The Lady Is A Tramp

The Lady Is A Tramp - Queen Latifah

I've wined and dined on Mulligan Stew

And never wished for turkey

As I hitched and hiked and grifted too

From Maine to Albuquerque

Alas, I missed the Beaux Arts Ball

And what is twice as sad

I was never at a party

Where they honored Noel Ca'ad

But social circles spin too fast for me

My 'Hobohemia' is the place to be

I get too hungry for dinner at eight

I like the theater but never come late

I never bother with people I hate

That's why the lady is a tramp

I don't like crap games

with barons and earls

Won't go to Harlem

in ermine and pearls

Won't dish the dirt

with the rest of the girls

That's why the lady is a tramp

I like the free,

fresh wind in my hair

Life without care,

I'm broke, it's o'k

Hate California,

it's cold and it's damp

That's why the lady is a tramp

I go to Coney,

the beach is divine

I go to ballgames,

the bleachers are fine

I follow Winchell and read every line

That's why the lady is a tramp

I like a prizefight that isn't a fake

I love the rowing on Central Park lake

I go to Opera and stay wide awake

That's why the lady is a tramp

I like the green grass under my shoes

What can I lose?

I'm flat, that's that

I'm all alone when I lower my lamp

That's why the lady,

that's why the lady

That's why the lady is a tramp