the case

hey

listen

listen

you know

i don't mean to be

i don't mean to be mean

but i'm just asking everybody to just

i want everybody to just

bear with me for one minute

i know you want to have some fun

you know everybody come from their home

and they

they come to do their thing

and i ain't stopping you from doing your thing

i just want to say one thing

if you step out of your door one evening

and you got yours

and you got yourself a case

and you think you took it to a place

and when you get to that place

and when you're settled down to do something

and you look around

and you can't find no case

now tell me

friends

what are you going to do?

no

hold it

hold it

man

i said what are you going to do?

you see this here happened to me today

and i don't mean to take up your time

i just want to tell you my case

now listen to the case

man

you don't have to be so loud

when you don't have to be so smart

i just want to tell you a story

what happened to me today

you see i stepped out my door

i got myself a little square case

i took it in the car

i went down the road

i stopped by my friends

well

i didn't take the case out the car

i went inside

i said

hello

vince

he said

hi

well

he came in the car

we sat down and we talked

we drove up to richmond

well

i didn't know what to do

you say i'm feeling bad

well

i'm feeling bad

you see i got in the house

i'm sure i took out that case

well

i took it upstairs

i asked my friend

i said

hey

man

can i make a phone call?

he said

yeah

you can make a phone call

well

i took out the case

i went in the room

i took out my book

and i look at a number

well

i telephoned my lawyer

and he said

well

it's all right

you don't have to worry

'cause everything is going to be the way you planned it

well

well

i was feeling okay

i put my book in the case

i closed the case

i go downstairs

i look at those two girls who are sitting down by the steps

i said to my friend

well

it's time to go

he said

oh all right

all right

don't say no more

well

i

i took out my case

i will swear to god i took out that case

i went out through the door

i put the case in the car

i said

man

we ain't got much time

we got to go

we got to go

you see

listen

oh shit

well it's been on my mind

it's been a bothering me a long

long time