Back From The Dead
Written by: Michael Turner & Christopher Portugal
[Spoken sample:] Musical dope...
[Spoken sample:] Wait a minute... I know who you are, I heard you were dead
[Spoken sample:] He dead! (Yessir!) Amen! (Chuuch!)
[Spoken sample:] Rise from your grave!
[Spoken sample:] Death is the final stage of your body, the absolute moment, there is no turning back
[Thes One:]
Back from the fuckin' dead
Our bodies, they're bodies underground, can't rest my head
Resurrect 'em, collect them ashes, that just what they said
We in the cloud now, streaming City of Angels, double-teamin' these demons
El Niño them Acid Raindrops, and blow your head with my return
The fans have gone and emptied out their "earn"
Well, your reward is I'm the Lord Radio
Rockin' through your Ouija boards, lock your doors
Resurrected the People, want the P, an encore... well, you got it
Furthermore, I'm lightly seasoned with that voodoo, CTI and the Kudu
I walk with that Soul Strut, carry that Golden Era
A legend with no credit, rap music vetted Yogi Berra
Brother, boom! I moved that rock out in front of the tomb
Floating through a lagoon of purgatorious goons
Trying to make it back because you demand it
I try to get some rest, but you seance that rad shit
We'll collect your moonlit trinkets, totems, candles, and talismans
The rebirth from the earth and the Dawn of Man
Poertry, poetry over rhythm, we give 'em oral tradition
Reminiscing off that Malta, modern-day Atahualpa
Thes One, that last Inca, sin falta y sin parar
And so far, we the star that continues to shine
Up from afar, up in the sky, constellation Mike and Chris
Never die, regenesis up out the chrysalis, I feel like fuckin' Sisyphus!
[Spoken sample:] Say, neighbor, I ain't dead yet!
[Spoken sample:] Congratulations, man. Congratulations.
[Thes One:] We back from the dead! ([Rap sample:] Resurrect) Ah ha ha.
I said we back from the dead! ([Rap sample:] Resurrect) Woo!
You know we back from the dead! ([Rap sample:] Resurrect)
Ah yes, we back from the dead! ([Rap sample:] Resurrection)
We back from the dead! And we back, and we back, and we back
You know we back from the...
[Spoken sample:] We are... gathered here today...
([Spoken sample:] And you'll call me back from the dead!)
[Double K:]
Poor sucka, thought they had the brotha under
But I'm harder than a snare, no intensive care
Brought the other side, lemme show you what it look like
He was coming home, late night, probably on his dirt bike
But I was chillin', livin' ghetto lavish
Joints was passin', good music, we laughin'
Then BANG! I woke up with a sheet of fresh rhymes
Gin and lime, never committed a crime, except...
Me and the homie still active, attracting danger
Attractive, movin' through traffic
When you see us in the rehearse, your mind reverse
Pay attention to the verse
I'm a B-boy, and we don't die
Some join the military and some smoke fry
But the P, we arise, cremation of character
The spirit, we scarin' ya... I'm back on my mic, right?
Writin' my name is lame in the same gang
Blue on blue, blue on black, yo, it's the same thing
I ride with my nigga Joe, and he don't trip
Thes One on that bullshit? Nah, he don't trip!
Mike T, I got some pizza and that Part 2 shit
Who want a fat lip, speakin' on that holy ghost?
You heard what I said, Thes and Double, we back from the dead
You heard what I said, Thes and Double, we back from the dead
([Spoken sample:] Back from the dead! [repeated and scratched])
[Double K, sped up:] You thought you saw the last of us. You thought we was gone, but we're back! The joke's on you, jack! The joke's on you, jack!
[Thes One:] We back from the dead! Ah ha ha.
I said we back from the dead! ([Rap sample:] Resurrect) Woo!
You know we back from the dead! ([Rap sample:] Resurrect)
Ah yes, we back from the dead! ([Rap sample:] Resurrection)
We back from the dead! And we back, and we back, and we back
You know we back from the...
We back from the dead! ([Spoken sample:] Yes, sir! Amen!)
[Spoken sample:] He dead! (Yessir!) Amen! (Chuuch!) He dead! (Yessir!) Amen! (Chuuch!)
[Spoken sample:] Life is not all that. Get your spirit back.
[Rap sample:] Go and tell everybody! ([Rap sample:] I'm comin' back!)
[Rap sample:] Go and tell everybody! ([Spoken sample:] I ain't dead yet...)
[Rap sample:] I'm comin' back! ([Spoken sample:] And you'll call me back from the dead!)
[Man #1:] Is he fuckin' dead?
[Man #2:] What the fuck you mean, "Is he fuckin' dead?", guy??
[Man #1:] The fuck you think?
[Rap sample:] We're not done
[Rap sample:] I'm coming back
[Rap sample:] Resurrection, I'm back from the dead, they told me...
[Spoken sample:] Rise from your grave!
[Rap sample:] I'm coming back
[Spoken sample:] My question is (Mi pregunta es) if you die today (si tu de muere), leaving the studio (dehan del estudio) in an accident... It is better for you that I go away (que yo me vaya). If I do not go away (si no me fuera), you won't be great (no seran grande usted). My absence (mi ausencia) is your greatness (E tu grandeza... Wow.)
Trivia:
- Per Thes (as told to me at the 4/20/16 Santa Cruz album release show): despite the play on words of "urn"/"earn" in his first verse, the official lyric is "earn".
This track appears on the following releases:
- The Gettin' Off Stage, Part 2 (2016) (CD, Cassette, LP, Download) - PUTS Records
