Phat Pocket Lean
Let me tell you ‘bout this cosmic cat,
somebody you really oughta know
Got the coolest walk,
the hippest talk
When he enters the danger zone,
his heartbeat slows ...
Giving casual yawns,
while everyone is running for their life
He’s mellow maxing out,
waiting for the madness to stop
And he gets a private sit-rep
from the first arriving cop
He’s a hero for the people,
a legend of the mean streets
Got good gorilla in his blood,
and Tarzan is his sidekick peep
You know playtime’s over
when you hear the big Caddy lady sing
His bounce is heard on the asphalt grapevine,
serious road flow ... raise the neon curtain
It’s show time ...
Here’s comes Phat Pocket Lean
He’s not much wider than
the end of your favorite baseball bat
Wearing his signature
florescent, pearl-white Kangol hat
He’s got a cool, sauntering swing,
a Detroit trouble-can-wait gait
Was given the name Phat Pocket Lean,
‘cause he made heavy wallet money the right way
He invested early on in dot.com crime,
his cyber security firm is top-of-the-line
He was a veteran survivor of the ghetto wars,
busted down a lot of city dope den doors,
raided a lot of suburban escort hotel floors
That’s how he met Tarzan,
a tender cub of week four
And ever since then,
Tarzan became his sidekick peep
Now brotha believe me ...
you don’t wanna see
Tarzan showing his teeth
And did I forget to mention,
Phat Pocket Lean is a lion
who legally walks the street
Phat Pocket Lean
got a cool, sauntering swing
It’s a made-in-Detroit walk that’s Simba sweet,
an E’side stride Brewster Project bouncy beat
Wearing his signature
golden loafers on his feet
And you know good times
is about to begin
When Phat Pocket Lean
takes you under his wings,
and tells everybody
that you’re his new friend
He treats everyone like royalty;
whether high or low,
big or small ... smart or slow
A laid back kinda of fella,
whose humble good to go
He always has a rich interest
in the plight of the poor
Phat Pocket Lean
is a lion of a man for sure
And everybody knows who’s coming ...
when they hear him and Tarzan roar!
Copyright © Freddie Robinson Jr. | Year Posted 2017
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