Talib Kweli, Madlib - What Can I Do? lyrics

Swim in the ocean
And boats were made to sail on the sea, yeah
(What can I do?) What-what can I do? (yeah)

Yo, I try to get it here, get it there
Everywhere
(What can I do?) What-what can I do?
So I spit it clear, persevere, interfere
With the status quo the baddest
Flow throughout the hemisphere
There ain’t no pretenders here
Only real men is here
If you see a chick she down
To ride like she Guinevere
Better yet the Queen of Sheba, Aretha
Queen Latifah
I’m the boss like I need Shareefa

Boss? You ain’t my boss you don’t
Run shit up in here
I don’t know who the hell
You think talkin’ to i’m
Gonna take that shit and bounce
I don’t know who the
Hell you think you are i ain’t got no boss

See I call her baby like she 3 years old
When she fully grown so these
Dudes is pullin’ on
She in the club like a stone cover
Fully blown speaking in the girly tone even
Though you got a attitude
I can’t stay mad at you

We’ll have our quarrels (Word)
And you’ll upset me
(Tell me what can I do) What-what can I do
Nothing, cause if I said that I don't
Need you I was frontin’ so
(What can I do?) What-what can I do?
Nothing, every time you said you
Leavin’ you was bluffin’

Back in the days I had dreads like Lil’ Jon
And got numbers armed with nothin’ but
A pen and a little charm
Everything I’m saying be
Littered with observation
So I stand up for the
Dudes with limited conversation
You looking at a star
It's all in the constellation

Haha, you ain’t no star haha
You know you really losing your
Mind i don’t know who told you that shit
You really feeling yourself

She tried to tie me up but
She can’t tie me down
She ain’t never cried a tear
But she cryin’ now she tried to leave me
Coming back cause she can’t forget me
I gotta be strong so she can’t disrespect me

We’ll have our quarrels (Word)
And you’ll upset me
(Tell me what can I do) What-what can I do
Uh uh uh uh yeah
(What can I do?) What-what can I do?
Uh uh uh yeah let’s, let’s go, uh
Let’s, let’s go, uh