[00:02.22]Fool - defined in Webster's
[00:04.38]Open up the book, read it read it
[00:06.71]Turn the page, see what it says
[00:08.69]Read it to me will you, please
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[00:19.72](One who acts doltishly
[00:21.73]So what? What does it mean to me?)
[00:24.08]That's you (How's that?) 'Cause of the way you act (Huhhh?!)
[00:26.93]Standin' on the corner sellin' jumbos (What you talkin bout?)
[00:28.91]Scarin' your friends and also your foes
[00:30.79]What's the matter wit'cha boy? (Ain't nuttin wrong with me, mother...)
[00:33.17]You big galoot (Huh?), you nincompoop (What?)
[00:35.42]What's wrong wit you? You can't compute (Yes, sure I can compute)
[00:37.48]Don't fix your lips to tell me you can
[00:39.65]Standin' on the boulie playin' pusher man
[00:42.08]What you got to do with yourself? (Why?)
[00:44.17]Can't you be somebody else? (No)
[00:46.70]Look at you described to a tee (Huh)
[00:48.90]You're a fool of many in society (Crazy)
[00:50.88]I know some more, I shall go on
[00:53.05]And continue in the song, fooled the fool
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[00:57.07]"Fool" - scratched by Ali Shaheed
[00:57.59](Man I don't know what you're talkin' 'bout callin' me a fool
[00:59.84]I've been out here for twenty-some-odd years
[01:02.27]Doin' my thing, I ain't no fool, man
[01:04.52]You crazy or something?
[01:06.24]I'm gonna stick this, right up your...)
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[01:13.09]The girl I talked to she's sort of neurotic (yeah)
[01:15.41]Her crazy ex-boyfriend is really psychotic (Uh-huh)
[01:17.53]Scares the girl by threatening her life (word)
[01:19.69]Says "Girl, you're dead if you're not my wife" (Oh, man)
[01:21.84]Beats in her public, beats her in private
[01:24.16]Tried it 'round me, almost a riot (What you gon' do?)
[01:26.67]Said "Forget him, don't you know he's a loser
[01:29.20]Who would love a woman turn around and abuse her?" (Ohh)
[01:30.95]Only a fool as described by the Tribe
[01:33.15]Here's another one who's on the fool vibe (Okay)
[01:35.39]Gonna make it short, gonna make it quick (Why?)
[01:37.54]For this situation makes me sick (Ohh)
[01:39.68]See your brother man, with the female (Yeah)
[01:41.90]He's crazy ego tryed to show he'll prevail (Aha)
[01:44.12]In any situation lady luck's on his side (Word)
[01:46.42]Emotions run free, nothing he will hide
[01:48.64]Why I remember one sunny day (Yeah)
[01:50.83]Took my cousin to the park, so we can play (Yeah, park)
[01:53.00]On the way, a couple resembled
[01:55.17]The one I just described, everything assembled
[01:57.42]Another young man walked in their direction (Yeah)
[01:59.69]Bumped him a bit, excused his imperfection (Mmm hmm)
[02:02.01]But the man with the lady grabbed the other by the neck (Mmm hmm)
[02:04.81]Demanded an apology and also respect (Uh-huh, uh-huh)
[02:06.72]The young man aggravated grabbed him back and smacked him
[02:08.65]The girl just laughed and laughed and laughed at him (Oh man!)
[02:11.05]He felt ashamed for what he had done
[02:13.04]It looked like a fool to everyone (OH!)
[02:15.07]These are three stories from the naked city (Yeah)
[02:17.48]Reality, is sometimes a ditty (Yeah, uh huh)
[02:19.80]Like Rod Serling from The Twilight Zone
[02:21.94]Earth to your brain - is anyone home? (What you talkin bout?)
[02:24.19]I see ya there, tryin to make amends
[02:26.31]Try to make some friends, but now my story ends (Oh man!)
[02:28.61]On the note, that I just wrote
[02:30.64]Stay afloat on the reality boat (Oh)
[02:32.92]Slow down and think and take it cool
[02:35.14]And try to avoid the description of a...