Hole In The Bucket - Spearhead

(Money Money Money Money Nothin But

Money)

I work 9 to 5 but it starts in the P.M.

and I love the sunrise so I step out in the A.M.

the street is black and shiny from the early

nightly rainin'

the glory of the light it brings evaporation

morning’s fresh oxygen cleanest

I take a deep hit help my mind stay the greenest

I’m already wake so I’m not drinkin’coffee

don’t wanna cigarrette, 'cause it’s a form of slavery

walk into the store 'cause I need a few items

the sun heats the blood like a hit of vitamins

needa buy some food and some 'poo for my dreads

can’t remember why but I need a spool of thread

Man with dirty dreads, steps around the comer

he asks me for a dime, a nickel or a quarter

I don’t have any change so I’m steppin’along

and as I’m walkin’past he sings to me a song…

There’s a whole in the bucket dear liza, dear

liza…(repeat)

The day is pickin’up cause I’m hummin’his song

the buses and the people all keep movin’along

to the shopkeeper I say was’sup?

and I’m thinkin’about the man who’s holdin’up the cup

I pay for all the stuff and get a pocketful of change

should I give it to the man’s the question in my brain

What’s gonna happen if I give the man a dime?

I don’t wanna pay for anotha brotha’s wine

What’s gonna happen if I give the man a quarter?

will he find a dealer and try to place an order?

what’s gonna happen if I give the man a nickel

will he buy some food or some pork that’s been pickled?

I’m not responsible for the man’s depression

how can I find compassion in the midst of recession?

How come all these questions keep fuckin’with my head

and I still can’t rememba why I need a spool of thread.

He’s starin’in my eyes just as I’m walkin’past

I’m tryin to avoid him cause I know he’s gonna ask

me about the coinage that is in my pocket

But I don’t know if I should put it in his bucket

walk right past him to think about it more

back at the crib I’m openin’up the door

a pocketful of change it don’t mean alot to me my cup is half full but his is empty

I put back on my cap and I start headin’back

I reach into my pocket and I have a heart attack

well as I’m diggin’deep I scream oh no!

there’s nothin’in the pocket but a great big hole

While I was busy thinkin’if he would buy smack

the jingle in my pocket it slipped through the cracks

no one has the change and it’s fuckin’up my head

But now I no the reason why I had to buy the thread!