Tek 2 - Raphael Saadiq

Yeah, this next skit right here is about my hometown, Oakland, California

Home of the Oakland Raiders

Home of J. Kidd, Jason Kidd

Home of Todd, Too $hort

Home of G.P., Gary Payton

Home of Shakur, 2Pac, you know

But, I tell everybody, man

Just ‘cause you from The Town don’t mean you gotta stay in The Town and ride

out, let The Town kill you

You gotsta move out and do something then come back and help your people

You just can’t stay there and sit there and rot

Just ‘cause we from Oakland—you gotsta leave this town

Give me a light, nigga

I ain’t got one, nigga—you see 5-O?

Better be careful

5-O—they comin'?

Yeah man, be careful, dawg, be careful

That ain’t 5-O

Who that nigga walkin' up on us, man?

That’s that boy Raphael Saadiq, boy

Nigga, that’s Ray—he always gonna be Ray to me

That boy always gonna be Ray Ray—remember the days of '94?

Remember he used to wear them polyester pants and shit?

Always got them guitars

Nigga took his guitar to the grocery store one day, man

Had it on his back—shh shh shh, here he come, here he come, here he come

Yo, what up, y’all?

What’s up, man?

What’s Bobba?

What’s up, Lamont?

What’s going on, Saadiq?

Yo, what’s up, dawg?

I’m just over here looking for T. Hatter, man.

Y’all seen T. Hat?

T. Hatter is in the bushes, man, the trimming

Oh, is that right?

They started laying niggas down around here, man

It’s too hot, it’s too hot, especially when you got folks out here on these

streets struggling

Yeah, you know’m’sayin', I’m tryna make it too, baby

It’s nothin', do something for a playa—all in the video—I mean, can I be in the

video?

Can I be down?

Ha ha ha, y’all crazy as hell.

Y’all niggas still crazy

Can you get me one of them girls on MTV?

MTV?

You don’t want one of them white hoes

Man, I’m tryna meet Janet—what's the deal, yo?

What?

Ha ha, I don’t even know Janet, dawg

Come on, man, I heard you were on tour with Janet one time back in the day

Ha ha, that was old, man, I’m tryna meet some girls around my way

Man, well can I meet Prince?

You know what I’m sayin', that’s my nig

Ay dawg, let me meet J. Lo

He a cool nigga, but check it out though, if y’all see T. Hatter, man,

tell him I came through and I’ma come back and get with him next week.

If y’all see his sister, I’ma come back straight to the spot.

I’ma get with

y’all, man

Man, word, man, keep your head up, dawg…