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