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Home Cops Are Still Cops
00:53
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All Cops Are Bastards
And though sometimes a bastard's what you need
I sure as hell don't want one between my sheets
So why the fuck do you have all these devices
Always listening in like it's anything different?
And sure I get it it's so fucking convenient
To say, "Hey shmo, why not play me some music?"
But what the fuck do you think they'll do
When they've got the feds out creepin' on you
They'll fuck you over, and your friends too
So believe me when I say that this is your
just
due!!!!!!
Hey Alexa, buy me a 55-gallon drum of lube
(Alexa, confirm purchase!)
Okay Google, look up how to build a pipe bomb
Siri, send my mom a text, you raised a stupid motherfucker, send!
'Cuz why the fuck do you invite cops in your home?
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2. |
Fuck! I'm Shit
03:50
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My new vest cost me $60; I ignored Planned Parenthood
Spent $45 on tickets nothing for the greater good
The $15 for that new patch won't help homeless like it should
But now I'm on a night out fulla guilt
I skipped out on a rally to stay home and masturbate
The only time I ever marched was on a bad first date
Sure going to a protest to chant "fuck ICE" would be great
But here I am in bed & sleepin' in
[Chorus]
And I'm thinkin' how much do I spend?
Where does my selfishness end?
When the end comes I'm not goin' up
I know how much I've sinned
I always thought that I was good but oh!
Fuck! I'm shit
I'm ignoring that sad drunkard though they're going 'round the bend
I'm dodging an acquaintance though it seems they need a friend
My roomie's lyin' in their bed and thinkin' 'bout the end
But here I am, out dancing by myself
$300 for my tattoo woulda covered my pal's bed
The $100 for my piercing woulda bought some trans folks meds
The $30 bucks for drinkin' shoulda fed someone instead
But here I am, flat passed out on the floor
[Chorus]
The horrors on my Twitter feed all fail to leave me shocked
The DMs full of sadness got me tempted to hit block
My friend is textin' she can't wait for docs to chop her cock
But all I wanna do is play my games
The teapot cost me $80 when a kettle's $17
Spent $20 bucks on one day shippin' rather than wait three
That's $83 to Amazon and not to charity
But now I've brewed a fancy mug o' black
[Chorus]
I've got loans & debt, and bills & rent, my pay is not the best
And keepin' up my spirits sometimes takes up all the rest
'Cuz it's hard to help out others when you're feelin' right depressed
...But I guess I'll carry spare cash all the same
[Chorus x2]
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3. |
Body of Work
03:26
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I'm trans, I say, using certain definitions
I was raised being called a boy but it's not what I believe in
And I can't help but feel I'm an unusual case
So this song's my attempt to show you my headspace
2, 3, 4
I never had
A physical sense of self
My will's not based on body type, my life's all on the 'net
And I never felt the difference between boys and girls
So I've found agender says that fast
(What about your BODY?
Have you thought about your BODY?
You know you've got a BODY.
How do you relate to you BODY?)
What about my body?
Should it be a home?
But home is a bed and computer games
So what am I supposed to say
When I don't want to look any way?
Fuck tits, fuck dicks, fuck the corporeal
Fuck it all, I'm a ghost
'Cuz at the end of the day
My body isn't me
It's just the table at which I speak
But fuck!
My body still needs care
My damn body
My body of work
(What about your VOICE?
Have you thought about your VOICE?
You're using your VOICE.
Gonna change your VOICE?)
I fucking know I've got a voice
Shaped by my puberty
And sometimes I feel I've gotta disavow
My masculinity
But THIS VOICE AIN'T FEMME, IT'S FUCKING DYING
Just like my desire to pass in this society
So fuck off
My voice is mine
If you try to gender me with it expect to be surprised
'Cuz fuck!
What's gender anyway?
Just find me
In my body of work
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4. |
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and ill die poor cuz who would hire someone who
cant get up til its well past 9
who cant maintain a long day
or wastes 8 months time
there are so many better people
by ethic skill or passion
how can i claim to take their place
with all my flaws ive got no
drive to see these things through
no skills to share where others pin
their medals ive got only
empty air and i know
that worth and production are
not the same but im still trapped
in these social systems
i cannot change and all these thoughts
are running through my head with the
weight of fact while i just
lie awake in my bed at
2am thinkin a
bout my future assuming
it exists and i cant
help but see it as a
black abyss
but is it truth
or is it just depression
and ill die alone cuz who would want someone who
cant fuck or stay in one place
nor can i give back any
love thats given to me
this empty pit in my hearts
not one ill fill no matter how
i try my deck is half full
my cards reused and i can tell
a friends the best i can eer
hope to have and so ill go
to my deathbed knowin therell
be no one there and i know
its bullshit sayin this is
the bad end but how can i
deny i want my hand held
at the end and all these thoughts
are running through my head with the
weight of fact while i just
lie awake in my bed at
2am thinkin a
bout my future assuming
it exists and i cant
help but see it as a
black abyss
but is it truth
or is it just depression
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5. |
The Mariana Cryptid
02:10
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Another shooting down the street
Another cop gets off scot-free
Another law gets passed that says I have no rights
Seems like it's everywhere these days
Got me livin' in a haze
Tryin' to find some peace means I stay up all night
[BRIDGE]
But I've got a place in my mind
Where I can finally feel fine
And when the scientists all come they'll find me
[CHORUS]
Free from cops on their nightly beat
Free from all the stressors and the need to eat
There's no better rest than in the briny deep
So throw me in the Trench, I'll be the Mariana Cryptid
Another building left to rust
A politician breaks our trust
Another role model shows their morals ain't worth shit
Experience says, "This ain't all
Wait for the other shoe to fall"
But I can't live my life waitin' to get hit
[BRIDGE]
[CHORUS]
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Estranged In Public Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Folk punk about Niko _____'s personal problems & interests.
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