Aesop Rock - None Shall Pass Lyrics

Been here since the Definitive Swim album.

I can't believe this is 10 whole years old

I truly believe that the largest vocabulary is divided amongst 3 people, aesop, slug and wayne from letterkenny.

2019 before Decade is over.

Flash that buttery gold
Jittery zeitgeist, wither by the watering hole, what a patrol
What are we to Heart Huckabee, art fuckery suddenly
Not enough young in his lung for the water wings
Colorfully vulgar poacher, out of mulch
Like, "I'mma pull the pulse out a soldier and bolt"
Fine, sign of the time we elapse
When a primate climb up a spine and attach
Eye for an eye, but the bog life swamps and vines
They get a rise out of frogs and flies
So when a dogfight's hog-tied prize sort of costs a life
The mouths water on a fork and knife
And the allure isn't right
No score on a war-torn beach
Where the cash cow's actually beef
Blood turns wine when it leak for police
Like, "That's not a riot; it's a feast, let's eat!"

And I will remember your name and face
On the day you are judged by the funhouse cast
And I will rejoice in your fall from grace
With a cane to the sky, like, "None shall pass"
None shall pass
None shall pass
Now, if you never had a day a snow cone couldn't fix
You wouldn't relate to the rogue vocoder blitz
How he spoke through a NoDoz motor on the fritz
'Cause he wouldn't play rollover fetch like a bitch
And express no regrets, though he isn't worth a homeowner's piss
To the jokers who pose by the glitz
Fine, sign of the swine in the swarm
When a king is a whore who comply and conform
Miles outside of the eye of the storm
With a siphon to lure out a prize and award
While avoiding the vile and bizarre that is violence and war
True blue triumph is more
Like, "Wait, let him snake up out of the centerfold
Let it break the walls of Jericho, ready, go"
Sat where the old, cardboard city folk
Swap tales with heads, like every other penny throw

And I will remember your name and face
On the day you are judged by the funhouse cast
And I will rejoice in your fall from grace
With a cane to the sky, like, "None shall pass"
None shall pass
None shall pass

You tried, you tried, you tried to trick me
You've got a, you've, you've got a, a lot of nerve
I'm, I'm not, I'm not, trying to trick you
I'm try, I'm try, I'm trying to help
Okay, woke to a grocery list, goes like this
Duty and death; anyone object, come stand in the way
You could be my little Snake River Canyon today
And I ran with a chain of commands
And a jetpack strapped where the backstab lands if it can
Fine, sign of the vibe in the crowd
When I cut a belly open to find what climb out
That's quite a bit of gusto he muster up
To make a dark horse rush, like, "Enough's enough!"
It must've struck a nerve so they huff and puff
'Til all the king's men fluster and clusterfuck
And it's a beautiful thing
To my people who keep an impressive wingspan
Even when the cubicle shrink
You got to pull up the intruder by the root of the weed
N.y. Chew through the machine

And I will remember your name and face
On the day you are judged by the funhouse cast
And I will rejoice in your fall from grace
With a cane to the sky, like, "None shall pass"
None shall pass
None shall pass

I'm try, I'm try, I'm trying to help
I'm try, I'm try, I'm trying to help
I'm try, I'm try, I'm trying to help
I'm try, I'm try, I'm trying to help
Help, help, help, help, help, help, help

They always want to help...

someone please explain what exactly is going on in the video


i think i have an idea but im not sure

Zootopia

Arch Stanton i think there may be meaning behind the types of "animals" each person seems to be wearing as a suit. Almost like how Aesop portrays people who fit one of a few new york stereotypes.

Daveed Diggs owes his entire rap career to this man

And it's a beautiful thing
To my people who keep an impressive wingspan
Even when their cubicles shrink...

yeah,finally i'm here after all these years..thank God

Song description of 2019 entire year!!

Probably the only and first artist to ever use a reference to financial domination..."where the cashcows actually beef..." 😂🤣😂Ey Aesop is dope tho💯🔥🔥🔥, I was on acid first time I watched this...what a trip!🤑🥶😱😇😈👀

Here in 2009 and again in 2019, a decade has flown by... FML

I need more music with this kind of beat

When things don't go right, go left🌹

That might have been a great track for SSX: On Tour

*I now have a cane*

*THE PROPHESY HAS BEEN FULFILLED*

I'm trying (was trying) to help.

This song is so powerful! The beats, lyrics & animation are perfection!

one of blockhead's best beats

Daylyt sent me 🚮

Wtf i've heard this beat like everywhere

i think it reminds me of an electronic song... but cant think of which

This was in my watch later. Idk how why or when but thank you whoever put that here.

It must have been MU showing you.

Why didnt I hear this masterpiece sooner

The video is plagiarism of the Polish cartoon "władcy móch" 👎

No, no it’s not

I watched his video and it was 'wylin'.

Does anybody know who is on the wall at 2:06 and 3:06 ?
Feel like it might add an extra layer to this

2:06 looks kinda like karl marx
i dont think it is though

@Potato the Flof It's Charles Darwin... hung on a wall. Could be to glorify, but it's placed behind them which kinda says "formerly glorified but now forgotten". Could be a play on the whole "picture of Jesus in your grandmas living room".

@BenGman thanks

Truly one of most lyrically gifted souls

Most underrated song ever

I typed in _"thou Shalt not pass Aesop"_

0:27 Token.... lol that really sounded like him,

The one time youtube captions nedeed to work and it failed us

Whta the fuck .... Wheres my Jen POPOVICH

Practice or practicing

Welcome to furry town ........ NOnE sHalL pAsS

Come back aesop. We need you more than ever.

lol wtf happened to rap

Anyone in 2019 jammin it?

Yessirr

A classic is timeless ⏰

Anyone in 2019 gonna stop with this bullshit copy and paste comment?

Absolutely, always

simply hipnotic

NY CHEW THROUGH THE MACHINE

Flash that buttery gold
Jittery zeitgeist, wither by the watering hole, what a patrol
What are we to Heart Huckabee, art fuckery suddenly
Not enough young in his lung for the water wings
Colorfully vulgar poacher, out of mulch
Like, "I'mma pull the pulse out a soldier and bolt"
Fine, sign of the time we elapse
When a primate climb up a spine and attach
Eye for an eye, but the bog life swamps and vines
They get a rise out of frogs and flies
So when a dogfight's hog-tied prize sort of costs a life
The mouths water on a fork and knife
And the allure isn't right
No score on a war-torn beach
Where the cash cow's actually beef
Blood turns wine when it leak for police
Like, "That's not a riot; it's a feast, let's eat!"
And I will remember your name and face
On the day you are judged by the funhouse cast
And I will rejoice in your fall from grace
With a cane to the sky, like, "None shall pass"
None shall pass
None shall pass
Now, if you never had a day a snow cone couldn't fix
You wouldn't relate to the rogue vocoder blitz
How he spoke through a NoDoz motor on the fritz
'Cause he wouldn't play rollover fetch like a bitch
And express no regrets, though he isn't worth a homeowner's piss
To the jokers who pose by the glitz
Fine, sign of the swine in the swarm
When a king is a whore who comply and conform
Miles outside of the eye of the storm
With a siphon to lure out a prize and award
While avoiding the vile and bizarre that is violence and war
True blue triumph is more
Like, "Wait, let him snake up out of the centerfold
Let it break the walls of Jericho, ready, go"
Sat where the old, cardboard city folk
Swap tales with heads, like every other penny throw
And I will remember your name and face
On the day you are judged by the funhouse cast
And I will rejoice in your fall from grace
With a cane to the sky, like, "None shall pass"
None shall pass
None shall pass
You tried, you tried, you tried to trick me
You've got a, you've, you've got a, a lot of nerve
I'm, I'm not, I'm not, trying to trick you
I'm try, I'm try, I'm trying to help
Okay, woke to a grocery list, goes like this
Duty and death; anyone object, come stand in the way
You could be my little Snake River Canyon today
And I ran with a chain of commands
And a jetpack strapped where the backstab lands if it can
Fine, sign of the vibe in the crowd
When I cut a belly open to find what climb out
That's quite a bit of gusto he muster up
To make a dark horse rush, like, "Enough's enough!"
It must've struck a nerve so they huff and puff
'Til all the king's men fluster and clusterfuck
And it's a beautiful thing
To my people who keep an impressive wingspan
Even when the cubicle shrink
You got to pull up the intruder by the root of the weed
N.y. Chew through the machine
And I will remember your name and face
On the day you are judged by the funhouse cast
And I will rejoice in your fall from grace
With a cane to the sky, like, "None shall pass"
None shall pass
None shall pass
I'm try, I'm try, I'm trying to help
I'm try, I'm try, I'm trying to help
I'm try, I'm try, I'm trying to help
I'm try, I'm try, I'm trying to help
Help, help, help, help, help, help, help

Still here 2019

Amazing

I came from 7 levels of.jazz to lo-fi hiphop livestream to what ia lo-fi hiphop to this.
Just letting you know

HOW AM I BARELY GETTING INTO THIS

You should listen to Dorks or Daylight/Nightlight then.

This and citronella 🔥🔥

Masterpiece throughout time...

Yes he has a big vocabulary...... But its pointless if you cant convey your message...... Tupac was a ledgend, not because he had a large vocabulary, but because everything he said hit home...... Some may like this..... But u shall pass

@The Sober Thug Aseop said if can't get anything out of his songs. Either you weren't looking hard enough or you didn't care in the first place.

@Night Man that's a convenient statement, exactly the sort of dribble a modern artest states when he creates a bit of art that's shit.......I'm sure he has some intricate work, or some emotional stuff,but he just doesn't convey it well.......Tupac never once said "if I can't find stuff in my work then its ur fault" Tupac didn't need to, real genius dont need to explain themselves

@The Sober Thug just look up the vid "How Aesop Rock writes rhymes". Then you will get a better understanding of his stuff

@Night Man I will dude, if It helps me to understand I will

@The Sober Thug I didn't get his stuff until I watch it. But now I catch new stuff from songs I have heard multiple times.

This takes me back 7 years ago when i was just young and exploring the internet and no one was on this shit now it got millions of views

Playing MW2 and Smoking Weed with Friends for Me.

@Night Man i was more of Cod5 and Bo1 zombies with the bros. Smoking down as well.

@SattleYour SeaHorse And I Still Do.

@Night Man lucky.

We are the nights who say. Nee!

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Sometimes I wonder , Aesop rock

This is trash. Being able to rhyme random words doesn't make you a good artist

He isn't rhyming random words. He's using abstract and complex lyrics with unique vocaulary, his lyrics are multilayered. He tells stories using many different literary devices and it takes many listens to grasp the meaning behind his lyrics. I bet you would say the same stupid statement for Busdriver, Doseone, MF DOOM, Buck 65, El-P, Earl Sweatshirt, Mach Hommy, Lupe Fiasco, Sage Francis, Beast 1333, and more.

He's criticizing modern society and the insecure age we live in how could you not get it

🎤 Super rad!! 🎶 💛 🎛

I stubbed my pp in your Bitch. Like if you sad. 😢😢😢😧😧😧😨😨😨😡😡😢😢😢

Has this video been speeded up?

Everything about this song and video screams 2009, I love it haha

hahha nice

Yep!!! Man this fn spot the f on!!!!
S●LID!!!!!

Imagine I said something cool

https://soundcloud.com/rapperfish/pixar

https://soundcloud.com/rapperfish/bubblecoatapparel

Pixar is fire

Thank God this guy got freed from that Swedish prison!

Lol dummy that Ezap Rooky not Aesop Rock

Nathan Pryer OMG

I will bet you sung 90% of the lyrics wrong

Does he have a speech impediment or is it just because he’s using some effects on layered tracks of his vocals that it sounds odd ?

Here from Doja😂

Still here fucking with it 10 years later

such a chill beat, gives me chills. love the cinematic approach with the video as well, so well done. dudes on some mf doom vibes

Then you should check out the singles they did together.

@Night Man will do!!!

getting some busdriver vibes, this is great!

this is unreal

A$AP Rocky was lyrical before

shut up lmao

@Axis haha why dude ?

This still feels new

Good music for any kind of type o deal

When the nerd gets the aux.

This song slaps hard. Love love love it. I am guilty for playing it on repeat when I cruise around

You should hear Daylight/ Nightlight

DOPE NO DOUBT I don't know what he's saying, however this is one of the most DOPE productions happening to date!

Can someone get me to know aesop rock? How to deconstruct hus lyrics...where to find the breakdown

Look up How Aesop Rock Raps - None Shall Pass.

Lol at this rate i have to be next...

Fn Aes man.....

Working class represent

He's no Cardi B that's for sure.

My, how hip hop has changed the last 10 years

How did this age so well

Lol I put on sub titles and it was so confused

Aesop literally has the biggest vocabulary out of every rap alive and dead. I thought YouTube would have just crashed if you put the Subtitles on one of his songs.

This is really dope!

Its no wonder lupe fiasco says aesop is better than him. Ho...lee... Shit.

Blockhead is a freakin genius. This track is out of this world.

Cyriak?

This reminds me of the score to "Zombie Flesh Eaters". Anyone else feeling that?

Damn I had this on my myspace. Where has time gone

Dope beat great lyrics good rapper nice video perfect

WHOOOO PROODUUCEDD THIISSS?!?!?!?!

Its fucking fire

@Jimbo Johnson Def Jux

Its a shame that people don't want to put time into understanding artists and dismiss them as frivolous cause they don't understand it. Aes is a fucking genius, get on the level people...

If one digs Aesop Rock, one may also dig Busdriver.

John Walker imaginary places from THUG 👍🏻

i have this song and imaginary places in my favs :p

Here from Asmon.