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Paper Crowns

from Blue Over Grey by Antonius Block

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Is there power in money or is there money in power?
Live in ceiling fan minutes, getting bored by the hour
I used to seek out the art, that was the stuff I devour
Then I stopped smoking pot, now I been lost in my thoughts
I just been riding the porch, cause I won’t carry a torch
I’d probably die for the cause, I should’ve been something smarter
I been in love with the martyr, canary yellow the miner
Then the bury the fellow, with purple satin the liner
Trouble sat in the road, he never did what he told
He said “I’ll never grow old” & so he never grew old
——I guess that’s just how it go
——life ebb & it flow
Anywho—got some things that need be said
I’m tryna live out the thoughts in my dreamy head
If my words are untrue than bleed me red
Rather have some regrets than to see me dead

I know I lack what things make you say, “wow”
If I’m a loser can I lose you now?
I prefer the ones who chose to stick around
Despite my empty sounds, faithful frowns, paper crowns

Is there money in power or is there power in money?
I been wondering the same shit since Doug Funny
Now, I got time to kill—I don’t work on the Mondy
Just been working on myself, I done been through hell
Now I care on my health, try not to think on my wealth
Cause the bank account been fine I tell the teller farewell
Finances used to make me feel vulnerable
Now I’m working three jobs living comfortable
That’s right I write, I serve, I teach—got my own spot, ain’t a reach
I’m like Leo on the Beach, I done found my paradise
In a pair of brown eyes, hair tied, with thick thighs
Til I’s red-eyed, downsized, & suicidal
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But if there’s one thing that I figured out, life is just a paper route
They try to keep you tapered down, don yourself a paper crown


There’s a lot that we can’t control, that’s how it goes
Don’t stop better stay afloat, we know, we know

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from Blue Over Grey, released January 8, 2021

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J & Baby Bobby making rhythms & grooves. They met in the kitchen of a farm-to-table restaurant, bonding over Yorke, Badu, Owens, Hynes, & Blake.

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