No Shoes On the Rug, Leave Them At the Door

Lyrics

[Intro] (You have ten minutes remaining on this call) You know no evil, no flaws Your evil on pause, my evil don't go, go, go I leave my shoes at the door No mud on the floor unless my mama ain't home, home, home I clean after myself when I flaw, I leave no messes at all I hope she don't leave her keys on the shelf And come back to see the mess on her floor And see my shoes on her rug when they should be at the door, door, door [Verse 1] I was supposed to be a doctor or somethin' Honor roll like my auntie and cousins But instead, I was a robber or somethin' 'Til they caught me red-handed like my arm in the oven "Goddamn, Jay, do you do anything right?" "Goddamn, Jay, you could barely read or write" "Goddamn, Jay, you never ever get good grades" "Goddamn, Jay, you could barely pass fifth grade" That's what my mama would say and it would eat at my mind I used to think all the time, "If I could be a good boy She'd probably love me a lot," the only time I felt loved Was when I went down the block, across the street from the house Just down the street from the shop, that's where the bad boys hung Your mama said, "Don't go," but I would go anyway That's where I felt at home (Felt at home, felt at home, felt at home) (Five minutes remaining) [Chorus] No wonder my life went down, down, down Down, down, down, down Down, down, down Down, down, down No wonder my life went down, down, down Down, down, down, down Down, down, down Down, down, down, down [Bridge] Did you go around the block by the shop? (No) Was that you with them boys throwing rocks? (No) Was that your friend on the news that I saw? (No) Was that your name spray-painted on the wall? (No) Did you go around the block by the shop? (No) Was that you with them boys throwing rocks? (No) Was that your friend on the news that I saw? (No) Was that your name spray-painted on the wall? (No) [Verse 2] (One minute remaining) "We gettin' it and we gon' make it And they gon' hate it and I'm his favorite I can't deny it, I'm a straight rider But when we get together be electric slidin' Grandma" bumping in my headphones On the way to school on a school bus Where the cool ones, usually the "act a fool" ones And the new ones, usually the ones they pick on That was me, the whole class used to laugh at me They use to say, "Get away from Jay, he an African And everybody knows that them Africans stink" A booty scratcher that never scratched on my ass differently Than a regular human with itchy cheeks Got me like, "Fuck this elementary And if I had a knife, I'd probably cut this elementary My grades been fucked since the first grade And that ain't 'bout to change so your honor roll will never mention me And mama ain't never gon' love me" The reason why she come home after work and never hug me That's the shit that make your life feel forever ugly So I covered up my face with this ski mask Bet the hoes gon' love me with my ski mask But when my ass got caught, everybody went ghost But the one that I used to think hated me the most I love you, mama [Bridge] (Thirty seconds remaining) Did you need a couple dollars on your books? (Yeah) Do you have enough covers on your bunk? (Yeah) Do your cell mates give you any problems? If they do, what's the jailhouse number? I'ma call 'em (No) Do you understand what I was tryna say? (Yeah) Oh, now you understand what I was tryna say (Yeah) But even though you make me mad and never listen You my baby and I'm still gon' lo- [Outro] (This call has ended, goodbye)