The Rent is Too Damn High

[Verse 1: billy woods] Section 8 But hall plush with piff and sour grape Wet cough through thin wall Keep me up late The man in 3C is dying of cancer Told me straight-up I admire his candor Sent him to his fate like Taliban commander They sell death off my steps Necromancers Woodwinds play for the local Jo Jo Dancer’s Woods in the wind Plastic cups Seagram's & Fanta Till police shut down the party Black Panthers Retreat into the jungle I watch through peepholes on the humble Like I got points on the bundle True self secret like Rumple Stiltskin keep it Every man for himself when the long arm reaches Cassette tape Nkrumah speeches Face-creased Street corner preacher screeches into loudspeaker [Chorus: billy woods] I can hear my neighbors fucking Calling on Jesus Christ Radiator cold as ice but outside The heat stay on like pilot light They grew strong outta spite I can hear my neighbors fucking Calling on Jesus Christ Radiator cold as ice but outside The heat stay on like pilot light They grew strong outta spite [Verse 2: E L U C I D] Modest brownstone sad ghost in the hallway I’m doing the right thing all the wrong ways More haze crushed as the song fade Breaking dawn I'm plotting on long range Change came Broke niggas affording pain Lean protein stashed in parka pocket Fishers market Down a couple on the humble kept his boots polished Full time college Loan mileage Still vibrant 5 bill black barrel jerk chicken down on prospect Hogs breath Red and blue 6 pointed stars and suwoos Crude jewels Can’t tell who’s who Platoon move I’m through and through Acrid fumes Blunts pipes and burnt spoons Aunties uncles cousins thrice removed For whom the bell dings 12 string guitar gently weeps Supreme kings Wayward out outta reach Jesus on the main line Call him up and tell him what you need Seed crackle brown tree steams Fiends vanish scene when that caprice sweep Indeed indeed [Chorus: billy woods] I can hear my neighbors fucking Calling on Jesus Christ Radiator cold as ice but outside The heat stay on like pilot light They grew strong outta spite I can hear my neighbors fucking Calling on Jesus Christ Radiator cold as ice but outside The heat stay on like pilot light They grew strong outta spite Shunned the beast and kept the old ways like Mennonites