Lyrics

Mic Tester

I'm a microphone tester, smoked out and broke out
in the back of a van with sprout and hesta
I light up like a lighter, you're a bedroom writer
and I'm out of breath cause now I rock my jeans a little tighter
Yo- forget what you know I'm dropping sweat on the front row
This ain't the simple life- but it's the only life I know
Sleeping like you got jet lag- and now you're breathing in a paper bag-
What the hell, I wish you well, I wish you luck, so what the fuck?
I heard your mom drives an ice cream truck.
You'll never touch what we got-
Three hots and a cot and a snare that claps on the track
And me and sprout and hesta prynn go way back.

I'm a microphone genius, how can I explain, what goes on in my brain
You won't believe till you've seen this, I mean this
And everytime I walk by, all the people on the avenue like, "Why so fly?"
And if you got a sweat-suit and you're dripping with diamonds,
tell me are you a rapper or a mom from long island?
MTV much to my chagrin, is about as exciting as an ottoman.
I'll always call you out just like I always did before
I don't give a fuck we ain't on Sony anymore
I run with spero and sprout and I don't give a damn
I'm Hesta Prynn, "Don't you know who I am?"
I'm the right girl. For tonight girl. I'm the right girl and
I don't give a fuck that I rap like a white girl.

I'm a microphone master, you're quick, but I'm a faster MC
I'm the master of ceremony
It's just mic and me like we were meant to be
Happily every after in matrimony
When I'm up on stage I command the crowd
Check 1,2,3 turn my mic up loud
We bring our own mics
We don't need the stands
You can't see the wires
The mics in our hands
mic test, mic tech, but you're no mic tester-
Try to juggle this fire- you microphone jester
Think you're the best but you know we're the bester
Gonna head out west with spero and hesta
Use the microphone like a judge with a gavel
Always rock the party wherever we travel
Everywhere I go I bring the mic I own
Cause I'm the master tester on the microphone.

Better Already

We don't have to leave the living room to have a good time-
Everywhere we go- people want to know-
We don't have to leave the living room to have a good time¡K

Get ready, already, no time to waste
No matter what we do it's still the case
We're stuck in one place
Like I'm standing on your shoelace
We come face to face or
Stand back to back
We trick the train to stay on track

And we don't have to leave the living room to have a good time!

We going way out- now
We gonna head down- now
Singing hey now-
Call when you're on my block
at the end of your luck so-

we getting on we getting better already
the truth be told you're know we're better already
uh oh oh uh oh oh oh
we getting on we getting better already

gotta get out of my own way so I could go my own way
say what I wanna say on audio delay
move my mouth and throw my voice
retrace my steps, my choice, my plan
begin again where we began

And we don't have to leave the living room to have a good time!

We going way out- now
We gonna head down- now
Singing hey now-
Call when you're on my block
at the end of your luck so-

we getting on we getting better already
the truth be told you know we're better already
uh oh oh uh oh oh oh
we getting on we getting better already

Hey! Hey!

Deep water, deep cracks, deep holes and deep creases
Deep sleeping dreams of broken pieces
Pick them up and make them fit
Quit or don't quit. Get even, some new shit can you believe in.

we getting on we getting better already
the truth be told you know we're better already
uh oh oh uh oh oh oh
we getting on we getting better already (x2)

We don't have to leave the living room to have a good time-
Everywhere we go- people want to know-
We don't have to leave the living room to have a good time¡K

Oooh, Girl

Winner's never quit- quitters never win
I'm lanky and go by the name of Hesta Prynn
I haven't seen you since we were in West Berlin
Now ya'll be looking like my Siamese twin
Knock knock. Who's there? Prynn- How you been?
Do you still have my copy of Huckleberry Finn?
It's like round and round we go- one more ¡¥gain.
Oh I'm sorry- can I keep this pen?
Little pig. Little pig- let me in.
You bitches be like my next of kin
Always on point never phone it in
When I hear that tone Imma enter my pin.

Oh- it's on.

Okay?

Microphone check, 1,2,1,2
My name is spero- how about you?
Chillin with Sinatra at the fountainbleu
While my prima ballerinas do a pax-de-deux
I'll be the Bella Karoli to your Mary Lou
Just follow the directions- do how I do
Cause I'm constantly residing in the Brooklyn Zoo
Hesta Prynn we're gonna kick it on back to you-
My nails stick on my fingers with the crazy glue
If I'm hungry I might fix myself a cheese fondue
Pay closer attention to the silence- oooh girl-
Going straight to the top just for the view.

Hey.
Oooh, girl.

Here is the church and here is the steeple
Sprout- get on the mic and talk to the people
I'm sprout- you say hooray- enchante-
And I'm feeling pretty good- are you ok?
Now I'm broke as a joke in the month of may
Tell me what the F has happened to the USA
South Dakota lost their minds today
And I'm feeling it down to my DNA
There's one more thing that I want to say
What you think you covering with that tupee?

We got the good raps to make your hands clap
We got the big beats so get our your seats
We got the fresh rhyme we always on time
We got the routines we back on the scene
So one a penny- two a penny- hot cross bun.

Oooh, girl.
Oooh, girl.

Mother May I

Allow myself to introduce myself
I'm Hesta Prynn
Let me begin
I like my coffee
With lots of gin
And you could always tell what kind of mood I'm in
Cause I let it out, yo Spero turn it out
Okay it's S-P-E-R-O fool
Gonna get on the floor and lose my cool
I believe in Northern State and the golden rule
Now Sprout's gonna take y'all back to school
My name is Sprout ne
Now call me Tasia Mae
And don't miss the buffet at my birthday soiree
Cause I'm a workaday gourmet
I sautee and flambee
And puree from Broadway through Norway and the UK
If you like my wordplay then enjoy my essay
And forget the throughway cause we rep the parkway
And I've got cache and a blue beret
And I'll wear it while I ballet in your chalet

Mother May I?
Yes you may.

I'm at the ice cream social and I'm having a ball
I'm giving pounds to y'all
I'll rhyme in Espanol
O te lo digo in italiano tambian
Cuz I'm a guinea hen just like Sofia Loren
I'm gonna start my weekend right at the Friday fish- fry
Diggin deep in the books for some rhymes gone by
And I'm working on my tan getting nice and rotund
And you can write that check directly to my smoochies fund
In a state of confusion eating Asian fusian
I've been thinking hard and if you'll pardon the intrusion
I'll be coming like Joan Rivers and the fashion 5-0
Cuz I'm meeting fashionistas everywhere I go
Complex times call for complex rhymes y'all
A lime to a lemon said a lemon to a lime
I spend my time riding MTA
So get off your high horse Don Quixote

Mother May I?
Yes You May.

We may not win a Grammy but it could be a Tony
You might have seen us live on the isle of Coney
Take the long way home b/c I like to roam
Enjoy a lemonade spritzer with Eliot Spitzer
I'm sippin watermelon daiquiris and sippin mojitos
Pass the guacamolito gonna do it our way like Carlito
And I don't know why water on wood just makes it dry
So many contradictions don't know what to believe
But I'm large and in charge so just call me Boss Tweed
And now you're watching Spero like I'm on demand
And I'll give it to you just how you like it man
Chuck Brody's at the board he's turning tasty knobs
Yo while we dropping bombs, why don't you ask your moms?
I said there ain't no stopping and there ain't no doubt
We kick it all about, auf wiedersehn, we out

Away Away

i took it one at a time
you pushed me over the line
and now i'll leave with what's mine
i'll see you on the way out.
things that you said to me
things that i couldn't see
you took my kisses for free
i'll see you on the way out

when you're talking your fingers are walking
away from me
away away away

and i swear that it's you boy...

you want to get back step back in it with me
but i'm too wound up now to watch tv
wanna run wanna rock right - maybe rock all night
maybe call you later, maybe see you later maybe
now i don't know what to call you if i don't call you baby
wanna get high, sparks fly, look me in the eye
now the thrill is gone and i'm calling you out
i'll see you on the way up
you see me on the way out.

see that look on my face
my things all over the place
feeling like a disgrace
so see me on the way out

don't forget it was mine
don't forget all this time
you couldn't drag me away
so see me on the way out.

chorus

you're driving away from me now
you turn away away from me now
you're so far away from me now
and you're gone away from me now

where you goin boy can you take me with you?
guess you can't catch a vibe everytime i kiss you
i miss you - see i don't wish to dis you
can't you stay right here until i dismiss you
where you going boy are you coming right back
i'll be sitting here waiting working on a new track
you're all packed i guess
i think it's for the best
cause now you're on the way out
and so is all of my stress

chorus

Good Distance

Tied to the wheel because you know that's it's rough But you can make it to the other side
And if you want it you got it whatever you want
You gotta get to the front and then you can't stop running

This is not a first proof
I came to raise the damn roof
To raise the roof
Off of this place
And that is just the damn truth
So you better grab a mic and a friend like the party's your job like the party don't end
Gonna set it, off gonna do it right, gonna dance ALL NIGHT!!

work so hard to get it done and then you get it done and what's the point in that ?
cause when you work so hard you have no fun and then you have no fun and what's the point in that?

If you want it- (don't you know?)
That you got it (there you go)
But you know that you can't stop running
But if you want it you got it what whatever you want (get it together)
You gotta get to the front and then you can't stop running

Me and my girls we know what's going on
Everybody know what's going on
Come on now you know what's going on
(can't stop running)

me and my girls we know what's going down
tell your boys just where it's going down
everybody knows what's going down
(can't stop running)

We mingle and we hob nob
Cuz partying's our damn job
So what you think you looking at?
Yo don't be such a damn snob
So you better grab a mic and a friend like the party's your job like the party don't end
and you might as well just rock the bells
Or raise a glass or SHAKE YO ASS
Yeah keep it live and keep it on, til 4 in the mornin'
run it all, and reminisce just like this

we-

work so hard to get it done and then you get it done and what's the point in that ?
cause when you work so hard you have no fun and then you have no fun and what's the point in that

If you want it- (don't you know?)
That you got it (there you go)
But you know that you can't stop running
But if you want it you got it what whatever you want (get it together)
You gotta get to the front and then you can't stop running

Break

If you want it- (don't you know?)
That you got it (there you go)
But you know that you can't stop running
But if you want it you got it what whatever you want (get it together)
You gotta get to the front and then you can't stop running

Me and my girls we know what's going on
Everybody know what's going on
Come on now you know what's going on
(can't stop running)

me and my girls we know what's going down
tell your boys just where it's going down
everybody knows what's going down
(can't stop running)

If you want it- (don't you know?)
That you got it (there you go)
But you know that you can't stop running
But if you want it you got it what whatever you want (get it together)
You gotta get to the front and then you can't stop running

Iluvitwhenya

iluvitwhenya plug it in nice and slow iluvitwhenya got no place to go
iluvitwhenya give me that time for free
I said, iluvitwhenya ya iluvitwhenya ya

iluvitwhenya make it all rhyme for real
iluvitwhenya got that sex appeal
iluvithwhenya leave it all up to me
I said, iluvitwhenya ya iluvitwhenya ya

iluvitwhenya lend me those beat cds
isolate me up in the booth all night please
you could rock the joints I could serve the drinks
and I don't give a damn what your mama thinks
line it up on a grid go ahead punch me in
let me do it myself and let me do it again
bring it back one time make it mine- all mine
give me more for my money make it blow my mind

know that it won't do me wrong
need it like my favorite song
round and round we go and then
stuck up in my mind again (2X)

my girlfriend knows how I like to rock it
we lock in rhythm right in the pocket

iluvitwhenya plug it in nice and slow
iluvitwhenya got no place to go
iluvitwhenya give me that time for free
I said, iluvitwhenya ya iluvitwhenya ya

iluvitwhenya make it all rhyme for real
iluvitwhenya got that sex appeal
iluvithwhenya leave it all up to me
I said, iluvitwhenya ya iluvitwhenya ya

iluvitwhenya feed it to me line for line
take it page by page let me rhyme for days
make me healthy and wealthy and wiser for you
I excel when you tell me just how I should do- true
Lately I'm feeling like I run the show so just turn up the level cause I want to know
Can you serve up the treble the bass and the beat
Can you make me record and breakfast to eat?
Iluvitwhen he wakes me up to play in the middle of the night
I could write a whole song about his appetite
He likes it when I'm in charge and when I take control
And so I tell him how to rock and when it's time to roll
And then my boyfriend says I could change my mind
From the top to the bottom or from behind
And as soon as it's done he wants to press rewind
He says- baby, play it one more time

iluvitwhenya plug it in nice and slow
iluvitwhenya got no place to go
iluvitwhenya give me that time for free
I said, iluvitwhenya ya iluvitwhenya ya

iluvitwhenya make it all rhyme for real
iluvitwhenya got that sex appeal
iluvithwhenya leave it all up to me
I said, iluvitwhenya ya iluvitwhenya ya

know that it won't do me wrong
need it like my favorite song
round and round we go and then
stuck up in my mind again (2X)

iluvitwhenya ya
iluvitwhenya ya

Sucka Mofo

here's a little something so apropos
a certain kind of person that you might know
if his shirt's real big and his pants real low
that's a suckamothafucka from head to toe
you might know a sucka that tries too hard
charging big jewels on his visa card
when it's time for rent all the money's spent
that there's a suckamothafuckin indigent
sucka put down that 40 oz. beer
you were shopping at Abercrombie just this year
so give up the gangsta shit you talking
take your snap on grills right back to Weehawken
shit starting olive garden all that you could eat
you got the bread sticks and salad but the fine wine is for free

oh no do-see-do see you at the rodeo
you ain't scandalous- think that you could handle this?
Oh yo gonna be spinning like rotisseree
Oooh girl- that's what up- suckamothafucka back the fuck up

Suckamothafucks in automobiles
Neon light underneath your monster truck wheels
With your chain link light up vanity plate
You need a spoiler so big just to get a date
Got the kids in the back and you're sipping on a coors
With your pro-life sticker like the choice is yours
And if we want to know who you voted for
You got Bush on your bumper and a baby on board
You got a brand new car should have bought the hybrid
Cause you could afford it and I wish that I did
Change your mind and all that you stand for
Put a llama in your life and bring back Al Gore
Suckamothafuckas in SUVs
Driving around the block just smoking trees
Misinforming so alarming- don't believe in global warming?

oh no do-see-do see you at the rodeo
you ain't scandalous- think that you could handle this?
Oh yo gonna be spinning like rotisseree
Oooh girl- that's what up- suckamothafucka back the fuck up

Tell me who's the suckamothafucka now
Tell me who's the suckamothafucka now

Tell me who's the suckamothafucka now
Tell me who's the mothafuckinsucka now (2x)

oh no do-see-do see you at the rodeo
you ain't scandalous- think that you could handle this?
Oh yo gonna be spinning like rotisseree
Oooh girl- that's what up- suckamothafucka back the fuck up

Going to the bank in my neighborhood
Wearing sweatpants and it don't look good
Hear a mothafucka mumble when I walk by
He looks me up and down and I know why
How you doin girls- you know you're looking fine
And the view if even better from behind
Why don't you sit yourself down upon my crate
Bring along your girls from Northern State
Sir- it seems you may lack employment and
I don't exist just for your enjoyment
See I'm just trying to get from point b to point a
So suckamothafucka get out my way

This one's going out to the democrats
Ya'll mothafuckas don't know where it's at
If we're gonna win in 2008
Can we please get a mothafuckin candidate?

Cold War

I'm seeing something very curious
I swear to god nobody listens to me
I'm serious
You don't need a degree
To see the world is full its fillin up its full
And now you're talking all that
And that shit is bull
You're not trying, You're not trying to get closer to me
You're not trying to get closer to me
You know the city is a timebomb lets get buried in the basement
And the end is just beginning and you'll never know who's winning

But everybody's talking bout getting married
Everybody's talking bout having babies
Everybody's talking bout making money
Everybody's talking bout going to work

Domesticity. Homeland Security, Celebrity
You know I never thought you'd be the kinda little girl who just,
I never thought you'd be the kinda guy who doesn't give a fuck
You're not tryin, You're not trying to do it better today
You're not trying to do it better today
You know the city is in meltdown, lets get married in the kitchen
And you're sleepin in a blackout and your mind is in remission

And everybody's talking bout making money
Everybody's talking bout buying houses
Everybody's talking bout having babies
Everybody getting up and going to work

Don't listen cause the walls are coming down
Convention but the walls are coming down
Estrangement but the walls are coming down
Keep pushing cause the walls are coming down

Violent Pornography, Police Brutality, Ethnicity
Wanna know whats so fuckin funny bout peace love and understanding
You know war's still over if you want it but you gotta want it want it!

Whatever happened to tune in drop out, whatever happened to fuck the police
(you're not trying, you're not tryin..)

Run Off the Road

you've been run off the road I know I know

Things I'll Do

The things I do so easily¡K
This is just one of the things I¡¦ll do
I¡¦ll parallel park your car for you
I¡¦ll do the Brooklyn bump into a tiny space
And then I¡¦ll cut your hair and then I¡¦ll clean your place
Cause I¡¦m well equipped and I¡¦m well rehearsed
And I¡¦ll bring those files in my pleather purse
I¡¦ll save your seat, I¡¦ll pour your whiskey neat,
I¡¦ll make you eat your greens and do everything in between
Call me anytime, I¡¦ll manage your damage
I¡¦ll balance your budget then make you a sandwich
Take you where you¡¦re going, put it on your tab
I¡¦ll take the fuckin back way like a Livery cab
I¡¦ll walk to your house through a thunder storm
To pick up this track just to write this song
I¡¦ll do your chart, and your math, and your laundry too
And those are just some of the things I¡¦ll do.

I¡¦ll ride my bike all over this city
Give myself a pedicure so my toes could look pretty too
You want to do what I could do for you?
I¡¦ll mix your drink, wax your legs, just to name a few
I¡¦ll organize your underpants man, I¡¦ll color code it
Back you a vegan pie, and then I¡¦ll a la mode it
You can take a seat at the head of the class
and watch sprout teach your kids how to shake their ass
up in the natural foods I¡¦m pimpin how to be healthy
if you drink this shit you¡¦ll be just like me
I¡¦ll write a book on how to do that
In case you want to do that
Just follow these simple steps and see
Like me you could be free with nowhere to be
From 9-5 it¡¦s not hard all you need is a credit card
Or 12 or 22
These are just some of the things I¡¦ll do.

Cause there¡¦s a million ways that you can make a buck
And there¡¦s a million ways that you could change your luck
There gotta be a million ways that you could make a buck-
The things I do so easily¡K (x2)

If I was an heiress, like Nicky or Paris
I¡¦d lounge in bikinis and drown in martinis
I¡¦d chill with such skill I¡¦d be dressed to the nines
Sip the finest of wines, eat the leanest linguinis
But that¡¦s not the kind of life I lead
My everyday¡¦s moving at a different speed
I supper with sprout
I chill with Correne
I sell off my hair like my name was Fontine.
I¡¦ll charm your parents with my je ne sais quois
I¡¦ll make your margarita sweeter at the rodeo bar
Plan you a trip, get you there in a jitney
Write you a song, get you sounding like Britney
Hesta, can you find me a man and
Hesta, write a plan for my band
I got an idea- or maybe a few
And those are just some of the things I¡¦ll do

Cause there¡¦s a million ways that you can make a buck
And there¡¦s a million ways that you could change your luck
There gotta be a million ways that you could make a buck-
The things I do so easily¡K (x2)

Cowboy Man

Oh, nobody knows-
Why he's wearing those casual clothes wherever he goes
Horses and biks are the things that he likes
Everyday's a vacation and I wanna know why
Oh nobody knows
He drives his big car around his ranch is cool as can be
It's only 50 bucks a gallon get the slurpee for free
And oh- nobody knows

It seems we need him to be-
Why do we need him to be-
Yeah we still need him to be
Why do we need him to be?

I saw him talking out of the side of his mouth
And I caught him looking out of the side of his eyes
He's a cowboy man- or a boy next door-
Or maybe even the leader of the free world.

It seems we need him to be- why do we need him to be?
Just like a friend of your dad's just like you and me?
Can't we aim a little higher find ourselves a better liar?
Save face with a straight face- how did we get here in the first place?

Oh- nobody knows.

Country club reality- I suppose
The grass is greener- the sun's out today
The oil is clean it's the American way
And oh- nobody knows.

It seems we need him to be-
Why do we need him to be-
Yeah we still need him to be
Why do we need him to be?

But I saw him talking out of the side of his mouth
Someone's feeding him the lines and I figured it out
He's a cowboy man with his mama's hands
He's got the world tied up in his father's plans
And oh- nobody knows.

Cause we need him to be- yeah we still need him to be
Relaxed and easy-going, cool, calm and carefree
Can't we aim a little higher- shift the focus, flip the script,
tip the scales, skip the record, break the cycle, trip the wire?

Before he rode off into the setting sun
They smiled when they thought of all the things that they'd done-
And if it could be him- then why not me?
Nobody knows.

Three Amigas

intro¡K

here's hesta prynn- she's always on her mark
and you know her bite is worse than her bark
she's long and lean a texas hold em machine
so keep your eyes on your money if your money's green
and here comes sprout riding up alongside
she'll coax her mare into a gentle stride
you wanna play her game? Well it'll cost you boss,
She'll hustle you in pool then ride off on your horse
And then there's spero- yeah that's me
And you know my time don't come for free
But hey I got this round- go on and drink it down
I'll have your gold in my pocket by the time I leave town

It takes 3 to make a thing go right
And we write our words in the middle of the night
Cause the night is the time to run for the border
and in fifty years we'll all be under water (2x)

at the poker table- ya'll could call me ms. Deal
spero busy casing for some booty to steal
don't bother chuck brody when he's eating his meal
sprout gone leave his share at the bottom of the stair
and we keep prospecting cause that's our biz
we're known to roll where the moonshine is
three amiga chicas smart and sassy senoritas
eating huevos and gorditas spreading hummus on our pitas
in a northern state in a western town
where the tumble weeds are known to blow around
I draw my guns as I step through the swinging doors
With my chaps and my spurs and my head pulled down

It takes 3 to make a thing go right
And we write our words in the middle of the night
Cause the night is the time to run for the border
and in fifty years we'll all be under water (2x)

I saddle up to the bar concealing my lies
Insult the bartender order 3 red eyes
He says whoa little lady put away that six shooter
Sheriff's bringing your subpoena straight to rose's cantina
In a cloud of dust- I slipped out the side
Out where the horses where tied
I picked a good one it looked like a good one
I hopped on his back and away I did ride

It takes 3 to make a thing go right
And we write our words in the middle of the night
Cause the night is the time to run for the border
and in fifty years we'll all be under water (2x)

aint' no cover when the sharks are biting
if you're going out might as well go out fighting
cause I budget it tight
sprout advances it right
and hesta prynn settles up at the end of the night

Fall Apart

you don't have to fall apart (x4)

underneath my skin I see the veins that carry blood around this maze
the sunlight through the branches you said I could take my chances
on the train it's like we're all the same we hide beneath the earth from rain
the wind the fire and the dust is closing in on all of us
I take your hand to cross the street we're getting tired from the heat
The plan for us is obsolete our files ready to delete
The energy and entropy we fall apart
I drive you home to Brooklyn with a blindfold cause I know the way by heart

Here we go
Down the road
For all we know
There's nowhere left to go

All you know
Let it go
For all we owe
There's nothing left to show

Time remains as time unchanged
Everyday is time exchanged
I remember where you've been
So hold tight in good time I will follow

Everything we own we bought somewhere along the side of the road
It's just a constant up and down the stairs to load and unload
Everything we think we want is rented bought or sold
we drag our feet around the universe expanding while we're getting old

chorus

you don't have to fall apart

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