I wear rat's shoes. I pay rat's dues. I make rat's moves. I sing rat's blues. . I see the world through. Rat's eyes [4x]. Burning. Rat's eyes [4x]. Sullen.
I got a postcard from someone I met in Salvatore. He said the weather was great he'd been out on the lake. And sunning beside it quaint shore. When are you coming back, you need to come and relax.
My hat don't hang on the same nail too long. My ears can't stand to hear the same old song. And I don't leave the highway long enough. To bog down in the mud.
This ain't nothing really new. I said everything's been tried and true. Everything's been said and done 1000 times before. . Nothing really goes out of style.
you're waiting for something. to erase the sting of yesterday. they want you today. they build you up to throw away. . you can laugh, you can try. to put me off and step aside.
You feel lonesome, don't you?. Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh. Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh. The light you seek just ain't in you today. Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
We sailed along the fields of green. I didn't know it was my last scene. Nay, goodbye, nay, adieu. I couldn't see the rabbits hiding out of view. . Maybe light caught in my eye.
Ring the alarm, another sound is dying, whoa yeah. Ring the alarm, another sound is dying, whoa yeah. Ring the alarm, another sound is dying, whoa yeah.
[Verse 1:]. Boy what you got planned tonight (Tonight). 'cause i was thinkin maybe you might (You might). Wanna stop by and see me. 'cause its almost bed time.
Who are you to judge me ?. Who the fuck are you ?. . Fuck your line of conduct. All your fuckin' rules. Fuck your puritanism. Your false chastities. .
Homeboys take time and elevate your mind. We came to rock the spot, rock the spot. Homegirls inside, just let your nature rise. We came to rock the spot, rock the spot.
Rhythm sticks, rhythm sticks, get 'em, go. Rhythm sticks, rhythm sticks, get 'em, go. Rhythm sticks, rhythm sticks, get 'em, go. Rhythm sticks, rhythm sticks, get 'em, go.
[Gift of Gab]. I got rhymes for the deaf dumb and blind. and a 20/20 eyesight; big mouth yappin. crystal clear ear competition mere child's play. when I'm formin up, can't be guarded now, sendin y'all to the.
I won't wait for the world to explode. to tell you how I feel.. So I'm taking this chance to. tell you how I feel.. It's something you already know. deep down inside..
(Release). (Release). (Release). . Prevalent melanin elephant bailin. And carrying sedatives that'll give average lettermen callouses. Wrecking with savageness, catalyst.
(Release). . (Release). . (Release). . [Gift of Gab]. Prevalent melanin elephant bailin. And carrying sedatives that'll give average lettermen callouses.
It's the gift, uh-huh. Here to give your mortal mind a lift, uh-huh. Mack rap verbally pimp, uh-huh. Lace another rhythm with my signature. The gift, uh-huh.
I got a job in a band called Black 47. I was doin' nothin' special after 11. Oh we learned some tunes and wrote some songs. And we bought ourselves a drum machine to keep the beat strong.
The strobe was pulsin' in the after-hours, the booze was flowin' free. When I first saw you across that room on down by Houston Street. You were wrapped around a wiseguy for all the world to see.
Another sleepless night. On a foreign shore. Candle flickers by my bed. Locks bolt my door. . I drink too much wine. But it gives my brain relief. Stops the meanderings.