[Intro: Hardcore-rap male MC, eerie low keys, three knocks, barked warning] Word up, three knocks, you know what it means Halloween underground where the lamp barely gleams [Verse 1: Hardcore-rap male MC, hard knocking boom drums, barked hardcore-rap bars] Every old head on the crew got a habit, son Break a crust off the sandwich and they leave it on the one Little beam by the heading where the timber get thin For the knockers in the dark so they let you back in I been laughing at it twenty years, eating every crumb Telling Eddie with the lamp, "Man, you feeding air, you dumb" Halloween, the cage rattle and the seam go deep Whole crew quiet and the coal dust creep Got my bread in my teeth and my boots in the black And I swear on my name I ain't leaving none back [Pre-Hook: Hardcore-rap male MC, drums drop to a single kick, menacing bars] Then I hear it in the timber, knock, knock, knock Eddie turn around and the whole crew stop [Hook: Hardcore-rap male MC, full knocking beat, barked hardcore-rap hook] Three knocks in the timber, that's the knockers saying run Knock off early or they knock you off, son Leave a crust on the beam for the ones in the black Knock off, knock off, and don't you ever look back [Verse 2: Hardcore-rap male MC, low rumbling bass, harder barked bars] I said, "That's the props settling, that's the rock getting cold" Then it knocked three more like it's knocking on my soul Eddie grab my collar, say, "You coming or you staying?" Every man on the heading running out without saying Lamps swinging, boots slapping, and the dust in a cloud Knock knock knock, getting closer, getting loud Got the bread in my fist and I'm running with the rest And the knocking running with us like it's banging on my chest [Pre-Hook: Hardcore-rap male MC, drums drop to a single kick, menacing bars] Then I hear it in the timber, knock, knock, knock Eddie turn around and the whole crew stop [Hook: Hardcore-rap male MC, full knocking beat, barked hardcore-rap hook] Three knocks in the timber, that's the knockers saying run Knock off early or they knock you off, son Leave a crust on the beam for the ones in the black Knock off, knock off, and don't you ever look back [Bridge: Hardcore-rap male MC, timber crack, a long splintering timber crack runs across the beat, then the drums slam down as the roof comes in] Roof come in where the heading used to be Every man counting heads and the last head was me Laughed it off in the truck with a beer on the way Home by two and the kitchen dead quiet and gray Then the wall by the stove, knock, knock, knock So I put a crust on the sill and I'm sitting by the clock [Final Hook: Hardcore-rap male MC, full knocking beat, loudest barked hardcore-rap hook] Three knocks in the timber, that's the knockers saying run Knock off early or they knock you off, son Leave a crust on the beam for the ones in the black Knock off, knock off, and don't you ever look back [End]
