Album Cover Tread Water

Tread Water

De La Soul

5

DOVE:

I was walking on the water when I saw a crocodile

He had daisies in his hat so I stopped him for a while

He delivered me a message a massage to soothe my stage

What it was was more then plug up dosage

More than DAISY age

Conversation drew a rule

Which the crowd will roar by millions

Mr. Crocodile said 'Dove you must look

For now the villains try to hold you underwater

But one thing we all must heed

Sony Walkmans keep us walking

De La Soul can help you breathe when you tread water'

As I walked along my journey,

I thought 'What have I just learned?'

In a flash I saw commotion

There was movement in these ferns

Silently the silence came, was it the end of my world?

I shouted out in fear, 'Who's there?'

'It's me,' said Mr. Squirrel

'I've searched for you all over, now you're found,

No time to waste. We must find the Preacher Man,

We must find the P.A. Mase. All my population's dying,

And we're all in tune to doom.

Like the Daisy, I need water

I need chesnuts to consume.'

'Mr. Squirrel,' I said, 'I'm sorry,

But the problem can't be solved

If there's no one here to help, and no one to get involved

Always look to the positive and never drop your head

For the water will engulf us if we do not dare to tread

So let's tread water'

POS:

Now one weary day I woke, my alarm said 'Plug time's up'

Filled my bath up with the water, gargled with my gargle cup

As I bathed I felt a presence, and I'm sort of ticklish

I looked down and then around and I heard,

'Hi! I'm Mr Fish. How do you do? As for me,

I'm in tip-top shape today, cause my water's clean