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