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The Ripple (ft. Tory Mathieson)

from Back Up, Black Out by E. Oks

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[Intro – E. Oks]
Light skin, type thin
Smoke pot a whole lot and might binge.
Light tint on the window,
Living as they sitting in circles puffing that purple wit a light grin,
Right then get cyphing.
6th blunt will make you wonder where light went,
And if the tint’ll prevent it from getting in
Then better bet I’m gone.

[Verse 1 – E. Oks]
No ring ding dong
She’d just knock on the door,
the Clock had hit four,
She’d walked up the block
Talk to a cop, reach into an empty wallet
And given guap get the poor:
Esa es mi madrina.
The only person en mi vida who could ever get me to talk when I’z four,
And so I’d babble on and on till 8pm,
Which was late, as miss Ada played us Claude (Debussy) as she poured –
Wait, by she I mean Milagros – poured that dope
Morir Soñando, cuando:
Castles, Capitpults and catatonic action figures
Faught on the floor.
I remade the great white fight scene
My sister fingertiped the light beams
And I died up in her night dreams,
And soon she capped off, Milagros would clap, stop,
Then start applauding some more
Cause Ada had wrecked the song,
Leaving us to reflect upon
The perfected reflection of God in her chords

[Chorus 1: Tory Mathieson & E. Oks]
(Tory) Ring ding dong, ring-ah-ding-ding-ding-dong…(x2)
(E. Oks) Mi madrina me enseña como bailar…
Mi madrina me enseña todo…
Mi madrina, un día pronto, va a sacar la loto…

[Verse 2: E. Oks]
Now I would never
Fault her enlightenment
Pero mi madrina prays to alter of white men.
Whether it Jesus, Santa, or the telanovela,
Kneeled front a pointed nose she’s never been better,
And I never will tell her cause she’d still praise the image
Of my great, great, great, great, great great, great grand-pa
Who loved to rape and pillage –
I mean, first he’d aske nice,
But say no? He’ll take your village
And can you blame him?
For real, though, can you blame him? Chill!
Don’t be mad he was a baller at birth,
Who wouldn’t wanna
Cum all over the walls of a church,
Now who countries pray to him,
But it was a cold world that he made it in –
Oh God, I know he’s gonner, but it’s truly an honor to say he kin
So, I take it in and start to feel great within,
Then hit up illiterate liberal
Who refuse to give up what he gave to them

[Chorus 2: Harmonica by Sam Friedman]
(La Mama) “Now, watch your mouth! Your father and I worked hard for what we have. No one helped us! Over the past four years you have grown so ungreatful!
Go to your room!
[Verse 3: E. Oks]
It’s your fault, for sending me to a school that is mad prestigious,
Where I learned grand-dad rolled deep with a pack of bigots,
Now that I stopped believing
In the gospel he preached in
You’ve gone off the deep end,
calling me sacrilegious?
Na, fuck that!
I guess mistaking your reflecting for his image has its limits.
You do nothing all day, go to thank the lord at dinner
And then think that that’s sufficient?
And even all that is to impress
The dinner guests,
But what about the little kids
Starving to death??
God damn.
You think praying for them is enough, Ma?
How, how, how ‘bout you give everything that still isn’t yours back?
Milagros me dijo que dios is mad exquisite,
showed me where his crib was so I had to visit.
At first it was odd,
Had some hurt it resolved,
Went to church, talked to God,
Then forgot to grab his digits.

So now every time I hit him up it go…

[Chorus 3: Tory Mathieson & E. Oks]
(Tory) Ring ding dong, ring-ah-ding-ding-ding-dong…(x2)
(E. Oks) Hello?

[Outro: Tupac Shakur]

credits

from Back Up, Black Out, released August 26, 2013
Lyrics (written & performed) - E. Oks
Female Vocalist - Tory Mathieson
Producer - Sam Friedman & Jared Paul recreation of "Ring, Ding, Dong" by Dr. Dre
Tupac Shakur Skit - www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cy-1DZE0q2s

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