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so it goes

from big empty things. by Billy Pilgrim

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Taildragger
Searching for a sunset
Overdone sleazy
Light me up another cigarette
Eazy
Like the dawn on a Sunday
Sleepily headed the wrong direction
On a one way
Greedily needy
Completely sinking in my teeth
A beast for feelings
We kill em
Just to keep em in reach
So im speaking to the lost
Cost affected for the moment
Every message investeds a wash
The second its spoken
Movin on, thoughts
Ominous w promise to exhaust
No exceptions til im rejected
By all who choose to get involved
Tense
Objections mention reality
Corrected by the fucks I gave
That resulted in casualty
Stuck inna bag
Not tryna come out
Take another drag
And grab me a stout
Take another sip
Wanna pass out
But I see her on the floor
So there aint no doubt
Turn around get down
Vibrate let it shake
earthquake
from the ground up
turn the sound up
cuz im tryna keep pace
take my liquor straight
no need for a chase
bound to the bass
and tied to the lights
found by the bass
high w the low lifes
slo mo fa sho
so hold on tight
yolo til dawn
cuz we goin all night
and im gone
on and on and on again
feeling pretty good
so I tell her bring a friend
and they got friends
so I let her bring em in
and none of em got men
so we’re ready to begin
lets go!

Chorus:
And the clock will not reverse
Tired of living fast
And not tryna finish first

Low brim stranger
Overhangs w little grip
He moves slow
To avoid danger
Don’t slip
Shit
Im slicker than most
More than like got a spliff
Even if im
Bumming a smoke
Close to the street
To the point of waking up in it
But only limited by the skies
So he’s drifting
Heavy lidded
And admittedly lifted
Grifting for minutes
Off the day walkers
And divvy rations for the night
Before grabbing my chalice off the altar
Its an overtime shift
Looking like another evening
Over the bend
W/ no attention to the cliff
Livin on the edge of a line
I was just getting ready to sniff
Bolo hit
In the dojo
lit like soho
feelin like a polo fit, fly
hobo giving shotguns
like why, not
picking up my friends from the sidewalk
watch for the cops
let me see a phone
so I can call Pop
the spots
down the block
we can go and get another shot
(conversation)
And the song don’t end
Cause for applause
Cuz we all goin in
Put it on the table
Like we all gon spend
Or act like I did
Cuz we all good friends
Or act like I did
Cuz we all good friends
All on 10, no turn down
Everything loud
So they all coming out
You all want to blend?
Pass that bottle around
Shit its all in fair trade
Aint nobody too proud
So let it all fade
Til you lost in the crowd
No one else getting in
If they comin unannounced
Was just sitting on a cloud
Winning then the room
Started to begin spinning
When she brings another round
Now we singing dirty old town
But inna couple minutes
They’ll b throwing in the towel
w/ somebody calling foul
and so it gets real
tho you keep forgetting how
wow
tho you act like it aint your style
take another bow
make another vow
but stand your ground
when you stumble down the aisle
looking for a number
when you got no way to lay it down
when its time
to dial it back a notch
the slow wind to reason
before it all
comes to a
stop

credits

from big empty things., released January 6, 2015
all vocals: Rashad Jamaal
produced by: Ash James
recorded by matt david at the spot
mixed by herman 'soy sos' at tuff sound recordings

contains an interpolation of 'Chocobo' by Zeroh G7 for chorus

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billy pilgrim Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Lead lyricist of JunkFoods, Hwite Menace, Killer of Sheep, Mega Def, and his own damn self.

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