1. Monkey business
2. Slave to the grind
3. The threat
4. Quicksand Jesus
5. Psycho love
6. Get the fuck out
7. Livin' on a chain gang
8. Creepshow
9. In a darkened room
10. Riot act
11. Mudkicker
12. Wasted time



Monkey business

Well outside my window there's a
whole lot of trouble comin'
the cartoon killers and the rag covered clones
Stack heal yours kickin' rhythm
of social circumcision
can't close the closet on a shoe box full of bones… Come on!
1. Kangaroo lady with her bourbon in a pouch
can't afford the rental on a bamboo couch
collectin' back her favors 'cause her well is runnin' dry
I know her act is terminal but she ain't gonna die, no.
Slim Intoxicate drinkin' dime store hooch
is always a circle with his past time pooch
Little creepy playin' dollies on the New York rain
thinkin' Bowie's just a knife, oh the pain.
I ain't seen the sun since I don't know when
The freaks come out at nine, and it's twenty to ten
What's this funk, that you call junk
to me it's just monkey business… get back!
2. A blind man in the box that will probably die
the village kids laugh as they walk by
A psycho on the edge of this human garbage dump
and the vulture is the sewers are tellin' him to jump
into fire from the fryin' pain
trippin' on his tongue for a cool place to stand
Where's this shade, that you've got it made
to me it's just monkey business.
Ref. Monkey business, it's slippin' on the track
Monkey business, the jungle in the black
Ain't you business, if I got no monkey on my back.
(Back to Ref.)
The Vaseline gypsies and the silicone soul
dress to the sociality
Hypocrite heartbeat and cheap alibis
can't get you by that monkey… monkey, monkey!
(Back to Ref. 3 times)

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Slave to the grind

1. You've gotta force to give my lids in two
I'm still stuck inside this rubber room
I've gotta pull the clock that leads the blind
I'm just another gear in the assembly line, oh no.
The noose gets tighter around my throat
But I ain't at the end of my rope 'cause
Ref. I won't be the one left behind
You can't be king of the world if you're slave to the grind
Tear down the rat racial slime
You can't be king of the world if you're slave to the grind.
Get it!
2. A routine injection a lethal dose
but my day in the sun ain't even close
There's no need to waste your prayers on me
you better mark my words 'cause I'm history, yes indeed
You might beg for mercy, to get by
but I'd rather tear this thorn from my side 'cause
(Back to Ref.)
3. They swallowed their daggers by turnin' their tricks
they tore my intention apart brick by brick
I'm sick of the jive, you talk verbal insecticide...
(Solo)
(Repeat 3)
(Back to Ref.)
Well I say slave to the grind
Slave to the grind
Slave to the grind…

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The threat

1. Well I've been convicted, with and without reason
tarred and feather like a piper on a killin' spree
and felt the anger of generations
and been a target for the cheap shots of authority.
So you think you cut me down to size
Well there's something you should realize
It's gonna take more than a break in the law
to make me smile pretty for the wreckin' ball.
Ref. Won't beg
won't bleed
the end of sacrifice is a threat to society
Hard line
you'll see
once you've made your mark you've made a threat to society…
2. I wasn't put here to be treated
like some disease you hoped would go away if left alone
Yeah you can sweep me, under the carpet
but I'll still infect your need to use me as a steppin' stone.
So you think you cut me down to size
Well there's something you should realize
It's gonna take more than a break in the law
to make me smile pretty for the wreckin' ball.
(Back to Ref.)
(Solo)
So you think you cut me down to size
Well there's something you should realize
It's gonna take more than a break in the law
to make me smile pretty for the wreckin' ball…
(Back to Ref. 2 times)

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Quicksand Jesus

1. She caught the meltin' sky
It burned but still the winter passes by and by
to the other side
A slow parade of wind
that blows through trees that wilted with the season's children
Are we saved by the words of bastard saints?
Do we live in fear or faith?
Tell me now, who's behind the rain?
2. A maze of tangled grace
The symptoms of "for real" are crumblin' from embrace
but still we chase
the shadows of belief
and new religion clouds our visions of the roots
of our souls…
Are we ashamed of our own fate
or play the fool for our own sake?
Tell me who's behind…
What do we need?
Where do we go
when we get where we don't know?
Why should we doubt
the virgin white of fallen snow
when faith's our shelter from
the cold?
(Solo)
Oh… What do we need?
Where do we go
when we get where we don't know?
Why should we doubt
the virgin white of fallen snow
when faith's our shelter from
the cold?
Quicksand Jesus I'm so far away without you
Quicksand Jesus I'm so far away without you oh
Quicksand Jesus I'm so far away, away
Quicksand Jesus I'm so far away yeah
Quicksand Jesus I need you
Quicksand Jesus I believe you
Quicksand…
I'm so far away yeah... take me away...

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Psycho love

1. Check out Clementine, cleanin' needles in her wine
face down in her one-eye world with her brain death valentine
She'll be your zombie, your livin' death
Her sweet corruption, it's gonna make you, gonna break you
she said that
Ref. Haunt my house of pain, and feel my psycho love
You better shine and pray for rain, to heal my psycho love.
2. Legs at ten and two, chain her down that's what you do
King Tout and snake-eyed slut in the pink but screamin' blue
I'll taste you crazy, you smell instance
I'm just another ghost inside your spirits hall of fame.
(Back to Ref.)
Ooh as the warm smooth soul chases through the cold silence of a body
a body of touch not feel
One question: Is she a stone in the devil's garden
or a speck in an angel's dust?
Ashes to ashes, and lust to lust...
(Solo)
She'll teach you true love, watchin' you turn blue love
she'll wrap you in a choke hold and suck your spirit dry.
(Back to Ref.)

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Get the fuck out

1. Your jokes ain't funny and there's nothing you say, that I wanna hear
The sound of the door slammin' your ass out is the music to my ears
If I can't beat you then I'm gonna beat you to a pulp
So can the TV rays and take my tonsil glaze right down your throat.
Ref. You're standin' too close what the fuck's with you
You ain't my old lady and you ain't a tattoo
No need to whimper, no need to shout
This party's over, so get the fuck out
Get the fuck out!
2. Well I puke, I stink bitch get me a drink 'cause I'm payin' for the room
I ain't buyin' you breakfast so keep your mouth busy
and wrap your lips all around my attitude
Take a walk with me with your triple double Ds and your 40 foot do
Why you walkin' funny you must have spent some time with the boys in the crew.
(Back to Ref.)
The morning's comin' in and this is my bed
If I find you here when I wake up
the maid is gonna find me dead…
(Back to Ref.)
Get the fuck out
Get the fuck out!

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Livin' on a chain gang

1. Turn on the TV 'cause I've got nowhere to go
It seems that there's a little trouble down in Mexico
A thirteen year-old boy robs a store so he can eat and
they got him doin' time while killers walk the streets…
A hungry politician is a wolf that's at the door
He's heel-bent on submission and feedin' on the poor
We could stare into the sun if we would open up our eyes
but we paint ourselves into a corner colored in white lies.
Busted on the rock pile, gettin' dust in the heat
Shackled to the system, and draggin' my feet yeah.
Ref. I'm ridin' on a break down
another white knuckled shake down
feels like I'm livin' on a chain gang
I'm ridin' on a break down
a suicidal shake down
feels like I'm livin' on a chain gang…
2. A con man's instigation can wash your sins away
Send your contribution and he'll save your soul today
What does he know, has he been through hell and back?
He takes the cash and he drives it home in a brand new Cadillac
Spittin' at the guard door, burnin' in his wicked deal
Screamin' down the railroad, with no one at the wheel no.
(Back to Ref.)
(Solo)
Ooh faith healin', superstition
cold-blooded criminal mind
gettin' off on high position
Hey brother can you spare a dime to get me off his slaughter line?
(Back to Ref. 2 times)

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Creepshow

1. Zone out afternoon let's catch "who's on top of whom"
Tell it like it is 'cause it isn't anyway
Much to my surprise I caught it right between the thighs
my sweet little sister was lyin' me away
My jaw dropped dead to the table
She put my cool in shock
Crack kills and blood spills baby
but psycho dikes and transvestites are on the choppin' block.
Ref. Oh no, I saw my baby on the creepshow
Out on spillin' my guts there on the news
Oh no, I said I caught my woman on the creepshow
Hit me with a shovel 'cause I can't believe that dug you.
2. She filled my boot with lead was it something that I said?
A picture pain a thousand ugly words
Baby's actin' tough, check out my fisticuffs
that's just what she deserves
I can't flip from the station
I can't unplug what is done
Her six-foot deep temptation
She nicked my shin, and then she kicked me in,and then she buried me for fun.
(Back to Ref.)
(Solo)
My jaw dropped dead to the table
She put my cool in shock
Crack kills and blood spills baby
but psycho dikes and transvestites are on the choppin' block.
(Back to Ref. 2 times)

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In a darkened room

1. In a darkened room, beyond the reach of God's faith
lies the wounded, the shatter remains of love betrayed
And the innocence of a child is bought and sold
In the name of the dammed, the rage of the angels left silent and cold
Forgive me please for I know not what I do
How can I keep inside the hurt I know is true?
Ref. Well tell me when the kiss
of love becomes a lie
that bears the scar of sin too deep
to hide behind this fear
of runnin' unto you
Please let there be light in a darkened room…
2. All the precious times have been put to rest again
and the smile of the dawn brings tainted lust singin' my requiem
Can I face the day when I'm tortured in my trust
and watch it crystallize while my salvation it crumbles to dust?
Why can't I steer the ship before it hits the storm?
I've fallen into the sea, but still I swim for shore…
(Back to Ref.)
(Solo to fade)

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Riot act

1. I never wanted to be president
because it's nothing but an ego trip, yeah
I didn't need your education
because it's nothing but a pile of shit
You bore me to death so shut up for God's sake.
Ref. Stop readin' me the riot act
while my brains are still intact
You say it's rainin' but you're pissin' down my back, so stop readin' me
the riot act.
2. I couldn't listen to a word you said
This goin' nowhere thing is wearin' thin, when your sex
your drugs and your valedic
is just the spit I wipe of my chin
I'd rather go nowhere than not know where it's at.
(Back to Ref., solo, 1, and Ref. 2 times)

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Mudkicker

1. We stand accused, but you lie
varicose-veined finger, of prejudiced evil mind
The young gets stronger, free living's fast
but you're a sapsucker, you ain't gonna last, no.
Your twisted mouths feed the minds of babies
taught from birth it's crime that pays
One man's fortune is another man's pain
but that's how you play the game.
I ain't a child of your disgrace
mudkicker into my face
I've healed the wounds, been crucified
Mudkicker kick…
Ha, here's mud in your eye.
2. Ladies and gentlemen and members of the jury
all rise, 'cause here comes the boss
He's your big brother, the silver tongued double cross
His collar starched white, big black briefcase held tight
and it holds the power, to your demise, yeah.
The corporation blue sedan
behind the wheel Mr. Businessman
He thinks he's got the upper hand
but he misunderstands…
Ref. I ain't a child of your disgrace,
mudkicker into my face
I've healed the wounds, been crucified
Mudkicker kick
I ain't a child of your disgrace
when you're mudkickin' into my face
I've healed the wounds, been crucified
Mudkicker kick…
Wow, here's mud in your eye.
(Solo)
Oh… your prestige is clear as day
but I can scrape the sewer bilge and see the same
The young gets stronger, free living's fast
but you're a sapsucker, you ain't gonna last, no.
(Back to Ref.)
I say mudkicker kick, kickin' me down
Mudkicker kick kickin' me all around,
I say that mudkicker kick, kickin' me down
Mudkicker kick, kickin'…
Mudkicker kick, kickin' me down
Mudkicker kick kickin' me all around
I said, mudkicker kick, kickin' me down
Mudkicker...
I don't fuck around, no.

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Wasted time

1. You and I together in our lives, sacred ties would never fray
Then why can I let myself tell lies and watch you die ev'ry day?
I think back to the times when dreams were what mattered
tough talkin' youth naivety
You said you'd never let me down
but the horse stampedes and rages
in the name of desperation.
Ref. Is it all just wasted time?
Can you look at yourself when you think of what you've left behind?
Is it all just wasted time?
Can you live with yourself when you think of what
you've left behind?
2. Paranoid delusions they haunt you, where's my friend I used to know?
He's all alone, he's buried deep within a carcass searchin' for a soul
Can you feel me inside your heart as it's bleedin'?
Why can you believe you can't be loved?
I heard you scream in agony
and the horse stampedes and rages
in the name of desperation.
(Back to Ref.)
(Solo)
Oh… you said you'd never let me down
but the horse stampedes it rages
in the name of desperation.
(Back to Ref.)
The sun will rise again
the earth will turn to sand
creation's colors seem to fade to grey and you'll see
the sickly hands of time
will write your final rhyme
and end a memory…
I never thought you'd let it get this far boy
I never thought, I never thought you'd let it get this far boy, oh no
I never thought, I never thought you'd let it get this far boy, no
I never thought you'd let it get this far, boy…

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