Lupe Fiasco - Body Of Work Lyrics
[Pre-Hook: Troi]Closet full of bonesJust don't try to put'em back together(Try to put'em back together)And I'll just bite my tongueSo wear it like a scarlet letter(Wear it like a scarlet letter)[Verse 1: Lupe Fiasco](I really loved you)Quiet in the court for the courtshipMarriage of the dork and the gorgeousTook her from the king of the corpsesHe [?] off the wall of the fort with the horsesThis is foretold, bojangles was tapping in morse codeAt least to the mad man genius, tap top secrets and more goldFrom the guts of the mother, [?] should move her undercoverWith a $3,000 son she just want a loverAnd somebody else that come and try and drug herTake her off the grill, she donePills celebrating, "we won"In the system of the women, never knew he had it in himThis condition when the world that they make him becomeCocaine and new high tech way smuggle whole thingsFrom the control range that make radio heads with gold brainsDepart 84' Jags on gold chainsDeveloping niggas from a whole nameGod is great, but it's snakes on my soul plane[Pre-Hook][Hook: Troi]Anatomy (skin), will be the death of meAnatomy (skin), that's just my anatomyAnatomy (skin), will be the death of me[Verse 2: Lupe Fiasco](Tell me what to do)Limo to the limit, fill it till the brim get in itYou can't get it, if you gotta askIn that case I want two masksBottom class, dollar castPoppin' tags, droppin' trash in shopping bagsTill Hakeem take our pocket cash(Am I beautiful?)Write it in lights, molly in the body of ChristDrop me to the lobby from heightsThen over the threshold to redeem the doorwayFourteen broads like the king of NorwayFourteen broads having dreams of foreplayFourteen arm ShivaIf the government get it I'm a fool[Pre-Hook][Hook][Verse 3: Lupe Fiasco]Sanskrit dance on the page of the dead bookDon't leave the restroom with the left footFlags of Tibet, to bet, to bed, to death, fleshRelease the leash on a fast carFeed on the keys, fall asleep in a JaguarThe tip of thy sword is whiteAm I night, am I black, am I light?Have I been this?Realize my begin when I find where my end thisOedipus wrecks, mother*****er this better than sexMaterial potion the love of my martyrCurrency soaked in the blood of my father(Will you cry for me?)Sky burial, let the wind carry you, fatherThat I could(live forever)An anatomy, not of me, knotting me to it, nodding me to itEyes of the eye and others, watching me do itAdapt in each rubikKubrick in plot and toneLots of bones, scolds to the top of the toneSkim through it is just skin to itYou're so thin you see the sin through it[Pre-Hook][Hook]
