White Lies

Lyrics for White Lies

Some said he did it all for a fat gold rope Or was it at the mall over a fashionable coat? Speculations abound Was he really broke? Word around town he's getting pounds of that okey-dokey And you know how that go I just heard that though, I don't really know Interrogation room, Utz chips, cherry coke Mentholated smoke, that's that new negro W-E-B- Du Bois in the peacoat H-B-C-U- keynote speaker rewrote History only to find the future bleaker Black Orpheus, my girl eloped with the reaper Throw the next bitch down the well If she floats, that's a keeper In the lab, white smoke bubble out the beaker Hunchback jump when I yell "Eureka!" Love don't cost a thing But I'm looking for something cheaper No more space to hide Tell me who gon' change my mind (I know where I'm coming from) I felt all wrong inside How to make it right? Someone told a lie No more space to hide Tell me who gon' change my mind No more space to hide To the corner sat a wide-eyed younging in the rear pew Rev- kept his timepiece flooded Many mansions' what I'm heir to Kingdom kid with an apocalyptic world-view Fire from the sky into oceans, swirling like whirlpools Mom talking about "Don't have me look for you behind the gates Can we all just die now? I shouldn't have to wait" Maybe when I'm older I'll have half her faith Give or take, tell them rich niggas pass the plate Trap house of the lord where some would traffic weight Hid under covers of the cloth statutory rape Touch that old rugged cross Sung his highest praise True we all fall short, most disguise their pain You can talk that talk, make it seem less staged Snatched down off that horse, how you see no shame? What he call divine law made me look both ways Twisted messages relayed I didn't come back the same No more space to hide Tell me who gon' change my mind (You know where I'm coming from) I felt all wrong inside How to make it right? Someone told a lie No more space to hide Tell me who gon' change my mind No more space to hide No more space to hide You know where I'm coming from No more space to hide No more space to hide No more space to hide No more space to hide Tell me who gon' change my eye Ain't that truth, brothers, and sisters Ain't that truth? (What's happening? I wanna know) (I know, I know) What is it? What's wrong? It's a long, long story