(Kweli)   Yeah, they wasn't expecting this, that's why ya   (Hahaha)   Gotta hope for the best and play 'em for the worst, c'mon   (Muhfuckers is history)   C'mon      This the story of Lucy In The Sky Wit Diamonds   Ask her why she crying, she wanna live, she got no time for dying   Was a science, dreams too big for a small town   She gotta get to New York and watch a door fall down   Hopped off the Greyhound, gotta make her way now   She's sleeping on the park benches in the playground   But cash burn quick, don't wanna have to turn trick   Ready to quit 'til she met the super pimp      Flashing his toothy smile that drove little Lucy wild   She quick to hop up on his dick straight Hoopie style   She let the fella hit but she sang, she sell-a-bit   He ain't buying that, she ain't selling it   She looking for love in all of the above   Believing videos, just trying to back up all on a thug   Who wanna put it in her, withdraw like a Citi card   But now she shake that ass for tips at the titty bar      Broken glass, everywhere   (It's louder)   Louder than a bomb shattered in the air   (It's louder)   Try to hold back your tears baby   (It's louder)   Wait a second, what happens here baby?   (It's louder)   Broken glass, everywhere   (It's louder)   Louder than a bomb shattered in the air   (How many of y'all think you can do what we do?)   Yeah, wait a second   (One, two, three, c'mon)      Dreams shattered like broken glass   Press ignore it and your hopes get broken fast   You complain for the life you supposed to have   But when you try to make plans God is known to laugh   Throw a song on the phonograph, and Lucy start wilin'   The trick start smiling, watch the loot start flying   The Gucci start pilling up, she live designer plush   Start lining up the coke so she could find a rush      Time's up, she's about to turn 33   Her shit started to sag, she got surgery   Now cats are used to drive past her like a Church van   Acting on thirst, 'She Wants To Move' like a N.E.R.D. fan   Bigger house, 10,000 dollar purse fam   She let you in, she wanted rent by the 1st man   She the ring leader in a clique of birds   And they shadowy, like the silhouette behind the curtain      Broken glass, everywhere   (It's louder)   Louder than a bomb shattered in the air   (It's louder)   Try to hold back your tears baby   (It's louder)   Wait a second, what happens here baby?   (It's louder)   Broken glass, everywhere   (It's louder)   Louder than a bomb shattered in the air   (How many of y'all think you can do what we do?)   Yeah, wait a second   (One, two, three, c'mon)      She was a small city girl with big city dreams   Niggaz try to figure how to get up in them jeans   Put her in them scenes, get her on the team   Hit her wit the cream 'til they figured out the schemes   Now she all up in the club looking for a new love   Really like Huey Lewis looking for a new drug   'Cause coke's getting old, started free basing   Graduated to crack, smack on occasion      Not catching the bus, but back at the station   Back and forth pacing, acting all impatient   Last hundred dollars, she got to 'Get By'   Now gotta make a choice, go home or get high   Mommy and daddy miss her, she left for the fame   Now what's left is the dirt that's thrown on her name   She need a ticket home if it's the right course   Instead she bought a ticket to ride the white horse      Broken glass, everywhere   (It's louder)   Louder than a bomb shattered in the air   (It's louder)   Try to hold back your tears baby   (It's louder)   Wait a second, what happens here baby?   (It's louder)   Broken glass, everywhere   (It's louder)   Louder than a bomb shattered in the air   (How many of y'all think you can do what we do?)   Yeah, wait a second   (One, two, three, c'mon)