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Margin Notes lyrics
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Intro
Bus windows fogged, Bible cracked on my lap, blood ink dried Corner store lights flicker, every page got a body inside
Verse 1
Genesis, Cain clapped Abel, blood cry from the dirt Brothers turn snakes, envy birth the first curse Tower of Babel, tongues split, now the block don’t converse Exodus, Pharaoh’s whips crack, bricks built with hurt Plagues drop bodies, firstborns gone, mommas scream in the church Red Sea split, ops drowned, chariots rust in the surf Leviticus, tats judged, who clean when the block full of smut? Numbers, spies scared, forty years lost, faith turn to dust Deuteronomy, Moses barred, view the land but can’t touch Joshua, walls crumble, Jericho raid, no mercy, just crush Judges, Samson blind rage, pillars down, whole spot combust Ruth, gleanin’ scraps in the field, loyalty thicker than blood
Chorus
Keep it in the margin, never cap on the line, cap! Flip that page, pain bleed into shine, shine! Cut me deep, I stitch it, give it spine, uh! “Flip that page, don’t fold!”, bark it every night
Verse 2
Samuel, Hannah wept barren, then the prophet came through Saul lost the crown, paranoia made him hunt his own crew Kings, Solomon wise but the gold turned his heart ice cold Idols in the temple, workers slaved while the rich sold Chronicles, names scratched out, history written by the bold Ezra, exiles return, but mixed marriages got controlled Nehemiah, wall up fast, sword in hand, enemies patrolled Esther, plot twist sharp, Haman hung on his own pole Job, boils on skin, friends talk blame, God silent in the cold Psalms, David runnin’ from spears, still praise with a broken soul
Bridge 1
Chest cave heavy, no flex, just scars on the floor Concrete cold under shoes, blood dried from the war Lines cut deeper than straps, still I beg for more Book breathe fire, my lifeline, nothin’ less, nothin’ more
Verse 3
Proverbs, street code sharp, but the poor still starve Ecclesiastes, chase the bag, still dust in the grave Song of Songs, bodies tangle raw, lust thicker than praise Isaiah, servant bruised, new world promised through pain Jeremiah, tears flood streets, city chained in flames Lamentations, babies faint, siege turn men insane Ezekiel, dry bones rattle, valley full of the slain Daniel, lions starved, furnace hot, still won’t bow to the king Hosea, wife run the streets, love stay through the sting
Chorus
Keep it in the margin, never cap on the line Flip that page, pain bleed into shine Cut me deep, I stitch it, give it spine “Flip that page, don’t fold!”, bark it every night
Verse 4
Jonah, ran from the call, fish spit him on the shore Nineveh spared, prophet mad mercy hit his opps Amos, rich feast while the poor eat slop Micah, justice roll like water, drown the crooked cops Nahum, Nineveh fall, blood flood the blocks Habakkuk, watchtower wait, why the wicked never drop? Zephaniah, day of wrath, whole hood get mopped Zechariah, visions wild, pierced hands, gold pot Malachi, robbin’ God, tithes short, messenger shot
Verse 5
Matthew, Sermon on Mount, but the Pharisees plot Mark, Jesus run through towns, demons scream and drop Luke, prodigal waste bags, father still embrace the rot John, cross shadow long, love spoken while nails pop Acts, Pentecost fire, tongues flip, church locked Romans, grace for killers, wrath for the proud on the block Corinthians, gifts abused, bodies sold on the clock Galatians, curse the law, freedom paid with the cross Ephesians, armor up, darkness thick like exhaust
Bridge 2
I ain’t preachin’ pretty, I’m bleedin’ on the curb Puddles reflect halos cracked, pain in every word Page slice deeper than switchblades I’ve heard Throw that hook back, “me and you, we blurred”
Verse 6
Philippians, joy in chains, mind on things above Colossians, old man dead, new life in the blood Thessalonians, dead rise first, trumpet crack the mud Timothy, fight good, scripture sharp like a snub Philemon, slave turned brother, chains break in love Hebrews, faith hall full, cloud of witnesses judge James, tongue spark fires, rich fade like sludge Peter, suffer refined, devil prowlin’ for blood John, love or liar, truth cut like a stud Revelation, beasts rise, Babylon burn, saints flood Enoch, angels chained, secrets heavy in the mud Thomas, sayings hidden, kingdom inside the gut Mary, stood at the tomb when the men all cut
Chorus
Keep it in the margin, never cap on the line Flip that page, pain bleed into shine Cut me deep, I stitch it, give it spine “Flip that page, don’t fold!”, we still grippin’ the grind
Outro
Pages soaked red on the dash, ink never lie Truth burn bright, stare it down or die Margin full of war, my testament, my alibi
Inside the recording
Bus windows fogged, Bible cracked on my lap, blood ink dried Corner store lights flicker, every page got a body inside
Keep it in the margin, never cap on the line, cap! Flip that page, pain bleed into shine, shine!
Pages soaked red on the dash, ink never lie Truth burn bright, stare it down or die
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