for one price for one price for one price in the whole history of man in the whole history of man in the whole history of man all the people on this earth are joined by i don t need your sympathy your misery is drivin me insane you got your hands out but i refrain from givin you a pound you bloody hound you better take heed to cause i don t need you to hang around now you wasn t cool ever since back when i got jumped you played the punk and ran a sprint see one of us is trippin but i was just concerned at the time i lost my wallet and you found it stole my money then returned it you used to claim in front of people we were next of kin i never knew that you were sleepin with my girlfriend and if i did i would ve bashed you maybe thrashed you i never asked you homie tell me is it true because i knew you were up to no good spreadin rumours on me in the neighbourhood yeah so let me bring this to my point we ain t friends we ain t homies and we never shared a joint so you ain t down i don t need your sympathy your simple case of misery has caused me pain yeah you ain t down i don t need your misery cause mamma said what goes around comes back again i remember girls in college who was never ever among these beautiful women was my favourite name venetta pain love and agony she s all of the above i keep thinkin to myself oh i don t wanna fall in love but oh venetta i read your letter and it gets better as i read on down the lines but in my mind i cannot find out why you wanna diss me getting me to fall in love with you and just to say you can t be with me you re messin with my head and although it seems your heart is darker than the night so i m prepared to use my high beams you had me doin things silly things sharin with you my feelings and in the meantime you was killin me softly hey women get off me you know you lost me hey that s what you get for actin flossy you caused me to open up my eyes and look around i see that we ain t friends we ain t lovers we ain t homies baby you ain t down  i don t need your sympathy your simple case of misery has caused me pain yeah you ain t down i don t need your misery cause mamma said what goes around comes back again i don t need your sympathy your simple case of misery has caused me pain yeah you ain t down i don t need your misery cause mamma said what goes around comes back again this is dedicated to the kids who ain t crew you ain t never been down so homie ain t no pounds for you you ll never know me so don t you try to show me we can be friends you can now but somehow you did back then just to be down with me you don t need a change of heart just change your life and your identity cause everybody s on my jock tryin to flag me down when i come around the block it s all the same the only thing that s changed is you used to call me puff but now you call me by name you and your friends get no love sympathy or pain if i gave you the chance then you would diss me again is it fortune and fame that you persist to be around i don t wanna see a smile i don t wanna see a frown so now you know that s how it was and that s how it is by the way stay out of my biz cause homie you ain t down i don t need your sympathy your simple case of misery has caused me pain yeah you ain t down i don t need your misery cause mamma said what goes around comes back again i don t need your sympathy your simple case of misery has caused me pain yeah you ain t down i don t need your misery cause mamma said what goes around comes back again 