A Manual of Errors

from Jacob's Ladder by The Revenants

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Began at the tippy top thinking that I was the best
But as it turned out in time I was like the rest
I had big dreams I could go so very far
Go all the way to the White House in fine and fancy car

I used to think of myself as a classy operator
And eventually everyone else would get that sooner or later
I liked to throw it down and bust a couple of moves
Sample some funky beats and lock them in the grooves

Yeah I guess I thought that I was pretty bitchen
Those sweet and tasty goodies well I whipped up in my kitchen
But it was really just mirrors and some smoke
And deep down deep I was an ordinary jamoke

It was a manual of errors, so many mistakes
It was a manual of errors, them's the breaks

Chicks really dug me but their boyfriends not so much
But they all used to admit that I really had the touch
I set the scene, I was hip, I was cool
I could kick it with the best who were kicking it in the old school

Knew how to dress the part all the way up to the nines
I wore strictly designer wear no ordinary designs
I knew the way to talk and act like I could care
And worked real hard perfectly messing up my hair

Did I done good or I did I done whack
Who's to say and who's gonna keep a close track
I screwed up but so did you, boo hoo, boo hoo

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from Jacob's Ladder, released January 25, 2024

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