[Verse 1: Jon Murdock]
Home of the brave, look, I ain't been home in days
Cops watchin', followed by God and problems, got a lot of 'em
Zoom lenses, quarter mile distance
Developed and hung on the wall, reviewed by snitches
They next to die if they testify, let one fly
No sense it makes to do that, it's best to hide
Run the fastest, sprint for distance
Misfits who spit sick, that sh** is the sickness
Non-curable, Teflon durable
Taught by the oracle and self, that's not affordable
I take the [?] to [?] to cop some weed
So follow me, but honestly I'll co*k the heat to stop the beef
Can't cook that, his sh**, I took that
And now I can't look back, it's f**ed up to look at that
Crooked and awkward on a long walk to Oxford
I brought Mark to the auction on the crosswalk to the coffin
He never came back, it be them same cats
Thinking, "Where they brain at?" Drinking, where's the pain at?
Where's the fame at? It's not over here
Give me a chance, I might have to end they whole career
It's getting cold in here, where's the heat at?
Pop shots at kneecaps, the G packs will leak black
I can't seize that, I'm hungry, it's ugly
Nowadays, cats can't take nothing from me
[Verse 2: Lex Starwind]
Starwind rock to the beat, mane, unadvised street slang
Homeland security theory, up off the 'crete, mane
Deep game (Foundation) splashed and pillaged
Outlaw X, dark water pirate in your village, right?
Richard Pryor fire with a sickness, pop shots
Iron when he spit it, seen you eyein' when he did it
Never wake a sleeping dog when he's lyin' with the critics, pop
sh** for a livin', live it, take it to the limit
n***as faking every minute, every hour it seems
Till I R Kelly your face, gold shower the scene
Foundation so raw, you could powder the team
And pitch hits on the corner every hour for cream
L, 'Dock shall shock them cats who want beef
Still ghostwalk on blocks for change, hard streets
Bomb beats like Hiroshima, and Nagasaki
Carbon copy cats weak on tracks, hardly could spot me
[Sample]
Hey, how come that train didn't stop?
(That's the express)
There's no way out, you know
You can't get out of the city, believe me, I tried
You're Murdoch, aren't ya?
The one they've been looking for
You're not a k**er, they set you up with a fake identity
Like everyone else in this place
Who are you?
I used to be a cop
At least, in this life I was
They steal people's memories, you know?
Then they swap 'em around between us
I've seen them do it, back and forth, back and forth
Till no one knows who are they anymore
How do you know all this?
Once in a while, one of us wakes up
While they're changing things
It's not supposed to happen, but it does
It happened to me
They'll come looking for you, Murdoch
Just like they'll come looking for me!
But that's okay! I figured a way out!
[Sample]
Mr. Murdoch, you've been the cause of much distress
Start talking
There's no need for this, there's no escape
The city's ours, we made it
What are you talking about?
We fashioned this city on stolen memories
Different eras, different pasts, all rolled into one
Each night we revise it, refine it, in order to learn
Learn what?
About you, Mr. Murdoch
You and your fellow inhabitants
What makes you human
Why!?
We need to be like you
I understand you now, Mr. Murdoch
I remember that which you do not, what you've been missing
The ocean, yes, running along the waves as a child
Meeting Emma at the river, that first kiss that followed
What are you?
You've seen what we are
We use your dead as vessels