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Artist: MC Lyte
Album:  Ain't No Other
Song:   I Cram to Understand U (Remix)
Typed by: OHHLA Webmaster DJ Flash

[Intro]
"From the time of ancient Egyptians until today" "Development of new material" {*2X*}
  "What we're gonna do right here is go back"
"From the time of ancient Egyptians until today"
  "Way back" "A light appears!" {*3X*}
"Development of new material"
"Back there in the beginning!" {*5X*}

[repeat 2X]
"Just like a test, just just like a test"
"Just just like a test I cram to understand you"

[MC Lyte]
I used to be in love with this guy named Sam
I don't know why, cause he had the head like that of a clam
But you couldn't tell me nothin cause Sam was #1
Cause to me, oh my gosh, he was one in a million
I shoulda knew the consequences right from the start
that he'd use me for my money and then break my heart
But like a fool in love, I fell for his game
but - I got mine, so I show no shame
In Empire winked his eye, and then he kept walkin
All of those who live in Brooklyn know just what I'm talkin
The roller disco, where we all used to go
Just to have some fun back in 1981
You know the place! Empire Boulevard
is where I first saw the nigga and he tried to play hard
But - I knew the deal, cause I knew his brother Jerry
And Sam he just broke up with his girlfriend Terry
So, Jerry introduced Sam and I that night
He said, "Hello my name is Sam" I said, "Hi my name is Lyte"
We dipped and we dapped and we chit and we chat
about - this and that, from sneakers to hats
He said "Look, I'm in the mood for love
Simply because you're near me"
(Let's go) To my house, lay back and get nice
Watch television, a-Reunite on ice
I said "Umm slow down, I know you wanna shake me down
But I'm not one of the girls that go rippin around"

"Just like a test, just just like a test"
"Just just like a test I cram to understand you"

[MC Lyte]
Next month - I finally went to his house
I walked into the door there was a girl on the couch
I said, "Who's the frog? The bump on the log?
You chump, you punk, how could you do me wrong?
Singing sad songs about your love is so strong"
You said
"Wait Lyte, you're confused, the girl is my cousin"
Your brother agreed, but later said that she wasn't

[repeat 2X]
"Just like a test, just just like a test"
"Just just like a test I cram to understand you"

[MC Lyte]
Forgotten, next month, we went to the Deuce
Well, I thought it kinda strange cause you had lots of juice
You knew the dopes, the pushers, the addicts, everybody
Asked ya how you met 'em, said you met 'em at a party
These girls tried to tell me you were sellin the stuff
I said "It's not your business, so shut the fuck up"
They said, "Oh - okay Lyte, think what you wanna think
But it's gon' be some shit when yo' man becomes a fiend"
I said "Look, to bust a move, I don't even know you
To put it Lyte, I really don't care to"
They kinda got mad and sort of offended
They said "We only lookin out for your best interest"
I said "Thanks but no thanks" in an aggravated tone
"When I wanna find out, I'll find out on my own"

[repeat 2X]
"Just like a test, just just like a test"
"Just just like a test I cram to understand you"
("Back into time")

[MC Lyte]
Then my cousin said she saw you with this lady named Cee
Well I'm calm, I'm thought, "I wonder who she could be"
You're spendin all your time with her and not a second with me
They say you spend your money on her and you're with her night and day
Her name starts with a C and it ends with a K
I strain my brain lookin for a name, to fit this spellin
But I just couldn't do it cause my heart kept yellin
Burnin, beggin for affection from you Sam
But just like a test I cram to understand you
Thought I knew you well enough to call you a man but

"Just like a test, just just like a test"
"Just just like a test I cram to understand you"

[MC Lyte]
Then it came a time you started lookin kinda thin
I asked you why, you said "Exercise - tryin to stay slim"
I bought it even though I knew it was a lie
Cause it really didn't matter, you were still lookin fly
But oh no, oh no, you started askin me for money
Butter me up, beg me and call me your honey
So I gave you two yards, and then I gave you one more
You picked up your jacket and you flew out the door
You came back an hour later and you asked me for a ten
I said "I've only got a twenty" you said "Give me that, then"
I said, "Nope, I'll tell you now, you better stop slobbin
Find you a job, or you better start robbin"
So I stepped off, a-with a giant step
Picked up my belongings, and I just left
And now I see you in Empire every Sunday
Juicin the girls up for some money and a lay
But every time I see you doin it, I just ruin it
Tell 'em how ya on crack, smoke, sniff, and chewin it
As for this girl, Miss C, oh well
I was shocked as hell when I heard Samuel
When your homeboys told me, I almost went whack
that the girl you was addicted to, her name was CRACK~!

[repeat 10X to fade]
"Just like a test, just just like a test"
"Just just like a test I cram to understand you"

"Back there in the beginning!" {*2X*}

[repeat 3X]
"New material uhh" "Back there in the beginning!"

[repeat 4X]
"Just like a test, just just like a test"
"Just just like a test I cram to understand you"

[Outro]
"Back there in the beginning!" {*3X*}
"A light appears!" {*2X*}
"Back there in the beginning!"
"A light appears!" {*2X*}
"Back there in the beginning!"