[Verse 1] As the soles of his feet grip the grit of the concrete His palms beat the psalms of the street's sweet heart's content Can't shake how these days and times feel He deals with the speakers strapped tight Wrapped around his head Too tough to break the bad from the good Both gleamed f**ed up sides, and so he would Push the dial up until his ears start to pound out And all of the bad sh** from both got drown out He found out all things thus, will follow suit If he can keep himself locked in a beat so smooth [Chorus] When the music is so loud It's hard to hear All the muses of the proud That try to steer Your vessel when they're not the captain You best go take this damn ship off the map, then Land in amps and frequency scans man Now you're seeing clear And you can feel what the truth be But be the truth lies? Blinded, though you can see [Verse 2] As his head grew older, the phones got stuck He shrugged his shoulders Truly he could not give a f** And you would see it in his eyes as he trot by The music gave him truth he gave the music “All my heart, not just part, but my full attention”
He said relentin' foolish tension in his mind the bent him Up out of shape before But no that's not the case no more As he had found a place where he can safely save face and Just ignore, what he felt he must ignore Mystified, by the key and the time signature in his eyes And be the lies truth That's what he'd learned Through his fruitless tries And attempts to burn Through the forest Of coarse things a rubbin' him the wrong way Along the street he sang his song upon the wrong day Under a long tape, he didn't stop to read it A man locked in the house from the polices had flee-ed The sirens whining and po-nine screamin' But he had never noticed cuz the melody would keep in Tune and the boom when the hammer hit the casin'? Same rhythm of the drum But couldn't stand once they brought the ba** in And the cop report stated; One bystander completely disintegrated Lead drove its hole into his head Left those in awe, so it's said or the legend goes… That his ears knew it couldn't be the end, no His essence coalesced, and now he rests with the decrescendo