Neighbor

Down home
he sets on a stoop
and watches the sun go by. 
In Harlem
when his work is done
he sets in a bar with a beer. 
He looks taller than he is 
and younger than he ain't. 
He looks darker than he is, too. 
And he's smarter than he looks,

    He ain't smart. 
    That cat's a fool.

Naw, he ain't neither.
He's a good man,
except that he talks too much. 
In fact, he's a great cat.
But when he drinks,
he drinks fast.

    Sometimes 
    he don't drink.

True,
he just 
lets his glass 
set there.