The Rooster

Hold up, yeah

Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh

Somebody done told you wrong

You thought it was just gon', gon' end off right there, huh?

Hearts, two hearts

Two hearts

Two mother, hearts

Hot mother, two

Gimme a back rub

Oh, I ain't even finished

I'm sorry, take that back, I probably

Shouldn't have come off that way, sorry

Okay, I started out alone

'Cause my baby mama left me, now there's nobody at home

Beginning to feel like Mrs. Jackson, done got thrown

Well, this some real shit and I'm livin' it through this song

A moving vehicle took my family as I slept out on the sofa

In the boom-boom room, I woke up very upset

I throw the covers back and peep out through the draperies

My daughter, my baby, my baby mama all escaping me

Like a condom in the wind, she was my friend

Like Princess Di before she died, therefore we try to try again

But in the end, you pay attention to the plusses

But the minuses behind it make it seem like you can't win

Throw your neck out, throw your back out

Throw your neck out (My neck and my back)

Throw your back out

Throw your neck out (Hmm)

Throw your back out (My neck and my back)

Throw your neck out

Throw your back out, back out

Round two, a single parent, what is Big to do?

Throw a party? Not hardly, I'm tryin' to stay up out of that womb

Or that B-U-S-S, us, I say us

Luther Vandross couldn't make a home out this house that we smooshed

Smashed, pushed to the limit, smashed and turned to timid

And everyone was suffering, the house was feeling wicked

The cat got sold, the dog got old, the food got cold

Both of our tempers were once swole for the most, most part

You bust, fight, fart

I did it all to break it down and take it from the start

Repeatedly leading a path that only ends in a blast

Of two stubborn minds, grown folks blind to the signs

Throw your neck out, throw your back out

Throw your neck out (My neck and my back)

Throw your back out

Throw your neck out (Hmm)

Throw your back out (My neck and my back)

Throw your neck out

Throw your back out, back out

K.O., knocked out by technicality

The love has kissed the canvas, now the whole family gets mad at me

My daughter don't want me, that's at her PTA meetings

And then my son, he can't talk, when I change him, he's peein'

I think he's pissed, can't dismiss the matter of the fact

Because he saw me and you argue, now the energy's coming back

Set an example, a positive pattern, keep life on track

But I'm married to the music and committed to the wax

Tapes and CDs, baby, please, you make me wanna scream

You're on the team, starting first string, so why are we arguing?

Wax tapes, CDs, baby, please, you make me wanna scream

You're on my team, starting first string, so why are we arguing?

Throw your

Throw your neck out, throw your back out

Throw your neck out (My neck and my back)

Throw your back out

Throw your neck out (Hmm)

Throw your back out (My neck and my back)

Throw your neck out

Throw your back out, back out

Tapes, CDs, baby, please, you make me wanna scream

You're on my team, starting first string, so why are we arguing?

Wax tapes, CDs, baby, please, you make me wanna scream

You're on my team, starting first string, so why are we arguing?

Throw your neck out, throw your back out

Throw your neck out (My neck and my back)

Throw your back out

Throw your neck out (Hmm)

Throw your back out (My neck and my back)

Throw your neck out

Throw your back out, back out