Mama’s Basement

[Intro]

I gotta get 'em, I got-got to get 'em

[Verse 1]

My mama went away on lifelong trip

I never saw her much and that hurts a little bit

But I found a world I could break through, escape to

Even when you're feeling like the whole planet hates you

Peter Parker, that's a character I could relate to

Even had his mask and underoos when I was age two

I remember buying comics off the spinner rack

Dorchester, MA, I would read 'em in a minute flat

Lent 'em to a friend and now they didn't wanna give 'em back

But I needed something to read before I hit the sack

Building my imagination, making me a wiser kid

How else would I know what the Ultimate Nullifier is?

How else would I know about mental telepathy?

And how with great power comes great... wait, wait, wait

[Chorus]

I left my comics in my mama's basement

I left my comics in my mama's basement

I left my comics in my mama's basement

I gotta get 'em, I got-got to get 'em

I left my comics in my mama's basement

I left my comics in my mama's basement

I left my comics in my mama's basement

I gotta get 'em, I got-got to get 'em

[Verse 2]

Gotta get 'em back, gotta get 'em all back

Gotta get that old Hulk, gotta get that old Cap

Gotta get that Alpha Flight and that Moon Knight too

Got more back issues than Larry Bird in '92

Some of them are mint and some of them are faded

Some of them are bagged, none of them are graded

Hauled up in a long box, remind me of the long talks

That I had with my dad, sketching on a notepad

Web Of #1 was so dope to me

That's what I loved before I found this rhythm and the poetry

Now that I'm an older me I found a way to merge 'em

But they always went together hand in hand, that much is certain

[Chorus]

I left my comics in my mama's basement

I left my comics in my mama's basement

I left my comics in my mama's basement

I gotta get 'em, I got-got to get 'em

I left my comics in my mama's basement

I left my comics in my mama's basement

I left my comics in my mama's basement

I gotta get 'em, I got-got to get 'em

[Verse 3]

Pulled up to her house, about to arrive

I knocked on the door much to her surprise

I said "Hey Ma, I know we haven't spoken much

I'm here for the books I had when I was growing up

No wounds need to open up

I don't wanna talk about Dad because you'll be blowing up

Never mind, I'll only be a sec

Remember the Batman books I read by the steps?

Those are downstairs I think, I gotta get 'em"

I kneel down to Teddy the dog then I pet him

She said "What books? The ones that you sold?

Needed money to impress the girl down the road?

Son, the past is the past and you gotta let it go

Same thing goes for us, so the story gets told"