[Intro: Sample] [Distorted, grainy voiceover from a 1960s travel commercial] “Welcome to the islands of eternal sunshine... where your worries melt away into the blue..." [Sound of a lighter flicking, a deep exhale, and the beat drops with a heavy, blown-out 808]
[Verse 1: Oddy Nuff Type Flow] Riding through the Pali with a ghost in the passenger Cloud cover thick, yeah, I’m dodging the scavenger Diamond Head looming like a tombstone in the sky Watching tourist pennies drop, watching local spirits die I’m a shipwrecked soul on a Waikiki shore Blood in the Pacific, yeah, I’m asking for more Palm trees swaying like they’re hanging from a noose Grey goose juice, turn the nightmare loose From the 808 state where the lava meets the cold Traded in my mana just to keep from growing old North Shore swells, let 'em drag me to the floor I don’t need a postcard, I’m a king of the war.
[Chorus] [Screamed/Distorted]ALOHA FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE TRENCH Saltwater lungs and the heavy iron stench PARADISE BURNING, YEAH, THE SKY IS TURNING BLACK ONCE YOU HIT THE REEF, BOY, YOU AIN’T COMING BACK (Ain’t coming back... ain’t coming back...)
[Verse 2: $crim Type Flow] [Triple-time flow, raspy whisper]Woke up in a jungle with a needle in my hand Shadows in the valley, yeah, I’m king of the damned H1 jammed, silver Lexus, tinted windows Creeping through the Mōʻiliʻili where the wind blows Kona coffee bitter like the secrets that I keep Buried under volcanic ash, six feet deep Got that South Side heat, but my heart stay frozen Living in the "Garden" but the fruit is all rotten Shaking off the hex, yeah, the Kahuna saw the vision Cut 'em out the picture with a surgical precision No lei around my neck, just a chain made of lead Hawaii is the heaven where I bury all the dead.
[Outro] [Beat slows down, drums cut out, leaving only a haunting synth pad]Yeah... $uicide... Seventh Ward to the 808... Nothing but ash in the water... [Sound of waves crashing, fading into static]
SW0DY
