Nothing at last is sacred. Oh how the great fallen What have I done to myself? It's way too long!"
We need to reacquaint. Things are now, I ain't the same man I was Hi, how are you I'm new and improved with even less to lose A collector's edition version of a virgin drink ordering teller way wrong...to the point of no rerun
Over the and burned out before I even got my shine Holding my head in doubt Out of insight. Out of mindful things to or rhyme about
Yeah, I know I was supposed to the world and all But it looks like the got to me first If you beat em, join 'em.. Then hurt the by beating yourself
I'm different...in a way The only thing that stays the same is While people their states, I state my claims Sage Francis a name for himself For the record my calls me Paul Which was my father's name, but Ray in and raised me It's crazy, but this is a I play
"Shut the fuck uuuuuuup!"
Don't bother calling me at all because I'm not Is a voice-mail-bomb-threat or a broken promise I'm mishandling? Gambling away my money issues, owes me big bucks My career depends on vacuums sucking me in and blowing me up
struck a nerve in the listenership Spoken word got 'em all interested Now I don't have to ice cream to little kids I serve emcees who think rippin' it And poets who think they're somehow Meanwhile both are and ignorant And don't know how to speak to a in an intimate environment
I am different. In a way The only thing that stays the is change While people claim states, I state my claims I'm a quiet natured player who hates the game I shake what I got, which is a jingly I do my mini-market research and make noise for myself when I walk
I talk authority while I question it When I ask, "Who am I?" I'm guessing But if a poor man's version of ANYTHING It is self-perception
up in a microscopic town prepared me well for this petrii dish Where talk is invisible to the eye and they the guy they're speaking with I'm a vegetarian: No chicken...not even fish I'm a real underground My quality sucks, my records are warped and my CD skips
Lady is a greedy bitch with itchy palms and a case of the gimmes I've got an outtie if she's got an inny, I'll clean her pipes and then her chimney The beat that's in me is polyrhythmic. only 60 heart beats per minute A human second-hand-me-down-to-earth-guy who thriftshop-lift his hiphop
I may be too big for my britches but I paid my when the cost was climbing If I burn too many bridges I'll never get off of awful island As long as I've been rhyming, they only started Because for a they didn't like how I wouldn't the pot that I was pissin' in
Plus I had no homies to pour out the liquor I don't drink You can flash your shiny objects in front of my eyes and I blink I'm motherfucking different. yyyeeeaaahhhh.. I'm motherfucking different. yyyeeeaaahhhh..