
Aila Chiar Performs "Function"
Clip: Season 10 Episode 6 | 3m 39sVideo has Closed Captions
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Aila Chiar Performs "Function"
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship♪ Oh wow ♪ ♪ Uh ooh wow ♪ ♪ Listen, I pull up outside ♪ ♪ Ready for the fun when ♪ I see about three guys ♪ ♪ Drunk as hell with ♪ their hypnosis eye ♪ ♪ Walk upstairs instantly ♪ seein' my home girls ♪ ♪ Up the stairs, I went ♪ ♪ I'm all trippin' over myself ♪ ♪ Dang, get it together ♪ ♪ No blame, just nervous ♪ ♪ Haven't been outside ♪ since Thursday ♪ ♪ Looking kinda homeless ♪ ♪ Wait, what's that mean, and ♪ should I keep the cycle goin' ♪ ♪ I'm seein' some ♪ random things ♪ ♪ Without thinking ♪ that goes I know this ♪ ♪ I need ♪ ♪ To feel me ♪ ♪ See this why I don't go out ♪ ♪ I haven't been ♪ tendin' to my feelings ♪ ♪ I need ♪ ♪ To feel me ♪ ♪ See, this why I don't go out ♪ ♪ I haven't been ♪ tendin' to my feelings ♪ ♪ I bump the beat ♪ ♪ Have some drinks ♪ ♪ Now feeling me, ♪ but feeling great ♪ ♪ Gettin' a call from my mama ♪ ♪ I drink too much alcohol ♪ ♪ The dough and pasta ♪ ♪ Mama asking where I'm at ♪ ♪ I'm at a party, Ma ♪ ♪ She says, Hey, ♪ AILA, why you there ♪ ♪ Your man's so not up to par ♪ ♪ I try to reason sayin', Ma, ♪ we goin' out to the bars ♪ ♪ But now what, don't ♪ even make sense, man ♪ ♪ I'm so confused ♪ ♪ Won't go lit, she ♪ ain't seein' a thing ♪ ♪ Goddamn back to back ♪ because me, myself again ♪ ♪ The big homie ♪ ♪ I put the, ow, one ♪ big ouch, a reflection ♪ ♪ Everywhere I go, a big ♪ mirror, now I see me ♪ ♪ My body give out and ♪ now my mouth tasted sour ♪ ♪ We've been two-steppin' two ♪ a beat for how many hours ♪ ♪ What a bore; is ♪ this what I deemed ♪ ♪ As experiencing bar, man ♪ ♪ What was I thinking ♪ ♪ I knew I didn't wanna party ♪ ♪ Yet, I still went out ♪ looking for a party ♪ ♪ I knew I didn't wanna party ♪ ♪ Yet, I still went out ♪ looking for a party ♪ ♪ Um, hey girl ♪ ♪ I'm about ready ♪ to get the Uber ♪ ♪ You ready, too ♪ ♪ Woo (laughs) ♪ ♪ All right, bet (laughs) ♪ ♪ I needed to ♪ ♪ Feel me ♪ ♪ Se, this why I don't go out ♪ ♪ I haven't been ♪ tending to my feelings ♪ ♪ I need ♪ ♪ To feel me ♪ ♪ See, this why I don't go out ♪ ♪ I haven't been ♪ tendin' to my feelings ♪ ♪ We on the way home, feelin' ♪ tight and ready to return ♪ ♪ Back home to our thrones ♪ ♪ The throne would then ♪ ♪ The driver chattin' us ♪ up about these topics.
♪ ♪ And now we retreat ♪ ♪ He's dropping ♪ knowledge, wisdom, ♪ ♪ Remindin' us of papa ♪ tefillin' us to go home ♪ ♪ And wash our backwards ♪ ♪ Hours to be mindful ♪ of our hours ♪ ♪ He drops us off, ♪ we tip him well ♪ ♪ Give thanks for ♪ all his blessings ♪ ♪ Go inside, you're ♪ ready to sleep good ♪ ♪ With all our lessons ♪ ♪ And I don't have no ♪ problems with partyin' ♪ ♪ But when I'm trying to avoid ♪ something brewin' within me ♪ ♪ That's where things ♪ start to go left ♪ ♪ And now I'm startin' to see ♪ ♪ I enjoy my people but not ♪ when I'm trying to flee ♪ ♪ I'm beginning to be more aware ♪ of what I'm feeling within ♪ ♪ And I realize that I do ♪ great with human connection ♪ ♪ But not artificially ♪ nor only when I'm drunk ♪ ♪ I enjoy my people sober ♪ ♪ Gettin' down and ♪ gettin' crunk, yeah ♪ ♪ Gettin' down and gettin' ♪ crunk, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪ ♪ Gettin' down and ♪ gettin' crunk, yeah ♪ ♪ Gettin' down and ♪ gettin' crunk ♪ ♪ I enjoy my people sober ♪ ♪ Getting down and ♪ gettin' crunk ♪
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