Aesop Rock - Mystery Fish Lyrics






Tech support, feral army
In a cave on a failed bit of terraforming
4 corners of paranormal
Get shorn for a thermos and pair of thermals
In the warehouse air where his dairy curdles
St. Vincent de Paul trying to square the circle
Circle the source of his power
Foresight born at the corner of Howard on sale
Cherry pick blue in the pale
It's a blue-nose chewin' his tail
Losing his coat
Schmoozing a high and head-rush
Hack up bile over H1N1, and then some
One eye on the breadcrumbs
Other eye on the Drencrom
Other other eye on the income
Good knife and a grin
Shoot dice with the lice and the ring worms
Peg leg, smells like Medellin wake in the night
Make a pipe out of anything
Take 5, take a dive in the cellophane
Turn 5 into 5 6 7 8
Back out, black out somewhere fancy
Shaped like the backseat of Aesop's Camry
Dude... seat full of chips and sandwich meat from the crypt
In the end, if you give an address in a river of piss
Don't question the mystery fish
Just picture shrimp on a pillow of grits
Close your eyes, lick your lips
I'm at the cafe ordering a cup of fresh
Sarah gave me 2, I gave one to Rex
He said, "Fools ain't shit plus fuck the pigs
They could never understand what Sumner is"

(Word up, word up, word up)
I'm off the grid
I'm through the gate
I fly these kites into the fray
(Word up, word up, word up)
I'm out the box
I'm through the mud
I fly these kites into the cut

NorCal fried bacteria
No ID survive the vivarium
Try soft wheels, sourdough and heroin
Eat with the chimera, fly with the seraphim
Might hold court with the cats and dogs
Who hold Kools like an orb in a dragon's claw
In terry cloth robes outside detox surly
Curse at a beat cop, doctor a Slurpee
Adopt no Xerxes, fear no moon man
Stay true like a wolf wearing wolf pants
Oooh, never could avoid himself
For long enough to contain or employ as help
And now he look both ways at the asteroid belt
Buzzed, gross and wholly unloved
Still hear an ex in his head yelling, "kiss the ring"
From a fortune to Fisher King
Or from assisted care, blisters in his hair
New day, new diary of disrepair
Soups on, 2-ton crucifix to bear
No shoes, no shirt, no fiscal year
I said hello to Marshall every morn for 6
He yelled at me every time, that's amore, bitch
It only took one tooth to crack the bug juice and chug
Turn a bum to a Sun Tzu, it's bug
Outside home is an open swim
Occultism in the throws of corrosive wind
A cold meal with the ghosts of friends
A whole host of meds
A deal on a Tone Loc cassette
I stepped over a body in the door
I pretend he asleep but it's probably more, God damn
Profound apathy, heart with a crack
I'm ships in the night
I'm darts at a map
Word up





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  1. a.... n....

    By the second half of the song, I could no longer focus on what I was doing 'while checking out that Aesop guy in background' and just kinda sat there like _damn son._

  2. S.... ....

    brb aesop my parents are calling me

    S.... ....

    ok back

  3. N.... H....

    KILLER BEAT!!!!!!! MEGATRON APPROVED!!🤘🤘

  4. C.... ....

    Hard to explain how I feel inside sometimes.
    Aesop does a pretty good job explaining it

  5. A.... L....

    Those who actually seem it to be a decent way to build personal views on reviews, instead of simply experience the hard way, meaning, in this case:
    listen for themselves...
    well...
    Be assured you will get a strangely distorted picture presented, which might even keep you from ever experiencing one of finest albums in Hip Hop universe!

    In just ten minutes, just now, a few minutes ago, I read the most hilariously strange, non representable, misunderstanding- infused reviews by most renowned sources, I have ever stumbled upon.
    Just unvelievable, what some think of this album, without, most obviously, not ever habing even listened to it.

    I guess it must be hard to accept a piece like this, if one is not in position of truly having deeper knowledge of the english language.
    But even if one does not understand half of this, or less, one should still be able to understand its outstanding expertise expressed. Even the music should do the job.

  6. T.... P....

    “Picture shrimp on a pillow of grits”

  7. I.... I....

    God dam!!!!! Straight S●LID work as usual. But dam....yea!!!

  8. �.... ....

    Love that beat it's so...villainous.

  9. H.... H....

    It sounds like El P production

    H.... H....

    They are friends and do work together.

  10. D.... P....

    Im glad i saw and took a pic with Aesop durning this album. Him and homeboy sandman were touring. Yessss.

  11. o.... m....

    LYRICS

    Tech support, feral army
    In a cave on a failed bit of terraforming
    Four corners of paranormal
    Get shorn for a thermos and pair of thermals

    In the warehouse air where his dairy curdles
    St. Vincent de Paul trying to square the circle
    Circle the source of his power
    Foresight born at the corner of Howard on sale
    Cherry pick blue in the pale
    It's a blue-nose chewin' his tail
    Losing his coat
    Schmoozing a high and head-rush
    Hack up bile over H1N1, and then some
    One eye on the breadcrumbs
    Other eye on the Drencrom
    Other other eye on the income
    Good knife and a grin
    Shoot dice with the lice and the ring worms
    Peg leg, smells like Medellin wake in the night
    Make a pipe out of anything
    Take five, take a dive in the cellophane
    Turn five into five, six, seven, eight
    Back out, black out somewhere fancy
    Shaped like the backseat of Aesop's Camry
    Dude seat full of chips and sandwich meat from the crypt
    In the end, if you give an address in a river of piss
    Don't question the mystery fish
    Just picture shrimp on a pillow of grits
    Close your eyes, lick your lips
    I'm at the cafe ordering a cup of fresh
    Sarah gave me two, I gave one to Rex
    He said, fools ain't shit plus fuck the pigs
    They could never understand what sumner is

    (Word up, word up, word up)
    I'm off the grid
    I'm through the gate
    I fly these kites into the fray
    (Word up, word up, word up)
    I'm out the box
    I'm through the mud
    I fly these kites into the cut

    Norcal fried bacteria
    No ID survive the vivarium
    Try soft wheels, sourdough and heroin
    Eat with the chimera, fly with the seraphim
    Might hold court with the cats and dogs
    Who hold Kools like an orb in a dragon's claw
    In terry cloth robes outside detox surly
    Curse at a beat cop, doctor a Slurpee
    Adopt no Xerxes, fear no moon man
    Stay true like a wolf wearing wolf pants
    Oooh, never could avoid himself
    For long enough to contain or employ as help
    And now he look both ways at the asteroid belt
    Buzzed, gross and wholly unloved
    Still hear an ex in his head yelling, kiss the ring
    From a fortune to Fisher King
    Or from assisted care, blisters in his hair
    New day, new diary of disrepair
    Soups on, two ton crucifix to bear
    No shoes, no shirt, no fiscal year
    I said hello to Marshall every morn for six
    He yelled at me every time, that's amore, bitch
    It only took one tooth to crack the bug juice and chug
    Turn a bum to a Sun Tzu, it's bug
    Outside home is an open swim
    Occultism in the throws of corrosive wind
    A cold meal with the ghosts of friends
    A whole host of meds
    A deal on a Tone Loc cassette
    I stepped over a body in the door
    I pretend he asleep but it's probably more, God damn
    Profound apathy, heart with a crack
    I'm ships in the night
    I'm darts at a map
    Word up

  12. N.... B....

    Charge $100 for your next album. Trust me. You are a legend

  13. R.... H....

    Have you tried turning it off and on again?

  14. P.... .....

    Young Eastern? European !Grand Master! rapper. seems to know how to talk banshees out of the highest tree branches in some storms ?/////////////////

    P.... .....

    Pandora . Seaclearly I couldn't stop reading that like you were busting a rhyme but then I realized none of that really rhymed

  15. c.... ....

    He said smells like meta game

  16. l.... f....

    http://rduffus.wordpress.com fb.com/ourdarkplace

  17. S.... K....

    2019 and 186 kids don't know the difference between spit shit mumble bits and absolute 🔥 🔥 🔥

  18. W.... G....

    This is unreal. I listened to it like 5 times on loop just now and I just had to shut it off because I couldn't handle it xD It's so DENSE.

  19. P.... .....

    whoa :)

  20. D.... 7....

    What's wrong with schmoozing, I can schmell a Schell very schnell?

  21. S.... ....

    ✊ 🎶 🖤

  22. J.... B....

    Poop diddy scoop! Scoop diddy Whoop!

  23. J.... R....

    Fuck. I forgot about Aesop...

  24. C.... P....

    He's been doing this for a while. Never seems to surprise how tempting he makes every line for remembering. This one, straight from San Francisco! As a native, I felt much importance in understanding. Thank goodness, because it gets no more relevant. No more hypnotizing than to hear a great spit about your own world. Perfect and right on time.

  25. W.... L....

    Too good.

  26. R.... G....

    Know one does hip hop like Aesop and P.O.S

  27. a.... d....

    Anyone hear a sample of dj shadow’s “organ donor” in there?

  28. L.... R....

    Jesus Christos! That intro! That beat! My nipples exploded

  29. m.... m....

    I've been down wit Aes since Earth Worms and Labor Days.. Definitive Jux... El-p and the Revenge of the Robots Tour in tiny dive bars while Cage threatened promoters and club owners like it was his JOB.. Kumotaio(sp) RIP, Tame Uno making groupies rethink the "Sexyness" they associated with Rapping/Rap-Shows/Rappers and the Underground market as a whole..." sherm aint what Drake doin...." uppity. what u don't smoke Newports dipped in Embalming fluid in the suburban communities lived in by consumers of "Indie Hip-hop ?" WEIRD. Turns out project dwelling leak heads dont have much disposable income.. so they dont attend shows or buy mercy and they pirated music in the 90's what they gonna pay for it for now? That's dope man's fetti.. tell him to diversify my fund's fo me one tiiiime... Vicodin-condios... see that? see what i did? efff it

    m.... m....

    But amazing album. : I used to hang around rappers at the root of the scene/ meant a lot to feel the fugitive community breathe/ I know some shit about your heroes that u wouldn't believe... " BARS!!!

  30. G.... R....

    Word up

  31. G.... C....

    I can listen to this over and over and over..... 🔥🔥

  32. P.... ....

    "Looks both ways at the asteroid belt" haha

    P.... ....

    PiratesRawesome XD

    P.... ....

    i am Zion

    P.... ....

    @Zion Skinner Hi Zion, I'm Dad

  33. I.... M....

    Fuck you if you don't like this. Haha.

  34. M.... L....

    listen on .75 speed

  35. D.... E....

    Dopeness

  36. b.... ....

    Commercial rappers gonna bite!

  37. S.... 4....

    This is why I like Aesop the dude makes bangers off of tracks on topics nobody else would think about but because he's so complex people can't figure out what he's saying except for those who know true Shakespearean poetry
    This song is literally about a fish sandwich he ordered forgot about left in his car and then threw into the garbage lol
    The song is super dope

    S.... 4....

    I thought it was more about his life like taking drugs getting high and stuff lol

  38. s.... s....

    i heard my name cause it goes don't know xerxes




    that is accually my name

  39. I.... 2....

    Since appleseed no weak aes. Best to grace a mic. Talent level been off the charts

  40. D.... ....

    Holy shit: "still hear an X in his head tellin him kiss the brick"

    D.... ....

    @Diodeskiss the ring lol

    D.... ....

    @Lucas ONolan yeah trust me I've looked into the lyrics since 😅 I thought it was an American History X reference originally.

  41. S.... H....

    album of 2016 for me 100% drove like hell to my daughters birth last year and this was the only cd in the car 3 hours on repeat to laramie hahaha ill never forget it

  42. R.... T....

    What a way to start a master piece

  43. D.... N....

    vocabulary is off the charts

  44. A.... ....

    *oragasm sounds*

  45. c.... ....

    this was literally my favorite album of 2016 from release till Christmas. Thats when RTJ came so close to swiping the top spot.
    My Top 5
    1.) Impossible Kid
    2.) RTJ3
    3.) Lead Poison
    4.) We Got It From Here
    5.) Honor Killed The Samurai

    c.... ....

    Rtj was I inspired by Aesop’s style

  46. R.... G....

    Word up.

  47. T.... ....

    I feel a rapcore vibe to this like just the beginning, it's a great way to start an album tbh

  48. c.... ....

    Best song on the album.

  49. T.... G....

    Can someone explain why i was listening to a playlist full of wwe theme songs and this randomly came on? Was it in one the games or something? Its awesome either way

  50. G.... F....

    If u r listening to this album I give a 👍🏿 not yachty shit

    G.... F....

    Grant Forbrig yachty is actually really good in my opinion but Aesop destroys him in every way

    G.... F....

    Cassete Click I respect your opinion but I can I get a reason why u like yachty

    G.... F....

    Grant Forbrig Bruh I vibed through the whole album

    G.... F....

    @Grant Forbrig he is fun. Nothing else. Sometimes you need some more stupid things and not dark themes like on this album. Plus I actually really like his voice. He's funny to. Even his worst songs are at least enjoyable. Plus he's adorable. Like a teddy bear rapping lol.

  51. s.... m....

    wow big

  52. R.... A....

    fucking amazing

  53. C.... V....

    damn aesop this is 🔥🔥🔥🔥

    C.... V....

    the whole album 🔥🔥

    C.... V....

    Carlos Valencia agreed

  54. W.... D....

    So dope

  55. B.... C....

    imposssibruuuuu

  56. T.... C....

    this song is a fucking

    T.... C....

    Tucker Cawley yeah learn it

    T.... C....

    Nice Kreator pic, always good to see a old school guy listening to some killer rap.

    T.... C....

    GOOD KIND OF

    T.... C....

    Da fuck did you just say ?

    T.... C....

    mystery fish?

  57. F.... ....

    Found Aesop rock about 3-4 years ago through EpicNameBro, no regrets..

    F.... ....

    ayy is that no regrets a reference to Labor Days?

    F.... ....

    Hah, I didn't even know ENB liked Aesop. He turned me on to Windmills though.

  58. T.... E....

    Whose sumner?

    T.... E....

    road/alley he lived on in San Fransisco

  59. J.... L....

    I acknowledge this is a very nerdy question but Aesop def seems videogame-literate so maybe this isn't a shot in the dark: does anyone recognize the FM synth bit that comes in at 1:11? It sounds a lot like an Adlib sound card, like from an old DOS game. Could easily be an original creation for the album, but it has that authentic FM sound that made my ears perk up. Anyone who can answer this Q conclusively gets huge props :]

    J.... L....

    JP LeBreto

    J.... L....

    JP LeBreton I was honestly thinking this sounds ALOT like Mario 3 on the flying ship level...could just be me but it sounds hella close to it

    J.... L....

    Cameron Hammond sounds like Starfighter to me honestly

    J.... L....

    I know you posted this like 2 years ago but hes definitely into video games and all that shit.. theres references to games in a lot of his music. And then theres this old documentary from the early 2000s about def jux (el ps record label aesop used to be on) and they are all chilling playing like gta and talking about violence or some shit.

    J.... L....

    100% :)

  60. E.... S....

    AESOP IS A LITERARY A LYRICAL GENIUS! <3 <3

  61. T.... ....

    I wonder why he left San Francisco....

    T.... ....

    Delve into a site like Genius.com and analyze the lyrics of Impossible Kid yields ya perspective into why he left and much more about Aes. This song in particular displays his SF neighborhood as quite a scene of aimless, disease-ridden, filthy and unhealthy to the human mind. I don't blame him for leaving.

    T.... ....

    +GramOf AnCapisce I was being sarcastic....I live in SF Tenderloin, I understand what he's talking about.

    T.... ....

    I'm glad you get it... but just a friendly aside, the internet is a poor place for translating sarcasm. Glad you like this track as much as i do!

  62. T.... S....

    This is my fave album yet, idk how he does it

  63. L.... S....

    opened up my lexicon flow, nuttin' better high nor low.
    All a sudden up in a jam, jelled to the max, said blam to the flim flam
    Not gonna front for uncle sam
    nor sell my ass for half a gram

  64. d.... w....

    whoever thought the people that would keep hip[ hop alive would be a bunch of middle aged white guys

    d.... w....

    @Peoples Hernandez whats even more hilarious to me is that if you look at my original comment it literally has none of the controlling words you use in your arguments.. I never once said anything about keeping hip hop alive or being relevant to the time(in that comment) though he certainly is all of those.. wether its fits into your narrow view now or in a few months..

    d.... w....

    @Justin Oxton do you not know what conversation you're in? The original comment you replied to was about the artists keeping hip hop alive. Don't change the subject.

    d.... w....

    @Justin Oxton if you don't even have one song name then you're full of shit. Just stop already. I've been waiting on this album for a decade and not one song from it has come out.

    When it does come out, then you can claim Tech is keeping hip hop alive. But until it actually does, he has not been for quite some time.

    d.... w....

    @Peoples Hernandez yes, because you obviously dictate why I commented.. the subject has not changed, tech is still more relevant than any name you can throw out here. please tell me more about how controlling you are....

    d.... w....

    3 years later and we're still keeping it up

  65. M.... ....

    aesop been busting out bangers since the 90s but this album is special

    M.... ....

    I really agree.

    M.... ....

    Agreed, it's quite the hip hop master piece!

    M.... ....

    impossible kid is okay but you can slowly see him(or hear him, rather) get more comfortable with the new style he's developing

    M.... ....

    'okay' by aesop standards obviously

    M.... ....

    Boomer making bangers and I am dowwwwwn.

  66. S.... D....

    am I hearing references to 2003 film "bug" in this?

    S.... D....

    Hahaha wouldnt put it past him

  67. l.... ....

    fuck meek mill this shit is legend

    fucking timeless. music for earthworms was my shit until this dropped

    l.... ....

    Skate 707

    707!

  68. N.... G....

    Ran across your music through Optic and damn is it good. Keep it ip

    N.... G....

    Hecz Vlog?

    N.... G....

    Yes that is correct

    N.... G....

    Hope you've went back and checked out his older shit too! everything this dude has ever done is straight fire, you can even find ancient videos of him freestyling in record shops and shit

  69. J.... C....

    Optic anyone ?

    J.... C....

    Hecz's vlogs are god tier

  70. V.... V....

    "turn 5 into 5,6,7,8"

  71. B.... T....

    "Circle the source of his power"

    B.... T....

    I wonder what "foresight" he gleaned from the corner of Howard.

  72. H.... F....

    I played this at a pond and something splashed up at me. #Mysteryfish.

  73. L.... S....

    His music got me through highschool and college love it.

  74. p.... ....

    This 🔥 Q_Q

  75. B.... T....

    The übermach !

  76. W.... ....

    he opened up with this last night in San Francisco. 😱😱

    W.... ....

    I wish I was there :/ i couldn't make it out there

    W.... ....

    I went last time he was in SF during his bestiary tour

  77. S.... J....

    a trail of crumbs that only I can follow

    S.... J....

    You ain't the only one my boy ☀👽⚡🔥🐯🐲🐸🎃🎥📷💻☎📺💊💣🏀🏈👙🎸🚀

  78. B.... J....

    I normally don't listen to rap and hip hop, but I got to say this is awesome.

    B.... J....

    "one"? of the best... naw m8 he is the GOAT! As far as an Emcee There is no one who is as lit as Aesop.

    B.... J....

    Bob Jones That's good to hear

    B.... J....

    brennan eaton ever hear of Eyedea?

    B.... J....

    ah bob jones. such a classic comment. if you don't listen to hip hop and you are commenting on hip hop then we should pretty much ignore everything you say because you have no idea what youre talking about.

    B.... J....

    Fuck white and black, I only care about skill and Eyedea fucking carried this shit, and when Eyedea died Aesop rose up and carried the whole world of hip-hop on his shoulders like fucking atlas. Nobody is better than Aes or eyedea, though many very great MCs come close, literally nobody is on this level. Period.

  79. P.... ....

    Yo ace, did you get inspired by a band called Maserati for this production? so fucking dope.

    P.... ....

    @Proximus Daviticus Trust me, listen closely throughout different tracks and you'll hear it

    P.... ....

    +ReppeNThA707 I'm a musician and I'm covering this song currently. so yeah, I have heard it closely. And I'm still right. now you listen closely.

    P.... ....

    @Proximus Daviticus pretentious much? Lol that doesn't mean shit

    P.... ....

    +Proximus Daviticus Prox is the only reason we're all not dead right now.

  80. H.... A....

    Album of the year so far no doubt

    H.... A....

    @Fat Alberto All in taste my internet compadre.

    H.... A....

    Fat Alberto el producto been one of the most talented since the early 90's. Always been slept on becsuse hes not simple minded.. But one simplistic song about 9/11 in a sad country song is prob gonna go platinum. Manipulate emotions of The American populous during a crisis. Smart business tactic, but a shitty thing to do and still lack talent.. Shit I'll go put on a 10 gallon hat on and some boots and sing about the Boston marathon bombings and get a damn record deal. If your in the 5% of blessed individuals that have everything paid for and never had a real problem or obstacle to face in life i
    I'd probably see how 'amazing' we are to live in America. And that's an assumption, I don't know you personally, so take it with a grain of salt . RTJ is popular because they don't bite their tongue. Shit, El-P been telling people that the elites of our country run the largest pedophile ring in the world next to Australia..but yet he's a communist for doing so when there is empirical evidence supporting his reasoning? If anything he's showing people to open their fucking eyes for once and see America was built on Lies. But follow the blind, it's your prerogative.
    You can deny it, that's your opinion but I mean court cases are open for public view specifically on pedophilia and have proof that CIA, FBI, high ranking members in Congress and prob the damn president have ties to these sickening pedo rings..and that's only America. It's a global syndicate of these sick over privileged fucks doing this with no repercussions. each case gets dismissed and the person who was the whistle blower ends up dead. Most recent would be Chris Cornell from audioslave and soundgarden and Chester bennington from L.P.. both were gonna expose the shit that happens and both found dead of hanging..cmon. They were best friends. America is like that family that portrays to be perfect when in reality the inside of that house is hell. Not saying we are the worst, but definitely not the best. Corruption is rampant but the second you accuse your the next to be done with. We are expendable. Land of the limited and home of the enslaved. They just make music that hits the nail on the head about what happens behind closed doors and that doesn't make a commi, that opens up perspective. No hate, you have your ways of thinking as do I.

    H.... A....

    just don't go there for the point that i don't want a fire wa..... oh shit

    H.... A....

    Hands down...

    H.... A....

    One of the best hip hop albums of the decade thats for sure!

  81. L.... T....

    This album is pure fire! I wanna go see this guy live!

    L.... T....

    Kills it brothaaa!! Just caught him last night in Philly

    L.... T....

    I'm seeing him tonight in atlanta

    L.... T....

    I just did here in billings montana it was siicckk..

    L.... T....

    I saw him live in the smallest club in Seattle, maybe 200 people. Shit was dope

    L.... T....

    @LRShark i missed it 😭

  82. K.... �....

    Maybe YouTube shouldn't advertise Red Lobster Restaurants on a video titled 'Mystery Fish'....

    K.... �....

    People still commenting on this means people still listen to Aesop. Im not alone!

    K.... �....

    @You Tube
    Ayyye we out here

    K.... �....

    You Tube WE OUTCHEA

    K.... �....

    @A7Dad You got a rabies sale ad ?
    Half-off Hydrophobia ?
    🤣

    K.... �....

    @Brain Mog Nah but that's hella funny

    Holy shit it's been 3 years

  83. W.... M....

    God damn this album is God tier

  84. D.... B....

    best album of the year maybe?

    D.... B....

    @*****
    Wiz lyrics:

    All I do is smoke weed and get paid
    That jealousy I can see in they face
    That green is all that I make, call it fate
    Or call me perfect with timing
    Call me crazy, don't call my phone
    Call me covered with diamonds
    Call me boss man, young Khalifa man

    Aesop Lyrics:

    Sign of the time we elapsed
    When a primate climb up the spine and attach
    Eye for an eye, by the bog's life swamps and vines
    They get a rise out of frogs and flies
    So when a dog fights hog-tied prize sorta costs a life
    The mouths water on a fork and knife
    And the allure isn't right
    It's gore on a war-torn beach
    Where the cash cows actually beef
    Blood turns wine when I leak for police
    Like 'That's not a riot, it's a feast, let's eat.'

    if this doesn't answer your question, I don't know what will.

    D.... B....

    ''LMAO'' did I sound like I was joking.....you asked a question and I gave you the means to answer it. I could give two shits less if its not within your context. Moving along

    D.... B....

    Either this lead poison or layers tbh

    D.... B....

    Definitely.