Testi Am I Worth You? - De La Soul, Glenn Lewis

Am I Worth You?

Ooh, ooh, ooh\nYeah, yeah, yeah, yeah\nOoh, ooh, yeah\nIt’s a pity that you’re so dirty\nWorthy of some Southern Hospital\nSee we them Northern boys with nose and hows\nNYC livin' ain’t nothin' like it\nSee how me and my peeps fit, we jigsaw\nSometimes I play big saw to cut the deal\nAnd we keepin' them bills paid\nWith meals in the mouths of many\nA noble job at Feni, money ain’t everything\nBut everything makes me want it\nBut won’t dishonor my name so the claim throwers\nAct like game on the dice on the mic device\nStay above middle class for life\nNot an easy task but I’ve grown to love it\nDub it to tape, why don’t you whip a grin\nWhile I speak to my mens about the world problems\nAnd girl problems with no immediate way to solve 'em?\nBut I’m on hits\nI make the best of the life I be with it\nMaking the most of the moment among the livin'\nAnd it feels good being the man that I want to be\nDo what I can 'cause I refuse to see\nThe best of luxury, God’s been good to me\nNow I’m asking am I worthy of you, of you\nAm I worthy of you\nPull them quarters down, I got some things\nOn these nine ounces to vamp\nMe on a mission, y’all dug fresh dirt out the ground\nLookin' for the treasures in life\nA bambino picket fence around the residence\nI wore these shackles here for thirteen years\nBut the only real slaves is the ones we record on\nWe off all checks and God’s blessin'\nTryin' to own a thousand island like we salad dressin'\nPatience for the main course\nDon’t have me in position to remain boss\n'Cause the man next to the man above the exec\nDon’t give a damn if I papered yet\nSometimes it make me wanna go make a bet\nI did away with knock em' and release some stress\nBy any means, these petty greens will only get me stuck in a box\nDoin' a dick shot in Oz, jerkin' off in the J\nBut anyway I keep my head on\nI make the best of the life I be with it\nMaking the most of the moment among the livin'\nAnd it feels good being the man that I want to be\nDo what I can 'cause I refuse to see\nThe best of luxury, God’s been good to me\nNow I’m asking am I worthy of you, of you\nAm I worthy of you\nI know people who tippy toe\nThrough they own stompin' ground\nMaster not makin' a sound to stay safe\nFrom the local star renaissance\nAnd the response is usually the same\nWishin' like it used to be\nNothin' in that life is new to me\nWe roll like eyes on a ghetto girl\nBrushin' off some no-man cause she’s his ghetto pearl\nWe into livin' beyond not livin' fads\nMe and my comrades became dads young\nTry to have fun amongst responsibility\nLike fillin' these accounts full\nGot caught up at a party in Bull’s\nSometimes gotta have the nerve to say some rhymes\nBecause some minds take offense\nTry to make ya life tense but we still here\nStill gainin' the love, still standin' above most\nI make the best of the life I be with it\nMaking the most of the moment among the livin'\nAnd it feels good being the man that I want to be\nDo what I can 'cause I refuse to see\nThe best of luxury, God’s been good to me\nNow I’m asking am I worthy of you, of you\nAm I worthy of you\nI make the best of the life I be with it\nMaking the most of the moment among the livin'\nAnd it feels good being the man that I want to be\nDo what I can 'cause I refuse to see\nThe best of luxury, God’s been good to me\nNow I’m asking am I worthy of you, of you\nAm I worthy of you