JAY ELECTRONICA – THE NEVERENDING STORY

Lyrics

Have you ever heard the tale of
The noblest of gentlemen who rose up from squalor?
Tall, dark, and decked out in customary regalia
Smellin' like paraphernalia
Hailin' from the home of Mahalia
His uptown smile was gold like a Frankie Beverly day
His favorite song from Prince was not "Raspberry Beret"
It was "Sometimes It Snows In April"
He was brought up by the faithful
In the cage of every unclean bird, ungrateful and hateful
The legend of the clandestine reverend from the Bricks
With the master's grip to pull the sleeping giant out the ditch
And I ain't even have to wiggle my nose like Bewitched
I just up-shift to six, convert the V4 to a broomstick
Though I tarry through the valley of death, my Lord give me pasture
If you want to be a master in life, you must submit to a master
I was born to lock horns with the Devil at the brink of the hereafter
Me, the socket, the plug, and universal adapter
The prodigal son who went from his own vomit
To the top of the mountain with five pillars and a sonnet
The autobiography read Quranic
Spread love like Kermit the Frog, that permeate the fog
I'm at war like the Dukes of Hazard against the Bosses of the Hogs
Gi-Gi-Giggity, Alchemist put the icing on the soliloquy
Let it be forever known that I niced up to pen something considerably
Jay Electollah Flomeini mainly is support mainly
The fatwa he issued on al-Shayṭān was delivered plainly
It's the day of Qiyāmah
To the believers, I bring you tidings of joy
But if you want beef, I'll filet mignon ya
You could catch me bummy as fuck or decked out in designer
On I-10 West to the desert, on a Diavel like a recliner
Listen to everything from a lecture
From the honorable minister Louis Farrakhan
To Serge Gainsbourg or Madonna or a podcast on piranhas
What a time we livin' in, just like the scripture says
Earthquakes, fires, and plagues, the resurrection of the dead
I'm a miracle born with imperial features
I'm a page turner, sage burner, Santeria
Chongón, December baby, my Orishas
Saint Hov, story takes place in ancient Egypt
They'll cut off the nose to spite their face, they'll steal ya Jesus
I can't tell Hattie White that blue-eyed version is make believe stuff
She throw me out the house, say, "Ye deliver us from this heathen"
I say that to Ms. Tina she'll sneeze at sun, her photic reflex
They both had straighten combs, little did they know
I hold the heat next
Neither two, can be used to fix our defects
P.S. we born perfect, fuck all the B.S
Everybody wanna be us for real, we just gotta see us
Insha'Allah
I tried to turn a page, over a zillion times

Paroles (Traduction)

As-tu déjà entendu l'histoire
Du plus noble des hommes qui a surgi de la misère ?
Grand, sombre, vêtu de ses habits de cérémonie
Sentant le parfum des accessoires
Saluant de la maison de Mahalia
Son sourire uptown était doré comme un jour de Frankie Beverly
Sa chanson préférée de Prince n'était pas "Raspberry Beret"
C'était "Sometimes It Snows In April"
Il a été élevé par les fidèles
Dans la cage de chaque oiseau impur, ingrat et haineux
La légende du révérend clandestin des Briques
Avec la prise du maître pour sortir le géant endormi de la fosse
Et je n'ai même pas eu à remuer mon nez comme dans Ma sorcière bien-aimée
Je suis juste passé en sixième vitesse, transformant le V4 en balai
Bien que je chemine à travers la vallée de la mort, mon Seigneur me donne pâturage
Si tu veux être un maître dans la vie, tu dois te soumettre à un maître
Je suis né pour affronter le Diable au bord de l'au-delà
Moi, la prise, la fiche et l'adaptateur universel
Le fils prodigue qui est passé de son propre vomi
Au sommet de la montagne avec cinq piliers et un sonnet
L'autobiographie lisait coranique
Répandre l'amour comme Kermit la grenouille, qui pénètre le brouillard
Je suis en guerre comme les Dukes de Hazzard contre les Bosses des Hogs
Gi-Gi-Giggity, l'Alchimiste a mis le glaçage sur le soliloque
Que cela soit à jamais connu que j'ai bien écrit quelque chose
Jay Electollah Flomeini est principalement un soutien
La fatwa qu'il a émise sur al-Shayṭān a été délivrée clairement
C'est le jour du Qiyāmah
Aux croyants, je vous apporte des nouvelles de joie
Mais si tu veux des ennuis, je te file

Thématique La lutte contre soi

Style Hip-hop

Keywords Attente, Lutte

Entités normées Jay Electronica, Jay-Z