Elijah Would (EW) is actually a structurally fractured and coded ballad about finding a dismissive self-confidence within oneself in the midst of a social climax as a coping mechanism for loneliness that comes off sonically as a trap banger with lyrically tightly woven verses and a simply and catchy one-word chorus.
The chorus "I'm" was written with the idea of it being short for "I am," which is a further abbreviated version of the poem titled "I Am – Somebody," by Reverend William Holmes Borders, Sr., which was the loose inspiration for this song.
This was a personally long-awaited collaboration between Chuck Nasty and fellow Virginia producer ICMB, and the dark and moody aesthetics created with this collaborative record was the inspiration for the entire SINS OF A FATHER project, sonically.
The lyrics for the song itself were written to the Twista "Adrenaline Rush" instrumental, produced by The Legendary Traxster originally, and these lyrics were written in 2013, even though the song the lyrics came to be did not get released until 2016.
It was actually a blessing for this beat to be the way it was, because this song was contained verses Chuck personally favored, and though he wanted to make the lyrics into a song, he didn't want to make an industry-beat remix for Adrenaline Rush in 2013. I think the game has enough Adrenaline Rush verses.
lyrics
VERSE 1
This dick's a token of my gratitude.
'In a babbling Brooke, like Pontypool,
I been in yo' house
since In Your House and WWF Attitude.
I exercise the wood and go against the grain...
Rising up, she fight against the pain.
I'm in her thighs and hood, she roll her eyes, it's good,
and you don't have to ask, you know Elijah would,
I'm in the fucking sky with my father, Luke,
I'm the drunk uncle when I'm inside the booth.
I'm feeling blessed, nigga my eyes' the truth...
I'm the tank I just ride and shoot!
Hallelujah! Pile the mula!
Troy Palamalu, I'm the god and buddha
in the For Horsemen, I ride the cougar!
Flex Luger, foot tap the gas like I could ride a scooter!
Hide medula!
Smoking gouda! Eyes Medusa!
Through the eyes of the blind, I'm defined.
Potent and pine. Smoke in designer, I soak it in wine.
Focused on Hocus, yo' hoe kiss this kind.
Thought you would know, but you don't get the signs.
Don't bitch and whine.
I'm what you could be, just open your mind. I'm!
CHORUS
I'm...I'm...I'm...I'm...
I'm...I'm...I'm...I'm..
We's eat the trenches...Me and my temptress...
We on adventures, Dr. Venture...
She needed interest...
I gave her inches 'tween her dentures...
Tee-hee'd and clenched her.
She need a pimp and you the Simpsons.
TV; defenseless..
Ain't even mentioned.
VERSE 2
Now bitch I'm back at it...
The child of God, the son of crack addict.
My mother's a saint.
Whippin' the stick, slab covered in paint...
Scream "Fuck the world" like put rubbers to taints.
Fuck til she faint, I love myself bitch so fuck what you think.
Cup me a drink. Puff me some dank. Would love you but can't.
I'm so far above and you sank.
Wading below; wade in my woes.
I spit a verse...all of them woah!
I'm gettin' high; they're crawling below!
Toss me a pussy like tossing a rose!
I fell and rose! Majellan behold!
My hell is a hole! I'm climbing up.
Sighting the gold! Striking a pose!
So in the wave, like a viking, I rode!
Striking like lightening, a sight to behold!
Bussin' a shell. Mario brothers, we pipin' dem hoes.
Ace in the hole!
I'm Busta Rhymes. Gimme some mo'!
Low End Theory. Low and behold!
Lower your panties, get caught in a hold!
I'm pressed for time. Depressed, in a bind.
Show me some , I'll possess your behind. I'm!
CHORUS
I'm...I'm...I'm...I'm...
I'm...I'm...I'm...I'm..
We's eat the trenches...Me and my temptress...
We on adventures, Dr. Venture...
She needed interest...
I gave her inches 'tween her dentures...
Tee-hee'd and clenched her.
She need a pimp and you the Simpsons.
TV; defenseless..
Ain't even mentioned.
OUTRO
*Mark Hammil's joker laugh*
credits
from SINS OF A FATHER,
released November 25, 2016
Mark Hammil's Joker laugh track from The Red Hood was used an outro.
GRYSCL is an alternative hip hop comic book experience project out of Old Town Petersburg, Virginia. The active members of
GRYSCL are front-man Chuck Nasty, the ghost of his best friend Maxamillian (Millz), and lead producer Evrlyontheglitch, as well as the greater cloud of producers associated with GRYSCL,
