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Pompeii
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Billy Woods
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You paid the price, you followed orders Months at a time laying in ambushes by the borders The blunt cackle of gun battles, last breath death rattles, air-sucking thump of mortars Them flames, hideously gorgeous And when command said find the informants You followed orders You visited the camps You oversaw the torture You tightened the clamps You lied to reporters You dug the pits You made sure the confessions were recorded You still see their faces Corners of your eyes is morbid Copper in the air taste it Flowing like a open faucet Can't erase it But you a soldier You follow orders Once the war was won Switch fatigues for corporate Suits and ties, close those eyes Still see them clear as portraits Watching yourself go through the motions Pretending you're not dead adrift in a black ocean So imagine the relief when the indictments are finally read Grey hair on your head Lean into the mic flanked by lawyers And finally tell someone All you did was follow orders One time is one time Cause that's all it takes to change your life You did have it coming but no worries The postman always rings twice, thrice The ghost came past present future Price on your dome so chunky anyone could be the shooter Then lay low as you lie down Uneasy is the head that rocks the crown One time is one time Cause that's all it takes to change your life You did have it coming but no worries The postman always rings twice It always starts small Got a little something, made it flip Not about to ball, just upgrade the whip Maybe a little something on the wrist Your little dun seen your new kicks He see you in the hall smoking sticks Seen the ass on your new bitch, poke it Baby powder between the tits Keep bugging you, he got the itch You let him get a taste Twelve months later he taking the trips Cause now you shaving bricks, cinder blocks, masonry bits Family ties like Cain and Abel Cutting cocaine on the kitchen table Ain't want no trouble But evil got roots You said no guns but he said he had to shoot Fire out the cannon You can't serve God and Mammon Flying back uptown, interior salmon Cops got y'all jammed in You made the wrong move, try to ram them Boys in blue commence to blammin' And just like that you both out the game like the old bandits Commissioners press conference only got room for standing At the funeral team poured some liquor They commence to plotting and planning Divide up and re up before the first shovel full of dirt landed Moms distraught but the uncles' is like What the f*ck did she think would happen! One time is one time Cause thats all it takes to change your life You did have it coming but no worries The postman always rings twice trice The ghost came past present future Price on your dome so chunky anyone could be the shooter Then lay low as you lie down Uneasy is the head that rocks the crown One time is one time Cause thats all it takes to change your life You been have it coming but no worries The postman always rings twice
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