The opening track off of Tribe One’s Crisis On Intimate Earths, “Dirty South Swamp Thing” consists of fun cross references and great examples of smashing lore and slang into one.
[Chorus]
I'm a dirty south swamp thing
I'm a dirty south swamp thing
I'm a verb slurring
Word of mouth
Nerdy style Don King
Dirty south swamp thing
I'm a dirty south swamp thing
[Verse 1: Tribe One]
Forget whatever you heard; I was saying blue urns
I'm a client and the president
Who's serving more than two terms
I'm flyer than a blue bird; I'm sicker than a flu germ
All my Reed Richards
Laying down the foundation for the future
I pave a new lane when I'm playing this game
Never making any u-turns
And I never made a left go ahead and take an educated guess
Then tell me: What did you learn?
I'll never take a rest; never give it any less
'til I'm sitting down In Between Two Ferns
Remember the name ladies and gentlemen
I'm Henry James; Watch how the screw turns
A mix of Toy Story
Lord [?] and Sinatra
Less Rolls Royce Phantom
More Phantom of the Opera
Add a little bit of Doctor Fate
Into the Pollock and inadequate[?]
For handling the hot stuff
Ah yes
Probably gotta call me Wally West
A bottle rocket when you're caught up in a bottleneck
And if I'm not the best
I'll make a target out of all your favorite artists
Because all of them are not a stretch
I got the green light
Never[?] get stuck
Seems like it's way too soon to give up
That'll be like Scrooge McDuck
Saying his money pit is
Too huge dude
Isn't huge enough
Something wonderful about the
Way I'm running my mouth and how I set down
When I get up in front of a crowd
If you're tempted to think I'm
Heaven sent from up in the cloud
Remember that I come from the south and i am a
[Chorus]
Dirty south swamp thing
I'm a dirty south swamp thing
I'm a verb slurring
Word of mouth
Nerdy style Don King
Dirty south swamp thing
I'm a dirty south swamp thing
I'm a dirty south swamp thing
I'm a dirty south swamp thing
I'm the nerd that you heard about
Kirby Crown comics king
Dirty south swamp thing
I'm a dirty south swamp thing
[Verse 2: Tribe One]
I don't use the n-word Call me Edward Nigma
While I put together puzzle pieces of the bigger picture
Every single syllable delivered
As if it was scripture and I'm gripping the clip
With an itchy Chrono Trigger finger (Rah!)
Spitfire; Cold burning trash talk (Rah!)
Devil rhyme-a-saur
Old Dirty Batroc
One half Sasquatch
Other half Axe Cop
I draft all my raps backwards in caps lock
I got clear eyes and a full heart
And I came here riding on a bull shark
When all y'all got called on a false start
I'm Bruce Wayne batting out of this ball park
Let's begin fresh; I'ma shed my skin
My persona's similar to Shin Megaten
Getting my inner demons together
And assembling them into
Something better than I've ever been
32 years young, gifted and black
Spitting the tongue twisting-ous rap
And every bit of it's fact on the attack
When I'm killing the track
Taking what I'm given and then giving it back
This the story of my origin
A sort of ordinary, normal, boring kid
Who wasn't concerned about prom king
'til I turned my tenure
As an honorary member
Of the West Coast Avengers
To a god damn mother effin'
[Chorus]
Dirty south swamp thing
I'm a dirty south swamp thing
I'm a verb slurring
Word of mouth
Nerdy style Don King
Dirty south swamp thing
I'm a dirty south swamp thing
I'm a dirty south swamp thing
I'm a dirty south swamp thing
I'm the nerd that you heard about
Kirby crown comics king
Dirty south swamp thing
I'm a dirty south swamp thing
Tribe One released Dirty South Swamp Thing on Sat Sep 20 2014.