N.E.R.D. - Provider

[00:10.66] Woke up I had the same clothes on I had on last night [00:11.76] Damn [00:12.35] I must have passed out [00:12.76] And cash is just like the clothes I worn yesterday [00:16.12] We are broke [00:20.39] Damn [00:21.13] I gotta get my ass out [00:22.75] I went to see what my friend was talking about [00:27.04] Drugs [00:28.08] He told me cocaine would get you clout [00:29.03] My momma said he's trouble and schools my route [00:33.13] But I went to high school and got kicked out [00:35.15] So I'm driving this truck down the 95 [00:37.50] I pray to God I make it home alive [00:40.78] I don't get pulled over by the man [00:44.17] I just want to make it home to hold your hand [00:48.22] Goodbye beloved one [00:51.53] Do you know what I am [00:52.82] If you don't see my face no more [00:53.91] I'm a provider girl, gotta face the streets tonight [00:56.79] Goodbye beloved one [01:02.71] Do you know what I am [01:04.53] You don't see my face no more [01:06.07] I'm a rider, girl gotta face the streets tonight [01:10.35] You say you don't want me to go but I have to [01:15.52] Please don't weep [01:19.22] I love you [01:23.68] I refuse to be a bum [01:26.39] Especially coming where I'm from [01:31.10] I'm a provider girl [01:32.33] And I love you [01:34.76] So it's just like I said before [01:39.06] Heading down 95 [01:40.69] Dodging Johnny law [01:42.12] I don't need a ticket though I never got one [01:43.88] If he pulls me over [01:47.08] He can feel my shotgun [01:47.76] I think about life pull down my hat [01:50.53] It's just like this road I don't know where I'm at [01:53.13] I don't want to be another cocaine story [01:57.24] Will I find my sanity [01:58.47] Where I find my glory [02:00.05] Come on [02:01.49] Goodbye beloved one [02:02.98] Do you know what I am [02:04.63] If you don't see my face no more [02:05.76] I'm a provider girl, gotta face the streets tonight [02:10.40] Goodbye beloved one [02:14.98] Do you know what I am [02:17.18] You don't see my face no more [02:17.81] I'm a rider, girl gotta face the streets tonight [02:23.27] You say you don't want me to go but I have to [02:24.70] Please don't weep [02:24.95] I love you [02:25.44] Someday, Someday, this will be over [02:28.35] We'll raise a family [02:32.17] I'll get a job and I'll be a voter [02:33.47] And if I die [02:38.45] It will change you [02:41.07] Change you [02:41.77] I watch over a family [02:43.38] But only as an angel [02:45.23] So don't tell me you don't know what you see [02:50.73] When you're looking at a motherfucker just like me [02:53.18] I'm a provider girl [02:57.26] I said don't tell me you don't know what you see [03:03.02] When you're looking at a motherfucker just like me [03:05.97] I'm a rider girl [03:09.32] Goodbye beloved one [03:14.96] Do you know what I am [03:16.60] If you don't see my face no more [03:18.17] I'm a provider girl, gotta face the streets tonight [03:23.13] Goodbye beloved one [03:26.66] Do you know what I am [03:28.66] You don't see my face no more [03:29.81] I'm a rider, girl gotta face the streets tonight [03:34.79] You say you don't want me to go but I have to [03:41.83] Please don't weep [03:42.62] I love you [03:44.47] I love you girl [03:46.32] I'm doing this for us [03:49.03] I don't know any better [03:51.64] What am I supposed to do [03:54.53] Nothing I love you [04:00.89]