Now I know, fools get their own when they chit chat
Haven't heard yet, but you can bet I'm not with that
With that talk, with the digi-walk
I stalk a bird, you heard, absurd word to the fact
I'm a cat nippin', sippin' on the flask
Passin' it, talking shit, but only if your ass
In front of me â??cause you could run from me, but
In the end, revenge send ends to the defendant
I can't get caught in the spiral 'cause every bit of energy
It goes to my survival, out my way
I'm a flicka-flacka blotter, ya try to find a weakness
But the shit keeps gettin' harder

[Chorus:]
Fourth of July, with Lucy in Sky
I remember pine trees and the coat of many colors
I was nineteen, I'd do anything
Shit like that now scares me, but I'd like to do it again
It was Independence day
I've seen the other side and I say
Oh, I've been insane
And I won't ever be the same

Cause we flow we must be fly
First to flow Nickel my brother, so wise
And then I rise
Here's an ill kid, pimpin' 'cause he is so slick
Steps from darkness, his body electric
A drone buzzes the air, a cracklin' tone
Then boomin' like thunder in a cosmic jungle
Death defyin' like Knievel, he feeble
Words that will wobble, awkward and evil
'cause he flow and rock the hardest of the crowds A marvel pow, how you like me now?
I've returned, the kiss of death, the last Damien
From the abyss, fresh eternal alien
Now famished from pathless way, I may do damage
To the whack MC's, I know you can't stand this
Right about now, get down, I'm the annihilator Rockin' with the rhythm of my rhyme detonator

[Chorus]

Yeah


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Homebrew Lyrics as written by Chad Ronald Sexton Aaron Charles Wills

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    its about an acid trip... thats why very little of it makes sence... i shit you not... thats what its really about...

    super Don January 13, 2002   Link
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    yup...that's what it's about. Nick made a comment about it before they did it live once...damn..i wish i could remember what he said...but..yeah..it's about LSD.

    BeautifulDisasteron May 01, 2002   Link
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    i dont care what its about, cuz this is one of 311s best songs, cuz its full of so much energy and has a phat rhythm to it!

    n3j1y1on July 29, 2002   Link
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    4th of july with lucy in sky..

    ate_16amon August 17, 2002   Link
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    shit like that scares me cause of some of the words to this song....It was Independence day I've seen the other side and I say oh, I've been insane and I wont ever be the same with those words they saved me from making a mistake.wow

    TEXticle2on March 07, 2003   Link
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    my bro was on that otherside (not with LSD though) and whoah, he will never be the same, but he is fine now.

    stinofnatricityon March 15, 2003   Link
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    It's about an acid trip, definitely. "Lucy in sky" is obvious, "I'd do anything" is about how he was experimental, and the "coat of many colors" certainly and maybe the "pine trees" are what he saw when he was on the trip. And the title "Homebrew" means that he made his own at home.

    I might be wrong though about 1 or 2 of the lines... I'm not an expert or experienced with drugs. But it's surely about an acid trip.

    suckmykisson May 03, 2004   Link
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    i've always thought that the song was about taking mushrooms because of the title homebrew. you can brew up some mushroom tea, but i'm not sure you really "brew" lsd.

    icy40ozon November 29, 2004   Link
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    most likely acid, because he says that shit scares him, which acid really does while shroomin is supposed to be more mellow, less intense and mind-opening. (Plus I think he did shrooms a lot more often, ie: "Trip the shrooms fantastic shit gets drastic")....anyways yea thats what i imagine

    mattduczon December 02, 2004   Link
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    notice also that he mentions "blotter"... and white blotter is a very common type of acid

    K3LLYK1LLon December 29, 2004   Link

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