Atmosphere

[Slug]
*whispers* Come on, let's go
She abandoned me, left me out in the cold
No surprises, I guess that's how it goes
Sits across from me, at a booth in this dive(?)
I contemplate how much more I can survive
But I'm alive, so I should be content
Then tell why the hell my whole world is bent
I was sentiment can frustrate the population
In-between the alcohol and the copulation
What you call it, if you build it I will break it
What's wrong? How you doin'? Nah, save it
Gave it(?her?) a fraction of all I had to give
I guess I hold a grudge, cause you still got my rib
With your beautiful eyes, unscrupulous lies
Now watch the circus clown run around in circles and try
Seems like all I get to eat is hope
Girl, if we got along better we'd be dope

[Sample]
Oh walls, they surround me
Loneliness, has found me

[Slug]
And for as much as I complain, I'm lovin' it

And I only mention it so that I can rub it in
Wake up to the sunlight, shake off last night
Check what's left and try to get the rest right
Decision, splitting headache lifting
Symptoms matching, mama was afraid of it
Knowledge of self ain't as evil as they made it
Call it what you want, if you build it they will break it
The plain truth, there's no substitute
But sometimes she bares the disguise (yes you do)
A story teller kills(?) with life not hope
Girl, if we got along better we'd be dope

And that's the sound that a dog will make when he's just been
hit by a car
And that's the tone that hits close to home, when the cocaine
outlives the star
And that's the noise that disrupts the boys when the cue ball
smacks it goal(?)
And these are the words that disturb your earth when I walk away
with your hope

Slug: 'I didn't say nothin'.'
Girl: 'What?'
Slug: 'I didn't say nothin'.''
Girl: 'Yes you did.'
Slug: 'No I didn't.'
Girl: 'No you didn't say anything, you just looked at me funny
like I'm some sort of f**king freak.'
Slug: 'I didn't look at you.'
Girl: 'Yeah, you looked at me.'
Slug: 'No.'
Girl: 'Yeah, you f**king did.'
Slug: 'What do you mean freak?'

Who's this one about? Who's this one about?...

[Slug]
These headphones keep me from rememberin' (rememberin')
Also guilty of letting me not forget (also guilty)
What type of harvest will September bring? (beckoning)
Everyone to put him to that test (Somebody please kill me)
I've got a sickness, it feels like love
It's not contagious, take off the gloves
Drop your defenses, apply a coat of perfect
I'll form the sentences you try to interpret
It'd all be so simple if I was rich (But I'm not)
But I'm not so I compensate with thought (I got a lot)
I got a lot of nothin' that you need to know (Ay yo)
You would think he wasn't aware of the glow (Where'd you go?)
Swimmin' in a bottle of imposters
Losin' my ground in the name of takin' it farther
We can thumb wrestle or we can make a daughter
I thought it was supposed to get easier when you worked harder
Stole the city, I still feel helpless
Baited the hook and caught me a shellfish (?selfish?)
I'm gonna gut it, clean it, cook it, feed it to a she(?)
And see if I can get her to need me

[Chorus x2]
And now I'm standin' at the bottom of the steps
And if I tilt my head a little I can look up her dress
And I'm willin' to bet that she'd move if she knew
So I'ma tap her on the shoulder, I'ma give her a clue

[Slug]
All it takes is a stroll down the street
A pro and he greets and he sold the life to me
Showed you the meaning of the artery he keeps on the end of his
sleeve
As he pretends he can breathe
Lend me a piece of your superiority

I feel alone on this mission, I'm wishin' there was more of me
A pair of me, apparently I'm a parasite caught inside a paradox
A paradise, a parody, the hair police have got what you need
For you to get over me and move on with Godspeed
I'd let it all go and break eggs for a livin'
If I wasn't so conditioned to just take what I'm given
Get it, got it, catch it, caught it, and lost it
Yet I can't stop it, it's embedded in my optics
Plus the frustration is a product of the gossip
If you can't walk away can you at least change the topic?
Overextended the amount of time allotted
Broke the engine, I don't know, cracked the block
Now I'm standin' at this gravel roadside festival
And I ain't tryin' to move cause this view is incredible

[Chorus x2]
Standin' at the bottom of the steps
And if I tilt my head a little I can look up her dress
And I'm willin' to bet that she'd move if she knew
So I'ma tap her on the shoulder, I'ma give her a clue

[Slug]
Fall in love with all of she (Fall in love with all of she)
Hasn't stopped callin' me (Hasn't stopped callin' me)
Message in a bottle (There's a message in a bottle)
And I stepped inside a pothole (I stepped inside a pothole)
Somehow forgot my name (Somehow forgot my name)
Blew out the flame (She blew out the flame)
A means to an end (A means to an end)
Can't even be friends, it's a song about a friend
She's still in my dreams (She steals all my dreams)
Angel spread your wings (Angel spread your wings)
Tryin' to comprehend (I'm still tryin' to comprehend)
Can't even be friends, it's a song about a friend

[Slug talking]
All together...(Crowd: WHOOO!)
Smile while you do that shit, you know what I'm saying?
Cause like some of ya'll, if you ain't smilin' you're ugly I
swear to God
Alright, some neat ones (?Shaniquas?)
Alright, on the count of three. 1. 2.

[Slug]
Hi, my name is Sean Daley and you might know me from such films
as
"I Can't Sing, But Neither Can You."

Haha yea, heheheh what are you lookin' at?
Don't look at me, don't even talk to me
Oh you rap too? Heheh I should've known
I ca, I can tell. Nah, it's in your eyes

Just cause you're an emcee doesn't mean that you get to be an
asshole (asshole)
Just cause you're a man, doesn't mean you get to act like a
bitch (like a bitch)
Won't you stand over here do a favor use your head to hold this
apple (apple)
And on my twenty pace take, aimin' shots, swear to God I won't
miss (I won't miss)
See I've been around the world without moving and I've met a lot
of people (people)
And they all play the same little games the only change is the
date (is the date)
It's all fame and respect a little money won't you help me build
my ego? (ego)
Without taking any time to think about how it might affect fate
(checkmate)
You see we've come a long way just to find that there ain't no
place to lay down
[break down]
And we waited all night for the light, but the dawn never broke
(never broke)
And if we let the song play we can lead all the children to the
lake now (take down)
Because it seems as if most would rather choose to sit back and
let 'em choke
(don't choke, don't choke)
Just cause you're an emcee doesn't mean that you get to be an
asshole (asshole)
Just cause you're a man, doesn't mean you get to act like a
bitch (you bitch)
If you stand over here do a favor use your head to hold this
apple (apple)
And on my twenty pace take, aimin' shots, swear to God I won't
miss (I don't miss)

I ain't gonna say no names..

"Take a deep breath relax, don't push it on out."(x2)
Somebody please explain to them what it be about
"Take a deep breath relax, don't push it on out."(x2)
Somebody please explain to them what it be about

They can't sleep yet, too many re-grets
Got em running round in circles for the re-spect
They need the gossip, but where's the logic?
Voices in the box guarantee a better product
So here I sit now, and watch em trip out
Trying to pick a finger to put upon what its about
But if there was a point, you would still avoid
You should've taught the boys and girls how to take apart their
toys
I stay up-set,with all the pup-pets
submerged in the drama cuz they love it
That if they can hold the pain, and then they complain

Why would you chase away the sun if you don't want the rain?
I never asked for the world, just a portion
Tryin to make a good soldier out of daddy's little orphan
But management called down, demanded that we turned the sound
down
And with that, I suggest we start the count-down
Simplistic spiral and work your way backwards
'Til the bastards collapse and choke on their last words
And I'll be back when its happy hour
So just pour me another and ignore me my brother

[Chorus]
Breathe in, breathe out, the sign says "keep out"
Breathe in, breathe out, somebody please explain to them what it
be about
Breathe in, breathe out, the sign says "keep out"
Somebody fill up my gut before I freak out

Low profile, no more smiles, til all of y'all quit acting so
damn wild
Slow down child, you're gonna lose balance, too
overanxious, the goods will get damaged
Girl, how many stories can you fit into a tanktop?
How many wishes get spent on what you ain't got?
The youth want truth, well thank god
Tryin to keep it movin, while you're sittin in the same spot
Been in this cage for a long time (long time)
Been coverin this page with the wrong rhymes (wrong rhymes)
Got a strong mind, I got a weak will
I've got bad nerves and I can't keep still
But I stay humble, so when the meek take the planet
I can get a little piece with my name on it
The only problem is by then I won't want it
I'm in the backyard praying and hoping for the comet
Are you lookin to remember or searchin for adventure?
I guess it all depends on the agenda
Do you carry a grudge? Do you carry a gun?
I guess it all depends on where you come from
Surroundings are gonna dictate the needs
I'm out, I wanna live around lakes and trees
And I'll be back when its happy hour
So just pour me another and ignore me my brother

[Chorus]

Breathe in...

(Good evening ladies and gentlemen
let me get a warm welcome from... more importantly Denver)

(Nothing I say, nothing I say, my mistake to you)

Here I am alone in an airport bar
Why, just cause I don't own a car
Its valentines day, I'm returning home from Berkley
Aint a damn thing that y'all can do to hurt me
Unsober, laid over in Denver
The waitress could smell it the minute I entered
There's seven shells losing their souls in here
Sporadically placed amongst scotch and beer
But there's one woman in the back left corner
Who looks like she could really use the support
If I could only muster the strength to be a friend
Who knows how this adventure could end
Bend me up, slip me the tongue, shoot me down
Cut me loose, bury me, and piss on the ground
Felt the water, but sober it's over y'all
Don't know if I can get down for too much longer
Everywhere I go I find at least one
And I bet it won't die till the travel is done
For as long as I learn my heart hope to god
Up to the side of my head ride and die for the young

(Nothing I say, nothing I say, my mistake to you)

[Refrain]
It's the sound of emotion enough
To make me wanna hang myself from the rafter that's over my bed
But when I stop to climb the ladder that's embedded in my heart
I start to question all the emotion in my head

[Repeat till end]

(Nothing I say, nothing I say, my mistake to you)

feat. Aesop Rock, I Self Devine, Musab

[scratched]
'Get off the mic and get off the coke!'
'On the count of three'
'1...2...'
'one for the cuervo, two for line'
'Get off the mic and get off the coke!'
'Get off the coke!'

[Chorus: Slug]
We came here to slit your throat
You came here to sniff some coke
Kid don't fall like all the rest
Cuts through soul and cuts through flesh

[Slug]
When they started to scream
I thought I might, geez, singin
'Everything good ain't as good as it seems'
Get ripped like flesh, you got kitten's pride
I'll make a mess on your set and your dress
Handle my business, or handle your princess
When I was younger, was no different
It's all effort, taste the sweat
Screamin at the earth, cause she don't hate me yet
Slug HAS to give a f**k, I know better
MAN, I'm just a rapper on luck
Still stuck in the same mind state I grew up
Still paranoid, still waitin to duck, What
Tryin not to get caught in the plague
Got a lot to say before your dumb ass walks away
Load up one verse, let it boom
Like a gunburst and left your head sun burnt

[I Self Devine]
Can I... run up in your settlement
Should I... bring wash like the government
The flow is dangerous as unguarded children
Runnin the streets in a project buildin'
So desensitized, got no feelings
Numb to the world, 6'4, with the 5 foot ceilings
The math is inaccurate, broken dialect, English ambassadors
Henesey fifth to the lips and the blunt of this
Weed call, great food, seutures, we feelin it
I be porno whipped, house looking show ownership
When we know he just a worker
Makin five fifty somethin, barely controlling shit
Keep frontin, I'ma hurt ya
Now your face getting scraped by asphalt
Off a somersault, flesh wound
Bring in a bag of salt

[cut sample]

[Musab]
Surprise y'all, come to bed
My nut stains look like wet Wonderbread

White and thick, I don't ever bite my lip
Give a damn if you like my shit
The box is full of foxes
Standin topless, lickin the splotches
Here kid, want to sniff some coke?
Rhymesayers Entertainment, we ship the dope
Your dick's short and funny like Piscopo
Give it up, man, how you gonna stick the dough
Pay me anyway, and you can have that tramp
I can get another lady any day
They gonna ban my shit like Joe Camel
Come off like a sandal, spittin the flow ammo
Believe it, get a pack of Whitecastle Cheesesticks
And PEEP the remix

[Aesop Rock]
Smart for the whips, fiddle frame parchment
March for the clique, Jughead motor like a mineark on the power
cables
Chewing through the ??? My slang letter dopeman pretty
No free pony rides, no basket of kittens
No Playdoh fun bags to reep for Christening
Little courts rainbows, Pegasus and Wizards
Just me shoving caine in the gash in your throat with the
premise
Middle of New York with a sack full of action
Cash with the school kids toke crack with magnums
Def Jukie, jet black, black lungs, black hoodie
Both crushin with a musket pressed to the musk of the budget
And I'm a must of the crunk shit
YOU GET DOWN
You don't know the meaning of dope anyhow
You probably think I'm a joke by now
But we got more clay and more coke then y'all

[Chorus] - repeat 2X

[scratch samples]
'Good God!'
'Oh my God'
'God, God'
'God Damn!'
'God helped me change' - Slug of Atmosphere
'Pray to God that you could be like us' - Grandmaster Flash
'God damn...damn' - Run DMC
'Oh my'
'Lord!'
'CUT!' - James Brown
'God Knows!'
'GOD GOD GOD'
'Oh Lord'
'Dear God' - Snoop Dogg
'and damn it'
'God Damn!'
'Good Lord'

[over beatbox, Girl from Atmosphere Promos]
and never forget...
God loves your ugly ass
Don't ever f**king question that

I'm a slow typer, a so-so writer
Been the shit ever since I was an infant in diapers
And Imma be dope all the way to the end
From the cradle to the grave, the pampers to the depends
Get enough love, got enough friends
But on a regular basis, it's safe to say I got the bends
And I didn't mean to ignore that vibe you sent
I guess my mind was probably on my rent
I got my mind on my tummy and my tummy on my mind
Some assembly required, let me run it down the line
The factory is open, time card punched
Until lunchtime, it's crunch time
Back to work fool.
First rule is to keep the verse true, even if it hurts you
You gotta wear the pain like a stain
Respect the listener, respect the game
Because there's more to gain than just some dinner and fame

Gimme the money, but don't you dare stop there
Gimme the mic, that's the tool, and I play it cool
Gimme the life, I seen things that used to be dreams
Gimme the love, my name's Slug, gimme a pound or a hug

And I'mma play this game
I just wanna say all I really want is for you to remember my
name
And Imma run for as long as I'm allowed
Hope to god I inspire some of yall

See I'm that cat that used to sit in the back and study
Looking for some proof that god loves ugly
Flash forward a decade later in your town
Somehow a good number of yall got down
And it's solid, fresh, dope, whatever you wanna call it
Not bad for an aspiring sociopathic alcoholic
Aw shit, look at Slug, still rockin the same outfit
Tryin' to make the belly grow bigger than the wallet
Hey yo man, how you doin, how you been
Just makin it cool to rap about love again
Not the hippie stuff, I'm talkin bout that bitch that gets you
nuts
(Did he say bitch?) Yo I'm sorry, don't tell my baby's mommy
Speakin of baby,
There'll be a crateful of albums for my son to page through
Thinkin daddy was a gun
With a handful of heads that put me up til they had some samples
from
Ant and fake them what the f**k I said
Still goin, still maintainin, still standin in the land of snow
and purple
rain
And I'm still waitin for my date to kiss me or slap me
Cause there ain't no way that I can be happy when I'm happy

Gimme the money, but don't you dare stop there
Gimme the mic, that's the tool, and I play it cool
Gimme the life, I've seen things that used to be dreams
Gimme the love, my name's Slug, gimme a pound or a hug

And I'mma play this game
I just wanna say all I really want is for you to remember my
name
And Imma run for as long as I'm allowed
Hope to god I inspire some of yall

I've had the pleasure of speaking with some of you ( yeah you)
Come on now, don't act like you don't know who I'm talkin to
After that show, when you approached me like you know me
The cd I sold you, the secrets that you told me
On that world you vision, through the layers of tears
The ones you choke and keep hidden when the players are near
I watch you chase it with beers and frustration and fear
Try to figure out why the hell I came here
Well I don't know either, and I'm not ready to take a breather
neither
All I know is I'm still a believer
So you can beat me up, or you can beat me off
Pick a side, any side, and let me do my job
If you've got a lot of love to give, but you don't know who to
give it to
Imma turn out the lights and light this cigarette
And write a song about you (this one's for you)

Gimme the money, but don't you dare stop there
Gimme the mic, that's the tool, and I play it cool
Gimme the life, I've seen things that used to be dreams
Gimme the love, my name's Slug, gimme a pound or a hug

And I'mma play this game
I just wanna say all I really want is for you to remember my
name
And Imma run for as long as I'm allowed
Hope to god I inspire some of yall

Please god (but don't you dare stop there)
that's the tool and I play it cool
I've seen things that used to be dreams
The name's Slug, girl, gimme a hug

I wear my scars like the rings on a pimp
난 마치 포주의 피어싱 링처럼 흉터를 지니고

I live life like the captain of a sinking ship
침몰하는 배의 선장처럼 삶을 살지

The one thing that i can guarantee
내가 보장할 수 있는 한가지는

I'm like a stepping razor, i suggest you stay fair with me
난 마치 면도날 같단 것, 그러니 날 잘 대하길 바래

Been payin dues for a decade plus,
10년 이상을 빚을 치러왔지

Before that i was just another face on the bus
그 전에 나는 그저 버스를 탄 수많은 얼굴 중 하나로

Tappin my foot, to the beat on the radio
라디오에서 나오는 음악에 맞춰 발을 두드리며

Dreamin 'bout the mic and the money and the ladies
마이크와 돈과 여자들에 대해 꿈을 꾸던 사내

Oh mom, i promise im gonna be large
오 엄마, 진짜 저 잘 될거라고 약속해요

Someday im gonna stop tryin to borrow your car
언젠간 엄마 차도 그만 빌릴 때가 올 거에요

Gonna go far, with charisma and skill
카리스마와 스킬로, 최대한 멀리 가야지

Until they put my face on a million dollar bill
100만 달러 지폐에 내 얼굴이 나올 때까지

Atmosphere, its just a ten letter word
Atmosphere, 그저 10글자로 이루어진 단어

Discretion is the name of my cement-feathered bird
신중함은 내 시멘트 깃털 새의 이름

And if you didnt hear, fuck whatevers heard
만약 듣지 못했다면, 뭘 들었건 상관 없어

I think you got the sickness i suggest you get it cured
너한텐 병이 있는거 같아, 어서 고치지 그래

Caught up in the mix, of a bottle full of fix
흥분제가 가득찬 술병 속에 묻힌 채로

Im gonna hobble down the street 'til i reach knob creek
난 문고리를 잡을 때까지 거리를 절뚝거리며 걸어갈거야

Its not that i dont like you, i just dont wanna speak
널 싫어하는게 아냐, 그냥 말하기 싫을 뿐이라고

You fuckin freak
이 정신병자야

Now keep your days out my week
이제 내 주(week)에서 네 일(day)들을 빼길

The world keeps a balance, through mathematics
세상은 수학을 통해서, 균형을 유지하고

Defined by whatever youve added and subtracted
네가 더하고 빼는 것에 의해서 만들어져

Im pushin on the hammer, to trigger the brain
난 총을 가지고 밀어붙여, 뇌의 방아쇠를 당기기 위해

Embrace how i live it, god loves ugly
그냥 내 삶을 포용해주길, 신은 추함을 사랑하니까

[chorus]
God loves ugly...
신은 추함을 사랑해...

Once upon a time in minneapolis, yo
옛날옛적 Minneapolis에서, yo

I damn near had to steal the show
난 거의 쇼를 훔쳐야했었지

I stepped on the stage, who is it?
무대 위로 올라갔어, 누구야?

My names slug ive come to kill a couple minutes
이름은 Slug, 2-3분쯤 죽이려고 왔어

Whats up with the way, that everybody gathers around each other
모두가 서로의 소리를 훔치기 위해 서로를

So they can steal each others sound
감싸는 모습, 대체 어떻게 된거야

If its all about gettin down with the get down
만약 이게 그저 함께하는 거에 관련된 일이라면

How long i gotta wait for these fools to sit down?
얼마나 오랫동안 바보들이 앉기를 기다려야 하는지?

Appears more clear in its simplest form
단순한 형태를 띈 것은 더 확실하게 보이지

Nobody sees tears when youre standing in a storm
아무도 폭풍 속에서는 눈물을 보아주지 않아

Abandoning the norm, and handling the harvest
나는 기준을 버리고, 수확물을 거두고

Measuring the worth by the depth of the hardships
고난의 깊이에 따라서 가치를 측정하지

I welcome all the hatred you can aim at my name
내 이름을 향해 보내는 모든 증오를 환영해

I held on to the sacred ways of how to play the game
이 게임을 하는 신성한 방법에 집착했지

When the soldiers started runnin short on rations
식량을 잃은 군대가 도망치기 시작할 때

I began tappin the egg, to spark the hatchin
난 달걀을 두드려, 부화를 촉진시키고

Make it happen
성공했지

And take this captain to the gallows
이 선장은 교수대로 데려가게나

I keep steerin us into an area thats shallow
난 여전히 우릴 얕은 곳으로 이끌어가

Talkin to my shadow, he advised me not to worry
그림자와 얘기했더니, 걱정하지 말라고 충고해주네

He said i should plant my tree and let it rise out of the fury
그는 내가 나무를 심어 분노보다 높은 크기로 자라나게 하라고 했지

So give me some light, a little love and some liquid
그러니 약간의 빛과, 사랑과 물을 줘

Im gonna creep through the night
이 밤을 헤치고 기어가

And put a plug in the spigot
수도꼭지 구멍에 플러그를 꼽아야지

And when the water grows
만약 물이 쌓이고

And the dam starts to overflow
댐을 넘쳐흐르기 시작하거든

Ill float atop the flood, holding on to my ugly
난 그 물 위에 떠있을게, 이 추한 모습을 가지고

[chorus]

Why scream, when you can lose yourself inside the wide-screen
왜 소릴 질러, 와이드 스크린에 자신을 바칠 수 있는데

Let life be a bowl of melted ice cream
삶을 녹은 아이스크림이 담긴 접시 혹은

Or be the deer thats caught in my high beams
내 조준에 걸려든 사슴이 되게 만들어봐

Im rollin with the lights on, scared stiff
전조등을 키고 달려, 두려움에 몸이 굳은채

Reality is just too much to bear with
현실은 견디기엔 너무 힘든 것

Paranoid, walkin around careless
편집증을 보이면서, 주의없이 걸어다니지

No wonder youre in love with your therapist
그러니 당연히 넌 주치의와 사랑에 빠진거겠지

Go to sleep my little time bomb
이제 잘 자렴, 내 귀여운 시한폭탄아

Dialed up his homie Murs on the telephone
Gotta talk to somebody who can tell him what the hell is wrong
Brain freezing up, he don't know what to do
But the people that know him know that it ain't nothing new
Catch five rings, then an answering machine
Hang up on the beep, stare up towards the ceiling
Stood up to remember that he slept fully-dressed
So he grabbed his keys and put a hat on his rat's nest
Stepped up to that big outside
Somebody once said "Today's a good day to die."
But he never really was a big fan of their work
So he starts up the walk by kicking sand in the dirt
A friend to the strangers, a stranger to friends
He'll take a coffee and a pack of cigarettes when you have a
minute
Handle it. Paid up. The change, you can keep it
He's a sucker for the morning smile and summer cleavage
If you knew him better he'd ask for some time
Cuz he's looking for a reservoire to empty his mind
And there's only so much he can put in a song
Gotta talk to somebody who can tell him what the hell is wrong

(Hook 2X)
And this house has gotta lotta walls
But only very few mean anything to you
And this house has gotta lotta walls
But only very few mean anything to you

No shop value to titillate
Far from shallow, so get it straight
Blacktop, sidewalk,and the street
Cuz life is priceless and talk is cheap
And as he sits (as he sits) in his four-cornered room
Following a tune, born to consume
Carefully learning and analyzing the lyrics you use
Finally realizing that humility is a bruise
Scared love don't make none
If these walls could speak, they would peep about the fake ones
Watching this man, falling off of his plan-
Underachievin' just so he can understand. (Crazy reverse
speech.)

(Hook)

So, who did your tattoos?
That's nice
And who built your tabboos?
That's life
If he had a glass pipe, he would smash it and use it to slash
his wrists
But someone already beat him to it
He would fingerpaint you a picture with his blood
A self-portrait, dramatic and morbid
But the odds of you finding any appreciation are too slim-
Keeps his outlook grim
Tap his foot to the rhythm of original sin
Throw his balls to the wind trying to know down these pins
He'll keep swinging from the hair above his chin
Till he finds his soul in the fifty cent bin
The price of the payphone escalates
Fake smile when he takes home one of his dates
He could write another hate-poem for you to break
Or maybe stay calm and wait for that big earthquake
Still surrounded by the fire and the water
Still trying to honor this empire's daughter
Still answering questions you're afraid to ask
Still believing that God's gonna save his ass

(Hook)

If you knew him better he'd ask for some time
Cuz he's looking for a reservoire to empty his mind
And there's only so much he can put in a song
Gotta talk to somebody who can tell him what the hell is wrong

And she still wonders why I'm so insecure she giggles
because I sleep with the...
Girl* can I throw panties on stage, like can I be a f**king
groupie
and just f**k you because you're on stage
and other girls want to f**k you?
Slug* See bands like us don't get groupies
Girl* Noooo?
Slug* yeah
Girl* you guys are full of shit
Slug* No it's not full of shit I mean have you guys ever heard
our songs
I mean basically?
Girl* That's what I'm saying
Slug* Exactly that's what I'm saying
Smile, smile with me, smile with me, smile with me, please won't
you...
oh look at her she's looking as good as dinner
and she's looking back at me as if maybe I'm a winner
I'm in my late twenties little girl don't flirt with me
I've got the capapbilities to program your circutry
You don't have to believe me do yourself a little justice
don't let slug undercook your muffins
wait wait wait did I just say that I did must be losing it
because it almost felt like it might just have some truth in it
now back to the platter at hand she said she's twenty-one
and quit school to go work for the man
a switch up in the plan now she's happy as a chorus
cause now she makes rent and now she drives a Taurus
unwinding hanging out at the bar,
I wonder if she knows that I'm not really a star
she seems to be impressed by lack of an ego and my self-aware
style,
I like the way that she smiles
she want to know how I find the words
I do I don't really know but I can lie if you want me to
angels sing to me in my sleep,
I sold my damaged soul for the magic of speech
and now she's laughing she likes the sarcasm
so naturally I'm asking if she 's got a captain
she says a captain what?
You mean a man at home the answer is no I came to this bar
alone
well heavens to betty enough about boyfriends already
just trying to keep the conversation petty
beacuse as much as I would like to play in the forest
ain't no way this girl is going to break into my fortress
I've never made a practice of introducing the matress
to women that I meet at my own gig
I don't know can't imagine anything as alchohol and hormones
turning out to be anything big
but babys hella beautiful and even kind of bright
I got the fire of a vampire inside me tonight
might be alright eveything seems tight
I've got a good buzz and she's giving me the green light
so tell me girl what ya doing after
she says hopefully hanging out with my new favorite rapper
now wait a minute that's not fair your throwing boulders
I can tell by the way your hair touches your shoulders
be straight with me and I'll be me with you
I can think of some of us that we should do so if you think
I'm coming home with you tonight you're probably right
you're pobably right a few more beers a couple more laughs
undressing my past with the questions she asks
yes, I love cactus and I would love to take a bath
if I spent the night would you massage my back
she's closing in for the embrace
and slightly tucks her hand under my face
her hair smells so good I got to have a taste
where's your ford let's ditch this place
and in the parking lot she sparked it off
she must be starving for someone to hit the harp
I've never been kissed with such passionate bliss
porn star damn near tore my lips apart
honey slow it up hold it up start the car
let's leave this garage le'ts go to your apartment
lyndale ave. on the way to the her rest
her drunk ass turn to look at me and she says
you're so beautiful from the hair to the soles
I know, can't belive that I never met you before
feels liike I've been waiting for you me whole life
she missed the red light we hit a pick-up truck and we both DIED

[NWA airline attendant]
Welcome aboard ladies and gentlemen
This is Northwest Airlines flight 7-7-7-7 [echo]

[Old vinyl sample]
Real love
It's the real love
It's the real love

[Slug]
What is history when it's being made?
C'mon help me make it, you come here help me make it
What is history when it's being made?
Girl help me make it, come here help me make it
What is history when it's being made?
Brother come here help me make it
What is history when it's being made?
Everybody, let's make it
Since 1972-72-72 [echo]

[NWA airline attendant (intermittently inaudible)]
Please take a moment to locate the exit nearest to you
Using(?) in line, cause they may be behind you
With our cabin unpressurized at a high altitude(?) during
flight
We should be arriving safely (?) in dropdown compartment above
your seat
Neatly pull the mask firmly toward you
Start to suck oxygen (?) with the mask over your nose and mouth
turn you on your locking strap over your head
over your head - over your head [echo]

[CHORUS]
In my Continental
Splinter off the mental
When you want the best show
Never accept anything less
Elements of purpose
True love from the first kiss
Spread it on the surface
Sit back and watch the progress

[VERSE 1: Slug]
T-t-t-t-t-t-teacher, teacher, how can I learn patience?
Planted in the middle and outside of your nation
Take the care to build a familiar foundation
Speak to the youth that keep the truth sacred
Free the, free the good inside your heart
Your neighborhood, it needs you to travel with your art
From New York to Cali, some day they'll all know
Cincinnati, Milwaukee, Chicago
Now I've come a long way from the younger days
When I used to look up curse words in my dictionary
If life's a game, gotta choose a side to play
If I gotta pick a position I'ma pick missionary
I've had a little bit too much to think tonight
But it's cool, I be alright, just make sure that I keep
travellin
Your reactions only reinforce the previous thoughts
You'd feel the distance even if the bridge was collapsin
Well, kudos and props and every hollow desire
That you could conjure in an instant that it takes to breathe
I got my Duplos and blocks and Lincoln Logs for when it's time
to build
I wait patiently for them to catch up to speed
(And I'll be)

[CHORUS]

[VERSE 2: Slug]
T-t-t-t-t-t-t-teacher, teacher, show me what you know now
Load up your van with musicians and go south
Visit Atlanta, Memphis, Tulsa, Texas
Plug in the decks, check the mics, fight the wreckage
Keep the, keep the motive in your movement
Let em know where you come from and show them how you do it
Children are the focus, give em one to grow with
Learn em how to take they minutes, turn em into moments
See, nowadays cats think they on some next
And they sacrifice they voice just to go over heads
If I felt as if I had somethin special to tell
Why would I work against myself and hide it under my belt?
I used to try to lace the phrases with magic tricks
Every paragraph needed translation attached to it
They saw the style, respected the craft
But all I did was confuse em, would try to get em to laugh
Painted pictures in the primer, no one got the pulp
Found the humor, the anger and the insult
Why should I waste any oxygen
Tryin to find the in-between-the-lines that they get lost
within?
I'm out there for the craft, for the cause
The laughter, the applause, the passion for the flaws
The fact that I'ma draw some heads to what I'm feelin
Lift em all up until they try to touch the ceiling
Come on and reach the, reach the masses won by singular
They hold you and they smile when they feel what you can bring
to the
Culture and sow it, cultivate the flow with
Breath control and he kept it whole, be-
Cause piece by piece the picture turns to puzzle
If you lose a few those that remain change into rubble
Freedom is a word not heard from those that own it
Can't fix the machine if you don't have the components
(And I'll be)

[CHORUS]

Cause we're not from this planet
We come from somewhere else
And you can't understand it
Cause you don't know yourself
But when the time is right
Our path will be unveiled
Till then you seek your light
While I sit and bite my nails

you don't know me
you just left me
you don't know me
you just left me
you don't know me
you just left me
you don't know me
you just left me

And he was a man
Or so he thought
Paid attention to the lessons that he taught
Second hand me down blessing
She was short on patience
Carried person hated every day people
The plight of the pessimist
Habitual living daily schedule consisted of work
Television and sexual moments
But some times it gets so hope less
When non-sense raises an oct of thought blocks
With a firm grasp on the grudge they both clutched in the name
of love
Fear of the results had push ever came to shove
Seduced for fun
Produce a a lot of fight
Two youths on the run
Learning some truth about life
And when he stares at the stars he reflects on the moon
The time the talks they share walking around calhoon
And when she watches the look on his face as he sleeps
She recalls every inch as to how it got this deep

Now how am I to know you like the way I laugh
I can't read the map, no ones ever seen the path?
The one you take a bath with is the same on the freeze your
path
Oh you going out? what time you goin be back?

Cause they were two perfect kids
In a two perfect worlds
Today the part of man and women will be played by boy and girl
Lets all take seats
Please quiet during the performance
Lift her pull her from the orchids

Trying to read the script but keep getting trapped in the
margins
Lift them pull them from the gardens

Your horoscope says we should share an apartment
Lift them pull them apart from their gardens

Now she was smart
She grew up with this complex
That the people that surrounded her seemed to expect the world
And he was tall over six no attempt to predict the fall
Though he'd seen it all
Until his all became that girl
She said she loves the drugs
But when she comes down
She speaks about finishing
She's convinced its the last visit
He doesn't know the difference between come and go
Just give him one to grow and watch him collapse inside of a
half pivot
She died her hair black
Maybe now she can relax
Maybe now the regulars will stare half as hard
He wears a old face and beer gut
Existence validation printed on the monthly statements
That comes from master card

He thinks she sleeps to much
She thinks he spends to much
He thinks her friends are jokes
She thinks he's out of touch
He thinks she drinks to much
She think he thinks to much
Its all another phase turning the page in the book of growing up

She's has seen a lot of sex
He tried to hide his resentment
But their wasn't nothing thing left for them to label new
But sometimes the obvious ain't simple to see
Cause even the time that they killed
Wasn't something that she wasnt accustomed too
She never comprehended what to make of it
He was never quite prepared to study the reaching
Together they shared the sacred practices of breathing
The weather was fair how ever the hovering clouds weren't
leaving

Discover the little drama demons that hide deep inside the frame
work
and live in That congested brain
They had old lovers on the side old flames
That some how managed to spark regardless of the pouring rains
And each time they mixed up the ingredients
They'd recheck the recipe to see maybe they written it
incorrectly
Collect me consume me release me snuggle
Two geniuses putting together the pieces to a blank puzzle

Every time I chase a squirrel it rips apart my world
Every time I chase a squirrel it rips apart my world
Every time I chase a squirrel it rips apart my world
And every time I chase a squirrel it rips apart my world

"Keep movin' your body in my direction"

"Let's continue our party everybody by just clapping our
hands."

[Slug]
Colossal, large, big as it gets, massive
I'd kill you all if I wasn't so passive
Instead I creep off to a booth and hold it solo
To study these people, you f**kin' filth
Walkin on my fifth, or maybe my sixth
Where every women represents the meaning of existence
I've no choice but to notice the one that consistently keeps me
enlisted
Keeps me aware, she has no idea where my head sits
And if she did how do think she'd react, maybe double up and
laugh?
Maybe catch some relief, place wagers on the theories, keep your
eye on my trap
Emotions speak through me in the form of gratuity
Is this enough? Is there an underlying message?
Of course - every act deserves a/in response
It's my place to watch the one she takes, try to guess it
If I could only prove what I really feel
Maybe Just, would thrust her into my zone
Let's go, like *thump* time to pay the bill
Again the waitress and I both drive home alone, where you
goin'?

[Flight Announcement]
"Flight 101, Super Jet service for Pittsburgh and Los Angeles
will depart from Gate 12. Passengers may proceed into the
gate area for checking..." [faded out echoing]

[Slug]
(Oh yeah) Los Angeles, hot and bothered
Helicopters watch their daughters play parking lot soccer
A whole lot of love from the target's hide
Got a soul looking for a magic carpet ride
Environment, perfect for a hustle
Many people are distracted by the puzzle
And while they're not lookin', the angel got tooken
Welcome to the gray space between fingerprinting and booking
Do your best 'cause the lesson is love
It's enough to keep your head up, another day to get up
Wake up, and let the sun shine through the smog
Free the dialogue 'til everyone believes in God
L.A., to some it's hell, to some it's play
Pay the cover charge and watch what you say
The Barbie doll's caught, body parts come off
And I think she's a he...STOP, look at how it walks
They got the weirdoes, the talent, the beautiful
An arm and a leg for a one-story cubicle
And if the heat don't beat you, the pigs will
Everyone's relaxed, but no one can sit still
Los Angeles... I love it, I love it...
(Lips Glisten... believe 'em.)

"Ooh California highway... California my way."

Individually wrapped, placed in neat little rows
Becoming A piece, of everything that grows
Some numbers, A name, to indicate you played the game
Came empty handed and left the same
A soul is A soul and A shell is A shell
The border in between is full of everything you felt
Some cling to A cross because they're tired and lost
They leave it up to the weather to measure the cost
And everytime I look within I recognize the darkness
Familiar to the image of the artist
Staring at the bathroom mirror in A strangers apartment
Can't remember her name, don't remember how I got here
But here I am, thinking about death again
Humbles out the stress, helps the breath get in
I need to check my friends as well as my next of kin
To let them know I love them all to the end
And when the soul begins to reap, I think she'll know me from
the sleep
I keep caught in the corner of my bloodshot eyes
And if she has the nerve, to let me dump a few last words
I'm gonna turn to the earth and scream 'Love your life!'
Love your life, quite cliche but I guess thats me
A ball of pop culture with some arms and feet
As discrete as I've tried to keep the drama and cancer
It's no secret I hunger for someone to feed the answers
I never expected a bowl of cherries
I'm just a virgo trying to find my own version of the virgin
mary
And when I let them carry me to a cemetary

I wanna be buried with a pocket full of clarity

(Chorus)
Now, how many times must you prove you're an angel
How many more demons do you have to strangle
How much longer must you remain in this dream
Before I finally figure out if you're insane or a genius

How many times must you prove you're an angel
How many more demons do you have to strangle
How much longer must you remain in this dream
Before I finally figure out if you're insane or a genius

Let no tears to fall from none of y'all
Just remember it all, the beauty as well as the flaws
L-O-V-E L-I-F-E
Here lies Sean, finally free
And as I look across the sea I smile at the sun
While it feeds the weeds the nutrition they need
The people still breathe, the city still bleeds
I'm going to love it to death and keep planting my seeds
I'm going to love it to death and keep an eye on the seeds
I'll be in love till im dead, I keep reaching the seeds
I'll give all I got left just to teach you to read
Love life to the death and keep planting my seeds
And when the soul begins to reap, I think she'll know me from
the sleep
I keep caught in the corner of my bloodshot eyes
And if she has the nerve, to let me dump a couple last words
I'm gonna turn to the earth and scream (Love your life)

(Chorus)

LOVELIFE (x16)

[Slug]
(I pledge allegiance to Budweiser and free drugs)
Peace to Rick James, Anna Nicole Smith, Bill Clinton
And Motley Crue
And anyone else who has ever utilized their 15 minutes
Of fame to realize their true dreams of being an
Absolute jerk off, just to keep the masses entertained
This goes out to learning from the mistakes of others

Bring it on now
Come on
I said come on
I said come on

[Verse 1]
They call me a jerk, once they get to know me
But they don't stop calling, they read me well
It's no work if I was phony, I'd win a trophy
Who needs to make records when there's seeds to sell
Freak the bell, and make it all spin crooked
God please help, too much grim to look at
Grab the tree by the limb and shook it
Like, "Have you seen my self esteem, where the hell'd you put
it?"
Oh wait, never mind, I found it in a bottle
Drunk at the Troubadour talking to a model
Wrecked the rental on Santa Monica Boulevard
I was headed to the El Rey to slap a security guard

[Chorus]
Rowdy, stubborn, loud and arrogant
As American as apple pie and embarrassment
Package the kid's face, put it on display
Look ma!, another national disgrace
Dumb and ignorant, drunk and belligerent
Open up your heart y'all, come on and let me in
Package the kid's face, put it on display
Look ma!, another national disgrace

[Verse 2]
The liquor gets hold of the head liver's soul
Blurry on Sixth Street and Red River Road
Last thing I remember was the Ogden Theatre
Backstage bathroom making out with all three of ya
Kicked out of Topcats... for where I put the vomit at
Finally passed out in a laundry mat
Malnourished and topless, slurring and obnoxious
Like, "Yo, we got this!"
The Zodiac Killers 'bout to rock this
At the Great American Music Hall, pissin on the box office
Pick apart the detail, alcohol and females
All around the world same song
Houseton and Ludlow, Maxfish, Vampire
You poor the beer and I'll bring the satire
No prob, I'll play the part of doorknob and make it look
So good you're gonna wish that it was your job

[Chorus]

[Verse 3]
It's all about the hangovers, and late checkouts
Maid banging on the door like, "Wake up! Get Out!"
But Come on mami, y'all probably don't want me comin'
Out like a Zombie brushing teeth in the lobby
This is a career, not a hobby
Ain't no reason to fear what you wanna see
Hey paparazzi, don't you wanna watch me quote the
Fonzi and then crash his Mazaradi?
Sweat pants, t-shirt, mesh hat, blue blockers
Feeding Jack D. to a room full of teenie boppers
Howdy neighbor, take a shot for flavor
Let's debate whether or not we should punch the waiter
I'm just kidding, let's love each other
It goes lick, swallow, suck, and order another
Do what you like, don't nobody care
It's a sign of success only in America

[Chorus]

[Chorus End: 4x]
I didn't cooome to start no trouble or hurt no one
I'm just heeere to get drunk, party, and have some fun

[Slug talking to crowd]
I'm different because I respect my audience and I don't yell at
them...
And I'm special because I respect my audience... (Guy in crowd:
YA!)
SHUT THE F**K UP!

[Slug]
The way she listen to what the MC said
She might as well plug the RCA cords into her head
Taking that into consideration, at the center of creation
Cats still criticize my frustration raps
Well off he goes, come and cop some flows
Cross your toes in hopes that I don't climb you like an obstacle
Mission Impossible, fishin' in the kitchen sink
Ya'll'll fall for anything so what you think this kid'll bring?
Poker face, let me hold my place, the name's sake(?) Slug
But you? You can call me so(?) grace
Open invitation to catch today's ejaculation
All across the front of your pretty little apron (Bitch)
This goes to those that wanna mouthful of Sean's load
Thanks for startin' now you're barkin' down the wrong road
Sacrifice plays a part in grabbin' mics from now till the
afterlife
I'll continue, pass(?) it like I love this f**kin' whore with
all my heart
And ain't nobody gonna stop me from doin' my part
It gave me life, it saved me life, it raised me right
So slideshow decide (slide shoulder side), and please hand over
that mic

[Chorus x2]
Who am I? [2nd: What is this?]
One of a kind
Send em' one at time
You're all the same
Only separate by kick snares and names

Some of ya'll even share the same names
So f**k you and your lies baby show no shame

[Slug]
So point a finger at the sucker that's havin' a good summer
Ain't got no bread, no wheat, no Wonder
But I got the phone number to this weakness I know
Who can put me back together, make me feel whole
So take me apart, try to break me down
And spend all you got just to hate the clown
You can fake the frown, imitate the sound
Underworld, worldwide, wide world of underground
It goes one little, two little, three little indie rap
Headphones, backpack, watch em' all piggy back
Switch up my styles, they all complain but see
Which kids next year sound the same as me!
The same shit, yesterday was like today
Only difference is I trust even less of what you say
But all in all, I still make the noise
I still break the toys, I still hate your voice
I still say, 'F**k a major label till it limps!'
Put your deal upon our table and we'll show you who's the pimp
There is no sympathy for the careless
F**k the extra credit, and f**k the demerits
Class dismissed

[Chorus x2]
One of a kind
Send em' one at time
You're all the same
Only separate by kick snares and names
Some of ya'll even share the same names
So f**k you and your lies baby show no shame
What is this?

Who am I? One of a kind, one at a time...
So f**k you and your lies baby show no shame

[Slug]
Atmosphere... Atmosphere.... Atmosphere

[Slug]
Atmosphere and maybe you don't like us
But of all the stars in the sky believe we're one of the
brightest
My life is as tright as your favorite rap record
And I'm possed with that insight that enables me to laugh better
From the last letter back to the A come around my way
Out of the wrapping paper with out the f**king holiday
Can't never be captured they can toy with my shell
But only after they walk on my backwards through b-boy hell
From hear on out the sun rises at noon thirty
And didn't quit pressing till the whole f-ing room heard me
Soon the birdy will fly with or with out the wings
As strange as the equator, as nosy as the outscenes
Let the poppers pop let the breakers break
Make the dj's and the assholes and all the rappers snakes
Well most graph writers are wierdos now a days
So I hang out with myself and a rafter and a belt
Every chapter that I happen to skim
Appears if it must of been written by me or the brothers grim

And the moral to the story comes equipped with a sting
Once again I'm picked for the wrong f**king scene (f**king
scene)

[Slug]
Now I'm sleeping on floors of temporary friends
But I'm keeping the store front as clean as I can
And I'm sweeping the sky for today's revelation
And I'm needing some time and some proper ventillation
And I'm building a house for everyone to hold
And I'm filling your mouth with the keys to my soul
And your spitting me out piece together the puzzle
You got to get it all out while your learning how to juggle
And the bricks weigh more then they led you to believe
Remember never let nobody leave you to believe
September was the first time I had to breathe
So I learned to hate harvest, started at a trick up it's sleave
Not f**king with the jones'es, I guess that I been jones'en so
much
nothing gets noticed but the mess
And I've spoken my stress through and empty beer can
And it goes one Minnesota, two Minnesota, three
And Atmosphere.....