The Quartermaster

By Foreknown

On Ornithology

Released on August 12, 2014

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[Produced by TheBridge]


[Verse 1]

On the real, who's wanting

Anything but to stay in bed all day, hit the snooze button

I'm thinking of all the different ways that I can play sick

But is it going to be worth it when it's reflected on my pay check?

I know that duty calls, but Call of Duty calls

Wanna call the workplace and tell them that I've been puking all

Night, but I'm out of sick time, so I'm up to my

Tiny little cubicle, isn't life beautiful?

Why can't it be like all those grade school summers?

Didn't worry about doing paperwork or crunching numbers

No deadlines to meet, no loopholes to mend

No copies to make, no emails to send

A pocket full of quarters and a room full of screens

And a place where I can live out all my adolescent dreams

Somebody take me to the arcade

I wanna go back to the arcade


[Hook]

No work, all play, arcade all day

No work, all play, arcade all day


[Verse 2]

Put a quarter in the slot and I'm on my way

Hardest part is figuring out what I wanna play

I'm a glutton for these buttons and I'm crazy for these joysticks

So little time, man, so many choices

Be a Rad Racer, or be a Bad Dude

Or play some BurgerTime, killing with some fast food

Inky, Blinky, Pinky and Sue

I got 'em running from the red bow when they're feeling blue

I can play some Moonwalker, and get my Michael on

Or throw a glowing disc and hop on my light cycle, Tron

You roll, King Kong, barrel-throwing ape

Got a hammer in my hand, and you think I wanna skate? Please

I'm a gaming gangster, when I Dig Dug, I do dirt

And you don't wanna step to me cause I'm stepping up like Hubert

With the bases loaded, hit it out the park

Then I'm gonna grab my weapon, hit up Castlevania after dark

Terminator, RoboCop, Bionic Commando

Lightsabers with Luke, but I'd rather play as Lando

Contra, got me saying Konami Code mantra

Rampage through the city with my favorite giant monsters

Hail Mary, Tecmo Bowl, I always hit the end zone

Princess Peach got Mario chilling out in the friend zone

Bad guys, better be wary of asking for trouble

When the turtles are quadrupled and the dragons are doubled

I'm blasting asteroids and breaking out in Arkanoid

These are my people, gamer kids and those that aren't employed

We live in a palace made of circuits and wires

All play all day, no work is required

If I stop paying my bills, I'm gonna get served with court orders

But the only thing I care about is getting more quarters

And if I face a judge, I'll let him know what we know

There's nothing more important than stacking those tetrominoes


[Hook]

No work, all play, arcade all day

No work, all play, arcade all day

No work, all play, arcade all day

No work, all play, arcade all day