Canibus

Showtime at the Gallow

Canibus


This is Showtime at the Gallows 
Rip The Jacker 
Yo, I dialogue wit Amen-Ra 'til he gives me the nod 
Or replaces me wit a supercomputer automaton 
I don't barter for time I'm a martyr to rhymes 
And a selfish soldier wit pride that was ordered to die 
A burnin' star in the sky my heart is warped wit a drive 
Expressin' thoughts through a rhyme my metaphors are alive 

It's like I've been crucified they hate me now like Nas 
They punctured me through my side the bleeding was cauterized 
I was revived after I died 
Only then I saw how I was truly admired and worshipped like a god 
Shit'd mired up my mind they showed me a sign 
I fell off the ocean liner someone throw me a line 
Let the world know the truth but it became my demise 

Mothafucka you know we even I don't owe you a dime 
Sometimes I feel like killin' myself they've stolen my shine 
I wanted to be the illest for a moment in time 
From the ink to my pen to my pad to the ink in my arm 
How can one diss song possibly last this long? 
Tyson ain't the champ no more them days is gone 
And Rip the Jacker ain't too stubborn to say when he's wrong 

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I should get twenty dollars and go to Econolodge 
And tie the sawed-off trigger around the doorknob 
Call the police squad and tell them I'm in room one oh five 
And that a dirty bomb's inside 
Woke up in the cargo plane playin' Christy Lane 
For some entertainment while I train in the misty rain 
"One Day at a Time Sweet Jesus" is playin' 
I'm sittin' there prayin' you prolly can't believe what I'm sayin' 
But the voice in the back of my head keeps sayin' "Germaine 

This is the real deal man this is not a dream this is not a game 
The only sixteen you got from now on is locked 
and loaded and in your hand 
Deploy or detach on land you the man 
And the pain is the weakness leavin' the body, understand? 
I can reload wit a full pack call COMSAT 
Tell them you need suppressive fire for troops in the back stat 

Insurgence and counter-insurgence move wit a purpose 
Absolutely mission critical you never get nervous 
Applicate the shock tube to the surface 
Standby blow it eyes open wit the scope on the terrorist 
Tell him to go to hell in Arabic put a bullet through his narrow neck 
Watch the wall behind him get wet 
I'm an animal I'll murder you and stare at your pets 
Get the tape I know where the surveillance cameras is kept 

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If you want a confession? you got it 
You want product? Gimme twenty dollars 
You want gossip? I'll give you logic on any topic 
Recordin' the positive data 
Ripper's the best rapper go confirm the status 
One million page dissertation written on paper 
Cheap label from Pitney Bowes' tree curator 
My purification process is greater 
But thinly tapered verbatim 
My album is equal to over fifty acres 
Can-I-Bus before the Big Bang 
And after the big crunch I only gotta say it once 

Let there be light and I write a sentence 
The greatest discovery since 'opethicus afarensis 
Back to before Sumerians landed on the Cayman 
In the Caribbean carryin' bacteria with antigens 
And Nine-foot stone mannequins 
The key to nuclear power and four delivered talaria 
Showtime at the gallow the Age of Aquarius 
And Space Harrier's life's last barrier 

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