[Homeboy Sandman: Verse 1] The carpenter Sand to the rescue, hipper than ha-choo then bless you I'll be in the lab dude, my respect due I should get a tattoo With a test tube monkey that's a baboon That's my nephew, funkier than the bathroom That's the rest room Way more than the back room With the guess whos I'll be on the avenue Making chess moves Don't be gettin' fretful, times I get forgetful, reppin' for the fresh few, whippin' up the fresh food Beard like Moses k icki it with the opposition to the posers Planes be going 'neeeow' pa**ing over each and every foe, wake up and smell the Folgers I don't wanna hear how it won't work, that just means the whole earth hasn't done their homework Early on I veered, then I soul-searched, dug deep like a gopher, figured I should go first, reason why I don't curse, reason why I'm sober, reason I feel younger, even though I'm older Open your eyes and keep them on me The Carpenter [Homeboy Sandman: Verse 2] Shot gunning for the leg room End all of my fortune cookies "in the bedroom" Type of cat that always Repping in the rec room Paparazzi Boy Sand Rampant in they red room As soon as I check one ‘Fore I even check two You ain't gotta say it once Everybody guess who I be puttin' checks up Even when the rent's due Ain't nobody next up Ain't nobody next to Moment that I enter Recognize the emperor So I be getting' extra Places like Bethesda [Verse 3] People see the homeboy, and they be like oh snap And they be like oh boy Shout to Japanese Cats Chilling, watching Oldboy People in New Orleans Chilling eating po'boys Just because I'm pro-life Don't mean I ain't pro-choice Reading Dostoevsky don't mean I read Tolstoy Used to be had no voice You can see that's null and void Nas is like "I Am" I'mma be like "Yo Soy" Now I'm making big noise Playing with the big boys I don't mean the Big Noids B, I mean the Sig Freuds [Bridge] The sun gon' rise, open your eyes and keep em on me The sun gon' rise, open your eyes and keep em on me The sun gon' rise open your eyes they keep up on me Indeed, Ben Boogz, and Deep, and homey The Carpenter [Verse 4] I'm never gonna slow, I'm never gonna stall I'm never gonna cease, I'm never gonna cheat I'm never gonna cheapen, never gonna eat I'm never gonna sleep, never gonna sell out Never gonna lease more than ever in the streets I'm never gonna leave, cats claim that they believe Then never take a leap, you won't never be relieved You don't never take a leak, My level is elite Times in another league Times the anomoly Warn the diabolique Cast blabber on the mic, cats gather on the right I'd rather make a left, I ain't frightened of the lighst I ain't tryin to be polite, I'm fighting for my life I'm fighting to the d**h, I'm down to pay the price Ain't no roll of the dice Only one way to dive in, take it to the depths, don't mind if money's tight I'm done with wearing ties I'm running out of time, not running out of breath Next thing you know presto, all up in the press, oh yeah you wanna bet Make sure to stay abreast The carpenter