A Dog Is A Dog lyrics

Song information

Artist: Dj Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince
Album: Homebase

Lyrics

"You ain't nothin' but a dog!"
"You ain't nothin' but a dog!"
"You ain't nothin' but a dog!"
"You ain't nothin' but a dog!"

Now, I don't know what it is
But I've had this problem since I was a lil' kid:
Girls be drawn to me
You might be asking yourself 'how big a problem could that be?"
Check this out, how big this is, y'all
Being this f-l-y got pit-falls
Cause I got it rough
Cause one girl for me ain't never been enough
And it seems women can't handle when your paintbrush is for more than one canvas
But I gotta keep paintin' on
Like piccasso, going 'till the break o' dawn
Now the way I play, the things I say
Ain't never been a lie, cause I ain't that type a guy
And that's why I get totally appauled
When females say that I ain't nothin' but a dog..

A dog, a dog, a dog, a dog
"You ain't nothin' but a dog!"
A dog, a dog, a dog, a dog
"You ain't nothin' but a dog!"

Back in highschool, there was a girl named tracy
Used to do her best to try an' disgrace me
She tried to destroy the fp
Told all her friends I was was a d-o-g
But yo, I swear it was a mis-understandin'
But she seem to think that I planned it
She had this friend named evette
That wanted to double-date
Cause she was likin' jeff
But I showed up alone
Told 'em that jeff was sick at home
I said 'i tried to call you
But we can still double date, me plus y'all two!'
She didn't get what the joke was all about
And she smacked the taste out my mouth
With a huff and a puff she walked off
And then tracy said 'he ain't nothing but a dog...'

A dog, a dog, a dog, a dog
"You ain't nothin' but a dog!"
A dog, a dog, a dog, a dog
"You ain't nothin' but a dog!"

God damnit, I ain't no dog
And that's one'a them things I refuse to be called
Cause that lable just ain't fair, yo
Look, I'm a prince, I'm supposed to have a harum
Well of course I like you, but I like her, too
And I like that other girl too
What do you mean I'm just like you mother singuhs?
Look, I don't see any rings on these fingers!
I ain't ready to settle down quite yet
I wanna carve my name wit' a knife-set
I want a shoe-box fulla love notes
I want my phone to ring 'til it's broke
I wanna dance in france and in italy
And girls in egypt only thinkin' of me
I wanna be in a mix, that's all
But I guess to you I ain't nothing but a dog..

A dog, a dog, a dog, a dog
"You ain't nothin' but a dog!"
A dog, a dog, a dog, a dog
"You ain't nothin' but a dog!"

Yo baby, can I rap to you for a second?
Yo, I just wanna talk!
I wanna know: why I gotta be the dog?
Why 'd-o-g' gotta refer to me?
Look, baby I'm 21 years old
You know, I'm making a little bit a money
I'm just tryin' to see the world
Have a little fun, you know?
And yes, I have a lot of 'friends,' well, associates
I like to think of them as 'creative date associates'
I mean, evette is my associate, dawn is my associate
I mean, I'm just trying to enjoy myself
But you keep callin' me a dog
Oh, I'm a dog? (dog!) I'm a dog, right?
Well, umm, ok: ruff! ruff!

"Ain't nothin' but a dog"

*Constant growling in background*

"Ain't nothin' but a dog"
A dog, a dog, a dog, a dog
"Ain't nothin' but a dog"
A dog, a dog, a dog, a dog
"Ain't nothin' but a dog"
A dog, a dog, a dog, a dog
"Ain't nothin' but a dog"
A dog, a dog, a dog, a dog
"Ain't nothin' but a dog"
A dog, a dog, a dog, a dog
"Ain't nothin' but a dog"
A dog, a dog, a dog, a dog
"Ain't nothin' but a dog"
A dog, a dog, a dog, a dog
"Ain't nothin' but a dog"
A dog, a dog, a dog, a dog
"Ain't nothin' but a dog"

*Fade out*