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[00:02.56]All rise
[00:07.73]Brittle Bones Nicky was crafty and shifty
[00:12.09]and that son of a bitch was gold
[00:17.46]Yeah, that son of a bitch was gold
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[00:31.40]Wires got crossed when I was about 3
[00:32.82]Dad had bloody heavy hands,used them to me
[00:34.68]My mamma? Bless her heart,cuz she gave me a start
[00:36.72]She got Killed, bad man, dad stiffed in a scam
[00:38.71]Grew up in the system, bounced, couple homes
[00:40.47]This woman Mary, gifted me hand-me-down clothes
[00:42.52]Shy at the start, till this guy named Shifty
[00:44.20]Who had 100 pounds on me called me “Brittle Bones Nicky”
[00:46.18]A target aimed straight at my face
[00:47.62]Big house of kids, cred is cake
[00:49.67]Rounded up a couple bucks, got it freshly baked
[00:51.46]Sat down to dinner
[00:52.19]Put it right in his face
[00:53.32]Right in his fucking face (in his face)
[00:57.14]You’re not gonna push me around
[01:00.91]You can't get me down, down, down (down!)
[01:04.53]You’re not gonna push me around (nooo!)
[01:08.24]You can’t get me down, down, down (down!)
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[01:26.47]Bounce ahead a couple years, king of my peers
[01:28.43]We biked the block, cheersin’ pretty girls beers
[01:30.14]Did alright for myself, petty thefts I pulled
[01:31.96]I dropped outta school, built a circle of bulls
[01:34.13]Needing more money, covered head to toe
[01:35.84]Snuck up, sucker, took his stash, and drove
[01:37.73]The cash stashed, it was pouring in
[01:39.36]Bulk of it up my nose
[01:41.29]How dumb I was, twenty-one
[01:43.21]And way out of control
[01:44.94]The cops kicked down the door
[01:46.66]She did a line right off my (wow!)
[01:48.53]Said “that’s one way to go down”
[01:50.56]Knew I was hard as rock
[01:52.37]Knew-I-was-hard-as-rock (hard as rock)
[01:56.28]You’re not gonna push me around
[01:59.92]You can’t get me down, down, down (down!)
[02:03.59]You’re not gonna push me around (no!)
[02:07.40]You can’t get me down, down, down (down!)
[02:10.97]Bars, new world, who could I trust?
[02:12.74]Killers were nice, smugglers were rough
[02:14.43]Met a man named Ben, quite sharp & witty
[02:16.59]Gave me books about money & cities
[02:18.44]Taught me ropes, only years coulda gained
[02:20.12]Looked out for each other, M.O’s the same
[02:21.88]That night I heard Ben, turning 50 in May
[02:23.82]Yellin’ so loud, two decades we aged
[02:25.69]Found him cornered, pants down, shanked
[02:27.42]Didn’t even think twice, man I barely blinked
[02:29.37](I barely blinked, I barely blinked)
[02:31.18]If it cost me my life man I'd save my only friend
[02:34.63]That’s something I could live with
[02:36.31]I could take that till the end
[02:38.11]If it cost me my life man I'd save my only friend
[02:42.19]That’s something I could live with
[02:44.00]I could take that till the end (Hey!)
[02:46.00]You’re not gonna push me around
[02:49.40]You can’t get me down, down, down (down!)
[02:53.50]You’re not gonna push me around (no!)
[02:57.13]You can’t get me down, down, down (down!)
[03:02.33]Now every morning, coffee, park
[03:04.38]Walking around the city, deals light or dark
[03:06.28]I’m straight edge as a punk, well mannered, and I feel free
[03:09.62]Tried to do what I thought was best
[03:11.73]And that’s coming to the grave with me
[03:13.51]As I lay here in my final nights, I try to have a laugh
[03:17.19]I didn’t win the game of life
[03:18.98]But I’d give myself a pass
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