Call Me Francois Lyrics by Sage Francis

Call Me Francois Lyrics


    "Today, my mother killed me"

    If I'm alive by the time you find this, it's a miracle
    What else can be said, a vision quest with infrared
    I'm at a dead end, I bled slow
    From my chest, held my breath and did my mess and never let go
    I lived a good life, I never had half-compromise a thing
    And if I couldn't write, I'd think of other ways to optimize my living
    No wife, no kids, no anchors
    Hand over fist to withhold this info from the bankers
    Don't know my neighbors, didn't take a village to raise me
    Small-town mentality types thinkin I'm crazy
    I ain't as weird as they paint me
    Off color, I'm more gutter, punk, and ritzy
    More glitz and glamour than others
    Motherfuckers left me lonely in this designated corner
    Had a couple walls that build upon, they made me a performer
    Now shade me from the warmer weather
    Save me from the slaughterhouse
    That creeps between the pages where I try to hide my awful mouth
    Speak discretely to the sheets that seem to be hollow
    Punched a ladder full of holes, just for my swollen feet to follow
    Support me all you want, don't let me drop a field of land
    I'm not going to stop until God is my ceilin fan
    Spare the lamb, save me from my former-self
    That creeps between the pages as the line across and locks my self
    Now this is my box, these are my walls
    This is when time stops and I'm all that there ever was
    And I'm all there ever is and I'm all that there ever will be
    A freeze frame pine box soliloquy… Call me FRANCOIS

    (Hook)
    Call Me Francois (call call call me francois)
    (Call call call me francois)

    Take what you can; leave what you must
    Because y'all comin with us, (motherfucker you comin with us)

    Fill your bags with the rags that you wear and their necessities
    Along with the dog-tags and family recipes
    Rest in peace, if you arrest the pace, movin haste
    God-speed you black empress, get dressed, we're late
    She painted my head orange, carved my face with her tongue
    Emptied out my insides and lit the candle behind my eyes
    Had the strike of twelve to midnight, winter queen
    Left with my life rival in a white limousine
    When he made her dress twirl, it looked like a mushroom cloud
    Everybody ducked down except for me, that's my destiny
    He used a broken condom as a corsage
    I watched him push the rusty pin through her prom dress into her heart
    Kill me already; fill me with confetti
    Crush me up and sprinkle me over their wedding and her pregnant belly
    I wasn't ready to suppress these memories, undress the mam', O' Reese
    Forget the family, streamline the enemy, design the penalty
    Cruel and unusual, commit the felony, unfit for prison duty
    No man's an Island, except for Island man; he's a ROCK STAR!
    No man's an Island, except for Island man; he's a ROCK!

    (Hook)

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