Came in Birdsong's dice game early, thinkin' And grabbed the motherfuckin' hand like Kunstler v Dershowitz Ejected from the vehicle Spit a sixteen or two in mid-air, Satanic Verses That'll rattle in your head like small caliber lead Once she dead, rush her to the grave Said "cut", cut it to the lathe Said "what?", then [*gunshot*] him in the face Said it's a flood on the way, dried blood on the bullpen cage Daddy loved his slaves, curl of the lip, heavy eyes just the same First time you saw the word nigga in a book, how it danced on the page Back in the day, it's what the family didn't say, how you knew it was AIDS Came to the back gate late, I'ma need that back pay Contra spread gun held by the waist I didn't come by just to say hey (Don't flatter yourself) Busta Rhymes on the A-train, countin' down the last days Oh, and do you have any spare change? Do you have any spare change? Do you have any spare change? Do you have any spare change? Do you have any spare change? He told 'em they could be God He told 'em they could be God He told 'em they could beat God He told 'em they could beat God HE told 'em they could beat God Just dial "H" for heartbreak Just dial "H" for heartbreak Just dial "H" for heartbreak Just dial "H" for heartbreak Yeah but, but it, but the relationship If you don't have a dream, fake it But the relationship - you can't fake a dream You got to fake it. Because we don't have dreams these days. How the hell can you have a dream, for what? So, so everybody's jiving. Well let's jive on that level If I love you, I can't lie to you Course you can lie to me; and you will. If you love me and you goin' off with Maddie someplace, you're lying to me. 'Cause what the hell do I care about the truth. I care if you're there, like Billie Holiday say "hush now, don't explain." Alright, I accept that. Alright, I accept that Of course, of course you'll lie to me, 'cause I don't even wanna, of what, what does the truth matter? And why you gon' be truthful with me when you lie to everybody else. You lied when you smiled at that cracker down the job, right? Lie to me, smile. Treat me the same way you would treat him I can't treat you the way I treat him You must, you must, because I've caught the, I've caught the frowns and the anger. He's happy with you. Of course he doesn't know you're unhappy. You grin at him all day long. You come home and I catch hell, because I love you. I get least of you. I get, I get the very minimum. And I'm sayin', you know, fake it with me Just dial "H" for heartbreak Just dial "H" for heartbreak Just dial "H" for heartbreak Just dial "H" for heartbreak