High Step-Sage Francis

[ti:High Step] [ar:Sage Francis] [al:Human The Death Dance] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]High Step - Sage Francis [00:06.81]You can't make it to heaven with a high step [00:08.94]You can't make it to heaven with a high step [00:11.56] [00:12.13]I played both sides of the field [00:14.00]I was better at defense [00:15.10]They put me out for special teams [00:16.21]The college league wasn't impressed [00:17.38]But the press called me a work horse [00:19.87]I ignored it like the crowd [00:21.10]I had calories to burn off [00:22.66]And I made my parents proud [00:23.62]A jersey with a number that concealed faulty equipment [00:25.59]A cog in the machine but the team saw me as different [00:29.58]Old beyond my years [00:31.00]My chest hair was like a carpet sweater [00:32.92]They made me leader [00:34.15]I wore that C like a scarlet letter [00:35.80]Whether hot or cold [00:37.10]I had to avoid the loss [00:38.48]And play better then the competitor [00:39.53]Whether or not I won the coin toss [00:41.34]I watched it flip in slow motion [00:43.16]While I considered the odds [00:44.43]But it's a sin to gamble [00:45.68]So I left the risk to God [00:47.08]We had a locker room prayer [00:48.26]Where we all lobbied the lord [00:50.03]I pretended to know the words [00:51.40]Bowed my head and mouthed along [00:52.59]That was my way then [00:54.11]I was a slave to the play pen [00:55.89]Where I tried to make friends [00:57.31]And couldn't wait to say "Amen" [00:58.74]Then hit the field [01:00.04]With a shield that was dented [01:01.60]And a sword that was warped by the wars that I've entered [01:04.48]I'm a veteran [01:06.06]With all this medicine on my plate [01:07.58]Because the game that we played [01:08.93]Was "How Much Pain Can You Tolerate " [01:10.16]Can you do it without showing signs of it [01:13.48]Without fooling yourself so you don't know when it's time to quit [01:16.51]Hell no [01:17.50]Well Amen [01:18.34] [01:18.97]Give me the pig skin kid [01:21.05]I'm head huntin for Satan [01:22.39]Throwin' elbows [01:22.92]Til they're breaking [01:24.90]The coach made em look normal just by the that he taped them [01:27.61]I never went pro [01:29.23]I jgot paid in admiration and respect [01:31.53]But all of that seems to be changin [01:33.83]Tried to make it heaven with a high step [01:35.93]Tried to make to heaven with a high step [01:39.57]Tried to make to heaven with a high step [01:42.31]And get get it get it done [01:44.34]Before we reach sudden death