Cracks In The Surface Lyrics - Survival Story - Flobots

The water level's rising, the water level's rising 

Everyone alive sing, who will turn the tide? 

Bring about land grabs, sand bags, bring 'em out 

It's hard to yell with the Atlantic in your mouth 

There's cracks in the surface 

Cracks in the surface 

Tick, tick, tick, tick 

Cracks in the surface 

Cracks in the surface 

Tick, tick, tick, tick 

Tick, tick, tick, tick 

One becomes two becomes three becomes four 

Our sound waves run your city like parkour 

Provokin' encores, we know you want more 

That's what we are doin' this for 

Four becomes three becomes two becomes one 

The metamorphosis cannot be undone 

We burst forth from the land toward the sun 

And transform, the advance has begun 

Like Mary J, I'm o-Bliged to hollerate and prophesize 

Nostradamus on the topics often dropped on open mics 

When both sides are vocalized, the crowd spits the dopest lines 

Efforts gain significance like overdrives of Dopamine 

These narcissists forget to do their exercise 

Confused by what success implies 

Name drop successive tries in drive-thrus to get extra fries 

Emancipating free speech when I run my mouth 

Terminal cancer patients say, "Hey when's the CD coming out?" 

Cracks in the surface 

Cracks in the surface 

Tick, tick, tick, tick 

Cracks in the surface 

Cracks in the surface 

Tick, tick, tick, tick 

Tick, tick, tick, tick 

Rhymin' enigma, we keep 'em guessing 

My rhymes are like ribbons when I wrap the present 

Recapture lessons, the ancestors prefaced 

In deference to how we break it down to the essence 

'Cause there're cracks in the surface, nobody wants to see 'em 

Strategic war games, don't call 'em human beings 

They call 'em like they want 'em for a prop in their battle rap 

But Solomon and Math will dap after playin' the track backwards 

Because there's too much death energy 

Let it be a muse, sing to your best enemy 

Never let it be your task master, let's finish things 

Alive with oppression and disaster diminishing 

One becomes two becomes three becomes four 

Our sound waves run your city like parkour 

Provokin' encores, we know you want more 

That's what we are doin' this for 

Four becomes three becomes two becomes one 

The metamorphosis cannot be undone 

We burst forth from the land toward the sun 

And transform, the advance has begun 

There's cracks in the surface 

Cracks in the surface 

Tick, tick, tick, tick 

Cracks in the surface 

Cracks in the surface 

Tick, tick, tick, tick 

Tick, tick, tick, tick 

Break it down to the essence of, break it down to the essence of 

Break it down to the essence of, raw, raw, raw, raw 

Break it down to the essence of, break it down to the essence of 

Break it down to the essence of, raw, raw, raw, raw