Rhyme Pays
Somebody Gotta Do It (Pimpin' Ain't Easy!)
Ice-T
Lyrics & Rhyme Analysis
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[Verse 2]
My thumbs are tired✦ just from countin' cash
No more room in my diamond stash
Filin'✦ my nails is such a tirin'✦ task
Gold knobs on my Benzo✦ dash
Five freaks just to comb my hair
Monograms on my underwear
Bodyguards around so please don't dare
You're takin'✦ a chance if you just stop and stare
Livin'✦ my life is just so hard to do
Makin'✦ deals a million✦ one or two
Buyin' new cars for my entire✦ crew
Matching Ferraris, E's black, mine's✦ blue
Can't swim a lap in my pool because✦ it's just too long
Could never✦ go broke because✦ my bank's too strong
No matter✦ what I do I simply✦ can't go wrong
And I'll make money✦ I don't need from this damn song
But somebody's gotta✦ do it
You want this rope for ten thousand-one-twenty?
Yo, I'll put it on the dog, man
Yo, Ice, what you gonna✦ do, you got a house on Palm Springs half-built
Man, I don't like it no more, tear it down, I don't need anymore
Yo, Ice, Gucci, Lee and Fila✦ wanna✦ sponsor you
Man, I told you I don't need it no more, damn
[Verse 3]
When I walk in a joint, punks always look at me hard
Because✦ I wear enough gold to tie a dog in a yard
Cold maxin'✦ in my mansion✦ so big it's silly✦
Got a butler✦ named✦ Humphry and a maid named✦ Milly✦
Mink sheets on my bed, that's what I said
Gourmet chefs in my kitchen so that I can get fed
So tired✦ of sailin'✦ on my boat I might
Just helicopter to my jet and catch a midnight flight
So many✦ girls in my book, it weighs a ton
Gotta✦ leave the damn country just to have some fun
Private suite at the track to watch the ponies✦ run
And there ain't nothin'✦ in the world that me and "E" ain't done
But somedody✦ gotta✦ do it
Yo, Ice, Ronald Reagan,✦ man, he wants to know, can he hang out with you and E?
Yo, you tell that fool to get off my tip and pay!
Yo, yo, yo, Ice, your homeboy Adnan✦ Khashoggi he called✦ up to borrow✦ some more money✦
No problem, small thing to a giant!
'cause somebody✦ gotta✦ do it
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