Swing Blades-Cannibal Ox/Jean Grae

[ti:Swing Blades] [ar:Cannibal Ox] [al:Gotham (Deluxe LP Edition)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Swing Blades - Cannibal Ox/Jean Grae [00:05.48]Everyday caught in the whirlwinds [00:07.79]Back in the studio belief just earled in [00:10.33]Still trying to get my pen on [00:12.45]Write scripts and light splifs [00:14.34]Until we high as light bills [00:16.22]Watching for those that might switch [00:18.24]To the dark we over here remaining righteous [00:21.31]Though we spark the soul purpose to spit [00:24.14]And hype kids [00:25.25]Make them want to hold open their eye lids [00:27.63]Dangers and missed [00:28.47]Origins from way back since [00:30.85]The presence of genesis and osirus [00:33.21]Life is such a stress [00:34.69]But in the coldest storms [00:36.05]I let them off in the phoenix [00:37.16]Over a thousand miles of public housing [00:39.01]Lounging on beaches [00:39.79]In the riviera tan and doused in [00:41.69]Coconut scented lotion [00:42.94]Wish I was there the story rare enough [00:44.59]To merit an endangered species [00:45.91]Tagging velvet ropes [00:46.77]Surrounding every path [00:48.07]Tighter than some virgin pussy [00:49.39]Don't ever push me [00:50.52]I balance on the edge of cliffs for fun [00:51.96]And some are hanging crooked [00:53.54]I never look down I look to the sky [00:55.37]And envision the place [00:56.52]That everybody go when they die [00:58.10]They say that bright lights [00:59.17]And angels some and get you [01:00.39]If that's the truth [01:01.16]Than I expect the black night [01:02.40]Blocking the sun I got issues [01:04.11]Another day with myself [01:05.38]Another day without wealth [01:06.64]There's gotta be anther way I need help [01:08.67]And so I pray like [01:09.45]I'm a pentecostal sufi [01:10.72]Buddhist strict agnostic [01:11.70]Hoping one will hit it's target [01:13.13]Take another sip of hypnotic [01:14.55]And lay my head on the pillow [01:15.82]And dream erotic scenes [01:16.92]Of killers spilling endless rounds [01:18.42]And all of them shooting at me [01:19.59]You know can ox got that phoenix wing span [01:22.35]And love hovering over the ghetto wasteland [01:25.25]I got rap just as fat as my waist band [01:28.01]You got a rap that belongs in a waste can [01:30.59]Yo jean you gotta change grae to hackman [01:33.27]Cuz when we fight we swing them blades [01:35.27] [01:35.86]And when we rap we swing them blades [01:38.18]And then we slide [01:38.93]On them like the escapades [01:40.97]I knew the ending of this book [01:42.50]Since the first page [01:43.86]Rap sucks but we still get paid [01:45.88] [01:46.40]We smoke trees at the highest grades [01:48.48] [01:49.07]I spit a line that'll fix your fades [01:51.24] [01:51.75]So don't go there you cannot hold aire [01:54.49]Look at them reaching and shit [01:56.54]If you touch my jersey [01:57.72]I'll bust your lip [01:59.47]Open your face then break your hip