Key: B major
Intro 1
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Now papa
Verse 1
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don't give a damn,
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or say, "Thank you, ma'am"
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Eatin filet mignon, lobster tails and crab
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He eats the finest food,
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he ain't the kindest dude
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And then to put it to you straight
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he's crazy lazy and rude
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His temper's boiling hot,
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whether you like him or not
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Not to men tion bout his mansion
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and his big ol' yacht
He never gave me a dime or even spent,
some time
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And that's why I had to cold write
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this rhyme about..
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[Chorus]
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Jam Master scratch "papa was",
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Run- D.M.C. "papa crazy",
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"crazy" [Repeat x2]
Verse 3
Now papa livin' like a rich man,
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up on the hill
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Yeah my daddy got a Caddy
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funky fresh Seville
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He got diamonds and furs, for his and hers
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And a cat, in the hat that just,
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chills and purrs
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Now he eats and grubs,
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and rocks beats at clubs
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While mama makin' nothin' while she sweeps,
and rubs
You want to know about his dough,
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how he got paid
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Well the last, that asked, got sprayed,
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and laid, because
Verse 4
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[Chorus] Papa
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hang with crazy people crazy
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times of the night
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Runnin round with crazy women but
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but that's alright, because
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Interlude 1
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[Chorus] Yo Run my
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papa was crazy,
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crazy as can be
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And my mama said that he left
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ME when I was three
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But my mama never told me he
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was out of his mind
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Drinkin' wine, all the time,
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never earnin' a dime
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He didn't care where he slept,
or where his clothes were kept
He was so in debt somebody
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broke his neck
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And on the day that papa died,
they wrote on his grave
That "Papa died a bum,
but he died brave," because
Outro 1
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