WEEK 7 (TANKMEN)

By RecD

Released on June 25, 2021

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[Ugh: Verse 1: Tankman, The Boyfriend]

Better sing real pretty, bud!

I could crush your bodies just like bugs!

But then there’d be so much blood!

Cleaning up would be…

Ugh…

No need to get intense!

Neither of us wanted to drop by!

Doesn’t really make much sense

Sentencing us to die!

Honestly, it’s soundin’ pretty tempting

Don’t know if I wanna hear

That cringe Elmo voice singin’ back for six minutes

If your rhymes ain’t fire, you’re toast! That clear?

If sick burns are really what you’re after

You’ve held up the perfect team!

I spent years perfecting my craft, while you Tankmen goofed off

Couldn’t even make the marines!

[Verse 2: Tankman, The Boyfriend]

Raggin on the tank?

Not that wise a start

When it’s aimed your way!

Man, you got some cojones!

I hope you’re not a one-trick pony!

You have no idea

What I’ve gotten through!

You might sing real tough

But I’ve outperformed tougher than you!

You think you’re tough?

Bout time you learned!

Real men ain’t fazed by crappy Kidz Bop burns!

Try not sucking on your next turn!

Just warming up!

Can’t do my worst

Til I learn how

I can hit you where it hurts!

[Verse 3: Tankman, The Boyfriend]

Let me show you how it’s done!

Don’t know why you’re looking so damn smug

When you’re standin’ four foot one

Bet you’re short there too…

Ugh…

Gonna hit beneath the belt

Tradin’ inappropriate zingers?

I bet all you’ve ever felt’s

Your own salad fingers!

I got standards, man! Take a look at yours!

(Ugh…)

Dating a teen with the brains of a door

While I rule the Tankmen patrolling this wasteland

Bein’ awesome, conquering every war!

Don’t insult Girlfriend! She’s the world to me!

When I kiss her, no thoughts, head empty

You raise your turret to blow grunts away

Cos you can’t have what comes to us naturally!

[Verse 4: Tankman, The Boyfriend]

If I give up, my whole team’ll perish!

They need me to lead the rush!

True bonds shared by men hold up far stronger than

Two dumb hormonal teenagers with a crush!

We’ve survived a creepy lemon monster

And each others’ bad decisions

And, even though it might make our lives tougher

We’re together, drop your derision, man!

[Ending: Tankman, The Boyfriend]

That’s real cute, but cute stuff’s lame!

Makes me wanna block it with earplugs

Up the rating on this game!

These verses have been…

Ugh…

You just can’t admit I won!

Can’t split us apart with those weak threats!

Keep on wavin’ round those guns

I ain’t goin’ down yet!

[Guns: Verse 1: Tankman, The Boyfriend]

On the field, it’s a bitter, cold and brutal warzone!

Things’ll turn out bad

If you’re left defenseless, buddy!

Nerves are steeled!

Did you really think I’d leave myself prone

When my girlfriend’s dad

Has a target printed on me?

Ah! So you’ve got

A devoted captain huntin’ you too?

Tryin’ real hard to sink your hopes of gettin’ funky

All night long with your date?

Yeah… but I just hold him back with rappin, wouldn’t do

Much good shooting up the guy who keeps my girlfriend housed and

Kept in good funkin’ shape!

Hey, ya know, don’t gotta shoot him down

There’s more than one way you can win the battle!

Snipers strike fear with a single round

Aimed where the sun don’t shine and leave ‘em all rattled!

What? No way!

Shooting him there would just be unsightly he’d be madder than he is already!

Even if it would affect him slightly, wouldn’t be able to keep my aim steady!

[Verse 2: Tankman, The Boyfriend]

That’s why you gotta learn 'bout usin' guns!

Who knows when you’ll need to fire?

And if you’re gonna learn how to fire one

Might as well wear the proper attire!

Think I’ll pass, pal!

Haven’t faced anything I couldn’t overcome

Singing til things worked out nicely!

Opening fire sounds reckless and dumb

And assault gear’s really pricey!

[Verse 3: Tankman, The Boyfriend]

That’s the fun part of fighting in this war!

Nothing else left to spend our cash on!

Loaded with weapons, armor, food and more!

Everybody gets a ration!

Got it now! You care lots about your team!

Want ‘em to be safe and sound, clearly!

Ready to fight, a well-oiled machine

That’s why you love guns so dearly!

Are you callin’ me a softie?

Those guys are just cannon fodder!

If I let them all die, no one would cover me!

Otherwise, why would I bother?

But doesn’t that mean that somewhere

In your heart past pain and panic

Much as you might deny, hidden, deep down in there

There’s a passion that’s titanic

[Verse 4: Tankman, The Boyfriend]

Heh, you got me there!

Love the whole second half of that movie, it’s thrilling!

'Specially the part where the iceberg hits the ship

And there’s hundreds of onscreen killings!

Shame a few of the lifeboats manage to steer away

And save the snobs fleein’

Always wondered what it’d be like

If I willed myself there to intervene…

Wait a second, what?

We were just talkin' about emotions and duty

Thought we were gonna have a breakthrough

Now you’re just talking about a movie?

Why don’t we just step back and try this again

Cos I know you’re more than a gun!

Even if you don’t care ‘bout most ‘of em

Bet you’re still lookin out for someone!

Stop tryin’ to be my therapist!

Anyway, where was I? Oh right!

I’d set up a big iceberg tank and

Shoot down fleeing lifeboats all night!

And it would fire smaller icebergs

That make the boats sink, drown out their screamin’

Then I’d go back home, eat some food

And think up more strategies while I’m dreamin!

How does that connect to anything?

You’re goin’ the wrong direction!

This part was gonna be the climax

With a meaningful connection!

I gave you such a perfect setup

To make your love of guns mean somethin’ more!

But you tossed it away to give movies that were just fine

Extra deaths and war!

[Ending: Tankman, The Boyfriend]

Told ya, kid, I’m fine, soundin’ like a creep

Coulda learned to shoot things, but you kept debating!

If you were smart, you’d have gone “beep boop beep”

That’d be funny, instead of grating!

But don’t worry, you’ll learn a bunch real fast

Face so full of lead, you’ll need a mask

You’ll look like Darkman, from your head to hips!

Just try kissin’ your girl without lips!

Wait up! Hold your fire! Got me thinkin’

Movies are how you’re speakin’ your thoughts through!

Like the titanic, your life is sinkin’

And you don’t want anyone to save you!

So you hold it in, shooting folks to bits

Who might make you reexamine it

Leave them terrified, focused on their pain

So nobody bugs you ‘bout your brain!

[Stress: Intro: Tankman, The Boyfriend]

Go on, slaughter men like cattle with your merc

It doesn’t mean squat!

This is your first big-boy battle

You’re about to lose a whole lot!

Didn’t count on Pico bustin’ caps

But hey, I’m glad he made it!

Even up the playing field

To rap so hard your pride gets faded!

[Verse 1: Tankman, The Boyfriend, The Girlfriend]

Think you got the rhymes to claim a victory?

You might think your lines are pretty hard

But no one here gets hard as me!

Man, you’re history!

Guess you haven’t noticed this fight’s two-on-one!

Got my girlfriend right here in my arms

Give up, man, we can’t be outdone!

Wow, you’re singing lines together

What a game-changer, twice the chance to fail!

Dirty jokes can’t beat a duet!

We’re in sync, c’mon, do better

All of your burns are gettin’ really stale!

Are we actually gonna fight now?

Not even tryin’, this ain’t worth my best!

Ain’t seen nothin’ yet!

Won fights before, but can you win the war?

C’mon, take your best shot right now!

Me and my girlfriend can pass any test!

[Verse 2: Tankman, The Boyfriend]

You don’t understand the kind of stress this army job will give ya!

Another day, another death

And ya wonder who’s gonna outlive ya!

Just tryin’ to date the Girlfriend’s deadlier than all your lackeys

The second I think I can breathe again

Someone with a grudge attacks me!

They’re not the ones that I worry ‘bout

It’s the enemy fighters on my tail

One by one, they could wipe us all out

Leaving nothing but a blood trail

‘Least everyone tryin’ to off your crew

Looks kinda the same, easy to know

Who’s a passerby and who’s a threat to you

Anyone could be my greatest foe

[Verse 3: Tankman, The Boyfriend, The Girlfriend]

That’s the part that makes me stress out

Most of them are chill and tired

Wait, what?

But if just one troop got left out

From our Titanic-based cease-fire…

So you mean…

If one missed the order out there (Yeah... yup...)

They’d still think that you were fighting (Right... true...)

Any one of them anywhere (Huh!)

Could, without warning, strike like lighting? (Pretty good!)

Never a second I don’t wanna shoot ‘em all

Never a second of respite

But then it'd be just like before

Bye Titanic, hello tank war…

Prepared at all times to fight

I’ll be real, sounds like your life is misery

Even when folks try to take me out

We just sing, they never jump me!

There you go, you unlocked my story

Doesn’t make it make you feel dandy

Sucking away on my terror and lost glory

Like a yummy piece of rock-hard candy?

How can we help?

Isn’t there something you could whip up

That would help make sure everyone knows

You paused your war and you don’t wanna slip up

So you get real chill for real watchin’ your show?

Oh, did you really think that would help me?

I don’t trust any of them to play fair!

I got their favorite half of the movie!

Disc 1’s sitting right in storage over there!

Ever think your favorite whole truce might just slip

If all it takes to break is one dumb disc

Prob'ly should build a way stronger friendship

If you really wanna drop the fighting risk

[Verse 4: Tankman, The Boyfriend, The Girlfriend]

And you lost me, God, that’s so weak

I’m not gonna make amends like some soft freak!

Oh dear...

The second they see an easy mark

They’ll set me up, grab the disc once it gets dark!

Seems clear…

Nothing to do, stuck in stalemate

Nothing to do, stuck in stalemate

Keeping the worse half of the flick just to placate

Keeping the worse half of the flick just to placate

Knowing if they had it again

Knowing if they had it again

Ceasefire’s dead, and so are a million Tankmen!

Ceasefire’s dead, and so are a million Tankmen!

[Ending: Tankman, The Boyfriend]

Might as well just give up

You ain’t gonna solve this

All we did was dig up

My annoying crisis

Can’t give up now!

Gotta end with somethin!

Sittin’ out here stranded!

Think I’m gonna jump in

Leave you empty-handed?

Face it kid, you lost, no easy out

Not all problems compliment your singin’ clout!

Fix this somehow!

C’mon, think fast Boyfriend, song is ending!

These things always wrap with a befriending!