Everything That Glitters (ain't Always Gold) Lyrics - Will Smith

Aw man! Put that ol' dumb horn down 

Hey, Jazzy, Jazzy 

Show this boy what some real music 'posed to sound like 

He-he-ha! 1 2 3 4 

Now that's a record! 

Now that's a record! 

Go Jazzy, go Jazzy, go 

I want to be remembered for the songs that I sing 

Not only for the humor, but for the knowledge I bring 

To broaden the horizons of others is why I rap this 

Enlightening minds with my lyrical tactics 

In life everything ain't always what it seems 

But people are enchanted by things that gleam 

You know, bright fancy cars, big yachts and mansions 

On the beaches of Aruba with a girlie romancin' 

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Now I'm about to tell you a very interesting fable 

More fun than when you first got cable 

The moral to be learned from this story to be told 

Is that everything that glitters ain't always gold 

On July the 11th, I was sittin' at home 

Talkin' to my girlfriend Geena on the telephone 

Flippin' through the newspaper checkin' the news 

When I saw an advertisement for a Carribean cruise 

It said, "Sunny skies and romantic nights 

On an incredible ship", and I got hype 

It said, "It's like the Love Boat baskin' in the sun 

Promisin' fun for you and for everyone" 

I said, "That's dope baby, you're down?" 

She said, "Yeah we could leave right now" 

The very next day I put the check in the mail 

And one week later we were ready to sail 

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The brochure was said that the boat was large 

But it was nothin' but a broken-down barnacle barge! 

And if it wasn't for my girlfriend, I wouldn't a went 

Because the captain was a cross-eyed hunchback with a limp 

The cruise was paid for and the food was free 

So I said what the hell and set out to sea 

It didn't take long to notice something was wrong 

The ship was a mess and we were the only ones on it 

I didn't wanna panic, so I chilled for a while 

Till the captain pulled up on what we thought was a deserted isle 

We looked on to the beach and almost went bezerk 

We saw 300 natives with spears and grass skirts! 

They said, "Hung-a-dung-a-digi-dung-da-do" 

I said, "Hey baby, I guess that means get off the boat" 

Their chief said they needed a human sacrifice 

I said, "Well, just take my girl he-he psyche" 

I was jokin', but things got serious 

Their leader came out and he was furious 

He got in my face and his breath was the worst 

I said, "Hey baby, you got some mints in your purse?" 

His breath was stinkin' with dooky brown teeth 

And two big crusty ashy hairy feet 

The worst thing, he had no toenail on his toes 

And a big Tera dactyl bird bone in his nose 

I tried to reason with him, he wasn't with it 

He said, "Tenga-shanko," that meant forget it 

He said, "Gunga-shang-tang-da-bong-da-boo" 

That meant 'tonight we're having Fresh Prince stew 

Then I saw it, no it's not 

The big Indiana Jones people cooking pot! 

I wanted to fight 'em, but there was no way to beat 'em 

I thought to myself, "Where's Tarzan when you need him?" 

Just as they were contemplatin' cookin' us up 

We had a major stroke of luck, a Navy ship pulled up 

The troops came off and they got us out of the pot 

And I said to the chief, "Yo, I get with ya, hops!" 

The guy that rescued us said, "I hate to tell you 

The captain of your ship, he had just escaped from Bel view 

We've been following him and finally we got him 

We're sorry, there's no way that you can possibly get a refund" 

A thousand dollars and a weekend down the drain 

But a lesson well learned, so let me explain 

There's a very important message that needs to be told 

It's that everything that glitters ain't always gold