I Wish that I Could be You

I Wish I Could Be You

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I wish that I could be you
For a moment or two
And you could be me
If you wanted to see
What it's like in my shoes

Chillin' on a corner cause I gotta kill an hour
I see a pretty sister over purchasing some flowers
She walks into the grocery, so I take a step and follow
She gives me funny feelings in my throat and so I swallow
Afraid to approach her, I stand goofy in the aisle
Shopkeeper staring, but he don't give me no smile
He says, "customers only boy, leave if you ain't buying."
I turn around to him and I say

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Outside a night club, got no invitation
A limousine pulls up, you know it's causing mad commotion
So I move a little closer, maybe see a superstar
Just to catch a glimpse of who's coming out the car
A man steps out, you know he's dressed up like Mac the knife
He had a taste of the plastic things in life
Mad clothes, fine women, spent the rest on getting high
Laughed at other folks along the way just getting by
I eased up through the crowd so that I could see his face
His two security goons come knock me on my ace
I say, "Yo man you ain't gotta do that, I ain't trying to rock your world."
And at that same moment I see that pretty girl
The one from the grocery, I saw buying flowers
Steps out the limo and her face looks kind of sour
Plastic man grabs her arm and walks away
I sit up, look at him and say

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That girl looks so damn fine
I thought I'd never get her off my mind
So I walk around to the back alley
Try to sneak into the party
I zoom in like binoculars on something that did shock me
That plastic man he had that girl up against the wall
He was all up in her face, his fist up in a ball
I said, "Yo man you better leave that nice young pretty girl alone."
And he smacked her one more time and said, "oh what, you want some?"
He took a swing at me
I ducked, hit him with an uppercut
Knocked him on his butt like he got struck by mac the truck
He grabbed the sister's shoulders
And he slammed her to the ground
Crack, a deadly sound, red blood soiled the ground
Sister wounded, I took her in my arms
I started praying that she would not be gone
I heard sirens going off in my head
I whispered in her ear and said

(Chorus 2)
I wish I could be you
For a moment or two
And you could be me if you wanted to see
Just what I think of you