This song is a Goat Posse original created out of thin air by the producers. It is a merging of two concepts, the first being how Hip Hop artists Travis Scott would explain the concept of books. The second is a call back to “The Pagemaster” a 1994 film where the protagonist passes through a portal and finds himself in a library and must read his way through the classics to find his way home. Lyrics after the jump.
Producer: FoP Justus, Heatmiser
Vocals: Skinny D
Lyrics: Skinny DWelcome to the library. Over on your left, we have the new releases. Periodicals are to the the right of the computer lab, which is located down the hallway. Non-fiction is in the back, and fiction is up front. So, is there anything I can help you find?
Books
Books
Books, Books, Books, Books, Books
Under fluorescent lights
Grab your books, tonight we’re clubbing
Til the restless strikes
Excuse my French like E.E. Cummings
No subbing, no snubbing
Shhh! Let me tell you something
In libraries it gets lit, lit lit, lit
Under fluorescent lights
Grab your books, tonight we’re clubbing
Til the restless strikes
Excuse my French like E.E. Cummings
No subbing, no snubbing
Shhh! Let me tell you something
In libraries it gets lit, lit lit, lit
It’s gone be lit-
For sure-
Surrounded by the-
Literature
Ready to flip the script & venture through the written word
But I got a little hi-i-i-igh, so it took a different turn
Harry Potter with his mystic works
Speed reading ’til my vision skrrts
All the things that I wish I learned
Wonka whipping up the nerds nerd nerds nerd
From ABCs with Big Bird to Kerouac out in Big Sur
Shhh! Keep it down sir
Tone it to a whisper
Please don’t disturb-urb-urb-urb
Sorry for being so scandalous
Everybody here for the bandwidth
History books on the banned list
Oh my god, is this in Spanish
The librarian checking me out & giving the sign
I’m running fingers under the covers & now I’m slipping the spine
Oh my God, I’m talking about books so it’s totally fine
But the thought alone has got me sweating oh my my (books books books books)
Under fluorescent lights
Grab your books, tonight we’re clubbing
‘Til the restless strikes
Excuse my French like E.E. Cummings
No subbing, no snubbing
Shhh! Let me tell you something
In libraries it gets lit, lit lit, lit
Under fluorescent lights
Grab your books tonight we’re clubbing
‘Til the restless strikes
Excuse my French like E.E. Cummings
No subbing, no snubbing
Shhh! Let me tell you something
In libraries it gets lit, lit lit, lit
Food for thought – got me hunger panged
Reading through DoorDash, call it Hunger Games
Was going up like Gatbsy – completely unrestrained
But now things fell apart; something changed
48 Laws ain’t got nothing on 50 Shades
So high right now can’t even flip the page
Let’s have a book parade
So disengaged; hey bro hey
Can’t even read this, is it even legible
File me under drip, dewy to the decimal
Feeling sparkly like a vampire from head to toe
Bro, this pop up book is incredible
Soaring on a reading rainbow
Action thrillers with a Jane Doe
Harlequin novels, pirate Kato
Why are all auto-bios so painful
I know it’s on the page, though
It’s all in my head
It’s all in my head
It’s all in my head
It’s all in my-
Shhhhhut the fuck up! How many times do we need to tell you to be quiet?! Like, who do you even think you are?! The Pagemaster or something?! You Macauley Culkin looking ass. They do not pay me enough for this.
