Jettin' on down at the speed of sound
My mother left a yard but I needed one more
So we left Brooklyn an' we made big tracks
We got gas an' went on to get grub
Where were you goin'? [Incomprehensible]
He said a mile south, there's a fast food station
Shaheed had me covered with a hundred greenbacks
It was a nice little pub in the middle of nowhere
I gotta get it, I got, got to get it
Ali said, "Damn, Tip, what did you drive so far for?"
Left my wallet in El Segundo
Took the Dodge Dart, a '74
Three days comin' an' three more goin'
I had to roam, so I picked up the phone
Just then a figure had caught my eye
Told him I pick him up so we could drive around
He said, "All right, Tip, see you tomorrow"
What do you know, my wallet, I forget
C'mon let's go, c'mon let's go, c'mon let's go
She made a big mistake by leavin' me home
Yeah, I left my wallet in El Segundo
Had my jimmy hats, I got to get it man
Left my wallet in El Segundo
She was a waitress there
490 Madison, "We're here, Sha"
Anyway a gas station we passed
What's your name? Q Tip
I checked for keys an' started to step
The heat got hotter, Ali starts to curse me
Left my wallet in El Segundo
I pulled over to ask where we was at
Put the wallet down an' stared an' stared
I left my wallet in El Segundo
Had no destination, we was on a quest
I gotta get it, I got, got to get it
I gotta get it, I got, got to get it
Her an' some friends on a ocean liner ship
Of Shaheed, "We gotta go back"
Left my wallet in El Segundo
I had a hunch
Hands go in my pocket, I can't speak
The sun had just risen on a dusty path
Thinkin' about the past week, the last week
Left my wallet in El Segundo
Thanks, senor, as I started the motor
Breakin' on out, we was Northeast bound
Anywhere would have been better
When we finished we thought for ways to get back
Drove down the road for two days an' a half
Well describe to me what the wallet looks like
"El Segundo," he said, "My name is Pedro
Drove down the Belt, got on the Conduit
A man with a sombrero who was four feet high
If you need directions, I'll tell you pronto"
So I did it, pulled out the wallet
Needed civilization, some sort of reservation
Yo, it was a brown wallet, it had props numbers
Chit chit chatter, car starts to scatter
Ali laid in the back so he can get rest
We get back an' there was no slack
Left my wallet in El Segundo
'Cause I left my wallet in El Segundo"
An' I saw this wicked beautiful lady
Ali had the fruit punch
Lord, have mercy
Left my wallet in El Segundo
Left my wallet in El Segundo
His index finger, he tipped up his hat
My mother went away for a month long trip
To put me back into reality, here's Shaheed
I ordered enchiladas an' I ate 'em
Dialed Ali up to see what was goin' down
"Yo, Tip, man, you got what you need?"
Ali said, "Pay for lunch"
When he said, "Why?", I said, "We gotta go
Came to a toll, we paid an' went through it
Left my wallet in El Segundo
I fell bad but he make me feel badder
Hopped in the car an' torpe'ed to the shack
Left my wallet in El Segundo
