Oops, I guess I should stop singin and start bringin the funk
The niggeroe sings a rap and have you clappin
I gets busy, cause I never fall, I excel
Never takin no shorts, so here`s my tall tale
Once upon the clock
It was hard growing up with no pops
But moms did the supernatural, very
Extra-ordinary
Person that she is
She finished college, three kids at home cryin
But never got fed up, and kept her head up
`I shoot for the sky` is what she said, it
Got embedded
In my skull
That`s how I got soul
To reach ya through your speaker
My mother alone helped me to be me
So that`s my role model, not an idiot on tv
Used to do it like this
And like that, and like this
But since she never let me join a gang
I couldn`t g thang
So for all her prayers at night under the church steeple
I give thanks to my mother, one of those very extra-ordinary people
Now dig it, 2-(4)-6-8
I guess that I appreciate
And consider that niggas who work hard is the superstars
(Ordinary) people with families, that have kids
Should be put on a pedestal, not average
Treatment for our mother and fathers, and if you ask me
I`ll say: you put your family first, before an athlete
But everybody wanna be somebody special, who
Can grab a microphone, or put a ball through a hoop
And it`s okay to like Mike
Even I would, if I drank Gatorade
But I`m too busy funkin your trunk with all this 808
To worry about that, I`m worried bout this
If you agree, then pump your fist
If you`re proud (Say it loud!)
To show you`re pissed
Off at the news and media, because they swear
That all black people are menaces and holler and cheer
But since there`s so many others that want justice, I know we will
Start respectin others as brothers and come together, all of the
Ordinary people
Ordinary people make the world turn
I learned that if you work hard in life
Then it counts the way the balls bounce
I wrote this to give a message, I`ll be glad if it
Switches your goal from bein a gangsta to a graduate
And if you listened close to what I said, you learned a lesson, and
Heard that all the average Jones` are no greater, or no lesser than
Stars, cause all we all are is equal
So shut off your tv set, and show respect to some of the
Ordinary people