Ordinary people



[ verse 1 ]

OopsI guess I should stop singin and start bringin the funk

The niggeroe sings a rap and have you clappin

I gets busycause I never fallI excel

Never takin no shortsso here's my tall tale

Once upon the clock

It was hard growing up with no pops

But moms did the supernaturalvery

Extra-ordinary

Person that she is

She finished collegethree kids at home cryin

But never got fed upand kept her head up

'i shoot for the sky' is what she saidit

Got embedded

In my skull

That's how I got soul

To reach ya through your speaker

My mother alone helped me to be me

So that's my role modelnot an idiot on tv

Used to do it like this

And like thatand like this

But since she never let me join a gang

I couldn't g thang

So for all her prayers at night under the church steeple

I give thanks to my motherone of those very extra-ordinary people



[ verse 2 ]

Now dig it2-(4)-6-8

I guess that I appreciate

And consider that niggas who work hard is the superstars

(ordinary) people with familiesthat have kids

Should be put on a pedestalnot average

Treatment for our mother and fathersand if you ask me

I'll say: you put your family firstbefore an athlete

But everybody wanna be somebody specialwho

Can grab a microphoneor put a ball through a hoop

And it's okay to like mike

Even I wouldif I drank gatorade

But I'm too busy funkin your trunk with all this 808

To worry about thatI'm worried bout this

If you agreethen pump your fist

If you're proud (say it loud!)

To show you're pissed

Off at the news and mediabecause they swear

That all black people are menaces and holler and cheer

But since there's so many others that want justiceI know we will

Start respectin others as brothers and come togetherall of the...

Ordinary people



[ verse 3 ]

Ordinary people make the world turn

I learned that if you work hard in life

Then it counts the way the balls bounce

I wrote this to give a messageI'll be glad if it

Switches your goal from bein a gangsta to a graduate

And if you listened close to what I saidyou learned a lessonand

Heard that all the average jones' are no greateror no lesser than

Starscause all we all are is equal

So shut off your tv setand show respect to some of the...

Ordinary people