1. MONKEY BUSINESS

Outside my window there's a
Whole lot of trouble comin'
The cartoon killers and the
Rag cover clones
Stack heels kickin' rhythm
Of social circumcision
Can't close the closet on
Shoe box full of bones

Kangaroo lady with her bourbon
In a pouch
Can't afford the rental on
A bamboo couch
Collecting back her favors 'cause her
Well is running dry
I know her act is terminal,
But she ain't gonna die

Slim intoxicado drinkin' dime
Store hooch
Is always in a circle with his
Part-time pooch
Little creepy's playing dollies in the
New York rain
Thinkin' Bowie's just a knife
Ooh the pain

I ain't seen the sun since I don't
Know when
The freaks come out at nine
And it's twenty to ten
What's this funk
That you call junk
To me it's just monkey business

Blind man in the vox that will
Probably die
The village kids laugh as they walk by
A psycho is on the edge of this human
Garbage dump
And the vultures in the sewers
Are telling
Him to jump

Into the fire from the frying pan
Tripping on his tounge
For a cool place to stand
Where's this shade
That you've got it made
To me it's just monkey business

Monkey business
Slippin' on the track
Monkey business
Jungle in black
Ain't your business if I got
No monkey on my back

Monkey business
Slippin' on the track
Monkey business
Jungle in black
Ain't your business
If I got
Monkey's on my back

The vaseline gypsies and silicone souls
Dressed to the society
Hypocrite heartbeat and cheap alibis
Can't get you by that monkey


2. SLAVE TO THE GRIND

You got me forced to crack
My lids in two
I'm still stuck inside this rubber room
I gotta punch the clock that
Leads the blind
I'm just another gear in the assembly
Line - oh no

The noose gets tighter around
My throat
But I ain't at the end of my rope 'cause
I won't be the one left behind
Can't be king of the world
If you're slave to the grind
Tear down the rat racial slime
Can't be king of the world
If you're slave to the grind

Get it?

A routine injection, a lethal dose
But my day in the sun ain't even close
There's no need to waste
Your prayers on me
You better mark my words
'Cause I'm history
Yes indeed

You might beg for mercy to get by
But I'd rather tear this thorn
From my side

I won't be the one left behind
You can't be king of the world
If you're slave to the grind
Tear down the rat racial slime
Can't be king of the world
If you're slave to the grind

They swallowed thier daggers by
Turning their trick
They tore my intentions apart
Brick by brick
I'm sick of the jive
You talk verbal insecticide

They swallowed thier daggers by
Turning their trick
They tore my intentions apart
Brick by brick
I'm sick of the jive
You talk verbal insecticide

I won't be the one left behind

You can't be king of the world
If you're slave to the grind
Tear down the rat racial slime
You can't be king of the world
If you're slave to the grind

I said slave to the grind
Slave to the grind
Slave to the grind


3. RIOT ACT

I never wanted to be President
'Cause it's nothin' but an
Ego trip, yeah
I didn't want your education
'Cause it's notin' but a pile of shit

You bore me to death, so shut up
For God's sake

Stop readin' me the riot act
While my brains are still intact
You say it's raining, but you're pissin'
Down my back
So stop readin' me the riot act

I couldn't listen to a word you said
This goin' nowhere thing
Is wearin' thin
When your sex, your drugs, and
Your valid vic'
Is just the spit I wipe off my chin

I'd rather go nowhere than not know
Where it's at

Stop readin' me the riot act
While my brains are still intact
You say it's raining, but you're pissin'
Down my back
So stop readin' me the riot act

I never wanted to be President
'Cause it's nothin' but an
Ego trip, yeah
I didn't want your education
'Cause it's notin' but a pile of shit

You bore me to death, so shut up
For God's sake

Stop readin' me the riot act
While my brains are still intact
You say it's raining, but you're pissin'
Down my back
So stop readin' me the riot act

Stop readin' me the riot act
While my brains are still intact
You say it's raining, but you're pissin'
Down my back
So stop readin' me the riot act

The riot act