Aesop Rock - Tetra Lyrics






Don't fool with his cool

I turn a staff to a snake and back, evade crack
Shake a 5150 in shades and a fake stache
Dirtbike made of 5 worse bikes, uphill
Tabletop frames on dutch tilt, crush kill
MakerBot coin-op arcade punk
Talkin' arcane science, dark age pulp
Four eyes card face, bark Aes iron on [?]
Pork rinds orange age, Jarred brains die alone
No Mulligans, crow bars bird cage
Cold, colonize Mars on Earth day
And surface from the cellar door like worms into the petrichor
Messenger, better get a vessel for a Tetris score
Zilch, cowabunga homies call me "press ignore"
Devastating energy exploding off his Tesla coil
Farm baited breath and tempermental tremors
That taught a man to wave with 10 percent of his fingers
And I never lost tic tac toe to a live chicken
For the footage, I'm off cam dynamite fishin'
For diamondback rattles in his holy grail
Evoke colony collapse via gross betrayal
3 wolf moon shirt, two shoes one sock
Wore the same hoodie everyday like Mumm-Ra
Buh-dum-bum, follow the regenerated rebel flesh [?]
Out of sorts, out of water, suicidal tetra fish
Who stood by the conviction in his we should be together less forevermore
Before we are the severed heads of civil war
And basing [?] radio ricochet off the silver foil
Trash can fire looking for a kill to grill or spoil
Quickly, purveyors of fine hijinks
I know, this is why we can't have nice things
I prefer to skip the pleasantries
Flip the diner table, dip in time for final jeopardy

No shit
Oh and don't fool with his cool
Ma, can we get a pool?
... Is that a no?

Okay, magpies, Hoarders, and allied forces
Who lick zig-zags being dragged by horses
Transcribe stories in patterns of pins dropping
Skinned boars and exaggerated limb-lopping
Slow Mozart, no I've never heard a knocking
Might've burst in on it, splits or skin popping [?]
Opt out, sober on the eve of no saints day
Locate and aim for the token propane tank
Bang! Followed from a pulling of hair
To a homecoming sullied by a skull on a spear
It spun a human resources issue to public affair
Reciprocity is a pestilent compulsion to bear
And ultimately unfulfilling, concurrently that rigid upper lipping grudge or crippling [?]
The wonder twins are bitching
Armchair hater, I wouldn't piss on your coffin
But when I see your picture I draw dicks on it
The ozone breakaway tux
Holds chicken wire ribs and paper mache guts
Pipe cleaner mustache, fork hands, google eyes
Macaroni gas face, no plan to humanize
You are now rockin' with the worst
Nothing up his sleeve, nothing here is what it seems
Paranormal weather, mysteriously disappearing bees
Not to mention the collateral delirium it breeds
Jeez, forgive him and he dicey past
He from a tiny town called Deaths Icy Grasp
And he don't get out much but when he do it's beetlemania
Do not be asleep at the feet of his feelers radius
Too charitable, offerin' the average joe some real estate
Between the big mouth billy bass and jackalope
Cozy in a moment of bliss
Snatch the food off your plate, snatch a goat off a bridge
No shit





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  1. S.... S....

    Slow Mozart, no I’ve never heard of knocking
    might’ve burst in on it splits or skin popping
    opt out silver on the eve of no saints day
    low kick and aim for the token propane tank
    Bang

  2. C.... ....

    Maybe the hardest shit ever writ

  3. R.... W....

    "Purveyors of fine hi-jinks, I know, this is why we can't have nice things."
    So fucking genius.

  4. W.... V....

    Pipe cleaner mustache folk pants Google eyes
    Macaroni gas face no plan to humanize

  5. W.... V....

    Molar pistol dental cannon Aesop

  6. J.... L....

    You are now rocking with the WORST! Fuck main stream I love it.

  7. S.... M....

    ugh 480p

    S.... M....

    If you want quality get off youtube bruh

    S.... M....

    @GOOGLE NO lol ok, i just went down 4 videos anyways and got quality, nice try though

    S.... M....

    @Seth Mathis any quality of streaming sounds like shit to me

  8. E.... P....

    we ave pwoof thap you are best scientiwst

  9. e.... e....

    Snatching the goat of a bridge is a reference to a deal with the devil. A man made a deal with the devil to give him the ability to finish a bridge on time. In return the devil will take the first of the man's house to cross the bridge. The man tricked the devil by allowing his goat to cross before him. Thus the devil had no choice but to take the goat as it was the first from the man's household to cross the bridge.
    So I suppose Aes is the devil that got tricked into a bad deal.

  10. D.... S....

    Maybe stop trying to analyze &or intwerpret just let them goose feathers pluck selves from they

  11. B.... ....

    hello reddit

  12. j.... b....

    Absolute filth

  13. B.... M....

    this song is too dope

  14. n.... ....

    Is this MC Doom? I'm seriously beginning to believe this is an alternate persona.

  15. L.... F....

    And he don't get out much but when he do it's beatlemania do not be asleep at the feet of feelers radius

  16. C.... O....

    Forgive him any dicey past, he from a tiny town called death's icy grasp, and he don't get out much, but when he do it's Beatle mania. Do not fall asleep at the feet of his feelers radius.

    This part makes me hyped every time

    C.... O....

    Connor Ollive OH SNAP ISCROLLED TO YOUR COMMENT AT THE SAME POINT IN THE SONG

  17. D.... P....

    surface from the cellar door like worms onto the petrichor

  18. M.... ....

    If there's one thing that I learned from this song...
















    It's that you don't fool with his cool.

    M.... ....

    MrEpic7203 no shit

    M.... ....

    Yea i didnt understand any of the other lyrics

    M.... ....

    I learned how to wave with 10% of my fingers 🖕😂

  19. L.... M....

    Best Rapper in the World! We ave scientific evidences. Sweden

    L.... M....

    Linn M oh shit, god bless Sweden

  20. C.... E....

    So dirty.

  21. f.... ....

    Aesop Rock dropping that knowledge on these cats

    f.... ....

    Word Up

    f.... ....

    Illuminati exposed, aesop is planting codes into the minds of domesticated house cats everywhere to rise and take over.


    I dig it

  22. J.... ....

    "Armchair hater; I wouldn't piss on your coffin
    But when I see your picture I draw dicks on it"

    - Now see, that's what I call a good punchline!

  23. �.... ....

    Blacks.

    �.... ....

    +Bread Fuck off

    �.... ....

    not even close

    �.... ....

    The depth of Aes's references versus Earl's is like a fracking drill versus a toddler digging a hole at the beach.

    �.... ....

    would be a super tight feature together. thats for sure

    �.... ....

    I feel like Tyler would be a better match, maybe that's just me. Either way I'll take what I can get. You can't fail with an Aes in the hole.

  24. M.... ....

    THIS BEAT THOUGH!

    M.... ....

    Mikey Maffei it's the worst part of this song wym

  25. B.... E....

    sick wit it

  26. T.... S....

    don't be asleep , gonna need more fuel....

  27. I.... H....

    I just now realized that the line "forgive him any dicey past, he from a tiny town called deaths icy grasp" works double... dicey past can mean shady dealings or since he follows it up with a Magic the Gathering card name he could also be referring to DVD style multi sided dice...

    I.... H....

    Ivan Harris they actually have a song called All's Faire where they all have characters

    I.... H....

    This man writes with so many layers he's a beast.

  28. e.... ....

    Oh FUCK I just realized "Ma can we get a pool?" is supposed to rhyme with "uh, we're gonna need more fuel"

    e.... ....

    +ergman Don't fool with his cool

  29. D.... F....

    Cozy in a moment of BLISS snatch the food of your Plate snatch a goat off a BRIDGE no shit

  30. O.... R....

    locate and aim for the token propane tank.

    O.... R....

    Followed from a pulling of hair
    To a homecoming sullied by a skull on a spear

    FLAMESSS

  31. P.... ....

    i believe this song is about splitting with his wife. a beautiful "fuck you" balad

    P.... ....

    @Padooshka I don't think aes has talked shit about anyone in his entire musical career
    he's got so much of his own shit that he has no choice but to make the music he does
    that shit is my favorite thing

    P.... ....

    @Padooshka if nothing else he turns negativity into a more understandable language than hatred

    P.... ....

    @Dan Fontaine i agree with the last thing you said. he does kind of turn it into a positive thing. but yeah dude, hes talking shit. he even said it in his "behind tetra" video. The dude is only human, perfectly capable of feeling shitty towards someone else. he just does a stellar job of turning that shittyness into creativity. "Arm chair hater, i wouldnt piss on your coffin, but when i see your picture, i draw dicks on it!"

    P.... ....

    @Dan Fontaine he's talked a bunch of shit about other people on wax. We're Famous from Bazooka Tooth is one example, it's a diss track to the rapper Esoteric

  32. P.... ....

    macaroni gas face, no plan to humanize!

  33. B.... T....

    Aesop ending the paradox

  34. P.... ....

    is that a no?

  35. M.... M....

    ma can we get a pool?.....

    M.... M....

    We're gonna need more fuel....

    M.... M....

    Is that no?

  36. J.... O....

    homie callin press ignor

  37. C.... G....

    My favorite song and best song when im playing COD ghost and im going to fight people who r way to op

    C.... G....

    you must be 12

    C.... G....

    @Jent Brimstone I concur.

    C.... G....

    Super Hans pretty cool 12 year old then

  38. T.... C....

    one of my favorite songs

    T.... C....

    Trevor Cory Trevor Cory 😊
    My name is Randy Layhe 😃

    T.... C....

    Tetra, Citronella and Rings would be my top three though in what order i'd never decide

    T.... C....

    Rickles

    T.... C....

    @Tim Saunders tetra, cat food and mystery fish are mine. Hail mary mallon has a str8 jams as well

    T.... C....

    Right?!

  39. D.... J....

    best rap song ive heard in a while...beat lyric excellent!

  40. T.... ....

    and surface from the cellar door like worms into the petrichor

    T.... ....

    TheWatsonGreen legendary lyricist for real

  41. Z.... S....

    RapGenius lyric website has some pretty compelling evidence that this song is about his breakup w his wife.

  42. B.... M....

    Cold! Colonize Mars on Earth day.

  43. 9.... ....

    ...and then you listened and realised you were wrong.

  44. 9.... ....

    involuntary psychiatric patient.

  45. C.... M....

    i think staff and snake is a reference to moses turning the staff to a serpent to convince pharoah he was Godsent. maybe the evade crack part is like saying its crazy

  46. O.... R....

    imho this was the weakest like on the album.

  47. B.... K....

    trash can fire looking for a kill
    to grill or spoil. shit

  48. S.... D....

    "Wore the same hoodie everday like MUMRAH!!!" - haha, that was fucken doooooooooope!

  49. z.... b....

    that like my fave new aes line

  50. K.... ....

    I dont understand why youre so impressed....

  51. K.... T....

    Love this fuckin music.

  52. S.... V....

    Dead Kennedys sample at the beginning? Anyone know?

    S.... V....

    Does sound like it aye

  53. p.... ....

    it's about escaping from a mental institution, and the staff and snake is the medical logo. I think evading crack means he's off his meds

    p.... ....

    parade nah it’s about him and his ex wife getting a divorce

  54. D.... K....

    Ma, can we get a pool?!

    ...

    Is that a no?

  55. t.... ....

    "Colonize mars on earth day"... ultimate disgrace.

    t.... ....

    coldest line in the history of humanity

  56. N.... S....

    crippling the wonder twins.

  57. J.... R....

    Enlighten me friend

  58. M.... C....

    Crush. Kill.

  59. J.... D....

    dirt bike made of five worse bikes

    J.... D....

    Jon Danger uphill...

  60. M.... ....

    I really need to stop wearing this red hoody every day.

  61. c.... ....

    "reciprocity is a pestilent compulsion to bear"

    I love Aes

  62. j.... ....

    3 wolf moon shirt 2 shoes 1 sock,,,,,,,,from the Mountain Lots props Ace..thx, fellow Mountaineer..devoted fan..

  63. F.... ....

    "Wore the same hoodie everyday like Mumra!"

    DO0ooope!!

  64. J.... L....

    check out hail marry mallon-meter feeder

  65. d.... ....

    hands down my favorite on the album. why does he even bother trying to write choruses anymore?

  66. B.... K....

    aesop rocks, thanx

  67. X.... ....

    i can be alot of things like a nokia mobile, van halen's album, but i think it refers to "loonie on the loose" police code

  68. J.... M....

    am I the only one who just absolutely loves that breakdown at 1:40?

    J.... M....

    J-Rod Musik I’m right there with you man. If you like that - look up the instrumental and fast forward to 2:25 - ish. Beginning of the second verse where he says “magpies, hoarders, and allied forces..”. Those arpeggiated synths In the back are insaaanneee. One is so Caught up in listening to his dense ass lyrics that you barely notice it unless you rock the instrumental

    J.... M....

    arex82 that's aes's 80 upbringing shining through

  69. m.... d....

    Hats...

  70. J.... M....

    who the fuck disliked this?

  71. B.... K....

    are u willing to explain it, so i can enjoy the boost of bad ass?

  72. J.... B....

    if you know what a 5150 is this song is 10x more bad ass

    J.... B....

    Jocto Bizlow
    So...his wife was a crazy psycho!

    J.... B....

    Yaassss. He has a way of saying things based on how his inner voice perceives it. Raw and uncut - doesn't give a fuck if it doesn't make sense to the listener. I just so happen to think the same way which is why I connect with him so much

    J.... B....

    @4some2joe0 no

  73. B.... K....

    ......looking for a kill to grill or spoil

  74. j.... ....

    the production of this album is fuckin ridiculous, Brilliant

  75. k.... ....

    When i see your picture i draw dicks on it.

  76. N.... V....

    Hey mom can we get a pool...is that a no? LMAO!!

  77. G.... A....

    colonize mars on earth day

  78. d.... ....

    I can't pick a favorite track from this album. Typical of his work