Top Songs By Open Mike Eagle
Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Open Mike Eagle
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Derwin Schlecker
Composer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Landed some place I ain't never been, yet again
Space travel veteran, never blend
Like they asked you to come around, never end
The initiation most times, if I'm in these
Old school letterman, never been
Like to ask if you know the code, guess again
Is a game barely controlled that they don't give
Like they gon' live forever
Politicians on straw-man missions
Stumble into town lookin' all ambitious
It's the ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead
He won't eat the Wonder Bread
He won't pledge allegiances
My saints is dead comedians
Trying to taste this cred is meaningless
That shit is warping my soul
[Verse 2]
Knee-deep in the same dirt
Only water divides us
Same places, different continents
And my head-space is an island
I swim freely through my phylum
I'm tuned to radio silence
Came to me while I was drivin'
Right then, it was decided
[Verse 3]
I ain't never been to this planet
Make eye contact and I'm smilin'
Never been to this planet
Make eye contact and I'm smilin'
I ain't never been to this planet
Make eye contact and I'm smilin'
Never been to this planet
Make eye contact and I'm smilin'
Eye to eye
[Verse 4]
Woke up thinkin' I'm Batman
Every town is like Gotham
I log into my Twitter page and start bendin' over like Gollum
This dumb cred is like crack rock and I never seem to hit bottom
My representative smilin' at you like
"What the fuck is the problem?"
Walk uncharted lands with no squad
Spots my ancestors picked cotton
They want me to carry their customs
When I know the truth is postmodern
I won't walk like an Egyptian
Don't talk like I be pimpin'
There's in-groups and there's out-groups
And I believe in makin' distinctions
I just smile and offer you greetings
Hopefully with no pretense
My aim's to honor your physical and leave room for all of your secrets
We should all play a big Scrabble game
And make every word a confession
A-N-X-I-O-U-S
[Verse 5]
Knee-deep in the same dirt
Only water divides us
Same places, different continents
And my head-space is an island
I swim freely through my phylum
I'm tuned to radio silence
Came to me while I was drivin'
Right then, it was decided
[Verse 6]
I ain't never been to this planet
Make eye contact and I'm smilin'
Never been to this planet
Make eye contact and I'm smilin'
I ain't never been to this planet
Make eye contact and I'm smilin'
Never been to this planet
Make eye contact and I'm smilin'
Eye to eye
Written by: Derwin Schlecker