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Dopamine Decoder Ring

by Nerves Baddington

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1.
AS ABOVE, SO BELOW [HOOK] We try we fall / we fly we crawl / be still because / as above so below we evolve / too soon too late / too true to break / to live to die / who are you to ask why in the first place / why in the first place / why in the first place / huh who are you to ask why [VERSE 1] One time I found god at the bottom of a bottle / taught me our motto how to lead not to follow / spoken with bravado hook 'em then I got 'em / tongue beat the drum like duh dum dum dah dum / yeah then I met the devil in a meadow / an as above so below cool type fellow / we were carving our initials in a red oak / the sky fell oh hell duh dum dum hello / excuse you who's who who can tell / flip through chapter two in my book of spells / too far gone by the time it took to tell / put for a price on your soul look for sale [HOOK] [VERSE 2] Heart full of woes and a head full of riddles / a body growing old smack dead in the middle / one for the fire two for the fizzle / three for prophet with duh dum dum rhythm / yeah devil get paid by the minute / work fingers to the bone some'll die to make a living / tired of existing dying for a vision / trying to make a difference but you do not fit in / hey kids middle finger to the system / hands up don't shoot cops still kill 'em / one for the family two for the victim / three for the wisdom I can’t breathe [HOOK]
2.
Let it Bang 03:39
LET IT BANG [HOOK] Let it bang let it bang we bring that boom for boom / but they hate the changes in my mood lord ooh wee / let it bang let it bang we bring that boom need more room / like ten 15's up in a two door coup / we let it bang let it bang we bring that boom for boom / but they hate the changes in my mood lord ooh wee / let it bang let it bang we bring that boom need more room / like ten 15's up in a two door coup / You got some things you wanna ask don't you how I got this mad hunger / I don't look to the past won't you take a picture it'll last longer / looking at me like a freak nope we ain't even hit the peak tho / eat bon appétit boy I ain't Shaq-ing no free throw [VERSE 1] Sonic youth in a daydream nation / not safe in the makeshift matrix / complacent day shift masons / throw 'em in a cornfield maze in the basement / yep let 'em wallow in amazement / in the bottom of a bottle getting wasted / yep let em holler 'til their face red / safe bet so they're following the pay check / no raises bossman racist / tape deck with the walkman playlist / mixtape with Exhaust and Plate Six / stay sick in a way I'm contagious / kick rocks eat pavement break bricks / John Mc on track with the bass hit / that dope you can stay awake with / let it bang like an 808 kick kick kick [HOOK] [VERSE 2] I'm civilized when I freak the break / don't kill the vibe or you'll meet your fate / like Jesus H for Pete's sake / alright fine hey be be that way / from Avondale back to Eastlake / with the Key to Life as a keepsake / 808's on the beat boy / bang away make streets shake / like that headed back to the basics / just rap where the drums and the bass is / right back on the one tracks by ton / packing a punch in your faces / yep let 'em all get chin checked / bunch of creeping leeching insects / get it off my chest no bench press / no foot ain't given no inch yet yet yet [HOOK]
3.
SECOND WIND SPRINT [VERSE 1] Patiently waiting for vacancies on your playlist / taste makers hating debating on what a "great" is / it's black and white but they color me where the gray is / swear I've been committed for ages I'm going ape shit / straight jacket racket miraculously the weight lifts / from my shoulders I'm sober and over fake shit / stay tracking magic the passion in me to stay lit / burns with a desire to fire at will and break shit / devils dancing on hot coals to cop souls / tell 'em Manson's stock rose to stop foes / flex zone get Rickrolled and rocked slow / GOP ticket stick it bigot we're not bros / narcos with hard dope and bar codes / pork roast for torsos and dart throws / dark knights with hard white and bar trolls / mean crossovers park flows and art shows [HOOK] Make me wanna make you all pay / have a seat at my table we about to say grace / now let's see who all can save face / second wind sprint to The Mint paper chase race / yeah wanna be somebody be myself / yeah wanna be somebody no one else / yeah wanna be somebody wanna be myself / yeah wanna be somebody no one else [VERSE 2] Patiently watching observing absurd wordy posts / of non deserving burden birthing unworthy hosts / in bourbon soaked church clothes a worldly hoax / hurling burning goats at burly folks in dirty coats / electric jolts of 30 volts and early votes / lessons cloaked in turd jerky and turkey throats / hexed exes curse worthy in Fergie clothes / journey of a slip-n-fall attorney on a gurney stroll / we honor hope Trump-Drumpf 'em with Bernie quotes / ¡vámonos! dump truck ‘em in murky motes / karma toasts to comatose islamophobic anti immigration Obama hating your mama jokes / and it goes from cannon balls to camel toes / Santa Rosa Santa Claus with anal probes / anthrax in tampax and flannel robes / smuggle antidotes in a can of coke on banana boats [HOOK]
4.
Pencil Break 03:52
PENCIL BREAK [VERSE 1] Listen when I mention what a feeling I'm revealing / how I'm finna kill a villain while I'm chillin sticking venom in 'em / heads up you should know I'm feeling sentimental / it's been a minute since I really killed an instrumental / catch a murder rap sure to snap consequential / since I tend to bend the rules many think I'm mental / incidentally admit I think I'm temperamental / I throw a fit so legit it's not coincidental / I'm Beowulf with the pen put an end to Grendel / keep sick thoughts in a vault keep with a pen to vent 'em / return to sender with a scented vintage sin antenna / playing chicken in rented Benz with a fender bender / damn class clown school where fun's at / sit 'em in the corner on a stool in a dunce hat / bust raps run tracks till I'm hutch backed / either that or 'til see a stack where my funds at / sweepstakes put the rest in a mattress / cheapskates just death and taxes / cheesesteaks for restless masses / pigs in a kevlar blankets they're full of fascists BLOOW! [HOOK] oooh how ya like me now? / hmmm how ya like me now? / oh how ya like me? / I shall not not forsake my prey / oooh how ya like me now? / hmmm how ya like me now? / oh how ya like me? / I shall not not forsake my prey [VERSE 2] We by the locker playing pencil break / participate pay attention to the mental state / I tend to slay stay venting while I innovate / if I may take the sinning winner on a dinner date / anyway lick a shot watch it ricochet / don't anticipate which way bitch pick a day / any day bitch away while I situate / mean what I say when I say it know they finna pay / sick 'em like a sick pit bull bit 'em in the face / a bitter taste like a lemon chicken liver plate / let me demonstrate reiterate a riddle / with a switchblade pen and paperweight just to illustrate / damn Sam Kinison demented in a way / kill 'em in a head on collision on an interstate / hit the brakes just a bit too late / watch 'em all dissipate while everything around me just incinerate / take a nicotine break let it ventilate / contemplate another way I was meant to take / for sin's sake snakes gather in a tent to pray / I shall not forsake my prey [HOOK] [BRIDGE] Look at me I'm the one to beat tongue in cheek / stream of thought flow underneath running deep / whoopty I'm the undefeated wonder freak / hotter than the Alabama summer heat run the beat
5.
ALABAMA BLOOD [HOOK] Colorado is too cold for Alabama blood / yeah it’s too cold for Alabama blood / Colorado is too cold for Alabama blood / plus you know I got Alabama love / Minnesota is too cold for Alabama blood / uh huh it’s too cold for Alabama blood / Minnesota is too cold for Alabama blood / plus you know... [VERSE 1] They say gotta get outta town gotta get outta dodge / gotta get out the ‘Ham get the hell out the garage / chasing a dream that seem more like a mirage / gotta keep it real can’t keep up the facade / naysaying nonbelievers all say stop / we admire your passion but don’t quit your day job / I’ve never quit believing that it'll soon pay off / same dream 17 years no days off / tired of short change from the boss / no pain no gain so the name’s gonna cost / and soon I’ll rub his face in the sauce / in front of a couple K on the stage playing SLOSS / that’s just facts my fault / it’s more than passion a stash in the vault / ashes to ashes but I won’t fall / go from rats in the kitchen to plaques on the wall / plus the writing on the stall in the Syn den called put 'em all on strike till the ten pins fall / 'till we all get involved problems solved / Alabama's on the map lookin' awesome for all / no more 40 hour weeks no more we play for free / no more living in a fear of things we can't see / ain't no thing in life that we can't be / keep a Glory Fire lit like I'm Lee Bains III c’mon [HOOK] [VERSE 2] They say the state got the talent that it takes / but the talent buyers hardly looking Alabama's way / and they say yeah sure Alabama's great / but nobody trying to make sure that Alabama's straight / like a phantom in the race with a sound fan base / Eastlake face with the downtown Faith / skate to escape from the Alabama Jake / ain't no landing in the slammer so the man ran away / take advantage for the band to land a break / Atlanta to the Bay plan and innovate / make some alabama moves so that Alabama Shakes / panorama view with a hand around my fate / damn great plug the power in and play / hit Seasick dig for hours in the crates / on the way to Avondale at Saturn we caffeinate / peep the show calendar what's happening Saturday / Substrate sticker on the pickup with the Alabama plates / you can see I'm alabama made / I’m just trying to keep some balance on my plate / walk a fine line between Thoreau and Alexander Great / moves Yellowhammer make put the rattles on a snake / hear 'em rally round the lake looking shallow in their wake / Sun Ra cast shadows on the hate / still 86 fake to the date no debate [HOOK] [VERSE 3] The long struggle make a strong man fit / the wrong hustle make a man flip quick / that's why my bands gotta plan licks LIT / What you saying who you playing with / sick all hand picked / Jamric's the man with the plan fifth Beatle in the band shit / George Martin art and then enhance it / we just try to supply what's demanded / break the internet make 'em expand the bandwidth / we finally at the top where we ought to be / never take for granted ‘cause the bottom's still a part of me / RIP Bottletree gone not forgot first time we rocked Lobotomix it's like we hit the lottery / apologies in advance but we did it for the fans / always had bigger plans had to take a chance / Alabama love and an album in demand / ain't no alabama blood on these Alabama hands
6.
Wrong Side 03:36
WRONG SIDE [INTRO] Wrong hustle on the wrong side / the wrong side / wrong hustle on the wrong side / the wrong side [HOOK] You could pull a groin muscle making these strides / if you don't know the long struggle made of theses times / you gon' put the wrong hustle on the wrong side / you gon' put the wrong hustle on the wrong side / you gon' put the wrong hustle on the wrong side / revolution won't be televised when your phone die / you could pull a groin muscle making these strides / if you don't know the long struggle made of theses times [VERSE 1] You gon put the wrong hustle on the wrong side / if and when you will decide that you've been the fall guy / even when we been divided for such a long time / even those you may confide in may live their own lie / same damn sky but we climb our own vines / share the same goals same soul different minds / forget the same old same old in disguise / though it's painful can't fold improvise / you could pull a groin muscle making these strides / if you don't know the long struggle made of these times / you gon’ put the wrong name with the wrong face / playa you gon' play the wrong game at wrong pace / make us make us go along to get along wrong way / take a take a long break while we let song play / you could pull a groin muscle making these strides / if you don't know the long struggle made of theses times / You gon' put the wrong flame to the wrong bridge / while you trying to chase the wrong fame in the wrong biz / they gon' make you take the long way to get the wrong hits / may be time to a make small change to a long list / same damn dream but we blow our own steam / share the same goals same soul different means / to see the finish line reassign different teams / see my team winning if it means different things [HOOK] [VERSE 2] I’m just trying to shine the right light in a dark place / you may say my hard headed far fetched bar raised / say my naive dream only brings heartaches / like an angel get its wings every time a heart breaks / pathetic fetishes been embedded in all faith / vexed veterans ex felons of all race / they swear the predators are there to keep y'all safe / anti empathetic neo confederates called Jake / you’re on the wrong side [HOOK]
7.
GOOD LITTLE ROBOTS [HOOK] You can’t wake someone pretending to sleep / your old ideas sound better new / though love is blind we’re beginning to see / but how can we forget what we never knew / You can’t wake someone pretending to sleep / your old ideas sound better new / though love is blind we’re beginning to see / but how can we forget what we never knew [VERSE 1] The cover story’s just a cover up / get all the lies and contradictions you can muster up / there ain’t a single higher-up that I trust enough / the media dumb it down while they numb us up / a long hard road to freedom better buckle up / I promise we ain’t gonna need ‘em they’ll just fuck it up / trying to buck then what’s up chump knuckle up / kiss my paranoid skeptical ass sucka pucker up [HOOK] [VERSE 2] And all the good little robots they play their part / from The Hill to The 'Ville to the trailer park / the fear mongers got my dogs afraid to bark / some thinking it’s all a game but never play it smart / it’s gonna take a stronger mind and a braver heart / to save the art of revolution for the day it start / let’s get straight to the point better make it sharp / and watch the fragile Tower of Babel crackle and break apart [HOOK] [VERSE 3] Religious propaganda preaching morbid lies / to seek and destroy hope and demoralize / the blindfolded eyes of our tortured lives / the powers that be don’t wanna see us organize / important times borderline imported crimes / they lie and extort minds while the poor is dying / undeniable facts we find mortifying / and truth’s the foundation for freedom morally fortified [HOOK]
8.
Lamb's Blade 03:03
LAMB’S BLADE [HOOK] When you lead a lamb to the slaughter / never let the lamb see the blade / when you lead a lamb to the slaughter / lay 'em in the shade feed em grapes / when you lead a lamb to the slaughter / never let the lamb see the blade / when you lead a lamb to the slaughter / lay 'em in the shade feed em grapes [VERSE 1] Stab twist jab turn such a tragedy actually that badly burned / flame thrower with flow I never had to learn / now what remains of the games in body bags and urns / pillaging villages with diligent killer shit / intricate penmanship on a binge for vengeances / no pens or sentences just sins repent a bit / make amends then get revenge with benefits / I will follow nobody off of a cliff / barely listen to the words they say / some say I'm cursed some of 'em call it a gift / a death wish and a birthday cake / money hungry mega church leeching preachers / blinded by the light white Jesus features / alpha and omega-hertz secret keepers / geeks with beepers and placebo believers / mean as hell single cell amoeba creatures / playing Russian roulette hid beneath the bleachers / I’m a receiving heathen fever breeder / I'm a peace keeping heat seeking meat cleaver [HOOK] When you lead a lamb to the slaughter / never let the lamb see the blade / when you lead a lamb to the slaughter / lay 'em in the shade feed em grapes / When you lead a lamb to the slaughter / never let the lamb see the blade / when you lead a lamb to the slaughter / in the shade what’s a hole to a grave [VERSE 2] Your middle name pain last name misery / mine’s no shame ‘cause it never meant a lick to me / insult to injury since the turn of the century / so quote me and my deeds with the fees in parenthesis / I'm karma police piano keys of victory / hanging on by a section of strings and a mean symphony / by any means empathy theme for mystery / enemies overthrown overloaded sensory [HOOK] And when you lead a lamb to the slaughter / never let the lamb see the blade / when you lead a lamb to the slaughter / lay 'em in the shade feed em grapes / When you lead a lamb to the slaughter / never let the lamb see the blade / when you lead a lamb to the slaughter / lay 'em in the shade feed em grapes / I will follow nobody off of a cliff / I barely listen to the words they say / some say I'm cursed some of 'em call it a gift / a death wish and a birthday cake [VERSE 3] When preachers deceive us and wounds won't heal / teachers sheep us and the classrooms kill / they on The Hill in Nirvana slipping belladonna pills supporting bathroom bills / shivers and chills hearing deliverance squeals / stab and twist stick 'em with thick steel / suspenseful shrill from a distance ill / posses powerful skill to heal sickness still [HOOK] So When you lead a lamb to the slaughter / never let the lamb see the blade / when you lead a lamb to the slaughter / lay 'em in the shade feed em grapes / I will follow nobody off of a cliff / barely listen to the words they say / some say I'm cursed some of 'em call it a gift / in the shade what's a hole to a grave
9.
EASTER ISLAND [VERSE 1] Got the recipe for destiny hold your breath for the reckoning / steady and heavily dead set on the trajectory / resurrect direction I'm affectionately pestering / manifesting blessings while they festering in ecstasy / desperate times desperate measures make the best in me / deadly gestures heavy lectures with a pressure leak / hide and treasure seek pleasuring the flesh of me / fetch an etch-a-sketch and make a mess of F'n everything / fools get the ether burning sherm and on a quest to be / Judas with the Easter Sunday sermon burning effigies / esoteric arrogance shared with the refugees / you'd be fortunately blessed to leave [HOOK] We got that bass everybody move everybody shake bass / can't nobody lose everybody make waves / I ain't nobody new everybody save face / let your body bruise everybody break bass / everybody move everybody shake bass / can't nobody lose everybody make waves / I'm everybody's muse when I state my case / if somebody's amused let me let me [VERSE 2] Separate from yesterday tomorrow's got a debt to pay / no expiration date just estimated restoration rate / everybody’s Lazarus I got some dead to wake / wait Machiavelli with a death to fake / don't hesitate I’d rather decorate with pepper spray / than let it waste away to anything that’s less than great / if it don’t work how much practice does perfection take / rhetorically asking just a fraction of one breath I take / go to sleep / it's all but impossible hopping dodging them obstacles / farther off of my rocker harder my bars are to follow 'em / scoffing at offerings often awesomely audible / make believers out of dreamers that think it's highly improbable / awkwardly logical but facts never bother 'em / it's awful in Gotham so get my bat man I'm robbing 'em / from bottom to top now that I'm stable I'm unstoppable / balancing life and death just like the doctors and hospitals / I'm dirty ya heard me milk the filthiest wordplay / so ahead of my time you'd swear this my 50th birthday / he's sickening isn't third person in first place / verses with turbulence crash to earth how does dirt taste with bass [HOOK] Everybody move everybody shake bass / can't nobody lose everybody make waves / I ain't nobody new everybody save face / let your body bruise everybody break bass / everybody move everybody shake bass / can't nobody lose everybody make waves / I'm everybody's muse when I take my place / somebody's amused let me let me [VERSE 3] Settle it evidence evidently irrelevant / I'm prepared for irreverence let em hate for the hell of it / check my etiquette never sit in a room with an elephant / eloquently addressing the mess you stressing as excellence / confess I'm blessed but my pencil's a pessimist / don't test the best you lack central intelligence / fresh to death with professional elements / the perfection you relish in is just delicate rhetoric / go to sleep / go to sleep shh [BRIDGE] We got to make it out this place some day / hopefully we'll make it out this place some way / ain’t nowhere to run nowhere can make them safe / you don’t want to make my mistake / we got to make it out this place some day / hopefully we'll make it out this place some way / ain’t nowhere to run nowhere can make them safe / you don’t want to make my mistake [OUTRO] Some of ‘em are rumbling with mumbling beasts / some of ‘em are rumbling with mumbling beasts / some of ‘em are rumbling with mumbling beasts / test my peace please / what some of ‘em are rumbling with mumbling beasts / some of ‘em are rumbling with mumbling beasts / some of ‘em are rumbling with mumbling beasts / test my peace peace
10.
Gone Fishin' 03:15
GONE FISHIN' [VERSE 1] Yo presently I'm apparently a monster / big fangs pale face bad posture / they be like oh no where he go there he is / scary shit for a second thought we lost you / talk down and smacked up / who you son-ing while you running that mouth trying to act tough / better back pedal back track back up / or wake up feeling jacked up by a Mack truck / it's chop chop on the clock an awfully hot sweat shop / watching bodies drop and do the crappie flop / it's non stop whether like it or not / rock an ice pack frozen water bottle or an Otter-Pop / 120 Fahrenheit ain't a paradise / feel the flames from the fan real scary like / even tried frying bacon when the air is right / even seen an atheist praying god spare his life [HOOK] Whoever said no atheist in the fox hole / didn’t know that god never did his job though / I'm only slave to a pen and a page / not no jerk paying minimum wage and a pot roast / whoever said no atheist in the fox hole / didn’t know that god never did his job though / I'm only slave to a pen and a page / not no jerk paying minimum wage and a pot roast [VERSE 2] I'm Johnny Paycheck take this job and shove it / can’t take another minute more of it / boss tripping say they can't fit another raise in the budget / he in his AC while we cooking in the oven / no high five fist bump no nothing / probably why my give-a-shit's busted / and if it bleeds don't touch it get a waste bucket / fuck it (fuck it?) fuck it / let my eyes tell the story of mad man / shot dreams out the sky into a trash can / dig 'em out put 'em back together fast / can't eat last teeth gnashin in the bad lands / make a path great wrath finna happen / go postal roast 'em start snapping / magic man no resisting the charm / like an amputee missing an arm trying to clap hands [HOOK] [BRIDGE] Better hydrate or feel your mind state vibrate / nose dive thru through the fire escape / when you’re paid by the hourly rate / bossman looking at you like some live bate / yeah you better hydrate or feel your mind state vibrate / nose dive through the fire escape / when you’re paid by the hourly rate / bossman looking at you like some live bate / gone fishing / girlfriend tripping bossman tripping / how much more can I take gone fishing / police tripping PO tripping / what more can I say I'm dipping / chance it risk it what the hell is it / everything fades away time slipping / maze look different memory missing / tomorrow need to come today or die wishing [HOOK]
11.
Run It 04:15
RUN IT [HOOK] Thinking of a master plan about to run it / cooking up something dope gonna run it (run it) / spent too long running always coming up with nothing / now this dog gonna hunt about to run it (run it) / thinking of a master plan about to run it / cooking up something dope gonna run it (run it) / spent too long running always coming up with nothing / now this dog gonna hunt about to run it (run it) / yeah run it cmon run it run it / this dog gonna hunt about to run it (run it) / think-thinking of a master plan (uh huh) / think-thinking of a master plan (yeah yeah) / think-thinking of a master plan (uh huh) / think-thinking of a master plan [VERSE 1] Now is it too much to ask done used up my last / got to do something fast bill too past due / look don’t be mad when I put on a mask / run jewels on fools when your crews pass through / feel bad too but you know the rules had to / now give me that give me that and that too / I got to eat and if I’m hungry I have to / hit the buffet and jack food from a fat dude / hey you yeah you that’s who / with your crust-stache and two bad new tattoos / bad kids with the brotherhood patch too / bucktooth baby mama with the flat duke / hey you ooh what you gonna do / saw your pops on an episode of Cops season number two / put on your running shoes you about to run it huh / now you’re letting gunners gun for some honey buns [HOOK] [VERSE 2] I want to know which king rules that you fools call sire / from the troops to the suits en route with a wire / shoot for recruits get the youth inspired / speak truth with the juice set the roof on fire / they gonna try you try and run it by you / the buyers and suppliers wanting a messiah / hook ‘em then they book ‘em now they featured in a rider / took ‘em then they shook ‘em now they preaching in the choir / huh what huh what / make dollars make sense ’till I’m understood / can’t never could but this one boy should / put it on my mama I’ma do it do it / awe man there he go again / sounding scary on the stereo like every other jam / like he planned his burial with stereo in hand / he’s a beast in the belly of a man I’m saying [HOOK]
12.
Shrink Rap 04:36
SHRINK RAP [INTRO] Are you crazy or something? [HOOK] Shrink rap talk to the beat like a therapist / psychopathic tendencies some might not be aware of this / it's so disturbing it's hilarious / and I'm laughing to keep from crying / I'm dying to try to burry it / shrink rap shrink rap shrink rap / shrink rap I'm so crazy it's crazy [VERSE 1] Yeah and I feel I've become a monster / Play the role of sane so well I deserve an Oscar / trying to live long and prosper / but the enemy spying on me from afar with binoculars / not to mention all the voices I hear / they're whispering in my ear things aren't what they appear / it's clear I need help but I don't know if I want it / consumed but doom and gloom assuming that I am haunted / it's true I promise part time pessimist full time multi personality specialist / narcissistic insanely effortless / if therapy don't work the church'll bring in an exorcist / let go the ego and it set you free / I'm no better than any other piece of shit like me / and keeping it too real comes with a slight fee / therapeutically treated by the beat now let's agree [HOOK] [VERSE 2] yeah call me crazy at least you're calling / and what you think about me is my very least of problems / play for keeps with the beasts and goblins / that reside within my mind and keep me falling like the leaves in autumn / masterpiece of a monster feast / got bloodstains on my teeth shouldn't be let off the leash / awkwardly I'm awfully atrocious / diagnosed schitzo under hypnosis spit ferocious / mixed emotions of my mental health / should've noticed the warning signs in early stages sent for help / some say it's too late too bad too sad / I'm too mad to prove that I'm too cool to be sent from hell / fuck a dream journal 'cause I barely sleep / prepare to reap and sew the seeds that was buried deep / save a therapist spare the beat / I'm undergoing treatment as we speak let's agree [HOOK] [BRIDGE] I'm so crazy it's crazy / nothing amazes me lately / some say I'm sick in the head / I need to refill the script for my meds like I said
13.
SUNDOWN COMEDOWN [VERSE 1] Cold sweat hot flashes bones ache / go weeks no sleep not no way / need a blast from the past for old dope sake / old habits die hard like they won't break / them old shakes won't go away keep twitching / ship sunk chill bumps and my feet kicking / mental monster starving to feed addiction / blood pressure through the roof where the fever's living / I can feel it this time I'm going all the way / but if I fall my esé is just a call away / and it's a slippery slope when addicted to dope / my lifeline's got a noose at the end of my rope / shoot 'em up bang bang how the gun sound / perfect aim so the pain get gunned down / running circles getting nowhere somehow / and that's one helluva track to try to run around [HOOK] Ain't no pain like the pain of a comedown / no pain like the pain of a comedown / but I always end up back here somehow now / where you gonna be we'll see when you come down / where you gonna be when you come down / wide awake in bed by sundown come down somehow now [VERSE 2] Back on the wagon dragging rather lethargic / tracing shadows on the wall in patterns of darkness / the morning after torn and tattered shattered heartless / way past dope sick not your average nauseous / one way in one way out / and this the real way not a fake route / too sick to pick up a phone and order takeout / looking at my last twenty bucks and want a taste now / yeah I'm sick and some of you can probably empathize / paint a picture of a pain you can visualize / quitters lose and in the end the winner dies / erase the digits but I keep the number memorized / shoot 'em up bang bang how the gun sound / one shot one kill fire one round / can't please 'em all I'ma let some down / on the wrong side of the tracks after sundown [HOOK] [VERSE 3] So put a fist in the air if you needing a change / to break the chains of the clinics and needle exchange / instead of finding new reasons and people to blame / I've felt too much love to believe in the pain / hard to pick a part my brain and reprogram it / while these folks tell me what I already know dammit / the island of addiction leaves most stranded / skid row ghost town turned ghost planet / coming down hard with the slow landing / clipped wings getting tired flying broke handed / cold turkey in the morning like the dope vanished / tainted love hate thang so romantic / shoot 'em up bang bang how the gun sound / last time was a sign when the gun jammed / I'm surprised I'm alive and somehow / still got that monkey on my back when I come around [HOOK]

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released July 28, 2017

Written by Nerves Baddington for Apt. B Productions
Produced by Ryan "InkLine" Howell and Jason Hamric
Engineered, Mixed and Mastered by Jason Hamric at La Hacienda
Additional Engineering by Lester Nuby
Art by Chad Soner

Nerves Baddington:
Bass - John Mc
Drums - Cam Johnson
Emcee - Ryan "InkLine" Howell

Additional Players:
Jackie Lo - vocals and flute
Jason Hamric - guitar

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Nerves Baddington Birmingham, Alabama

Nerves Baddington is the seamless duo of rapper Inkline and producer Kilgore Doubt. The two were bandmates since their childhood in Birmingham, AL. With roots in emceeing and bass, respectively, Inkline and Kilgore create dark, atmospheric beats, under cerebral bars punctuated by catchy hooks. Critics have lauded their work as “a jaw-dropping ode to lyricism” ... more

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