Rare Americans - Brittle Bones Nicky (Official Music Video)(MP3_128K)
[00:12.16] Wires got crossed when I was about 3
[00:13.91] Dad had bloody heavy hands, used em on me
[00:15.65] My mamma? Bless her heart, cuz she gave me a start
[00:17.65] She got killed, bad man, dad stiffed in a scam
[00:19.40] Grew up in the system, bounced, couple homes
[00:21.16] This woman Mary, gifted me hand-me-down clothes
[00:23.41] Shy at the start, till this guy named Shifty
[00:24.91] Who had 100 pounds on me, called me "Brittle Bones Nicky"
[00:27.16] A target aimed straight at my face
[00:28.66] Big house of kids, cred is cake
[00:30.41] Rounded up a couple bucks, got it freshly baked
[00:32.41] Sat down to dinner, put it right in his face
[00:34.40] Right in his fucking face (in his face)
[00:37.91] You're not gonna push me around
[00:41.66] You can't get me down, down, down (down!)
[00:45.41] You're not gonna push me around (no!)
[00:49.16] You can't get me down, down, down (down!)
[01:07.41] Bounce ahead, couple years, king of my peers
[01:09.15] We biked the block, cheersin' pretty girls beers
[01:11.15] Did alright for myself, petty thefts I pulled
[01:13.16] I dropped outta school, built a circle of bulls
[01:14.91] Needing more money, covered head to toe
[01:16.65] Snuck up, sucker, took his stash, and drove
[01:18.65] The cash stashed, pouring in
[01:20.40] Bulk of it up my nose
[01:22.16] How dumb I was, twenty-one
[01:23.91] And way out of control
[01:25.90] The cops kicked down the door
[01:27.66] She did a line right off my (woah!)
[01:29.41] Said "that's one way to go down"
[01:31.16] Knew I was hard as rock
[01:33.40] Knew I was hard as rock (hard as rock!)
[01:37.16] You're not gonna push me around
[01:40.65] You can't get me down, down, down (down!)
[01:44.41] You're not gonna push me around (no!)
[01:48.16] You can't get me down, down, down (down!)
[01:51.91] Bars, new world, who can I trust?
[01:53.41] Killers were nice, smugglers were rough
[01:55.41] Met a man named Ben, quite sharp and witty
[01:57.40] Gave me books, 'bout money and cities
[01:59.41] Taught me ropes, only years coulda gained
[02:00.91] Looked out for each other, M.O.'s the same
[02:02.91] That night I heard Ben, turning 50 in May
[02:04.90] Yellin' so loud, two decades we aged
[02:06.66] Found him cornered, pants down, shanked
[02:08.41] Didn't even think twice, man I barely blinked
[02:10.41] (I barely blinked, I barely blinked)
[02:11.66] If it cost me my life man, I'd save my only friend
[02:15.65] That's something I could live with
[02:17.41] I could take that 'til the end
[02:19.40] If it cost me my life man, I'd save my only friend
[02:23.16] That's something I could live with
[02:24.91] I could take that 'til the end (hey!)
[02:27.16] You're not gonna push me around
[02:30.66] You can't get me down, down, down (down!)
[02:34.40] You're not gonna push me around (no!)
[02:38.16] You can't get me down, down, down (down!)
[02:43.40] Now every morning, coffee, park
[02:45.16] Walking around the city, deals light or dark
[02:47.15] I'm straight edge as a punk
[02:48.90] Well mannered, and I feel free
[02:50.66] Tried to do what I thought was best
[02:52.41] And that's coming to the grave with me
[02:54.41] As I lay here in my final nights, I try to have a laugh
[02:58.16] I didn't win the game of life
[02:59.91] But I'd give myself a pass
