Song Description
A cautionary tale about the hard choices we have to make when the road ahead is as tricky as the horizon is wide
| Song Length |
2:58 |
Genre |
Rock - Funk, Blues - Rock |
| Tempo |
Medium Slow (91 - 110) |
Lead Vocal |
Female Vocal |
| Subject |
General, Revolution |
Similar Artists |
Annie Lennox, Prince |
| Language |
English |
Era |
2000 and later |
Lyrics
Born in the boondocks, brought up in a breadbox
Trying to break free rolling past the roadblocks
Longing for liplocks, banging on a boombox
Getting off early and swinging at the sweatbox
Cruising the catwalk, preening like a peacock
Nothing's easy when you're breaking up a brainlock
Dodging a detox, sinking in the sandbox
You wanna be sure but you can't deny the paradox
CHORUS
Truth and lies got us caught in the middle
They'll work you over, put a crease in your soul
We look for clues in reason, rhyme and riddle
Letting 'em roll keeps it under control
Dealing with deadlocks, going around gridlocks
Alone in the zone cuz you're trapped in a trickbox
Fleecing a new flock, blazing up the boardwalk
Selling 'em short and then handing out the hemlock
Jake-in' the jukebox, pilfering a pillbox
Nowhere to run without a coin in the cashbox
Shaking the Sherlocks, shaved by your shylocks
You don't wanna fight but you better learn to shadowbox