BLUNT ASHES

Yo i wonder if Alex Haley and Langston Hughes got blazed before they told stories. Well I'ma get blazed before I tell y'all stories. Saw on TV today this man lost his son - his son died - so he had him cremated, took his ashes and made it into a diamond ring. Now he watch his son shine everyday. I just thought about that while I sit here ashin' in this ashtray... “The Making of a Mad Band”are intricate stories of Devante Swing Ava Gardner and the cashing of James Dean Bobby Brown influenced by Rick James it goes Prince wanted Alexander O'Neal to be Morris Day or Jerome But Alex was putting coke in his nose Nigga willin' It could be a myth But I swear that the source was close Phyllis Hyman killed herself, it was crazy Mami was bad They say Donnie Hathaway free-falled from a balcony As the blunt ash falls into the ashtray I can see my whole life fry past me Did I keep it gangsta or keep it classy? And will the money and fame outlast me? The blunt's ash fall down in the ashtray Will I see my whole life fly past me I'm asking, did I keep it gangsta or keep it classy? Did I? Anything else you wanna know, just ask me. Sam trusted Womack with his main lady He tossin' in the grave like, this is how you repay me? A change gon' come Wish you didn't trust me so much Marvin said no mountain's high enough Fly stuff David Ruffin was punchin' Tami Terrell Gave her concussions While the Funk Brothers was laying down the percussions When Flo from The Supermes died Diana Ross cried Many people said that she was laughing inside Why? As the blunt ash falls into the ashtray I can see my whole life fly past me Did I keep it gangsta or keep it classy? And will the money and fame outlast me? The blunt's ash fall down in the ashtray Will I see my whole life fly past me I'm asking, did I keep it gangsta or keep it classy? Did I? Anything else you wanna know, just ask me. John F, Kennedy's enemies Dealt with treachery It interests me Judy Campbell in Gucci sandals She's what a temptress be The death of Ennis Cosby - what a mystery Or the Chicagoan Herald Washington Someone is sabotagin them Watch out for the tracks Larry Troutman killed his brother Roger Troutman didn't kill himself That's the end of Zap And I wouldn't change a thing Mistakes of the greats This is what came from they pain From their hurt we gain What an unfair exchange I smell Bogie's cigars, Lauren Bacall's perfume smellin just as sweet. Me and my wife K, flying in the drop top, like Ruby and Ossie Davis baby. Naw mean? I start thinking about Hattie McDaniels; got an Oscar for playing Mammy in“Gone with The Wind”but couldn't go to the premiere of her own joint. Man, I know they were strong back then...