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.
Beyonce]
Sweetness flowing like a faucet, body bangin' no corset
Brother's wanna toss it but they lost cause my game ain't no forfeit
Slicker than a porpoise and thicker than a horse's
Carmen Brown got the whole town speechless
I stick to my thesis, I stick to my features
Brother's try to hold but they game never reaches
And most of these cats are like the middle of peaches
I see you lookin' at but what you lookin' at
You want a bomb, wanna twist me like a bottle cap
[Mos Def]
I'm tryin' to holler miss to see if you gon' holler back
[Beyonce]
Your game is wack and no you will not get your quarter back
See this is Carmen, curves like a quota sack
Skin coffee and cream, your donuts, you ain't dunkin' that
[Mos Def]
But this is Milla, Lieutenant if you're wonderin'
[Sam Sarpong]
And I'm Natheniel, (Mos Def) Mel Gibson (Sam) Danny Gloverin'
[Beyonce]
I knew not he you might as well be mumblin'
See I have dreams of the man what would become of him
There's not a kid out here who can make me believe
I should postpone my goals, he got tricks up his sleeve
Whole bar full of cups and you ain't lockin' me down
[Mos Def]
I got a warrant for ya heart and bear for the trial
[Sam]
Get a pardon if ya come with the sargeant now
[Beyonce]
Give me a chair cause I don't care I ain't feelin' your style
[Hook x2]
Yo, I'm tryin' to get with you shorty
(But I'm not feelin' you)
But I'm an officer shorty
(My looks are killin' you)
Murder one will get you under the covers
(Game talk or manslaughter I ain't feelin' you brothers)
[Beyonce]
Eyes like the ocean
[Mos Def]
Ma I got some lotion
Hold ya thighs, raise em' high and daddy long stroke em'
[Beyonce]
Hair like forever
[Sam]
I swear I could do it better
Take the gun out my holster, I still rock a beretta
[Beyonce]
You brothers sweat Carmen like Patrick Ewing
But that kid
[Mos Def]
Don't waste ya time he ain't worth doin'
He just a sargeant, passin' out tickets for parking
[Sam]
Chickenheads cluckin'
[Beyonce]
Pitiful fools barkin'
See this is Carmen, voice sweet as Marvin
I turn out lights with the switch when I'm walkin'
Girls steady jealous cause they man always hawkin'
Even got Lou lookin' at me like he stalkin'
And I got a mind too, wouldn't bless you
If your first name was Ha-Choo, on Sunday singin' gospel
[Mos Def]
You ain't a dime just a nickel actin' high school
[Beyonce]
Headed for the big top and bouncin' on this side show
Sweetness flowing like a faucet, body bangin' no corset
Brother's wanna toss it but they lost cause my game ain't no forfeit
Slicker than a porpoise and thicker than a horse's
Carmen Brown got the whole town speechless
I stick to my thesis, I stick to my features
Brother's try to hold but they game never reaches
And most of these cats are like the middle of peaches
I see you lookin' at but what you lookin' at
You want a bomb, wanna twist me like a bottle cap
[Mos Def]
I'm tryin' to holler miss to see if you gon' holler back
[Beyonce]
Your game is wack and no you will not get your quarter back
See this is Carmen, curves like a quota sack
Skin coffee and cream, your donuts, you ain't dunkin' that
[Mos Def]
But this is Milla, Lieutenant if you're wonderin'
[Sam Sarpong]
And I'm Natheniel, (Mos Def) Mel Gibson (Sam) Danny Gloverin'
[Beyonce]
I knew not he you might as well be mumblin'
See I have dreams of the man what would become of him
There's not a kid out here who can make me believe
I should postpone my goals, he got tricks up his sleeve
Whole bar full of cups and you ain't lockin' me down
[Mos Def]
I got a warrant for ya heart and bear for the trial
[Sam]
Get a pardon if ya come with the sargeant now
[Beyonce]
Give me a chair cause I don't care I ain't feelin' your style
[Hook x2]
Yo, I'm tryin' to get with you shorty
(But I'm not feelin' you)
But I'm an officer shorty
(My looks are killin' you)
Murder one will get you under the covers
(Game talk or manslaughter I ain't feelin' you brothers)
[Beyonce]
Eyes like the ocean
[Mos Def]
Ma I got some lotion
Hold ya thighs, raise em' high and daddy long stroke em'
[Beyonce]
Hair like forever
[Sam]
I swear I could do it better
Take the gun out my holster, I still rock a beretta
[Beyonce]
You brothers sweat Carmen like Patrick Ewing
But that kid
[Mos Def]
Don't waste ya time he ain't worth doin'
He just a sargeant, passin' out tickets for parking
[Sam]
Chickenheads cluckin'
[Beyonce]
Pitiful fools barkin'
See this is Carmen, voice sweet as Marvin
I turn out lights with the switch when I'm walkin'
Girls steady jealous cause they man always hawkin'
Even got Lou lookin' at me like he stalkin'
And I got a mind too, wouldn't bless you
If your first name was Ha-Choo, on Sunday singin' gospel
[Mos Def]
You ain't a dime just a nickel actin' high school
[Beyonce]
Headed for the big top and bouncin' on this side show
Lyrics submitted by nsxdriven
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