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The Gates
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Aesop Rock
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I was at the gates Rams legs, my beats black, my plants dead My planet X it might bleed green And what's under the uncut chia seed And what what, what, what from the guillotine A little flea and tick, a little fever dream, a little plead the fifth Roadkill, I'm off leash I don't heel and I'm hung from an unkind mobile I turn one missed step into bone-meal I'm day break, I'm lights out My kind sleeps upside down It's sci-fi, riptide, my hi-fi make record time I go three-two-one, desensitized No lie tell Death he can get in line K, hell spawn, I'm no joke I eat brains, I throw bolts I'm no easy prey, I've seen broken oaths I go marching in, I'm all "Oh-Ee-Oh" I know a rodeo from these pony shows I don't stay for tea, I can't slow the code I go Coyote, alone and ghost him In the goddamn smoke ear nose and throat Ayy yo, fresh pot, my favorite mug Aes Rock, my day sucked Agent to all things deep-sixed To feel like I was put here to keep the crypt I get tired of bread, I might eat the rich I ain't seen a leader, just feeder fish You want free weed, you want free shit? I mean, dude I was at the gates Wolf's head, my boots on, no bullshit I know both sides of that tough love They're both mud, that's what's up That's what's up, that's what's up Straight up and, straight up and down don't even bother I was at the gates Snakeskin, my hood low, don't say shit I know both sides of that blood lust They're both mud, that's what's up That's what's up, that's what's up Straight up and, straight up and down don't even bother Rat tail, my backdrop's all black sails Dog bite and my bird curse Cross-eyed, world's worst Troglodyte I might split the blinds I'm like Vincent Van with that instant rice I write cryptograms at all waking hours Tattooed the mail and on paper towels I'm on the kitchen walls, I may paint the house Could breach the yard so omega-bound Game face on dour days, y'all gang-gangs like "How quaint" Gangway for that false start, verse freight trains through stalled cars Shame, shame, shit's so whack, show you back to this moth jar Death wish from day one, I wake up and it rain blood Rain check these f*ck shows, I'm done-zo, my brain's mush Drum roll I might piss straight, loose tooth in my spit shake Every possible Futurama come trooping out of his pill case And I ricochet in my steel cage, one steel heart and two hills eyes Few meal bars and good field knife, I feel good no field guide Just deicide by tea at five Once ate a whole gluestick in like two bites I do this, I mean yo I was at the gates Wolf's head, my boots on, no bullshit I know both sides of that tough love They're both mud, that's what's up That's what's up, that's what's up Straight up and, straight up and down don't even bother I was at the gates Snakeskin, my hood low, don't say shit I know both sides of that blood lust They're both mud, that's what's up That's what's up, that's what's up Straight up and, straight up and down don't even bother Bear paw, my handshake, oh dear God Bare bones, a few air holes Barefoot, my square glows Scarecrows, "Who goes there?" And like "Who's where?", when that snare close Bare hands on his bear trap For what's staring back in his periscope A little care package outta Where's Waldo in a rare beige No fair at all, dyed hair and all Push foot, I go mach 1, I'm all "Woosh, woosh" I don't p*ssyfoot, I make potholes, my path home's all drop zones Flash bulbs and strobe lights, road signs with crossbones Touche from our killjoys who know humanoids are just hitpoints Ain't copped that new heat, that new speak's all pink noise More mood piece around street food In my PJ's and my snowshoes About dog fights in those dungeons And little dust-ups in y'alls throne room It's fun stuff, low moon and my tombstone say "Hell no" "Hell yeah" to more hail storms aboard ships on St. Elmo's My dream home is like 10,000 dead bolts and less than no windows I mean shit I was at the gates Wolf's head, my boots on, no bullshit I know both sides of that tough love They're both mud, that's what's up That's what's up, that's what's up Straight up and, straight up and down don't even bother I was at the gates Snakeskin, my hood low, don't say shit I know both sides of that blood lust They're both mud, that's what's up That's what's up, that's what's up Straight up and, straight up and down don't even bother
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