Aiyo – in Jet City, it's a whole lot happenin' River City it's a whole lot happenin' Tampa Bay, it's a whole lot happenin' Up in Atlanta it's a whole lot happenin' In Cincinnati it's a whole lot happenin' In Portland it's a whole lot happenin' In every spot I've ever been I find Men and women resigned to try and keep track of time… Consumed by the flow of the flume, I ride rapids Marooned, the map's written in Rune – decipher this, kid Impugned by the spirits entombed; the didactic of doom If not for the black balloon I would've missed it Interposed by secular droves demanding answers Who chose the standards of rogues over the mystics? Deposed – over the summit rose the grand banner of those Who battled fate to escape the throes of physics Amused by the glow of the fuse, the wick sparks We choose to call conditions "improved" with no logistics Unmoved by the chorus of "oohs" or the barks of the prudes I follow the marks of Sioux's tribal blitzes Forewarned by the bugler's horn – the co*k crows And swarms of fowl flock to the warmth of outer limits Adorned with a diadem of thorns, now the clock's got horns Every last lock shorn – it's too explicit, but yo Up in Athena it's a whole lot happenin' Iraklio it's a whole lot happenin' Even Pra**as got a whole lot happenin' In Abdu it's a whole lot happenin'
At Capsis it's a whole lot happenin' Knossos knows a whole lot's happenin' In every spot I've ever been I find Men and women resigned to try and keep track of time… Allayed by the shadow of shade – light's oppressive Afraid the test is only a grade – the sum of digits Betrayed by the master of slaves; the antiseptic on blades Teach 'em a lesson; the maze – come and get it Pronounced by the Duke and the Count to be the promise Announced – I'm a**igned to the house – repute's illest Surmount the opposition and bounce – a man of modest accounts Hierarchy trounced when I shoot to k** it Bereaved by the acts of thieves – my term's served Believe not words – those who grieve will be uplifted Decreed in the books of the freed – you'd be unnerved to read When the lines are blurred, your speed is shifted Crossed by the albatross, I see the signs The frost is climbin' over the moss, I feel timid I pause to collect my thoughts – how was this time lost? Pray that I find the source of the remedy, yo Up in Lusaka it's a whole lot happenin' Luanshya it's a whole lot happenin' In Kitwe it's a whole lot happenin' Mpongwe it's a whole lot happenin' Kulundu, it's a whole lot happenin' Lilanda it's a whole lot happenin' In every spot I've ever been I find Men and women resigned to try and keep track of time…