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Start the Show
02:44
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Z - Let's just start the show
Party people live
Let's just start the show
We're all gonna die
Let's just start the show
C-ool-Z-EY
Let's just all go home
Cat - Party people in the place fix your face
Get your party on tonight
One step to the left if you're def
Take it to the full moonlight
Take a swing on a star so far
Do you see anything you like?
So many problems and my life is a mess
But you can bet I'm gonna try
Z - What's up son?
I heard the bell so I spun down the pole
Then I hopped into the Ecto-1
Said that you wasn't having any more fun
Took a look at Facebook and said I'm done
Now it has begun to get worse like a curse
Progress has been halted now it's going in reverse
We got bigots in the government getting it on and
They're not leaving until the break of dawn and
This night has been going on for so long that
Even the water from the sinks is all wrong
Bong hits to wax and dabs
Meanwhile the axe is grabbed and sharpened
Are you ready for the White House lawn?
Shoot, I didn't mean to get so heavy guys
I just didn't want to feed you all a bunch of petty lies
Anywise for now it's time to get naked
Shake it and excuse me as I fake it 'til I make it
Z - Let's just start the show
Party people live
Let's just start the show
We're all gonna die
Let's just start the show
C-ool-Z-EY
Let's just all go home
Cat - Party people in the place fix your face
Get your party on tonight
One step to the left if you're def
Take it to the full moonlight
Take a swing on a star so far
Do you see anything you like?
So many problems and my life is a mess
But you can bet I'm gonna try
Z - Imagine this was your job and every day
No matter what was going on in your life you had to play
Your girlfriend broke up with you
Your mom or dad died
A fascist regime is moving in like a landslide
You let your cat out and she didn't come back
Before you left town for tour
A chronic pain in your back
As soon as you set foot in the venue
The promoter proceeds preemptively apologizing
Ominous foreshadowing in full swing
You get accosted by a hick result of inbred colonizing
Locals looking like that they never seen a mic
Being used except for when the bartender's callign Jell-O shots
Competing with the dart board and the pool table
Come on child smile now
Let's see if you are able
To pull it together
No matter what the weather
Or the turnout whatever
Gotta try and make it better forever
Z - Let's just start the show
Party people live
Let's just start the show
We're all gonna die
Let's just start the show
C-ool-Z-EY
Let's just all go home
Cat - Party people in the place fix your face
Get your party on tonight
One step to the left if you're def
Take it to the full moonlight
Take a swing on a star so far
Do you see anything you like?
So many problems and my life is a mess
But you can bet I'm gonna try
I'm gonna try
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Let's fight
Back to back till the end and
Let's try not to get bit
But if we do
I swear on everything you hold dear
That you will not become like them
I will dispatch you
In peace you will lie
But if I don’t make it out of this alive
Promise me you’ll do what you must to survive
As the sky falls
All the world burns
Look me in the eye and tell me
Would you kill me if I turned?
So put your back against mine
As they breach the fence line
Try to keep a cool head
or else it's bedtime
If one bite breaks my skin
and lets the virus in
Toss me the grenade
I won't hesitate to pull the pin
Will you kill me when and if
Teeth rip into my flesh
Will you help me rest in peace
Not to resurrect
I need you to promise me
Swear by everything you hold dear
Are we clear
Look at me when you answer
Don't fear
I will do the same for you
Put one in your head
Burn your body won't let them feast
Won't be meat for dead beasts
Who can't sleep
Driven only by the craving for brains
To kill the pain
This reign will never end
Now we must run
Never rest
Lest we become prey
We can never win
So it's best that you know one day
You will have to do it
Say you'll it to me when it's time
Don't wait for a sign
Stick your knife into my mind
and just twist
Let's fight
Back to back till the end and
Let's try not to get bit
But if we do
I swear on everything you hold dear
That you will not become like them
I will dispatch you
In peace you will lie
But if I don’t make it out of this alive
Promise me you’ll do what you must to survive
As the sky falls
All the world burns
Look me in the eye and tell me
Would you kill me if I turned?
Well would you do it
Given options could you choose it
Would you do me in
If I were turned into a truant human
Could you shoot the only dude
That you have left among the ruins
If ghouls were still pursuing you
Could you continue moving through it
I need you to convince me
That you're capable of doing this
I need to assure you
I would do the same for you and if
You should have to do it
Once I've risen
Please keep this in mind
That ain't me
It's just a house
That I no longer live inside
Like those abandoned homes
We broke in and stayed for a while
Ghosts in broken picture frames
Dead strangers' frozen smiles
Through every trial every mile
You've been fearless
Even when supplies are running
Lower than our spirits
Now once this passes
And the monsters are defeated too
I know the new world
Is going to need you
Like I've needed you
So if a sick one should ever attack
And I turn
Do it quick
Run and never look back
Let's fight
Back to back till the end and
Let's try not to get bit
But if we do
I swear on everything you hold dear
That you will not become like them
I will dispatch you
In peace you will lie
But if I don’t make it out of this alive
Promise me you’ll do what you must to survive
As the sky falls
All the world burns
Look me in the eye and tell me
Would you kill me if I turned?
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3. |
Tough Guy
02:26
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I've become aware of your glare out of the corner of my eye
No one must've told you that it's not polite to stare, oh tough guy
Oh tough guy why don't you fly away like a pretty little bird up in the sky
Take a chance or you'll never get to dance oh tough guy
Wouldn't you like to be free from your mediocrity Carharts and camouflage the car in your garage short hair and no bright colors passing out on your lovers you only like things to be a certain way and everything outside of the box is gay
Fuck bust a nut bae buckle up
Say what uppercut Punk knuckle up
Throwing hundreds in the club because that's what we does and we showing no love because we Blowin these dubs
Stay iced like a mug from the white china dove in the trap with the desert E know when we thug
Catch a slug in your chest if you test with the best I molest children
OK I think we can get the gist every song is like a list of the same six things you like smoking lots of weed and objectifying women money cars getting drunk and having a gun
OK Dunn are you done yet and are we having fun yet you know Cus I can't tell anyway we might as well just fly away tonight oh tough guy
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4. |
Another Guy
04:12
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You need to show all the people why
You are so fly
Show them you are more than meets the eye
Give it a try
Blow their minds when you reveal to them
That you're not just
Another guy
First of all
Let me just say
That I know I'm overqualified
And if you do not hire me
There's gonna be a homicide
What threatening you
Come on don't be intimidated
You're rolling with me now
Your company's going to be alright
Now what was it again
That you said that you all do here
Hold on let me crack this brew
Sorry I didn't bring you beer
So who here is single
I know random question
Sorry back to the interview
No let me teach you a lesson
I'm the best at what I do
Y'all jealous of my IQ
I'm so high
Haters try to comprehend
My point of view
Point at you
So you know I'm serious
Hecka scary
By the way
Do I get to pick my own secretary
You need to show all the people why
You are so fly
Show them you are more than meets the eye
Give it a try
Blow their minds when you reveal to them
That you're not just
Another guy
All right
You've got five minutes until I'm bored
And honestly I'm not sure that you can afford
The kind of work I do
Have you ever seen Pulp Fiction
When Harvey Keitel comes in
Yeah I'm like him
I can clean up all your accidental messes
If you understand my meaning
Blood cleaning
I'm talking about cleaning up blood
From dead executives that you accidentally killed
Or other guys too
Have you not seen Pulp Fiction
By Quentin Tarantino
Oops I forgot to take my Beano
Here come the warm jets
Brian Eno
Oh my god tweet this
Here's my resume
Peep this
And suck my penis genius
Yo this interview is done
You need to show all the people why
You are so fly
Show them you are more than meets the eye
Give it a try
Blow their minds when you reveal to them
That you're not just
Another guy
Thank you so much
For taking your time and day
For seeing me here
I brought you coffee
And a bouquet of peonies
Yeah I hope I didn't overdress
I know we said eight
No I haven't been here long
I just didn't want to be late
I hate being late
I'm always late
Fuck I hate it
Anyways I made it
Here's another copy of my resume
That I color coded and collated
In case you lost the other couple I curriered
Sorry I'm a worrier
Real uptight motherfucker
So I want to work here because I'm broke
No surprises
Not that I don't get hired at jobs
I just find I'm fired a lot
It's bullshit though
References no
Like I said they're all liars
I fucking apologized
I mean they were mostly only small fires
You need to show all the people why
You are so fly
Show them you are more than meets the eye
Give it a try
Blow their minds when you reveal to them
That you're not just
Another guy
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5. |
Literally Ill
03:39
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I feel my temperature rising
Wiping the sleep from my eyes and
Step to the mirror
Stick my tongue out
And I see it's all white and
Then I feel my chest tighten
And when I cough it don't stop
Until I'm doubled over gagging on my spit
Oh my god
And now I'm pooping and peeing
And puking spewing and heaving
And simultaneously heinous things
Come from my mouth and anus B
Careful it's contagious
So you better wash your hands
And it's lasting like a couple weeks
So better squash your plans
Now I'm chilling and sweating
About as good as it's getting
Is when I take a Tylenol
To tame the temp for a second
After a brief moment's rest
It comes back with a vengeance
Like an indefinite sentence
On home arrest
Hold up check it
What was that I detected
There on your neck
I'll inspect
It looks like a rash
I'm not lying go check it
It's on the side in the middle
Did you just sniffle a little
Oh yeah you did well
Holy crap you're infected
I'm literally ill
I need pills
I'm literally ill
I read 'til
Well if you all want to know
Just why I am so well spoken
It all started with a hard copy
of Hobbit by Tolkien
That's when I jumped up a level
From youth fiction
My diction started improving
And reading books became an addiction
Ray Bradbury was scary
But Clive Barker was darker
I read them slow with intent
A bent page corner my marker
At nineteen years old
Herman Hesse made a mess of my mind
With Steppenwolf
I locked myself up behind
A closed door for a week
Sat in a chair and just think
That's about the time that I started to drink
Vonnegut was my shrink
And Hemingway gave me a prism
Through which to view the world
It's called minimalism
It's true I went through
A slew of authors who
Would fit into the category existentialism
Kafka Doestoyevsky Fredrick Exley
Bukowski Denis Johnson who I met
Before I knew that he would be my favorite
Five blocks away from where
John Irving lived The Water Method Man
At the U of I I wrote a rap track
Praising Jorge Borges
And dissing HP Lovecraft
For an essay and yes
I got an A on the test
And to this day I feel vindicated
Especially since
HP's bigotry has become notorious
Truthfully I found his writing to be laborious
And if the way the USA
Portrays blacks stirs your sentiment
Then I recommend Erasure by Percival Everett
And if you want to laugh and cry until you sigh
You best be picking up a book by Miranda July
Aldous Huxley's Island was beguiling
Said a woman to a man
I can hear the sickness in your laugh
And of course I'd be remiss
If I failed to mention the key to
Understanding my worldview
Is the Master and Margarita
'm literally ill
I need pills
I'm literally ill
I read 'til
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Coolzey Fairfield, Iowa
Golden era hip-hop roots planted in black Iowa dirt are the foundation. Growth tempered by alternative era rock influence. This along with a love for the juxtaposition of the dark, horrific nature of life paired with a slapstick and comedic view of the world allow for a wide, unpredictable arsenal ranging from soul-spilling indie bedroom rock to wise-cracking battle rap and on to radio pop. ... more
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