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 ch*** **? 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 mother***kin' 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 ***ker, 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