In the palace of the peacock, eating the kingdom of God You were too busy talking when that snake said love is chosen That missus is very cordial, those kisses are territorial It's October so I'm reading Nabokov again I mark the book with an olive colored pen In that nest of complex questions And unapologizing brutalities Freedom is its own kind of salary Even the people who made me are constant in unraveling The disappointment when you learn the trophy was a photograph Remember that? They say this is the last happiness, and they blink I refuse to learn their names You shouldn't be next to me with that finicky energy You shouldn't be next to me with that finicky energy You shouldn't be next to me with that finicky energy You shouldn't be next to me And the cowards with their knocking fucking knees They can't even keep a quarter beat I know there's packet loss and latencies (I know what lag is...) None the less... (I know what lag is...) It's the unimpressed alchemist The pity who doubting this In your city with a double-breasted falcon crest Chest plate, male tunic, in this society of spectacle It's the shoe bomber who's waltzing through It's a kind of hopelessness, a loneliness A color I only ever heard played by a nigga named Thelonious I spend experience points on knowledge, cunning, and stealth Spit a diaphanous gossamer And then he signed it in calligraphy Sincerely, just another blasphemous philosopher Quick question Why's your favorite rapper always bragging about her business acumen? Like we asked em? Like we asked em? Why's your favorite rapper always babbling about his brand again? Like we asked him? Like we asked him? This the last call for those real emcees, you know This the last call for those real emcees, I said This the last call for those real emcees Your voice is needed This the last call This the last call Hmm... Bones Hmm... Peace to DJ Nobody Peace to the Ruby Yacht What they say? They said, Godspeed with that black ennui Guess I'll keep rapping til they toetag me They said, Godspeed with that black ennui Guess I'll keep rapping til they toetag me They said, Godspeed with that black ennui Guess I'll keep rapping til they toetag me They said, Godspeed you black emperor They said, Godspeed you black emperor