| No one raps anymore like they did in 1998, when a song went to number 24 on the
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| billboard chart list
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| Still Not A Player was the title, and Big Punisher was the artist
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| I’m not sure if you remember it much or not
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| But if you know the chorus, show me what’cha got
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| «I don’t wanna be a player no more»
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| «I'm not a player I just crush a lot»
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| Now, half way through the song’s duration, Pun and a woman have a conversation,
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| he says to her
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| «I can go downstairs, little brown hairs everywhere»
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| Ya know, grooming standards were different in the nineties
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| But she says, «you nasty»
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| And his reply you ask me?
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| Well, he says, «Ouncare,» not I don’t care, but a rhyme for downstairs and
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| brown hairs
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| Ouncare
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| Which doesn’t really work
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| Ouncare
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| I mean, «oun» is not a word
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| Ouncare
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| It’s like you can’t take the words «I don’t» and rhyme them with brown and down
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| Ouncare
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| That defies all conventions
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| Ouncare
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| It’s downright unorthodox
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| Ouncare
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| Big Pun, you’re not afraid to break the rules, and frankly, I’m inspired
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| Galileo said we orbit the sun, not the reverse |
| David killed Goliath despite his height and girth
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| Columbus said the earth wasn’t flat, but round
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| And my man Big Pun wrote a rap with oun
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| See, they defied the conventional wisdom, each had a conviction many would say
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| is dumb
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| But they didn’t care, and Pun showed he didn’t care by pronouncing
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| «I don’t care» uncaringly, ouncare
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| See, it’s a mini manifesto for saying «yes»
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| When the rest of the world says «no»
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| It’s like don’t let the bastards get you down
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| Believe in yourself and think on your oun
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| And, if you think the reason Pun fudged it is 'cause he couldn’t rhyme it,
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| then you misjudged it
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| There’s a million easy ways to finish that couplet, and here’s just a few I
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| came up with
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| He could’ve said, «I can go downstairs, little brown hairs everywhere,
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| how 'bout oral sex, does that sound fair?»
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| Or, «downstairs, little brown hairs everywhere, I got my face up in your lounge
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| wear!»
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| Or, «downstairs, little brown hairs everywhere, wet and fuzzy like a drowned
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| bear!»
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| Or, «downstairs, little brown hairs everywhere, open in the middle like a town |
| square»
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| The point is, shoot for the moon
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| Soar like you’re a balloon
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| Go ape, you baboon
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| Break the cocoon
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| I know Pun doesn’t care, now show me that youn
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| Everybody say «ouncare»
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| Your goals are unrealistic
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| Ouncare
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| There are lots of really good reasons why you can’t accomplish what you want
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| Ouncare
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| You won’t get that promotion
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| Ouncare
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| You won’t earn that degree
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| Ouncare
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| You’re not as young as you used to be
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| Ouncare
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| The person you like is outta your league
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| Ouncare
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| Albert Einstein, you didn’t talk 'till the age of four, man
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| You can’t be a scientist!
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| Ouncare
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| Michael Jordan, you were cut from your high school ball team, you can’t play NBA
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| Ouncare
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| Zach Sherwin, you can’t write a rap song about one obscure lyric from another
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| rap song that wasn’t even that famous in the nineties, and expect it to become
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| a number one hit record
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| Ouncaaaaaaaaaare!
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| Ouncare |