Nickel Plated Pockets
Nickel Plated Pockets

Nickel Plated Pockets easy guitar chords by Aesop Rock

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    • Verse 1
    [INTRO: Vast Aire 
    & Aesop 

    conversing] 

    Yo, (Alright Ok) 

    Can 
    I get 
    a quarter 
    or something? 

    Little 
    hungry, 
    you know 
    what I'm 

    saying? 
    (Alright Ok) 

    Homeless... 

    I 
    need a Lucy 
    yo... 

    Verse 2
    (Yo...) 

    [VERSE ONE] 

    Walk into the store 
    with 
    a pocket 

    full of nickels 

    And a city 
    full of horns, 

    jackhammers, and rape whistles 

    The alley 
    cats manipulate 
    the 

    blocks with 
    gutter magic 

    Today my 
    heart beats 
    only 
    out of habit 

    Check 
    it, it's like.. 

    My man 
    Jus 
    used to keep 

    an ox 
    between 
    his teeth 

    Said 
    he could spit 
    it with 
    pinpoint 

    accuracy 
    if there 
    was beef 

    We 
    chuckled 
    out 
    loud 

    Still 
    the thought 
    of it 
    intrigued 
    me, 

    (right) 

    So now 
    I keep 
    a jackal 
    under 
    my tongue 

    to spit 
    with 
    related 
    reasoning 

    The 
    earthworm 
    turbulent 
    murder 
    burnout Gerber baby 

    no 
    brain or 
    memoir 
    stardom 

    Alarmed, 
    pardon 
    the old 
    buzz deader 

    Robert 
    Crumb 
    ugly 
    dumb 
    image 

    Barely sprung 
    barely 
    no 
    grimace 

    Nearly cut 
    cherry 
    blood's 
    picket 
    wrist back 

    in high 
    school 
    (now it's like) 

    Spy 
    with a millipede 
    pentagon 
    pirate 

    navigates 
    cities' sump 

    systemsUrbanite turbines 

    Twisted 
    Pistons 

    Termites 
    that 
    infect sturdy 

    grillage 

    There's roaches 
    in the pillars 

    (Spillover) 

    And crawl 
    across 
    commuter- 

    clean 
    wingtips and loafers 

    It's 
    the theme 
    park 
    I 
    built 

    Pocket 
    full of 
    nickels 
    for cigarettes, 

    gum 

    and milk, 
    bitterness, 
    love, 

    and violence 

    I'm writing 
    a petition 
    to have 

    smoking 
    as 
    a sport 

    in 
    the 
    2002 Summer 
    Olympic 

    Games 
    (wanna sign 
    it?) 

    Now 
    look, 
    I jux germs 
    draggin 
    a gavel 
    knee 

    deep 
    in a maggot 
    hatchery 

    Operation 
    capture 
    flag 
    by 
    any means 

    If 
    this means 
    anything 
    at all, 

    anyway 
    it's 
    a riddle 

    Walk 
    into 
    the store 
    with 
    a pocket 

    Verse 3
    full 
    of nickels 

    [SEGUE 1: Vast 
    Aire 

    & Aesop Conversing] 

    Ay uh, 
    yo 
    excuse 
    me (Ay Yo) yo 

    Can 
    I 
    borrow a dollar 
    or something? 

    (Ah sorry 
    man) nickel? 

    (Sorry man, 

    I 
    can't help 
    you out dog) Quarter? 

    Something 
    man? 
    (Yeah I only 
    got enough 

    for like 
    cigarettes 
    and shit man) 

    Alright 
    man, I 
    see how 
    it is 

    (I'm straight) 

    [VERSE TWO] 
    Walk into 
    the store 
    with 

    a pocket 
    full 
    of nickels 

    Verse 4
    And 

    a city 
    full 
    of World Trade 
    Center 

    victim 
    candle 
    vigils 

    There's 
    anthrax 
    in our 
    mailboxes and 

    Xanax in my tummy 

    There's a single 
    Spanish 
    female 
    out 

    west traveling 
    the country 

    Freak 
    of 
    ?? league 
    lazer major 

    running 
    bases 

    Neighborhood 
    watch weasels 

    pacing 
    ugly acres 
    more 
    than often 

    If 
    I ever 
    make 
    it big, 

    I'm 
    gonna build 
    a skyscraper 
    tall 
    enough 
    to piss 
    on 

    cloud 
    9 egos 
    from my corner 
    office 

    You can't 
    pull 
    the plug 

    on a catapult 
    (nope) 

    I toss 
    a nickel 
    to 
    a 
    bum's cup 

    from twenty 
    paces 
    thumbs 
    up 

    Got twenty 
    ways 
    to tell 

    you shut 
    the fuck 
    up 

    Nineteen 
    of 'em 
    are 
    24 bars 
    long, 

    the other 
    one goes 
    (SHUT THE FUCK 
    UP!) 

    And an electronic 
    daddy 
    long 
    legs stay 

    grimy 
    up in 
    your zoning 
    wall 

    Groveling 
    villagers, 

    trying 
    to hide 
    behind 
    the windmill 

    I just 
    got in 
    pig- back 
    through subway 

    tunnels 
    with a third 
    rail nearest 

    While most 
    still 
    try to penetrate 

    the alligator 
    plants 
    (It goes) 

    Back 
    in the class, 

    throwing 
    pencils 
    at 
    professors 

    And making 
    barbarellas giggle 

    That's 
    when life's 

    pleasures 
    were simple 

    Now 
    it takes 
    a dancing 
    bear 
    jumping 

    through 
    flaming 
    hoops 

    to even make 
    em buy 
    the god- 

    forsaken 
    single! 

    Though 
    shall 
    not 
    desecrate 

    the soothing 
    spiral 

    Altered 
    by a classic 
    cut 
    to vinyl 

    Find 
    that in 
    the Bible! 

    My 
    insult 
    Militia'll fix 
    you up 

    I'll light 
    the pyramid 
    shaped 
    torso 

    with 
    your hollow 
    numbskull 

    balancing 
    on top 

    Now if 
    you got 
    a lock 
    and gas 
    mask 
    outside 

    of your 
    own apartment 

    You could pretty 
    safely 

    quote 
    Shamar 

    Life's Ill, 
    sometimes 
    Life 
    might 
    kill, 

    sometimes 
    prayers 
    dwindle 

    Walk 
    into 
    the store 
    with 
    a pocket 
    full 

    Verse 5
    of nickels 

    [SEGUE 2: Vast Aire 
    & Aesop 

    Conversing] 

    Yo (ay what's 
    up man?) Yo can 

    I ohh... 

    No..Never mind 
    man (I can't 

    help 
    you out 
    man) 

    Asshole! 
    (Yo man, I'm 
    trying to help 

    myself 
    out right 
    now) 

    Fucking asked 
    you 
    for 
    a Lucy 
    and you turned 

    me down (Dog, I'm 
    sorry 
    dog!) 

    [VERSE THREE] 
    Walk into 
    the store, 
    same 
    pocket, 

    Verse 6
    same 
    nickels 


    In a city 
    where 
    every crack 
    in the 

    sidewalk's a symbol 

    Where there's 
    crack 
    in the basement, 

    where there's 
    crack in 
    the slave 
    ships 

    Where there's crack 
    whores 
    and corrupt 

    pigs 
    killing 
    cats 
    trying to crack 
    cases 

    My 
    boombox runs 
    on a 
    baboon 

    heart transplant 
    (This is 
    hell!) 

    I got 
    a poltergeist 
    on a leash 
    trained 

    by Caroline 
    herself 

    Two Thousand 
    something... 

    Technology 
    aid itself 
    glutton 

    Every 
    move 
    I make's 
    from a 
    robot 

    gepetto pressing 
    a red 
    button 

    It's 
    Vietnam 
    in the fumes 

    Yes 
    I run 
    with cannibals 
    that 

    bite 
    the hand 

    that feeds 
    'cause it 
    tastes 

    better than 
    the food 

    The prickly 
    outer 
    shell's 
    genetic, 

    it helps 
    defense 
    mode 

    But it also 
    helps 
    to fuck 
    up a 

    couple of 
    sacred 
    friendships 

    Watch 
    a six 
    legged 
    insect 
    crawl 

    out 
    of the billy 
    goat 
    beard 

    Watch 
    a sick 
    makeshift 
    bitch 
    threat 
    fall out 

    when the filthy 
    smoke 
    clears 

    Watch 
    the insect's 
    stinger sting 

    threat 
    till it has 
    sweat a bullet 

    Sweat 
    a full 
    clip, sweat 
    a river, 
    dead 
    the bullshit, 

    sail 
    away 
    and wither 

    You're the 
    kind of cat 
    that rolls 

    a 
    pimped out Caddy 

    dropped 
    with rims 
    and limousine 

    tints bucking 
    Enya 

    Insert 
    laughter 
    here 

    I want 
    to rap 
    a lot 
    and stack 

    cheddar 
    by 
    the fistful 

    But 
    for now, 
    I 
    walk into 
    the store 

    with a pocket 
    full 
    of 
    huhh... 

    [OUTRO: Vast 
    Aire 
    & Aesop 
    conversing] 

    Excuse 
    me man 
    (alright ok) 

    Verse 7
    Can 

    I..Can I borrow 
    a dollar 
    or something 

    to 
    eat?... 

    (alright ok) I'm..I'm hungry 

    I'm 
    saying 
    yo...(alright ok) (Look at 

    that..) 

    I'm 
    homeless 
    man 
    (Look at that 

    bum) (alright ok) 

    I fought 
    for 
    this country 
    man 
    (yeah) 

    Sleep 
    on park 
    benches....starvin' 

    All I need 
    is 
    like a lucy 
    and like 

    a sandwich 
    or 
    somethin' 
    man.. 

    Wiping 
    my 
    ass with 
    the Daily 
    News 

    man...c'mon man.. 

    Sleepin' 
    with squirrels 
    (Oh my god, 

    What are you doing 
    with 
    that squirrel?) 

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