Raising the Skate

Lyrics

[Verse 1] Heaven, have mercy on the hypnic jerk you blame for your speech Walk around the block again Wait 'til I feel cool and straight With a diaristic bent on undertaking [Pre-Chorus] Careful, steady Are we steady? Cruel and ready [Chorus] I'm not bossy, I'm the boss Shooter, not the shot On the tip and fit to execute I'm chief, not the overthrown Captain, not a crony So if you wanna row, you better have an awfully big boat [Verse 2] Holding a package from a total stranger who claims to know me Naw, you never knew me, man, not even a fraction You just glimpsed your own reflection in a gold sheen [Chorus] I'm not bossy, I'm the boss Shooter, not the shot Well-composed with keys to raise the skate I'm chief, not the overthrown Captain, not a crony So if you wanna throw, you better have an awfully big stone [Bridge] We could hang out for the summer while you wait for your girl Dip a toe 'til it's soaked and freezing But just because I let you kill time dangling me from the quarry Doesn't mean that I won't land on my feet [Chorus] That's cause I'm the boss Caller of the shots Sutanejo, never spit to me Chief, play my own right hand Not haggish, but the hag How na�ve to trample She who's running from the stampede I'm raising the skate Look, I'm raising the skate