Bona Venture
Wide Boy Awake Lyrics

I want my good time up forever - maybe that's enough for me
I desire eternal enjoyment of life, and perhaps that is satisfactory for me.

So everytime I take a flivver - I got my return journey
Whenever I ride in a low-cost automobile, I ensure that I have a method of transportation back home.

There's a girl she's very ok - always fix me up with food
There is a female who is quite satisfactory and is always providing me with food.

We make noise in by the yard - & we sell hoochie-koochie too
We produce sound loudly in the vicinity, and we also vend goods of an adult nature.

Bonaventure-I've been everywhere
I have traveled to numerous regions, including Bonaventure.

Bonaventure-it's a wide wide place
Bonaventure is an extensive location.

Born to rule it-maybe you don't care
Perhaps you are indifferent about ruling over Bonaventure, despite being destined for it.

About where you go or about where you stay
You are unconcerned about your destination or your residence.

My good friend boy he's a friend - yeh he's a boy & he's a face
My male friend is an associate who is admired and recognized.

& his attitude is that - we can walk 'round any place
His perspective is that we are allowed to move throughout any area.

We don't get in by the window - we gots tickets & grease pay
We do not enter through the window; we have valid tickets and have paid off the appropriate individuals.

& we make our loot a loot a - skankin' right enough from way
We collect our earnings from performing our music in a skillful manner.

I don't run & I don't hide - when I run from you
I do not flee, nor do I conceal myself, even when attempting to avoid you.

I don't run & I don't hide - making sure I'm up tonight
I am certain that I will not flee or conceal myself, ensuring that I am active throughout the night.

Never run I never hide - I'm blue blue blue
I will not flee or conceal myself, and I am melancholic.

Never run I never hide - I know which way is up tonight
I am confident that I will not flee or conceal myself, and I am fully aware of what direction I am headed tonight.

(where do ya think your going my friend I mean now, eh?-everywhere)
Where do you suppose you are headed, my friend? I mean immediately. Everywhere is the response.

Will you hush my naughty mouth - & bar my journey out of bounds
Would you quiet my impolite mouth and restrict my path beyond acceptable limits?

Take the mince out of my step - & hold my tongue & shoot me down
Remove the elegance from my gait, silence me, and put me to rest.

If that takes my time & money - still don't see how I lose out
Even if this requires my time and finances, I do not perceive how I would be disadvantaged.

Looking at my next contender - makes me laugh until I shout
Viewing my subsequent adversary causes me to burst out laughing.