By Aesop Rock (2002)
On album Daylight (2002)

…and shit man)
Alright man, I see how it is (I'm straight)
[VERSE TWO]
Walk into the store with a pocket full of nickels
And a city full…
…often
If I ever make it big, I'm gonna build a skyscraper tall enough to piss on
cloud 9 egos from my corner office
You can't pull the plug on a…
…catapult (nope)
I toss a nickel to a bum's cup from twenty paces thumbs up
Got twenty ways to tell you shut the…

…and sh*t man)
Alright man, I see how it is. (I'm straight)
[Verse 2]
Walk into the store with a pocket full of nickels
And a…
…more than often
If I ever make it big, I'm gonna build a skyscraper
Tall enough to p*ss on Cloud 9 egos from my corner office
You…
…can't pull the plug on a catapult (nope)
I toss a nickel to a bum's cup from twenty paces thumbs up
Got twenty ways to tell you…

Catch a taxi to the fountainhead
Blinking neon penny arcade
A young Caruso on the fire escape
Painted face ladies on parade
The newsboy on the corner…
Singing out headlines
And a fiddler selling pencils
The sign reads: Help the blind
Comin' up the lane callin…
…it ev'rywhere
Rags, bones and old city songs
Hear them, how they talk to me
Trolley car rings out the morning
Whistle blows at noon
A cat fight…

Catch a taxi to the fountainhead
Blinking neon penny arcade
A young Caruso on the fire escape
Painted face ladies on parade
The newsboy on the corner…
Singing out headlines
And a fiddler selling pencils
The sign reads: Help the blind
Comin' up the lane callin…
…it ev'rywhere
Rags, bones and old city songs
Hear them, how they talk to me
Trolley car rings out the morning
Whistle blows at noon
A cat fight…

…tear this muthafucka up
Consider this my tithe for the offer cup
Preacher man wanna save my soul
Don't nobody wanna save my life…
…end when it's gauges and guns
And if we win in the ages to come
We'll have a chapter where the history pages are from…
…homes and a garden plot
Let's give all the schools books
Ten kids a class
And give 'em truth for their pencils and pads
Retail clerk…

…(Lloyd)
He was only seventeen when the letter came in the mail
from the local draft board saying you've got a choice.
Jloin the…
…it will make him a man."
Eleven weeks of boot camp got you doing situps in the day and the night.
Then they ship you out on a…
…him selling pencils on the corner.
Boys, he begging in the street.
Sa I call up my Congressman.
Saying Mister I have a…

…crew of icons (look)
Put me on a track and then see what happens
I might OD put your team in caskets
Someone tell sway that I need the…
…you lock your jaw
I misremember all the fucking fundamentals
Have you shook as fuck with a cup on the corner of the cut begging…
…holy land
Rap's a sport, bitch I'm in the court
But I don't codefend, no codepend
On any other man, I hope you overstand
God damn, I…

…someone to believe in
But who baby gave you the right
Don't tell me what to do, you're holding on too tight
Next thing you know you're a…
…-clippin' my wings
Who baby made you king?
I knew you when you were down on your luck
Like a blind man selling pencils in a…
…coffee cup
Strangers walking by with hearts of stone
Made me wanna cry like a saxophone
But who baby gave you the right
Don't tell…

…through songs and sh*t
On me, that's on me
Raise up, n*gga, you are not the homie
b*tch I'm well-connected from my section down…
…mind if I do
From Piru Street to my old street
n*gga this Compton, grew up on a dead end
Got an armful of dead friends
Round here…
…to freestyle with, I ate y'all on the corner
Call the coroner, n*ggas dead out here
Hangin' onto life by a thread out here
Them n…

…through songs and sh*t
On me, that's on me
Raise up, n*gga, you are not the homie
b*tch I'm well-connected from my section down…
…don't mind if I do
From Piru Street to my old street
n*gga this Compton, grew up on a dead end
Got an armful of dead friends…
…*ggas I used to freestyle with, I ate y'all on the corner
Call the coroner, n*ggas dead out here
Hangin' onto life by a thread out…

…me, that's on me
Raise up, nigga, you are not the homie
Bitch I'm well-connected from my section down to Long Beach…
…if I do
From Piru Street to my old street
Nigga this Compton, grew up on a dead end
Got an armful of dead friends
Round here Crips…
…to freestyle with, I ate y'all on the corner
Call the coroner, niggas dead out here
Hangin' onto life by a thread out here
Them niggas…

Fooled you
From 2015 to infinity it's still bomb weed and Hennessy
I can pimp a butterfly for the energy
Game I need acapella…
There I go, give me a minute, nigga
'Bout to hit a home run, K. Dot, grab the pennant, nigga
Pin it on my Pendleton, trap late night…
…to freestyle with, I ate y'all on the corner
Call the coroner, niggas dead out here
Hangin' onto life by a thread out here
Them niggas wearin' all…

…songs and shit
On me, that's on me
Raise up, nigga, you are not the homie
Bitch I'm well-connected from my section down…
…home run, K. Dot, grab the pennant, nigga
Pin it on my Pendleton, trap late night, Jay Leno them
Got my mom a tennis bracelet…
Wimbledon of Wilmington
Now can I rap for a minute? Black on the track for a minute
Look in my rhyme book, see murder like when I was a…

…parties
The ones you remember
In 1999 from June to November
I'm walkin' round in My sandals
But I'm getting my shit handled
With or without the…
Ain't nothing on my toes
A bunch of white powder
Ain't nothing up my nose
I'm a geek I suppose
I'm a freak I suppose
I'm whatever…
…'
They still there doing nothing
And now its Threes Company on my planet
Im kicking Chrissy out and keeping Janet
Thats a…

…to ashes
And after this, I crush a couple faggots from the Public Access
Yo, I'll turn you into a ghost in a shell with a battle rhyme…
…from the Bay to LA just to get your ass whooped by 18th Street
I can picture this fool yellin' "Save me please", lookin' for police
But a…
…and start doing reggaton
Or stand on a corner, holding a Bible, yelling "Jesús" through a megaphone
All you do is mention names…