Vacancy

(album: Rise & Fall Of Slaughterhouse - 2022)

[Joell Ortiz:]
Mic check one-two
Real talk (Heatmakerz, Crack Music)
Hey, let the choir do what it do
Let the church, let the church speak to 'em
Shit, let me speak to 'em
Get up on the altar man, word

I 'member we was on the road on one of them tours like hold on
We got the number one album in the country and so on
They called us Voltron, where did we go wrong?
We 'posed to did this music shit for so long, instead it's "So long"
The house is vacant
Yeah, Mouse is making that podcast money talking foul and flagrant
Right from his couch, I'm hating
Royce Grammy nod came without debating
The Allegory's a wild creation
I'm happy you got to smell your flowers baby
And Crook, shit, Crook still out here being Crook
Got every rapper shook
Ain't never used a book for a verse or a hook
House Slippers, HUMAN, Mona Lisa and Monday
H.A.R.D, Gorilla Glue, yo Fred, we'll laugh again one day
Damn, where did time go? Slaughterhouse been apart like nine, yo
You ask, "Why though?" I wish I had them answers, I don't
Just know that pig shit'll never resume
Emails, phone calls and Zoom still not enough to get us all in a room
Royce said he ain't doing the three man without Joe
But Joe said he retired so how the hell this 'posed to go?
I looked in the eyes of Crooked I
Said," One last time?" He said, "Let's go!"
So this one's for the fans and anyone else who wants to know
Why the best group ever
Turned out to be one of the best groups that never
Got back to his sun after the Shady era
Shit, Paul wasn't on his best behavior
And Joe's comments about Em left no revival for major endeavors
So the gang dropped the flag, got off the label
Back and forth drawn out, lawyer to lawyer but today we're able
To say we're free but we ain't eating at no round table
It's rectangle, me and Crook in a Bojangles
Back to this chicken from rapping incisions
Cutting the hardest vocals you can imagine our vision
Man this half is just different (Hard!) I hope the other half will listen
Put the business in the back and get back to business

[Blakk Soul:]
Whenever you called, I was on my way
Never had a question if I was down to ride
Got your battle scars back-to-back in the field
So when I got the call, I almost died
Dry your tear
Thought that we would see forever
Push comes shove whatever
I guess we were living a lie

[KXNG Crooked:]
Uh, with all you fans have witnessed, I have to ask forgiveness
This might be sacrilegious, I don't wanna go back to business
I don't wanna go back to biz, back to the back and forth
The last deal I brought, that bag was different
Only thing I heard back was crickets
That was my answer, listen, never did lack persistence
I ain't no mathematician but I see mad division
Couldn't get past the friction (Facts!)
Was it a bad decision tryna get back to the mission
Of actually winning in rap again? (Uh)
'Cause all of us had the vision (Uh)
But that was years ago, this is a new day
The fans deserve flowers, this is a bouquet
For wishing the group stay together forever and never fall out like hair
At least we balled out like missing a toupee, with trips to the UK
Gang, to bonding with the group, I became partial
He didn't start the group, he can't end it, don't blame Marshall (Nah)
He didn't start the group, he can't end it, don't blame Paul (Nah)
And fans been there from the beginning (Can't blame y'all!)
Let me take some responsibility, I had the Hennessy filling me
Willingly committing penalties
Mentally whenever liquor would enter me
Bringing the silliest energy
Innocent I can't pretend to be (Uh!)
I just don't fuck with the industry (Uh!)
You lie, you stole and treated me just like an enemy (Uh! Uh!)
Now Joell, it's just him and me on our Purple Tape
Pride made the circle break
Stop letting them fake lies circulate (Rap about it!)
We too old for that (Yeah) Plus we family men
We too real, truth or truth, that's the bag we in (Rap about it)

[Blakk Soul:]
Whenever you called, I was on my way
Never had a question if I was down to ride
Got your battle scars back-to-back in the field
So when I got the call, I almost died
Dry your tear
Thought that we would see forever
Push comes shove whatever
I guess we were living a lie