[Verse 1: Concrete Cee] Every dog has his day they say, and a house attached And a b**h of a spouse to match Meet Barbas, companion to Clavicus Vile He'll tell why you couldn't succeed without the mask There's no doubting the fact, how's that you ask? Promote a image of yourself and get doused in cash The real self stays hidden, enshrouded in mystery Cause now you're living in a Baskerville chateau Artificial art as opposed to the so-called natural And you are not that, nor have you Illusory protection gets shattered Word to the liquid sword wielding chess master Life's not preoccupied with the hereafter, men are Therefore reflections are found, in our memoirs Rolled to a bundle, delivered to the virtual doorsteps By Lycos labradors via RSS [Verse 2: Concrete Cee] A whistle silent to a human ear, beckons the setter As the rifle gets shouldered when hunters are shooting deer This is how you know that you're prepared By Pavlovian conditioning, to do as your partner expects ya Let me continue this lecture, most people find pleasure In manipulation, to which a dog is more receptive Than a cat is, you wonder whose ego is petted? The caregiver's or the caretaker's? When bare naked A talk turns to a situation, where there's no escaping Primal instinct to run is negated Primal instinct to procreate is left baseless Cause it's about continuation or separation Puppy eyes cry a basin, cause someone kicked it Bark up the wrong pitbull and be a victim Money Is A Major Issue, be a good retriever Or feel the hyenas' teeth gleefully sink in [Verse 3: Brother Gil] Rabid howl choir, voice of the Cerberus Your signature affirmative, the curtains lifted Applause was heard from distance, purgatory visions This was then, well now, things are quite different The contract's expired, the hellhounds are sent in Better draw a line of salt at all points of entrance... Well, it's obvious you didn't Entrails are found from the toilet to the kitchen The voice of reason spoke back then, you wouldn't listen Cause every ambition has a price of admission