Calypso Gene

(We get when we really ask for it)
Dip me in the water
(We get when we really ask for it)
Dip me in the water

I used to hustle with your grandmother
Used to party 'fore you was even thumbsuckin'
She lived out the sticks where you could get 'em by the dozens
Get 'em off like nothin'
Used to let me hold the door keys

I usually kept a lil' somethin' like, "What you need?"
Might crack you a piece like, "Hold that"
That's that old-old foot-stompin', hand clap
That dip me in the water (dip me in the water)
Wash me clean, the water black (black)
Dip me in the water

Run between from corner to sink
Every wrinkle seen, rinsed and steamed
Starched and pressed crease, cut clean
Say it with my chest, 99 steps
Too late to tell, none for the one-time
Wide be gates of hell, burnin' gas, standing still
There's a way to crash, sleepwalkin' where the blade splits
Razor's edge against leather grain

Tan strap, silly gon' shave, mister (mister)
It's the (it's the)
Stride like Moko Jumbie, come see
High as the tide rise, we used to be a country
Wash me clean, too much I can't unsee
Hungry, wild kipper by the fistful
Beetroot for the ticker
Might have to kill what I wish for
No place, no place here for me
Before I go under (under)

Dip me in the water
Dip me in the water
Dip me in the water
Dip me in the water
Dip me in the water
Dip me in the water
Dip me in the water (I would like to bring up to the attention of the-)
Dip me in the water

Dip me in the water
Get me in the water
Dip me in the water (hell, yeah)
Dip me in the water
Dip me in the water
Dip me in the water

The river is the border, but border is the river
Snipers watch me swim, 2.7 pounds of pressure on that trigger
Gaugin' the wind through narrow eyes
Three sisters over the cauldron
Ode to autumn in a old notebook I'm leafin' through like Nas
Didn't recognize my own hand at first
Half surprises, still leaves on the trees
I got half a mind to slide in the water, let it carry me out to sea

The water gentle, the water deep
Nobody speaks, certain things you just know in a dream
The hum of the engine, the thrum of the seat
Father lift me out the car, half-dead
Carry me in to sleep
That's still what love feel like to me
Tryna hold it together, the picture can't keep
Mosquito net had a small hole
The moon floatin', the water so cold
The sun rise and set 'til it don't

Dip me in the water
Dip me in the water
Dip me in the water
Dip me in the water
Dip me in the water
Dip me in the water

Dip me in the water
Dip me in the water (I would like to bring up to the attention of the-)
Dip me in the water
Dip me in the water
Dip me in the water (hell, yeah)