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Rick James
Rick James
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Rick James
Rick James
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Rick James
Rick James
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Lyrics

[Intro]
Say, girl, what's happening, baby?
You know you're sitting on a goldmine
You need to follow me
Uh, you could make lots of money
And of course I could rest and dress and read the funnies
[Verse 1]
Mary chose a pimp, he put her on the street
It was no accident, she was found in a hotel suite
Face down in the floor, lying in her underwear
No one even cried and no one even seemed to care
[Chorus]
That Mary had a pimp
Ooh, yeah
Mary had a P.I.M.P.
I, I, I wanna tell you
Mary had a pimp
Hey, he was a real pimp
Mary had a P.I.M.P
[Verse 2]
And her mama said
"Mary's going crazy
Mary's gone out of her mind
Didn't she know the price she had to pay was high to be a ho?
And didn't she know, she's a pimper's party
She's a pimp's delight?
And now she's gone and
He's still left to carry on, it's so wrong, so wrong"
[Refrain]
P.I.M.P., pimp the simp!
Yeah, yeah, yeah, pimp simping
[Verse 3]
Uh, excuse me, baby, but my name is Don Wonder
And I wonder if I could buy you a drink
'Cause I got something I'd like to run on you
[Verse 4]
Mary chose a pimp
She changed her name and moved out west
All her money went
On his wardrobe and nothing less
She even bought his house
While she lived in the motel room
Her days were spent alone
With the comfort of a silver spoon
[Chorus]
Mary had a pimp
Ooh, yeah
Mary had a P.I.M.P.
I, I, I wanna tell you
Mary had a pimp
She, she had a real pimp
Mary had a P.I.M.P.
[Verse 5]
And her mama said
"Mary's going crazy
Mary's gone out of her mind
Didn't she know the price she had to pay was high to be a ho?
And didn't she know
Mary's going nuts out in the rain
Selling her body for pain
Giving all her money to some chump so he can dress funny?"
[Refrain]
P.I.M.P., pimp the simp!
Yeah, yeah, yeah
[Verse 6]
And her mama said
"Mary's going crazy
Mary's gone out of her mind
Didn't she know the price she had to pay was high to be a ho?"
Horns, blow!
[Refrain]
P.I.M.P., pimp the simp!
Yeah, yeah, yeah, pimp simping
[Bridge]
You pimp, you simp, you're on the street
Running your game on all the girls you meet
Fake diamonds on your fingers and Cadillac cars
Trying to catch a girl at a local bar
So you catch her and you school her and you teach her the game
Next thing you know, the girl has gone insane
Now she's lost at the cost of a trick she's turned
She's just another ho who just been burned
[Chorus]
Ho! Mary had a pimp
Ooh, yeah
Mary had a P.I.M.P.
I, I, I wanna tell you
Mary had a pimp
Hey, she had a real pimp
Mary had a P.I.M.P.
I, I, I wanna tell you
[Chorus]
Mary had a pimp
Tell you, yeah, she had a real pimp
Mary had a P.I.M.P.
Mary had a pimp
She had a real live pimp
Mary had a P.I.M.P.
Now she's dead and gone
[Outro]
Mary had a pimp
And I'm mad as hell, I'm mad as hell about it
Mary had a P.I.M.P.
The pimp's still here to carry on
Mary had a pimp
Written by: Rick James
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