Willie Green - Pompeii lyrics

[Verse 1] You paid the price, you followed orders Months at a time laying in ambushes by the borders The blunt cackle of gun battles, last breath d**h rattles, and s**ing thumbs for mortars Thick flames Hideous and gorgeous And when command said find the informants You followed orders You visited the camps You oversaw the torture You tightened the clamps You lied to reporters You ducked the piss You made sure the confessions were recorded You still see their faces Corners of you eyes are morbid Copper in the air taste it Flowing like an open faucet Can't erase it But you a soldier You follow orders Once the war was won Switch fatigues for corporate Suits and ties Still see those eyes clear as portraits Watching yourself go through the motions Pretending you're not dead adrift in a black ocean So imagine the relief when the indictments are finally read Grey hair on your head Lean into the mic flanked by lawyers And finally tell someone All you did was follow orders [Hook] One time is one time Cause that's all it takes to change your life You did have it coming but no worries The postman always rings twice, thrice The ghost came past present future Price on your dome so chunky anyone could be the shooter Then lay low as you lie down Uneasy is the head that rocks the crown One time is one time Cause that's all it takes to change your life You did have it coming but no worries The postman always rings twice [Verse 2] It always starts small Got a little something made it flip Not about the ball just upgrade the whip Maybe a little something on the wrist Your little dummy see your new kicks He see you in the hall smoking sticks See the a** on your new b**h, poke it Baby powder between the tits Keep bugging you, he got the itch You let him get a taste Twelve months later he taking the trips Cause now you shaving bricks cinder blocks masonry bits Family ties like Cain and Abel Cutting c**aine on the kitchen table Ain't want no trouble But evil got roots You said no guns but he said he had to shoot Fire out the cannon You can't serve god and mammon Flying back uptown, interior salmon Cops got y'all jammed in You made the wrong move, try to ram them Boys in blue commence to blammin' And just like you broke out the game like the old bandits Commissioners press conference only got room for standing At the funeral tea pots and liquor They commence to plotting and planning Divide up and re up before the first shovel full of dirt landed Moms distraught but the uncle's like What the f** did she think would happen! Chorus X2 One time is one time Cause thats all it takes to change your life You did have it coming but no worries The postman always rings twice trice The ghost came past present future Price on your dome so chunky anyone could be the shooter Then lay low and you lie down Uneasy is the head that rocks the crown