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Wrong End Of The Telescope feat. Ollie OX & Ciphurphace

from Jake It Till You Make It by Jake Palumbo

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PRODUCED BY JAKE PALUMBO

Written by T. Vick, W. J. Simpson II, & D. Ferrel

© 2016 SpaceLAB Recordings
℗ Palumbo's Escrow (ASCAP)

lyrics

VERSE 1 - Ollie OX

I'm just tryna prove that my childhood wasn't a glitch
Cuz now if I can't Google it, it doesn't exist
Sailing in circles through minuscule little pools
Won't be the first captain that has sunk with the ship of fools
Keeping an eye on all the introverted jealous folk
Looking at the world through the wrong end of the telescope
Why so serious? Just lighten up, tell a joke
Or get over the fact that I am indelible
My next plan's to flee the scene & go analog
But I'm stuck, cuz that part of my brain can't evolve
One's & zero's falling out the crack in my skull cap
Nothing to catch me besides dirt when I fall back
Dead phone, can't call it like I see it
On a workaholic plan, got free nights and weekends
The rest of the time, my line's disconnected
Struggling torn paths & trying to find an exit

HOOK:

Clap your hands to the malady
Implant the chip, hit the switch, cap your salary
Download the app, it's called Actual Reality
Looking at the world through the wrong end of the telescope
Stuck to my cell phone, tryna get the hell home
Elections paid off, corporations this is well-known
Man vs. machine, sipping lean outta styrofoam
Looking at the world through the wrong end of the telescope

VERSE 2:

They say it's best to stay indoors
And take it back to Orwell, 1984
With an OX by the first name of Oliver
Stuck to my cell phone like pasta in a colander
Good amount of gwalla, small amount of followers
Break down your blueprint to every last polymer
Chemistry set and a Remington revolver
Revolution televised, Facebook scholars
I only plug in when I need it
Got a Super NES, 27-inch Zenith
These days I don't need porn to set the scene
I just go to Instagram, hashtag #PregnantTeen
I been stuck in the Matrix
Since Steve Jobs was jobless, and Apple iiE's ran BASIC
The Oregon Trail to the Benjamin Franklins
The banks are bankrupting so I hope you stacked some paper

(REPEAT HOOK)

VERSE 3 - Ciphurphace

Scandals & cash ploys, channeled through tabloids
Neglected kids, Mom's drinking, the boy rattles his damn toys
Perverted verdict, life's shattered when you hear the gavel and man's voice
My generation & your generation is comparing Apples & Androids
The world's burning, we're all in Hell's Kitchen like Matt Murdock
Stuck in this failed system, I'm the rap sure-shot
Just give me shots of Whiskey & pots of Kimchi
And take me back to the era of Pac & Biggie
Or the days when I first heard Cannibal OX get busy
Aesop Rock get gritty
Oh you wanna be an emcee? Well that job is risky
The day we lost a Prince from the sky, falling Purple Rain
Everything in the journal is flames
Salute Colonel James
Swinging on a Soundcloud, catch me in the sky soon
Bumrush your Bandcamp, Illmatic on iTunes
Popping on Pandora, spazzing on Spotify
Get gully on Google Play, you'll get digitally sodomized
(Pause)

(REPEAT HOOK)

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from Jake It Till You Make It, released November 18, 2016

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