Luck of Lucien

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Brother, brother, brother, Lucien, you're like no other
 Listen very close, 'cause I don't like to boast
 Instead, I'll tell the tale of a French who prevailed
 Through the Mr. Crazy Rabbits who were always on his tail
 When in on sale, your roomie starts to wail
 Get caught with stolen goods and you will go to jail
 If you go to jail, then who will pay the bail?
 They'll put you back to France on a ship with a sail
 Escargot, Lucien, you eat snails
 (Hey yo Tip, what's wrong with snails?)
 From the Zulu nation, from a town called Paris
 Came to America to find liberty
 Instead of finding pleasure, all you found was misery
 But listen, Lucien, you have a friend in me
 Oh, luck luck will drive you butt baddy
 Next time you get some wheels, make it a Caddy
 In terms of doing good, I know you wish you really could
 But listen, brother man, I really think you can
 Succeed with the breed of the brothers on your back
 It's the creme de la creme, and you can bounce with that
 It'll take a minute rice, so take my advice
 Trust in us, and thus you trust in your life
 Lucien, Lucien, Lucien, Lucien - you should know!
 What? Oh Tip, man, why you do that to me, man?
 I thought he was a friend, bruh
 Oh man, can't believe that
 Oh, why you do that to me?
 I wouldn't do it like this
 I couldn't do it by myself
 Are you ready, Lu? This one is for you
 Comin' from a true-blue, fits like a shoe
 "Cómo está usted" or "Comment allez-vous"
 Lucien, I'll leave it up to you
 Voulez-vous? (vous)
 Rendez-vous (vous)
 Coucou (cou)
 Les poo-poo (poo)
 Watch that lass, gonna backlash fast
 Can you get a grip on the crackhead dip?
 Sold you a paper bag, guess he saw you comin'
 VCR from a neck-bone bummin'
 $10 brother, he was hummin' and strummin'
 Only had 20, he was livin' like ya slummin'
 Gave him the money, well, I thought that was somethin'
 Lookin' like a kid who was lost in crumbin'
 Don't worry about a thing, I won't get specific
 This is a song that is long and prolific
 Think of the stuff that I said if you can
 Figure it out, compute, understand
 No problemo, I'll help you with your demo
 If you go to the store for me
 Lucien, I'm just kiddin - you should know!
 Hey yo what's up baby, what's your name?
 What kinda accent is that?
 It's a French accent, you know I'm French
 I'm from France, don't you think it's sexy?
 No that's not a sexy accent
 Oh don't you like it?
 Why? You trying to diss me?
 Ah please what?
 Love means French, French means love
 Everybody loves my accent
 Why nobody like it?
 Q-tip write a story about me, what is that? Oh?
 I'm sexy and I'm French
 Everybody love my accent
 I'm the best, yes
 Yeah, je t'aime mean I love you
 I love you means je t'aime
 I'll teach you French, I'll make you French good
 You gotta get a grip on the missions you'll be takin
 Not so much the mission, but you got crazy ignition
 Sure, the sugar-babies wanna give you a chance
 With the French "savoir faire" and the sexy dance
 But is she really fly, or is she a guy?
 I won't ask why, 'cause I know that you try
 You try too hard, is that the answer to the riddle?
 Instead of doin' so much, why don't you do just a little?
 Boy, what a cad, I guess we shouldn't treat him bad
 In fact, it would be nice if we understood him like
 A case of positionin' the feet in the shoes
 Sympathetic reason in the case of the blues
 Lucien is blue, even though he's really brown
 I had to make the sound, his life is too profound
 On the up-and-up, he's somethin' like a little pup
 Young and naive, it's hard to believe
 As long as you're strong, you can quest with the questers
 Jolly like a jumping bean or a jester
 Lucien, Lucien, Lucien, Lucien - you should know!
 Aw, Tip, everything gonna be alright, man
 I think I'm going home, man
 I'll see you tomorrow y'know
 Oh Tip, this week I'm not here

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Duration
04:33
Key
1
Tempo
105 BPM

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