[Sample] I see how y'all be trying to front, man y'all be fronting, man
[Verse 1: Aesop Rock] Been a bit since Mu died Been a lot more loss in the wake I recall thinking some day someone's gonna say it's all from the same cause and effect And I just couldn't fathom Blaming a whole new page on a made-up chain reaction Each claim individual peaks and pockets Pains and a slew of unique nuances Nahmean? When you wake up 8 years non-responsive It's a lot to process Gone from a happier jack-in-the-box To a package of clogged up chakras Oh shazbat Not the \"ever after\" he wanted from the \"once upon a time\" Dot, dot, dot Once upon a time he was so much more than a punchline for his own potshots Ah, Watch the Impossible Kid Everything that he touch turns promptly to shit If I zoom on out I can finally admit It's all been a blur since Mu got sick None of the subsequent years stood a chance Whether you his moms or his mans Whether you his pops or his girl I was poison, heart full of canines, head full of voices Whole life trying to quiet 'em down Like a suicide king with a knife in his crown Hounds at bay, but they just won't stay True friendship in a tugboat way A go dark in the face of the fucked, when the fucked was a friend I was basically done Into the woods go his alien tongue It was that or a textbook faking of funk And I can't Here go the hindsight 8 years been one long blindside I could pinpoint 7 more turns that occurred cuz he never really healed from the first Oh what a world Any hack is a myth, any dap is a joke Any map is a trick, any graph is a hoax Ease on down, I'm burning up, I'm bleeding out Knowing ain't half the battle That's a bullshit quip written by some asshole You can own what you are And still sit around stoned in your car Not doing shit, halfway to nill Cranky and waiting for a boss key and hat full of bills Get out the car, Aes