Dog Day Afternoon by Promoe
Dog Day Afternoon lyrics
Good morning, boys and girls.
It's a new day, what we call the morning after.
Ain't nothing changed, though.
Still the same war, yer' head feelin like it exploded
last night, right.
Verse 1: (Promoe)
All of the people can�t be alright all of the time they
tell me
But some people seem to have a right to have it all
All of my people let�s unite right now
Don�t follow Babylon system because they�re
capitalistic cannibals
I�m callin� for equal rights and justice just like the
teacher Peter Tosh did
Tryin� to reach my people in the mush pit at the
festivals
Or at the clubs, the cars, the parks, at homes �
wherever you choose to roam
Promoe on the microphone, don�t care if I�m right or no
I just shoot the foam
Don�t know if it�s night or afternoon, but I know it�s
the morning after soon
And I know I�m gonna pass out soon, too fast too soon,
bring me back the tune
So I can vibe all night like there�s no tomorrow
Come with me on a flight, leave this world so shallow
Piece of the pie, keys of the ride, E�s for the high,
dime piece on the side
That�s what they all want aint�s it, y�all gon� feel it
morning after, no more laughter
Work in iniquity and we think we are free
Just because we can�t see, the chorus sing it with me!
Chorus: (Promoe & Rantoboko)
Oh yes
- It�s been a hard day�s night now it�s a dog day
afternoon
I�m so tired of the world right now
- It�s been a hard day�s night now it�s a dog day
afternoon
Never wanna wake up no more
- It�s been a hard day�s night now it�s a dog day
afternoon
Just wanna take it easy
- I am with the people when the world unites...
Verse 2: (Timbuktu)
No peace � no justice, they�re restless, don�t need get
busted for questions
Seek and trust in affection, plus keep in touch with
the checks and
People wieldin� weapons at each other to keep it
covered
And keep it comin�, the power that be just wanna see
the numbers
Would probably eat their mothers, don�t really speak to
others
Just sit back and watch people fall into deeper
slumbers
Of money and materialistic shit
That�s unequally distributed
And the things that we�re willing to risk for it, to
just get a whiff of it
Ride around town in a crispy whip, get a pretty chick
to kiss my lip
I want every day to be like a festival, I wanna kick
back have nothing else to do
But eat cake in the park, drink makers mark, swim
around the pool like a mako shark
But what am I gonna make the bacon off? And I get no
sleep still awake at dawn
All I wanna do is hold my chest out, all you gonna get
is totally stressed out
Howlin like a Wolf, screaming like Jay Hawkins
With nightmares of what their dreams might cost them
Chorus: (Timbuktu & Rantoboko)
Oh yes
- It�s been a hard day�s night now it�s a dog day
afternoon
Thinkin� of when times get better
- It�s been a hard day�s night now it�s a dog day
afternoon
Pointin� my eyes to the sky
- It�s been a hard day�s night now it�s a dog day
afternoon
And you know
- I�m chillin� with my people... when the world unites
Verse 3: (Chords)
All I hear are clocks tickin�, I�m stuck in this hot
kitchen
in the fuckin� wok sizzin�, watchin� how the plot
thickens
Watchin� all these cops friskin� little kids for
shopliftin�
Tellin� em to stop, listen! Run and check the job
listings
Nah mister, I don�t work for slave wages
I don�t want my playstation to trade places with a
pacemaker
I just relaxed real cool, sat back looked pass the
rules
You and your pack of fools ruined my afternoon
I swear these motherfuckers got a hold of me,
bloodsuckers controllin� me
Won�t let go of me, and they throwin� me to the wall,
but I fall on my own two feet
Could it be cus I�m rollin� trees and my block smells
like potpourri
With my eyes shot red like the Cyclops in the Odyssey
when I go to sleep
It is cus I don�t hold the grease? Fuck that man I flow
on beats
Fuck the man patrollin� streets, cuffin� hands and
holdin heat
I�d rather earn a dollar with a dirty collar
workin� the early hours for something worth the bother!
Chorus: (Chords & Rantoboko)
Don�t need no 9-5
- It�s been a hard day�s night now it�s a dog day
afternoon
Not to know that I�m alive
- It�s been a hard day�s night now it�s a dog day
afternoon
See I know that time will fly
- It�s been a had day�s night now it�s a dog day
afternoon
Even if I don�t climb inside, and vibe...
- Relaxin� with my people when the world unites!
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