N.Y. Electric / Hunter Interlude

[Intro: Vordul Mega] New York I could probably put some shit over the "New York" shit Staten Isle The Up-state, Tri-state, Universal (Just for my people) All day, NY, New York, Yeah, From NY, Long Isle, Bronx, Brooklyn, Up-town Yeah, we're where it’s at Get down In NY, we're where it’s at in NY Get down [Verse 1: Aesop Rock] I cut the ropes breathe Fresh puddles of pigeon blood and smoke. Load bazooka Scoped the culprit hulks over a broken hookah Got rebel camps with siphons amped to cookie-cut the wattage Electric ilk NY raised on b-movie sluts and gossip Conditioned the bodega rodent moment composure to echo numb and uncommon, dumb monkey pollen My 23's lean over a cobra motor milligram bender, novelty I tip lids prior to clipping the comradery Check the muck out When metal maggots burrow in Promised Land vein division I tug my brim down over my astigmatism, low pro Paxil Rose, Axl broke and butchered Last catapult standing in a land of coke and hookers King Kong potluck, no parking for rickshaw loads of sock puppets and sitcoms Just Krylon pigs bred in a hot boxed wigwam Serotonin deficient teens demonstrate ease in the modern day Uzi purchase The foundation of their alacrity makes the mothers nervous Me? Oh I check the newest murals to see whose still bombing this fucker and um respect” Find out what it means to me, New York Walk blocks with electric ninjas who bark/bounce for trunked out whips Like, "My company DeLorean's the shit" Skipper's out of happy pills again He's in the neighbors garbage. (Ahh Skippy) He's making paper dolls decorated with targets (Don't do it) He's labeling the dolls with the names of shitty rap artists (Nooo) Then tearing out the still-beating heart from the loose-leaf carcass I ordered a hovercraft off the back page of an Archie comic Built it in three days to float above snarky comments My gills call the East River rock bottom home with three-eyed guppies and seahorse mutations See, New York is ancient Rome. Basic. Basically stone. Faces My friend jumped off the Empire State Building while I hung with 10th grade head cases "Some of them will blossom famous", some of them will blossom baseheads But they all rep rivets in the die-cast metal Voltron cadence, what? [Hook: Aesop Rock] N, Y, Electric, Catalog, Burners, Pigs, Magnums, Crack, Bag lady, Roach bait, Pristine kicks, Thread and the iris of the needle Imma thread the needle (just for my people) Imma thread the needle (just for my people) Imma thread the needle (just for my people) Imma thread the needle (just for my people) Here we go Dah dah dah, dah dah dah Dah dah dah, dah dah dah Dah dah dah, dah dah dah Dah dah dah, dah dah dah Breaker 1-9, 9-11-01 witness, maybe you don't get this [Verse 2: Aesop Rock] Kill 'em all slow I was on a serious tree bender with my hands up at a C-Rayz-Walz show Nether-circuit bacon don't police me anymore Your trained professionals demonstrate 41 shots over par Least common denominator raise truth like Charlie, Willy and Gramps raise roofs in a glass Wonkavator (Monster Maker) Operate wild by the company of unturned stones and litter Talk his way out of a sunburn and be home in time for dinner Paid dues since before the days of bad acid and Quaaludes While the boombox talks trash to the Richter Stalking awkward with a zip lock on the pill hole Bitter fucker, nothing is free I'll spend my last dollar on me Put one up for my family, should've made time to thank 'em Put one up for my crew, for recognizing the sanctum Put one up for the socially broke, choked and smoky New York piss hiss bleed Dolby, homey [Hook: Aesop Rock] N, Y, Electric, Catalog, Burners, Pigs, Magnums, Crack, Bag lady, Roach bait, Pristine kicks, Thread and the iris of the needle Imma thread the needle (just for my people) Imma thread the needle (just for my people) Imma thread the needle (just for my people) Imma thread the needle (just for my people) Here we go Dah dah dah, dah dah dah Dah dah dah, dah dah dah Dah dah dah, dah dah dah Dah dah dah, dah dah dah Breaker 1-9, 9-11-01 witness, maybe you don't get this [Outro: Vast Aire] Welcome to NY Electra Where buildings fall and hopes crash, niggas Yeah, I’m Vast Aire from Can Ox Peace to Atoms Fam, Juggaknots, Stronghold, Blockhead, MF Doom, Cage, head boppers tune in All my niggas holdin' it down in NY, that's my motherfuckin' word [Hunter Interlude] "You’ve been all over the world You’ve hunted just about every kind of game You’ve stalked elephant, lions, tigers, polar bears, deer You’ve been within 15, 20 yards the most dangerous game in the world You’ve been everywhere You’ve been with some of the most famous guides and hunters in the world What’s the biggest thrill you’ve ever had out of all of that?" "Well I think I can answer that best by calling attention to the ..." Bazooka Tooth, bitch I'm saying bazooka "tooth" right? Yeah Bazooka Tooth, bitch