Ravens
Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary
Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore—
While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping
As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door—
Verse 1:
Polished black feathers shining in the moonlight
Crooked tooth smiles something doesn't seem right
They say they love me but there's vinegar inside their mouth
I smell a cemetery every time their words come out
They sit inside the temple looking for a meal
Their talons gettin' itchy gettin' harder to conceal
They call me brother but the truth they wanna see me underground
Fallen, broken, shattered no more Willy J spittin' sounds
Feathers gettin' ruffled and their beaks start to burn
Cuz' I risen from the ashes and destroyed all their urns
Beaks full of gossip but they're falling on deaf ears
Back full of scabs from stab wounds from over years
The ebony flock fear the rock so I'm stocked to the top
The Tanakh sends a shock and they drop I won't stop
Til the clock sends I'm done and unite with the son
Ravens fall from the sky and I'll be yelling shabach
Hook:
They're flying over me
With darkness in their eyes
They want to see me fall
Hoping I won't survive
The birds of prey haunt me
My death they all implore
But I will not be moved
I will (quote the raven nevermore)
Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary
Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore—
While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping
As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door—
Verse 2:
If you missin' the message you think I'm spittin' garabage
I'm talkin' 'bout to so called saints caught up in their bondage
Poison on their lips that's proverbs 18:21
Expose the darkness with the light and watch em' all run
They wanna pick on my bones cuz they were once in the valley
They don't want me to work they want me to waste time and dillydally
Abba daddy have some mercy on these bird brains
And yes I'm prayin' this in your sons name
They're gonna keep comin' I know that for a fact
Keep my eyes open Father when they're gonna attack
Prepare me with the word prepare me with the sword
The Lord is my tower, won't budge by some angry birds
Speakin' of which I found a slingshot
In my other hand I got me a few rocks
You think I'm funny Tweety? you laughin' at my Lord?
My Father showed me how to kill a mockingbird
Hook:
They're flying over me
With darkness in their eyes
They want to see me fall
Hoping I won't survive
The birds of prey haunt me
My death they all implore
But I will not be moved
I will (quote the raven nevermore)
Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore—
While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping
As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door—
Verse 1:
Polished black feathers shining in the moonlight
Crooked tooth smiles something doesn't seem right
They say they love me but there's vinegar inside their mouth
I smell a cemetery every time their words come out
They sit inside the temple looking for a meal
Their talons gettin' itchy gettin' harder to conceal
They call me brother but the truth they wanna see me underground
Fallen, broken, shattered no more Willy J spittin' sounds
Feathers gettin' ruffled and their beaks start to burn
Cuz' I risen from the ashes and destroyed all their urns
Beaks full of gossip but they're falling on deaf ears
Back full of scabs from stab wounds from over years
The ebony flock fear the rock so I'm stocked to the top
The Tanakh sends a shock and they drop I won't stop
Til the clock sends I'm done and unite with the son
Ravens fall from the sky and I'll be yelling shabach
Hook:
They're flying over me
With darkness in their eyes
They want to see me fall
Hoping I won't survive
The birds of prey haunt me
My death they all implore
But I will not be moved
I will (quote the raven nevermore)
Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary
Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore—
While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping
As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door—
Verse 2:
If you missin' the message you think I'm spittin' garabage
I'm talkin' 'bout to so called saints caught up in their bondage
Poison on their lips that's proverbs 18:21
Expose the darkness with the light and watch em' all run
They wanna pick on my bones cuz they were once in the valley
They don't want me to work they want me to waste time and dillydally
Abba daddy have some mercy on these bird brains
And yes I'm prayin' this in your sons name
They're gonna keep comin' I know that for a fact
Keep my eyes open Father when they're gonna attack
Prepare me with the word prepare me with the sword
The Lord is my tower, won't budge by some angry birds
Speakin' of which I found a slingshot
In my other hand I got me a few rocks
You think I'm funny Tweety? you laughin' at my Lord?
My Father showed me how to kill a mockingbird
Hook:
They're flying over me
With darkness in their eyes
They want to see me fall
Hoping I won't survive
The birds of prey haunt me
My death they all implore
But I will not be moved
I will (quote the raven nevermore)