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Phoenix A​.​D. [​+​KiddCello]

from THE GENIUS [EVIL​.​] PROJECT (2015 Project) by King Cooley Savant

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[Intro by the late Muhammad Ali]

[Soft Hook]

ONE FOOT WAITIN’ FOR ME DOWN ON THE GROUND
AND HAD... HANDS UP
I‘M READY NOW
TO TAKE OFF
AND WE OFF

[Verse One]

WELL WE WAS FLOATIN’ ‘ROUND THE CITY
DON’T KNOW WHERE WE LANDED
GODS WERE KICKIN’ ROCKS
AND PLYMOUTH LANDED WHERE MY HAND IS
SO I’M STUCK UPON YOUR PLANET
WHERE THE SOLAR PANELS DAMAGED
LOCALS LOVE MY CONTRABAND AND SMOKE IT JUST TO MANAGE
WHERE ARE WE
WANDERING,
LOST,
CITY OF ATLANTA
I SURE DO LOVE YOUR ENERGY
BUT CANNOT STAND YOUR GRAMMAR
OR THESE KIDS THAT YOU PRODUCIN’
BLOWIN’ SMOKE UPON YOUR CANVAS
BUT I GUESS I CAN’T BE TOO CONCERNED
THEY LIVIN’ OFF THE MAYANS
LET THEM N---S FLY ON
WHATEVER THEY GET HIGH ON
I SIT WITH THE BIRDS AND LOOK TO GOD TO KEEP MY EYE ON
HE SAID,
WH-WH-WHY YOU STARIN’?
YOU REPELLIN’ OFF MY IONS
DON’T BE SCARED OF INTROSPECTION
GET YOUR LIFE OF PI ON
I SAID RIGHT ON

[HOOK X2]

I HAD ONE FOOT WAITIN’ FOR ME DOWN ON THE GROUND
AND HAD TWO HANDS UP
I‘M READY NOW
TO TAKE OFF, TAKE OFF, TAKE OFF, TAKE OFF
AND WE OFF, AND WE OFF , AND WE OFF, AND WE OFF

[VERSE TWO]

I WATCHIN’ AS THE OAK TREES BURNIN’ UP
I FEEL INDIFFERENT TO THE WEATHER
CAN WE TURN IT UP?
MY BONES ARE BLAZING
WHILE THE PILOT PUMP THE BRAKES
AND WE STOP AT MY MISTAKES
STRIKING MATCHES TO DECISIONS THAT I MADE
AND I FINALLY SIT MYSELF UPON THIS FIRE
AND THE ANGELS ARE AMAZED
AT THE ASHES AND THE DIFFERENT SHADES OF GRAY
OKAY, WELL MISTER TELL ME THIS
HOW DO YOU HANDLE IT
BEING THE SUN AND BURNING A BILLION OF MILES AWAY?
HOW DO YOU SAY
TO ALL THE HUMANS THAT YOU HAVE ENRAGED
FOR SHORTENING NIGHTS AND THEN WARMING THE DAYS
THAT YOU ARE JUST SORRY FOR IMPLEMENTING ALL THE DAMAGE
AND CARBON THAT COMES FROM YOUR RAYS?
BUT AFTER THE OPPOSITION THAT YOU FACED
YOU’RE TURNING HUMBLY CENTERED IN SPACE
SO WHY SHOULD I APOLOGIZE
BECAUSE I’M SHINING BY DESIGN
GASOLINE UP TO MY WINGS
BEFORE I DIE, I GUESS IT’S TIME
TO SAY GOODBYE AS I COLLIDE
AS I WAS HURDLING UP TO THE SKY
GRAVITY NERVOUS OF LETTING ME FLY
I COULD SEE FEAR IN THE FRONT OF HER EYES
WHILE I AM JUST SENDING MYSELF TO THE LIGHTS
CLOSER THE FEELING UNTIL MY DEMISE
SHE GRABBED ONE FOOT WEIGHIN’ ME DOWN ON THE GROUND
I HAD TWO HANDS UP, I’M READY NOW
TO TAKE OFF, TO TAKE OFF
TO TAKE OFF, TO TAKE OFF
TO TAKE OFF, TO TAKE OFF
AND WE OFF, AND WE OFF
I HAD

[Hook]

[Sample - Outro "I'm Gonna Show You How Great I Am"]

credits

from THE GENIUS [EVIL​.​] PROJECT (2015 Project), released March 31, 2015
Produced by JiJo of DopeNorTeria (soundcloud.com/dopenorteria)
Intro by KiddCello
Sound Design by Cooley Savant

Original Artwork by Alyssa Bryan (portfolios.scad.edu/AlyssaBryan)

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