Dante's Introduction

from The Perps by The Perps

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The Perps are:
B~ill: William Resh
Deep Rooted: Steven Rubin

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Dante's Introduction

What would you say to the leopard, when trudging through the mire/
When you've reached the gates and contemplate what all men must desire?/
Is there reason to be afraid for all the decisions made?/
Did you ever free yourself from master after freedom from being slave?/
Did you bide your time away in complacent lethargy?/
Did you shake your fist and spray the spit of futility's decay?/
How can you take it back? How can you recompense?/
Who's there to give forgiveness? To whom do you repent?

Won't you tell me, what you know now?/
Never too late, please do not disavow me

Wolves and lions at the entrance, with philosophers in attendance/
What a splendid affair if not for Desperation's presence/
Fatherless infants cry the words attending poets lost/
Death becomes this lot deprived of son and holy ghost/
Abandon all hope, all you who enter here/
This is the hell beyond the measure of minutes, days, or years/
Forget what once was ours and accept the boatman's keep/
Breathe the stagnant air and fall into your restless sleep

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from The Perps, released January 1, 2013
Produced by Deep Rooted

This track contains a sample from "Kickin' the Gong Around" by Cab Calloway and His Cotton Club Orchestra