[ti:I Left My Wallet In El Segundo] [ar:A Tribe Called Quest] [al:The Best Of] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]I Left My Wallet In El Segundo - A Tribe Called Quest [00:38.77]My mother went away for a month-long trip [00:40.90]Her and some friends on an ocean-liner ship [00:43.26]She made a big mistake by leaving me home [00:45.64]I had to roam so I picked up the phone [00:48.26]Dialed Ali up to see what was going down [00:50.50]Told him I pick him up so we could drive around [00:53.13]Took the Dodge Dart a '74 [00:55.25]My mother left a yard but I needed one more [00:57.81]Shaheed had me covered with a hundred greenbacks [00:59.69]So we left Brooklyn and we made big tracks [01:02.58]Drove down the Belt got on the Conduit [01:05.01]Came to a toll we paid and went through it [01:07.55]Had no destination we was on a quest [01:09.80]Ali laid in the back so he could get rest [01:12.30]Drove down the road for two-days-and-a-half [01:13.98] [01:14.64]The sun had just risen on a dusty path [01:17.14]Just then a figure had caught my eye [01:19.39]A man with a sombrero who was four feet high [01:22.06]I pulled over to ask were we was at [01:24.36]His index finger he tipped up his hat [01:26.76]El Segundo he said my name is Pedro [01:29.50]If you need directions I'll tell you pronto [01:31.69]Needed civilization some sort of reservation [01:33.56] [01:34.21]He said a mile south there's a fast food station [01:36.64]Thanks senor as I start up the motor [01:39.01]Ali said Damn Tip why you drive so far for [01:43.25](Well describe to me what the wallet looks like) [01:46.75]Anyway a gas station we passed [01:48.75]We got gas and went on to get grub [01:52.01]It was a nice little pub in the middle of nowhere [01:54.69]Anywhere would have been better [01:56.59]I ordered enchiladas and I ate 'em [01:59.48]Ali had the fruit punch [02:01.28]When we finished we thought for ways to get back [02:04.15]I had a hunch [02:05.71]Ali said Pay for lunch [02:07.51]So I did it [02:08.33]Pulled out the wallet and I saw this wicked beautiful lady [02:11.57]She was a waitress there [02:13.26]Put the wallet down and stared and stared [02:15.76]To put me back into reality here's Shaheed [02:17.85]Yo Tip man you got what you need [02:20.23]I checked for keys and started to step [02:22.35]What do you know my wallet I forget [02:24.91]Yo it was a brown wallet it had props numbers [02:27.84]Had my jimmy hats I got to get it man [02:30.72]Lord have mercy [02:32.40]The heat got hotter Ali stars to curse me [02:34.83]I fell bad but he makes me feel badder [02:37.15]Chit-chit-chatter car stars to scatter [02:39.63]Breaking on out we was Northeast bound [02:42.01]Jettin' on down at the seepd of sound [02:44.51]Three days coming and three more going [02:46.94]We get back and there was no slack [02:49.26]490 Madison we're here Sha [02:51.50]He said All right Tip see you tomorrow [02:53.86]Thinking about the past week the last week [02:56.55]Hands go in my pocket I can't speak [02:59.27]Hopped in the car and torpe'ed to the shack [03:01.71]Of Shaheed We gotta go back when he said [03:04.55]Why I said We gotta go [03:06.24]'Cause I left my wallet in El Segundo [03:08.91] [03:13.10]Yeah I left my wallet in El Segundo [03:16.15]Left my wallet in El Segundo [03:18.31]Left my wallet in El Segundo [03:20.82]I gotta get I got-got ta get it [03:23.52]Left my wallet in El Segundo [03:25.57]Left my wallet in El Segundo [03:27.26] [03:28.21]Left my wallet in El Segundo [03:30.65]C'mon let's go C'mon let's go C'mon let's go