Born Not to Know Tony! Toni! Toné!

[Intro]
Check this out man, I wanna introduce you to my grandma
She hella cool, back from the old school, man
How is everybody doin'? How is everybody...
I wanna meets one of the Tony's
Is this Tony?
Am I on the recording now?
Yeah, you're on...
Alright, I'ma go for it, baby
Now, hold it, hold it, hold it
I remember that when we was younger back in our days with Brown James and Richard Little and all them
Basically, what I wanna know is, am I getting paid for this?
NO!
That's all

[Verse 1: Raphael Saadiq]
Put a young man in an average city
Had our share of problems, don't you know
Just the same, the city had to grow
Time after time, my mama told me
There's a lotta things that you know
But there's a whole lot more you need to know

[Pre-Chorus: Raphael Saadiq, Tony! Toni! Toné!]
(Money) Have your own
(Friends) Just for fun
(Drugs) Don't indulge
(Sex) With the right person
(Work) All your days
(Crime) Does not pay
(Love) Don't apply
(Live) To live you must die