Substantial - Sign Language lyrics
V1 [PACK FM] First we got Kevin, thirsty, hot and sweating in the kitchen with no shirt Computer shutdown before he got to save his homework Now he's really heated, blood boiling heart racing Looks around "Where's Traci?" I told her not to use the A/C She must've caused a power outage, screams out the window for his sister In the nick of time, a speeding car barely missed her Black Lex screeching halt in the intersection Crashed in the ambulance that was coming from the wrong direction Driver jumps out of his car, left the engine running Jetted up the block, screaming something: "Don't Worry, Mom! I'm Coming!" Crowd starts to gather, cops make it to the scene And the traffic lights still ain't flash yellow, red or green Paramedics in the ambulance trying to save a patient And it really doesn't look as if the driver's even gonna make it He's hemorrhaging from the neck, and nothing they can do to stop it Then a shot fires from the crowd. "Get your hand outta my pocket!" HOOK Mind open, eyes wide Try and focus follow the signs Mind open, eyes wide Try and focus follow the signs Cause you never know if today is the day Better be sure that you mean what you say And keep your mind open eyes wide Gotta focus follow the signs (Come On) V2 [Tonedeff] "I don't wanna die like this", he keeps thinking Repeatedly, blinking, as his eyes are stinging from the bleeding People screaming on the scene, he breathes the steam in He believes he's dreaming, even he sees Freeman, his team leader, he covered for this evening He pulled the favor, but never asked for a reason Gasping and wheezing, too late to scream at dispatch with his grievance He's trapped with the wheel in abdomen, feeling is pa**ing...it leaves him Deceased in flash, and the screams come Accidents happen, man, the summer's a hazardous season The camera pans to man with a clean gun And it gleams sun, when he moves to reach up To squeeze slugs right into the chest of a typical street thug He screams police, and people freeze up Now introducing Dee, he ducks and the cop thinks that he sees something And he bucks, and now the brother needs to be cleaned up And now we cut to a girl with D-cups Holding a pair of green chucks, and a tee covered in Dee's blood, who really seems crushed Now, she weeps but seems touched In an weird way, like crying on the outside but inside she's thanking Jesus She leaves us, as she's being hugged By a man resembling the cat the paramedic thought he might have ID'd or dreamed of As the camera swings up, we see Kevin, and he's rushed To make it to cla**, He thinks "And of all days to be stuck" He busted his a**, for three weeks on his thesis to impress Professor Greenlove Who doubts that he'll pa**, teetering on a D+ plus He got be up at the School of Electrical Engineering at 3 cause If he don't, well, then he's f**ed, with loans and no degrees to speak of We pan back to the rear of the ambulance, the second medic administers treatment On a old woman, who's spleen's ruptured from deep cuts She's really in need of, a heart surgeon, Well, yeah this part's disturbing Cause the medic dips and leaves the lady with debris stuck In her veins, Gee shucks, that's deranged, Kevorkian steeze And according to me, there's more to this here than it reads cause HOOK Seemed like one of those days when nothing was clear Plus the temp's 10 degrees above a hundred out here (Flashback) phone rings Traci rushes to pick it up Worried look on her face. Arm hairs sticking up "Don't tell me on the phone" "OK well meet me downstairs In 5. I called out and I'm already 'round here." Surprised Traci was, she felt a chill in the air Got her mental prepared for the sh** she would hear And then darkness... I ain't talking 'bout Charlie Murphy But every single light in the community wasn't working Elsewhere Professor Greenlove can't contact his mama Cause little did he know she had her own batch of drama Felt ill called 911 before she was a goner Cut herself while collapsing she ain't made out of armor see Dee left the pharmacy he has no honor Now mama Greenlove can't get the meds prescribed by her doctor (Meanwhile) Professor's driving and he's not seeing proper It was too dark to find his gla**es in his freaking locker Yall know that that's a hazard right blazing thru the traffic light That wasn't on at a glance he crashed into an ambulance Same one his mama's in when does the drama end Fore' that Freeman told Traci she's carrying apart of him Dee's watching them hug and read a sheet while his head twirl He dipped out of the pharmacy to win back his ex-girl Eternally stressed heard them mention a paternity test Then he rushed Free. A cop came to come see What the ruckus was about Dee reached for Free's pocket While reaching in his own for what might have been a wallet Then they heard a gun buss aloud now Dee's no mo He used to beat on Traci. Kevin told her he was loco So she broke up with the mofo and gave her freedom to Freeman Cause Dee was a prisoner of his own inner demons (Nearby) Professor flees his Lex to find his mom But can't find her, for the medic served as a reminder How her mama tortured her like this woman treated her son Felt obligated to rid the world of this person All the while Kevin's crying over spilled milk 3 bodies on his block he's lucky he didn't get k**ed Couldn't get through to the school so he stayed his a** home When he finally did he heard the date had been postponed So he took it as a sign wisely utilized his time Pa**ed with flying colors now the brother's doing fine Days later he stopped by the power plant to find There's an opening Greenlove was forced to resign Facing criminal charges while Kevin's working for me And the fella's doing well and I trained him personally Oh and by the way I'm way put the power on Pay attention to the signs and see what's going on HOOK