De La Soul - Betta Listen Lyrics

(Listen all you fellas, give her good lovin')
(Listen all you fellas, the, the, kind she'd understand)
(Listen all you fellas, then you won't have to worry no, no, no)
(Listen all you fellas, you betta listen) (you betta listen)

Yo, yo, yo, what's up, money?
What up, man? What's up, man? How you doing?
Just chilling, you know (where you coming from?)
Just around the way, ain't nothin' happenin', you know
Alright, yo
Um, you look like you been stressing out, man
What's wrong with you? (Just chilling)
You know, met up with Leslie the other day
You know I'm sayin', one last date
Oh, oh, that again (yeah)
I mean, yo, what happen? What happened now?
You know, it's like this

Mummy I saw one day (one day)
She was on some fume vapors
Givin' me lip so I continued with the caper
Cat litter had me sniffin' since outside the palace
Eyes sicker than aids, game harder than a callous
Tried to enter and shit
She had locks on the session
Tellin' me how her last man taught her ass a lesson (damn)
Well, not the mayor, I take care of my dimes
But I excluded I had nickels addin' up to her kind (ha)
Short stacks with a wrist full of jewels
Sayin' she didn't need a man to make her out for a fool
Dig it, miss, my love is credited in cupid account
And if you need that extra help, I got the extra amount
Gigglin', figurin' I had jokes for her humor
Then she broke out with the words about knowin' all the rumors
"See, all you niggas rappin' be like pedigree dogs
Thinkin' that you can have me leashed around your microphone cords" (ooh)
Somethin' 'bout her lit me up like July
And with them onions in the pants, I couldn't help but cry
Seemed lost in the essence but I had to find my way to take
Action for the digits just to set up a date
Thought my shinin' was on, I had the skirts in the bag
Until I took a bit of time to peep the price on the tag
She said, "I'm not Salt-N-Pepa who like pushin' it to sisters
You need to get to walkin' with it, mister
I think you betta listen"

You know I mean? Same old thing, you know, man?
But don't even sweat it though, you know I'm sayin'
You know Leslie isn't all that
'Cause all them dimes add up to the same thing (yo)
So, what, what happened to that
That spot that you went to the other night
Oh, that joint where me and Kim Cowards went (yeah, yeah)
Yeah, I mean, you know, sorta the same situation
I met up with some girl, she was kinda dope though (word?)
So how that go down? (Man, listen, man)

We was at some outside jam one Saturday night
Where this pretty ass girl got locked in my sight
(She was a ghetto philosopher) yeah, you know the type
Thinkin' Mary J. And Sade understood her strife
Caught me lookin', "Yo what's cookin?"
"Nothin' from around here
So don't approach or hope to be the man of the year"
I said, listen, dear, or rabbit or whatever the hell you be
I'm not the one to embarrass but the one to emcee
I've traveled the world quarters on my relationships
Used and abused by hoes so my royalty stubs
But above all
I brought my daughter into this Earth
So I understand the need of women feeling of worth
She glanced deep in my eyes and said "Oh shit, you're ill
I like the way your mind moves around at will
Still, let me apologize for soundin' so sassy
But you niggas act as if my ass has a sign that says harass me"
Her name was Gayle from the union of Dale
I made her remove the shades so her eyes could tell me the plan
Yo where's your man?
"Oh that nigga's past tense
Painted bruises on my face, haven't seen him ever since"
Gave a pinch to my bottom and started rubbing my back
She said, "I bet your ass is darker than a Mobb Deep track"
Only one way to know it and I was down to show it
So we jetted back to my crib to set it, she made it known
"I've owned thoughts of you since that song 'Meeny-Meeny'
Can't believe you're about to be all up in between me"
Man, the flag was lowered, so my wood was raised
Followed by shielding of my building to protect me from the blaze
This granted access to southern parts of her borders (did you have her cummin'?)
Like the new world order
I caught her with the right combination (a good combination)
Keepin' it in her hard, man, you betta listen

See, what I'm sayin', that's how it went down for me, you know
You know, get your thing going on, that's all that matters
And besides, she was paid the other day, I mean everything is pretty cool, so
True, yo, that's the way of the world
Ayo, man, I'm 'bout to bounce up outta here (alright, man)
Alright, money (alright, yo)
Alright

(Listen all you fellas, you betta listen)
(Listen, give her good lovin')
(Listen all you fellas, the, the, kind she'd understand)
(Listen, then you won't have to worry no, no, no)
(Listen all you fellas, you betta listen)