(They keep looking for the paperwork. We don't write it down.) (In the blood.) I watched the suits in leather briefcases search the room Looking for a signature they thought they could consume My grandfather taught me that the best things never fade When you keep the secret recipe inside the trade They want a contract written out to confiscate the prize While everything we built is sitting right behind my eyes We keep the whole legacy In The Blood Rooted deep down where the river makes the flood You can search the filing cabinet, you won't find a trace We do business on a handshake and we look you in the face No middleman taking what our elders handed down We hold the real authority across this whole town Yeah, In The Blood Keeping it In The Blood I never was the type to sign away my family name To let a corporate stranger come and monetize the game A greedy man will trap you with the ink upon the sheet While a steady man remembers and he stays upon his feet They want a contract written out to confiscate the prize While everything we built is sitting right behind my eyes We keep the whole legacy In The Blood Rooted deep down where the river makes the flood You can search the filing cabinet, you won't find a trace We do business on a handshake and we look you in the face No middleman taking what our elders handed down We hold the real authority across this whole town Yeah, In The Blood Keeping it In The Blood (Turn the page. Next chapter.) Tell the vultures they can put their pens away What was given to our blood is here to stay We keep the whole legacy In The Blood Rooted deep down where the river makes the flood You can search the filing cabinet, you won't find a trace We do business on a handshake and we look you in the face No middleman taking what our elders handed down We hold the real authority across this whole town Yeah, In The Blood Keeping it In The Blood (In the blood.) (Unwritten.)
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