[scratching of "let me tell you" from Pharcyde's "Passin' Me By"]


[verse 1: The Third Eye]

For the first third

I had to borrow three words from Stevie for the issue

For what it's worth I'm calling this official

To live and die for you is to live and die with you

If what we got ain't superficial or artificial

I feel at home with you if I share my dome with you

Develop your mind to understand mine and grow with you

It's hypothetical I have yet to meet you

But all it takes is time well spent alone with you

?? could move along to reach the 8th rank

To resurrect with the grace of a queen she will receive and reflect

Knowing just what I mean when I claim that I protect my useful land 

like the fearless grown man that I am

With the plan to expand it's painstakin'

Like feedin' food for thought and regulatin' mental bakin'

Correcting each other when we're mistaken and debatin'

Turns to arguing but other ?? leads to the best earthquakin'

But still in all I needs no reminder

that God will be the maker and owner but not the finder

So in this wilderness I will reserve the Best Part

For each queen I meet I make it known from the start

When I tell ya like this.....


[Chorus: w/ same background scratching as the intro]

"You can get the third; 

eye or the leg or the finger if deferred

I know what's on ya mind so sis ya need to say the word

Eye or the leg or finger if deferred

Imma tell ya like this, you can get the third

eye or the leg or the finger if deferred

I know what's on ya mind so sis ya need to say the word

Eye or the Leg or the Bird..."


[verse 2: The Third Leg]

I set the speed in which you twist upon ya axis

From changing ya thoughts to turnin' over on the mattress

The fact is the culture that I practice 

prescribes me the father of the civil so most muthafuckas lack this

More often than not the type of woman I attract is

lookin' to discover just another piece of steel 

And you can test my heart ?? 

but see I can't be trapped by my magnetic field

To bring it down to earth I'm talking bout your sex appeal

You've got the good ?? and yes you know I know tha deal

Not even too concerned on who's the last and next to feel

cuz the sword that a weild sports a lubricated shield

The only problem is you never take the time to build

and then you've got the nerve to say I treat you like a freak?!

I try to chill and conversate with you but ?? don't stop

and that's my spot yo we hardly even speak

So get to know the mind behind the dick that I'm slingin'

Next time when I'm done yo try not to fall asleep

But still in all I really can't complain about ya "brain"

cuz you're the first on my mind when the time comes to creep

That's why Imma tell ya like this....


[Chorus: w/ scratch of "my dear my dear my dear you do not know me"]

"You can get the third; 

eye or the leg or the finger if deferred

I know what's on ya mind so sis ya need to say the word

Eye or the leg or finger if deferred

Imma tell ya like this, you can get the third

eye or the leg or the finger if deferred

I know what's on ya mind so sis ya need to say the word

Eye or the Leg or the Bird..." {*echoing*}


[verse 3: The Third Finger]

I could've been chillin' with peeps

I should've been spending more time relaxing asleep

I woulda been pushin' up on girls like the first two

but instead I was wasting time fuckin' with you!

On some bottom line shit I know I played myself in retrospect

Givin' you the respect of a top choice select

On some "never again shit" I expect

I chalk it up to trial and error but I can't say I'm over it yet

Out of sight mind and body could've sworn you were the best of both worlds

in my eyes yo, you had no flaws

Then I learned it was to good to be true

so now my two favorite records are "Wildflower" & "Truly Yours" 

I can't front though, you had me for a second

I was caught up in your words overlookin' your ways

Truth was seen but not heard you was lyin' for days

just to find yourself lost in your own damn age

Now my vision's clarified like Windex

you get the peace sign without the index

From ex to next--too complex?

I'll translate: FUCK YOU

clean bill of health still I wish I never stuck you

Claim to be my Earth but you too trife

more like Mercury you came close but too hot to sustain life

So now ya cast out far out like Pluto

three strikes through ?? but the choosen few

So Imma tell ya like this....


[Chorus: w/ scratch of "my dear my dear my dear you do not know me"]

"You can get the third; 

eye or the leg or the finger if deferred

I know what's on ya mind so sis ya need to say the word

Eye or the leg or finger if deferred

Imma tell ya like this, you can get the third

eye or the leg or the finger if deferred

I know what's on ya mind so sis ya need to say the word

Eye or the Leg or the Bird [scratching of "Passin' Me By"]