"Slow Down" lyrics - WYCLEF JEAN

10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
We cry for peace
But we live for war
You know I got that shot in the chevy what it is?
We ain't start the wire taps down in Baltimore
But I still slangin' bricks where I live

Sometimes she love me, sometimes she love me not
Doin' ten now my girl turning tricks at the crib
But let check out his eyes in the inner city Chi
Layin' down ASAP, everybody in the trap gettin' killed

Evil lurks in the heavenly disguise
Tryin' to get the ruler, all I need is about a mil
I seen two birds crash into two New York giants
Bush still lyin', he don't never keep it real

I wish Katrina spoke French at the quarter to New Orleans
Haha, but you'd a told her that
But how we smoke French back, seduced this stone (okay)
Told this is your death, please don't rain on my people

Where'd the hope go? Where'd the hope go (I don't know)
I see the whole world turn into a warzone (What?)
Ain't no love in the city, keep your vest on (got that right)
Guns 'n roses, welcome to the jungle

On the flip side (ay), she shakin' her back side (shake it for me)
That's the only way tuition gon' come right
He got a crush on Mary Jane (ay, ay)
If you ain't got five on she ain't doing her thang (come on, you know you need to)

Slow down, young girl
(Keep it real hun, you gotta keep it real hun)
Slow down somebody gon' crash (come on, you know you need to)
Slow down (you know you need to, ay ay)
Young girl (okay)
(Keep it real hun, you gotta keep it real hun)
Slow down somebody gon' crash

If you livin' in the street, you know your livin free
And if you ain't you know your doin' time like me
Thugs with the heat are the coldest ones to meet
You can catch yourself a case get a fine do three

We flyin high, but still can't touch the sky
But on conspiracy you're doing ten at the least
Everybody's a gangsta, but nobody wanna die
With all this snitchin' you might never see the streets

Nuclear testing, replacin' the SATs
With all this going on why they worried about me
Stem cell research, there's another you another me
I'm just hustling in the streets tryin' to flip a couple keys

With what goes up, must come down, the laws of gravity
I know I see it happen to my partner big neege, We miss ya shawty
To win at chess, you've got to trap the king (ay)

Where'd the hope go? Where'd the hope go (I don't know)
I see the whole world turn into a warzone (What?)
Ain't no love in the city, keep your vest on (got that right)
Guns 'n roses, welcome to the jungle

On the flip side (ay), she shakin' her back side (shake it for me)
That's the only way tuition gon' come right
He got a crush on Mary Jane (ay, ay)
If you ain't got five on she ain't doing her thang (let's get it)

Slow down, young girl
(Keep it real hun, you gotta keep it real hun)
Slow down somebody gon' crash (come on, you know you need to)
Slow down (ay ay, you know you used to)
Young girl (okay)
(Keep it real hun, you gotta keep it real hun)
Slow down somebody gon' crash (come on, you know you need to)

Everybody, know we gon' keep rollin'
When the police rollin' and your coke dealer told 'em
What you been doing, boy better slow down
Ay ay, slow down
Ay ay, you wanna show 'em that da dope keep coming
But if shit keep runnin' their mouth
Eye your stuck jacking coming for ya better slow down
Ay ay, slow down (everytime homeboy)
Slow down (start snitchin', homeboy) ay ay

Hey I remember get money (get money)
All we do is get money (get money)
Till the feds raided the trap and took my thang from me
Put me in a room alone, separated the click from me (click from me)
Next thing you my lawyer said my partner snitched on me, on me

Now ain't that a bitch homie, (they ain't have a thing on us)
Until you started telling now they talking big numbers
We could've split charges up, against five or six summer (summers)
Instead you tryin' to talk telling so you could walk

How could you tell 'em who we sold told to? Everything we bought?
How we used to get in, all the way till we can ship it off?
(Who woulda thought?) Thought
Hey keep it pimpin', wait a minute
Ay keep it pimpin' wait a minute, ay

Where'd the hope go? Where'd the hope go?
I see the whole world turn into a warzone
Ain't no love in the city keep your vest on (ya)
Guns 'n roses, welcome to the jungle (ay, ay)

On the flip side, she shakin' her back side
That's the only way tuition gonna come right
He got a crush on mary jane
If you ain't got five on she ain't doing her thang

Slow down (okay) young girl
Keep it real hun, you can keep it real hun
Slow down, somebody gon' crash (you know you need to)
Slow down, young girl (you know you we used to)
Keep it real hun, you can keep it real hun
Slow down, somebody gon' crash (you know you need to)

I'm gonna let my guitar do the talking now