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The statement is the answer, when you’re a dumb-dumb
Confirmation bias has you by the tongue
My old man was right, when he said that they
Don’t value education
I laughed at the time, but now I am shocked and awed
By the degradation
The gospel is fluorescent in our conjoined world
Predetermined obsolescence leaves you wanting more
Karen she was right don’t waste your time
They don’t value education
What I’ve seen with my own eyes makes me wish
That I could take a long vacation
The statement is the answer, when you’re a dumb-dumb
Tucker Carlson, Rachel Maddow, Van Jones and the other ones
The bearded man was right, when he said
The sophists should lead the state
Drink the hemlock now
I guess it’s not okay
To laugh and look away
When they make the same mistakes
The Statement is the answer, when you’re dumb as fuck
Confirmation bias, has your amygdala
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Avalanche Beacon
02:30
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We went in the Pass, to go burn some gas
I took a day, you did the same
I wanted a friend
One to ride snowmachines with on the weekend
Sorry I lost your avalanche beacon
They wanted more, write it up on the board
That old joke from high school
You know the one, it’s worse than any
Millennial memes they could put on the internets
Sorry about it, forget it now
When I said that maybe I could make it up to you
You said, “We are not friends.”
It went to my head
I am sorry I lost your avalance beacon
I’ll pay you back $240 dollars (on the 15th)
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Burbank Safari
03:24
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It was the shortest month of the year
We packed our bags and got out of here
It was clear and cold
It was green and gold
She said bring your jacket with
It can get real cold in the state you’re in
I thought she was pulling my chain
It would never snow in sunny LA
Had a dream I was a director
Calling shots and making big moves
They laughed at him and said there couldn’t
Be in possible way
He got mad and said, “Why not? It just snowed in LA, the other day?”
Heated pool Burbank Safari
All the kids will go home happy
She said bring your jacket with
It can get real cold in the state you’re in
I thought she meant spiritually
She was pulling my chain it never snows in LA
It would never snow in LA
It snows in LA okay
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Rising Black
02:43
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My son looks just like me
He likes to watch tv
He tells me things he wants
He sees on tv
My son looks just like me
He likes to watch tv
He tells me things he wants
He sees on tv, he’s like me
Get out of my head, out of my timeline
My son looks just like me
He likes to watch tv
He tells me things he wants
He sees on tv, he’s like me
Every time Google knows what I want
Every internet email ad it’s on
Get out of my brain out of my newsfeed
I don’t want to buy your stupid plastic things
Monster Jam, buy me crap
Give me what I want
It’s on sale, BOGO, FOMO,
I don’t need to know
Frequent flier, gimme shit
My son looks just like me
He likes to watch tv
He tells me things he wants
He sees on tv, my son he’s just like me
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5. |
Governor's (Butter) Cup
03:49
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We all piled in the D and headed west to the George M. Sully
We had on our green and gold
We want to howl for the home team
As a bonus I wanted to see
If he was really that tall
Is he really that tall?
Been taking L’s for a while now, morale so low
But we fight on, yes we fight on, it’s all we know
Been taking L’s for a while now, in this Governor’s Cup you know
But we fight on, yes we fight on
And when he got on the ice to drop the puck
I saw he was a tall buck
But the story was the crowd, they boo’ed him something fierce up and down
Must have been awkward for half of them who voted for him 3 months ago
They voted for him 3 months ago
Been taking L’s for a while now, morale so low
But we fight on, yes we fight on, it’s all we know
Been taking L’s for a while now, morale so low
But we fight on, yes we fight on
Second intermission we’re up a goal
I head to the men’s john you know
Don’t believe who I see
I recognize him, he don’t recognize me
Governors have Lieutenient’s,
Some of them work for Conoco Phillips
Been taking L’s for a while now, morale so low
But we fight on, yes we fight on, it’s all we know
Been taking L’s for a while now, in this Governor’s Cup you know
But we fight on, yes we fight on
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Breakdown the Acronyms
02:40
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Four hundred words on philosophical analysis
We’re gonna break down all the acronyms and
Find out one’s which fit
We’re gonna drive this data home and
We’re going to reach our goals
It’s all just so redundant, I try to fight against it
This shit’s just so redundant, my brain can’t comprehend it
We want more bang for our buck, if you will
It’s all just so redundant, I try to fight against it
That shit’s just so redundant, can’t get my head around it
Today we’re gonna talk about philosophical analysis
We’re gonna break down all the acronyms and
Find out which one’s fit
It’s all just so redundant, I try to fight against it
This shit’s just so redundant, can’t get my head around it
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7. |
Bad Attitude
03:08
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You’ve got a bad attitude
You were probably born in June
Gotta bad attitude
Go to bed or eat some food
I need your attitude
Like Fat Albert needs his food
I need your attitude
Like Jordan needs new shoes
Gotta bad attitude
Go to bed or eat some food
So many negative platitudes
I wonder who’d want to sleep with you?
I’ll never change your point of view
A fixed mindset is all you know to do
I need your attitude
Like Fat Albert needs his food
I need your attitude
Like Jordan needs new shoes
The pain and disrespect you feel
It’s real, next comes resentment
Gotta bad attitude
You were probably born in June
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8. |
We Go Golfing
02:42
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I really don’t like you, but I stand you
What’s with the fronting?
That’s because I need a job
So sick of the bullshit
We can’t stream Robert Fripp
What’s with the fronting?
They know that we need a job
The worst Super Bowl ever
Said the little entitled ones
I want to gouge my eyes out and
Go drink some Robitussen
I really don’t like you
But we go golfing
That’s because I need a job
I really don’t like you
But I like my truck
The worst Super Bowl ever
Said the little entitled ones
I want to gouge my eyes out and
Go drink some Robitussen
Just gouge my eyes out
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Two Months Out
03:57
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Every afternoon when I pull up in the driveway
I think of you, and your parents, too
I want to live in your example
Of warmth and human kindness
To every soul in this world
They took you away
He or she or they we cannot say
Now our time on Reflection’s forever changed
Don’t they all say we need closure?
I think it’s BS, but I nod composed yeah
It’s so hard to be here
They took you away
He or she or they we cannot say
They took you away
I hope this letter finds you well
I spent all week looking for things to sell
It’s so hard with you gone
They took you away
He or she or they we cannot say
They took you away
Can’t you feel the nostalgia?
Warm summer rains, and then sunshine after
I wish I could save them all for you
They took you away
They took you away
They took you away
They took you away
Make the change, be the strange
Spend some time down deep with your anger
Make the change, forge a new way
Spend some time down deep with your anger
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Sleep Comfortably
01:50
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Words they hit me in the gut
It wasn’t gonna be like I planned it
Never had the urging to go back up home with you
It’s demanded
No I won’t just settle down cause everyone is doing it around us
So happy in Anchorage
Why build a castle anywhere else?
So happy in Anchorage
Why raise a family anywhere else?
So happy in Anchorage
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