Survived Another Winter - Reanimator

Verse 1: Prolyphic:

This is my soul on a postcard stamped with no address

I just hope it gets to where its got to go and beats the cold stress

Cuz those who can’t take it go west coast, on the search for gold

Let see how far you get before your progress slows

And the California dream gets old and overrated

Its where mediocre artists go to settle for less as broke waiters

They travel in packs like chain smokers

With the hopes of being famous, but can’t make it on their own

I seen their bandwagon pass me by, while I was dragging my boycott

Pulling my own weight in stride

It was my choice not to ask for a ride, cuz one at a time

I’d come across those who’ve fallen off and careers died

On the side of the road like no one noticed or thought twice

That you were covered in snow and frost bite

Oh, the irony when karma catches up, taste your own medicine

Means just see where you end up

Where the fuck are they now as time passed

They’re miles back in piles and all I do is smile and laugh

Cuz once it hits November its just another winter

Don’t think I won’t remember who should get the middle finger

Cuz I’ve gone this far and I’ve counted these days

With my soul on this postcard and it found its way

Through the bullshit and politics, in and out of this

From the bottom up, I finished what I started, survived another winter

Some heads go blind every time the sun sets

Feeling the chill of sudden death

They up and run for the West

While we survive these winters of disconnect

Thrive, whither, and die with the sun

Surrender to death, then resurrect

With fire on our tongues

And thicker blood

Stubborn as the earth

Waiting for the blizzard to come

Its just a mystery to some

Who feel the cold tell their bones to lay down

Afraid to stay around

They’re hopping planes trains and greyhounds

L.A. Bound

The days are shades of gray now

Stay in and pull the shades down

The rain will flood the gutters and slush will suck at our boots

Winter is the curse we shuffle through

Huddled in groups.

Growing indestructible roots

And hold mics like they’re frozen

I hope the plates don’t shift and drop your fragile state into the

Ocean

New England patriots!

Its in our nature to resist

That’s what the fuck we’re known for

Eyes forward til' the cold war is over;

Survived another winter

By pinning myself to the frozen ground this time

Syncopated to the sound of falling snow with this rhyme

The constant sunshine of the west made me lose track

Eyes toward where the sun rises, so I decided to move back

Because I’d rather fill my lungs with chimney smoke

As opposed to California smog that always seemed to make me choke

Yeah, yeah… the silence of falling snow, enough to make you deaf

Give me overcast days and snow drifts

I wanna watch my breath float away into the sky

Season change: two words that I need to live my life by

Ask why Jack Frost is my friend again

Then pretend that in a couple of months, I won’t be climbing up these walls

again

But I’ll invite the cabin fever in with open arms

Nothing else to do but sit and write and set alarms

Snowed in, writing new raps, watching snow fall out the studio window

Is how I survived another winter

When the look-alikes insisted that I go west

I didn’t book a flight, I shook my right fist full of protest

I slipped right into the snow vest.

Respect the dress code

We see our own breath when it gets cold.

The heart rates get slow

Every move is purposeful

The crowd stands with their arms crossed, boss, don’t take it personal

It’s gray skies, white lies and black ice

When the day dies the night time’s my afterlife

I made my sacrifice.

I’m not confined to this Island, drifter

Time shifter.

Get the troubles off your mind, sister

Don’t be sensitive.

Slip inside a hide that’s thicker

Sure, hide your figure

Survive a winter wonderland and understand that sometimes we shiver

To stay alive.

We don’t follow the signs of a quitter

He’s talking with his mouth full.

Looking like his eyes were bigger

Than his stomach, but fuck it

Because shuckin' and jivin' just does damage to the inside like liquor

Inside your liver.

Slap me with a parental advisory sticker

You want constant sunshine?

That’s a side splitter

Got no time for punchlines, that’s why I’m bitter

Frostbite sarcasm sealed, signed and delivered

Don’t cry or whimper

Fight the tide with a counter-current.

Never getting swept up by the river

Keeping sober until it freezes over.

Survive another winter