Lyrics Moses - Slick Rick
                                                    I 
                                                try 
                                                to 
                                                block 
                                                it 
                                                out 
                                                my 
                                                mind
 
                                    
                                
                                                As 
                                                you 
                                                see 
                                                [at] 
                                                Ruler 
                                                show′s 
                                                is 
                                                inquirin' 
                                                noses
 
                                    
                                
                                                Goin′ 
                                                into 
                                                    a 
                                                story 
                                                about 
                                                    a 
                                                kid 
                                                named 
                                                Moses
 
                                    
                                
                                                Once 
                                                    a 
                                                prophet 
                                                was 
                                                to 
                                                be 
                                                born, 
                                                so 
                                                for 
                                                anything 
                                                else 
                                                furthered
 
                                    
                                
                                                Pharaoh 
                                                orders 
                                                every 
                                                first-born 
                                                son 
                                                murdered
 
                                    
                                
                                                One 
                                                got 
                                                away, 
                                                    a 
                                                girl 
                                                with 
                                                profit 
                                                bound 
                                                with 
                                                her
 
                                    
                                
                                                Gently 
                                                put 
                                                him 
                                                in 
                                                    a 
                                                basket, 
                                                went 
                                                floatin' 
                                                down 
                                                the 
                                                river
 
                                    
                                
                                                Then 
                                                ends 
                                                up 
                                                by 
                                                    a 
                                                Pharaoh 
                                                relative, 
                                                ol' 
                                                honey 
                                                peeped 
                                                in
 
                                    
                                
                                                Couldn′t 
                                                breed 
                                                herself 
                                                and 
                                                was 
                                                determined 
                                                to 
                                                keep 
                                                him
 
                                    
                                
                                                "Don′t 
                                                say 
                                                    a 
                                                word", 
                                                she 
                                                told 
                                                her 
                                                slave 
                                                who 
                                                was 
                                                    a 
                                                real 
                                                witch
 
                                    
                                
                                                "Snitch, 
                                                it'll 
                                                definitely 
                                                be 
                                                the 
                                                last 
                                                day 
                                                you 
                                                breathe 
                                                bitch"
 
                                    
                                
                                                While 
                                                kids 
                                                slaughtered, 
                                                ′cause 
                                                they 
                                                was 
                                                [in] 
                                                front 
                                                of 
                                                them
 
                                    
                                
                                                Soldiers 
                                                tellin' 
                                                the 
                                                king 
                                                that 
                                                they 
                                                murdered 
                                                every 
                                                one 
                                                of 
                                                them
 
                                    
                                
                                                "Thanks" 
                                                said 
                                                Pharoah, 
                                                guys 
                                                were 
                                                    a 
                                                friend 
                                                to 
                                                him
 
                                    
                                
                                                Sister 
                                                showin′ 
                                                her 
                                                baby 
                                                sayin' 
                                                "[on] 
                                                the 
                                                river 
                                                God 
                                                sent 
                                                him"
 
                                    
                                
                                                To 
                                                her 
                                                brother 
                                                who 
                                                arose 
                                                and 
                                                said, 
                                                "whoa 
                                                sis!"
 
                                    
                                
                                                Curious 
                                                    I 
                                                suppose 
                                                this, 
                                                the 
                                                upward 
                                                knows 
                                                about 
                                                Moses
 
                                    
                                
                                                As 
                                                time 
                                                passed 
                                                he 
                                                proved 
                                                he 
                                                wasn′t 
                                                the 
                                                type 
                                                to 
                                                beg 
                                                or 
                                                borrow
 
                                    
                                
                                                Grew 
                                                to 
                                                conquer 
                                                lands 
                                                like 
                                                ain't 
                                                no 
                                                tomorrow
 
                                    
                                
                                                Made 
                                                the 
                                                son 
                                                King 
                                                jealous 
                                                'cause 
                                                he 
                                                couldn′t 
                                                do 
                                                what 
                                                Mo′ 
                                                did
 
                                    
                                
                                                "Pops 
                                                I'm 
                                                not 
                                                to 
                                                happy 
                                                the 
                                                way 
                                                y′all 
                                                jockin' 
                                                this 
                                                Mo′ 
                                                kid"
 
                                    
                                
                                                "Son, 
                                                this 
                                                rash 
                                                behavior 
                                                ruins 
                                                every 
                                                feast 
                                                or 
                                                bash"
 
                                    
                                
                                                "And 
                                                why 
                                                complain, 
                                                now 
                                                where's 
                                                the 
                                                temple 
                                                    I 
                                                asked 
                                                you 
                                                to 
                                                build, 
                                                you 
                                                piece 
                                                of 
                                                trash?"
 
                                    
                                
                                                "Two 
                                                of 
                                                you 
                                                switch, 
                                                Mo′ 
                                                you 
                                                build 
                                                it 
                                                and 
                                                you'll 
                                                find 
                                                    a 
                                                supreme 
                                                hero"
 
                                    
                                
                                                "Built 
                                                it. 
                                                Anything 
                                                else, 
                                                you 
                                                need 
                                                Pharaoh?"
 
                                    
                                
                                                "King 
                                                here's 
                                                startin′ 
                                                to 
                                                share 
                                                my 
                                                crown"
 
                                    
                                
                                                One 
                                                said, 
                                                "How 
                                                can 
                                                he?"
 
                                    
                                
                                                But 
                                                sister 
                                                not 
                                                takin′ 
                                                any 
                                                chance 
                                                and 
                                                threw 
                                                the 
                                                hooker 
                                                off 
                                                the 
                                                balcony
 
                                    
                                
                                                But 
                                                word 
                                                still 
                                                got 
                                                to 
                                                King, 
                                                who 
                                                then 
                                                cold 
                                                cursed 
                                                Blessed
 
                                    
                                
                                                Stripped 
                                                him 
                                                of 
                                                his 
                                                honors 
                                                and 
                                                dumped 
                                                him 
                                                in 
                                                the 
                                                desert
 
                                    
                                
                                                But 
                                                Mo' 
                                                returned 
                                                for 
                                                the 
                                                people, 
                                                with 
                                                his 
                                                chest 
                                                stiff 
                                                out 
                                                saw
 
                                    
                                
                                                King 
                                                said, 
                                                "You 
                                                want 
                                                war? 
                                                Make 
                                                brick 
                                                without 
                                                straw"
 
                                    
                                
                                                That′s 
                                                    a 
                                                son 
                                                not 
                                                being 
                                                king, 
                                                the 
                                                shorty 
                                                no 
                                                good 
                                                [a]rose 
                                                his
 
                                    
                                
                                                Unhappy 
                                                    I 
                                                suppose 
                                                this, 
                                                the 
                                                upward 
                                                knows 
                                                about 
                                                Moses
 
                                    
                                
                                                The 
                                                new 
                                                king 
                                                said, 
                                                "As 
                                                for 
                                                your 
                                                threats, 
                                                brother 
                                                stuff 
                                                it"
 
                                    
                                
                                                "Boy, 
                                                what 
                                                do 
                                                    I 
                                                do 
                                                now?" 
                                                prayed 
                                                the 
                                                Prophet
 
                                    
                                
                                                Then 
                                                    a 
                                                vision 
                                                said 
                                                "chill" 
                                                and 
                                                prophecy 
                                                filled
 
                                    
                                
                                                Scorn 
                                                build, 
                                                hails 
                                                the 
                                                fire, 
                                                all 
                                                their 
                                                first-born 
                                                killed
 
                                    
                                
                                                It 
                                                was 
                                                gettin' 
                                                scary 
                                                for 
                                                the 
                                                king, 
                                                this 
                                                made 
                                                the 
                                                sufferin′ 
                                                go 
                                                by 
                                                merrier
 
                                    
                                
                                                "You 
                                                win, 
                                                take 
                                                these 
                                                peasants, 
                                                get 
                                                the 
                                                flock 
                                                out 
                                                of 
                                                my 
                                                area"
 
                                    
                                
                                                Poor 
                                                villain, 
                                                still 
                                                in 
                                                heat, 
                                                didn't 
                                                want 
                                                Mo′ 
                                                to 
                                                fulfill 
                                                'em
 
                                    
                                
                                                Wasn't 
                                                chillin′, 
                                                "then 
                                                I′ll 
                                                flat 
                                                send 
                                                the 
                                                troops 
                                                to 
                                                go 
                                                and 
                                                kill 
                                                him"
 
                                    
                                
                                                So 
                                                Mo' 
                                                parts 
                                                the 
                                                sea, 
                                                went 
                                                across 
                                                and 
                                                said 
                                                "run" 
                                                and
 
                                    
                                
                                                Did 
                                                some 
                                                ol′ 
                                                abracadabra 
                                                and 
                                                water 
                                                fell 
                                                upon 
                                                'em
 
                                    
                                
                                                The 
                                                soldiers 
                                                that 
                                                is, 
                                                since 
                                                Moses 
                                                was 
                                                suaver
 
                                    
                                
                                                Then 
                                                Mo′ 
                                                in 
                                                the 
                                                mountains 
                                                havin' 
                                                    a 
                                                convo 
                                                with 
                                                the 
                                                father
 
                                    
                                
                                                Came 
                                                back 
                                                with 
                                                the 
                                                tens, 
                                                seen 
                                                pantyhose 
                                                droppin′, 
                                                partner 
                                                swappin'
 
                                    
                                
                                                Folks 
                                                wasn't 
                                                into 
                                                what 
                                                poor 
                                                Mo′ 
                                                was 
                                                poppin′
 
                                    
                                
                                                So 
                                                the 
                                                Earth 
                                                shook 
                                                and 
                                                killed 
                                                those, 
                                                bible 
                                                text 
                                                closes
 
                                    
                                
                                                Talked 
                                                about 
                                                    a 
                                                time 
                                                when 
                                                idle 
                                                worshippin' 
                                                foes 
                                                had 
                                                met 
                                                Moses
 
                                    
                                 
                            1 King
2 I Shouldn't Have Done It
3 Bond
4 Moses
5 Tonto
6 Mistakes of a Woman In Love With Other Men
7 Venus
8 Ship
9 It's a Boy
10 Top Cat
11 Runaway
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