Take, Hold, Fire
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๐ Lyrics
(Mr. Lif)
Take my check
Take my intellect
Take my self-respect
Ban my dialect
Hang me from a tree
Slice my neck
Take my head as a monument of the hatred of opposites
Take the time to sell my culture
Count how you profited
Take a break
Take two
What's it gonna take to make you
Understand the man I equate to
I create crews
One thousand, two thousand
Fuck it, bring the whole central housing
Take a trip to free brothers from penitentiaries
Judges steady handing out centuries
That nigga got life for growing weed
Ah! See the plan?
He could never be a man
Never get to help his fam
Just like Apartheid that didn't die back in '91
Parents were subject to interference
If they caught you late trying to raise a son or daughter
They'd use a gun or a knife as they summoned slaughter
And I wish I could ring the blood out of your clothes
Give you back your afros and your strong black nose
But what's done is done
Who's gone is gone
Once again, the sun illuminates bodies at dawn
And I yawn and grow weary
Succumbed to old theory
That strips my wits of thoughts I used to hold dearly
So clearly the gold nearly ended existence
A young brother who hungers, lying there shiftless
A rich brother who hovers, hoarding his riches
A fatal divide
Acts of the colonized
It's a worldwide unwise data that leaks when we speak
Repeats 'till decency depletes
Then leaks through our moral fabric forming havoc
We're left reminiscing what was written on a tablet
It's a path we've forgotten - lost in our heads
And I know they're listening - so P.S. fuck the feds!
(Aesop Rock)
And I know they're listening - so P.S. fuck the feds!
Hold weight, hold water, hold your head above the latter
While I'm at it, hope your story holds a little when it matters
The mold inside his holding cell became proof of the leak
Now he holds his tongue behind his teeth in a room with police
One call alloted, tried to holler at his cousin
Who couldn't hold his liquor, let alone hold the discussion
20 seconds in he pass out on the hold button
'Till his quarter ran out with the dreams of ever holding something
No, it isn't folklore - Yes, it's morbid
If he hold heat, he'd probably hold grudges, not horses
We grew up in the hold it now hit it
When hold it down meant it was better to hold the crown, not the image
You bow to a gimmick, you bound to hold back the incentive
Which your friends will hold against you
When you haul back to the village
Fall back, crawl back to the killers
Who couldn't hold a candle to the actual definition of "illest"
(El-P)
Little man said I was fired
Under artificial fire up in the sky
Florescent tungsten hovered over cubicle design
Interrupted just before final synaptic nerve could fire
And I lost count right as I got up to the last digit in Pi
What a fiery piece of trash (bastard)
Why, I ought to fire the boomstick in your face and tell the tribe that it was (magic)
You tried to take my soul but now it's (fire in the hole)
And I'm fired up
Walking through the office firing automatics
You didn't start the fire - you simply sparked it
Next time you light a fire under my ass better hope that you're flame retardant
Arson is in my bent heart - you're begging to see the (billow)
Of the smokes of the fires of Odin - enter the fire starter
See, every little monotonous moment that I punched the clock was equivalent to furnace fuel
In the form of a (fiery rock)
Welcome to trial by fire measured in Celsius
You can fire me from the job but I promise I'm walking out the office healthiest
Take my check
Take my intellect
Take my self-respect
Ban my dialect
Hang me from a tree
Slice my neck
Take my head as a monument of the hatred of opposites
Take the time to sell my culture
Count how you profited
Take a break
Take two
What's it gonna take to make you
Understand the man I equate to
I create crews
One thousand, two thousand
Fuck it, bring the whole central housing
Take a trip to free brothers from penitentiaries
Judges steady handing out centuries
That nigga got life for growing weed
Ah! See the plan?
He could never be a man
Never get to help his fam
Just like Apartheid that didn't die back in '91
Parents were subject to interference
If they caught you late trying to raise a son or daughter
They'd use a gun or a knife as they summoned slaughter
And I wish I could ring the blood out of your clothes
Give you back your afros and your strong black nose
But what's done is done
Who's gone is gone
Once again, the sun illuminates bodies at dawn
And I yawn and grow weary
Succumbed to old theory
That strips my wits of thoughts I used to hold dearly
So clearly the gold nearly ended existence
A young brother who hungers, lying there shiftless
A rich brother who hovers, hoarding his riches
A fatal divide
Acts of the colonized
It's a worldwide unwise data that leaks when we speak
Repeats 'till decency depletes
Then leaks through our moral fabric forming havoc
We're left reminiscing what was written on a tablet
It's a path we've forgotten - lost in our heads
And I know they're listening - so P.S. fuck the feds!
(Aesop Rock)
And I know they're listening - so P.S. fuck the feds!
Hold weight, hold water, hold your head above the latter
While I'm at it, hope your story holds a little when it matters
The mold inside his holding cell became proof of the leak
Now he holds his tongue behind his teeth in a room with police
One call alloted, tried to holler at his cousin
Who couldn't hold his liquor, let alone hold the discussion
20 seconds in he pass out on the hold button
'Till his quarter ran out with the dreams of ever holding something
No, it isn't folklore - Yes, it's morbid
If he hold heat, he'd probably hold grudges, not horses
We grew up in the hold it now hit it
When hold it down meant it was better to hold the crown, not the image
You bow to a gimmick, you bound to hold back the incentive
Which your friends will hold against you
When you haul back to the village
Fall back, crawl back to the killers
Who couldn't hold a candle to the actual definition of "illest"
(El-P)
Little man said I was fired
Under artificial fire up in the sky
Florescent tungsten hovered over cubicle design
Interrupted just before final synaptic nerve could fire
And I lost count right as I got up to the last digit in Pi
What a fiery piece of trash (bastard)
Why, I ought to fire the boomstick in your face and tell the tribe that it was (magic)
You tried to take my soul but now it's (fire in the hole)
And I'm fired up
Walking through the office firing automatics
You didn't start the fire - you simply sparked it
Next time you light a fire under my ass better hope that you're flame retardant
Arson is in my bent heart - you're begging to see the (billow)
Of the smokes of the fires of Odin - enter the fire starter
See, every little monotonous moment that I punched the clock was equivalent to furnace fuel
In the form of a (fiery rock)
Welcome to trial by fire measured in Celsius
You can fire me from the job but I promise I'm walking out the office healthiest
โฑ๏ธ Synced Lyrics
[00:01.86] (Mr. Lif)
[00:02.88] Take my check
[00:03.46] Take my intellect
[00:04.49] Take my self-respect
[00:05.57] Ban my dialect
[00:06.45] Hang me from a tree
[00:07.58] Slice my neck
[00:08.34] Take my head as a monument of the hatred of opposites
[00:11.32] Take the time to sell my culture
[00:12.82] Count how you profited
[00:13.98] Take a break
[00:14.67] Take two
[00:15.54] What's it gonna take to make you
[00:17.46] Understand the man I equate to
[00:19.45] I create crews
[00:20.74] One thousand, two thousand
[00:23.00] Fuck it, bring the whole central housing
[00:25.06] Take a trip to free brothers from penitentiaries
[00:28.01] Judges steady handing out centuries
[00:29.87] That nigga got life for growing weed
[00:31.63] Ah! See the plan?
[00:33.18] He could never be a man
[00:34.41] Never get to help his fam
[00:35.94] Just like Apartheid that didn't die back in '91
[00:38.72] Parents were subject to interference
[00:41.31] If they caught you late trying to raise a son or daughter
[00:43.86] They'd use a gun or a knife as they summoned slaughter
[00:47.06] And I wish I could ring the blood out of your clothes
[00:49.55] Give you back your afros and your strong black nose
[00:52.31] But what's done is done
[00:53.77] Who's gone is gone
[00:54.82] Once again, the sun illuminates bodies at dawn
[00:57.89] And I yawn and grow weary
[00:59.43] Succumbed to old theory
[01:00.72] That strips my wits of thoughts I used to hold dearly
[01:03.67] So clearly the gold nearly ended existence
[01:06.39] A young brother who hungers, lying there shiftless
[01:09.00] A rich brother who hovers, hoarding his riches
[01:11.81] A fatal divide
[01:13.12] Acts of the colonized
[01:14.32] It's a worldwide unwise data that leaks when we speak
[01:18.01] Repeats 'till decency depletes
[01:20.10] Then leaks through our moral fabric forming havoc
[01:22.76] We're left reminiscing what was written on a tablet
[01:25.66] It's a path we've forgotten - lost in our heads
[01:28.04] And I know they're listening - so P.S. fuck the feds!
[01:31.21] (Aesop Rock)
[01:39.27] And I know they're listening - so P.S. fuck the feds!
[01:41.81] Hold weight, hold water, hold your head above the latter
[01:44.72] While I'm at it, hope your story holds a little when it matters
[01:47.64] The mold inside his holding cell became proof of the leak
[01:50.44] Now he holds his tongue behind his teeth in a room with police
[01:52.81] One call alloted, tried to holler at his cousin
[01:55.85] Who couldn't hold his liquor, let alone hold the discussion
[01:58.58] 20 seconds in he pass out on the hold button
[02:01.33] 'Till his quarter ran out with the dreams of ever holding something
[02:04.16] No, it isn't folklore - Yes, it's morbid
[02:06.65] If he hold heat, he'd probably hold grudges, not horses
[02:09.79] We grew up in the hold it now hit it
[02:12.02] When hold it down meant it was better to hold the crown, not the image
[02:15.26] You bow to a gimmick, you bound to hold back the incentive
[02:18.07] Which your friends will hold against you
[02:19.45] When you haul back to the village
[02:20.76] Fall back, crawl back to the killers
[02:22.80] Who couldn't hold a candle to the actual definition of "illest"
[02:26.47] (El-P)
[02:27.93] Little man said I was fired
[02:29.60] Under artificial fire up in the sky
[02:31.68] Florescent tungsten hovered over cubicle design
[02:34.36] Interrupted just before final synaptic nerve could fire
[02:37.32] And I lost count right as I got up to the last digit in Pi
[02:40.10] What a fiery piece of trash (bastard)
[02:42.15] Why, I ought to fire the boomstick in your face and tell the tribe that it was (magic)
[02:45.71] You tried to take my soul but now it's (fire in the hole)
[02:48.17] And I'm fired up
[02:49.21] Walking through the office firing automatics
[02:51.06] You didn't start the fire - you simply sparked it
[02:53.28] Next time you light a fire under my ass better hope that you're flame retardant
[02:56.39] Arson is in my bent heart - you're begging to see the (billow)
[02:59.27] Of the smokes of the fires of Odin - enter the fire starter
[03:01.90] See, every little monotonous moment that I punched the clock was equivalent to furnace fuel
[03:06.83] In the form of a (fiery rock)
[03:07.61] Welcome to trial by fire measured in Celsius
[03:09.71] You can fire me from the job but I promise I'm walking out the office healthiest
[03:13.78]
[00:02.88] Take my check
[00:03.46] Take my intellect
[00:04.49] Take my self-respect
[00:05.57] Ban my dialect
[00:06.45] Hang me from a tree
[00:07.58] Slice my neck
[00:08.34] Take my head as a monument of the hatred of opposites
[00:11.32] Take the time to sell my culture
[00:12.82] Count how you profited
[00:13.98] Take a break
[00:14.67] Take two
[00:15.54] What's it gonna take to make you
[00:17.46] Understand the man I equate to
[00:19.45] I create crews
[00:20.74] One thousand, two thousand
[00:23.00] Fuck it, bring the whole central housing
[00:25.06] Take a trip to free brothers from penitentiaries
[00:28.01] Judges steady handing out centuries
[00:29.87] That nigga got life for growing weed
[00:31.63] Ah! See the plan?
[00:33.18] He could never be a man
[00:34.41] Never get to help his fam
[00:35.94] Just like Apartheid that didn't die back in '91
[00:38.72] Parents were subject to interference
[00:41.31] If they caught you late trying to raise a son or daughter
[00:43.86] They'd use a gun or a knife as they summoned slaughter
[00:47.06] And I wish I could ring the blood out of your clothes
[00:49.55] Give you back your afros and your strong black nose
[00:52.31] But what's done is done
[00:53.77] Who's gone is gone
[00:54.82] Once again, the sun illuminates bodies at dawn
[00:57.89] And I yawn and grow weary
[00:59.43] Succumbed to old theory
[01:00.72] That strips my wits of thoughts I used to hold dearly
[01:03.67] So clearly the gold nearly ended existence
[01:06.39] A young brother who hungers, lying there shiftless
[01:09.00] A rich brother who hovers, hoarding his riches
[01:11.81] A fatal divide
[01:13.12] Acts of the colonized
[01:14.32] It's a worldwide unwise data that leaks when we speak
[01:18.01] Repeats 'till decency depletes
[01:20.10] Then leaks through our moral fabric forming havoc
[01:22.76] We're left reminiscing what was written on a tablet
[01:25.66] It's a path we've forgotten - lost in our heads
[01:28.04] And I know they're listening - so P.S. fuck the feds!
[01:31.21] (Aesop Rock)
[01:39.27] And I know they're listening - so P.S. fuck the feds!
[01:41.81] Hold weight, hold water, hold your head above the latter
[01:44.72] While I'm at it, hope your story holds a little when it matters
[01:47.64] The mold inside his holding cell became proof of the leak
[01:50.44] Now he holds his tongue behind his teeth in a room with police
[01:52.81] One call alloted, tried to holler at his cousin
[01:55.85] Who couldn't hold his liquor, let alone hold the discussion
[01:58.58] 20 seconds in he pass out on the hold button
[02:01.33] 'Till his quarter ran out with the dreams of ever holding something
[02:04.16] No, it isn't folklore - Yes, it's morbid
[02:06.65] If he hold heat, he'd probably hold grudges, not horses
[02:09.79] We grew up in the hold it now hit it
[02:12.02] When hold it down meant it was better to hold the crown, not the image
[02:15.26] You bow to a gimmick, you bound to hold back the incentive
[02:18.07] Which your friends will hold against you
[02:19.45] When you haul back to the village
[02:20.76] Fall back, crawl back to the killers
[02:22.80] Who couldn't hold a candle to the actual definition of "illest"
[02:26.47] (El-P)
[02:27.93] Little man said I was fired
[02:29.60] Under artificial fire up in the sky
[02:31.68] Florescent tungsten hovered over cubicle design
[02:34.36] Interrupted just before final synaptic nerve could fire
[02:37.32] And I lost count right as I got up to the last digit in Pi
[02:40.10] What a fiery piece of trash (bastard)
[02:42.15] Why, I ought to fire the boomstick in your face and tell the tribe that it was (magic)
[02:45.71] You tried to take my soul but now it's (fire in the hole)
[02:48.17] And I'm fired up
[02:49.21] Walking through the office firing automatics
[02:51.06] You didn't start the fire - you simply sparked it
[02:53.28] Next time you light a fire under my ass better hope that you're flame retardant
[02:56.39] Arson is in my bent heart - you're begging to see the (billow)
[02:59.27] Of the smokes of the fires of Odin - enter the fire starter
[03:01.90] See, every little monotonous moment that I punched the clock was equivalent to furnace fuel
[03:06.83] In the form of a (fiery rock)
[03:07.61] Welcome to trial by fire measured in Celsius
[03:09.71] You can fire me from the job but I promise I'm walking out the office healthiest
[03:13.78]