Calypso Gene (feat. Silka & Cleo Reed)

Lyrics for Calypso Gene (feat. Silka & Cleo Reed)

(We get when we really ask for it) Dip me in the water (We get when we really ask for it) Dip me in the water I used to hustle with your grandmother Used to party 'fore you was even thumbsuckin' She lived out the sticks where you could get 'em by the dozens Get 'em off like nothin' Used to let me hold the door keys I usually kept a lil' somethin' like, "What you need?" Might crack you a piece like, "Hold that" That's that old-old foot-stompin', hand clap That dip me in the water (dip me in the water) Wash me clean, the water black (black) Dip me in the water Run between from corner to sink Every wrinkle seen, rinsed and steamed Starched and pressed crease, cut clean Say it with my chest, 99 steps Too late to tell, none for the one-time Wide be gates of hell, burnin' gas, standing still There's a way to crash, sleepwalkin' where the blade splits Razor's edge against leather grain Tan strap, silly gon' shave, mister (mister) It's the (it's the) Stride like Moko Jumbie, come see High as the tide rise, we used to be a country Wash me clean, too much I can't unsee Hungry, wild kipper by the fistful Beetroot for the ticker Might have to kill what I wish for No place, no place here for me Before I go under (under) Dip me in the water Dip me in the water Dip me in the water Dip me in the water Dip me in the water Dip me in the water Dip me in the water (I would like to bring up to the attention of the-) Dip me in the water Dip me in the water Get me in the water Dip me in the water (hell, yeah) Dip me in the water Dip me in the water Dip me in the water The river is the border, but border is the river Snipers watch me swim, 2.7 pounds of pressure on that trigger Gaugin' the wind through narrow eyes Three sisters over the cauldron Ode to autumn in a old notebook I'm leafin' through like Nas Didn't recognize my own hand at first Half surprises, still leaves on the trees I got half a mind to slide in the water, let it carry me out to sea The water gentle, the water deep Nobody speaks, certain things you just know in a dream The hum of the engine, the thrum of the seat Father lift me out the car, half-dead Carry me in to sleep That's still what love feel like to me Tryna hold it together, the picture can't keep Mosquito net had a small hole The moon floatin', the water so cold The sun rise and set 'til it don't Dip me in the water Dip me in the water Dip me in the water Dip me in the water Dip me in the water Dip me in the water Dip me in the water Dip me in the water (I would like to bring up to the attention of the-) Dip me in the water Dip me in the water Dip me in the water (hell, yeah)