Burnt Pride

Burnt Pride is a crazy thing / But now what does it take to make you feel

me concrete? / I ain't your maitre'd I ain't on pain relief / This ain't

make believe I ain't on no ankle leash / I tried speaking in a rational

manner /Tried to get my point across using regular me(ans) / I even

patterned my delivery / Similarly after something you had said / So that

you would not interpret me differently but / My head's on a tree swing /

Your debt's still lingering / While you erect gates with codes really

nobody knows / I ask, "Why's it always closed?" / I'm told it's my approach

/ Well let's suppose / just for the sole sake of argument that/ despite the

spite and all the ill will you're harboring / that me, Lyrics Born, all

this power that I'm harnessing / That I didn't come in here to no

conquering / That I came in here to do a little bargaining / Grease key

people do some apple polishing / Maybe hail a cab for my local congressman

/ so he can hook me with the landlord in parliament / Then I'll set up a

booth, hand-pick my operatives / Train 'em up, send my squad of garbagemen

/ To spread the good will, all in the environment / and all the false

doctrine and all the carcinogens, but now / I gotta be wise 'bout who I'm

targeting / The key is make the young folks offerings / so that they don't

become adults that are demonstrative / or else my chances of retirement go

spiraling / So then I work my way into their subconsciousness / I tell them

always use caution, now, cautiousness, because / Are you absolutely positive

that you can make it without us and be prosperous? / You need to look at me

and my accomplishments / Hey, I got an idea, let's start a partnership! /

It'll be just like livin' in a Harlequin / And we'll feed our pond fishies

ostriches / we'