The Other Black Dog Lyrics

The Other Black Dog - Genesis Owusu

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Intro]

A tale of black dogs with golden leashes

Broken stories told facetious

Who's the pet and who's the teacher?

Hey, hey, hey, hey

[Verse 1]

All my friends are hurting, but we dance it off, laugh it off

Scars inside our shoes but we just tap it off, clap it off

Watch me coat in rainbow as I fade into the black

And see, I switched myself to plastic, don't know how to change it back

I'm being eaten on the inside, at least I look like a snack

I haven't come out of my shell but don't know how long 'til I crack, ooh

Do your dance right, pop a Xan right

Fake romance right, live the trance right

Smoke a plant right, miss a chance right

Pray your hands right, dodge the glance right

Doing whatever you do

To make sure that you don't get stuck in the truth

The green will not change what you're living from, blue

And when you come down that's a terrible view

Kill the thought that everyone you know

Could care about you slippin' from control

Embrace the blackness clouding on your soul

And make it pretty deep inside your hole

[Chorus]

I want to be your number one

You'll hold me to the sky

I want to be your golden thorn

You'll love me 'til you die

I want to be your shield and sword

You'll never be the same

I want to be your flesh and bone

You'll take me to the grave

[Verse 2]

My chest empty, my brain on fire (Fire, fire, fire, fire)

I fight myself to pass the time (Time, time, time, time)

He looks at me with crimson eyes (Eye, eye, eye, eye)

Then hugs me with the greyest tide

I see the darkness creeping through the peephole

Felt the grip it had on all my people

Heard the screams from park to slum to steeple

Shining sugars dressed outside the evil

Watch yourself, watch your way

Life ain't shit but a theatre play

Learn your lines or get cut today

Smile, don't show no cavity

Won't you save my soul, save my soul? Let my body grow

Putting together two blades of a feather, then pulling apart just to put on a show (Ah)

That's how the story will go (Ah)

The dog with the blackest of bones (Ah)

It rides on the back of my clothes (Ah)

And flocks with a murder like crows (Ah)

[Chorus]

I want to be your number one

You'll hold me to the sky

I want to be your golden thorn

You'll love me 'til you die

I want to be your shield and sword

You'll never be the same

I want to be your flesh and bone

You'll take me to the grave

[Bridge]

(Side by side by side by side by side)

(Side by side by side by side by side)

(Side by side by side by side by side)

(Side by side by side by side by side)

(Side by side by side by side by side)

(Side by side by side by side by—)

[Chorus]

I want to be your number one

You'll hold me to the sky

I want to be your golden thorn

You'll love me 'til you die

I want to be your shield and sword

You'll never be the same

I want to be your flesh and bone

You'll take me to the grave

[Post-Chorus]

Young nigga shit, nigga, we don't age

Young nigga shit, nigga, we don't age

[Outro]

Oh, what, you don't know what you're feeling? (Say it to me)

You tryna cope but you ain't dealing (Say it to me)

You see the cracks up in the ceiling (Say it to me)

You wanna see when you start healing (Say it to me)

Oh, what, you don't know what you're feeling? (Say it to me)

You tryna cope but you ain't dealing (Say it to me)

You see the cracks up in the ceiling (Say it to me)

You wanna see when you start healing (Say it to me)

Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, ha

Ah, shit, oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Yeah, ha, that's good