My veins are blue and connected And every single bone in my brain is electric
But I dig ditches like the best of 'em Yo trabajo duro Como en madera y yeso Como en madera y yeso
And even God herself Has fewer plans than me But she never helps me out with my scams for free, Though she grabs a stick and then she points it at me When I say nothing, I say everything Yeah when I say nothing, I say everything
They threw me down in the lazaretto Born rottin', bored rotten Makin' models of people I used to know Out of coffee and cotton
And all my illegitimate kids have begotten Thrown down to the wolves, made feral for nothin' Quarantine on the Isle of Man and I'm trying to escape any way that I can, oh Any way that I can, oh
I have no time left Time is lost, no time at all, throw it in a garbage can And I shake God's hand I jump up and let her know when I can This is how I'm gonna do it
They wanna burn down the prison They're lighting fires with the cash of the masses
And like the dough I don't fall down I'm so Detroit, I make it rise from the ashes