Ahmad - Ordinary People Lyrics
Ordinary people[ verse 1 ]Oops, I guess I should stop singin and start bringin the funkThe niggeroe sings a rap and have you clappinI gets busy, cause I never fall, I excelNever takin no shorts, so heres my tall taleOnce upon the clockIt was hard growing up with no popsBut moms did the supernatural, veryExtra-ordinaryPerson that she isShe finished college, three kids at home cryinBut never got fed up, and kept her head upi shoot for the sky is what she said, itGot embeddedIn my skullThats how I got soulTo reach ya through your speakerMy mother alone helped me to be meSo thats my role model, not an idiot on tvUsed to do it like thisAnd like that, and like thisBut since she never let me join a gangI couldnt g thangSo for all her prayers at night under the church steepleI give thanks to my mother, one of those very extra-ordinary people[ verse 2 ]Now dig it, 2-(4)-6-8I guess that I appreciateAnd consider that niggas who work hard is the superstars(ordinary) people with families, that have kidsShould be put on a pedestal, not averageTreatment for our mother and fathers, and if you ask meIll say: you put your family first, before an athleteBut everybody wanna be somebody special, whoCan grab a microphone, or put a ball through a hoopAnd its okay to like mikeEven I would, if I drank gatoradeBut Im too busy funkin your trunk with all this 808To worry about that, Im worried bout thisIf you agree, then pump your fistIf youre proud (say it loud!)To show youre pissedOff at the news and media, because they swearThat all black people are menaces and holler and cheerBut since theres so many others that want justice, I know we willStart respectin others as brothers and come together, all of the...Ordinary people[ verse 3 ]Ordinary people make the world turnI learned that if you work hard in lifeThen it counts the way the balls bounceI wrote this to give a message, Ill be glad if itSwitches your goal from bein a gangsta to a graduateAnd if you listened close to what I said, you learned a lesson, andHeard that all the average jones are no greater, or no lesser thanStars, cause all we all are is equalSo shut off your tv set, and show respect to some of the...Ordinary people
