Lupe Fiasco - Pick up the Phone

[00:09.64] Uhh, I just need a minute to replenish who I am [00:13.24] And who I am is so dependent on exactly where we stand [00:15.79] I stand in any pose, anything but tippy-toes [00:18.99] But don't want you to feel smaller, always taller [00:21.35] Now I'm a cheerleader, she a baller [00:23.24] The difference in height isn't aight, I left my ego at the alter [00:26.61] Now every ring's a sting and everything I taught ya [00:29.63] Is coming back around to me, just like revolvers [00:31.86] And every single click is just hammering it home [00:34.35] Who knew Russian roulette involved answering the phone? [00:37.26] Until my signal dwindles or my channel is in roam [00:39.60] Or my cellphone dies or it's cancer in my dome [00:43.16] And dear nix the tone, as I pull my fuckin' pain out [00:45.60] One of your short nodes, might blow my fuckin' brains out [00:48.89] But you ain't even pick up [00:50.56] Talking to myself, exactly what you sick of [00:53.48] Feeling kinda restless [00:55.57] Did you get my message? [00:58.22] It's swirling around and so [01:03.12] No, don't tell me that you care [01:07.37] When I know you're standing there [01:09.56] I left the story of my life on your answering machine [01:14.94] Hello, can you hear me? [01:17.86] Hello, are you there? [01:22.21] Hello, would you pick up the phone? [01:26.36] Hello, can you hear me? [01:28.98] Hello, are you there? [01:33.06] Hello, would you pick up the fuckin' phone? [01:36.55] We were like, if a tree falls in the forest and [01:38.73] No one is around, does it really make a sound? [01:41.14] That's romantic and profound, but now [01:43.20] We're like lumberjacks holding the axes that brung it down [01:46.58] So I'm now on your message, talm 'bout "Remember?" [01:49.14] Silence in return, that sound like 'Timber!" [01:51.99] There's some that can't see the forest because they're liars [01:54.43] But I can't see the forest cause of the fire [01:57.08] And in our prehistorics, the flowers was rooting for us [01:59.61] Brontosaurus ate the flowers, T-Rex ate the Brontosaurus [02:02.16] And then the T-Rex turned around and ate the florist [02:05.05] That's why I lost my FTD endorsements [02:07.86] But that's really not important [02:10.32] My sadness' a snitch, my melancholy informant [02:12.55] Despair wears a wire, my longing rapping a song [02:15.23] My worry is a rat, my lonely tapping the phone [02:18.12] Feeling kinda restless [02:20.54] Did you get my message? [02:22.90] It's swirling around and so [02:28.20] I wanna give you reasons [02:31.42] Tell you what I'm feeling [02:33.52] But none of these lines are secure [02:38.94] No, don't tell me that you care [02:42.89] When I know you're standing there [02:45.48] I left the story of my life on your answering machine [02:50.77] My tears run off your shoes [02:53.55] Like waters from a goose [02:56.10] You try to wash off all the dirt [02:58.53] But your hands aren't getting clean [03:01.34] Hello, can you hear me? [03:04.06] Hello, are you there? [03:07.09] Hello, would you pick up the phone? [03:11.58] Hello, can you hear me? [03:13.90] Hello, are you there? [03:18.19] Hello, would you pick up the fuckin' phone? [03:21.36] The make-believers on receivers as you sit back and observe [03:23.54] As the rubber curly cord just absorbs all my words [03:26.19] Will you collect us then connect us or neglect us on the whole [03:28.79] Into the wall, then cross the wires on the telephone poles [03:31.53] Then bounces off the towers, then up into the satellites [03:34.20] Then falls down back to Earth to bring a broken heart back to life [03:37.06] Happens all the time, lost an appetite and lack of sleep [03:39.69] If it's dead and flatten line, I'll leave a message at the beep [03:43.97] Hello, can you hear me? [03:47.29] Hello, are you there? [03:49.24] Hello, would you pick up the phone? [03:54.00] Hello, can you hear me? [03:56.81] Hello, are you there? [04:00.59] Hello, would you pick up the phone? [04:05.01] Would you pick up the phone? [04:07.12] Would you pick up the phone? [04:11.20] Hello, would you pick up the fuckin' phone? [04:26.63]