1985, I arrived 33 years, damn, I'm grateful I survived We wasn't s'posed to get past 25 Jokes on you motherfucker, we alive All these niggas popping now is young Everybody say the music that they make is dumb I remember I was 18 Money, pussy, parties, I

Let me love the lonely out of you Let me love the pain you're going through I think I'll save myself by saving you You laugh at all the jokes Even the ones you know Funny I'm doing that, too I love the crowded room The one string that's out of tune Trust

You made me Everything that I am You called me names 'till I became a name Now that's all that I understand Now the joke's on you 'cause the whole damn world's at the palm of the fool's hand Now the fool's got to choose And the joker's in the smoker with