Back from the Crypt - Kai Straw, Zayvsthem

Life doesn’t owe you shit

Black, white, or Mexican

Asian or East Indian

Russian or Czech

So quit fussin' and get up

You’ll fall once, and get up

Scabs on scabs make heels out of the softer skin

It’s making you marvelous every time you’re fallin'

That’s your soul gettin' stronger

When you make it through some darkness

Like a wandering toddler lost his way

Or a cub without a momma trynna hide from the rain

We’re all fighting to stay alive with not much to guide us

Except a couple rules from the Quran to the Bible

We’re blinder than the soldier in a smoldering fog of emotion

Or an old woman struck with glaucoma

So hold your head up, and don’t you ever let up

Keep your chin high above the water

Even when the cinder blocks are tied around your body

Holding you down, you cannot drown

You cannot give up now, I said you’ve gotta get up

You’ve gotta erupt

You’ve gotta be the one in the arena declaring your freedom

Not the critic feeding on the people who fall

In the land of the vultures, you can’t be a corpse

You’ve gotta be the king of this jungle, not the poacher

You can’t be afraid to sing, you’ve gotta pull 'em off your throat

You can’t be everything, but you can be what you’re supposed to

To take your destiny, you can’t do what you’re told

You’ve gotta be, strong

Go ahead and walk with a limp

Drag your heel like you’re back from the crypt

I said you’re, strong

Like a villain out to feed on bones

You’re a monster, baby

Like a ghoul to a house

Like a ghost in the movies, arrivin' unannounced

Say I’m back, dammit, like some voodoo, hell

And I’m coming for your neck, you better hide

Who do you believe in?

I heard your call, baby girl, I know you’re grieving

What’s the reason?

Girl, you can’t be no older than 23

And you acting like it’s 2012 again

The end of the world

I might be the only friend of a girl

Who ain’t been to Chicago but love to act shy

Her booty gettin' bigger, she attracting black guys

Try to leave without payin'

You gonna leave with black eye

From the only man she ever knew, he outside

Palms atcha' for the revenue

Let me paint a better view

Down on them knees again

Which way is East again?

Allah, or Muhammad, Buddhist or Christian

She just gon' pray to whoever will listen

When the sun is down, I make that my mission

So please, get up off ya' knees

You don’t see trees hangin' onto dead leaves

Baby, you’ve gotta let 'em go

Go ahead and walk with a limp

Drag your heel like you’re back from the crypt

I said you’re, strong

Like a villain out to feed on bones

You’re a monster, baby

Like a ghoul to a house

Like a ghost in the movies, arrivin' unannounced

Say I’m back, dammit, like some voodoo, hell

And I’m coming for your neck, you better hide

Say I’m coming

Say the world better hide from me

Say I’m coming

Say the world better hide from me

Say I’m coming

Say the world better hide from me

Say I’m coming

Say the world better hide from me

(ZayVsThem) Alright, sing it with me

Go ahead and walk with a limp

Drag your heel like you’re back from the crypt

I said you’re, strong

Like a villain out to feed on bones

You’re a monster, baby

Like a ghoul to a house

Like a ghost in the movies, arrivin' unannounced

Say I’m back, dammit, like some voodoo, hell

And I’m coming for your neck, you better hide