[Intro:] Look up to ya! "This here is the story of an unfortunate piece of sh** By the name of Shugston Brooks Born 1959, died 2004 Over some bullsh** he heard from a friend" [Verse 1:] I've lived the good life, though I've beat my wife for years She don't listen to the man, I simply bring her to tears See I believe in keeping order, in front of my daughters And their little brother, sh** I put the boots to they mother After I calm down, I might apologize Put some ice on her eyes and we think up some lies To tell the rest, cover up the bruise on her breast Then she do me up a plate of hot food on my chest, yes Often my drinkin', leads me to overthinkin' Screaming in her face, breath liquorly stinkin' This time though, I beat her a** something ferocious A friend told me something left me feeling explosive He said he thought he'd seen her at Bennigan's with another She cried, "I told you three times, I had lunch with my brother!" I wasn't sure, plus I'm buzzing, so I dealt a skull fracture And for the first time she called the police, I got captured! [Interlude:] "I don't believe it, she actually called the cops I got booked, sentenced, all of that After fifteen years of our love, she called 'em She's going down for this, she's going down hard!" [Verse 2:] A thirty day bid ruined my life up in the pen' I got fired, plus I have to face my family and friends Where to begin, I met a thug in jail named Ben And for just under a grand, he put a gun in my hand Thunk up a plan, she will definitely die for doin' this My whole family betrayed me, how could they ruin this? I can't live with the shame, all the pain of 'how could he?' I'm thinking murder suicide, take us both out bloody They freed me and I fleed for her job up town Tried to shoot through the gla**, they seen me and screamed "Get down!" She got away but I tried, now it's time for me to end Ran about a block, co*ked it, put it under my chin I sqozed it, neck frozen, stiff, click, damn! My nine gun, brand new but the sh** got jammed Pandemonium, desperate sweat sting in my eyes All because I heard somebody singing me lies, I said I... [Interlude:] I heard it from a friend... "Damn, I wish I never heard that man I tried to k** her and then I tried to k** myself I failed at both! Now I'm stuck out here on the streets with this gun People tripping out, I'm tripping out" [Verse 3:] There's a mad gunman in the city, big news spreads quick People step aside, they see it in my eyeballs, I'm sick I heard a cops' radio, spun around to react Looking at him like, "I'll blow your f**ing guts out your back, Jack! Back off me!" Set down his coffee with ease And slowly pulled his weapon out and calmly asked me to freeze We stand off, I back around the corner, I'm bookin' Within seconds the perimeter heated up and it's cookin' I'm not an athlete, on top of that I got bad feet So I snatched up a hostage in a sitting mad suite Kissed her soft young face, pressed the gat to her cheek Whispered in her ear, "I'm sorry dear, I'm having a bad week!" Forty-five long minutes pa**ed, nerves was tweakin' The negotiator pleaded, no I wasn't speakin' They finally ordered the marksman, carry through with the solution It all started with some verbal pollution, because I... [Bridge:] Heard it from a friend who-o-o Heard it from a friend who-o-o Heard it from another he'd been messing around (A friend told me something left me feeling explosive) [4x] [Bridge Interlude:] Don't always believe what you hear People love to tell you bad news They love it! [Outro:] *Party music* *Talking, indistinct* *Chainsaw Starting* *Screaming*