Please Set Me at Ease lyrics
by Galt MacDermot
[Part I: Please Set Me at Ease]
[Intro: Bobbi Humphrey sample & M.E.D.]
"How will I know this is real?
Usually I end up..."
"Foolishly, I end up..." (Yeah, uh)
"Giving all the love I own" (Yeah)
[Verse: M.E.D.]
I'm in a maze, 'cause I ain't seen you in a long time
Chocolate skin, thick thighs, innocent eyes
You used to be mines, with no commitment, you'd stay committed
Hate to laugh, but then I took you through it, I still admit it
But your shape developed, lookin' tighter than ever, we used to
Roll whatever, smoking blunts for escaping our issues
Remember when I first tried to hit it, you held back?
Now you smirking, 'cause you was flirting, you was all that
My rap finally cracked surface, the wait was worth it
After I hit it, knew I was perman' for late-working
Plus our sex secrets never hit the streets, none compete
Oral, sweet oil to spoil me, you was doing things
In the sexiest ways, I'm still amazed that you
Had my back to this day, for the wait, now I got you
Through the fire and rain, pleasure and pain
Change, the riches lost, some gains
Whether wife or mistress, we stay
Custom-fitted and wit' it
And I ain't hit it in a long time,
So I'ma hit it for a long time
Alizé with Hennessy—you never fade wine (Uh)
We smoke weed and make money–that's my kind (Yeah)
[Outro: M.E.D. & Bobbi Humphrey]
(Yeah, yo...)
[Interlude: Bobbi Humphrey sample]
"Oh, please, won't you put me at ease?
I try inside,
My feelings to hide
How will I know this is real?"
"Usually I end up–"
"Foolishly I end up
Giving all the love I own
And then to my dismay, to you
Was just another day
You won't even fall"
[Scratch break: MED & Wildchild samples]
"The-" "The-" "The capital M-E-D, the MC"
"M-E-D-A-P-H-O-A-R the M-C (Wutup – uh!)"
"Madlib—" "Mad—" "Mad—"
"Madlib's on the track—" "track—" "track–"
"Track and on the cut"
"Madlib's on the track" "and on the cut"
[Part II: Outro]
[Instrumental: Ahmad Miller]
[Radio Drop: Steinski]
"Hey— ey— ey— ey— ey— ey— ey—"
"Hey, this is Steinski
And you're listening to Madlib's remix of the Blue Note catalog
Damn, that's a great job...
How come I don't get jobs like that?"