Shifter (Original Version)

By Behan the Scene

Released on March 1, 2019

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[Intro]

I've been pushed around for too long

Held my own, you would surrender (Surrender now)

Sanctioned to forgo as they watched me get stepped on, against my will

And stand still

I let them do it (Do it)

I'm used to it (To it)

Here's where you gonna catch my drift:

You gon' relieve me of my duties

Or you'll see, you'll see, you'll see, you'll see

You'll see, you'll see, you'll see, you'll see (Hey!)


[Verse 1]

Cast me out into the open without a rain check; that put me out of my misery

I had to let the gauge slip

"Old Yeller" (Yeller, ayy)

Treated like a dog and now I'm fed up

I got a bone to pick, you throw a stick, there must be a catch to it

'Cause I never caught a break (Naw)

Yet I've stayed a pacifist (Fist)

They slap my wrist, so I kneel (Kneel)

Feel like pullin' a Kaepernick

No one's ever come back from this

A fork's in the road that's my pitch; prompted to take a stab at it

Skeletons? Kept 'em inside a closet

Not a person that I can bond with, it's Chronicle, big fella

Debt's been let up? Keep conkin'

Dane DeHaan, somber, knew death was better than bondage (Ayy)

All marrow, but claim I'm soft, then how 'bout you do me a solid 'cause—


[Pre-Chorus]

These shifts, these shifts

Forced me into doin' night shifts, night shifts

'Til I finally switched to day shifts, day shifts

You can't sit on the job when you are


[Chorus]

Takin' care of grave shifts (Hey!)

I'm deceased, I'm burying who's taken shape

They're dead to me

Once I get my shovel, you goin' under

It all falls down

Seems I'm cleaning up the mess that you want me to cover-up

Always doin' dirty work for shapeshifters, it's a gut-wrenching position

When you're a "shifter" (Oh, no)


[Verse 2]

Thrashed by a stint without notice, lost a couple brain cells, peeped through a barrel, jitters-free;

I was not labeled, shaken well

But I'll take blame, I've raised some hell

Don't make it personal, I'm personnel, for hire

I am your equalizer

Robert McCall on call, y'all spread a disease that I have no vaccine for

Thought I'd have you covered as if you had seen gore

Difficult to conform, your Igor, encrypting codes you can't decipher

Not here to give false hope; figures

I am a piece of work, Wizard

Creases in my shoes, on the move, collectin' coins in a wearin' suitcase

Retrograde

This wild-goose chase for something left to prove, the mood's range

I'm at your disposal

I had a proposal you turned down, well, touché

But it's a done deal

I'll be the one sweepin' up your remains, expert in my field

I've turned heel

Are you not entertained yet?

Remember, I only do this all for a paycheck and—


[Bridge]

I don't owe you anything (I had one job? You had one job)

And you don't own me (You'll see)

You'll see (Hey, hey, hey, hey!)

I don't owe you anything

And you don't own me (You'll see)

You'll see (Hey, hey, hey, hey!)


[Verse 3]

Dragged out, beseeching promotion, reaching the heat of the moment

Worked out no kinks, but the focus is that I'm leavin', I quit

Believe, con artist

Only a messenger, after all, I clarify that it's sent

You'll receive my incentive which under, lies an imprint

I've laid the foundation

Being chased by a pack of hyenas that traced my scent

Since insubordination, who's been a factor for you, bends over backward, is your benefactor, for use?

'Cause those were happy times

That is not my job

You'll be that meme I abuse 'til it's died

I am sleep deprived, but on the flip side, this is my beeline

I resign

Unlike Shia LaBeouf, I'm diggin' holes out of fury

I look up to no one

Not your caregiver, honcho, I am starin' ya in the face, darin' ya to grow a pair


[Pre-Chorus]

You can't stand this job when you are—


[Chorus]

Takin' care of grave shifts (Hey!)

I'm deceased, I'm burying who's taken shape

They're dead to me

Once I get my shovel, you goin' under

It all falls down

Seems I'm cleaning up the mess that you want me to cover-up

Always doin' dirty work for shapeshifters, it's a gut-wrenching position

When you're a "shifter" (Oh, no)


[Outro]

Or you'll see, you'll see, you'll see, you'll see (Day shift)

You'll see, you'll see, you'll see, you'll see, hey! (Night shift)

You'll see, you'll see, you'll see, you'll see (Grave shift)

You'll see, you'll see, you'll see, you'll see, hey! (Shifter)

So, make way

My twist of fate fell on a conveyor belt

It's payday

Or you'll see (Oh), you'll see (Oh), you'll see (Oh), you'll see

Or you'll see (Oh), you'll see (Oh), you'll see, you'll see (Oh)

(Oh!)