Description of a Fool - A Tribe Called Quest

作词：Kamaal Fareed/Ali Shaheed Muhammad

作曲：Kamaal Fareed/Ali Shaheed Muhammad

Fool defined in Webster's

Open up the book read it read it

Turn the page see what it says

Read it to me will you please

One who acts doped so what does it mean to me

That's you 'cause of the way you act

Standin' on the corner sellin' Girbauds

Scalin' your friends and also your foes

What's the matter wit'cha boy

You big galoot you nincompoop

What's wrong wit you You can't compute

Don't fix your lips to tell me you can

Standin' on the poley playin' pusher man

What you got to do with yourself

Can't you be somebody else

Look at you described to a tee

You're a fool of many in society

I know some more I shall go on

And continue in the song fooled the fool

Man I don't know what you're talkin' 'bout callin' me a fool

I've been out here for twentysome odd years

Doin' my thing I ain't no fool man

You crazy or something

I'm gonna stick this right up your

The girl I talked to she's sort of neurotic

Her crazy ex-boyfriend is really psychotic

Scares the girl by threatenin' her life

Says Girl you're dead if you're not my wife

Beats in her public beats her in private

Tried it 'round me almost won't buy it

Said Forget him don't you know he's a loser

Who would love a woman turn around and abuse her

Only a fool as described by the tribe

Here's another one who's on the fool vibe

Gonna make it short gonna make it quick

For this situation makes me sick

See your brother man with the female

He's crazy ego tried to show he'll prevail

In any situation lady luck's on his side

Emotions run free nothin' he will hide

Why I remember one sunny day

Took my cousin to the park so we can play

On the way a couple resembled

The one I just described everythin' assembled

Another young man walked in their direction

Bumped him a bit excused his imperfection

But the man with the lady

Grabbed the other by the neck

Demanded an apology and also respect

The young man aggravated

Grabbed him back and smacked him

The girl just laughed

And laughed and laughed at him

He felt ashamed for what he had done

It looked like a fool to everyone

These are three stories from the Naked City

Reality is sometimes a ditty

Like Grodzilla from the twilight zone

Earth to your brain is anyone home

I see ya there tryin' to make amends

Try to make some friends

But now my story ends

On the note that I just wrote

Stay afloat on the reality boat

Slow down and think and take it cool

And try to avoid the description of oval