Sound like grade school

Like the bangers and jellies

Hey, yo, patty cake, patty cake, baker's man

Bake me a cake as fast as you can

Throw it in the oven for my baby and me

So we can feed the mind of a child who can't see

Who ain't got vision, but he rock Louis shades

He ain't paying dues, he'd rather get paid

Patty cake, patty cake, bake it, man

Before you join the line with the eighth of a gram now

Jimmy crack-corn-ass patty cakes too

They share an apartment, never no food

Nobody works, but they got cigarettes, though

Dirty habits, dust bunnies big as rabbits

And the doorbell don't ring, the stench at the door

Had the postman running, now the mail's on the floor

Patty cake, come on, bake us a dream

So we can share a slice with the folks upstream

Who don't have a battle, nobody swims

When your spirit is broken, the next goes the limbs

The hems don't hum 'cause man is thirty-eight

And she don't give a damn 'cause her man is twenty-eight

And he got them things to make her feel protected

'Cause neglecting your soul is like taking a vest off

The best of 'em got a whole lot to live for

The rest? Wish the best were alive, so

Patty cake, patty cake, baker's man

Bake us some hope as fast as you can

Put it in the oven for my piece of me

So we can get the bonus, feeding the homeless

An SOS for your brother (like Jonas)

Erroneous behavior, seek your savior

Economics got us sad, baked our neighbor

I'm willing to help even when it ain't felt (yeah)

Hey, yo, patty cake, patty cake, baker's man

Bake up a cake as fast as you can

Nothing gourmet, but make sure it ain't dry

'Cause people stay searching for their piece of the pie

That belongs to them or help 'em understand

There's a chef and an oven here to cook up a plan

Come on, patty cake, bake up a few and be aware (yeah)

Most want to add a cake and eat it too

Which leads to greed, guaranteed gluttony

Big mama saying it was different, now suddenly

Village don't want to raise nothing for the kids

Judge playing eBay and handing out bids

While on the corner since little Jack on a job

Man ain't looking out, so now he's the lookout

For the corner boys 'cause little boy moves on patrol

It is cool to see who has the hook out

(But no hooks to sing) 'cause no one's tattling

Corner boys' C-notes keep the girls paddling

First comes love, then comes baby

then comes marriage, maybe

Followed by the split, the kid told daddy ain't, shh

No need to mention, redemption can't fit

And all the king's men couldn't put 'em back together

'Cause they offer one thing, to be the new king

So patty cake, patty cake, help us, man

Elders eating dog food from out of the can

Classically train and accept the pain

But will stay so calm, it's all in God's palm

Intoxicated with afterlife, but I've learned

I need sobriety upon my return

A woman who loves me, a child who'll reflect it (yeah)

And add some cash to help perfect it

Patty cake, patty cake, baker's man

Patty cake, patty cake, baker's man

Patty cake, patty cake, baker's man

Patty cake, patty cake, baker's man

Patty cake, patty cake, baker's man

Patty cake, patty cake, baker's man

Patty cake, patty cake, baker's man (yeah)

Well, you remember that conversation

we had about Jay's beats

And there's certain shit

that shouldn't have come off the beat tape?

You know what I mean? Like

He wouldn't have put that out, you know what I'm saying?

Or, it just, it wasn't the best from that side of it?

I don't know, it just don't connect a certain way

It just sounded like

Supporting a, a sinking ship, you know what I mean?

Like: No, nothing's wrong here

Like, nigga, the shit is sinking

and the sharks are eating people

No, you're seeing an illusion, trust me