What's On Your Mind

Eric B. & Rakim

I seen her in the subway on my way to Brooklyn



Hello good looking is this seat tooken



On the A train picking at her brain



I couldn't get her number I couldn't get her name



I said I still like your style of fashion



But I hate your hostile 'itty attitude wit a passion



Is it because brothers like to hawk alot



Is it because your sign don't talk alot



She turned away no play I said ok



You don't really look good, I hope you have a bad day



Sat back, relaxed though the ride was tight



I was thinking of the rhymes I wrote last night



Next stop was mine, a familar scene



I was meeting my friend, killer Ben in Ft Green



Where the girls are real, they tell ya how they feel



If you're soft, you're soft, or if you're hard like steel



See i don't bend and I won't rust



And I don't break and I won't bust



Stomped up the street and did I hear a treat?



Hard high heels tappin' on the concrete



I took a peek, it was the girl from the train behind me



Did she live in the area, was she trying to find me?



Hm, I didn't wanna play myself out



I played it off, stopped and I bought a Guiness Stout



Now was she shy, she didn't walk by



She came in the store then she even said hi



Curiosity- at a high velocity



Maybe possibly she had the hots for me



i said if we're playing games then we're gonna play mine



I'm a lay the rules 'cause it ain't much time



If you hide your feelings, and they hard to find,



I wanna know what's on your mind




CHORUS




About a week went by and I called her, "Hello"



I said yo, can I speak to, um, she said no



Hey yo, I know I didn't call, I didn't wanna stress you



Go out my way