Gripp - Can't Stand Still lyrics

[Intro: Various] Odd Machines, Volume 2: Ansible Food, shelter, s**, and single-malt scotch whiskey I mean, I try not to be too destructive Heaven I think. Sometimes. I'm not really sure You go into the ground and that's pretty much it Believe that there is that separation. I don't want to be hanging out with them the whole time if I'm- See outside of the world and outside of yourself Something outside of our bodies Spend money Have some differences I... I wouldn't even. To anybody To a positive place. So it's like... they never made a move, never made a shift That's kind of where I'm at with it right now I just... I just... think of them as two different realms I just have to keep doing this or I'll die [Verse 1: Gripp] Every day I shed skin and molt feathers Like reupholstering a sofa and stripping the old leather Figure I'll move from Atlanta, go back to the cold weather 'cos the timing ain't getting no better. Check it: Every day I rip the bandages off, 'cos I'd rather bleed And manage the cost than be scared and unprepared for the loss The advantage is gone. I strive for greatness And replace parts of me like it's cyborg maintenance Like... I used to deal with being nerdy and anxious With shell-toe and backpack security blankets But even before "Head in the Cloud" dropped, I stripped them And started to heal without them, no docs prescription I learned it from evolution: a gradual change A revolution aiming to repattern the brain And it's a nuisance to do it, but I use it to stop inertia And misery. Burning bits of me ensures the plasticity [Hook] I've been there; I've done that Left my mark on it and I've come back I'm searching for some fact 'cos I know that there's more than one path No routine; who wants that When there's so much potential untapped? I... I... I can't stand still [Verse 2] I've got a secret. You can keep my secret, can't you? I'm still a boy inside of this man suit Inside of a damn suit and tie, I feel noosed As soon as I'm let loose, I could move the sky And the coup de grace was the acute desire To surprise those who excuse the lies But not with a time sheet and an albatross Counting off how much will an hour cost I just had to bounce is all. Guess I couldn't handle the stress Of hiding this animal flesh, too manic depressed And plus too concerned with making cash. Don't want to break my a** For a place to crash; that's something I can't accept I took a stand and left, came back to man a desk I re-enrolled in school, taught myself to panic less Uh... so if you're thinking of messing with me You should know that I'm burning, got a second degree Get it? [Hook] [Verse 3] No record deal and no major label No help from VH1, so f** your basic cable f** waiting tables and waiting for a red carpet If I want the best harvest, I've got to get started Create the next market for rap and carve it From the garbage and the carca** and ash they've been calling art and get back Uh... I never lame-spit, I'm nice with a flow But I'll be damned if I make the same disc twice in a row Show my life and my growth when I spit a verse And hope that you will walk with me slow through Middle Earth It's supposed to get absurd, supposed to hit a nerve Supposed to dig the skeletons up and to disinter I think I figured out a new way to approach it A new range of emotions, food sating the locusts So I got the mic and Dylan'll take the keyboard The rap version of Eeyore is back in the booth to record again [Outro: Various] What is an "ansible"? It is... I have no idea what "ansible" is A type of insect I have no idea what an "ansible" is It looks like an ant, but it's got wings That is my guess It sounds like some sort of robot taking over the world An "ansible" is the communication system that was developed for intergalactic colonies It's kind of like the internet, but for space Yeah, so when we started colonizing worlds, it allowed us to do instantaneous communication