Bass Reeves

Lyrics

[Verse 1] Mortimer Burr woke up from a terrible headache that felt like his head was being split open slowly with a handsaw I guess that's what happens when you're holding a military tactical knife [?] The 17-inch blade was inserted to the hilt, went straight through the jowell area He died instantly and landed here [?] The texture of the ground on which he stood kept shifting like he was in the middle of a Sahara-sized litterbox They weren't very close [?] A mixture of amonia and stale urine The scent was overwhelming Suddenly he was overcast by a looming shadow [?] This Janus-cat was 35-foot giant with four sets of eyes looking directly at him Almost with the same wonderment as he was staring up at it What happened next was even more bizzare [?] The giant two-faced cat spoke and asked him a question: "Yo my man, who had the best verse on The Symphony?" asked the left side of his face Confused, "the symphony?" [?] Who had the best verse?" "Verse? You mean words in a symphony?" Mortimer wasn't sure that there were words to a symphony Certainly not in the symphonies he was aware of [?] But he couldn't tell the cat offhand who had the best verse "Are we talking about chamber music for a small group of instruments? Are we discussing a specific [?] This is so hard to decide! Once met an ever-so-lovely buttercup [?] It was exquisite, let me tell you! [?] So, Chopin, yes, I'll go with Chopin [?] He said with conviction The eyes of the Janus met eachother [?] They looked back at him and at eachother [?] This was non-stop tear-inducing hysterics The litter underneath Mortimer rumbled as the laughing was so hard [?] long enough to speak: "No motherfucker, not fucking Chopin, dweeb! [?] and Big Daddy Kane! Produced by [?] The right side: "Yo, [?] The left side: "In the words of Ice Cube [?] man, even in the video Kane is so fly [?]" The right side: "the Symphony was '88 doofus" The left side: "I know, I know, but you know what I'm saying. [?] Kane [?]" Mortimer was out of his element Abandoned and confused [?] The right side: "Aw man, that was rich [?] I mean, you killed like 63 people [?] I can't even believe we're even engaging in this discourse, Kool G Rap came the hardest on the whole joint" [?] "Yo, Marley gives the slice, I get nice And my voice is twice as horrifying as Vincent Price Goes deep, till you fell in a spell of a sleep And while I'm countin' the money, you count sheep" "Oh, rap music" [?] Where's the melody? To him it was just a bunch of words thrown together [?] derogatory The subject matter was materialistic With an overuse [?] It wasn't his thing He unwisely relayed with an abashed honesty about how he truly felt on the subject Both sides of the cat's face looked annoyed "Keep in mind", said the right side of his face "That your answer determines where you end up next, either you start over again in a pleasant way or not. Choose your next words carefully" [Outro] [?] After four days, the hunch paid off [?] [?] reaching for his gun A last-ditch effort [?] And he went down, like the sun [?] Bass Reeves was his name [?] Black cowboy [?] Baddest man in the west [?] African-American [?] fact and fiction [?] Centuries after [?] Over the years the name of Bass Reeves faded like one of those heroes they call "unsung" The greatest lawman of the wild, wild west He was, and is, the only one