[Verse 1: New Orleans bounce-chant male MC, hard and rapid over a chopped bounce beat] I was struck on Esplanade inside the old brick Mint Got an O stamped on my back, that's a mark, that ain't a hint I'm a silver dollar, wodie, I'm the heaviest in the pot Every hand I ever passed through held me tighter than it ought I been in a sailor's pocket, been the offering on a plate Been a bet on Rampart Street, been the tooth fairy's trade Every time somebody spent me, I came right back around 'Cause a dollar like me don't stay spent, I don't stay in the ground [Hook: New Orleans bounce-chant male MC, full bounce beat, claps, sub bass] Mint condition, wodie, straight off Esplanade Got an O on my back from the day I was made I'm worth a mint, I'm mint, I'm minted, I don't fade Where y'at, where y'at, I'm still shinin' in the shade [Verse 2: New Orleans bounce-chant male MC, faster, claps snapping] Now the collectors come around with the loupe up to their eye And the gloves and little tweezers, and they mutter, oh my, my They say look at that luster, look at that rim Hundred years in circulation and there's hardly a scratch on him They put me in a plastic case, they put a number on my face They say bring him to the auction, he's the best one in the place Everybody wants to hold me, nobody wants to spend 'Cause I'm worth more as a dollar that you keep than one you lend Where y'at, they hold me to the light like a jeweler with a stone Every hand in the room wants to take this dollar home [Verse 3: New Orleans bounce-chant male MC, off-center strike, the beat lands a step to the right for one bar, then snaps back with the full band] Then the old man at the auction turns me over in his hand Says hold up, look at the O, it's off the edge, you understand When they struck him at the Mint the die came down a little wide Half the eagle's off the rim and there's a crescent on the side Every other dollar from that press, they're worth about a buck But the one the press got wrong is worth a house and a truck So you call me mint condition, wodie, call me flawless if you want I'm worth a mint because the Mint got me wrong, and I flaunt [Hook: New Orleans bounce-chant male MC, full bounce beat, claps, sub bass] Mint condition, wodie, straight off Esplanade Got an O on my back from the day I was made I'm worth a mint, I'm mint, I'm minted, I don't fade Where y'at, where y'at, I'm still shinin' in the shade [End]
