[Verse 1: Big-voiced go-go male MC, go-go call-out bars, swinging pocket drums] Two summers back on a Tuesday in June Cat up a pole crying like a cartoon Whole block standing and nobody would climb So I took off my slides and I took my time Up the pole with the grease and the wire and the wind Got the cat by the neck and I brought her back in Fire truck rolled up late and they looked at me crazy Captain shook my hand and said you saved the lady Channel Nine pulled up with a mic and a van Said sir, can you tell us, I said yes I can Forty seconds on the six o'clock news Name on the bottom and my face and my shoes From that day, baby, I been living it large Every room that I walk in, I'm in charge [Hook: Big-voiced go-go male MC, full go-go pocket, cowbell] Six o'clock news, did you see me Forty seconds on your TV Sign your napkin, sign your hat Six o'clock news, I'm the man with the cat [Verse 2: Big-voiced go-go male MC, faster go-go call-out bars, punchy funk bass] Signing napkins at the carryout, wings on the side Waving at the buses like they came for the ride Same shirt from the clip at every cookout Same story every time and I tell it out loud Introduce myself as Rome from the news Barber cut my hair free, said I paid my dues Little kids want a picture, aunties want a hug Mailman calls me hero when he steps on the rug Told it at the cookout, told it at the wake Told it to the dentist with his hand in my face Got the clip as my ringtone, it plays on the phone Got a frame in the hallway of me on my own Two whole summers riding forty seconds clean Every party that I go to, I'm the main thing seen Then the station called my cousin, said we doing part two I put on the shirt and I said I knew [Chant: Big-voiced go-go male MC, go-go band answers each line, cowbell and drums] Who they want, who they want Not Rome, not Rome Who they want, who they want The cat got a home and a show of her own Ninety thousand followers and a little red hat Sponsor on the collar, man, the sequel is the cat Camera on the cat and the cat on a throne And me in the background, forty seconds, alone [Final Hook: Big-voiced go-go male MC, bass walk-up, the bass walks up four steps, go-go raw full voice] Six o'clock news, did you see me Forty seconds on your TV Sign your napkin, sign your hat Six o'clock news, I'm the man with the cat [End]
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