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The Outsider [Edit] feat. Yogi Wan

from Common English Mistakes by Photostat Machine

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Seat warm, sinking
Head back, thinking
Keys turn, purring
Feet, floor, moving
Every flashing light that whizzes by
Is like a memory
And the voices on the airwaves
Are talking 'bout me, 'bout me
And I ain't tryin' to hear it
I just need to feel the bass around me
Round me, right now

I put the peddle to the metal
Sometimes I just want to be alone
I'm as black as the pot and the kettle
But they're blind to the fact that I've grown
And the heart on the sleeve's still beating
But nowadays it's just a little more stone
And the heart of some men's still deceiving
But nowadays it's just a little more known
So up m****e fingers
All you p***y 'oles can bite me
Yogi Wan stop? Yeah, not likely
Yogi Wan pop? Yeah, well I might be
Cream of the crop just chillin' on the top
And it's hard to deny that I'm tidy with it
Might swing through ya hood
Like Spidey with it
The word is out
I got them spinning around
And they can't get me out of their head
Like Kylie innit?
And I'm smiley with it
Crowd say 'Bo!' like Riddick
Nike Air flow Bo knows lyrics
But what Bo don't know is
Yogi will kill it in a minute
Cook it on a skillet like it was a fillet
16 ounce steak served
With mash and spinach
That's enough iron, man
To make Popeye feel timid
Rah! So I guess it's best you
Read between the lines
Before you cross him stop look and listen!

Knock knock. Who's there?
The outsider and I'm coming in!
Knock knock. Who's there?
The outsider, dog, coming in!
Yo! All I got is my word,
And my b***s, and ambition
That's why I'm up late night
Cooking in the kitchen
If you say I can't then I tell you 'ni**a listen
I'm Mr. F*** You!
I don't need your permission'
Knock knock. Who's there?
The outsider and I'm coming in!

(Photostat Machine coming in)

Some say my metaphors are too hard
I should tone down
I say they should tone up
Or metaphorically go down
Some days I look in the mirror
Like, 'I'm so proud
God has blessed ya kid, you're well endowed'
(it ain't just what ya thinkin'!)
From the desk to the booth
I, just do what I do, and
Every time I touch the mic
I'm only giving you the truth
And it's like, they're pretending not to hear me
But I feel them shaking in their boots, and I
Can see it in their eyes that they're scared
Now I'm in cahoots
With the Photostat Machine
Now that's something never seen
And it looks so pristine, so fresh, so clean
Might blind you, high beam!
Rear view, black street
And I'm closing in on you at high speed
I've got a Photostat Machine
Now that's something never seen
And it looks so pristine, so fresh, so clean
Might blind you, high beam!
Rear view, black street
And I'm closing in on you at high speed

(Photostat Machine coming in)

Knock knock. Who's there?
The outsider and I'm coming in!
Knock knock. Who's there?
The outsider, dog, coming in!
Yo! All I got is my word
And my b***s, and ambition
That's why I'm up late night
Cooking in the kitchen
If you say I can't
Then I tell you 'ni**a listen
I'm Mr. F*** You!
I don't need your permission'
Knock knock. Who's there?
The outsider and I'm coming in!

credits

from Common English Mistakes, released December 9, 2011
words by Yogi Wan
music by Photostat Machine

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