Aesop Rock - The Harbor Is Yours Lyrics

Dead men tell no tales (Uh-huh)
Up push the daisies till the soil is stale
In a powder blue tux for the farmer's sale (Here we go)
Mr. Big sleep with the carp and kelp

[Aesop Rock:]
Once upon a time in the days of yore
When the people lived fresh outta legend and folklore
There was an old pirate who piloted vile slang
Had a bird perched on him and swash buckled the same
Peg leg navigate him starboard to port
By the nautical starry night yelling "The harbor is yours!"
And you should tell them where you situate the gold
That is unless you'd like a vacation with Davy J-J-J-Jones

Like "walk the plank" for whom the shark thank
Maroon the mutineers consume the souvenirs
And while the shiny spoils piled higher every year
He was suffocating slow in the box of a buccaneer
Ten summers prior on a night like this
Crows nest scopes something afloat to the boats west
Swore it blew him a kiss
When he focus seen the face of an angel upon the body of a
F-f-f-fish

"What the heck!" frazzled, his telescope shattered
Gathered himself she was ghost he was down the rope ladder
To deck circled the vessel 360 swiftly
Found nothing in the water but salt, piss and whiskey
Yarr, heckled by the swabbies at the bar
He'll be the laughing stock of the Barbary Coast War
Like this dude either got two glass eyes
Or he wearing his patch on the wrong s-s-s-side

Now he knew what he saw
But had to prove he was raw
So he raped and he pillaged and
And he feud and he brawled
Try to rekindle his rep via sabers and gun smoke
And vowed to always find her though he never told his cutthroats
Meanwhile, back in the now, got a brand new skeleton crew
On the move out when they aren't manning thirty burning cannons stern and bow
They are prying shiny metals out your m-m-m-mouth

Okay, youth wanes old age holler wisdom and disease
Like the scurvy made his yellow gums bleed
And he was achy from his boots to the feather in his hat
Until his quartermaster showed up with a stolen treasure map
One look down and lept off the dock
See if you can guess where X marked the spot
The capital was buried at sea in a cursed cave
Only one mile from where he'd seen the mer-mer-mer-maid

Anchors up, hoist the jolly roger thank you much
Day and night with his hook hands raised and clutched
But see the vitamin deficiency was strong
So by the time they bumped into the island he could barely lift his grog
Crawled off the boat, collapsed in the sand
Prayers in the air, seashells in his hand
And nary a high tide so grand as the one that put
The lady of the lake on dry la-la-la-land

I wish I could tell you that it ended happy
Pretend like his bones weren't practically snapping
Pretend like her gills didn't dry up and suffer
But that's a half-dead pirate and a fish outta water
No lie, scout's honor, got a million more
From the burgundy lighting above the shores of whores
Before your visions of grandeur go to swell those sails
Remember dead men tell no t-t-t-tales

[Hook - Rob Sonic:]
Dead men tell no tales
Up push the daisies till the soil is stale
In a powder blue tux for the farmer's sale
Mr. Big sleep with the carp and kelp

I never thought that pirate rap would be a genre that I would want more of

Monix Doteexee - that's exactly how I described 'Pomegranate' by Astronautilus. I would def consider that album as 'Pirate Rap'. You should totally check that album out if you want more of that style sound.

;)

LoL

Love the reference to Illmatic

What reference? I can't find it

@congobongo productions it's in the name itself

@Bob Bobs Ahh, The World Is Yours, my favorite Nas song. I don't know how I didn't get it at first

[Dead men tell no tales.
Up push the daisies till the soil is stale
In a powder blue tux for the farmer's sale
Mr. big sleep with the carp and kelp]
Once upon a time in the days of yore
When the people lived fresh outta legend and folklore
There was an old pirate who piloted vile slang
Had a bird perched on him and swash buckled the same
Peg leg navigator starboard to port
By the nautical star of male an the harbor is yours
And you should tell them where you situate the gold
That is unless you'd like a vacation with Davy j-j-j-Jones.
Like "walk the plank" for whom the shark thank
Maroon the mutineers consume the souvenirs.
Come all the shiny spoils piled higher every year
He was suffocating slow in the box of a buccaneer
Ten summers prior on a night like this
Crows nest scopes something afloat to the boats west
Swore it blew him a kiss
When he focus seen the face of an angel upon the body of a
F-f-f-fish.
"What the heck!" grabbed for his telescope
Shatter gathered himself she was ghost he was down the rope ladder
To deck circled the vessel the 360 swiftly
Found nothing in the water but salt, piss and whiskey.
Yarr, heckled by the swabbies at the bar,
He'll be the laughing stock of the barbary coast war
Like this dude either got two glass eyes
Or he wearing his patch on the wrong s-s-s-side
Now he knew what he saw
But had to prove he was raw
So he raped and he pillaged and
And he'd feud and he'd brawl
Try to rekindle his rep via sabers and gun smoke
And battle always find him though he never told cutthroats
Meanwhile, back in the now, Got a brand new skeleton crew
On the move out When they aren't manning thirty burning cannons stern and bow
They are prying shiny metals out your m-m-m-mouth
Okay, youth wanes old age holler wisdom and disease
Like the scurvy made his yellow gums bleed.
And he was aching from his boots to the feather in his cap
Till his quartermaster showed up with a stolen treasure map
One look down and lept off the dock,
See if you can guess where X marked the spot
The capital was buried at sea in a cursed cave,
Only one mile from where he'd seen the mer-mer-mer-maid.
Anchors up, hoist the jolly roger thank you much.
Day and night with his hook hands raised and clutched
But see the vitamin deficiency was strong
So by the time they bumped into the island he could barely lift his grog
Crawled off the boat, collapsed in the sand
Prayers in the air, seashells in his hand
An area high tide so grand it's the one that put the one that put
The lady of the lake on dry la-la-la-land
I wish I could tell you that it ended happy
Pretend like his bones weren't practically snapping
Pretend like her gills didn't dry up and suffer
But that's a half-dead pirate and a fish outta water.
No lie, scout's honor, got a million more
From the burgundy lighting above the shores of whores
Before your visions of grandeur go to slow those sails
Remember that dead men tell no t-t-t-tales

thank you....

https://m.soundcloud.com/samcole09/the-north-is-yours-aesop-rock .. Way better version

its good but not perfect

Dopest Rapper alive and I fuckin Rap!!

This man is modern poet.

I like just about every song here, but this was always the stand out for me.

Five Fingers

This is one of the few songs he focuses on a theme instead of letting his lyricism carry him away

And people think Kanye has skills. Pfft compared to who???

there was an old Pirate who piloted vile slang!

I'd be very disappointed if this song doesn't pop up in the new Pirates of the Caribbean movie...

seriously i have thought that for years. Time to overwhelm universal with e-mails.

They'll probably be so confused about why you're giving them advice on one of Disney's biggest franchises, they won't even get around to wondering who Aes is.

James O'Blivion especially with that kind of attitude.

Joel McFarland I know...those people at Universal have mad attitude problems.

Well if I heard it was in it, I'd see one of the movies. I doubt any Pirates of the Carribean fans are going to dislike one of the movies because it was in it. So I don't really see the problem here.

The greatest rap about pirates ever penned

Captain Dan And The Scurvy Crew are disappointed by this comment. :P

p-p-p-p-p-p-p-enned

Throw your babies in the air.

Where's that weirdo with the fuckin' kazoo?

@Klaste put change in his cup

I. LOVE. THIS. SONG!!! have to listen to it twice every time i hear it

:( The original instrumental is sooo much better

does anyone know where I can find the instrumental for the Original Fishtales?

@***** Wow, what bit you on the ass this morning? 

I can't imagine the instrumentals in this song being any better. One of the best rap beats I've heard, although I'm hardly an authority.

Hear you go man https://m.soundcloud.com/samcole09/the-north-is-yours-aesop-rock

This beat has more of a pirate feel to it. The notes on the other beat were sick but they didn't fit the theme, I'm sure that's why he redid it.

"The face of an Angel upon the body of a fish" :)

Aesop needs to tell more of these fables.

Dead men tell no tales.

By the way, why isn't Rob Sonic credited on this? :D

because it was before he got credits for vocals.
I think it was Blockhead who did the production with Aesop.

#(:^{°]
Moustache whistling in a hat

COME BACK TO IC

Favorite song on the album! Groovy instrumental, fantastic guest rapper, and Aesop at his finest.