Shammgod

[Intro: Denmark Vessey] Yo, thank the Lord I can recognize a blessin' Yeah, I'm grateful I'm grateful, I-I swear I swear, yeah I appreciate it, like clean air Yeah, (one) uh Ya naw mean? Thank the Lord Thank the Lord Yeah [Verse 1: Denmark Vessey] Thank the Lord, the world effed up Make the common man even fall or step up Stepped in a power vacuum and got my dick sucked In the era where the big wigs say blatant fibs All the real niggas can't shoot straight, they spray the kids In this White man world, you got two options Either you Taye Diggs or you ain't shit My inner child's in a school-to-prison pipeline Meanwhile, I'm like the key in the forty tied to a kite line Keep it one Benjamin, homie, I'm like the zeitgeist I've turned the wave into a sine after the spike died DWYCK in my DNA Free the nipple, eatin' pussy right in PETA face, sue me I need more light on my brand Watch your mouth if y'all jaw like lightnin' hit sand Morrey (grateful, yeah grateful) [Chorus: Denmark Vessey & billy woods] Thank you Lord for everything you've given me (grateful, grateful) Thank you universe for everything you've given me (thank you) (grateful) I know what comes with this I'm grateful, thank you Funny thing is they could've just, they could've just left me alone (thank you Lord) [Verse 2: billy woods] In the street nobody knows my name Google cachet, I live in the past, admittedly passé, but they shit for brains Feel like the Moors in Spain Easy come, easy go, nobody tryna hear the poors complain Get you a bag, young boy, proof up the doors on that Range From far away, tapes sound like Lebron Flocka James Come closer for that come-to-Jesus moment Your mouth had dried saliva at the corners Unnerved, I told my White driver, "Keep goin'" Unperturbed, my Somalian ghost writers kept flowin' Told Scorsese whatever you do, motherfucker, don't you stop rollin' Chameleons move in stop-motion, how do you not notice? No questions asked, nobody wants to know, I should know this Post-coital, errything was soft focus Initially flattered then suspicious how she only want it backwards Collect seats wages, pay all applicable taxes All-stars with the patches on the jackets [Bridge: E L U C I D] Please confirm the humanity Please, please confirm the humanity [Verse 3: E L U C I D & Denmark Vessey] Tongue flickin' the nipple of the motherboard Me not want war no more Send the cyborg instead, if you must Speak but do not tell Look but do not touch My other thousand selves, I sold them off before the flood A negus learn to ride the whale like Jonah in the OT Surface to air, came up too fast, made my nose bleed Red dot beam at your crow's feet Chrome dream Tiny hole, slow leak Like hacks for the simulacrum Never introduce yourself as a rapper I own all my masters, even my name Ash and hash on limbs of my would-be assassin Shots of sour mash you up, pretzel structures collapsin' Rhyme pattern taxin', takin' half This Black boy magic not no rabbit out Uncle Sam hat shit Or bootstrap it, make it past my calf Flash, bang, grenade, I'm on yo' ass My craft came of age since the pre-millennium tension This witch face is authentic Skin of tooth, two tin tree take flight, roof to roof Scatter shower, dope balloon, legend of the maroon, we real cool (grateful) (Grateful) [Chorus: Denmark Vessey] Thank you Lord for everything you've given me (grateful, yeah, I'm grateful) Thank you universe for everything you've given me (grateful, thank you, grateful) I know what comes with this (grateful, yeah) I'm grateful (yeah), thank you Thank the Lord