[ti:Top Of The Stairs]
[ar:Skee-Lo]
[al:I Wish]
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[00:00.00]Top Of The Stairs - Skee-Lo
[00:19.94]Growin up as a kid tough skins and Afros
[00:21.75]Wasn't South Central  but still it came natural
[00:24.87]There wasn't nobody to watch my back
[00:27.62]Didn't wanna be strapped to get jacked
[00:29.61]Mama taught me not to trust no man
[00:31.49]Brother what's your plan 
[00:32.61]If you ever lose a fight  then you go back again and win
[00:35.66]And I don't care if it was one of your friends
[00:37.85]You better bury your feelings within
[00:39.04]And understand that on top of the stairs
[00:41.46]They got keys to Catalacs BMW's Mercedes  Benz and all of that
[00:45.59]And on top of the stairs yeah
[00:47.53]They got colour TV's and even girls come in two pairs
[00:50.51]And on the bottom you've got nothin but guilt
[00:52.76]Bad feelings bein kept homies been killed
[00:54.76]When I die always know that I never was see my little brother drop
[00:58.81]So you better stay on top
[01:00.13](Chorus)
[01:00.38](Skee-Lo)
[01:00.82]Cause no one really cares about the guy on the bottom
[01:03.06]No one really cares about the guy beneath
[01:05.43]And everybody wants to be down with the dude
[01:07.81]On top of the stairs  top of the stairs
[01:10.43]Cause no one really cares about the guy on the bottom
[01:12.85]No one really cares about the guy beneath
[01:15.35]And everybody wants to be down with the dude
[01:17.72]On top of the stairs  top of the stairs
[01:20.10](Skee-Lo)
[01:20.28]Little brother look around you  can't you see
[01:22.46]All the possibilities and we  you and me
[01:25.22]To the bang boogie up jump the boogie
[01:27.84]To the boogie to the boogie to the beat  I'ma emcee
[01:30.08]I spent three years in Mickey D's cleanin dishes
[01:33.01]Half of that time was makin wishes
[01:34.76]Want ya hit switches in a brand new six-fo'
[01:37.13]But all I could afford was another nine and Roseau's Chicken and Waffles
[01:40.37]How bout that Honda Cord
[01:42.68]Used to watch drop by at night till I got bored
[01:45.49]But not no more really that's for sure
[01:47.68]Cause I gotta million honeys knockin on my door
[01:50.24]And I'm not tryin to score with one
[01:52.17]Cause diseases kill and that's ill
[01:53.85]To make a mill in you gettin done
[01:55.78]When you on top of the world girls may come
[01:57.91]But when you fall down you won't find one
[02:00.35](Chorus)
[02:00.59](Skee-Lo)
[02:00.90]Cause no one really cares about the guy on the bottom
[02:03.09]No one really cares about the guy beneath
[02:05.53]And everybody wants to be down with the dude
[02:07.89]On top of the stairs  top of the stairs
[02:10.65]Cause no one really cares about the guy on the bottom
[02:13.07]No one really cares about the guy beneath
[02:15.50]And everybody wants to be down with the dude
[02:17.82]On top of the stairs  top of the stairs
[02:20.50](Skee-Lo)
[02:20.74]Little brother this is all we got
[02:22.19]Me and you will be cruel
[02:23.56]Even though it doesn't seem like a lot  it is
[02:25.99]So don't be thinkin negative
[02:27.24]I know just how you feel when you got time to kill I'll tell you how it is
[02:31.11]I know you might be unsure
[02:32.30]Cause it gets rough out there and when it rains and pours
[02:35.41]I stole shoes from stores hung out with cool cats
[02:37.98]Put cars on flats broke windows with bats
[02:40.36]And that's not all even made prank phone calls
[02:42.91]I was flossin and sloshin in Fox Hills Mall (So whattup y'all )
[02:45.97]After all please check my credentials
[02:47.72]I once got busy in the whenchles yeah
[02:50.61]So throw your hands in the air
[02:52.37]Wave em around if you've been treated unfair
[02:54.87]Yeah cause no one cares (no one cares  no one cares)
[02:57.99]Top of the stairs (top of the stairs  top of the stairs)
[03:01.17](Chorus)
[03:01.37](Skee-Lo)
[03:01.54]Cause no one really cares about the guy on the bottom
[03:03.48]No one really cares about the guy beneath
[03:05.29]And everybody wants to be down with the dude
[03:07.97]On top of the stairs  top of the stairs
[03:10.52]Cause no one really cares about the guy on the bottom
[03:13.15]No one really cares about the guy beneath
[03:15.33]And everybody wants to be down with the dude
[03:17.76]On top of the stairs  top of the stairs
[03:20.39]Cause no one really cares about the guy on the bottom
[03:22.88]No one really cares about the guy beneath
[03:25.38]And everybody wants to be down with the dude
[03:27.99]On top of the stairs  top of the stairs
[03:30.55]Cause no one really cares about the guy on the bottom
[03:33.11]No one really cares about the guy beneath
[03:35.55]And everybody wants to be down with the dude
[03:37.98]On top of the stairs  top of the stairs
[03:40.42](Skee-Lo)
[03:40.67]Yeah to all my little brothers out there
[03:43.85]It's cool to be on top  but don't ever forget where you came from
[03:48.27]
[03:49.15]Most importantly you better remember
[03:51.15]
[03:51.96]The little guy you step on to get on top
[03:54.21]
[03:54.96]Is the same guy you gonna run into goin back down
[03:57.39]
[03:58.32]Yeah top of the stairs