Aesop Rock - The Watering Hole lyrics

Inside of a smoke filled, no frill, watering hole An old man kicks the jukebox, stubbing his toe The bartender glances up with a stare so cold And tells the man that "if you do that sh** again you can go" It's either too loud or no sound, torn up or broke down Everything's extreme, Sped up or slowed down Gang signs and call girls, soft white and crack sales For business men the model is "don't ask don't tell" I'm a creature of the night so i been here before Ordered a drink to try to swallow what i saw at the store A petty criminal was shot, put down like a dog But i still can't find the k**ers I'm looking for Despite the fact that I've been on the hunt every day I'm starting to fell the situation slowly slipping away For what I did, another innocent kid had to pay But I'mma make it right and not let those punks get away I'm at a dark booth scraping paint from off my mask Using a blade that I usually kept inside of my bag In my own world until I heard the sound of a gla** hit the floor full of beer and the customers laugh By the volume of the sound I could tell it was close Beer splashed on my eyelash and all on my coat Lift my eyes and see the chick who's gla** just broke She staring at me all shook like she just saw a shot Reached back for my knife, asked if there's a problem She grabbed my hand and said "no" in a tone that was calming Her body was bad, accent was foreign Her name was Tasha, sat down then started talking She said, "you don't know me, but I know who you are from that night I got attacked and escaped with this scar I got some information that you might be interested in the two kids that tried to rape me and k**ed that kid."