I think much like another song “Anti-Matter” (that's also on the same album as this song), this one is also is inspired by a horrifying van crash the band experienced on Nov 3, 2022. This, much like the other track, sounds like it's an extension what they shared while huddled in the wreckage, as they helped frontman Garrett Russell stem the bleeding from his head wound while he was under the temporary effects of a concussion. The track speaks of where the mind goes at the most desperate & desolate of times, when it just about slips away to all but disconnect itself, and the aftermath.
Grab your ticket
Come get wit it
Trans DF Express, Trans DF Express
Grab your ticket (ticket)
Come get wit it
Trans DF Express, Trans DF Express (hey)
I am the one and only son of a machine gun
Un-trappable, meaning I can't be placed between none
Even In Darkness, I already ate this diction
It's so bold you could smell that funk with a cold
It's unbelievable, bare a resemblance to Broken Mold
I'm optimistic, I'm the air in the open road
Make ya move it's moderate, no need to speed
It's inevitable you arrive in due time indeed
Now is the time and place to in-vade the empty space
I'm a perfectionist, I never pressure the pen space
But I wouldn't be amazing without God's Amazing Grace
I can travel outer space standing in one place
Grab your ticket
Come get wit it
Trans DF Express, Trans DF Express
Grab your ticket (ticket)
Come get wit it
Trans DF Express, Trans DF Express
Hippy to the hop, like a digi-log frog
Throw me the cat and I'll throw you the dog (wooh)
Simple as a dimple ain't it?
A hole in your cheek, let's hit the town so we can paint it
Red, or maybe baby blue for two
As sure as you are my lover, that is my favorite color
And we get down, off to my castle we drown
In each others love we puddle, huddle
Break, fourth down, and inches
(Aah) We all some players don't ride no benches (aah)
Elegant princes come to your senses (aah)
I noticed that you're one of a kind
That makes you kind of the one
I'm sharing my spaghetti with
The Lady and The Tramp, the mystery, the myth
Not into runnin' frames, but I got a thang for ya
Swoosh! I will do ya, surely I adore ya
Grab your ticket
Come get wit it
Trans DF Express, Trans DF Express
Grab your ticket (ticket)
Come get wit it
Trans DF Express, Trans DF Express (oh shit)
Gipp, a 2002 hobo
What'chu think it say 2A, ya goin my way?
Went from Ragtime buddy to a cakewalk stage
Didn't ask 'cause I passed, you made this weight
My impression is one and no other
Kinda-sorta yo, Dr. Demental
Had you come through the lab
Doctor, irganized instrumental
We gon' keep it on the track and the gristle
This express, here the whistle?
Who the fuck changed the face of the game
And bought it back "5, Deuce, 4, Tre"
The alliance of elite emcees
Attention, salute, at ease
The world renowned, from here clean across seas
It's the critical acclaimed, Dungeon Family
We are now boardin', all seats and all rows
But it ain't no more tickets 'cause it's a sold-out show
Grab your ticket
Come get wit it
Trans DF Express, Trans DF Express
Grab your ticket (ticket)
Come get wit it
Trans DF Express, Trans DF Express (oh shit)
I Stank I can, I Stank I can, I know I can, I will
The nigga B-I-G be knocking players off the field, for real
Dungeon Family got my sword and my shield
To Campbellton not Camelot, let's smoke a joint and chill
Chill like four babies, and now you want the pill
Used to be raw dawg but now you want the grill
Seville flawless, so now you want drill
And takin' a groupie home is just like lovin' some roadkill
Pimpin' and panderin', on a level you can serve
This metal, nouns, pronouns, adverbs, and verbs
I spit the words of Wordsmith, how ya gonna burst shit
Sip-sip, sip-sip, "Sippin' on Some Syrup" like Three 6
Engine Number 9 is on the grind
Like ya molars when ya rolled and that's your back teeth bitin' down
Now open up and say it, the D to the F's the greatest
The talented town, then tip up your drink, your head has been deflated
Grab your ticket
Come get wit it
Trans DF Express, Trans DF Express
Grab your ticket (ticket)
Come get wit it
Trans DF Express, Trans DF Express (oh shit)
Grab your ticket
Come get wit it
Trans DF Express, Trans DF Express
Grab your ticket (ticket)
Come get wit it
Trans DF Express, Trans DF Express (oh shit)
Come get wit it
Trans DF Express, Trans DF Express
Grab your ticket (ticket)
Come get wit it
Trans DF Express, Trans DF Express (hey)
I am the one and only son of a machine gun
Un-trappable, meaning I can't be placed between none
Even In Darkness, I already ate this diction
It's so bold you could smell that funk with a cold
It's unbelievable, bare a resemblance to Broken Mold
I'm optimistic, I'm the air in the open road
Make ya move it's moderate, no need to speed
It's inevitable you arrive in due time indeed
Now is the time and place to in-vade the empty space
I'm a perfectionist, I never pressure the pen space
But I wouldn't be amazing without God's Amazing Grace
I can travel outer space standing in one place
Grab your ticket
Come get wit it
Trans DF Express, Trans DF Express
Grab your ticket (ticket)
Come get wit it
Trans DF Express, Trans DF Express
Hippy to the hop, like a digi-log frog
Throw me the cat and I'll throw you the dog (wooh)
Simple as a dimple ain't it?
A hole in your cheek, let's hit the town so we can paint it
Red, or maybe baby blue for two
As sure as you are my lover, that is my favorite color
And we get down, off to my castle we drown
In each others love we puddle, huddle
Break, fourth down, and inches
(Aah) We all some players don't ride no benches (aah)
Elegant princes come to your senses (aah)
I noticed that you're one of a kind
That makes you kind of the one
I'm sharing my spaghetti with
The Lady and The Tramp, the mystery, the myth
Not into runnin' frames, but I got a thang for ya
Swoosh! I will do ya, surely I adore ya
Grab your ticket
Come get wit it
Trans DF Express, Trans DF Express
Grab your ticket (ticket)
Come get wit it
Trans DF Express, Trans DF Express (oh shit)
Gipp, a 2002 hobo
What'chu think it say 2A, ya goin my way?
Went from Ragtime buddy to a cakewalk stage
Didn't ask 'cause I passed, you made this weight
My impression is one and no other
Kinda-sorta yo, Dr. Demental
Had you come through the lab
Doctor, irganized instrumental
We gon' keep it on the track and the gristle
This express, here the whistle?
Who the fuck changed the face of the game
And bought it back "5, Deuce, 4, Tre"
The alliance of elite emcees
Attention, salute, at ease
The world renowned, from here clean across seas
It's the critical acclaimed, Dungeon Family
We are now boardin', all seats and all rows
But it ain't no more tickets 'cause it's a sold-out show
Grab your ticket
Come get wit it
Trans DF Express, Trans DF Express
Grab your ticket (ticket)
Come get wit it
Trans DF Express, Trans DF Express (oh shit)
I Stank I can, I Stank I can, I know I can, I will
The nigga B-I-G be knocking players off the field, for real
Dungeon Family got my sword and my shield
To Campbellton not Camelot, let's smoke a joint and chill
Chill like four babies, and now you want the pill
Used to be raw dawg but now you want the grill
Seville flawless, so now you want drill
And takin' a groupie home is just like lovin' some roadkill
Pimpin' and panderin', on a level you can serve
This metal, nouns, pronouns, adverbs, and verbs
I spit the words of Wordsmith, how ya gonna burst shit
Sip-sip, sip-sip, "Sippin' on Some Syrup" like Three 6
Engine Number 9 is on the grind
Like ya molars when ya rolled and that's your back teeth bitin' down
Now open up and say it, the D to the F's the greatest
The talented town, then tip up your drink, your head has been deflated
Grab your ticket
Come get wit it
Trans DF Express, Trans DF Express
Grab your ticket (ticket)
Come get wit it
Trans DF Express, Trans DF Express (oh shit)
Grab your ticket
Come get wit it
Trans DF Express, Trans DF Express
Grab your ticket (ticket)
Come get wit it
Trans DF Express, Trans DF Express (oh shit)
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