Album: Great Adventures Of Slick Rick

Mona Lisa


[Ricky Walters]
Ladies, and gentlemen... and lowlifes
It is with outstanding pleasure
that we are here to present tonight...
Slick Rick, the Ruler! And MC Ricky D!!
Doing their smash hit, ";Mona Lisa,";
you know, like the picture?
Anyway, I'd like to take this time out
to bow before his divine majesty

[Ricky] Oh your majesty...
[Slick] Hmm?
[Ricky] Can I kiss your hand?
[Slick] Mm-hmm
[Ricky] (kisses his hand loudly)
[Slick] Enough!
[Ricky] Come your highness.. they await you..

[Slick Rick]
Well, it was one of those days -- not much to do
I was chillin downtown, with my old school crew
I went into a store -- to buy a slice of pizza
And bumped into a girl, her name was Mona -- what?
Mona Lisa (what?) *singing* Mona Lisa, so men made you..
YouknowhatI'msayin? So I said, ";Excuse me, dear
my gosh, you look nice!
Put away your money
I'll buy that slice!";
She said, ";Thanks - I'd rather a slice of you
I'm just kidding, but that's awfully nice of you";
The compliment showed she had a mind in her
And when I smiled (PING!) I almost blinded her
She said, ";Great Scott! Are you a thief?
Seems like you have a mouth full of gold teeth";
Ha-ha, hah! Had to find that funny
So I said, ";No child, I work hard for the money
And calling me a thief? Please! Don't even try it (Right!)
Sit down eat your slice of pizza, and be quiet";
She almost got cut short -- you know, scissors
She tried to disrespect WHO?! The Grand Wizard
Me! ";Well what's your name, son?";
";MC Ricky D,"; but not to be so harsh I said to Mona Li-hee
";I'm.. sorry and I know that's low class (uhh, yeah)
Please sit, and tell me a little about your past";
She said, ";Well I got courage, and I don't like porridge (uh-huh)
I've never been to college, but I've got crazy knowledge (uh-huh)
Over eighteen and my eyes are green (uh-huh)
I wear more gold than that man on A-Team (uh-huh, uh-huh)
Trim, slim, (yeah) and I'm also light skinned
Best believe Mona's a virgin";
A virgin?! Honey needed a slap
She tried to tell me she's a virgin -- with her yea wide gap
I said, ";It don't matter, see, I'm not picky (word)
Let me spell my name out for you, it's Ricky:
R -- Ravishing
I -- Impress
C -- Courageous; so careless
K -- for the Kangols which I've got
that I wear everyday and
Y -- why not?
To fight's not right that I recite and I'm..
quite polite like Walter Cronkite";
Well, just about then, Trevor my friend came in
He said, ";Hey Rick, don't you know playin with these snakes is a sin?!?";
He grabbed me by my shirt and pulled me right out the store
He said, ";I don't want to see you playin with these lowlifes no more!
Now come along, we have a party to attend
With some real mature women and some more of her friends";
He hailed down a cab and he waited for a minute
And as the cab came, he thrusted me in it!
And as we were leavin and drivin along
I could hear a melody as Mona sang a song

(excerpt from ";Walk On By"; [D. Warwick])
";If you see me walking down the street
And I start to cry.. each time we meet..
Walk on by.. walk on by..
Foolish pride
That's all that I have left, so, let me hide
The pain and the hurt that you gave me
When you said goodbye..
You walked on by..";