From the top, middle, bottom, to the city projects

Theres a rarified entity the people call Respect

I hear its hard to come by

Namely from the folks with their noses in the sky

Lay back, I advise

At the end of the day all the cream will always rise

Intellectualize

But baby when you do please look me in the eyes

I politely refuse another feeble excuse about why you cant,

when you cant,

how you cant

with me

Fabrication, alteration, hyperinflation of the ego

Its a sad situation

Please check your pride at the door

Thats what the hanger in the corridors for

Chorus

Well I dont know

What you got against me

If you dont like it you can always turn the other way

I hear a lotta talkin

But I dont think Ive ever seen you walkin

So just walk on by

Just walk on by

Just walk on by

Just in case you havent noticed

Ive got a mouth that doesnt stop and a chip on my shoulder

I simply lack the inhibition to muzzle my opinion when it fits so well into a song

Hey, maybe Im right

Maybe Im wrong

Turn it off or sing along

I never knew the kind of wrath I could accrue

By speaking my mind and refusing to be used

Get up, sit down, walk around, get a job, make your daddy proud

With room to grow and room to fall

Theres room to be short without ever being small

Chorus

Well I dont know

What you got against me baby

If you dont like it you can always turn the other way

I hear a lotta talkin

But I dont think Ive ever seen you walkin

So just walk on by

Just walk on by

Just walk on by