rock candy

i'm like
rock candy baby
i'm sweet
but i can be real hard
said im like
rock candy baby
real sweet
but i can be real hard
if you're looking for a cotton candy kiddy baby
your hand's in the wrong woman's sweetinin jar

i can take you
a "take time" daddy
give your clock a good jump start
but don't come if you ain't ready
and you can't finish what you start
cause im like hmmmm

rock candy baby
i'm sweet
but know how to be real hard
i'm just like 
rock candy baby
rub me wrong n i can be real hard
so if all you've got is soda cracker loving daddy
you're the wrong rooster for my barnyard

i can warm you in the morning
with honey huggin ease
introduce you to the forest
n make you wanna rename all the trees
said i'm like hmmmm

rock candy baby
i'm sweet but known to be real hard
said i'm like 
rock candy baby
sweet
but known to be real hard
but if you're a popcorn and salt preferrin papa
don't come 'round here creepin
n don't come round here peepin
don't waste none uh your time peepin 
all up in my 
double-dipped/chocolate chip/minty ice/oh so nice
i said my honey-dipped/sweetly chipped/sugar'd ice/so very nice
don't waste your n my time peepin
all up in my 
said all up in my 
candy jar
      don't waste my time now!

A. Wanjiku H. Reynolds (New York)
Taken from the book bum rush the page