"Off the Hook" genre: Rap
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	Play on Lil Wayne's 'Tha Block is Hot'
	CD: Upsetting Remedy   Label: Stupid and Clever Music Credits: F. Baird / Stupid and Clever Music (ASCAP)
	Lyrics Another warm day, not a cold night, no cloud in sight Men with their nightcaps, babies in beds all tucked in tight And the neighbors, ragin', fightin' over their paychecks Teenage girls cryin' cuz they got caught having phone sex A felt a chill & took another pill & B shut all the blinds & plants fell off the sills & C said "shut up, stand still, nobody move a muscle" But no one felt the truth inside of all the huss-bustle A dark spot was storming, a chaos without warning No sheetrock would contain all the pressure that was forming A hectic time was coming, a tectonic clock was running And the global didn't care if the local might get done in Yet still some well-fed beauty signed up to get her fat sucked And bullets flew among the windows, pulpits, pews, & prayer rugs Sad man murdered his friend, 'cuz he was talkin' loud Some felt alone in the midst of a crowd Chorus: People it rains down hard here — It's a long way people People the gaps grow wide here — It's a far cry people And things come to a head — And it damn near killed me And the lights shine red — But I feel alright! I'm off the hook, I'm off the hook I'm off the hook, I'm off the hook Now there's a baby being pulled out by a big clamp from a red womb A gavel comes down, a burger gets flipped Logger calls out "Timber!", and you get in your bath Commuter wants that seat now, there's a sound from the ground Sub-human squealing, no time to close your ears Skreeee! the world is shaking, three inches right & then three Feet to the other side, no horizontal, where's the door? "Please god it's not my turn", now time gets loose Men are flying that have never gotten up before Fish are flying out of fish tanks onto missing floor The paper boy on his bike, all set to throw out the news Finds himself a tourist in unfamiliar shoes X paws her cross and hopes the big guy shows her the ropes Y can't believe in what he believes, he's givin' up plans to cope Z wants to see & sends out a long look And the rest just sigh 'cuz we're off the hook! Chorus Things come to rest for a sec, just for a moment, foment An angel makes a comment at another one's go at torment Kaboom, bark, & car alarm, baby cry & choir Creep out of the mud as they beat away the fire And strapping fine young heroes reach hands out to the fallen And pretty little flowers trembling as they shudder off all their pollen And back hoes, ambulance, and paramedical waltz "Clear!" get a shock now, "guh-guhn" get a pulse They cry now, skreemin' and wondering why now Freaking out loud, get the cameras to show how News to break now, people on couches say "wow" Crazy men say "now, can we please do it again?" Q on channel 4 says "I miss the sound of his peep" "My underwear, all of it's gone, it wasn't cheap!" "Hey, there's no time for those tears while there's work to be done!" "I still can't believe it — pinch me hon!" Chorus "Yeeeah!" The people shout 'cuz they're off the hook! K-kh-boom! buildings fall 'cuz they're off the hook! Baby shhhhh go to sleep 'cuz you're off the hook! People dance until manana cuz we're off the hook! (People) my hook's big, (people) my hook's blue I'm off my hook (people) what about you? I'm off the hook

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