The Mandate

[Intro]
The sound of wind that’s fast blowin’
The cracklings of brown grass growing
I’ve seen gravity and I know what silence feels like
It’s easy to see distant galaxies
If you turn out the light

[Verse 1]
We had the perfect view, we’re over it now
We‘re waiting for closure, these days we’re not sober
In a world needing space
Couldn’t smell, couldn’t taste

I’d hardly made my Eifel post
When we escaped Paris
The skyline fades, the border closed
We’re high over the sea
So let’s make love on carpet floors
Cause now we’re all indoors, oh

What a world that was made
When the world went away

[Chorus]
When we heard, “Hey, go home”
These herbs, homegrown
Three birds one stoned
Three words, ain’t nut’n wrong

[Verse 2]
We heard the breaking news, we’re all in it now
Be patient I told her, the cranes will fly over
Then the world went and change’s
In a whirl it was strange
You almost cry thru grannies eyes
‘Cause she sees 95
It’s no surprise you’ve got her drive
And she seems so alive
So you drive by with your invite
But you can’t go inside, no

It occurred in my brain
How absurd, I exclaimed

[Chorus]
When we heard, “Hey, go home”
These herbs, homegrown
Three birds, one stoned
Three words, ain’t nut’n wrong

[Rap]
We fuckin’ now fuck platonic
You fuck wit that that’s ironic
That sho is black, that’s Ebonics
Yo mask is matching yo bonnet
I know you want it
I guess we outta the closet
When the world went and changed
We were running in place

[Bridge]
I wanna go faster
The people in the trees
Are peaceful in the breeze
Just one more shot for we levitate
We done forgot ‘cause we medicate

What a world that was made
What a world, what a place

[Chorus]
When we heard, “y’all go home”
These herbs, homegrown
Three birds, one cloned
The nerve, y’all go’on