The Beanstalk

Name: The Beanstalk
Duration: 216 s
Description: The Beanstalk by mBaileyz. From the artist’s lyric sheet: “I climbed the beanstalk, traded my last for the sky Golden goose in the clouds but the giant don’t lie…”

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Intro

Mama sleepin’, bills on the kitchen table Man at the corner said these beans gon’ save us…

Verse 1

Planted ’em in the dirt behind the duplex Opa-Locka nights, dreams feelin’ complex Watched ’em stretch past the power lines and the warnings Heard the giant footsteps in the distance, heart stormin’ Traded the last for a chance at the sky Now the stalk touch the clouds, but the climb don’t lie Petty violations stack like the leaves in the rain Court date comin’ but the gold call my name

Chorus

I climbed the beanstalk, traded my last for the sky Golden goose in the clouds but the giant don’t lie Took the harp singin’ but it cost my peace Now the climb back down feel like war in the streets Mama said we needed money, not magic But I climbed anyway, now the situation tragic

Verse 2

Fines stack like the beanstalk, growin’ every week Landlord at the door, no more hide and seek The giant in the sky got the whole city leased I stole the gold but it came with a receipt The harp kept singin’ ’bout a better life But the climb made my hands bleed concrete and strife Now the warrants got my name in the system file The magic beans turned to another trial

Chorus

I climbed the beanstalk… Took the golden goose but it turned to a noose The giant woke up, now the whole block loose Mama said we needed money, not magic But the magic cost more than the rent we was lackin’

Verse 3

Looked in the mirror, saw the giant’s eyes Same hunger, same greed in a different disguise The beans I traded was my last bit of hope Now I’m the one at the top, cuttin’ the rope The harp sang freedom but it was chained to the tower I cut it down, but it took my last hour Now the climb is over, feet back on the ground But the giant’s voice in my head, that hollow sound

Verse 4

Fought back with the axe, cut the stalk at the root The giant fell hard, shook the whole 954 But the gold turned to dust when it hit the concrete The system rebuilt it before I could sleep Petty to felony, the climb was a trap The beans was a loan with interest on the back I won the battle but the war is the code The giant ain’t one man, it’s the whole damn road

Chorus

I climbed the beanstalk… Took what I could but the price was the climb. Now I’m back in the rain, tellin’ the jit one time. Mama was right, we needed money, not magic. But sometimes the magic is the only thing that feel tragic to leave behind.

Verse 5

To my little cousin with the same look in his eye Don’t trade the last for beans that touch the sky The climb look sweet from the bottom of the block But the giant got lawyers and the system don’t stop Plant your own garden, water it with sweat The real gold is the ones you ain’t left yet If you gotta climb, make sure the stalk is your own And when you get up there, don’t become what you overthrew

Outro

Toll tag still beepin’, rain still fallin’ Stove click echo in the empty apartment The beanstalk gone but the story remain Some trades you win, but the climb leave a stain

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