Ships Pass

[Intro]
Yes, y'all!
Reminiscin' on campus
Y'namsayin
(All the guys, grab your girls)
We gon' take it back to Dutch Quad
(All the girls, grab your fellas)
For all my SUNY heads out there
Aight, yo, I'mma stay styled
Check it out
Word...

[Verse 1]
The setting was second semester
Second year, Saturday
Seven O'Clock
SUNY A, I'm livin' on Dutch Quad
Playin' Live 95, trading Charles Smith for Drexler
Ponderin' on who it is I'm tryna get next to
A 5-digit number's passin' into my head
She hit me off last week and lives right downstairs
Turns out she wasn't home, but her roommate was there
To keep from pullin' cards, for now, lets call her roommate Claire
Claire was a transfer student, unanimous dime
Heads were sweatin' her for days, but we was just peeps
Started talkin' 'bout relationships to pass the time
When she asked about her roommate, I ain't get too deep
Then she's talking up a storm of how she hates all men
How the next one she get with gotta start as a friend
How the last one she ex'd out was playin' pretend
How from now on, she's tryna make 'em wait for the skins
I'm sayin "that sounds cool, and that may be!"
She's telling me "for real, yo, it's all mad wack."
"I need a man that I can talk with, 'cause sex ain't shit."
I said "It sounds good, tell your roommate to call me back"

[Hook]
Ships pass
Voyagin' to give and get ass
In the midst of the games played, you best think fast
Whether you're searching for a one-night, or something that last
Killa play your cards right 'cause you will get gassed

[Verse 2]
Steppin 'out of what had to be the hardest midterm of my life
Step up from the lecture center, as I turn to my right
I see my man from way back, he askin' me who won the fight
I said "you asked the wrong kid, me and my books broke night
"But why'd you miss it?"
He's tellin' me about this last-minute invite
From this badass shorty he like
I said "You hit it?"
He said he put his bid in, but when she saw he wasn't bullshittin' she got mad uptight
I said "it bes like that sometimes, the best thing to do is anything but let the power-U power you"
He said "true, but I've been diggin' Claire for a few
And until last night, I had plans to make her my boo
We hit it off from the jump, I never been more sure
I even taught her how to drive in my Ragtop 4
Mustang. I thought of Wu-Tang, my patience endured
But she was steady frontin' harder than the Main Source door
Said she was digging me too
I said "Word? So whats the deal-y?"
She said she needed time and space, I said "Really?"
"Whatever, it's badder and better. But, yo, I gotta go to class
Do your thing, don't sweat her, because you know:"

[Hook]
Ships pass
Voyagin' to give and get ass
In the midst of the games played, you best think fast
Whether you're searching for a one-night, or something that last
Killa play your cards right 'cause you will get gassed
Ships pass
Voyagin' to give and get ass
In the midst of the boo' calls, you best think fast
Whether you're searching for a one-night, or something that last
Killa play your cards right 'cause you will get gassed

[Verse 3]
Comin' home from intramurals and we just got scraped
Takin' my mind off the loss with this D.L. tape
I turned it down as I ran into my man Big Nate
I said "Why you walkin' to Dutch, don't you live on State?"
He said "That's kind of why I stopped you, yo, I need a solid. I'm hoping that you got some extra hats in your wallet."
I said "Maybe at the crib I got a couple to spare."
He said "Good lookin', yo, I'm 'bout to see this chick named Claire!"
I said "I heard she be frontin'."
But Nate was like "Nah, she's a freak
I've only known her for a couple of weeks
But I bone her every other day, and, bro, I got a feeling that
I'm not the only brother for whom the bed squeaks
And that's fine with me, that one-love shit is dead, but son, I seen your picture by her roommate's bed!"
I said "Yeah, we be doin' our thing, but I don't know if it'll last"
When he asked why's that, I said, you know:

[Hook]
Ships pass
Voyagin' to give and get ass
In the midst of the games played, you best think fast
Whether you're searching for a one-night, or something that last
Killa play your cards right 'cause you will get gassed
Ships pass
Voyagin' to give and get ass
In the midst of the boo'calls, you best think fast
Whether you're searching for a one-night, or something that last
Killa play your cards right 'cause you will get gassed

[Outro]
Ships pass
Voyagin' to give and get ass
In the midst of the games played, the best think fast
Ships pass
Voyagin' to give and get ass
In the midst of the boo' calls, you best think fast
Ships pass
Voyagin' to give and get ass
In the midst of the games played, the best think fast
Whether you're searching for a one-night, or something that lasts
Killa play your cards right 'cause you will get gassed

[x4]
Killa play your cards right 'cause you will get gassed

(You done let me down, 'cause I thought you would be dope.)