Yo, thanks for picking me up, I've been trying to catch a cab   Where are you going? Where are you going?   Yo, I'm going uptown to the pubs   I'm sorry, I can't go there, I'm sorry, to the Bronx, to the 835   No, no, no, no, no, I'm sorry, I cannot go   Why not, all you gotta do is jump on the Westside Highway   No, no, no, my my meter is broken   [Incomprehensible]   No, no, no, no, no, it's running to fast, my meter is running too fast      I'll pay, what ever it says, I'll pay you   No, no, no I, I don't want to cheat you, I don't want to cheat you   Huh? I don't want to cheat you   You don't want to cheat me? It's all right, it's all right   No, no, no, no, my battery is weak   Take me, take me   We might not make it, my battery's weak   Yo, check this out, no, no, no      Take me uptown, take me   I'm sorry I cannot go   Why not?   I'm sorry, um, um, look what time it is, it is so late   I'm   I'm off now   So, yo, yo   No, no, no      Yo, take me motherfuckin' uptown   No. I'm sorry I can not go   Yo check this out   I'm sorry I have to go home now   Why?   I'm tired, ah, I'm tired   Yo, yo you stupid mother fucker, take me home   No I can't go      Take me home   No, no it's not like that   Why?   I will take you home, I usually could but I can't   Why won't you take me home?   Ah, ah, it's so late, my wife is waiting for me