Hammond Court Kids

[Intro: J. R. R. Tolkien’s “Far Over The Misty Mountains Cold”]
"While hammers fell like ringing bells
In places deep, where dark things sleep
In hollow halls beneath the fells
Goblets they carved there for themselves
And harps of gold, where no man delves
There lay they long, and many a song
Was sung unheard by men or elves."

[Verse 1: Apathy]
Never forget who wears the crown, who versus all sound
Like if they don't show respect, I'ma burn it all down
I'm the poltergeist maker, violent death bringer
You can hear the pain in my voice like old soul singers
And I'm Sam Cooke, dismantle the sample in seconds
Mixture of Son of Sam with the wisdom of Sam Clemens
Got the hammers and weapons, but throwin' hands was the preference
Manifest the success, trample the peasants
On my way out the hood, first generation entrepreneur
Had to get the single mattress up from off of the floor
Wouldn't sign the dotted line until they offered some more
Then I was shoutin' for war 'til my esophagus sore
Call me William Wallace, not Christopher
The shit that I've experienced is far more sinister
Jason Bourne blackouts, wakin' up with headaches
Fist fightin' my nightmares, makin' the whole bed shake
Post traumatic, soda added for Coke Classic
No wonder why my mama and my aunts are so dramatic
The 80s baby, I cried when Mr. Hooper died
Thought that Bob did it, but made it look like a suicide
Tales from the Dark Side, condensed
Got a therapist, my error, was far too intense
It's all just startin' to make sense
I never sold my soul was just trynna pay my rent

[Chorus: Apathy and Naya J]
'Cause where we came from, they make they brains numb
The police pull up on us and we play dumb
And where we come from, you never run from
It's like the dream that some would never wake up from
But I escaped from

[Sampled Hook]
"It's like I went to sleep broke, but I woke up rich!"
"I went to sleep broke, but I woke up rich!"
"I went to sleep broke, but I woke up rich!"
"I went to sleep broke, but I..."

[Verse 2: Apathy ("Pharoahe Monch")]
Back in the 80's before the Polo and Tommy apparel
When my neighbors was [Doonie?], [Reecie?] and Tommy and Cheryl
I was studyin' Joe Simmons and Jason and Daryl
While my homies was using the saw to shorten the barrel
Fast forward to '94 before I was Pharaoh
I would study every single verse recorded by Pharoahe
People talked about me like, "Yo, you should sort of be carefu!"
"Ap is savage, sociopathic, and horribly feral!"
Fucked with mystical bitches that read my fortune with tarot
Birds hid my dirty burners and would sort my dinero
It was Me, Dwayne, LJ, Charmaine and Monet
Tamisha kept us in check, nothin' could beat the old days
The broke days, had no money, but we was okay
Real government cheese and lookin' forward to snow days
My block was economically destitute
We had to move out of Hammond Court to get this loot
Signin' with a major was a slippery slope
Like being in jail showers with some slippery soap
But now I'm out here, literally slittin' these throats
Killin' it with alliteration 'til they literally ghosts
Was stickin' a thick chicken like rotisserie roasts
Consistently dope, bitches be quotin' shit that we wrote
And I take nothin' for granted, my whole life is enchanted
Became the hammer of God as soon as the seed was planted

[Chorus: Apathy and Naya J]
'Cause where we came from, they make they brains numb
The police pull up on us, and we play dumb
And where we come from, you never run from
It's like the dream that some would never wake up from
But I escaped from

[Sampled Hook]
"It's like I went to sleep broke, but I woke up rich!"
"I went to sleep broke, but I woke up rich!"
"I went to sleep broke, but I woke up rich!"
"I went to sleep broke, but I..."

[Outro: Naya J]
'Cause where we came from, they make they brains numb
The police pull up on us, and we play dumb
And where we come from, you never run from
It's like the dream that some would never wake up from
But I escaped