milo - Lester Freamon Toe-Taps The Blues Lyrics

Lyrics:

Opportunity's knock was really just the pizza man
I have the unactualized potential of seven human beings
Trapped in this frail frame with ashy knees
I roll this desecrated corpse out of bed with the strength of Hercules
Brewing a cup of coffee is no small fucking feat!
Matter of fact, neither is shuffling my feet
I'm prone to mumbling
Because my mind is a rock-garden that you stumbled in
At them we thumb our noses upwards
And I swear to God I'd give my life for one of my brothers
You can be Donnie Darko, I'm more like Donnie Brasco
I'll always be poor, that way I keep the taxes low
I'm an imposter, this genre is incorrect
I just wanted to be the next Inspectah Deck

I think I'm really alive
And while that's really good enough for me
I used to waste prayers so other rap guys would like my songs
And I read the Tao Te Ching and realized I was completely wrong
I guess it could be Either/Or like Kierkegaard
I swear I hate these rappers as much as Tipper Gore
Even so, I should build a better rapport
If all else fails, I'll open up a bodega or corner store
Honey buns is ten cents, barrel juices for a nickel
My father taught me how to get myself out of a pickle
I got a dream where I drink milk from glass bottles
And I don't own a car or anything with a throttle
I'm picking gigantic apples with Robin Pecknold
And even when the deck is stacked, I'll never fold
I'm pensive, yes, and at my dreamiest
If you couldn't tell, I don't drink, but I've been reading Boethius

My homies are boy-scouts who give directions with a compass rose
I'm a hornball who will probably hump your nose
I'm a slave to all my insecurities
And the tragic hero in a play by Euripides
Every single one of my heroes has let me down
But I guess that's how a young man gets his feet off the ground
Look here, my Vonneguts, I'll probably have a hissy fit
A rocket scientist whose day job is picking nits
I'm sort of like the Alton Brown of this shit

I wish hospital gift stores sold hugs
I live decadently with thrifted Persian rugs
Sitting in one place, meditating for eons
Is how I managed to feel so great, surrounded by peons
I don't mean to get so egotistical
Fumbling with the words to this old negro spiritual
I live in Wisconsin, I've never met Justin Vernon
Should I abandon this life to be a busslin' herdsman?
I've flirted with girls who only spoke Farsi
I feel at home in a cabin, on Lake Eskutassis
I cry every time I watch the Shawshank Redemption
I'm not angry with Young Money Cash Money Billionaires
But when these walls fall down, I know who'll be ill-prepared
Opportunity's knock was really just the pizza man

Why this not blow up

Donny Darko!😎

Love this song

these r nom de rap bars! @1:25 @yomilo, never heard bout that compass "rose" in the scouts!

still my shit in 2018

"Opertunity's knock was really just the pizza man..." might me one of my favorites quotes ever

Good line, also love the Captain Murphy photo man, totally under appreciated album

Love this guy, he makes really deep songs.

Love The Wire reference!

<3 I love your music so much ... It's SO AWESO

awesome. what's the name of the beat?

its from the Flywrench OST

keep doing what you're doing man, seriously never stop

Love from Canada, we've heard your lyrics up here, come to the nation's capital and I'll make sure that you drink free beer.

"I rose this desecrated corpse out of bed with the strength of Hercules" is like my mantra. I recite it to myself every day when I wake up now. seriously dude listening to your music is like looking into a mirror. so good it gives me dem goosepimples.

This beat really really suits you man <3 Especially that horn line at the end.

You're fucking awesome, Milo. Please never stop rapping.

@dkrebs11 yes

@PenobscotExpedition for sure, I didn't even realize! Is the entire album produced by Baths?

@dkrebs11 Baths (producer of this track) didn't sample on this. but yeah it def has that Andy McKee feel doesnt it?

this sample sounds like the acoustic guitar player Andy Mckee..

Shiiiiieeett

art bro