The Route

Song Details
Artist: Wordburglar

Album: Burglaritis

Date Released: August 1st, 2006

Label: Hand'Solo Records

Produced By: Ghettosocks

Lyrics

 * I remember when I got the call
 * You talk the talk, but can you walk the walk
 * Block by block, pound the pavement day by day
 * Get up real early on Saturday
 * There's no phatter way to make some cash
 * Wore that bag like a badge
 * Bruises on my shoulder, newsprint on my fingers
 * The pain lingers
 * Wash it down with strawberry milk
 * The kids say he's very ill
 * And crazy lady's crazy on the daily
 * But I won't let the fear derail me
 * Feet don't fail me
 * The elevator's out of service
 * Younger kids got nervous
 * but I had a purpose for all the strangers
 * Deliver their papers despite the dangers (despite the dangers, despite the dangers)
 * Chorus
 * I was risking my life to bring you the news
 * Risking my life to bring you the news
 * Risking my life to bring you the news
 * Risking my life to bring you the news
 * Most of the hallways were dirty-looking
 * And you could always smell what apartment thirty was cooking
 * No lie, the route was hard
 * But it was worth it when you got those Christmas cards
 * Average pay period made about two bills
 * When you're a kid, that feels like two mill
 * I spent the cash on comics, ball caps and tapes, records, video games
 * Make no mistake I never smoked no cigarettes
 * How the heck do you think I could afford those action figure sets?
 * Not to mention the staircases had to climb
 * Walkman pumping raps to my mind
 * Phat mix tapes would get me through
 * The rainy days from slush to dew
 * Never knew who would be around the next bend
 * Drunks in the stairwell at 7am
 * And I'll never forget the time
 * The police questioned me about a crime
 * Committed by the guy in number five
 * It sucks
 * He still owed me twenty bucks
 * (Chorus)
 * Brave it up to the 5th floor
 * Apartment fifty-four
 * Take a breath, knock on the door
 * Dogs barking, cats scratching
 * When you're cash-asking
 * Had to build up a fat skin
 * Collection time always brought excuses
 * "Uh, can you come back next Tues-es-day?"
 * I heard him say he didn't want to pay for the paper
 * Through the vapours
 * I saw them burn the hash
 * Me thirteen, only trying to earn some cash
 * Had to dash through the whole complex
 * The day they were worried about bomb threats
 * And that hot summer, middle of July
 * When the tenant in 202 died
 * Nobody found the body for a week
 * Let's just say the smell was unique
 * Didn't know 'til I saw the coroner van on the street
 * And the tag on their feet (and the tag on their feet)
 * (Chorus)
 * Let's just say the smell was unique
 * Didn't know 'til I saw the coroner van on the street
 * And the tag on their feet (and the tag on their feet)
 * (Chorus)
 * (Chorus)