That's Just What Snakes Do (Studio MIx)

[Intro] Mmm... Let me tell you 'bout a snake [Hook] MC: Stop playing with the snake! (Crowd: Stop playing with the snake!) MC: Snake gonna bite you! (Crowd: Snake gonna bite you!) [Verse 1] First-time-it-happened-I-wrote-it-off-as-just-a-bad-day Second-time-I-said-well-everybody-deserves-a-grace-day Third-time-sitting-there-with-my-hand-still-in-the-basket Fourth-time-I-had-a-dissertation-and-a-thesis-and-a-casket Told-myself-the-snake-was-just-misunderstood Meanwhile-snake-was-doing-snake-shit-from-the-first-hello See-the-snake-never-lied-never-said-it-was-a-dove Never-wrapped-itself-in-language-that-resembled-love [Hook] MC: Stop playing with the snake! (Crowd: Stop playing with the snake!) MC: Snake gonna bite you! (Crowd: Snake gonna bite you!) MC: That's just what snakes do! (Crowd: That's just what snakes do!) [Verse 2] Now-I-want-you-to-understand-the-specific-kind-of-foolish That-it-takes-to-keep-returning-to-the-thing-you-know-is-ruthless Whole-alternate-dimension-where-the-snake-became-a-bird And-I-just-kept-on-waiting-for-the-universe-to-give-the-word The-universe-was-pointing-at-the-exit-every-damn-day I-was-busy-writing-fan-fiction-about-staying So-the-lesson-wasn't-about-the-snake-at-all The-lesson-was-about-the-hand-that-wouldn't-heed-the-call [Pre-Hook] Snake was a snake (echo: snake was a snake) Always gonna snake (echo: always gonna snake) [Hook] MC: Stop playing with the snake! (Crowd: Stop playing with the snake!) MC: Put your hand in your pocket! (Crowd: Put your hand in your pocket!) MC: Snake gonna bite you! (Crowd: Snake gonna bite you!) MC: That's just what snakes do! (Crowd: That's just what snakes do!) [Verse 3 - Male, maximum velocity, rapid-fire stacking] Here-is-the-part-nobody-puts-in-the-self-help-section-of-the-bookstore You-ain't-mad-at-the-snake-you-mad-at-the-person-who-kept-looking-for-more Maybe-there's-a-plot-twist-where-the-snake-becomes-a-pastor Spoiler-there's-no-twist-the-snake-is-still-a-snake-in-every-damn-page And-you-the-one-who-kept-on-reading-hoping-something-changed Was-a-Tuesday-nothing-special-nothing-grand-no-revelation Just-put-my-hand-back-in-my-pocket-and-I-walked-to-my-destination The-snake-was-in-the-basket-and-the-basket-had-a-lid All-I-had-to-do-was-close-it-and-walk-out-into-the-day And-the-snake-is-still-in-there-and-I-am-gone-and-that-is-okay [Final Hook] MC: Stop playing with the snake! (Crowd: Stop playing with the snake!) MC: Snake gonna bite you! (Crowd: Snake gonna bite you!) MC: That's just what snakes do! (Crowd: That's just what snakes do!) MC: Close the basket! (Crowd: Close the basket!) MC: Walk away clean! (Crowd: Walk away clean!) MC: Snake still in there! (Crowd: Snake still in there!) MC: And I'm gone, you feel me? (Crowd: And I'm gone!) [Outro] (Snake still in the basket...) (Lid closed...) (Gone.)