Intro

Lyrics

[Intro: Dave Chappelle, Sung] I was dreaming When I wrote this Forgive me if it goes astray But when I woke up this morning Could've sworn it was Judgment Day Sky was all purple There were people running everywhere And this is the bar of the whole song. Prince say… Trying to run from my destruction You know I didn't even care Good people of Atlanta, we must never forget… that Anthony Bourdain… (Yeah!) …killed himself Anthony Bourdain had the greatest job that show business ever produced. This nigga flew around the world… And ate delicious meals with outstanding people That man, with that job, hung himself in a luxury suite in France They say 2000-zero-zero Party over, oops, out of time So, tonight I'm gonna party Like it's 1999 I knew a nigga in high school that was an urban genius This motherfucker's grades was so good, he got all the way from the hood to an Ivy League school with a full scholarship From there, the motherfucker got himself into one of the best law schools in the country And when he was in law school, he met a woman and they fell in love And they were gonna get married I remember him telling me about it He was home for Christmas, and I told him, I said, "My man, my man… save that bitch for late in your life." But he's in love He didn't listen to me He married her while he was in law school, and sadly, they got divorced, while he was in law school He was a street nigga from the hood This man had nothing… and that bitch took half of that And then, I just never saw him again for years, and then, two years ago, I was home in DC doing some shoppin', tryin' to buy my sons some socks at Foot Locker, I go to Foot Locker, Guess who's the manager? That nigga. Dressed like a referee, the whole shit This motherfucker is 45 years old! We went out drinking that night just tryin' to catch up, and… And he told me. He said he's been living with his mother for, like, ten years, just trying to get back on his feet But that's not the point of the story. The point of the story is… Never occurred to this nigga to kill himself He's alive and well in D.C. I even suggested to him that he should try it out Like, "I don't know, maybe…" Nobody's life is perfect, No matter what it looks like from the outside, you don't know what the fuck's going on inside I have a great life, but it's not a perfect life, but it's good. It's… My shit's like an above ground pool You ever seen one of them? I---t's a pool.