The Undertow [EP], by Protextor

The Undertow [EP]

by Protextor

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1.	Part I 04:04	lyrics	buy track
You got a good thing goin' I got a good thing too You wanna keep that rollin You better stay in tune Cuz ain't nobody gonna shank me Ain't nobody gonna try And if you wanna come and spank me I think you'd better come by Cuz there ain't nothin' There ain't no thang There ain't nothin' That I'm gonna bring I was a lone ranger I was a lone stranger You got a good name honey I got a good name too And I will hear you call it Before the night is through Let's go to a movie Or we can go to a show The only thing I request from you Let's sit in the back row What the fuck I'm gon' do but shine this light on you? Just find those vinyl loops Show that tie and tie those shoes I'm just a rollin' stone but this moss won't not grow the mobile phone I can't turn off caught in The Undertow so just so fuckers know You think you know me but you just don't so I'ma work it slow Explain slow, see I'd rather remain poor and stay gold Than do my takes poor to make gold Call that a bank hold Cuz there ain't nothin' There ain't no thang There ain't nothin' That I'm gonna bring I was a lone ranger I was a lone stranger I am alone I'm on my own So baby just go I'm on the road
2.	Part II 02:29	lyrics	buy track
There's a place where I hold what I feel is me Sometimes I let him out to play Sometimes to eat I told him that he had to play nice Don't be Ralph Fiennes in Harry Potter I tried to speak To snakes too but they bite my feet It might just be that there are two people inside of me One finds the minor league tiring Playing finders keepers with my niceties The other is less moody He's a "nice" emcee but never likes the beats Yeah he's the kind of emcee My mom would like me like to be But that shit gets boring Yes I want to show you when it's snowy It's cold and the windchill is so low they cancelled class I can't walk past your dancin' ass My point is simply that these assholes do not grasp the facts My ass is bad A badass yeah But I still got love for like everything And I'm married to the music You can check out the wedding ring So that shit gets the best of me Like I just wanna change the world Like I just wanna sound cool tell it like it is spread knowledge and raise a baby girl And someday I will but today I kill Yesterday I chilled Too much Now today is here And the way is clear So why do I feel stuck? Never was able to fold a map Never was able to hold it back Never was able to show much class My phone's gonna die can I phone ya back? Never was Cain either though so please don't go I'm not a killer I am the one who sees ya I AM my brother's keeper I am the touch of ether That puts you to sleep for the surgeon I am the headline on the paper the day the world ends
3.	Part III 04:24	lyrics	buy track
Gimme a pal and a bobsled Like Calvin and Hobbes had Cuz I'm a Calvin and Hobbes kid I do what Calvin and Hobbes did No to the catholic doctrine Yes to the path lesser walked and less backin' off outta caution More than I ought to have on me Or like that slob and his Bob-friend into nautical nonsense Since Aqua's Barbie Doll dropped been off The Rock with Sean Con p-teK's VX who should I drop this bomb on? Part Rolph, part Parappa All dog Off the wagon barkin' up every tree markin' up every street and I gotta believe Gimme a reason to protest Cuz I can see through the toastin' You raise a glass to your movement I pay the tab with a smooth diss I ain't hatin' to prove shit I'm just the patient I'm estranged from the cool kids So when they tell you it's cool it just means that you shouldn't do it cuz in a week or so it'll be cool to eschew it You want a Dutch pick a tulip I'll fall in love after school ends Half of me is too in the other half could give two shits So I guess that I'm 4 it the ego is the undertow Can you swim? I don't think we're goin' under though Chorus We live underwater We swim towards the shore We live sons and daughters Kick our heels and bend our oars

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Produced entirely by sounds made by the human mouth, The Undertow is a short EP about art and ego written and performed by p-teK.

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released May 1, 2012

written and performed by p-teK

keyboard on track 3 played by p-teK

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about

Protextor Los Angeles, California

Pop culture poet.

American hip hop artist known for a mix of technical rap, soulful performance, funk-forward production, and complex lyrics.

Prince superfan, 90s kid, VHS collector.