"What time is it! " This is one of those, A1-Yola raps Stick in ya mind, stick in ya mind, stick in ya mind [Verse 1:] When you up all night You see things you shouldn't have saw Because the night gets raw Drama is thicker than Skippy's peanut bu*ter Imagine the worried thoughts of a young man's mother Feelin's empty, Love don't live here anymore Awake like an owl at a quarter to four Don't blink, a Caddy just ran a red light Bumpin' thug life, man I blend with the night They call me greedy Plead my sins to get a girl a beaty It's Andre Nickatina I'm like a genie in a beanie El Dorado 88 Cadillac, all black Copy cats try to match But they style ain't exactly the same Somebody said, "Freeze, it's a raid! " You know cops are comin' when a brotha smells Glazed doughnuts, hold up Patna fill it to the rim Me and money go together like a feather in a brim I'm a magician Some say my [?] ain't the same but I ain't trippin' A girl be yellin [?] but I don't listen Crooked crow Playas seem to like my style Why's that k**a whale... [Chorus:] I stay awake like an owl, Hoo! I stay awake like an owl, Hoo, Hoo! I stay awake like an owl, Hoo! I stay awake like an owl, Hoo, Hoo! [Verse 2:] (What are you baby?) I'm a Raider, camouflaged in silver and the black Tryin' to blitz through the line for the quarter back sack Of the money I dress like it's cold, not sunny But slyer than a persian fox tryin' to catch a bunny In the snow I'm try'na get paid like a ho Or better yet the pimp that's rakin' in her dough
Like a baker But check it, who's the king of the caine? And what's that tiga's name with the Macintosh computer brain mind Or should I say mine? Sometimes I gotta lie to protect my crime I'll call my lawyer! Bail bonds keep me on the streets Three in the mornin' I'm at the club with the freaks But I got hawk eye Meanin' that the joint is bein' watched Drinkin' with the k**as that be pushin' up the cost For the drought season [?] season Different then they best But those be the ones that don't have to rest Like an owl... [Chorus] [Verse:] I set a trap, I have to spin a web like a spider Don't strike matches, hate child-proof lighters Stay awake Witness how I pick up the pace First I see a girl's bu*t, then I look at her face I can't explain I'm eatin' garlic bread with the steak [?] for the narcs Brothas droppin' cream by the fiends when they part I'm like a sentinel, known to be the principal original Lookin' for the road that made it gold, they call it federal I'm a general, but yet at times I blaze with my lieutenant Popeye, [?], who got the spinach? Cough, choke, feelin' no remorse for the roach Choppin' up freaks as ya lounge with your folks Playin' dice, you take a chance at the crap game It's all about the money baby, it's the rap game And I'm an owl... [Chorus x2] Uh... And I'm out Uh, sh** It's a planned emergency, (it's a planned emergency) It's a planned emergency, (it's a planned emergency) What, STOP! sh**, fade me, fade me, fade me, fade me, fade me... "What time is it! "