Top Of The Stairs-Skee-Lo

[ti:Top Of The Stairs] [ar:Skee-Lo] [al:I Wish] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Top Of The Stairs - Skee-Lo [00:19.94]Growin up as a kid tough skins and Afros [00:21.75]Wasn't South Central but still it came natural [00:24.87]There wasn't nobody to watch my back [00:27.62]Didn't wanna be strapped to get jacked [00:29.61]Mama taught me not to trust no man [00:31.49]Brother what's your plan [00:32.61]If you ever lose a fight then you go back again and win [00:35.66]And I don't care if it was one of your friends [00:37.85]You better bury your feelings within [00:39.04]And understand that on top of the stairs [00:41.46]They got keys to Catalacs BMW's Mercedes Benz and all of that [00:45.59]And on top of the stairs yeah [00:47.53]They got colour TV's and even girls come in two pairs [00:50.51]And on the bottom you've got nothin but guilt [00:52.76]Bad feelings bein kept homies been killed [00:54.76]When I die always know that I never was see my little brother drop [00:58.81]So you better stay on top [01:00.13](Chorus) [01:00.38](Skee-Lo) [01:00.82]Cause no one really cares about the guy on the bottom [01:03.06]No one really cares about the guy beneath [01:05.43]And everybody wants to be down with the dude [01:07.81]On top of the stairs top of the stairs [01:10.43]Cause no one really cares about the guy on the bottom [01:12.85]No one really cares about the guy beneath [01:15.35]And everybody wants to be down with the dude [01:17.72]On top of the stairs top of the stairs [01:20.10](Skee-Lo) [01:20.28]Little brother look around you can't you see [01:22.46]All the possibilities and we you and me [01:25.22]To the bang boogie up jump the boogie [01:27.84]To the boogie to the boogie to the beat I'ma emcee [01:30.08]I spent three years in Mickey D's cleanin dishes [01:33.01]Half of that time was makin wishes [01:34.76]Want ya hit switches in a brand new six-fo' [01:37.13]But all I could afford was another nine and Roseau's Chicken and Waffles [01:40.37]How bout that Honda Cord [01:42.68]Used to watch drop by at night till I got bored [01:45.49]But not no more really that's for sure [01:47.68]Cause I gotta million honeys knockin on my door [01:50.24]And I'm not tryin to score with one [01:52.17]Cause diseases kill and that's ill [01:53.85]To make a mill in you gettin done [01:55.78]When you on top of the world girls may come [01:57.91]But when you fall down you won't find one [02:00.35](Chorus) [02:00.59](Skee-Lo) [02:00.90]Cause no one really cares about the guy on the bottom [02:03.09]No one really cares about the guy beneath [02:05.53]And everybody wants to be down with the dude [02:07.89]On top of the stairs top of the stairs [02:10.65]Cause no one really cares about the guy on the bottom [02:13.07]No one really cares about the guy beneath [02:15.50]And everybody wants to be down with the dude [02:17.82]On top of the stairs top of the stairs [02:20.50](Skee-Lo) [02:20.74]Little brother this is all we got [02:22.19]Me and you will be cruel [02:23.56]Even though it doesn't seem like a lot it is [02:25.99]So don't be thinkin negative [02:27.24]I know just how you feel when you got time to kill I'll tell you how it is [02:31.11]I know you might be unsure [02:32.30]Cause it gets rough out there and when it rains and pours [02:35.41]I stole shoes from stores hung out with cool cats [02:37.98]Put cars on flats broke windows with bats [02:40.36]And that's not all even made prank phone calls [02:42.91]I was flossin and sloshin in Fox Hills Mall (So whattup y'all ) [02:45.97]After all please check my credentials [02:47.72]I once got busy in the whenchles yeah [02:50.61]So throw your hands in the air [02:52.37]Wave em around if you've been treated unfair [02:54.87]Yeah cause no one cares (no one cares no one cares) [02:57.99]Top of the stairs (top of the stairs top of the stairs) [03:01.17](Chorus) [03:01.37](Skee-Lo) [03:01.54]Cause no one really cares about the guy on the bottom [03:03.48]No one really cares about the guy beneath [03:05.29]And everybody wants to be down with the dude [03:07.97]On top of the stairs top of the stairs [03:10.52]Cause no one really cares about the guy on the bottom [03:13.15]No one really cares about the guy beneath [03:15.33]And everybody wants to be down with the dude [03:17.76]On top of the stairs top of the stairs [03:20.39]Cause no one really cares about the guy on the bottom [03:22.88]No one really cares about the guy beneath [03:25.38]And everybody wants to be down with the dude [03:27.99]On top of the stairs top of the stairs [03:30.55]Cause no one really cares about the guy on the bottom [03:33.11]No one really cares about the guy beneath [03:35.55]And everybody wants to be down with the dude [03:37.98]On top of the stairs top of the stairs [03:40.42](Skee-Lo) [03:40.67]Yeah to all my little brothers out there [03:43.85]It's cool to be on top but don't ever forget where you came from [03:48.27] [03:49.15]Most importantly you better remember [03:51.15] [03:51.96]The little guy you step on to get on top [03:54.21] [03:54.96]Is the same guy you gonna run into goin back down [03:57.39] [03:58.32]Yeah top of the stairs