[Verse 1: Red the Supergiant]
(For your health)
Some suckers stay juiced like Capri Sun
Not me son, I wanna be someone
The odd to see oddity, soon to be commodity
Lots to see, this is life: the oddest odyssey
So my charge is of the positive
It’s all cause and effect, and so the flow cognitive
And when the cogs stop spinning, I hope they still hear me spitting
That the kid can spin lids like they linens
After mine if trying to hold the MIC wear oven mitts then
Don’t be stupid, stay well suited
Keep flows fluid - who knows? - No need for suit and tie
The other guy, the other fly white meat
Entice thee - the lines rhyme nicely
And I’m ’a stay spicy so long as human kind dicey;
(For your health)
(Yeah it's...kinda jazzy...I mean...(?)...green beans and...(?)...those green beans though! Those green beans though!)
[Verse 2: Lyrics En Multitude]
You grabbing scraps in rapt of what he rapped
He wrapped yaps and invented a new craft –
After that
He stepped on black platform and spit about your rat cat
Rat-a-tat-tat: dat scorn
See that was four, it’s all mathematics
Like an addict - automatic
Not programmatic, but I'm pro-grammatic
All these sucker MC’s man, they pro-dramatic
See they be a dime a dozen
Sucker shepherds sleep on me, lambs turn to mutton
Stuntin’ on a youngin’ like his kicks ain’t bumpin’
Gets your cerebral corruptin’
Watch ya’ neck he's lunging, always lunching
Sound thumping - down to the dungeon
Lem spittin' them funnies. In this line Lem points out the math involved in his art – rapping. He also makes the bold statement his lyrics can’t be solved.
You only understand small parts of the lines Plus puts out
Red hopes he won’t have to take up a corporate job or something he doesn’t want to do instead of pursue a career in music, if he can keep creating.
As long as humans are unpredictable and strange, he’ll have things to talk about – so Red’ll always have things to talk about. Until the end of time as humans know it.
The theme of violence comes back from “Rat-a-tat-tat: dat scorn” as Lem compares the beat and lyrics to gunfire. The dungeon is an allusion to prison in this context.
On the mic Lem spits like a gun opening fire, letting his thoughts come out.
A heater is a slang term for gun. The lyrics are compressing on his lungs, as Lem is rapping away his breath. It could also mean the violence he perceives is weighing heavily on his chest.
Red doesn’t approve of drugs getting in the way of his future, he wants to go places
Red wants to be listened to after his death, like an afterlife, where his words transcend his body. He wants it to be known he was skilled at what he did.
After Red is done spitting into the mic it’ll be red hot, like a supergiant.
A white suburban red haired dork creating decent rap music seems odd to most people. But because of Red’s skill, his art will soon be a commodity that he can sell to people.
Also, while some things seem strange to us now, they’ll be the norm in the future. And there are a lot of strange things in the world.
Red includes an allusion and a bit of wordplay in “the oddest odyssey” and “odd to see (sea),” saying life is all one strange journey.