What is time? Time is when a man is trying to make time with yourwoman,but your doing time behind bars and your time is standing still. Yo
Frost, kick it to these people for real you know what I'm saying?
[verse 1 - Frost]
Time, sits through the hour glass, through night and dayand I watch as the games people play
It's like do unto others than splitand if you can't back up what you say then you ain't shit (yeah)I've seen the manifestations of the streetso why can't I confess what I see on a drumbeatlike just last night (yo what happened)I watched these two vatos get in a crazy fightone of them was quick to pull a knifehe stabbed him in the heart and now he's doing lifein prison at the age of 21 (yeah)living on death row cause he couldn't let gocaught in the web of violence (damn)roll deep when they creep, and move in silence of the lambs (yo)a tattooed tear dropped as the iron gates slam
[chorus - Bill Withers & Frost]
Ain't no sunshine - Bill Withers
Ain't no sunshine - Frost
Ain't no sunshine - Bill Withers
Ain't no sunshine - Frost
Ain't no sunshine - Bill Withers
Anytime, hey - Frost
Ain't no sunshine - Bill Withers
Ain't no sunshine - Frost
Ain't no sunshine - Bill Withers
Ain't no sunshine - Frost
Ain't no sunshine, Anytime - Bill Withers
[verse 2 - Frost]
Damn, damn ain't that a shame?you're lost so take the caution don't play the gameshould've listen to the Frost when I was trying to come across to youbut no you didn't think (sucker)you just keep getting yourself more deep until you sinkso there's no one else to thank but yourselfso go ahead take bow for a job well donebut you'll never see the day of the sunshine or the fun timesjust the old days and your old wayscorrupt and wickedout there doing dirt, instead of just kicking itpow pow bang bang and all that noise (yeah)yeah you and all your homeboystake time to read between the linescause ain't no sunshine
[chorus]
[verse 3 - Frost](yo kid) I know about being machocallin' the shots the big time head honcho (yeah)but here's something even more gachoone of my homeboys is your old lady Sanchoyo shit happens
I know the lights of all these people right as I'm rappingwhile you sit in a cell writing a lettersaying when you get out, your things will be better (right)but man she couldn't waitso she's going out on a datewith every Tom, Dick, and Harryand if you ask me, your shit's getting scaryso how you gonna handle thiswhen your home's in Los Angelesacting so scandalousyo, you can't blame her you didn't take the timeand now, ain't no sunshine
[chorus]
Ain't no sunshine - Bill Withers
Ain't no sunshine - Frost
Ain't no sunshine - Bill Withers
Ain't no sunshine - Frost
Ain't no sunshine - Bill Withers
That's for you, '92 you know what I'm saying? - Prince Teddy
Anytime, yeah - Frost
Ain't no sunshine - Bill Withers
Ain't no sunshine - Frost
Ain't no sunshine - Bill Withers
Ain't no sunshine - Frost
Ain't no sunshine, Anytime - Bill Withers
Damn - Frost
[interlude - Prince Teddy]
So if you don't wanna do no time, you better take time to try to drawthe line you know what I'm saying? Or you're gonna be the next fool inlinedoing time, you know what I'm saying? Like my man said...
[chorus]
Ain't no sunshine - Bill Withers
Ain't no sunshine fool - Prince Teddy
Ain't no sunshine - Bill Withers
Ain't nothing happening up there you know what I'm saying? - Prince
Teddy
Ain't no sunshine, Anytime - Bill Withers
Yo, me and Frost is out of here, Peace - Prince Teddy
There just ain't no sunshine - Bill Withers(laughing)
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