more from
Mash Down Babylon Records
We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

Secret of the Invisible Man

from The Secret of the Invisible Man by VITAL Emcee

/
  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      $1 USD  or more

     

  • Buy Disc

lyrics

Am I lost / walking a tightrope at a high cost / sinning left and right, better bite my left and right arms right off / and get up off this high horse / but no, I’d rather die cross / then walk a straight and narrow road in which I feel that I’m forced / but I’m sauced half the time / kneeling before a ceramic shrine / and praying for more than the average dime I only seem to see / and what’s real to me is what the system calls indecency / so I try to fuck the system, ‘cause the system sure likes reaming me / and secretly, I guess that I kind of like it a little bit / finding my pleasure in all them blurry tears that keep me illiterate / it’s still a trip to watch my scattered shadow as it convulses / numb from laughing pains while fighting repulsive natural impulses / most of all I taste the tainted breath I breathe, it burns below / but I like this virus ‘cause it’s me and my disease is terminal / I call it normal while most seem to think that it’s slightly insane / but you can call my concrete bluff ‘cause I’m not losing in your games / in your games /

I guess that this the secret of the invisible man / living life within his shadow, hiding anyway he can / and since I do give a good goddamn of my purpose and plan / your mission is to find out who I am / you’ll never know / that this has been the secret of the invisible man / living in a dream, screaming in silence to understand / can’t he ever stop to examine reasons he’s damned / and find his eyes are not as quick as his hands / he’ll never know /

This music embodies all of me / and I can’t reflect on the gist of any biblical prophecy / ‘cause I’m probably doomed to be wandering an astral plane in Purgatory to put the pieces in harmony / but back on earth, the rules are like Monopoly and I watch my property / but, what’s mine? / I’m fighting to find a sort of balance, but my kindness is seen as weakness, thus I’ve been taken advantage of / and I can’t erupt, because it’s something that my nature’d choose to miss / grin and bare it / ignorance ain’t bliss when playing oblivious / but then, I see everything that happens in my presence / I remember every word in every line in every sentence / open up your eyes / you wanna kick it, don’t lie / ‘cause as a result, you’d be baring the burden of wasting both our precious time / bless this wine, Lord and may it nourish my body / and I pray that half of these MCs don’t try to flourish by copying /everything I set out to succeed by reaching humanity / though, I walk around with a front of misunderstood misanthropy, it’s /

Now, what you’re seeing in me is what you’re gonna wanna see in me / and what I’m dreaming of you gets me through all the impossibilities / this ain’t a taunt since it’s probably what we both want / and everything we both know of each other since we both front / because you’ve seen it all and all I’ve seen of you is minuscule / and I start to wonder why my claim to fame’s to stay invisible / but is this ever inevitable when one makes plans against his lifespan / and all the while I overlook all the hundreds of miles that I’ve ran in place / just to make sure that my laps can be retraced back / in this rat’s race track disgraced / I never spoke my mind and now I’m dying for it / grabbing a pen and a pad to unleash all the demons crying for it / and recording if I’m ignored / in situations face to face / so over a beat I plead my case / now, inhale my life and tell me how it tastes / bitter maybe / sour or sweet / either way it’s probably rotten / just to leave an essence that won’t be forgotten / I swear to God /

credits

from The Secret of the Invisible Man, track released June 3, 2006

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

VITAL Emcee Brisbane, Australia

VITAL Emcee is a boxing match between 2Pac and Eminem with Elton John as the referee.

contact / help

Contact VITAL Emcee

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this track or account

If you like VITAL Emcee, you may also like: