| Would have been fish | 
| Would have been meat | 
| Would have been eggs | 
| Would have been greens | 
| Would have been milk | 
| Would have been fruit | 
| Would have been vegetables | 
| Would have been soup | 
| I would have been good for you | 
| You are like a box | 
| Full of everything we’re not | 
| I’m tired of putting my stuff inside | 
| Trust, my love, my hair, my shoes | 
| You are like a square | 
| Full of the words that’s in the air | 
| I’ve got a mouth full of questions, baby | 
| You’ve got a box empty with my answers | 
| Maybe we can go to the store | 
| And buy your ass a clue | 
| I heard they’ve got some honesty on sale (maybe we can buy him two) | 
| I heard your momma sewed your buttons on till you were twenty-two | 
| And your sister washed your laundry (I think it’s time I did laundry, too) | 
| Beans, meats, greens, peas, milk, fruit, eggs, you | 
| You, you, eggs, you, you, you, you | 
| You are like a loop (what?) | 
| You are like a loop (what?) | 
| You are like ah'. | 
| you are like ah' | 
| You are like a loop | 
| You are like a loop | 
| I feel like I’m going 'round and 'round with you | 
| I feel like the O’s inside my soup | 
| And don’t nobody get full off of eating no soup | 
| I’ve got a mouth full of questions, baby | 
| You’ve got a box empty with my answers | 
| Beans, meats, greens, peas, milk, fruit, eggs, you | 
| You, you, eggs, you, you, you, you | 
| Maybe we can go to the mall | 
| Skate, skate down the hall and cruise | 
| Or do you need permission from your momma | 
| I think I need permission, too | 
| You are like a shoe | 
| Keeping me from doin' what I gotta' to do | 
| You’re cheap and tearing at the base | 
| Ain’t worth for all the time that you had to make | 
| I’ve got a mouth full of questions, baby | 
| You’ve got a box empty with my answers | 
| Beans, meats, greens, peas, milk, fruit, eggs, you | 
| You, you, eggs, you, you, you, you | 
| Maybe we can go to the store | 
| Hop, hop on the month of June | 
| Or maybe we can go to a movie | 
| Matinee in a Jacuzzi | 
| I promise I’ll have you home real soon | 
| Is there a curfew for your class? | 
| A harpist for your past? | 
| You’re expecting me to choose | 
| Miles away from momma’s place | 
| And I can’t be a brothers | 
| Cause ain’t nobody going to love you like me | 
| What you’re blind boy, can’t you see? | 
| I would have been your meats, your beans | 
| Would have been your greens, your peas | 
| Would have been your apple seeds | 
| Would have been your greens and peas | 
| Apple vines and leaves | 
| Anything you need me to be | 
| I will be for you | 
| And baby it’s true | 
| Beans, meats, greens, peas, milk, fruit, eggs, you | 
| You, you, eggs, you, you, you, you, you | 
| Beans, meats, greens, peas, milk, fruit, eggs | 
| You, you, you, you |