You should listen to your mother
Didn’t your mother ever tell you not to believe everything you hear?
She knew the truth about people like me, though you and I know you’re a sucker for my kind.
If I was a poet, someone would call me a genius and give me a prize.
Folks would pay me for what I do, rather than me having to take it.
But I’m no genius, just a clever rat in a cage full of rats and if I don’t take what you have, someone else will.
It’s simple mathematics.
Just be glad that I’m the kind that cons you into giving me what I want.
Other people might take it with a gun.
And let’s face it, you like being conned -- a least a little.
You get a show for your money, and I get to act like I really care about you.
The truth is, I couldn’t take anything from you if you didn’t figure you were getting something out of the deal.
The people I still from are looking for something for nothing anyway, I just give them nothing for something.
Think of it as a life lesson, something that you can teach your kids
Maybe they’ll listen to you better than you did your mother.