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[Verse 1: billy woods]

They put the plexiglass back how it used to be

Before you came around e'rything was outta reach

Scattered clapping after the speech

Next act took note and just played they beats

Beats me, 'bout all he told The Beast

Took a knee somewhere around "shining sea" (Nope)

Vibin' though

Under the undertow, piles of dope

Felt some type of way if the plug don't smoke

Come off the plane smellin' like curry goat

Face like I just passed the teller a note

Calm and cordial, overly formal

Regret to inform you, this the new normal

(New boss same as the old boss)

They got fronto leaf in the burbs

Had her like Patty Hearst

Love hurts

Undeterred

For the thousandth time, went ahead and armed the Kurds

Dead birds as far as the eye can see

[Chorus: billy woods]

We survived

We were new in our own eyes

All the lies I'm 'bout to tell are true

They just had to rhyme

We made it out alive

We were new in our own eyes

We survived

We survived

We were new in our own eyes

All the lies I'm 'bout to tell are true

They just had to rhyme

We made it out alive

We made it out alive

[Verse 2]

[Verse 3: billy woods]

Edward Gorey in public housing

The township Robert Townsend

Potemkin village outside Towson

Town square got a faux Italian fountain

Model home shuttered, plywood windows

Me and her still browsing

Dénouement scored by the Troutmans

Savion Glover when I'm countin'

Instead of poets, you motherfuckers begat accountants

Mach whispered how The G.A.T. sounded

Holy grail, frail chalice

Palace shook while the artillery pounded

Break every idol on your fuckin' mountain

[Chorus: billy woods]

We survived

We were new in our own eyes

All the lies I'm 'bout to tell are true

They just had to rhyme

We made it out alive

We were new in our own eyes

We survived