[Verse 1: sharp rapid-fire female MC, clipped and quick over the tamborzao] Every mornin', nine o'clock, I hear you rattlin' from the corner Chain-link shakin', slobber flyin', like I crossed a foreign border I ain't even on your grass, I'm on the sidewalk with a sack You throw all your weight against the fence and then you bounce right back Got a package for the Hendersons, a package for the Reyes Got a package for the lady with the forty potted daisies Then I hop back in the truck and roll, the tires spittin' gravel And you prance around the yard like you just won a little battle Tail up, chest out, howlin' to the whole street, "Look at that" Bless your heart, I didn't run, baby, I was comin' back [Hook: sharp rapid-fire female MC, the tamborzao slamming] You a fence dog, fence dog, barkin' at the truck all mornin' Every time I roll away, you swear you ran me off the block You keep tellin' all the neighbors that I'm droppin' off Yeah, I'm droppin' off at every door, and every door unlocks [Verse 2: faster, the kick doubling under her] Monday you was howlin', "That's mail-order music, ain't no soul" Tuesday you was diggin' at the gate like you could tunnel through a hole Wednesday got the whole street in it, Cocoa, Duke and little Pepper Three dogs in a row behind three fences, barkin' at a letter You ain't caught me, you ain't stopped me, you ain't even read the label Every box has got a name on it, and every name is at the table And your own man's on my route, I got his signature on file He plays me in the garage while you're asleep out on the tile [Hook: full band] You a fence dog, fence dog, barkin' at the truck all mornin' Every time I roll away, you swear you ran me off the block You keep tellin' all the neighbors that I'm droppin' off Yeah, I'm droppin' off at every door, and every door unlocks [Verse 3: sharp rapid-fire female MC, she quotes his gripes word for word and answers each one in the same bar] "It ain't real," but you can hold it, it's got weight, it's got a stamp "It ain't earned," I walked your block a thousand times through snow and damp "Nobody wants it," then explain the porch lights burnin' after nine "It'll fade," it's been a year, and every porch is still in line "It's a box," then why's the whole of Maple Street out dancin' in the lane "She's a passin' thing," I passed your house in sun and snow and rain "She's droppin' off," well, finally, baby, you got one thing right I been droppin' off from Maple to the river every night Every porch, every stoop, every mailbox on the bend And the only door I skip is yours, so you can bark it to your friends [Hook: the whole band slamming] You a fence dog, fence dog, barkin' at the truck all mornin' Every time I roll away, you swear you ran me off the block You keep tellin' all the neighbors that I'm droppin' off Yeah, I'm droppin' off at every door, and every door unlocks [End]
