Burnt Pride - Lateef And Lyrics Born

Burnt Pride is a crazy thing / But now  what does it take to make you feel 
me concrete? / I ain't your maitre'd  I ain't on pain relief / This ain't 
make believe  I ain't on no ankle leash / I tried speaking in a rational 
manner /Tried to get my point across using regular me(ans) / I even 
patterned my delivery / Similarly after something you had said / So that 
you would not interpret me differently  but / My head's on a tree swing / 
Your debt's still lingering / While you erect gates with codes really 
nobody knows / I ask, "Why's it always closed?" / I'm told it's my approach 
/ Well let's suppose / just for the sole sake of argument that/ despite the 
spite and all the ill will you're harboring / that me, Lyrics Born, all 
this power that I'm harnessing / That I didn't come in here to no 
conquering / That I came in here to do a little bargaining / Grease key 
people do some apple polishing / Maybe hail a cab for my local congressman 
/ so he can hook me with the landlord in parliament / Then I'll set up a 
booth, hand-pick my operatives / Train 'em up, send my squad of garbagemen 
/ To spread the good will, all in the environment / and all the false 
doctrine and all the carcinogens, but now / I gotta be wise 'bout who I'm 
targeting / The key is make the young folks offerings / so that they don't 
become adults that are demonstrative / or else my chances of retirement go 
spiraling / So then I work my way into their subconsciousness / I tell them 
always use caution, now, cautiousness, because / Are you absolutely positive 
that you can make it without us and be prosperous? / You need to look at me 
and my accomplishments / Hey, I got an idea, let's start a partnership! / 
It'll be just like livin' in a Harlequin / And we'll feed our pond fishies 
ostriches / we'