she keeps passin me by she keeps passin me by she keeps passin me by she keeps passin me by now in my younger days when i used to sport a shag i would go to school carry lunch in a bag with an apple for my teacher cause i knew i d get a kiss always got mad when the class was dismissed but when it was in session i always had a question i would raise my hand to make her stand come to my desk and help me with my problem for it was never much just a trick to smell her scent or sneak a touch oh how i wish i could hold her hand and give her a hug she was married to the man he was a thug his name was lee he drove a z he d pick her up promptly at 3 o clock but i was on the jock yes indeedy wrote graffiti on the bus i d carve her name then write a plus with my name last on the looking glass i seen her yesterday but still i had to let her pass she keeps passin me by she keeps passin me by she keeps passin me by she keeps passin me by she keeps passin me by she keeps passin me by she keeps passin me by she keeps passin me by now when i dream of fairytales i think of me and shelly cause she s my type of hype and i can t stand when brothers tell me that i should quit chasin and look for something better but the smile that she shows makes me a go getter i haven t gone as far as asking if i could get with her i just play love by ear and hope she gets the picture i m shooting for her heart got my finger on the trigger she could be my broad and i could be her nigga but all i can do was stare back as kids we used to kiss when we played truth or dare now she s more sophisticated highly edu ma cated not at all overrated i think i need a prayer to get in her book and it looks rather dry i guess a twinkle in her eye is just a twinkle in her eye although she s crazy stepping i ll try and stop the stride cause i won t have no more of this passin me by  and i must voice my opinion can t be pretending she didn t have me sprung like a chicken chasing my tail like a doggie she was like a star thinking i was like a fan damn she looked good down side she had a man he was a rooty toot he was a nincompoop she told me soon your little birdie s gonna fly the coop she was a flake like corn and i was born not to understand by letting her pass i proved to be a better man she keeps passin me by she keeps passin me by she keeps passin me by she keeps passin me by she keeps passin me by she keeps passin me by she keeps passin me by she keeps passin me by now there she goes again the dopest ethiopian and now the world around me begins moving in slow motion when ever she happens to walk by why does the apple of my eye overlook and disregard my feelings no matter how much i try wait no i did not really pursue my little princess with persistence and i was so low key that she was unaware of my existence from a distance i desired secretly admired her wired her a letter to get her my dear my dear my dear you do not know me but i know you very well now let me tell you about the feelings i feel for you when i try or make some sort of attempt i simp damn i wish i wasn t such a wimp cause then i would let you know that i love you so and if i was your man then i would be true the only lying i would do is in the bed with you signed sincerely the one who loves you dearly p s love me tender but the letter came back three days later return to sender she keeps passin me by she keeps passin me by she keeps passin me by she keeps passin me by she keeps passin me by she keeps passin me by she keeps passin me by she keeps passin me by she keeps passin me by she keeps passin me by she keeps passin me by she keeps passin me by1