40oz. For Breakfast Lyrics - Blackalicious

A forty ounce for breakfast gets a brother through the day 

I guess I shoulda had a V8 instead anyway 

Let me contemplate my thought, something back to a time 

When my fridge was full of booze but in my pocket not one dime 

I remember back on Willis Ave, with my ace boom homey Mark Black 

I would start the day off hearin' the sound of the fo' oh, crack 

I went to work blitzed so eventually I got dissed 

And caught a shocker when my supervisor said, "You're dismissed" 

Now as I stare at my last check now my mind 

Is stressed and depressed 

I spell relief, S T I D E S, yes, with a little excess less the worry 

Why go job hunting today? 

When I can sit back and smoke this sack and drink 

And feel my problems shrink away 

And by now the rent's due in two weeks 

But inside my mind that's just another problem brew can delete 

I got evicted to the point where the court martial came to my door 

And said, "Get this kid, get your bags and split 

You don't live here no more" 

And now I'm ass out, I'm so damn hungry 

I feel like I'm gonna pass out 

I asked my brother for a handout and he hooked me 

Though I knew he had doubts 

And rightfully so 'cause I had new shit to deal with 

I'm so confused I have no control of my life I think I'll get lit 

So as my problems compile, I steady smile, oh yes 

Sippin' on that forty ounce that's leadin' me to a path of nowhere 

So as I think about tomorrow, I hesitate and say 

"A forty ounce for breakfast will get me through the day" 

A forty ounce for breakfast gets a brother through the day 

I guess I shoulda rolled a joint up instead, anyway 

Seems like every time I start, I don't know when it's time to say when 

Now my mental gets all blurred and inside talk the ill behavin' 

Coolin' with my boys, no names need to be mentioned 

At a party with some brothers, I don't know I'm chillin' in some E and J 

With a forty OZ to wash the shit down 

And plus a lot of marijuana now I need to sit down 

I can't remember the last time I was this blew out of my cranium 

My ears and head begin to hum aloud as the room spun, anyway 

Next thing I know I blacked out woke up with vomit all over my coat 

Start talkin' out my ass I can't see straight but yet I quote 

And I don't know what came over me, I started dissin' both my homies 

That I used to freestyle with and now I'm askin' them to show me 

What they got not thinkin' straight I don't know why I posed the challenge 

Now my ego is erupting as if I was Mt. Saint Helen's 

Some shit was said I know I can't erase and now shit ain't the same 

I wish I had just one more chance to live that day again 

I strain 'cause this bid was to find a true friend 

And loose them to booze in my system just ain't how I'm livin' 

Nothin' I could really say to mend up how someone else feels 

And so I guess I gotta wait and see if maybe the wounds will heal 

And I really didn't mean a word I said though I can't prove that 

Now the only thing that I can really say is, I went out 

And out I went and now and then I get irate and say 

A forty ounce for, nah, a forty ounce for, fuck 

Just one more forty, just one more, I'll make this last day 

A forty ounce for breakfast can get me through the day