A Tribe Called Quest - Everything Is Fair lyrics

Everything is fair when you're
Livin' in the city
Everything is fair when you're
Livin' in the city
Everything is fair when you're
Livin' in the city
Everything is fair when you're
Livin' in the city
Everything is fair when you're
Livin' in the city
Everything is fair when you're
Livin' in the city
Everything is fair when you're
Livin' in the city
Everything is fair when you're
Livin' in the city

Look at Miss Elaine who runs the fast lane
Barely knows her name, struck by fame
She just got a Benz
She rides with her friends
Gotta keep her beeper in her
Purse to make ends rollin' down the block
Checkin' out the spots
She winks at the cops, always give her props
She knows she's the woman
Can't nobody touch her
Hangs with the elite
Makes her papes from the gutter
Tried to make my moves on Miss Elaine
She called me young boy
Told her not to diss me I just
Wants to be your love toy
You young boy? My love toy?
I doubt that very highly
Just because you rhyme don't mean
I'll let you try me
Business oriented, egos never dented
Always sweet scented, if it's business
She meant it
Distractions never hurt, always did the work
Always was alert, she never got jerked
Queen of the feats, thrive to compete
Love the funky beats while she
Drove down the street
She was justified, couldn't get a job
Had to feed her family
So she had to play the mob
Pullin' out the oowop, listenin' to doo-wop
(You don't have to say a word)
(gunshots) That's all ya heard

Everything is fair when you're
Livin' in the city
Everything is fair when you're
Livin' in the city
Everything is fair when you're
Livin' in the city
Everything is fair when you're
Livin' in the city

She's not a big kahuna
Wish I met her sooner
Instead, I met her later
My love is much greater
Put me on her roster to rid her of imposters
And to sell the buddha for
The sexy drug ruler
Love is my motive, now I'm drug promotive
Plus I needed ducats to fill up my buckets
Supplied me with the squeezy to
Make my life easy
Now I'm missing action for
This fatal attraction
But don't you let me catch you with
Your joint up in these bitches
And don't you even dare to plan
A plot upon my riches
'Cause if you play me out
I think I'll let ya be
I'll be damned if I let a
Brotha try to gas me
I played my cards well, try to live swell
For the G, I would sell
'cause I was deep in hell
But then I really wasn't
She had a fly cousin
Who would give me booty on
The side of my cutie elaine, she kinda knew
That I would do the do
But she didn't tear, I did my work with care
That's all that really mattered
Her money never splattered
As long as she was paid, she was in the shade
You can't really blame her for
Holdin' on a flamer
Society taught her, but they didn't tame her
A ten clip salute, hunny here's a troop
She will never stop until she reach the top
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