Kardinal Offishall
Not 4 Sale
Due Me A Favour feat. Estelle

{intro}
Woah
oh x 5
{verse 1}

Yo
it`s like speeding down the highway
with a blind fold on
no hands on the wheel
hopin` God will lead me my way
and I know he real
so my grandma say what I
feel a sweat from the sun
cause I work construction
I gotta take care of my son
I got one in the oven on the way
rents late, two months
cause my land lord talks too much

hands full of calises
and I still got the magic touch to make wifee blush
I been workin` it out since a high school crush
foots on the clutch
minds on my money
but my money ain`t there
but I will not resort to welfare I care
can`t stop
won`t stop
couldn`t even do it if I tried
if I said I did I`d lie
let`s ride x 2
ride...

{chorus}
I need a favour tonight
more than heaven knows
I need a favour tonight... x 2
could God do me a favour?
I could really use a favour
can I get it tonight?
(repeat once more)

{verse 2}
No
Christmas here
I`m taking time and a half
gotta make that cash
even if a ni**a gotta drive that cab
I`m gonna treat it like a limo
didn`t know? y`better ask
somebody told me
closed mouths don`t eat
closed eyes may never ever see
so I try with everything I`ve got to not sleep
but it`s hard to run if at first you don`t creep
after work take the long way home
see a lotta whips dipped out in chrome
thinkin about a house but I can`t get along
so I day dream on my way back to my zone
thinkin about my son look when he full grown
will he be raised right or another street clone?
everything I know God knows gotta shown
lettim know he is not alone
he on x 2
on...

{chorus: Estelle}
I need a favour tonight
more than heaven knows
I need a favour tonight... x 2
could God do me a favour?
really use a favour
can I get it tonight?
(repeat once more)

{verse 3}
It`s like im,
drownin` in a world of failure
but
I can`t stop `til my suits are tailored
well
I really can`t trust my neighbours
some
only trust in they Lord and saviour
I
gotta believe in the fact
that he must want better for us
like young C gotta do it for us
my car broke down
f*** the bus
f*** the mayor
f*** the city laws are unjust
it`s like why do I try
when I feel I`m gonna die
without a tear left in my eye?
I work the hardest see the least
it`s like cultivating the harvest
not seeing the feast
I don`t wanna get philosophical go-to deep
I have faith but I`m afraid to take the leap
most of what I know
I know holds me back
instead of learning
I want that lac
come on x 4

{chorus: Kard/Estelle extended chorus}
I need a favour tonight
more than heaven knows
I need a favour tonight... x 2
could God do me a favour?
I could really use a favour
can I get it tonight?
(repeat once more)

{dialogue outro}
yo cuz
why you takin` me to the water B?
I mean
s**t is peaceful
I mean this real romantic
you know I`m not into that s**t?
right?

{outro spit}
some of my friends are terrorists
some of my friends deal crack and I am not OK with this
some ni**as I know only back me because I rake dough like a gardner
f**k it I work harder
I don`t like most hip hop out
there`s a secret society of ni**as who wanna shout
"turn that bulls**t off!"
I should shut my mouth?
next thing you know I ain`t welcome down south
of the border
I don`t believe in turfs or a section
I believe in community
where anybody can walk good without protection
I believe that Dilla was the numba one dude in rap
but there on the slaps of haikus
I spite you for not givin` it up
f**k what that ni**a say, ni**a give it up

why black people act like little kids?
make mad excuses when they know what it is
be like them white folks invest that s**t
instead ni**as clownin` on the red carpet
showing my neice that a million on the neck
is the hot s**t
is bloodclot disrespect
and growin` up poor don`t make you ignant
act your age
don`t act your pigment
race to the top
don`t let your race stop you
from revolution
open your mouth and bust shots

read books
young ni**a say "hello,"
screw faces an` f**k me we know you spines jello
spit what you been through
spit what you know
and don`t waste my time
f**k your demo
yeeaah...

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