Hang Time (Bang Bang Boogie) - Sage Francis

Bang, bang, boogie

Up jumps the party

I know your name, and the hours that you operate are grave yard

Shift my body weight out the gates

He came, huh, like a thief in the night

This hell hounded off his leash, teeth clenched tight

You might know my face, not the expression that it’s left in

When I taste a loved ones blood, my forked tongue

Make sure protect your next of kin

Take it like pain killers

Spill the pills of medicine right down the drain

Flush the evidence then claim your innocence

This shit just isn’t their game

In fact, their rules don’t apply here

It’s a shame that you’re going to die here

Underneath my thumb print

All over some dumb shit

Run quick cause you’re about to get your punk ass beat in public

Like bang, bang, boogie

He beat down her door with an alibi full of childhood

I killed time while it stood still for her

Moments must have adjusted accordingly, but on his watch

The minutes were fast, giving him whiplash

Beat by the hands of my clock

Lots can happen in an hour

For some days don’t fly by, they make a crash landing

I flee by night and only return for emergencies

Just so I can listen to the ambulance sing

Sirens rang, the colors of the flashing lights

Painted the town red in the blackest of nights

So i will not taint beauty in the ugliest of moments

Its that strange side of a poet

I’m writing you out of my will to live and let live

And to give you some perspective, I’m a changed man in that respect

You best get professional detectives and motion detectors to protect your

relatives

That’s as much warning as your ass will get

I hold my aim, this is an invite to my domain

Pick me up while I hitchhike on memory lane

Sit tight while I back seat drive you insane

And beat your brains until you see nothing but pitch white

And keep you breathing just long enough to have you explain what its like

And how you like it.

Convince me

I want to believe

I want to believe that you bleed

I want to believe that you’re bleeding

Just as much as she did

I’ll experiment with your life until I find it’s fucking meaning

You will hang, hang

Bang, bang, boogie

She beat back her attackers with a childhood full of alibis

As I understood, she had to lie

The battle cries must have adjusted accordingly

Her stopped calls for help never were answered back

And for that beat by the hands of my clock

Lots can happen in a matter of seconds

Ask for a repentance from a looking glass

Self shattered reflections

Before you blame your anger on adolescence

Listen to the symphony of ambulances sing

So beautiful

So nice

Tell me where were you last night?

As usual

You lied

Tell me where the fuck you hide

It goes bang, bang, boogie

Up jumps the party

I always notice when she has new marks on her body