[Intro - Spoken, low 808s] Yeah... Uh... This for Anton... LaVey... Let's go. [Verse 1] Thank you Anton LaVey, you guided me through the night, Lost boy in a church pew, you gave me second sight. Sorry for my youth, thought you was horns and fire, Mama said you was the devil, preacher called you a liar. But you wasn't no demon, you was mind over myth, Metaphysical teacher with a cold, hard gift. You broke down the psyche, how the ego bleed, How man be animal, with animal needs. Satanic Bible on my desk, not the story they told, It ain't worship, it's wisdom, it's power, it's bold. [Hook] Thank you Anton, you held your head high (head high) When the whole world mocked you, you never died. They called you evil, but you just kept it real (real) Showed me man is god when he knows how to feel. Thank you Anton, you lit up my path (my path) Indulgence, not compulsion, do the math. Thank you Anton, yeah you taught me to stand, My own church, my own temple, my own hands. [Verse 2 - Gangster Flow] Yeah, look - Black suit, shaved head, devil in the details, Ring on the finger, but the mind never fails. You was Freud with a goatee, Nietzsche in a cape, Carnival barker preaching how to escape. Christians say evil, that's fear in a frock, You just held up a mirror, let the truth knock. You said "Man prays weak, beggin' on his knees, I say stand up, take what you need, please." No pearly gates, no guilt trip scam, Responsibility to the responsible, damn. Ayy, gangster with a book, pimp with a principle, Nine Satanic Statements, man, that's invincible. Sins not sins, just human all day, Pride, indulgence, vengeance, let the sheep pray. [Hook] Thank you Anton, you held your head high (head high) When the whole world mocked you, you never died. They called you evil, but you just kept it real Showed me man is god when he knows how to feel. Thank you Anton, you lit up my path Indulgence, not compulsion, do the math. Thank you Anton, yeah you taught me to stand, My own church, my own temple, my own hands. [Verse 3 - The Apology / Clever Bars] Sorry, Anton, I was young, dumb, baptized in lies, Thought you drank blood, thought you praised the skies. Now I read, now I see, you was psych 101, Man the beast, man the god, man the only one. You said love those who deserve it, forget the rest, Vendetta like a virtue, put loyalty to test. Kids in the choir, man they never question, You said question everything, that's the real blessin'. Bar for bar - They want heaven later, you gave power now, They want sheep quiet, you taught wolves how. Mocked in the press, cartoons with the pitchfork, You just laughed, lit a cigar, let the real talk. Baphomet ain't a master, it's a symbol, see? Balance, flesh, wisdom, set the mind free. From '69 to eternity, your name gon' live, Church of Satan on the door, but you taught to give... To self, to strength, to pride unashamed, Thank you for the game, never played their game. [Bridge - Half-sung] Ooh, you was never what they said you was, You was never what they feared, because... You was man, honest man, head high in the storm, You mocked their hell, and you kept me warm. From fear to freedom, from blind to aware, Thank you Anton, for bein' there. [Final Hook - Bigger] Thank you Anton, you held your head high (WAY high) While they pointed fingers, you touched the sky. Called you evil, but you was wise beyond years (beyond years) Metaphysical teacher, drownin' out fears. Thank you Anton, your teachings my guide (my guide) No more devil talk, I see with open eyes. Thank you Anton, rest in power, my friend, Your philosophy gangster 'til the very end. [Outro] Yeah... Thank you Anton LaVey... Head high... Hail Self...
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