[Verse 1: Terminal Knowledge] Terminal Knowledge Follows the herd of the working impoverished who earn what they got You a polished turd I drop shit like a bird in the sky It's nothing personal Your dollar is worthless The merciful will hurt you with kindness Disperse verses that burn my esophagus I keep the mercury climbing (You thirsty?) Term watered the bottom shelf Burgundy wine I must be God himself (certainly not) These are words of a prophet so the product sells Turn a sermon to a sonnet then I'm shot to hell Burning the chronic in a chocolate L Madcap crack my vertebral columns for a flashback Rock the set Turn up the volume, go on, nod your head With a murderous smile and a furrowing brow Ayo it's not about your personal hardships But exactly what you've learned and accomplished
[Hook x2] (All I got) is my namesake (Vaulted mind) Of a braincase (Call it locked) In a bank safe Blank slate (Heart of rock) And a straight face All I got is my namesake
[Verse 2: Acumental] It's Acumental The vapid rebel leaving cats bedeviled Transcendental When I rap, you're gonna scratch your temple (Oh what you haven't heard?) Somebody fax the memo I grab a pencil and attack with an emphatic bellow A haggard fellow with a halfie in his Calvin Klein's And a bag of endo getting crafty with the battle rhymes Blast my demo Max the levels I wanna have the treble echo, from Scranton Penn to Sacramento Ordinary Dogs Trapped in kennels Mad disheveled Declared the boss by Andrew Reynolds Got the track credentials Keep my cash embezzled Watching Jimmy Fallon (when though?) After Leno I've been called a handsome devil and a gentleman Cats be asking "when'll Acumental run for president?" Vast potential for development Essentially a veteran I'm hedging on the bet cause
[Hook x2] (All I got) is my namesake (Vaulted mind) Of a braincase (Call it locked) In a bank safe Blank slate (Heart of rock) And a straight face All I got is my namesake
[Hook x2] All we got is our namesake (Vaulted mind) Of a braincase (Call it locked) In a bank safe Blank slate (Heart of rock) And a straight face All I got is my namesake
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This is the version of Namesake from the Palmer Squares' “Square Tactics” EP. They have an older version which is also on this site. The difference is that some of the lyrics are new or rearranged, and there is an entirely new verse. If you compare the two, you’ll see that most of Term’s verse says the same stuff but uses different words… quite cleverly done.
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