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Monday, September 26, 2016

Villain With A Thousand Faces

Song: Villain With A Thousand Faces
Album: Edo
Written by: Toussaint Morrison
Released June 24, 2014
ref: https://toussaintmorrison.bandcamp.com/track/villain-with-a-thousand-faces

These cops out here lookin’ like the clone wars
Bred from the same strain of nothin’ with no heart
Live up to the folklore is all a villain hopes for
I just wanna watch the city burn with my cohorts
(Drop) on the track (Run) all day                  
Caught between two trains on the railway
Destined to collide from the get
And every time I make it out alive, I feel a little less dead

Better than to act fearless for appearance,
But hey- do what you gotta do to feel different
(Chop, chop, chop, chop)
They setup a new curfew, I set back another
(Clock, clock, clock, clock)
Don’t threaten me for anything less than what I got
Your king’s a fuckin’ coward, he’s callin’ in the drones
So I called in 7 homies from Kimon

Slayed the whole cast, cancel the episode
We only pay the debt back avenged sevenfold
(Drop, drop, drop, drop)
Their guard the second they think we’re gone, that’s when we take the sure
(Shot, shot, shot, shot)
Hit hard like the Deathstar, Wylie bring’em out
The moment’s here and this is right about now
So while you waitin’ for the break-up to say it out loud

The train’s leavin’ town, bromide, hustle up
Hop on or stay with these egg-shell-walkin’-give-a-fucks
They fear us for our lack of liability
The size of our dreams and our unabashed willingness
To run into oncoming traffic to pursue it
Watch me do what you’re not doin’
Embracin’ danger as an immediate family member
I am the message and the messenger
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CHORUS
One day, the sun’ll stop shinin’
And you’ll have to live without
The city’ll find someone to blame
But you’ll know who put it out
The planet will fall into widespread panic
And I’ll watch
Quietly with the keys to your faith
And someday I’ll turn it back on

But not now, not now,
Not now, not now
But not now, not now
Not now, not now
In a while, but now
Not now, not now
Someday, but not now
Not now, not now
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There’s ice in my veins, I’m a century young
Baby, I’m straight out the cryo
Just because my team can manipulate fire
Y’all wanna go ahead and call’em pyros
Well I don’t oblige, so, turn to the right slow
And take the high road before they put the katana to ya pie hole
You do-gooders losin’ sight
And unless your first name’s T’Challa, you need to lose the tights

You prove me right every time I come around
Actin’ like rules still apply to my block
They ask me when. I say “Right about now”.
It’s a chip right off the ol’ RoboCop
Dredd, John Spartan, the protagonist market
I ain’t buyin’ shit, I’m just window shoppin’ targets
Soft points, the family members
They settle for good, but never aim to do it better
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CHORUS

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