My mother went away for a month-long trip
   Her and some friends on an ocean-liner ship
   She made a big mistake by leaving me home
   I had to roam so then picked up the phone
   Dialed Ali up to see what was going down
   Told him I pick him up, so we could drive around
   Took the Dodge Dart, a `74
   My mother left a yard but I needed one more
   Shaheed had me covered with a hundred green backs
   So we left Brooklyn and we made big tracks
   Drove down the Belt, got on the Conduit
   Came to a toll, we paid and went through it
   Had no destination, we was on a quest
   Ali laid in the back so he could get rest
   Drove down the road for two-days-and-a-half
   The sun had just risen on a dusty path
   Just then a figure had caught my eye
   A man with a sombrero who was four feet high
   I pulled over to ask where we was at
   His index finger he tipped up his hat
   "El Segundo," he said, "my name is Pedro.
   If you need directions, I tell you pronto"
   Needed no civilization, some sort of reservation
   He said a mile south, there´s a fast food station
   Thanks, senor, as I started the motor
   Ali said, "Damn, Tip, why you drive so far for?"
   When he said "why?" I said we gotta go
   Cause I left my wallet in El Segundo
  
   I left my wallet in El Segundo
   Left my wallet in El Segundo
   Left my wallet in El Segundo
   I gotta get it I got got to get it
   I left my wallet in El Segundo
   Left my wallet in El Segundo
   Left my wallet in El Segundo
   Come on, let´s go
  
   Anyway, a gas station we passed, we got gas
   And went on to get grub, there was a nice little pub
   In the middle of nowhere, anywhere would have been better
   I ordered Enchladas and I ate `em
   Ali had the fruit punch
   When we finished we thought for ways toget back
   I had a hunch
   Ali said, " Pay for lunch", so I did it
   Pulled out the wallet and I saw this wicked beautiful Lady
   She was a waitress there
   Put the wallet down and stared and stared
   To put me back into reality, here´s Shaheed:
   "Yo,Tip, man, got what you need?"
   I checked for keys and started to step
   What do you know, my wallet I forget.
  
   I left my wallet in El Segundo
   Left my wallet in El Segundo
   Left my wallet in El Segundo
   I gotta get it, I got got to get it
   I left my wallet in El Segundo
   Left my wallet in El Segundo
   Left my wallet in El Segundo
   Come on, let´s go
  
   Lord, have mercy, the heat got hotter
   Ali starts to curse me
   I feel bad but he makes me feel badder
   Chit-chit-chatter, car starts to scatter
   Breaking on out, we was Northeast bound
   Jettin´ on down at the speed of sound
   Three days coming, three more going
   We get back and there was no slack
   490 Madison, we`re here, Sha
   He said,"All right, Tip, see you tomorrow"
   Thinking about the past week, the last week
   Hands go in my pocket, I can´t speak
   Hopped in the car and torpe`ed to the shack
   Of Shaheed, "We gotta go back!"
   When he said,"why?", I said we gotta go
   Cause I left my wallet in El Segundo
  
   I left my wallet in El Segundo
   Left my wallet in El Segundo
   Left my wallet in El Segundo
   I gotta get it, I got got to get it
   I left my wallet in El Segundo
   Left my wallet in El Segundo
   Left my wallet in El Segundo
   Come on, let´s go !