…-huh
Butterfly decal, rearview mirror, dogging the scene
You smile like the cartoon, tooth for a tooth
You said that irony was the shackles of…
…me in. Let me in.
I've got tar on my feet and I can't see.
All the birds look down and laugh at me.
Clumsy, crawling out of my skin.
Heyyyyyy, let…
…wipe my lips,
You turn me on.
My attentions are turned to you.
Did I dream you were a tourist
in the Arizona sun?
I can see you there with…
…the ground
In springtime, I was standing
With a brown dog by my side
I was sweating I was staring at Mayan ruins
Then I was next to you on…
…that bus going straight out of town
From Memphis and Nashville to New York City
Your jaw was wide and pretty
And…
…you turned to me and said, “Am I in ruins like the outskirts of the city where all the subways come above ground?”
And I said no
In Iceland, it was…
This old building's got a mind of its own
I can tell your footsteps on the stairs from three flights up
I know the jingling of your keys
You…
Where the Garden State gives way to the real world
Falls away in the rearview mirror
We'll mend our wounds and wait out…
…around to see some ragged stranger
Bummin change on the uptown six
And I froze like a stone
Could I ever get that low?
Turned my…
By Sly deSilva & Jagger James
…game, trust, man, I can pay for that
Remember in East Harlem? It was a dece apartment
Three bodegas on the block - safe…
…bit
My rearview mirror shining brighter with the ruined tint
[Verse 2 - Sly deSilva]
Close the suicide doors on my green…
…they liked it
'Til I turned around
Shorted all the markets and invested in China ("...further decline of the US dollar")
The lies are real, the news is fake ("...and…
…[Intro]
Yeah yeah
One of a kind, what's on my mind, yeah
[Hook]
Oh you all up in the rearview
Funny that you never quite what…
…that you never quite what you appear to
Be when I see you in the rearview
Full speed now I can't really hear you
[Verse 1]
Out of 10 you a…
I'm not going down
Yeah that's how we do it they know that I'm running the town like
Turn on the car and I'm out of the bleachers
I'm up in my…
…hard as ten pounds of frozen neckbones
I got my wreck on and got the heck on
Droppin' a ho off, you know I had to show off
I…
…trippin' on the way it really sound though
I got a down ho, ready to hit the track
And bring back fat stacks of them greenbacks
Hit…
…I drove my Brougham to the burger spot
Stepped in, all I saw was a herd of cot
Went in my pocket, came out with the yack bottle…
…hard as ten pounds of frozen neckbones
I got my wreck on and got the heck on
Droppin' a ho off, you know I had to show off
I burnt…
Lincoln, drinkin'
Joint between my lips and I'm dankin', sinkin'
Deep in the seat, with the beat on the down-low
But I ain't trippin' on the way…
…drove my Brougham to the burger spot
Stepped in, all I saw was a herd of cot
Went in my pocket, came out with the yack bottle
Twist the cap then I…
…hard as ten pounds of frozen neckbones
I got my wreck on and got the heck on
Droppin' a ho off, you know I had to show off
I…
…trippin' on the way it really sound though
I got a down ho, ready to hit the track
And bring back fat stacks of them greenbacks
Hit…
…I drove my Brougham to the burger spot
Stepped in, all I saw was a herd of cot
Went in my pocket, came out with the yack bottle…
…could get me a quicky
Dick hard as ten pounds of frozen neckbones
I got my wreck on and got the heck on
Droppin' a hoe off, you…
…drinkin'
Joint between my lips and dankin', sinkin'
Deep in the seat, with the beat on the down-low
But I ain't trippin' on the way…
…cock
Went in my pocket, came out with the yack bottle
Twist the cap then I took me a fat swallow
All I could smell was cock in the air
And I…
…they know me
With no real clue about my background
From a small town
But in the grand scheme of things?
Even if I don't blow
I roll with a team of…
…affliction with your business
So I chose the best out of my pickins', learned my lessons
And handed out the evictions, but notice that
That I…
…late and my loans deferred
No jobs out there, but I'm tryna pay loans
All my friends going out, I should probably stay home
No way…
…going that way just as long as it's paved
I guess you'd say I'm on my way to Burma-shave
And with her knees up on…
…everyone in this stinking town has got one foot in the grave
And i'd rather take my chances out in Burma-shave
Presley's what I go…
…this thing
Has got to beat the hell out of the sting
Of going to bed with every dream that dies here every mornin
And so drill me a hole with a…
Folks say there's a way to get out of this town
Down westbound 29
And I pray one day I won't get turned around
Pull…
…to get out of this town
What are they still doing here
I know old Joe he got out for a while
He left there in style on a plane
For Mexico on…
To the ghosts in the graveyard someday
I'll leave forever and never look back at the dust in the rearview mirror
Folks say there's a way to get out of this town…
…to the boards I took my shit down
Cause my shit was getting more hated than Chris Brown, after Riri
I'm on the come up like the clothes and…
…rearview mirror (uh)
Time is of the essence
Check the rollie hope it match the present
Cause my present looking presidential (uh)
I see these haters in my…
…my present looking presidential (uh)
I see these haters in my rearview mirror (uh)
Time is of the essence
Check the rollie hope…
…going thataway just as long as it's paved
And I guess you'd say I'm on my way to Burma Shave
And with her knees up on…
…this thing
It got to beat the hell out of the sting
Of going to bed with every dream that dies here every mornin
And so drill me a hole with a…
The smoke from the tires and the twisted machine
Just a nickel's worth of dreams and every wishbone that they saved
Lie swindled from them on the way…
…mom that's strung out
His granny careless just about, say he'll never make it out
Of the hood and had a handful of aunties that can vouch…
…in the house, yell out to moms, "Where my iron at?"
And now he gettin' high, don't know where his mind at
n*ggas was masked up, he…
…don't know where to find 'em
Was getting out and he ain't know who was behind him
But when he catch a n*gga slippin', gon' remind…