So this has been.my favorite song of OTEP's since it came out in 2004, and I always thought it was a song about a child's narrative of suffering in an abusive Christian home. But now that I am revisiting the lyrics, I am seeing something totally new.
This song could be gospel of John but from the perspective of Jesus.
Jesus was NOT having a good time up to and during the crucifixion. Everyone in the known world at the time looked to him with fear, admiration or disgust and he was constantly being asked questions. He spoke in "verses, prophesies and curses". He had made an enemy of the state, and believed the world was increasingly wicked and fallen from grace, or that he was in the "mouth of madness".
The spine of atlas is the structure that allows the titan to hold the world up. Jesus challenged the state and in doing so became a celebrated resistance figure. It also made him public enemy #1.
All of this happened simply because he was doing his thing, not because of any agenda he had or strategy.
And then he gets scourged (storm of thorns)
There are some plot holes here but I think it's an interesting interpretation.
Ha-ha, yeah (ha)
Rest in peace, rest in peace
Rest in peace, rest in peace, yeah (bitch)
RIP, RIP, RIP, RIP, hey (I hope you niggas die)
(DJ on the beat so it's a banger)
(You dead now, you dead now, yeah)
If you hate me, I hate you, nigga, fuck you (oh, yeah)
And your mama, hoe (I don't give a fuck)
Big-14 know what the fuck goin' on (yeah)
I'm up, up to the ceiling (woo)
You talkin' that shit, then we go do some killin' (killin')
I hang with the murders and robbers and villains (yeah, yeah)
You know all the vibes, I'm with all the business (yeah)
Your bitch in my ride, don't get in your feelings (feelings, skrrt)
She know I'm that nigga, no honorable mention (yeah)
She givin' me all her attention (attention)
I'm ridin' around with your misses (your misses)
Fuck with me, end up missing (woo), murder rate goin' up
A hundred K goin' up, five hundred K goin' up
Fuck with me, end up missing (goin' up), murder rate goin' up
A hundred K goin' up, five hundred K goin' up (goin' up)
I woke up, like, who wanna die today? (Who wanna die?)
Who wanna ride today? (I woke up)
Who wanna try to survive the day? (Survive)
Try to survive the wave
I'm feeling' fly today (ha)
Might pick up some hoes and swerve in the ride today (ride)
The stars inside the wraith ('side)
No matter the night, no matter the day
My diamonds, they ice and don't need a tray (yeah, yeah, yeah)
Shawty will wanna marry me (marry me), come in hurricane (hurricane)
I don't want novocaine (novocaine)
Hit it twice don't know her name
Pour a pint and feel my pain
Spill my pints, I feel insane (feel insane)
Who said it's hard to maintain? (Maintain)
Pop a bottle of some champagne (pop some champagne)
Fucked a supermodel broad, gave me crazy brain (gave me crazy brain)
I'm with her flying in a dream
And whenever I'm down, I look around in reverse (DJ on the beat so it's a banger)
I'm up, up to the ceiling (woo)
You talkin' that shit, then we go do some killin' (killin')
I hang with the murderers, the robbers, the villains (yeah, yeah)
You know all the vibes, I'm with all the business (yeah)
Your bitch in my ride, don't get in your feelings (feelings, skrrt)
She know I'm that nigga, no honorable mention (yeah)
She givin' me all her attention (attention)
I'm ridin' around with your misses (your misses)
Fuck with me, end up missing (woo), murder rate goin' up
A hundred K goin' up, five hundred K goin' up
Fuck with me, end up missing (goin' up), murder rate goin' up
A hundred K goin' up, five hundred K goin' up (it go up)
Huncho
I keep the stick by the door of this kitchen
Murder rate up to the top of the ceiling
I got that love for the racks when they skinny
Mind your bidness (your bidness)
You probably don't know when I'm totin' is kickin' (kickin')
Young nigga ready to slide, with fire in his eyes, young nigga be trippin' (ha)
Young nigga start to go harder (go)
Two-seater, passenger carbon (two-seat)
Ten on your head that's a bargain (ten)
I see my enemy starvin' (enemy)
We goin' up on the margin (up)
Outta here, mars with the martian (gone)
I turn my back, I'm a target (my back)
You niggas look fishy with shark (fishy)
I'm an incredible artist (woo)
I pray that nobody don't test me (test me)
It's gon' be a homicide, just let 'em bleed (bleed, bleed)
You stick to the code, no you can't speak (speak, speak)
If you want the smoke, smoke like grab a leaf (DJ on the beat so it's a banger)
I'm up, up to the ceiling (woo)
You talkin' that shit, then we go do some killin' (killin')
I hang with the murders and robbers and villains (yeah, yeah)
You know all the vibes, I'm with all the business (yeah)
Your bitch in my ride, don't get in your feelings (feelings, skrrt)
She know I'm that nigga, no honorable mention (yeah)
She givin' me all her attention (attention)
I'm ridin' around with your misses (your misses)
Fuck with me, end up missing (woo), murder rate goin' up
A hundred K goin' up, five hundred K goin' up
Fuck with me, end up missing (goin' up), murder rate goin' up
A hundred K goin' up, five hundred K goin' up (yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
Hundred K in my pockets, hmm (cash)
Glizzy stuck in my joggers, yeah
Shot with killers and robbers
So, who think they can stop us? (Yeah)
Rock out, I go off, been gone for too long (too long)
Same block, I closed off (yeah)
'Til one of my niggas home (home)
I'm in the foreign, switchin' on lanes
Bad bitch, she givin' me brain
VVS diamonds on my chain
It's my year, so get out my way
Slide like a boulder
No guidance in my city, my heart gettin' colder, it's crazy
Hop in the foreign all by myself (myself)
'Cause I was down bad
I ain't see one of y'all niggas that was there to help (not one)
When I touched my first mill, you know how I felt (i felt)
Come to my city, get shot (blip)
'Cause really my niggas out there don't know nothing else (DJ on the beat so it's a banger)
I'm up, up to the ceiling (woo)
You talkin' that shit, then we go do some killin' (killin')
I hang with the murders and robbers and villains (yeah, yeah)
You know all the vibes, I'm with all the business (yeah)
Your bitch in my ride, don't get in your feelings (feelings, skrrt)
She know I'm that nigga, no honorable mention (yeah)
She givin' me all her attention (attention)
I'm ridin' around with your misses (your misses)
Fuck with me, end up missing (woo), murder rate goin' up
A hundred K goin' up, five hundred K goin' up
Fuck with me, end up missing (goin' up), murder rate goin' up
A hundred K goin' up, five hundred K goin' up (it go up)
Rest in peace, rest in peace
Rest in peace, rest in peace, yeah (bitch)
RIP, RIP, RIP, RIP, hey (I hope you niggas die)
(DJ on the beat so it's a banger)
(You dead now, you dead now, yeah)
If you hate me, I hate you, nigga, fuck you (oh, yeah)
And your mama, hoe (I don't give a fuck)
Big-14 know what the fuck goin' on (yeah)
I'm up, up to the ceiling (woo)
You talkin' that shit, then we go do some killin' (killin')
I hang with the murders and robbers and villains (yeah, yeah)
You know all the vibes, I'm with all the business (yeah)
Your bitch in my ride, don't get in your feelings (feelings, skrrt)
She know I'm that nigga, no honorable mention (yeah)
She givin' me all her attention (attention)
I'm ridin' around with your misses (your misses)
Fuck with me, end up missing (woo), murder rate goin' up
A hundred K goin' up, five hundred K goin' up
Fuck with me, end up missing (goin' up), murder rate goin' up
A hundred K goin' up, five hundred K goin' up (goin' up)
I woke up, like, who wanna die today? (Who wanna die?)
Who wanna ride today? (I woke up)
Who wanna try to survive the day? (Survive)
Try to survive the wave
I'm feeling' fly today (ha)
Might pick up some hoes and swerve in the ride today (ride)
The stars inside the wraith ('side)
No matter the night, no matter the day
My diamonds, they ice and don't need a tray (yeah, yeah, yeah)
Shawty will wanna marry me (marry me), come in hurricane (hurricane)
I don't want novocaine (novocaine)
Hit it twice don't know her name
Pour a pint and feel my pain
Spill my pints, I feel insane (feel insane)
Who said it's hard to maintain? (Maintain)
Pop a bottle of some champagne (pop some champagne)
Fucked a supermodel broad, gave me crazy brain (gave me crazy brain)
I'm with her flying in a dream
And whenever I'm down, I look around in reverse (DJ on the beat so it's a banger)
I'm up, up to the ceiling (woo)
You talkin' that shit, then we go do some killin' (killin')
I hang with the murderers, the robbers, the villains (yeah, yeah)
You know all the vibes, I'm with all the business (yeah)
Your bitch in my ride, don't get in your feelings (feelings, skrrt)
She know I'm that nigga, no honorable mention (yeah)
She givin' me all her attention (attention)
I'm ridin' around with your misses (your misses)
Fuck with me, end up missing (woo), murder rate goin' up
A hundred K goin' up, five hundred K goin' up
Fuck with me, end up missing (goin' up), murder rate goin' up
A hundred K goin' up, five hundred K goin' up (it go up)
Huncho
I keep the stick by the door of this kitchen
Murder rate up to the top of the ceiling
I got that love for the racks when they skinny
Mind your bidness (your bidness)
You probably don't know when I'm totin' is kickin' (kickin')
Young nigga ready to slide, with fire in his eyes, young nigga be trippin' (ha)
Young nigga start to go harder (go)
Two-seater, passenger carbon (two-seat)
Ten on your head that's a bargain (ten)
I see my enemy starvin' (enemy)
We goin' up on the margin (up)
Outta here, mars with the martian (gone)
I turn my back, I'm a target (my back)
You niggas look fishy with shark (fishy)
I'm an incredible artist (woo)
I pray that nobody don't test me (test me)
It's gon' be a homicide, just let 'em bleed (bleed, bleed)
You stick to the code, no you can't speak (speak, speak)
If you want the smoke, smoke like grab a leaf (DJ on the beat so it's a banger)
I'm up, up to the ceiling (woo)
You talkin' that shit, then we go do some killin' (killin')
I hang with the murders and robbers and villains (yeah, yeah)
You know all the vibes, I'm with all the business (yeah)
Your bitch in my ride, don't get in your feelings (feelings, skrrt)
She know I'm that nigga, no honorable mention (yeah)
She givin' me all her attention (attention)
I'm ridin' around with your misses (your misses)
Fuck with me, end up missing (woo), murder rate goin' up
A hundred K goin' up, five hundred K goin' up
Fuck with me, end up missing (goin' up), murder rate goin' up
A hundred K goin' up, five hundred K goin' up (yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
Hundred K in my pockets, hmm (cash)
Glizzy stuck in my joggers, yeah
Shot with killers and robbers
So, who think they can stop us? (Yeah)
Rock out, I go off, been gone for too long (too long)
Same block, I closed off (yeah)
'Til one of my niggas home (home)
I'm in the foreign, switchin' on lanes
Bad bitch, she givin' me brain
VVS diamonds on my chain
It's my year, so get out my way
Slide like a boulder
No guidance in my city, my heart gettin' colder, it's crazy
Hop in the foreign all by myself (myself)
'Cause I was down bad
I ain't see one of y'all niggas that was there to help (not one)
When I touched my first mill, you know how I felt (i felt)
Come to my city, get shot (blip)
'Cause really my niggas out there don't know nothing else (DJ on the beat so it's a banger)
I'm up, up to the ceiling (woo)
You talkin' that shit, then we go do some killin' (killin')
I hang with the murders and robbers and villains (yeah, yeah)
You know all the vibes, I'm with all the business (yeah)
Your bitch in my ride, don't get in your feelings (feelings, skrrt)
She know I'm that nigga, no honorable mention (yeah)
She givin' me all her attention (attention)
I'm ridin' around with your misses (your misses)
Fuck with me, end up missing (woo), murder rate goin' up
A hundred K goin' up, five hundred K goin' up
Fuck with me, end up missing (goin' up), murder rate goin' up
A hundred K goin' up, five hundred K goin' up (it go up)
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
No Honorable Mention Lyrics as written by Igor Mamet Darrell Jackson
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