So study these books   and take one long look   at page after page    I took the left stage   Never taking the time to age    (child at the cent.)   I float like a butterfly   Never touch the ground   Wearing caps   These crazy hats   They all stare   in my company    They want a piece of me   I'm the little man that flaunts the big man   (from the bottom)   Big beats    for the kids   and looking for the wrong man      We know   these egocentric cities gonna' break down   and if the girl's too pretty    it's a shakedown   she's got a smile so sweet   oh Feet don't fail me now   ...   Sweetheart gonna' stay up late tonight   All alone if I'm 'a get right   Sweetheart gonna' stay up late tonight   All alone if I'm 'a get right      Recollect the second we step from my daddy's pad   make the most with the clothes that we had   So hard to bark   if the boss do together   Tell me you little lunatics would ever do it better   Play another Custom King thing and I'll step   Just like the Rodney   I get no respect   I'm begging you to take me where nobody stares   Nobody look at me and nobody cares      We know   These egocentric cities gonna' break down   and if the girl's too pretty    it's a shakedown   she's got a smile too sweet   oh Feet don't fail me now   ...   Sweetheart gonna' stay up late tonight   All alone if I'm 'a get right   Sweetheart gonna' stay up late tonight   All alone if I'm 'a get right   Sweetheart gonna' stay up late tonight   All alone if I'm 'a get right   Sweetheart gonna' stay up late tonight   All alone if I'm 'a get right      Up late tonight   I got it right here   In my hands is the key to my plan to see   I know the clock said quarter to three   but I can't go to sleep    'till I got what I need      Sweetheart gonna' stay up late tonight   All alone if I'm 'a get right   Sweetheart gonna' stay up late tonight   All alone if I'm 'a get right   Sweetheart gonna' stay up late tonight   All alone if I'm 'a get right   Sweetheart gonna' stay up late tonight   All alone if I'm 'a get right