Protocol

[Verse 1: Black Thought] Yo, I'm from another planet, though currently, I'm stranded Here where I see people clearly takin' every day for granted Where every time I lift my ship up off the ground, it's landed To my disadvantage, though maybe I am but a gambit And held to another standard, if I'm completely candid I fell in love with the language like a hopeless romantic I display the dynamics at play and pray it's organic This has been my reality, maybe I'm schizophrenic Maybe I'm just a candidate havin' his chip implanted Maybe this is a fantasy, maybe I'm disenchanted What if they just abandon me? Maybe it's how they planned it Crazy there's still a scar on my shoulder where I was branded The protocol is overhaul, I am not a know-it-all But I need more than motor oil, signage on a broken door Said sayonara, au revoir, I'm already spoken for Focusing on finally doin' somethin' on my own accord [Chorus: Son Little] These trees know me At ease, I'll forever be My soul, you could not keep You probably don't know how to read These gifts know trees know me At ease, I'll forever be My soul, you could not keep You probably don't know how to read These gifts, they're part of me [Verse 2: Black Thought] Calling Orson, come in, Orson, they must be blind as fortune To make such major offers and give just a minor portion Then die, one of the corpses inside a designer coffin We find on Philly's Northside that Susquehanna–Dauphin Sometimes they try to soften the blow, but it's not as often This life'll have you starvin' and sufferin' from heat exhaustion Upon the line, I teeter, it's harder for me to cross it Unless the universe take a hold of my hand and force it The protocol is overhaul, show me what you zonin' on How you gon' get in touch with your spirit when its phone is off? How they back you into a corner, then hold that over y'all? Then expect me to show this love that wasn't shown to y'all? Signage on the closin' doors said, "This ain't even home to y'all" Now I see that more and more, so sayonara, au revoir Just get me to that pyramid my flyin' saucer floatin' towards I'm laser focusin' on doin' somethin' on my own accord [Chorus: Son Little] These trees know me At ease, I'll forever be My soul, you could not keep You probably don't know how to read These gifts know trees know me At ease, I'll forever be My soul, you could not keep You probably don't know how to read These gifts, they're part of me