Sage Francis The Buzz Kill Lyrics

(Recorded Voice)
You are listening to the heartbeat of the Sage
Sage posses the newest and most revolutionary advance in split second presentation
As well as split second calculation
To protect the future of America
The defense techniques of tomorrow had to be discovered now
But Sage needed more than this
New concepts, new tools, new weapons
By a___yzing the past, Sage can project into the future

(Sage Francis)
I used to think that rappers had it figured out
Brass Monkey, St. Ides, Old English, and Guiness Stout
Once a man twice a boy with a choice of vice or voice of spite
Not enough poisons to pick to enjoy this life
Now I thought suicide was a suburban myth
I couldn't see my own hands being the ones I'm murdered with
That is until I travelled this world a bit
I understand now if I lose my nerve I'll get the girl to do it!
She heard the music but preferred the person, she's worth it
The only one I left behind the curtain to work with
Pushin' b___ons and playin' with levers
We'll stay together as long as I'm honest in my songs
(Radio) Suckers never play this
Scared s___less of dismissing clear channel playlists
Poorly developed, yet highly advanced
The black music intertwined with the white man's line dance

(Recorded Voice)
Supersonic, super destructive, seemingly unresistable
On the job, around the clock, with 24 hour a day reliability
Constantly monitoring, pulse-taking, controlling
Into a continuous flow of interpretation, which could be understood at a glance

(Sage Francis)
it's not lonely on top i'm kept busy with shivers and cold shakes.
sitting on snow banks, waiting to be delivered some soul mates.
so i weight lift and test my faith on several levels.
build my body until they send me an empty face with a head of devils.
my breath resembles the smell of flowers yanked from
life and placed in a vase that sits and wilts and rots and dies in the name of grave mistakes that we all make.
we all make believe we're getting by while treating ourselves wrong.
throw me a reindeer-john-letter-party and i'll be there with bells on.
hell spawned some iffy calls in city hall.
they still got the gall to blame the vitriol on biggie smalls!
from strip malls to strip clubs they slip drugs
into the drinks that kids love...tell us to drink up and get buzzed!
this is the buzz kill. jump into the saddle.
emerge from the dust and kicked up in the uphill battle
with my guns drawn and sword out. point 'em toward the court house.
i sort out words from my war torn mouth.
i disassociate the actions with their meanings
on some "ends justify the means" mentality. plus, i'm bleeding.
give me a band-aid, band that can't play,
a fan base with hearing aids and a voice like a hand grenade.
i'll pull the wool over their vision, pull the pin and push it in 'em,
using women as a pin cushion--a super villian
with some war paint and jokes done in poor taste.
we'll see who laughs last...all the way to foreign banks.

(Recorded Voice)
Ready to take over in a matter of seconds
to protect the future of America
Sage also has protection too
(Come on come on, feel it feel it)
The protection which comes with the possesion weapons of retaliation
But is this protection enough?

(Sage Francis)
i was b-boying in my former body, singing all the songs at parties.
now i'm like, "don't let nobody through the door in the hotel lobby."
i'd wear armani if they endorsed me
so people who are poor can rob me then forcefully s__ me up.
color me confused when they paint issues black and white.
resuscitate their gray matter right back to life.
it's is my destiny. she wants me. she beckons.
she left me for dead but death didn't want no sloppy seconds.
"hughhhhh!" i'm certified fresh! Our freedom kissed the french for their political dissent.
like moi. i do it with tongue this time, and take that bovine blood out your wine,
and take that statue back to the lab it was created at.
your huddled masses yearning to breathe free? take them back.
your homeless tempest-tost to me? take them back.
the u.s.a. has cracked.

(Recorded Voice)
And as long as we're on guard
As long as we're ready to look ahead
To move ahead
The future of America is secure