[Intro – Church Bell + Strip Club Bass]
[Women laughing in the distance]
Bienvenue à Babylone…
[808 knocks violently]
Louisiana edition.
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[Verse 1]
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Bayou Babylon, black water luxury,
Gold teeth grinnin’ like corruption love me.
Swamp-born sinner in crocodile leather,
Talk slick ‘cause survival raised pressure.
Mon cher, the flow too venomous,
Smell like bourbon, smoke, and negligence.
I got funeral etiquette in VIP sections,
Throwin’ money while dodgin’ reflections.
Women move slow through violet haze,
Look like temptation gettin’ paid.
One kissed my cheek said:
“Tu es dangereux…”
I said:
“Baby, Louisiana made me.”
Floodwater wisdom in the cadence heavy,
Whole soul baptized in bad decisions.
Even my flexes got trauma attached,
Like diamonds buried in graveyard ash.
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[Hook – Choir + Brass]
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Bayou Babylon tonight…
Everybody gorgeous and morally tired.
Bayou Babylon still breathe…
Sin dressed fly underneath the beads.
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[Verse 2]
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Church bells ring while the clubs stay open,
Everybody prayin’ and self-destructin’.
That’s Southern theology right there:
heaven close but the devil near.
I got swamp game and ghost charisma,
Pain turned me poet and opportunist.
Flow so humid the beat need air,
Every bar got mildew flair.
Shorty from Lafourche with the voodoo eyes,
Said:
“Baby, your soul look humid inside.”
I laughed hard then poured more liquor,
Like avoidance was a profession.
The mayor crooked, the pastors exhausted,
The hustlers philosophical and toxic.
Meanwhile I’m still rappin’ through the fog,
Like a Rougaroux with a podcast.
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[Bridge – Spoken + Organ]
The scary part about Louisiana…
is how beautiful the decay become.
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Black river shimmer beneath neon rain…
Everybody dancin’ through pain.
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[Verse 3]
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I move through the city like swamp royalty,
Trauma tailored into luxury.
Even my silence got jazz inside it,
Like sorrow itself improvise.
But I ain’t innocent, nah, not me,
I done glamorized survival beautifully.
Still…
every time the thunder crack above—
I wonder if God see what we become.
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[Final Hook – Full Orchestra + Choir]
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Bayou Babylon survive the night…
Black water glow beneath the lights.
Bayou Babylon remain…
Louisiana beauty mixed with pain.
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[Outro – Accordion + Thunder]
[Crow caws softly]
Down here…
paradise and ruin share the same address.
