[00:00.00] 作词 : Jones, Webber
[00:00.28]Intro:
[00:00.67]Yo I wonder if Langston Hughes and Alex Hailey got blazed before they told stories,
[00:04.08]Well I’m gonna get blazed before I tell y’all stories,
[00:07.61]I saw on TV today this man lost his son, his son died,
[00:10.96]So he had him cremated, took his ashes, and made it into a diamond ring
[00:15.70]Now he watch his son shine everyday,
[00:17.65]I just thought about that, while I sit here ashin in this ash tray
[00:22.91]Verse One:
[00:28.49]The makin’ of a mad man who entered stories of Devante Swing,
[00:31.12]Eva Gardner, the crashin of James Dean,
[00:35.08]Bobby Brown, influenced by Rick James it goes,
[00:39.59]Prince wanted Alexander O’ Neill to be Morris Day or Jerome,
[00:42.69]But Alex was puttin’ coke in his nose nigga while it,
[00:47.79]Could be a myth but I swear that the source was close, Phyllis Hyman,
[00:50.92]Killed himself it was crazy, mommy was bad, they say,
[00:54.72]Donny Hathaway freefall from a balcony, he sways
[00:57.44]Chorus:
[00:58.54]As a blunt ash falls into the ashtray, I can see my whole life fly past me,
[01:04.03]Did I （Did I） keep it gangsta or keep it classy, and will the money and fame outlast me,
[01:10.17]The blunt’s ash fall down in the ash tray, will I see my whole life fly past me,
[01:19.44]I’m askin did I keep it gangsta or keep it classy, （did I） anything else you wanna know, just ask me.
[01:25.96]Verse Two:
[01:26.86]Sam trusted Womack with his main lady, he tossin’ in the grave like ‘this is how you repay me,’
[01:35.54]A change goin’ come, wish you didn’t trust me so much,
[01:38.93]Marvin said ‘No mountains high enough,’ fly stuff,
[01:41.67]David Ruffin was punchin’ Tammy Tyrell, gave her concussions,
[01:45.61]While, the Funk Brothers was layin’ down the percussions,
[01:49.86]When Flo from the Supremes died, Diana Ross cried,
[01:53.44]Many people said that she was laughing inside （Why?）.
[01:56.73]Chorus:
[01:57.53]As a blunt ash falls into the ashtray, I can see my whole life fly past me,
[02:04.55]Did I （Did I） keep it gangsta or keep it classy, and will the money and fame outlast me,
[02:11.27]The blunt’s ash fall down in the ash tray, will I see my whole life fly past me,
[02:18.89]I’m askin did I keep it gangsta or keep it classy, （did I） anything else you wanna know, just ask me.
[02:24.43]Verse three:
[02:26.36]John F. Kennedy’s enemies dealt with treachery, it interests me,
[02:29.40]Julie Campbell in Gucci sandals, she’s what a temptress be,
[02:34.16]The death of Anis Cosby, what a mystery,
[02:36.73]All of Chicago and Herald Washington, someone is sabotagin’ him,
[02:40.44]Watch out for the traps, Larry Troutman killed his brother, Roger Troutman, then he killed himself, that’s the end of Zapp,
[02:48.69]And I wouldn’t change a thing, mistakes of the greats,
[02:51.52]This is what came from they pain, from they hurt we gain, an unfair exchange.
[02:56.37]Chorus （background）:
[02:57.47]As a blunt ash falls into the ashtray, I can see my whole life fly past me,
[03:03.76]Did I （Did I） keep it gangsta or keep it classy, and will the money and fame outlast me,
[03:09.16]The blunt’s ash fall down in the ash tray, will I see my whole life fly past me,
[03:15.29]I’m askin did I keep it gangsta or keep it classy, （did I） anything else you wanna know, just ask me
[03:23.30]I can smell old bogie’s cigars,
[03:26.01]Knall Recam’s perfumes smellin just as sweet,
[03:27.01]Me and my wife K flyin in the drop-top like Ruby and OZ Davis baby, know what I mean,
[03:29.27]Yo man, get smoked out, start thinking about Hattie McDaniels,
[03:31.49]Got an Oscar for playing Mamie in “Gone With the Wind,”
[03:32.14]And she didn’t even get allowed, wasn’t allowed to go to the premier,
[03:32.96]You believe that, couldn’t go to premier, to her joint,
[03:33.56]Man, you know they were strong back then yeah,
[03:34.73]Blunts, fallin, ashtray,