[00:00:00] It Doesn't Matter - Wyclef Jean [00:00:00] Written by:Wyclef Jean [00:00:00] Yo this is the rock kicking it with the refugee camp [00:00:03] And you're about to smell what the rock is cooking [00:00:07] Yo this is strictly a club record [00:00:09] Dedicated to everybody who used to stand outside in the cold [00:00:12] When the F L E X was spinning at the red zone hooded down [00:00:17] And these tired bouncers would not let me in [00:00:19] You know what I'm saying [00:00:20] Yo yo yo [00:00:22] I got fifty Beasley's in the west indies [00:00:24] It doesn't matter [00:00:26] I got a pocket full of cheese and a garden full of trees [00:00:29] It doesn't matter [00:00:30] I just won the bingo bought a crib in Rio [00:00:33] It doesn't matter [00:00:34] Cause if you ain't sharing people ain't caring [00:00:37] Come up in the hood and they take everything you wearing [00:00:39] Back in the days it was all about the clubs [00:00:41] And the so called thugs used to dance the break for love [00:00:43] The girls they wouldn't say hey [00:00:45] Unless you bought them champagne like it was they birthday [00:00:47] Me I used to stand outside [00:00:49] Hustling my way in I'm on the guest list plus five [00:00:51] Who's performing tonight he said shabba [00:00:53] Mister lover daddy he be the selector [00:00:55] Someone jump the rock's up in here [00:00:57] Disrespect emcees and catch a smack in your left ear [00:01:00] Light up like Vegas when it's time to gamble [00:01:02] Girls scream for me like I was part of the Beatles [00:01:04] But I'm not honey but I could be your Paul McCartney [00:01:06] And ebony or ivory into my Jacuzzi [00:01:08] Foundation like cool her or DJ red alert goes berserk [00:01:10] The needle ain't skip the record jerked [00:01:12] Cause y'all jumping too hard [00:01:13] Hey hey hey hey hey [00:01:16] I got fifty Beasley's in the west indies [00:01:19] It doesn't matter [00:01:20] I got a pocket full of cheese and a garden full of trees [00:01:23] It doesn't matter [00:01:24] What I just won the bingo bought a crib in Rio [00:01:27] It doesn't matter [00:01:28] Yo because if you ain't sharing people ain't caring [00:01:31] Come up in the hood and they take everything you wearing [00:01:33] Yo rock I just bought a fresh Bentley [00:01:35] It doesn't matter you just bought a fresh Bentley [00:01:38] How many of y'all ever been to a barbecue [00:01:40] And you always got an aunt or uncle [00:01:42] Wanna show you how the old dances go [00:01:43] And they start it off like this [00:01:45] Electric slide on the dance floor [00:01:48] Freaky deary like studio 54 [00:01:50] Girls until the IRS raids it [00:01:52] Drug money get converted into music [00:01:54] The d**e man becomes an entertainer [00:01:56] Leave that crack alone I told the customers [00:01:58] I'm into bigger and better things Mr fiend [00:02:00] You want a hit give me a guitar and a drum machine [00:02:03] And the crowd will scream loud when the bass thump [00:02:04] I can smell it in the air the smell is funk [00:02:07] Excuse me I gotta cough [00:02:08] Girl you in so much ice you could freeze New York [00:02:10] You're man must really love you what does he do for a living [00:02:13] He works on wall street he's only home two nights a week [00:02:15] That's when she said a little too much conversation [00:02:17] Think she want to indulge in lyrical masturbation [00:02:19] So I proceeded with the conversation I said [00:02:21] Can I offer you a glass of Merlot Mrs no name [00:02:23] Let's get it straight huh my name's veronica [00:02:25] She had the a** the size of south America [00:02:27] She said ain't you that kid that sing Guantanamera [00:02:30] Way before Ricky martin sung living la vida loca [00:02:32] What hood you come from [00:02:33] I was raised in Brooklyn but did my studies in Jerusalem [00:02:35] The new Jerusalem yup that's short for new jersey [00:02:38] Checked my watch it was a quarter to three [00:02:40] Slid to her crib when we opened the door [00:02:42] Her man was on the bottle waiting for her with the 44 [00:02:44] Now what it look like it ain't really that