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verse 1:
i've been a hellion with rebellion in my genes
since before i learned to walk & started talking to machines
& if there's one thing that i've learned from being locked up in the lab
it's that sometimes you've got to speak your mind to keep from going mad
i've had a lot of time to think about the past
& how it all comes back to haunt me when i'm daunted by my task
but i leave my dusty fingerprints on dirty glass
so that future generations can interpret the shadows cast
from this mathematician turned black magician
who's back in position to shatter raps past tradition
scattering this sick addiction through your vascular system
to capture the attention of the cats who actually listen
now look, i'm back in the mix with a bag of new tricks
i had to stack up my bricks & then smash 'em to bits
so i could catch the gist of deconstruction
now if i could only convince my feet to function
because...

chorus:
i've got to keep it moving, got to get it going now
i've got to take it to the border, no braking or slowing down
because i've got to make it somewhere, sometime soon
before i'm out of food & all the fuel is consumed
yo, i've got to keep it moving, got to get it going now
i've got to take it to the limits, no braking or slowing down
i've got to make it somewhere, sometime soon
because i'm way past empty & i'm running on fumes

verse 2:
so pick me up & set me free or put me down & let me be
just let me see my destiny before i act too recklessly
to take it back & ask forgiveness, give me one more chance to live this
life the way it was intended, to escape before i'm apprehended
mending stitches in my wings, spending days awake at night
sending signals mixed with smoke & bending rope for taking flight
breaking right despite the signs to keep from being left behind
i'm on the line of levels because god & the devil are both friends of mine
& at the end of the line, i'll say my prayers & count the wishes
that i ditched in town when the rain was coming down so vicious
that it almost knocked me off my feet while i was talking to an awkward beat
& walking through a street full of people all deemed as obsolete
sometimes i think i'm on the brink of extinction
like an incidental victim of accidental deletion
like i had to abort somewhere short of completion
but i hear voices in my sleep telling me to keep reaching
because...

chorus

verse 3:
i've seen a lot of things out on these lonely roads
& where the hell i'll be tomorrow, heaven only knows
but we'll keep storming, trying to formulate a plan
so i can find me some stability & finally make a stand
beyond the shadow of a doubt that i'm still travelling a route
between the lines that i've been trying to battle my way out
but, there still ain't no rest for the wicked, so we kick it
underneath with the other beasts who couldn't swing the ticket
through the thicket, now i'm running with the wildlife
& after dark i'll be sparking the pilot light
trying to pick my brain apart & reconnect the wires right
so i can get my aim locked tight for the firefight
sights set on the next level, heavy on the pedal
like a running rebel pounding the pebbles
i get down for the sake of breaking the mold
making every moment my own until i'm taking the gold

credits

from Smoke Signals to Satellites, released April 16, 2008

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