Hedges - Epic Beard Men, Sage Francis, B. Dolan

I ain’t Right but I ain’t Left

Strange thing he said to me on the day we first met

Ex-prison guard pretty large military vet

Sizin' me from his front yard I wasn’t worried yet

He seemed friendly I told him my name

He said he’d keep to himself I said we mostly do the same

Nice to meet you welcome to the neighborhood type introduction

I kept it movin' no more reason for discussion

Though I recently been wonderin' what the deal is

Deliveries keep comin' and goin', what is he building?

Kids toys in the yard but no kids

Brings a lot of trash out and groceries in

No one ever visits, never opens windows

I swear though I can hear distant voices echoing from limbo

The dude is not on Facebook, uses a flip phone

My wife insists though, it couldn’t happen in our zip code

She don’t think so

She sounds like the people on the news

No one thinks of takin' action til it’s happenin' to you

I’m just tryin' to be proactive and I think we need to face it

I got a neighbor who I think may have some people in the basement

I got a neighbor who I think may have some people in the basement

I got a neighbor

(I got a neighbor)

Ask em how high the hedges?

(How high the hedges?)

How tall the grass?

(How tall the grass?)

You love your neighbor?

(You love your neighbor?)

Well how long’s it last?

(How long’s it last?)

(Scared…)

How high the hedges?

(How high the hedges?)

(So scared…)

How tall the grass?

(How tall the grass?)

(Stay scared)

You love your neighbor?

(Love your neighbor)

For how long?

(For how long?)

He ain’t wrong but he ain’t right

Just keep your eyes off of my lawn and don’t worry about my life

I ain’t a good neighbor?

Well I’m a good shot

Which might be necessary since I heard he don’t believe in «good cops»

He fits the profile of the thugs I used to profile

Got nothing to do with racial make-up, it’s just that whole style

You know the type, looks like he messes with pipe bombs

Told my kids to stay inside when they see his lights on

Now I got them learnin' how to build stuff

While I weatherize our shelter to protect us from the wind gusts

Cause Winter’s coming, and this time it might not ever leave

Unlike my wife, 'cause when I returned from overseas

I was someone different

So now I’m new to this area, hey, keep a safe distance that’s the American way

Look at these self snitches, with their fancy camera phones

Good for them I guess, leave that mess pointed at your own

Let NSA have a field day, Siri don’t live here

Don’t tell me how the outside world works, I’ve killed there

I’mma teach my kids the differences between you and me

'Til this whole damn country is a gated community

(Stay scared)

Til this whole damn country is a gated community

(Stay scared, big man)

I got a neighbor (I got a neighbor)

Who says

How high the hedges?

(How high the hedges?)

How tall the grass?

(How tall the grass?)

You love your neighbor?

(You love your neighbor?)

Well how long’s it last?

(How long’s it last?)

(Scared…)

How high the hedges?

(How high the hedges?)

(So scared…)

How tall the grass?

(How tall the grass?)

(Stay scared)

You love your neighbor?

(You love your neighbor?)

For how long?

(For how long?)

(Scared…so scared)

(Stay scared)

You know you heard about it every couple years

News vans, cameras, bystanders in tears

And when the truth appears, there’s no punishment too severe

For lunatics keepin' humans like souvenirs down in the room somewhere

Look at ‘im out there mowin' his lawn

Actin' like it ain’t a thing going on

Look at ‘im out there washin' his car

Probably wonderin' where all of us are

Look at ‘im out there

Tendin' his garden

When he collect the harvest I’mma end what he started

Look at ‘im out there buildin' his wall

Acting like it won’t eventually fall