[The J.B.'s] (Pass the peas, pass the peas, pass the peas...)



[VERSE 1: Play]

I used to break my back everyday, totin boxes in a factory

Overworked, underpaid, was a fact for me

But I had to get the money right

Cause the money was tighter than a skirt on a hooker

Then I took a look around

Seen my friends drivin Benzes, gettin paid

(Alright, everybody, get your hands up over your head and nobody move!)

...Until the drug raid

Oh well, I rather be broke, that was a easy decision

My mission was to make dough, not end up in prison

But I'm still in a helll of my own

Bill collectors won't leave me the hell alone

They just cut off the telephone

They send me nasty letters at home

Sayin that they wanna sue, cause my payments are due

Yo, didn't I just finish payin you?

All these payments, madness and mayhem

Gotta go to church and say Aaaa-men

God, help me pay them!

Now I'm sure you've heard this story before

(Knock-knock) Who is it?

(Knock-knock) Who is it?!

Bill's at the door



(Kid 'N Play) (pass the peas) [repeated]



[VERSE 2: Kid]

I know it look like I'm livin in the lap of luxury

But I can't function, bee

I need hot water and heat to take a bath

My high-top fade trimmed, so I don't look like a psychopath

But half the time, while I'm scramblin and gamblin to pay the rent

I'm livin day by day and cent by cent

By the end of the week my knees feel weak, my money is spent

And still haven't paid the rent

I need a raise, but now I need a place to stay

I need a bank account that I can count on

With a decent amount in it

That I can't count on my fingers

I wanna live like those rappers and singers

Hm - I'll rap a little, maybe I'll fiddle with that

Anything is better than breakin my back

So many headaches, now I'm askin for Aspirine and more pills

Damn, more bills

There's gotta be a brighter day, a better way, well, anyway

I can't take it no more

(Knock-knock) Who is it?

(Knock-knock) Who is it?!

Bill's at the door



(Kid 'N Play) (pass the peas) [repeated]

(...now everybody say)



[Sadat X] (Pete Rock from the Vernon)



[VERSE 3: Kid & Play]

Now we're makin movies, records, and a little more dough

I bet you bet the bills were gone - (word yo, hell no!)

The more money you make and the more you stand out

The more money to take when these bill collectors hand out

Diggin in your pocket too far

The repo man was starin at my car

Yo, I thought you was in charge livin large?

Chill, all I wanna do is dodge

Bill collectors, and rip up my charge cards

Cause these bills, they attack (like a pitbull)

Can't sleep at night (can't even sit still)

I don't wanna get knocked out the box like Redd Foxx or Willie Nelson

So I keep on making cartoons and movies and records, and anything else, and eh

Just when I think I'm too big for my britches

Just when I am about to burn bridges

I think twice, cause Kid 'N Play are just too nice

And 2 hype tongiht to bite the bullet

You got a fly girl? I pull it

But the only thing that I can't ingore

The only thing I can't take no more

The only thing that makes me go out and do more tours

(Man, shit) yeah, you guessed it - Bill's at the door



Gotta break away, gotta break away, gotta [x2]



(Kid 'N Play) (pass the peas) [repeated]

(..now everybody say)



(Pass the peas, pass the peas, pass the peas...)