Tick, Tick...

by MF DOOM

From the album: Operation: Doomsday

Track 7 of 42 on Operation: Doomsday (1999).

Duration: 4:04

Operation: Doomsday cover art

Lyrics for Tick, Tick...

You know when you're gonna come in? Nobody will never ever, ever, really, really know Because the more you know, the more you know that you don't know shit! Niggas'll never run out of shit! So much shit, so much scripts through here, niggas never run out of shit... It's another roller coaster ride Walk the path of Jesus, witness if Hell freezes The mind teases reality, crack the pieces Nothing eases; being chastise with blood baptize Guys revise, acknowledge past lives Statements will be made, acknowledge me My mind is Heaven's gate so enter me My mind is the gate to Hell, so try to flee Both gates look the same, which will it be? Demons scream from thought process Enter semen, child born, stress Body want to sleep but the mind can't rest Measure pleasure through financial progress When it come to currency, love is nonexistent Foes multiply, friends become so distant Some hope you die, backstab in an instant Foes I despise, disguised as allies To sabotage, camouflage Loyalty is lies To see God, look into my eyes To see the Devil, then you look into my eyes (As I rise from Hell's equator...) Cause I'mma slow it up, speed it up, slow it up, speed it up Metal Fingers feed beats, Grimm Reaper eat 'em up Speed 'em up, slow 'em up, speed 'em up, slow it up Brainsick, tick, tick, tick, MF blow it up Slow it up, speed it up, slow it up, speed it up Metal Fingers feed beats, Grimm Reaper eat it up Speed it up, slow it up, speed it up, slow it up Brainsick, tick, tick, tick, MF blow it up Take air, compress it, bless it Mix loops like Ku Klux MF don't give two fucks Nigga, quarterback blitz, popped, quickly fumble Leave game with concussion, seeing stars and mumbles This happens to any emcee that wants to rumble Dynasties destroyed like Carringtons and Colbys Noise, reduced, MF thinks in Dolby Chop that ass in half like Obi-Wan Kenobi Greatest of all time, God straight up told me Greatest of all time, the Devil even told me Icicles on surfaces of sun, we livin' coldly Prophets be phony And we attack, we switch like the Wu Tang symbol Still kill Jack even though quick and nimble, plain and simple Pick niggas off while they ballin' And die old like Stalin Yes, Death, I hear you callin', I accept collect Human sacrifice, must pay respect We catch reck, nigga, we catch reck And... we gonna... gonna... Boom MF Grimm, MF DOOM

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  4. The Finest
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  6. Go With the Flow
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  12. Hey!
  13. Operation: Greenbacks
  14. The Mic
  15. The Mystery of Doom (Skit)
  16. Dead Bent
  17. Gas Drawls
  18. ?
  19. Hero v.s. Villain (Epilogue)
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  21. Gas Drawls - 12" Version
  22. Hey - 12" Version
  23. Greenbacks - 12" Version
  24. Go With the Flow - 12" Version
  25. Go With the Flow - Raw Rhymes
  26. I Hear Voices Pt. 1 - 12" Version
  27. I Hear Voices Pt. 2 - 12" Version
  28. Tick, Tock - 12" Version
  29. ? - Extended Raw Rhymes Version
  30. Dead Bent - 12" Instrumental Version
  31. Gas Drawls - 12" Instrumental Version
  32. Hey! - 12" Instrumental Version
  33. Greenbacks - 12" Instrumental Version
  34. The Mic - 12" Instrumental Version
  35. Red and Gold - 12" Instrumental Version
  36. I Hear Voices - 12" Instrumental Version
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  38. Rhymes Like Dimes - Instrumental
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