [00:53.41]And continue in the song, fooled the fool [00:56.85] [00:57.14](Man I don't know what you're talkin' 'bout callin' me a fool [00:58.10]"Fool" - scratched by Ali Shaheed [01:00.27]I've been out here for twenty-some-odd years [01:02.77]Doin' my thing, I ain't no fool, man [01:04.95]You crazy or something? [01:06.83]I'm gonna stick this, right up your...) [01:10.58] [01:13.39]The girl I talked to she's sort of neurotic (yeah) [01:15.89]Her crazy ex-boyfriend is really psychotic (uh-huh) [01:18.08]Scares the girl by threatening her life (word) [01:20.27]Says "Girl, you're dead if you're not my wife" (oh, man) [01:22.45]Beats in her public, beats her in private [01:24.64]Tried it 'round me, almost a riot (what you gon' do?) [01:26.83]Said "Forget him, don't you know he's a loser [01:29.02]Who would love a woman turn around and abuse her?" (oh) [01:31.52]Only a fool as described by the Tribe [01:33.70]Here's another one who's on the fool vibe (okay) [01:35.89]Gonna make it short, gonna make it quick (why?) [01:38.08]For this situation makes me sick (oh) [01:40.27]See your brother man, with a female (yeah) [01:42.45]His crazy ego tried to show he'll prevail (aha) [01:44.64]In any situation lady luck's on his side (word) [01:46.83]Emotions run free, nothing he will hide [01:49.02]Why I remember one sunny day (yeah) [01:51.20]Took my cousin to the park, so we can play (yeah, park) [01:53.39]On the way, a couple resembled [01:55.89]The one I just described, everything assembled [01:58.08]Another young man walked in their direction (yeah) [02:00.27]Bumped him a bit, excused his imperfection (mhm hm) [02:02.46]But the man with the lady grabbed the other by the neck (mhm hm) [02:04.95]Demanded an apology and also respect (uh-huh, uh-huh) [02:06.83]The young man aggravated grabbed him back and smacked him [02:09.02]The girl just laughed and laughed and laughed at him (oh man!) [02:11.52]He felt ashamed for what he had done [02:13.39]It looked like a fool to everyone (Oh!) [02:15.89]These are three stories from the naked city (yeah) [02:18.08]Reality, is sometimes a ditty (yeah, uh huh) [02:20.27]Like Rod Serling from The Twilight Zone [02:22.45]Earth to your brain--is anyone home? (what you talkin bout?) [02:24.64]I see ya there, tryin to make amends [02:26.83]Try to make some friends, but now my story ends (oh man!) [02:29.02]On the note, that I just wrote [02:31.20]Stay afloat on the reality boat (oh) [02:33.39]Slow down and think and take it cool [02:35.58]And try to avoid the description of a... [02:39.33]
