[00:00:00] Read Wiped In Blue - Eyedea & Abilities [00:00:38] I never knew my mom [00:00:39] Once I was born she was dead [00:00:41] She never wanted me [00:00:42] At least that's what my dad said [00:00:44] He said she was polluted [00:00:46] Ignorant uncivilized [00:00:47] And that was roughly the outline of [00:00:49] What he beat into my head [00:00:51] I grew up in a house [00:00:52] With more rooms than I could count [00:00:54] No siblings just strangers [00:00:55] Always moving in and out [00:00:57] My dad hated all our neighbors [00:00:59] Had they stepped on his prophets [00:01:00] They'd be finished [00:01:01] 'Cause getting his is what he was about [00:01:04] Ever since his birth [00:01:05] He was a nuisance to humanity [00:01:07] I wish he died instead of mom [00:01:08] Maybe then I'd love family [00:01:10] But I'd smile at pops [00:01:11] Concealing that feeling of "I hate you " [00:01:13] Each day he'd wear the same three colors [00:01:15] With the same suit [00:01:16] And mother would come to me when [00:01:18] I would close my eyes and sink [00:01:19] To the thought of her beautiful voice [00:01:21] And the lullabies she'd sing [00:01:22] 'Til I was sound asleep [00:01:24] Then I'd awake and she'd be gone [00:01:26] My whole life my soul echoed her songs [00:01:29] I guess the grass is always greener on the other side [00:01:33] And intangible experience structures one leviathan [00:01:36] From the Koran to leprechauns [00:01:38] Since when did America fall in [00:01:40] Between Lebanon and Ireland [00:01:42] Mamma was a lullaby [00:01:44] Daddy was a melting pot [00:01:45] Angel in my father's eyes [00:01:47] Only 'cause it helps him rot [00:01:49] Freedom screams through a sky [00:01:50] Wounded by a culture shock [00:01:52] Mamma was a lullaby [00:01:53] Daddy was a melting pot [00:01:55] Mamma was a lullaby [00:01:57] Daddy was a melting pot [00:01:58] Angel in my father's eyes [00:02:00] Only 'cause it helps him rot [00:02:01] Freedom screams through a sky [00:02:03] Wounded by a culture shock [00:02:05] Mamma was a lullaby [00:02:06] Daddy was a melting pot [00:02:07] His philosophy was to be up [00:02:09] You gotta push someone down [00:02:11] That was all I knew [00:02:12] 'Cause that was all I was around [00:02:14] I found the flaws in his methods [00:02:16] From the cause in myself [00:02:18] Only an uncle to every one else [00:02:21] He taught me how to talk [00:02:22] Without looking in your eyes [00:02:23] Gave me a nine to five [00:02:25] Made me ignore the lullabies [00:02:26] A puddle of the dried tears shade me colorless [00:02:29] And categorize me as a baby failing to [00:02:31] Realize how far away his mother is [00:02:33] Our relationship hovered with strength [00:02:35] Even though it's invisible [00:02:37] Hard to quit hearing her poetry [00:02:39] Piercing emotions leak [00:02:40] With the notes she hits I float [00:02:41] Defying gravitation [00:02:43] The only mom I have is [00:02:44] In my imagination So it goes [00:02:46] Mamma was a lullaby [00:02:48] Daddy was a melting pot [00:02:49] Angel in my father's eyes [00:02:51] Only 'cause it helps him rot [00:02:53] Freedom screams through a sky [00:02:54] Wounded by a culture shock [00:02:56] Mamma was a lullaby [00:02:57] Daddy was a melting pot [00:02:59] Mamma was a lullaby [00:03:00] Daddy was a melting pot [00:03:02] One day daddy's gonna die [00:03:04] Choking on the gun he bought [00:03:05] One day daddy's gonna die [00:03:07] Choking on the gun he bought [00:03:09] One day daddy's gonna die [00:03:10] One day daddy's gonna die [00:03:12] And when that day comes [00:03:13] I shall return to my mother [00:03:15] And we'll walk hand in hand [00:03:16] Straight to heaven [00:03:18] And when the clouds part [00:03:19] I'll tell her that I love her [00:03:21] And she'll accept with an open heart [00:03:23] No question [00:03:24] Unless dad was right [00:03:26] And she really was a monster