Wise Up

[Verse 1]

Skull and crossbone, lost in a Phantom Mist

Soldier of fortune sent by a dragon kiss

Casino weekly, yeah, I'm that faithful

Putting down my kids future on the craps table

Roulette, blackjack, I'm getting more pissed

When I lose a few thousand, I'm getting more chips

I throw the last die, hopes of getting more rich

Now I'm bankrupt, this one's for the mortgage

[Chorus]

And I'm out there

Caught out there

In the wind I hear

You better wise up

[Verse 2]

Better wise up when nightlife liven up

Cats is out to out your lights 'fore you can raisе your lighters up

Lion cubs, once Orion's up

Blue and whitе is out to line you up and lock you up for life 'cause you ain't light enough

You've Bacardi Limed enough and snorted lines enough

Your time is up

Therein lies the Beelzebub

It also come in pills, it also come in pilsner, to pilfer love

'Fore you knows it, they'll be posting "Missing" posters up

You ain't notice you was posing for it on the corner you was posted up

Peep for posers and for cobras

Pumping potions furnished by the culprits that's opposing us

[Chorus]

And I'm out there

Caught out there

In the wind I hear

You better wise up

[Verse 3]

Well beyond what you dream or fathom, I might break

Ice skate on the rings of Saturn, I'm irate

Stock rates and my dreams are crashing

Open third eye, you can see the patterns

Scribe cuneiform, ride black unicorn

Lyrical narcotic, type of drug you was on?

Dope soul train, seasons and flow change

Funny how the CIA makes the best cocaine

Dragon tongue, saliva makes propane

Singe all your chest hair, invest in Rogaine

So he feels no pain

[Chorus]

And I'm out there

Caught out there

In the wind I hear

You better wise up

[Verse 4]

Get wise

There's an enterprise that decides what's in front of your eyes

It's compromising your mind and mine

Are we men or we mice?

If you watching my nine, you're behind enemy lines

Real life's going, "bye, bye"

Check the buy lines for who's providing the lies we buying

Designed to sever the ties that bind

Crack your mental window and lower the blinds

We gladly oblige, blind to the blight

And you ain't gotta be Bill Nye

To see the science is dollar-dollar bill, y'all

Fuck Bill of Rights

[Chorus]

And I'm out there

Caught out there

In the wind I hear

You better wise up

[Verse 5]

Street Goddess, beautiful and elegant

Sheek Cleopatra this man might represent

Earth-tone princess, straight to her residence

Scent of enchantment and kush most evident

All opposition

Just doesn't matter she's my queen in a space suit

We conquering the galaxy

Making love is like thunder striking ebony

A mistress of magic, damn, she put a spell on me

I can't escape, I'm caught up in the rainstorm

Black love voodoo, don't know where she came from

Eve with an apple, my ultimate pain, son

[Chorus]

And I'm out there

Caught out there

In the wind I hear

You better wise up

[Verse 6]

Caught up in the wind, we hear the loud breeze

If you think that Dog The Bounty Hunter is the only hunter, you need to take heed

The beast taken with hunger, you looking tasty

He picking pastries off main streets for showing bravery

A fetus fashioned with Billy Jean's genes

Walking in Kitty Genovese's sneaks

Sped up to chase dreams

And tripped over a triple beam balance outside Chuck E. Cheese

Chuck E. Cheese lighted the chalice and told her, "Chase cheese"

He made her his main squeeze

Nicknamed her Baby Mainstream

Lately she Warren Beatty, B

Buggin' to make a ducat

If we lucky one day she'll be redeemed

[Outro]

You better wise up

You better wise up

Wise up