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(Verse 1 - A.J. Throwback)
Kneeling at the temple of a false god (FALSE!)
Not a wooden cow, just a boss broad (BOSS!)
Branding me with crimson-colored kiss marks (MUAH!)
Giggles turn to whispers, then it gets dark
Convincing me that Heaven's just a little lower (A LITTLE LOWER!)
This as she's undressing just a little slower (A LITTLE SLOWER!)
Her pulpit's embedded in alluring skin
Swearing if I'm dipped into her waters, I'll be born again
In one ear: "I can help you with your backslide"
Other ear: "Baby, don't you like my backside?"
Right ear: "Son, you know I have a better plan"
Left ear: "Hundred lovers you'll be better than"
Getting difficult to hear a still small voice
Over sexy moaning of a wrong choice
Conned another convert, I'm feeling traitorous
Being saved shouldn't ever feel this dangerous
(Chorus - Michael Jahlil)
Oh, I hear you saying the highest of places is at your feet
But why do I feel like hell, knowing you don't feel bad for me
I done made you my idol too long, so we must part ways
‘Cause I'm losing my soul tryna give you all my praise
(Verse 2 - A.J. Throwback)
So she pours a little Henny, little Pepsi in a short glass
Sans rocks, sayin, "Tell me more of your past"
Confession and reflection on rejection letters
Knowing I'm a good dude, when's it getting better?
But lost pudge, got taller, now their eyes work
But have no idea how my mind works
What I've seen is rather obscene
Doubt they'd wanna be the objects in these odd dreams
Downtown trips, where every street light's
Got a green light and every pretty brown round's thick
In hot pink heels, fishnets, mini-skirts
Missing inhibitions, got my choice of any pretty flirt
Cater-corner, pastor warning take the straight and narrow
But walking straight's a hassle when their waists are narrow
With luscious lickers and piercing peepers
Star player scoring points with these cheering leaders
Fear is weaker as the honey's leaking from her lips
Drizzles in my ear, speaking tongues of bliss
Climbs on me saying, "I can be your dream
But only when you're in my temple can you be redeemed"
(Chorus - Michael Jahlil)
Oh, I hear you saying the highest of places is at your feet
But why do I feel like hell, knowing you don't feel bad for me
I done made you my idol too long, so we must part ways
‘Cause I'm losing my soul tryna give you all my praise
(Verse 3 - A.J. Throwback)
So as her long brown hair brushed strokes across the night sky
She made me say goodbye to the nice guy (ADIOS!)
But before I felt the highest high I've had in life
Every worship is completed with a sacrifice
I said, "Hmmm, I don't know what I can give"
She responded with, "Start off with the places that you live (like)
Dorm room, shower stalls, basement of your momma house
Watching cartoons, gaining knowledge on your momma couch"
But I gave a little more than what was asked
Dressing rooms, sandy beaches, couple cars I could've crashed
Soiree in the spring, special moments with my classmates
Gave up half hours with my granny in her last days
Days Nnns, Marriotts, Hiltons and Ramadas
Couple thousand dollars had this devil wearing Prada
Brushed off, even lost friends over nonsense
All because of how i knew the tags in women's thongs read (IT’S SILK!)
Gave up my computers and the VCRs
Nickelodeons with harlots rarely needing bras
Submitting leave to jobs just to see these broads
Paying tickets off and I could be in park or even speed in cars
But she would be at odds when I'd meet and greet with God
Only when I needed did I sneak to even speak with God
Too ashamed to walk up to that altar call
Every shirt, couldn't get the lipstick on my collars off (COULDN’T DO IT!)
Member of a church without a good book
Pastor was a master fishing men, had a good hook (WATCH FOR THE HOOK!)
I ain't saying I'm resolved overnight
Just acknowledging I chose to see her wrongs over right
All her darkness over light, her mirages over sight
Got me with the booby trap, but her bra was overhyped
As I said, "What we had, it felt great, can't erase past
But you can't use my blood for your stained glass"
(Chorus - Michael Jahlil)
Oh, I hear you saying the highest of places is at your feet
But why do I feel like hell, knowing you don't feel bad for me
I done made you my idol too long, so we must part ways
‘Cause I'm losing my soul tryna give you all my praise
Praise
Praise
Mm-mm-mm-mm-mm-mmmm
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Molly Webb-Walker
02:50
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(Verse)
I often wonder 'bout you, beyond libidinous admiration
What’s your former dream? Was it a business aspiration?
Venture capital, stocks and bonds
Your Wall Street ambition rose with 9 o'clock alarms
Or litigation in the meanest pair of Louboutins
Devil’s advocate without Keanu losing wits
Maybe pediatric medicine and soothing kids
In lieu of this, you let your momentary dad be deadbeat, lose his kids
As you're numb to the monotony, washing these sloppily
Bodily fluids probably bottled for about a week
Hot commodity, several spots atop commonly
Money shot has gotta be, jagged edge? Watch your teeth
As I concoct an option that would top the scene
Topless dream? That and not you watching him, but watching me
Versus Red Roof Inns, we hit the Doubletree
Hit a couple trees as you chuckle when your bubble's squeezed
A born sucker for the nectar of a Southern peach
Best poetry I love to speak is often muffled speech
Then you trouble me with all your little subtleties
So good, I utter, "Baby love, can we cuddle please?”
Mascara, sweat, brown liquor stains
How often have our weekends only led to wicked games?
While some nights are just fun, period
Others cum furious, but done and quickly, I become serious
Morose at all the times we cut it close
Come to loathe what a few ticks ago I loved the most
While you freshen up with warm wash cloths, Dove soap, cup of Scope
I'm reminded how my lust was cutthroat
So self-absorbed, knowing I am spoken for
High percentage shot of being caught if someone opens doors
Evidence of a separatist: Scott tissues and regrets
Followed by a slew of expletives and she don't have Tourette's
Or that small voice of reason
Who never guilts me for my tall choice of treason
But tried to tell me since my teens, "All these scenes seem to grab your attention
But’ll haunt you when the one We have asks for affection
Not to mention, your soul endures such unnecessary pain
Forging unions, only good at being Mary Jane
Gateways to their demons, more drama
Is it really worth trading their physiques for your honor?"
I've pondered and I've prayed, abstained and I've resisted
But still wanna hit, a different Molly’s my addiction
An uphill battle in the fight for self-control
Is even more asinine when that don't help the goal
Never got it, could a tell a woman "no" who’s in my face
But struggle putting Cyberhottie Molly in her place
Yeah
But struggle putting Cyberhottie Molly in her place, unh
(Chorus)
Molly’s on the prowl for a good time
Looking for some trouble? That you should find
Lap dancing on your laptop, smartphone
Make you tune out the whole world with her charm, homes
MDMA in her recipe
And she just wanna take you straight to ecstasy
But she don’t wanna talk, console yourself
Hit and quit, to the next, while you’re left to hold yourself
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A.J. Throwback Silver Spring, Maryland
D.C.-born artist A.J. Throwback has produced for The Healacist, Ransom Rellic, Klutch Da Rapper, BRIXX, DH MVJOR, Lady Cee, Debo Wayne, Mic Mountain, Anaymous Touch & Night Train 357. He has released two mixtapes, two beat tapes, two EPs, and was creator, DJ & co-host w/ Ramsey Brown of 'BARS'. In 2024, he released two R&B instrumental singles, "Something New" & "Fluent in My Language". ... more
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