[Verse 1] They loved me in the Bay when they was still booing in New York Long white ash same like the auntie Newport The typecast is sad and dark, but it's a riot in every bar Raging fires, overturned police cars Open fire in the school, jam the AR Walk out, raised hands, “Don't shoot” (I surrender) It's like you can't joke around anymore Whod've guessed skinny Chappelle get so ripped, only have one joke left at the end of it all Late period Lenny Bruce Pure nostalgia, why I copped the loose out the corner store Fibromyalgia every day of the tour Run through cities like parkour Unintelligible, I'm hardcore Soul Glo even if it's four on the floor, so cold Cup broke out like they made of cardboard My neighbors got foreigns in the carport I'm across the street in an eyesore Kick in the door, 'Das Kapital' under one arm Fertilizer bomb in the barn of the family farm Wile E. Coyote, Oakleys and shitkickers on Ambitions of Ryder truck ATF had 'em in cuffs just trying to pick up the rental car (They were listening all along That's not fair)
Took the high road only to arrive and see same guys what had it for the low Took the jack off airplane mode, no surprise Negroes playing on my phone Took the loan with open eyes, the wolf wore they own clothes Took the high road only to arrive and see same guys what had it for the low Took the jack off airplane mode, no surprise crackers playing on my phone Took the loan with open eyes, the wolf wore they own clothes
Since I was a kid kept a full chess set on my desk Long as I can remember been waiting patiently for Death Hoping to interest her in a game but now that seems naïve at best It's killer robots flying around, it's predictive text It's Siri with the Blaccent Ted Kaczynski never even used the internet Whatever's coming gon' be blinking and humming It's no romance left Working girl got a computer for a pimp Pimp gotta get a job, we're all johns in the end Without the Djinn the lamp dim but genies don't go back in Science sits atop the laws of men A Lamborghini on factory rims Gandolfini, I took the tunnel to the bridge Under poisoned rivers, over meadowlands long dead Factories bristling, warships, cloud lined with lead Rappers get a call from corporate, engagement up 24 The metrics on the RICO let's just say it's worth looking in The machine thinks for itself People are cogs, watch them spin And spin And spin And spin