[Violent J] welcome to the dark carnival violent j, shaggy 2 dope the insane clown posse, will live forever... (live forever) join us (live forever) follow me (live forever) carnival awaits us (live forever) take my hand (live forever) take my hand (live forever) shangri la (live forever) live forever (live forever) here go another clown song, freaky and weird i'm still preachin - i'm like noah without the beard i'm tryin a spread the facts that i know fo sho yet many don't believe in our carnival freak show it's alright, tho, there's enough who do and only time will tell if our stories are true but for everybody here, i can promise you this you'll never hear us rap about the typical bullshit livin - all the money they got all the ice they wear and all the people they shot all the freaks they pull and all the cars they drive only we'd rap about fuckin a beehive! you wanna keep it real? walk out your door that's as real as it gets from the sky to the floor but the dark carnival will take your soul away, and give you mythical adventure in a magical way
i live for the carnival i'd die for the carnival i pray for the carnival please take me away (take me away) i live for the carnival i'd die for the carnival i pray for the carnival come and take me away (take me away)
[Shaggy 2 Dopw] funhouse, freakshows, the murder go round fuck how you're lookin, painted up like a clown loosen up, let it go, you ain't gotta be tense faygo flyin everywhere. fuck makin sense! and that's the beauty of it - look backstage and another group out here on the same page run with everybody or walk with our crew, stand on the moon, face the world, and say fuck you! i ain't sittin up, playin that star biz put me in the crowd where my juggalos is treat me special, i'm a leave your lip draggin we in this together, waitin on the same wagon let em laugh now, let em laugh for years we'll see who's laughin in the house of mirrors. cause that's where i'm goin, and if you're not, pull that other shit and hear about the ends they got
i live for the carnival i'd die for the carnival i pray for the carnival please take me away (take me away) i live for the carnival i'd die for the carnival i pray for the carnival please take me away (take me away)
(live forever) take my hand (forever... live forever)
[Violent J] come take a journey through heaven and hell see what we have to promise you, the story i tell walk hand in hand with the devil and god let em pull you in half - pergatory is odd.
[Shaggy 2 Dope] fuck newspapers, fuck magazines fuck a&rs and your ball-huggin jeans fuck anybody tryin ta change our ways as long a six joker cards got somethin to say
[Violent J] i speak for the crazy, i speak for scrubs i speak for the thugs pissin in your hot tubs i speak for the people that you always say don't know how to act we like em just like that!
[Shaggy 2 Dope] fuck your grammies, fuck your music awards i'll strangle your host with his microphone cord fuck anybody that ain't down with the clown from now until milleniums after, i'm dead in the ground
i live for the carnival i'd die for the carnival i pray for the carnival come and take me away (take me away) i live for the carnival i'd die for the carnival i pray for the carnival please take me away (take me away) (x2)