[10 second instrumental to open] [Chorus: Pras Michel] He who fights, runs away, lives to fight, ohhhhh Another day, some would say, one monkey don't stop a show He who fights, runs away, lives to fight, ohhhhh Or he'll fight, one more day, one monkey don't stop a show [Pras Michel] Aiyyo the ghetto's red hot, hotter than the summer day Goin on a quest to the thick Milky Way Walk many miles like my man Isaac Hayes Wheel up, wheel up, don't start the gunplay Easy with the feezy let the boy down easy Keep the hands clean so I won't get the greasy Believe me moms said there'd be days like this Where they'll, spit in your face and, take a piss Betray the son of man with a, double kiss But you a shootin star and you'll, never miss Cause life ones big road with lots of signs So when you ridin through them rocks don't complicate your mind And I have learned, every rose has a thorn And every cowboy sings a sad sad song And the playback's long and you may lay back long But if you don't watch your back 'til November you'll be gone [Chorus] [Pras Michel] Aiyyo ambush in the night, guns pointed at me Square me off, dey open fire on me But Lord knows one monkey won't stop the show Six feet under, baby kissed me from head to toe Can't keep a good man down, y'all know how the story goes
I suppose there's no difference between friend or foe My n***a Frank Sneed said what's known need not be said I'm a man on the run and they all want me dead Monkeys on my back with a bounty on my head But I got nuttin but love homey, let's break some bread You see I been accused, of many a-things Like the real hip-hop and the fame it brings Respected, I'm connected From the bottom to the top of the food chain I'm real bank money, mentally you're loose change I do thangs; while y'all get tied up like shoestrings [Chorus] [Pras Michel] Sometimes I feel like my vision's, been distorted And my cry for help, has been prerecorded Lord don't abandon me to the will of my foes When the time comes, only you know my highs and lows So help me surf over all my daily troubles Cause yesterday seems so far away in bubbles I pray to you Lord, and ask for forgiveness Even when my heart is hard and the soul is restless See I love few, and I can't trust none So this time around I'ma load up the guns Hope my enemies don't become, prisoners of war Cause my gangster is mean and I'm back for an encore I'ma take what's mine and give nothin back When I move with my n***as I'm the leader of the pack Feet, please don't, fail me now I'm on a journey, and I gotta cover these grounds [Chorus]