De La Soul - Ring ring ring

^FHey how ya ^Ebdoin' ^EbSorry ya can't get through Why don't you leave your ^Ename And your ^Ebnumber ^EbAnd I'll get back to you ^FmHey ^Ebhow are ya doin' ^EbSorry ya can't get through ^FBut leave your name (uh) And your ^Abmnumber

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And I'll get back to you.

^FmOnce again it's ^Ebanother rap bandit ^DbFiending at I and ^BbI can't stand it ^AbWanna be down ^Cwith the day-glo ^EbKnocking on my ^Ebdoor, ^Bbsaying, "a yo ^Ebyo" ^EbKnocking on my door, saying, "a yo yo" "^EbI got a funky new tune with a fly banjo" ^FI can't understand what the ^Bbproblem ^Dbis

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I find it hard enough dealing with my own biz ^GHow'd they get my name and ^Bbnumber ^DbThen I ^Bbstop to think and ^Abwonder Bout a ^Ebplan, yo man, I gotta ^Bbstep out town You wanna call me up? Take my ^Ebnumber down

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It's 222-2222

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I got an answering machine that can talk to you

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It goes

^BHey how ya ^Ebdoin' Sorry ya can't get ^Bbmthrough But leave your ^Fmname and your number ^EbAnd I'll get back to you

Yo, check it, ^Fexit the old style ^BbEnters the ^Dbnew But nothing's ^Ebnew 'bout being ^Bbhawked by a crew Or ^Ebshould I say flock cause around ^Fevery block

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There's Harry, Dick, and Tom, with a demo in his palm Now ^FI'm with helping those ^Gwho want to help themselves ^GAnd flaunt a nut that's doggy as in dope ^FBut it's not the mood to hear The ^Abtales of limousines and ^Dmpails Of money they'll ^Ebmake like a pro I ^Abe like, "yo black, just ^Ebplay me the tape" But ^Fat the show the time to spare ^AbI just make ^AbBut the songs created in they shacks Are so wick-wick-^Fmwack, situations like this ^EbAnd now I hate they give me ^Dsmiles kool-aid wide and ^Bbask, "^Bbwas it def? " And with the ^Dbstraighest ^Bbface I be like, "hell ^Ebyes, ^Fyes." I slip them the digits to papa ^Dmprince paul

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So I don't go awol but yet I know when they call, They get

^EbmHey how ya ^Ebdoing ^EbSorry ya can't get through Why don't you leave your ^Ebname And your ^Abnumber And ^EI'll get back to ^Ebyou ^EbmHey how are ya ^Ebdoin ^EbSorry you can't get through Why don't you leave your name and your ^Abnumber

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And I'll get back to you

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Check it out ^FmName and ^Dbnumber, and number, And number, and ^Bbnumber

^BParty at the dug-out on ^AbmDiction ave Haven't ^Ebbeen to the jam in ^Bbquite a while ^DbFigure I'll catch up on the latest styles 'stead ^Ebpiles and piles of demo tapes bi-da miles ^CmAll I wanna do is cut ^Ebon the decks wild ^EbBut edition up here bi-da miles to the center ^EbReliever of duty, plug one mosies in

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And I be like, "yo g, Pos does all the producing"

^EbNow woe is me to the third degree ^AMase pulls the funny so I ^Dbmake like a bunny ^EbJettin' ^EbBut I'm getting used to this demo abuse ^BbGetting raped and giving ^Bbmbirth to a ^Dbtape Cause there's no escape ^Ebfrom the clutches of a hawker ^AAttached to my success, ^Absent like a stalker Make ^Cmway to my radius playin ^Ffly guy Try to ^Bbget on my back they force ^Eblike luke sky ^FMe myself and ^EbmI go through this act ^Dbdaily And ^Ebrarely do I not No matter how I dodge some jackal ^Fmalways nails ^Bbme No matter what the ^Ebplot And even out on ^Cmtour they be like, "^Bbyo I got a tape to play you ^Dbback at the ^Bbhotel" I be like "^Dboh ^Ebswell" Unveil the numeric code to dial my ^Aroom

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And tell them to call me at noon ^BBut of ^Fmcourse there's no answering ^Abmachine in my room But a ^Dpretty young adorer Who I ^Ebswung on tour And if it ^Bbrings while we're alone She'll answer the ^Fphone ^FAnd with the quickness she'll recite like a poem

"hey, you done ^Dbdid the right thing, dial up ^Ebmy ring ring Now you're ^Dbwaiting on the beep. ^EbSay, I would love if you'd sing The tune to ^Fmtru instead of ^Ebmfronting on the speak. " So no ^Abproblemo, just ^Fplay your demo And at the end it's ^Bbbreak out time ^EbPlease oh please don't ^Apress rewind

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Cause I'll just lay it down the line

^BHey how ya doing ^FSorry ya can't get ^Fmthrough Why don't you leave your name and your ^Abnumber ^EbAnd I'll get back to you

^FmHey how ya ^Ebdoing Sorry ya can't get ^Bbthrough Why don't you leave your ^Ebname and your ^Abnumber ^AbAnd we'll get back to you.