Due Me A Favour
Kardinal Offishall
Not 4 Sale
Due Me A Favour feat.
Estelle{"{"}intro}
Woahoh x 5{"{"}verse 1}
Yoit's like speeding down the highwaywith a blind fold onno hands on the wheelhopin'
God will lead me my wayand
I know he realso my grandma say what
Ifeel a sweat from the suncause
I work construction
I gotta take care of my son
I got one in the oven on the wayrents late, two monthscause my land lord talks too muchhands full of calisesand
I still got the magic touch to make wifee blush
I been workin' it out since a high school crushfoots on the clutchminds on my moneybut my money ain't therebut
I will not resort to welfare
I carecan't stopwon't stopcouldn't even do it if
I triedif
I said I did
I'd lielet's ride x 2ride...{"{"}chorus}
I need a favour tonigh**ore than heaven knows
I need a favour tonight... x 2could
God do me a favour?
I could really use a favourcan
I get it tonight?(repeat once more){"{"}verse 2}
NoChris**as here
I'm taking time and a halfgotta make that casheven if a ***** gotta drive that cab
I'm gonna treat it like a limodidn't know? y'better asksomebody told meclosed mouths don't eatclosed eyes may never ever seeso
I try with everything
I've got to not sleepbut it's hard to run if at first you don't creepafter work take the long way homesee a lotta whips dipped out in chromethinkin about a house but
I can't get alongso
I day dream on my way back to my zonethinkin about my son look when he full grownwill he be raised right or another street clone?everything
I know God knows gotta shownlettim know he is not alonehe on x 2on...{"{"}chorus:
Estelle}I need a favour tonigh**ore than heaven knows
I need a favour tonight... x 2could
God do me a favour?really use a favourcan
I get it tonight?(repeat once more){"{"}verse 3}
It's like im,drownin' in a world of failurebut
I can't stop 'til my suits are tailoredwell
I really can't trust my neighbourssomeonly trust in they
Lord and saviour
Igotta believe in the factthat he must want better for uslike young
C gotta do it for usmy car broke downf*** the busf*** the mayorf*** the city laws are unjustit's like why do
I trywhen
I feel I'm gonna diewithout a tear left in my eye?
I work the hardest see the leastit's like cultivating the harvestnot seeing the feast
I don't wanna get philosophical go-to deep
I have faith but
I'm afraid to take the leapmost of what
I knowI know holds me backinstead of learning
I want that laccome on x 4{"{"}chorus:
Kard/Estelle extended chorus}
I need a favour tonigh**ore than heaven knows
I need a favour tonight... x 2could
God do me a favour?
I could really use a favourcan
I get it tonight?(repeat once more){"{"}dialogue outro}yo cuzwhy you takin' me to the water
B?I means*it is peaceful
I mean this real romanticyou know
I'm not into that s*it?right?{"{"}outro spit}some of my friends are terroristssome of my friends deal crack and
I am not O
K with thissome ******
I know only back me because
I rake dough like a *********** it
I work harder
I don't like most hip hop outthere's a secret society of ****** who wanna shout"turn that bulls*it off!"
I should shut my mouth?next thing you know
I ain't welcome down southof the border
I don't believe in turfs or a section
I believe in communitywhere anybody can walk good without protection
I believe that
Dilla was the numba one dude in rapbut there on the slaps of haikus
I spite you for not givin' it ****** what that ***** say, ***** give it upwhy black people act like little kids?make mad excuses when they know what it i**e like them white folks invest that s*itinstead ****** clownin' on the red carpetshowing my neice that a million on the neckis the hot s*itis bloodclot disrespectand growin' up poor don't make you ignantact your agedon't act your pigmentrace to the topdon't let your race stop youfrom revolutionopen your mouth and bust shotsread booksyoung ***** say "hello,"screw faces an' **** me we know you spines jellospit what you been throughspit what you knowand don't waste my ******** your demoyeeaah...---