[Big Bird: Sesame Street]
Hey look at this! I was cleaning out my nest
and I found a book of my old poetry


[Ice Cube]
Fresh out of school cause I was a high school grad

gots to get a job cuz I was a high school dad
Wish I got paid like I was rappin' to the nation
but thats not likely, so here's my application

Pass it to the man at AT&T
Cuz when I was in school I got the a. e. e.
But there's no s. e. for this youngsta

I didn't have no money so now I have to hunch the
Back like a slave, thats what be happenin
but whitey says there's no room for the African

Always knew that I would boycott, jeez
but welcome to McDonalds can I take your order please
Gotta sell ya food that might give you cancer

cuz my baby doesn't take no for an answer
Now I pay taxes that you never give me back
what about diapers, bottles, and similac

Do I gotta go sell me a whole lotta crack
for decent shelter and clothes on my back?
Or should I just wait for help from Bush

or Jesse Jackson, and operation Push
If you ask me the whole thing needs a douch
a masengel what the hell cracker sale in the neighborhood

To the !@^%house (*##$es,
Miss porker, little joe or Todd Bridges
Or anybody that he know

so I got me a bird, better known as a kilo
Now everybody know I went from po' to a ^!$$% that got dough
So now you put the feds against me

cause I couldn't follow the plan of the presidency
I'm never givin' love again
Cuz blacks are too $#&@in broke to be republican

Now I remember I used to be cool
till I stopped fillin' out my W-2
Now senators are gettin' hired

and your plan against the ghetto backfired
So now you got a pep talk
but sorry, this is our only room to walk

Cause we don't want a drug push
But a bird in the hand is worth more than the bush


tell the politicians, the hustlers: live and let live (yeah)
tell the politicians, the hustlers: live and let live (yeah)