11:35 Lyrics - Singles - Aesop Rock

Some cats grow by the laws of the wild 

Some learn slower and lag in the mud 

Some stand up in defense of a style 

Some let the big dogs eat them up 

At exactly 11: 35pm on January 21st I fell asleep sound 

At exactly 11: 35pm on January 21st some shit went down 

[Aesop Rock] 

Now Benny was a New York City graff kingpin 

Five Borough fame guaranteed to itch pigskin 

Raided near the Brooklyn Naval Yards, juxed an undercover 

When they asked him what he pled he said, "You're fuckin' up my cover!" 

[Mr. Lif] 

Okay, Jose is working in the slaughterhouse 

Said he's living in the hood, but he wants to get his daughter out 

Slipped off a ledge, and fell into a machine 

Another dead immigrant, that's the American Dream 

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[Aesop Rock] 

Miss Molly, helpless, made a penny with a data entry temp gig 

Overqualified with the rent stick 

Red brick bash with a texted green screen 

Like, "I entered my data right into your screen" 

[Mr. Lif] 

Jane went insane, she's an anchorwoman 

Sick of pushing skewed information 

And abusing the nation 

Had a few options: 

Either jump or run 

Critical ways or waving a gun 

Time for C-H-A-N-G-E 

Held a knife to the VP on TV 

She demanded that the format be expanded 

Beyond fear, everybody clear, understand it? 

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[Aesop Rock] 

Billy was a coke fiend 

[Mr. Lif] 

Maggie was a cop 

[Aesop Rock] 

Like a dope he stole green 

[Mr. Lif] 

She patroled the block 

[Aesop Rock] 

Banking off his old scheme 

[Mr. Lif] 

She recognized his plot 

[Aesop Rock] 

He thought he was home free 

[Mr. Lif] 

She knew that he was locked 

[Aesop Rock] 

Now it's off to the jail in a blue squad car 

[Mr. Lif] 

She pocketed the crack before they got far 

[Aesop Rock] 

Billy watches Maggy from behind steel bars 

Like "Where the crack went" 

[Mr. Lif] 

"I'ma smoke it tomorrah" 

[Aesop Rock] 

They call him Larry Luck 

Blackjack, big spender 

He was married once 

Till he bet her ring finger 

Seen him leaving Las Vegas 

With a pick up truck, diamond 

Forty large, and beautiful wife piece 

Less than what he came with 

Itched to get rich found nickels in the couch 

Hitched back to the casino with in an hour 

Said "I'm here to make a dollar out of fifteen cents" 

And was immediately shot to his death over debts 

[Mr. Lif] 

As Colin died, his mother cried 

Then the EMS survived 

Said that he could be revived but they lied 

Afterlife realized that water from the skies 

Washes pain from our eyes so our hopes could rise 

[Aesop Rock] 

Now, J.J. punch drunk, acts like a dumb fuck 

Bum touched girls looking young enough to thumb suck 

One saw the light, thought it right to rat him out 

Now gets raped by Aryans in the big house (OUCH!) 

[Mr. Lif] 

Ted did 20 years for rolling some weed 

Though he used to snort coke and dabble with speed 

Welcome home, homie, here's a blunt with hash 

You know the rules, bitch, take two and pass 

Some cats grow by the laws of the wild 

Some learn slower and lag in the mud 

Some stand up in defense of a style 

Some let the big dogs eat them up 

At exactly 11: 35pm on January 21st I fell asleep sound 

At exactly 11: 35pm on Januray 21st some shit went down 

[Aesop Rock] 

I got one Jack or Jill 

Jill won't, Jack will 

Jill didn't, then did it 

Jack fell 

No cellophane secrets, b 

I guess I sense two felt bumps in the tar 

No cell 

But hell, you jump the bar so well 

Parted your partners veil and dipped 

I'm New York harbor 

Tale of a sail, ripped sorta 

Stuck on purpose for tha love of birthplace 

But would have carried you home inside of my teeth anyday 

Turns out I wasn't cast in the master plan anyway 

He holds no grudge, holds his tongue, wild 

Same one she used to hold in both smiles 

? instinctual last shout if it killed me 

So you can ride up in the sun city guilt-free 

One year passed, the table is wobbling and your hollerin' back 

Sippin the fits you skipped when shit cracks 

They never missed it 

Not a long haul, bullshit, kids kicked into the same 

Shoebox with the flicks and lipstick 

I'll love you forever, cuz you know me better 

For the record, that one time I would've married you in a second 

But kill the rekindling dreams and navigate the friendship 

Or else by the time the stress wears out we'll both be dead and friendless