Matt Shadows their lead singer says the song was written as per request from the developers of Call of Duty: Black Ops 4. Watching the initial trailers for the game & looking at production sketches reminded him of the 'S-Town' podcast & its main protagonist, John B. McLemore. Matt also comments specifically on the lyrics: "I decided that the lyrics would shadow McLemore's life." In 2012, antiquarian horologist John B. McLemore sent an email to the staff of the show 'This American Life' asking them to investigate an alleged murder in his hometown of Woodstock, Alabama, a place McLemore claimed to despise. After a year of exchanging emails & several months of conversation with McLemore, producer Brian Reed traveled to Woodstock to investigate. Reed investigated the crime & eventually found that no such murder took place, though he struck up a friendship with the depressed but colorful character of McLemore. He recorded conversations with McLemore & other people in Woodstock. McLemore killed himself by drinking potassium cyanide on June 22, 2015 while the podcast was still in production. In the narrative of the podcast, this occurs at the end of the second episode; subsequent episodes deal with the fallout from McLemore's death while exploring more of McLemore's life & character.
What is that smell???
Walking through the plant today,
Scooping up what gets away,
It's poo poo, poo poo,
Something's smelling pretty ripe,
Coming from that sewer pipe,
It's poo poo, poo poo,
You know, everybody knows
Who can smell it with their nose,
It's poo poo, poo poo,
I've got poo poo on my shoe,
I've got poo poo on my shoe,
It's poo poo, poo poo,
But first, you gotta...
You gotta, you gotta, got to, got to, got to, got to, got to, got to, got to,
Shitman!
Lemme, lemme, lemme, lemme, lemme, lemme, lemme,
Shitman!
Don't gimme, don't gimme, don't gimme, don't gimme, don't gimme no,
Shitman!
Come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on shit.
He's got poo poo
Walking through the plant today,
Scooping up what gets away,
It's poo poo, poo poo,
Something's smelling pretty ripe,
Coming from that sewer pipe,
It's poo poo, poo poo,
You know, everybody knows
Who can smell it with their nose,
It's poo poo, poo poo,
I've got poo poo on my shoe,
I've got poo poo on my shoe,
It's poo poo, poo poo,
But first, you gotta...
You gotta, you gotta, got to, got to, got to, got to, got to, got to, got to,
Shitman!
Lemme, lemme, lemme, lemme, lemme, lemme, lemme,
Shitman!
Don't gimme, don't gimme, don't gimme, don't gimme, don't gimme no,
Shitman!
Come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on shit.
He's got poo poo
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