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  • Intro 1




    Verse 1
    Yo, 
    change 
    the 
    fuckin' 

    channel 

    burn 
    coma 
    candle 

    When 
    the flame 
    fades, 

    consider 
    my 
    flatline 
    a soldier's 
    sample 

    We 
    them 
    cats 
    talkin' 
    noise 
    behind 

    that 
    New 
    York 
    trash 
    heap 

    Where 
    the stench 
    of 
    commuter 
    briefcase 

    replaces 
    a bad 
    sleep 

    And it's 
    (what) worker 
    zig- 
    zagers versus 

    piggy 
    badge 
    flashers 

    Training 
    generation 
    fallout 

    Waterfall 
    bricklayer 

    pincushion 
    crawl 
    out 

    There's 
    smoke 
    in 
    my 
    ir
    is 

    But 
    painted 
    a sunny 
    day 
    on 

    the 
    insides 
    of 
    my eyelids 

    So 
    I'm 
    ready 
    now 
    (what you 

    ready 
    for?) 

    I'm ready 
    for 
    life 
    in 
    this 
    city 

    And my 
    wings 
    have 
    grown 
    almost 

    enough 
    to 
    lift 
    me 

    I'm a dinosaur 
    with Jones 

    Beach 
    in my 
    hourglass 

    Passing 
    the 
    time 
    with 
    serial 
    killer 
    coloring 

    books 
    and bags 
    of 
    marbles 

    Don't 
    tell 
    me 
    you 
    ain't 
    the 
    droid
    that held 

    the 
    match 
    to 
    the charcoals 

    Don't 
    tell 
    me 
    Lucifer 
    and God 

    don't 
    carpool 

    This is 
    our 
    school 

    Verse 2
    I'm 
    not 
    trying 
    to graduate 
    life 

    at the 
    personal
    ized 
    bar 
    stool 

    Head 
    in 
    jar 
    with a 
    desk, 

    feet 
    dangling 
    in a 
    shark 
    pool 

    (Man 
    please)
    man please 

    My 
    name 
    stands 
    for 
    my 
    being 

    And my 
    being 
    stand
    for the 

    woman 
    who stood 

    And braved 
    the storm 
    could 

    raise 
    the 
    seedling 

    Brother, 
    sun, 
    sis
    ter, 
    moon, 

    mother 
    beautiful 

    Yeah, 
    middle 
    sibling 
    suitable 
    but 

    far 
    from 
    son 
    of excellence 

    Back 
    in the 
    long 
    time 
    ago, 

    I was 
    to 
    way the 
    wishes 
    wish 

    But 
    misser
    s miss, 

    I slept 
    through my 
    appointment 
    (man) 

    Saw 
    the liquid 
    dreams 
    of 
    a thousand 

    babies 
    solid
    ify 

    And picked 
    the 
    rose, 
    it 
    wilted 

    The second 
    introduced 

    myself 
    as 
    nervous 

    Well 
    it 
    appears 
    the 
    scars 
    of 

    learning 
    have spoken 

    Some 
    are 
    burn
    ing, 
    some 
    are frozen 

    Some 
    deserve 
    tall 
    tales, 

    some 
    wrote 
    them 

    Some 
    are just 
    brutal 
    repercus

    sions 
    of 
    devo
    tion 

    Mine 
    are 
    all 
    of the 
    above, 

    'cause 
    everything 
    leads 
    to 
    erosion 

    Now where 
    live 
    there's 

    a homeless 
    man 

    He sit
    upon 
    crate 
    (yeah) 

    He makes 
    a rusty 
    trumpet 
    sound 
    like 

    the music 
    that 
    angels 
    make 

    Now 
    if 
    you ever 
    come 
    and visit 
    me, 

    I suggest 
    you watch 
    the 
    show 

    Tell 
    him 
    Aesop 
    Rock 
    sen
    ya just 
    to 
    hear 
    his horn 
    blow 
    like 

    Interlude 1
    this 





    Verse 3
    And I 
    ain't 
    getting 
    any 
    younger 

    My 
    knuckles 
    wear 
    their 
    bruises 
    well 

    I've 
    yet to 
    lose 
    that 
    hunger 
    (oh) 

    But only 
    time 
    can 
    tell 

    Prodigal 
    son 
    with 
    a prodigal 
    wish 

    to sew 
    that 
    prodigal 
    stitch 

    And crucify 
    bigot 
    voodoo 
    doll 

    on 
    two 
    popsicle sticks 

    See 
    your 
    name 
    is 
    ambiguity 

    My 
    name 
    is 
    something 

    hands 
    can
    't 
    hold 

    But 
    hearts 
    part 
    oceanscapes just 

    to watch 
    the 
    starlet unfold 

    It's like 
    sketching 
    a circle 
    in the 

    dirt 
    with a 
    pointed 
    stick 

    Knowing 
    the wind'll 
    kill 
    it 
    some 
    day, 

    still 
    it 
    calls 
    my 
    burning 
    wits 
    for 
    now 

    And 
    if I 
    plow 
    the fields, 

    that 
    don't 
    guar
    antee 
    plentiful 
    harvest 

    But 
    starving 
    artists 
    die, 

    I set 
    my 
    alarm 
    for 
    five 
    o'clock 

    Idols 
    block 
    survival 
    crops 
    the cycle 
    stops 

    for 
    noth
    ing 
    (what) 

    The bible's 
    carp 
    reviv
    alist 

    winos flock 
    by 
    the hundreds 

    To 
    the opening, 

    scarlet 
    carpets 
    greet
    ing 
    their 
    duel 
    (o
    h) 

    Leading 
    the 
    stubborn 
    mule 

    to cruel 
    rug 
    burn 

    But y'all 
    numb 
    from 
    gut 
    fuel 

    Verse 4
    administer 
    eclipse, 

    there ain't 
    no 
    mo
    tor 
    like 
    a martyr- 
    made 
    motor 

    'Cause 
    martyr- 
    made 
    motor 

    don't 
    quit 
    (quit) 

    I am 
    an 
    epiphany, 

    am 
    webbed 
    foot 
    mam
    mal 

    Channel 
    surfing 
    my 
    way 
    to the 
    top 

    Tugboat 
    in a bottle 

    With no 
    holes 
    poked 
    in 
    the nozzle 

    I fed 
    'em bedlam 
    diluted 
    in limelight 

    Till 
    that 
    rook
    ie boogie 
    graduated 

    hostile 
    (hostile) 

    And the 
    vehicle 
    is grandeur 
    and it 

    veered 
    over 
    the medi
    um 

    The second 
    my 
    halo 
    ran 

    outta 
    helium 

    Demoted 
    to 
    thorn 
    crown, 

    damn 
    talk 
    about 
    numb
    skull 

    I was 
    born 
    bound 
    to 
    sten

    cil 
    called 
    symmetry 

    But my 
    energy's a 
    rental 

    So 
    take 
    this 
    now 
    to 
    say 

    Thank 
    you, sen
    orita 
    behold

    ing 
    a flame 
    to 
    lost 
    wick 

    Thank 
    you James 
    Anthony 
    for 

    the Band- 
    Aids 
    on 
    my 
    ego 

    Y'all 
    are fam
    ily 
    for 
    life 

    I'll take 
    that 
    bullet 
    to 
    preserve 
    you 

    wannna be 
    something 
    spectacular 

    On the 
    day 
    the 
    sun 
    runs 
    outta 
    batteries 

    Attach 
    my 
    fashion 
    to the 

    casualties 
    of 
    anarchy 

    Save 
    my 
    nickels 
    up 
    to buy 
    that 
    home

    less 
    man 
    brand 
    new 
    horn 

    Then 
    sit 
    up 
    on his 
    crate 
    as 

    I witness 
    the 
    beauty 
    born 
    like 
    this 

    Verse 5
    ain't 
    gettin' any 
    younger 

    Outro 1










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