Peacock

by Jean Grae & Quelle Chris

From the album: Everything's Fine

Track 7 of 15 on Everything's Fine (2018).

Duration: 3:16

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Lyrics for Peacock

They came first for me and I spoke up With every line I spoke they just tightened the yolk up No silver lining except they lining all their coke up Only mirrors reflecting damn nothing on the close up They suck you buying the damn game, then suck you dry Why you worried 'bout your fame and the fucking vibe And the way while a tsunami of pain's on the line Give it to the base as an insane lullaby I'm a proponent of the mainframe hacking If it wasn't built for me I'm laying the ax in Break it apart and reconfigure the whole system Take it to base level, demolition the building You can see I ain't reigning, no puppets on me Pressure what I feel like, what your soul's deal like 'Cause I'm so free I know what it means to be a shutout For choosing ironically never to live as a cutout The use of technology equal to having a gun out My open carry of self is offensive as a motherfucker And I'm playing to raise the level of that shit 'Cause without privilege, you under the basics And if you live makeshift, we never complacent We ain't nothing but faces of every faces, it's time for something They be pushing me to the point of pressure In need of therapy with pressure points I hit a joint that's so high than an airliner This wasn't 'bout the cold minor since the cold open Slide from New York, the black alien space race Malachi York The smash grab no hashtag riot for sport The way they burned down Greenwood and Rosewood, Florida They reserved the hood for ya, to preserve the jail quota 'Cause what's the law to the land owner Where trespassing is the only way of passing and they shoot on sight I hope the truest make it through the night Control, delete, alt, right, the harmony off key I take the Colin Kaepernick knee Like you ain't 'bout to off me 'cause I am free An open book that you can quote without cliff notes And you can judge it by the cover with The metal wrists and noose throats I'm tryna delegate a new hope, still tryna delegate a new hope

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  1. Everything's Fine
  2. My Contribution to This Scam
  3. Ohsh
  4. House Call
  5. Don't Worry It's Fine
  6. Gold Purple Orange
  7. Peacock
  8. Doing Better Than Ever
  9. The Smoking Man
  10. Breakfast of Champions
  11. Scoop of Dirt
  12. Zero
  13. Everything's Still Fine
  14. Waiting for the Moon
  15. River