Body of Work

[Pre-Chorus: Troi] Closet full of bones, just don't try to put 'em back together (Try to put 'em back together) They know just by my tone so wear it like a scarlet letter (Wear it like a scarlet letter) [Verse 1: Lupe Fiasco] (I've always loved you) Uhh, quiet in the court for the courtship Marriage of the dork and the gorgeous Took her from the king of the corpses He revolved, jumped the wall of the fort with the horses This was foretold, Bojangles was tappin' in Morse code At least to the mad man genius, tap top secrets and more gold (All of you) From the guts of the mother Campbell should move her undercover With a $3,000 son she just want a lover And somebody else to come and try and drug her Take her off the grill, she done (they will never love you) Pills celebrating, "We won" In the system of the women, never knew he had it in him This condition when the world that they make him become (None of you) Cocaine and new high tech ways, smuggle whole things (I've always loved you) From the control range that make radio heads with gold brains (All of you) To park 84' Jags on gold chains Developing nicks from a whole name God is great, but it's snakes on my soul plane [Pre-Chorus: Troi] Closet full of bones, just don't try to put 'em back together (Try to put 'em back together) They know just by my tone so wear it like a scarlet letter (Wear it like a scarlet letter) [Chorus: Troi] Anatomy (skin) will be the death of me Anatomy (skin) that's just my anatomy Anatomy (skin) will be the death of me Anatomy (skin) [Verse 2: Lupe Fiasco] (Tell me what to do) Limo to the limit, fill it 'til the brim get in it You can't get it, if you gotta ask (Make me pretty) In that case I want two masks Bottom class, dollar cast, poppin' tags, droppin' trash In shopping bags 'til Akeem take our pocket cash (Am I beautiful?) Write it in lights, molly in the body of Christ Drop me to the lobby from heights (trust me) Then over the threshold to redeem the doorway Fourteen broads like the king of Norway Fourteen broads having dreams of foreplay Fourteen arm Shiva, viva la coup! (Love you) If the government get it, I'm a fool [Pre-Chorus: Troi] Closet full of bones, just don't try to put 'em back together (Try to put 'em back together) They know just by my tone so wear it like a scarlet letter (Wear it like a scarlet letter) [Chorus: Troi] Anatomy (skin) will be the death of me Anatomy (skin) that's just my anatomy Anatomy (skin) will be the death of me Anatomy (skin) [Verse 3: Lupe Fiasco] Sanskrit dance on the page of the dead book Don't leave the restroom with the left foot Flags of Tibet, to bet, to bed, to death, flesh Release the leash on a fast car Feed on the keys, fall asleep in a Jaguar The tip of thy sword is white Am I night, am I black, am I light? Have I been this? Realize my begin when I find where my end this Oedipus wrecks, motherfucker this better than sex Material potion the love of my martyr Currency soaked in the blood of my father (Will you cry for me?) Sky burial, let the wind carry you, farther Than I could (live forever) An anatomy, not of me, knotting me to it, nodding me to it Eyes of the I and others, watching me do it Adapt in each rubric Kubrick in plot and tone Lots of bones, skulls to the top of tone Skim through it is just skin to it You're so thin you see the sins through it [Pre-Chorus: Troi] Closet full of bones, just don't try to put 'em back together (Try to put 'em back together) They know just by my tone so wear it like a scarlet letter (Wear it like a scarlet letter) [Chorus: Troi] Anatomy (skin) will be the death of me Anatomy (skin) that's just my anatomy Anatomy (skin) will be the death of me Anatomy (skin) [Saxophone Solo: Terrace Martin]