Tamper-Proof

[Intro — shouted, three MCs, guitar riff] Kick it Foot on the brake 'cause I'm never too CAREFUL Never religious but I'm still quite PRAYERFUL Ask your PHARMACIST Ask your grocer at the SHOP Who's the reason for the foil on the TOP? [Verse 1 — trading lines] Age of five, saw a movie about PRODUCE Attack of the Killer Tomatoes turned me LOOSE Ketchup was a threat and the salad was a WARNING Slept with a fork under my pillow every MORNING Too young to know it was supposed to be a JOKE Just knew that if I ate one I was gonna CHOKE Marinara at the table and I'm sweating through my SHIRT Mom said "eat your veggies" like she wanted me HURT [Hook — group shout] No sleep till TAMPER-PROOF No sleep till TAMPER-PROOF I'm the reason for the SEAL And the seal is the PROOF No sleep till TAMPER-PROOF [Verse 2 — trading lines] Then in '82 Chicago went and lost its MIND Somebody spiked the capsules and I began to UNWIND Every pill's a coin FLIP Every meal's a MAYBE Started eyeing up my parents like they didn't want a BABY Wouldn't touch the MEATLOAF Wouldn't sip the PUNCH Told my mother "Love you" then I rejected my LUNCH Wasn't funny at the time but here's the part that's TRUE The whole aisle got shrink-wrapped 'cause of kids like YOU-KNOW-WHO [Verse 3 — the brag, trading lines] Corporations don't get scared when a customer DIES They get scared when a customer stops to think TWICE Foil on the peanut BUTTER? Plastic on the CAP? Little cotton ball INSIDE? You're welcome, that's my RAP Ralph Nader got a book, I got a nervous CONDITION And a seal on every bottle in the world, that's a MISSION You can call me a COWARD You can call me a CRANK But you can't call me POISONED And you got me to THANK [Hook — group shout] No sleep till TAMPER-PROOF No sleep till TAMPER-PROOF I'm the reason for the SEAL And the seal is the PROOF No sleep till TAMPER-PROOF [Guitar breakdown] [Verse 4 — rapid-fire, three MCs] Spider on the windshield doing eighty on the HIGHWAY That's my obituary, I already wrote it MY WAY Been inside once, now I'm sure they'll find my PRINTS On a crime I didn't do, been wiping doorknobs ever SINCE [Verse 5 — one MC, beat drops to just kick and snare] Now a girl across the room and I'm doing just fine Long as she's a stranger I can hold a straight line Then she laughs at my joke and I get a little worried Then she looks at me twice and I get a little hurried Then she says "What's your number?" and the room goes RED Every alarm I got going off in my HEAD It's not the ones that don't want me, it's the ones that DO 'Cause a threat's just a stranger that's looking at YOU Thirty years of practice, I can spot the ATTACK Somebody's getting close, so I'm backing up, GO BACK See, the seal is the SAFETY And the seal is the WALL Nobody gets POISONED Nobody gets in at ALL [Verse 6 — slower, darker, one MC] Can't sleep 'cause I red that no sleep melts your mind So I lie there awake worried what I'll leave behind Which is more no sleep Which is more to worry It's a perfect little engine and it's never in a hurry I've been running on this thing since the produce SECTION Turned my whole life into a threat DETECTION Third song about a FEAR You'd think I'd cover a NEW ONE But I'm scared if I STOP Then the fear gets to DO ONE [Bridge — group shout, call and response] Is it sealed? IT'S SEALED Is it safe? IT'S SEALED Did I lock the door? IT'S SEALED Did I lock the door? GO CHECK Did I lock the door? GO CHECK Did I lock it? YOU CHECKED Did I? YOU CHECKED Did I? YOU CHECKED Did I? NO SLEEP [Hook — group shout] No sleep till TAMPER-PROOF No sleep till TAMPER-PROOF I'm the reason for the SEAL And the seal is the PROOF No sleep till TAMPER-PROOF [Outro — three MCs, building] Brooklyn got a BRIDGE I got a bottle with a WRAPPER Brooklyn got a BOROUGH I got a kid checking the FLAPPER They got a song about a TOUR I got a song about a LID Ask me if I'm SLEEPING Ask him if he SLEPT I never DID Never slept in the EIGHTIES Never slept in the NINETIES Slept once in '04 Woke up and checked BEHIND ME Every bottle in the AISLE Every capsule in the JAR Got a little piece of ME Wrapped around it like a SCAR So who's the man? WHO'S THE MAN? Who's the man? WHO'S THE MAN? Who's the man that made the SEAL On the cotton in your HAND? It's the worrier THE WORRIER The worrier THE WORRIER Never SLEEPING Never DYING Never POISONED Never KISSED Still SEALED Still on the SHELF But I sure as hell still EXIST [Final tag — a cappella, one voice, then all] Is it sealed? IT'S SEALED Then I'll sleep HE WON'T Then I'll sleep HE WON'T Then I'll sleep NO SLEEP Till it's TAMPER PROOF