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Em G Em E D Em G Bm D Chorus-Dove E D Hey how ya doin' D Sorry ya can't get through D# Why don't you leave your name D And your number D And I'll get back to you Em D Hey how are ya doin' D Sorry ya can't get through E But leave your name (uh) Gm And your number N.C. And I'll get back to you. Verse-Dove Em D Once again it's another rap bandit C A Fiending at I and I can't stand it G B Wanna be down with the day-glo D D A D Knocking on my door, saying, "a yo yo" D Knocking on my door, saying, "a yo yo" D "I got a funky new tune with a fly banjo" E A C I can't understand what the problem is N.C. I find it hard enough dealing with my own biz F# A How'd they get my name and number C A G Then I stop to think and wonder D A Bout a plan, yo man, I gotta step out town D You wanna call me up? Take my number down N.C. It's 222-2222 N.C. I got an answering machine that can talk to you N.C. It goes Chorus-Pos A# D Hey how ya doin' Am Sorry ya can't get through Em But leave your name and your number D And I'll get back to you Verse-Pos E Yo, check it, exit the old style A C Enters the new D A But nothing's new 'bout being hawked by a crew D E Or should I say flock cause around every block N.C. There's Harry, Dick, and Tom, with a demo in his palm E F# Now I'm with helping those who want to help themselves F# And flaunt a nut that's doggy as in dope E But it's not the mood to hear G C#m The tales of limousines and pails D Of money they'll make like a pro G# D I be like, "yo black, just play me the tape" E G But at the show the time to spare I just make G But the songs created in they shacks Em Are so wick-wick-wack, situations like this D C# A And now I hate they give me smiles kool-aid wide and ask, A "was it def? " C A D E And with the straighest face I be like, "hell yes, yes." C#m I slip them the digits to papa prince paul N.C. So I don't go awol but yet I know when they call, They get Chorus-Mase Dm D Hey how ya doing D Sorry ya can't get through D Why don't you leave your name G And your number D# D And I'll get back to you Dm D Hey how are ya doin D Sorry you can't get through G Why don't you leave your name and your number N.C. And I'll get back to you N.C. Check it out Em C Name and number, and number, A And number, and number Verse-Mase A# Gm Party at the dug-out on Diction ave D A Haven't been to the jam in quite a while C Figure I'll catch up on the latest styles D 'stead piles and piles of demo tapes bi-da miles Bm D All I wanna do is cut on the decks wild D But edition up here bi-da miles to the center D Reliever of duty, plug one mosies in N.C. And I be like, "yo g, Pos does all the producing" Verse-Pos D Now woe is me to the third degree G# C Mase pulls the funny so I make like a bunny D Jettin' D But I'm getting used to this demo abuse A Am C Getting raped and giving birth to a tape D Cause there's no escape from the clutches of a hawker G# G Attached to my success, sent like a stalker Bm E Make way to my radius playin fly guy A D Try to get on my back they force like luke sky E Dm C Me myself and I go through this act daily D And rarely do I not Em A No matter how I dodge some jackal always nails me D No matter what the plot Bm And even out on tour they be like, A C A "yo I got a tape to play you back at the hotel" C D I be like "oh swell" G# Unveil the numeric code to dial my room N.C. And tell them to call me at noon A# Em G But of course there's no answering machine in my room C# But a pretty young adorer D Who I swung on tour A And if it rings while we're alone E She'll answer the phone E And with the quickness she'll recite like a poem Hook-Dove C D "hey, you done did the right thing, dial up my ring ring C Now you're waiting on the beep. D Say, I would love if you'd sing Em Dm The tune to tru instead of fronting on the speak. " G E So no problemo, just play your demo A And at the end it's break out time D G# Please oh please don't press rewind N.C. Cause I'll just lay it down the line Chorus-Dove A# Hey how ya doing E Em Sorry ya can't get through G Why don't you leave your name and your number D And I'll get back to you Chorus-Pos Em D Hey how ya doing A Sorry ya can't get through D G Why don't you leave your name and your number G And we'll get back to you.