This song is written as the perspective of the boys in the street, as a whole, and what path they are going to choose as they get older and grow into men. (This is why the music video takes place in an orphanage.) The seen, and unseen collective suffering is imbedded in the boys’ mind, consciously or subconsciously, and is haunting them. Which path will the boys choose? Issac Hayes is the voice of reason, maybe God, the angel on his shoulder, or the voice of his forefathers from beyond the grave who can see the big picture and are pleading with the boys not to continue the violence and pattern of killing their brothers, but to rise above. The most beautiful song and has so many levels. Racism towards African Americans in America would not exist if everyone sat down and listened to this song and understood the history behind the words. The power, fear, pleading in RZA and Ghostface voices are genuine and powerful. Issac Hayes’ strong voice makes the perfect strong father figure, who is possibly from beyond the grave.
The murderess undresses her late night victim
He's got a fine physique, that's why she picked him
She takes a swig of port then sits
Upon his rigor mortised bits till dawn
She's the sickest lass in all of Sickdom
-----
Sickdom is a realm
Where saintly souls are overwhelmed,
Their grace erased and then replaced with bas depravity
Its denizens are menacing, yet fill you full of calm
By shoving opiated balm up in your cavity...
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The murderess confesses to the handsome priest
But he doesn't hear a word, as he's deceased
She tears his frock & socks off and
Prepares to get her rocks off by smearing him
In the extremely unctuous gunk with which she's greased
-----
The murderess caresses he machete
And curls up on a deep magenta settee
The scent of fetid gent is strong and heady
As she slips out of her pinkish patchwork teddy
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The murderess's tresses grow gray and thin
And then the ravages of time do her in
She punts across the Styx to dwell
But cannot get her kicks so well in Hades,
Where cavorting with the dead is not a sin, rickety-tin,
How she longs to live in Sickdom once again...
He's got a fine physique, that's why she picked him
She takes a swig of port then sits
Upon his rigor mortised bits till dawn
She's the sickest lass in all of Sickdom
-----
Sickdom is a realm
Where saintly souls are overwhelmed,
Their grace erased and then replaced with bas depravity
Its denizens are menacing, yet fill you full of calm
By shoving opiated balm up in your cavity...
-----
The murderess confesses to the handsome priest
But he doesn't hear a word, as he's deceased
She tears his frock & socks off and
Prepares to get her rocks off by smearing him
In the extremely unctuous gunk with which she's greased
-----
The murderess caresses he machete
And curls up on a deep magenta settee
The scent of fetid gent is strong and heady
As she slips out of her pinkish patchwork teddy
-----
The murderess's tresses grow gray and thin
And then the ravages of time do her in
She punts across the Styx to dwell
But cannot get her kicks so well in Hades,
Where cavorting with the dead is not a sin, rickety-tin,
How she longs to live in Sickdom once again...
Lyrics submitted by kaotic73
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