Setback Lyrics - Southern Gothic - The Constellations

another shakedown, the corners crawling with cops, 

take your money and your work like its some insider (?) 

there ain't no stake now, lost your fork and your plate 

I had the bank roll slow but they confiscated 

the minor setback, and I'll be back in a week 

this money don't come easy, even harder to keep 

you got to calculate, and come up with a plan 

my man with front my what I need, I get him back when I can 

Ba-ba-but-bah-ba 

[repeat 7 times?] 

You know these bar where built way before my time 

those artist with iron bars street with lines (?), 

got different neighborhoods, and different rules to abide by, 

stay on the sidelines, if you want to slide by 

untouched, by all the dirt and grime, 

sooner or later you'll be knee deep, open your eyes, 

and wade through, just like a US troop 

I'm dodging bullets like a matador cape to the bull 

[musical interlude] 

another setback, I'm back up grip the street, 

I've got some money in my sock, and I need some relief 

cop a ten sack, but that ain't gett'n me far, 

I put the hammer to the nail, and the nail to my arm 

and know I'z way slow, blow the Chinese breeze 

that hit me like a ton of brick had me down on my knees 

and that's the last time, I trade a dime for a dime 

skipping stones, flipp'n coins, out their grinding my time 

[Chorus]