This is Showtime at the Gallows    Rip The Jacker    Yo, I dialogue wit Amen-Ra 'til he gives me the nod    Or replaces me wit a supercomputer automaton    I don't barter for time I'm a martyr to rhymes    And a selfish soldier wit pride that was ordered to die    A burnin' star in the sky my heart is warped wit a drive    Expressin' thoughts through a rhyme my metaphors are alive    It's like I've been crucified they hate me now like Nas    They punctured me through my side the bleeding was cauterized    I was revived after I died    Only then I saw how I was truly admired and worshipped like a god    Shit'd mired up my mind they showed me a sign    I fell off the ocean liner someone throw me a line    Let the world know the truth but it became my demise    Mothafucka you know we even I don't owe you a dime    Sometimes I feel like killin' myself they've stolen my shine    I wanted to be the illest for a moment in time    From the ink to my pen to my pad to the ink in my arm    How can one diss song possibly last this long?    Tyson ain't the champ no more them days is gone    And Rip the Jacker ain't too stubborn to say when he's wrong       [HOOK]       I should get twenty dollars and go to Econolodge    And tie the sawed-off trigger around the doorknob    Call the police squad and tell them I'm in room one oh five    And that a dirty bomb's inside    Woke up in the cargo plane playin' Christy Lane    For some entertainment while I train in the misty rain    "One Day at a Time Sweet Jesus" is playin'    I'm sittin' there prayin' you prolly can't believe what I'm sayin'    But the voice in the back of my head keeps sayin' "Germaine    This is the real deal man this is not a dream this is not a game    The only sixteen you got from now on is locked    and loaded and in your hand    Deploy or detach on land you the man    And the pain is the weakness leavin' the body, understand?    I can reload wit a full pack call COMSAT    Tell them you need suppressive fire for troops in the back stat    Insurgence and counter-insurgence move wit a purpose    Absolutely mission critical you never get nervous    Applicate the shock tube to the surface    Standby blow it eyes open wit the scope on the terrorist    Tell him to go to hell in Arabic put a bullet through his narrow neck    Watch the wall behind him get wet    I'm an animal I'll murder you and stare at your pets    Get the tape I know where the surveillance cameras is kept       [HOOK]       If you want a confession? you got it    You want product? Gimme twenty dollars    You want gossip? I'll give you logic on any topic    Recordin' the positive data    Ripper's the best rapper go confirm the status    One million page dissertation written on paper    Cheap label from Pitney Bowes' tree curator    My purification process is greater    But thinly tapered verbatim    My album is equal to over fifty acres    Can-I-Bus before the Big Bang    And after the big crunch I only gotta say it once    Let there be light and I write a sentence    The greatest discovery since 'opethicus afarensis    Back to before Sumerians landed on the Cayman    In the Caribbean carryin' bacteria with antigens    And Nine-foot stone mannequins    The key to nuclear power and four delivered talaria    Showtime at the gallow the Age of Aquarius    And Space Harrier's life's last barrier       [HOOK]