A hero is a sandwich, and a Manwich is a meal
A marriage is a paper; are they fakin' or for real?
Nine lyrics, no interviews, from Otha Fish (three lines), Runnin' and Drop (two each), Passin' Me By and Ya Mama. Wisdom leads on 5 lines, with wit and love on 4 each. These are rhymed observations rather than boasts: a hero is a sandwich and a marriage is paper, a twinkle in the eye is only a twinkle, and you can't "depend on friends to help you" in a squeeze. The jokes and the doubts come from the same place.
I guess a twinkle in her eye is just a twinkle in her eye
Can't depend on friends to help you in a squeeze
Please, they got problems of they own
'Cause niggas done sold their souls, and now their souls is hollow
Tear after tear, in the puppet man's hands
Every time you take a stance you do the puppet man's dance
Didn't have an umbrella, now I'm soaked in stormy weather
Whether two birds of a feather fly or fall it'll be together
There comes a time in every man's life
When he's gotta handle shit up on his own
Your mama got snakeskin teeth