E. Osterholm - Snake Charmer lyrics

“A snake slithered into a blacksmith shop one day. And he was very, very hungry and he looked about for something to eat. But the only thing we could find was a file, so he started to gnaw on it...” [VERSE ONE- MC BREW] Cla**ier than a clip-on tie But I'll gladly be taking out you snakes just like Rikki-Tikki-Tavi So a cobra's head I'm tossing Finding solutions to the problems Never fail when you entail Identifying them first, through the phlegm that's dispersed Give more of what it takes Slithering through inhibitions of Iowans just like corn snakes Through senses and aesthetics Second guess your prevalence With ignorant epithets opine on a line On which one may forget I've got nothing, not even regret You peeping the set, we gotta rock the spot Cunning like water moccasins No need for lots of pens Free venom dispending got ya feeling lost again My anti-cliché deejay has got to toss the spin Apply the Buddha palm upon the song Got it rattling your cage again Erase you face, we came to play, then win [VERSE TWO- THE TOP CIVILIAN] Sick of sh** I can't relate to Snakes that hiss over beats and bring along their fake crews Shut up before I make you face the truth. Your vocal booth Is full of statements that you can't stand on with your own two... Feet. Sick of the mainstream and the same seats But I got the gift of speech and a deejay that don't slang beats So appealing with side-effects concealing cracks With slight-of-hand cramping, I'm losing my grasp Teeth on my plaque, a speech that tends to react To ba** vibrations from the speakers when they blast Inhaling positive thoughts, ignore the concrete corsage Pinned to my chest. Read ‘em and weep some Deep Thoughts by Jack Handy Lookin' like an obese Raggedy Andy More than willing and able to bust any mic that you hand me Been adrift like Pangaea, narrowing options Jamming on a Sony Walkman ca**ette deck and walkin'... [SCRATCHED- DJ POYO] “Stop, he said.” [VERSE THREE- MC BREW] Like Christopher, I'm Walken I concur to rip through slurs Like water hitting salt pallets, man you're soft And I'm stomping mambas with intentions so black, we're fading back to onyx To the basement where you can taste this Had the knack to even vomit Monty Python can have a guest appearance on this Astonish what you saw Pens of poison drive nervous systems delirious Dreaded when these off the double-headed serpents hiss this [VERSE FOUR- THE TOP CIVILIAN] Opposing those that let go of their control To grow roses in the road. Licking the backs of toads And serpents for the chemical experience The hops been hipped, minds serendipitous Get lit and fixated on the sanity I brought my band with me, so ya'll can stand at ease And vanity is the one deadly sin I don't indulge in The rest of me's nailed to the ground, sky a pullin' [SCRATCHED- DJ POYO] “Don't do that.” [VERSE FIVE- MC BREW] Golden moments ain't always glowing Thought you had to know We break it down like acetone Some ba*tards show no love We'll be knowing what's up Stay coiled, poised and ready To strike a deadly blow from the brush Not gambling on broke chances This wouldn't equate up to any OSHA standards Use a snake skin just like a canvas These fake men, they have no plans when they try to hold it frozen in a pose [VERSE SIX- THE TOP CIVILIAN] Pull the pin, throw the grenade and take cover Post a bulletin about my affair with Danny Glover Push comes to shove her out of oncoming traffic How can we save the Earth if we couldn't even save Captain Planet From cancellation? So I continue my scratch paper wastin' Shedding skin around corners; straighten smiles with braces Dragons you chasin' as we Puff the magic But nothing's static in a world of slithering snakes and plastic “In a raspy voice he said, I'm the guy who can chew iron and steel.” “The viper and the file” “A snake slithered into a blacksmith shop one day. And he was very, very hungry and he looked about for something to eat. And the only thing we could find was a file, so he started to gnaw on it. The file didn't like it though.” “‘Stop,' he said. ‘Don't do that. Don't expect to get anything out of me, you're just beatin' your gums.' In a raspy voice he said, ‘I'm the guy who can chew iron and steel.'”