Mike East - The Flood lyrics

They said stay right there In the spite lair They didn't feel the vapor in the night air A tempest at bay I vent this sad way A gla** pipe smashed in the ashtray My silence is past date This is the last day You get to see a single gra** blade Floodgates – Water and mud waits on the other side I'm opening the motherf**ers wide And the front breaks on the coastline A cyclone winds in and the first throes blow minds The status quo shattered The rattled folk scatter to the rooftops They think it's pourin' now But these are dew drops A deluge in the stewpots Cookin' the frequency in your jukebox Shootin' off imprudent talk, coughing The pollutants making mutants our offspring So I'm cleansing, it's a downpour And I don't know what everyone's waiting around for Build arks, build pontoons Be ready for the deadly impending monsoon This is H2O and it'll chase you slow You need a buoyant, reliable place to go When I say I spit liquid I mean that I'm a drowning victim Raised from the watery grave to take his bounty with him The tide rises. The heart of Poseidon declines five sizes He calls Aegaeon, “What it is, mayne? We'll do the whole world like we did Brisbane.” A wave tidal – a tsunami To wash over this despicable Jumanji And as your wee vessels weaved outta sheet metal leave And the sea level leaps several feet, peace like Gandhi The whole place is in a panic; The people frantic, their very land married to the Atlantic Oceanic, and I'm the riptide If you're out there, you're comin' inside And I know it isn't right to start natural disasters Ask my mom and dad, they're practically masters And I'm the product. Not snow, but of a more fluid conduct They made me, but I rebelled. Had a parachute, but I free-fell They said “Miguel, follow that path and you'll see Hell” But I knew that I was already there by the time I reached twelve And they sheltered me From the ever-licking flames so sweltering They said hip hop was evil, along with Manson and other prophetic people But they were preaching from the pulpit And of course they also taught me not to buy bullsh** And when I opened my eyes, I saw fire; An entire civilization on the pyre A stagnant quagmire of laggin' satire Tryin' to travel fast but always draggin' the back tires And it was obvious that the solution to the problem was aqueous No solvent, just liquid, because it all seems so conflicted I'm diminishin' the ignition cause I'm a citizen of conviction Not USA or Earth Now fluid days are birthed You want it hot? I'm cold to d**h The water's high. Hold your breath None of you even saw it coming, did you? That makes you all part of the f**ing issue You shoulda coulda prevented it The sediment settlin' in my mental cellar presented a tentative torrent of enormous proportions; A brainstorm A whole different kind of audio waveform You're bailin' out your banks but they'll be draining soon anyway And not the riverbanks, the ones that keep your pennies safe This is a warning. Head for high ground Seal the cracks, your waterproofing is peelin' back Feel the draft? It's comin' outta the East And the belly of the ocean is fed by the mouth of the beast I hope you've all been listenin' close I hope I distracted half of you into missing your boats Because the surge is your proverbial pound of skin I hope you all learned how to swim