They say it’s greener on the other Side of the fence, but if you climb you might discover That appetite for more is rarely getting satisfied temptation is a given, give us apples and we bite Don’t know me from Adam but these rappers that you like I add em up like abacus then trap them in this rhyme Abra Kedabra guess whose magic on the mic strip you of the title I’m Evander when I fight trouble is I shadowbox and battle with the mirror Shatter preconceptions my directions could be clearer Lost playing Al Green let us stay together Let us pray together says my mother to the sky My vision stays green see the envy in my eyes of jealousy I’m a tenant and I pay my rent on time I mean I pay it mind, you see the slope of my decline I rewind all of your words, I think i’m just that way inclined When I was green without experience Girls ain’t take me serious but I was doing this even when nobody was cheering this Mum bought a piano, I couldn’t play Greensleeves said to get your foot in the door, then you need keys Back in 88, when my parents were just married Dad was a gardener with green thumbs who carried The weight of expectation to be there for his seeds But he left me as a teen, for some pastures more green (Chorus) Get ready, evil envy needs Green Green runs everything, everybody needs Green Seen within, the pupils of a monster students of the dollar bill and marijuana concerts I’m envious when i’m depressed and cowardly Blue and yellow put together make green Colour of the emeralds, fabric of the general I order all this alcohol, the poison and the chemicals Absinthe makes the heart grow fonder your absence makes my art grow stronger There are photos on my monitors, a couple in the studio Said I should be single and implied I barely knew you so What’s the point? You reduce me to a decimal See through me, the most sentient of sentinels Insensible and sensitive the mix of my emotions Mixing up these potions, going through the moments Where I missed all of the omens after everything we’ve been through You placed me backstage like a green room Every song I’m singing everything that you mean to Me, and I don’t get why you get mean too Really you don’t need to, cut me and I bleed too stuck between the devil and the deep blue my rebel with the sweet tooth Who meddles with the weed too Bedroom with a green hue I prefer a sea view, I preferred our preview Stories over beat loops Choruses and cheap booze green means greed too Get ready, evil envy needs Green Greed runs everything, everyone needs Green