This man flows better than any hip hop artist I've ever heard. His rhymes are amazing, his songs are actually about shit, and his charisma and energy is intense. He's a master of words. Anyone else listen? Climb Trees Sunset and sunrise I'm my own personal light show flippin' switches moving from basin to plateaus the earth manipulates itself beneath me I stand still, stagnate can't kill this lagged state life? manipulates itself around me but I'm dead still upright, but dead still the word is still born I will not stoop to the level of the stoop that ya'll chill on if the building's boarded up and the children of the corn- er liquor store dont wanna kick it no more because holes have filled the walls sneakers are scuffed and toes are sore I saw ya'll walk from the hood of tough luck yeah if these walls could talk they wouldn't shut the fuck up jump in your pick-up truck and drive from the mountain range cash the chips in on your shoulder, cut your losses, die young, count the change how strange you think these clouds look lovely? smoke signals manipulate themselves above me no symbol's too below me enough to overlook I know you read my every move I wrote the book Mind not the blemishes that are on my premise endlessness is my "to be continued..." Notice the nervousness in my footnotes when being interviewed Shaking uncontrollably. "how you doing?" "not bad...how about you?" Brought it right back to me like "what've you been up to?" I don't talk to freaks. I even ignore my neighbors who live down the stairs I walk the streets. and they don't know that i'm famous in 2000 years So i say shit loud in their ears and i spit a wretched verse in their face... Disrespecting their personal space In a split second, curtains and drapes get closed They think they've shut me out, but i can see their ugly mouth in the shape of "o"s I'd break their windows with a stone that has a note attatched That says "I hate jim crow, and here's a poem to let you know the haps:" I've got a golden axe and I chop cherry trees down Dead to this world, bury me now. I am from a distant place that sits and waits for my belated time to come But its too late I've missed my fate. I "f" with the deaf, blind and dumb My father taught me one thing: how to fire a gun I don't bother this is survival for fun I have become the most sinister sin city slicker Cynical dim witted trickster Critical shit grinning hipster Whisper...to my earhole...tell me not to be fearful Be careful Not to make any sudden movements Show me your sole i like to study shoe prints You've stepped to me before! I can recognize them stubby toes! I left them guys with bloody clothes for a second time...nobody knows The pain i've seen. nobody knows the pain i've seen Nobody knows why i've got a bloody nose or how they made it bleed Climb trees, go out on a limb To find me, forget about him Forget about hymns what are those psalms that you sing What are those songs that are in your head echoing... I am not here to make a change. i break chains I break dance moves and move strange-- Strange famous is infamous for inflammatory mission statements Living in basements with subterranean secret service agents With little patience. a pediatrician who hate kids Women's lib is getting choked to death by their own baby's bibs Baby, did you know that I love women who hate mankind? I talk about it all the damn time I hate men Yeah this conversation is mine. I own all the stock in boring small talk, And i've trade marked this facial expression called the "gawk." So fuck off. I dis functions souped by ninjas and hockey fights While discussion groups infringe upon my copyrights All them bitches want me tonight...i've been so great and respectful They only get salty when i bend them into the shape of a pretzel I make them flexible when i break their schedule. it only got hard... When i asked 'em politely not to fight me and to give a gawd Damn...this is easier than i thought it would be They'll attend any party and not fight it as long as they're invited cordially Unfortunately, I've only got so many hundred openings But talk to me, I want to take you all under my broken wings Who's the right man for the job? Put up your hands y'all because i'm not tall enough to stand up to god Who's the right woman! throw up one hand...and wave it now
Yes I listen to him... Believe it or not, I JUST talked to him on UGHH.com! He was talkin to me about his current projects, and stomped out some supposed "beef" he had with Buck 65. ^Sage Francis on alleged "beef" with Buck 65. enjoy...
pickup a healthy distrust asap....great album i saw him at paid dues festival and he kicked ass you can't see it real clearly, but instead of stars on that flags its all misc symbols, like the mason's symbol, a hammer, dollar sign and a ton more
I can't get enough of Sage Francis either. My ringtone is a part of Crack Pipes. I use to listen to Climb Trees like crazy. Sage Francis - Majority Rule (hook) I'ma take you back, take take you back I'ma take you back, take take you back I'ma take you back, take take you back I'ma take you back, take take you back (W-W-W-Way Back!) I'ma take you back, take take you back I'ma take you back, take take you back See, cuz it's twisted.. In the future, scientists will prove that we never even existed [Verse One] I got lectured once while eating breakfast for lunch Said dad to me "Reality is nothing but a collective hunch Whatever you want the truth to be, simply fool the masses Attack them mentally with tools of power like the Masters Get em in elementary school and college classes Eventually you'll overrule their cowardly asses Don't worry about society, they're all horrible bastards" With this knowledge I blast kids. stay dark like Howard's glasses I'm "Stern!" plus I rule with an iron fist With no concern, it's so cruel, where did I learn this? It's in my gene pool. For permanent bliss It seems cool, only if you suffer from eternal ignorance Internal innocence rejects external filth. Hurdle the guilt My ancestors left. Dress with a traditional kilt Curdled milk that's under suspicion will get spilt Ain't no use crying. Who's lying about the empire I built? Another self proclaimed historian With Einstein as his passenger, and a flux capacitor in his Delorean Rewrote my past, taught me sin When we spoke at last he caught me in the chin There was no need to ask, I know he fought me to win My broken task is born again, let a new war begin I think he saw me grin. Played my ass like a sucka Turned that brunch between me and my father into our last supper [Chorus] He'll take us back, take take us back He'll take us back, take take us back (Take us back back!) He'll take us back, take take us back He'll take us back, take take us back (W-W-W-Way Back!) See, cuz it's twisted.. In the future, scientists will prove that we never even existed [Verse Two] So now I'm orphaned into this world of a rewritten past Where they force my girl to clean and force me to sit in class The teacher laughs as he preaches math, beats me with a staff Because the text we read expects us to bleed each paragraph I speed through the chapter fast. My prospectful wife Hangs her pride at half mast, force fed domestic life Is giving her a fat ass...she can't eat no more "We'll see who laughs last" is what she speaks so sure as she sweeps the floor Her bare feet are sore. I'd massage her toes But she's way too busy doing dirty laundry and washing my clothes This bastard ass took us back to the dark ages My heart races. He's got 1 out of 3 blacks locked in cages Sage is heading for the mic, but they blocked the stages Dopes took his notebook, said "Don't look!" as they blotched the page Ignoramuses must have "idio-dildos" stuck up in their anuses Dominatrixes explain how pleasurable of a pain this is I ain't with this game of his.I'm looking for a loophole Just because you look the part, don't mean you can play, ask Manute Bol My absolute role is to save whatever is left of me The last of my true soul, so I dress up like the referee To get the coach on every bench pissed They approach me with a clenched fist So I throw up their past lives and say, "Catch this!" They get the drift, but fans rush the court Propaganda programs they hold in their hands brain washed and flushed their thought Now it's a blood sport. My girl ain't with this strange land She was fronting like a cheerleader as she figured out the game plan Made peeks at play sheets, memorized them like the Rain Man Conducted her own brain scan, then reversed the chain of command "She learned the formulas?" The story is unraveling She seduced Einstein by dressing up like Marilyn.. Monroe. now she's got a Manson look in her eyes And a grin that's stretching so wide.damn, son, I'm petrified! [Chorus] She'll take us back, take take us back She'll take us back, take take us back (Take us back back!) She'll take us back, take take us back She'll take us back, take take us back(W-W-W-Way Back!) See, cuz it's twisted.. In the future scientists will prove that we never even exsssss....
avant guardian angel? He only calls himself that once in any of his songs. Ive been listening to him for a long time, hes definitely in that group of pros. I wouldnt call his flows better or worse than people like buck. Its all top quality work, and if your gonna try to add parenthases after his name, make sure its XAUL XAN!!!!! oh yeah and im resurrecting this for justice
I love him to death, but I was kind of turned off when I met him and he was a complete asshole. I still listen to him, of course, just think a bit less of the dude...
I've been getting into Sage Francis lately a bit. Buck 65 too. I don't have much, but I'm gettin' there. And yeah, "A Healthy Distrust" is a great album. Buck 65's "Secret House Against the World" is crazy fuckin' awesome too.
One of the most intelligent men in hip hop. Not only are his rapping abilities off the charts and his writing ability fantastic (nobody does metaphors and wordplay better), but the philosophy and ideas he puts into his lyrics are godly. I can't say enough good things about him. Disappointed to hear he's an asshole though.
I love sage I always have and always will, his lyrics are meaningfull unlike most of the main streem rap some of my favorite songs : Sea Lion crack pipes runaways escape artist (also if u like sage, u'll prolly like adeem)
Yeah, all you guys saying he's an asshole are probably right. I saw him live in DC with World/Inferno and Against Me! and he did Sea Lion. Some chick started singing the intro and he pointed her out and was like "Oh, you know the words? wanna come up here and sing the song?" and as the girl sort of made her way over the barricade he goes "Nah bitch, sorry, one man show." fucking hilarious. If I could flow like him I'd be a dick too.
When Sage is golden, he's golden, particularly songs such as Broken Wings, Black Out On White Night, and Slow Down Ghandi. His albums are filled with way too much annoying, unlistenable clutter, though. You could probably condense all of his good material into one cd.