Calypso Gene

[Intro: E L U C I D]
(We get what we really ask for)
Dip me in the water
Dip me in the water

[Verse 1: billy woods, billy woods & E L U C I D]
I used to hustle with your grandmother
Used to party 'fore you was even thumb-suckin'
She lived out the sticks where you could get 'em by the dozens
Get 'em off like nothin'
Used to let me hold the door keys
I usually kept a lil' somethin' like, ''What you need?''
Might crack you a piece like, ''Hold that''
That's that old, old foot-stompin', handclap
That dip me in the watеr
Wash me clean, the watеr black
Dip me in the water

[Verse 2: E L U C I D]
Run between from corner to sink
Every wrinkle seen rinsed and steamed
Starched and pressed, creased, cut clean
Say it with my chest, ninety-nine steps
Too late to tell, none for the one time
Wide be gates of hell
Burning gas, standing still
There's a way to crash
Sleepwalkin' where the blade splits
Razor's edge against leather grain
Tan strap, silly gon' shave, mister
It's the
Stride like Moko Jumbie, come see
High as the tide rise, we used to be a country
Wash me clean, too much I can't unsee
Hungry
Wild kipper by the fistful
Beetroot for the ticker
Might have to kill what I wish for
No place, no place here for me
Before I go under

[Interlude: E L U C I D]
Dip me in the water
Dip me in the water
Dip me in the water
Dip me in the water
Dip me in the water
Dip me in the water
Dip me in the water (I would like to bring it to the attention of the man)
Dip me in the water
Dip me in the water
Dip me in the water
Dip me in the water (Everybody)
Dip me in the water
Dip me in the water
Dip me in the water

[Verse 3: billy woods & E L U C I D]
The river is the border, but border is the river (Dip me in the water)
Snipers watch me swim, two-point-seven pounds of pressure on that trigger
Gaugin' the wind through narrow eyes
Three sisters over the cauldron
"Ode to Autumn" in an old notebook I'm leafin' through like Nas
Didn't recognize my own hand at first
Half surprises, still leaves on the trees
I got half a mind to slide in the water, let it carry me out to sea
The water gentle, the water deep
Nobody speaks, certain things you just know in a dream
The hum of the engine, the thrum of the seat
Father lift me out the car, half-dead
Carry me in to sleep
That's still what love feel like to me
Tryna hold it together, the picture can't keep
Mosquito net had a small hole
The moon floatin', the water so cold
The sun rise and set 'til it don't

[Outro: Silka & Cleo Reed]
Dip me in the water
Dip me in the water
Dip me in the water
Dip me in the water
Dip me in the water
Dip me in the water
Dip me in the water
Dip me in the water (I would like to bring it to the attention of the man)
Dip me in the water
Dip me in the water
Dip me in the water (Everybody)