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Shoot for President

from Light a Fire by illmef

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One day
Get ready
Get ready
Get ready

One day
When I grow up
I wanna shoot for president
Shoot for president

One day
When I grow up
I wanna shoot for president
Shoot for president

It’s how we grow up
Draw crowds when you blow up
Hair triggers on holdups
Since cribs when we're co-rrupt
Kids go from Gonzo
To capping head honchos
Blood splatters on ponchos
Till we mourning, Alonzo
Shoot or be president?
To be which is morbid?
There’s probably more kids
That'll kill than reap fortunes
Mountains of poor kids
Deplored by the sordid
More that are thwarted
Held back and deported

I don’t like the way you’re running our country

Here's where we fucked up
Abandoned with this strife
Now kids look to sky
Look for bullets to fly
Quick blink a mind’s eye
Picnic’s gone awry
Red covered with rights
Exposed are our insides
Creeps a big Fatman
Putty-cat(Tweety) snatch grabs
Drags her carc-ass back
To cave with a black bat
Now he is unmasked
And starts to backtrack
Tweety boy passed gas
With words like they’re haz-mats

We’re at war with the most dangerous enemy that has ever faced mankind

Get ready

One day
When I grow up
I wanna shoot for president
Shoot for president

One day
When I grow up
I wanna shoot for president
Shoot for president

Just croak oval office
Serve terms in a coffin
Die for the good
Like hope to born orphans
Cause guns in their hands
Is worse than abortions
Taking them out
Putting corpses in Jordans
A penchant for prejudice
We mentioned the elephants
Bimbos and zip codes
Tell pawns from the delegates
To hell for the heaven-sent
Dead with lead elements
More bred to kill
Than are born to be presidents

I don’t like the way you’re running our country

Crackers still cracking
Whips like they’re horses
Put five hundred of them
Inside of your Porsche's
Under the hood
So your whores can look gorgeous
You're taking their lives
Tell the poor to be cordial
Class warfare will
Make the rich mortal
Take your whack morals
And hastily sort em
We live underwater
Pull you under coral
You’re walking dead
But that’s just for decorum

We’re at war with the most dangerous enemy that has ever faced mankind

One day
When I grow up
I wanna shoot for president
Shoot for president

One day
When I grow up
I wanna shoot for president
Shoot for president

We’re at war with the most dangerous enemy that has ever faced mankind in his long climb from the swamp to the stars

Get ready for your closeup Mr. President

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from Light a Fire, released January 18, 2019

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illmef Detroit, Michigan

Underground on a shoestring, illmef lays cryptic samples over primitive percussion to showcase his greatest asset, words. Inspired by acts ranging from Pink Floyd to Run the Jewels, his sound dips into electronic and hip-hop. Thumping bass contrasts his complex, hyperbolic stanzas that challenge the listener. Each re-listen reveals another piercing layer of subtext and commentary. ... more

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