Mumbles, Aceyalone - The Grandfather Clock lyrics

Excuse me, does anyone have the time? No!

If you knew what makes me tick
It'll probably make you sick
Lay my days of my life in front of you
And I'll let you take your (pick) come on
Pull back the curtain but make
Sure that you are certain
That it will be worth the energy
That you end up exerting
Now walk past the doorway
Step into the foyer
Don't you bother knocking
I'm a grandfather clockin' everything you do
I'm seeing through you faultiness
So sprinkle me but not with saltiness
The ghetto taught me this
I fought for this, I fight for this
I spend my life for this
And if you put your brain to work
It ain't hard to decipher this


Counting down the days boy
Closer to your doom
Time keeper for the Reaper
The family heirloom
Like staring at my grandfather
Clock inside my room
It'll never miss a tick-tock
It strikes everyday at noon
Every hour on the hour, it'll sing a tune
Every half hour it'll croon and
Yell out at the moon
You can't escape the master time
No one is immune the hands of time will grab
You when the moments opportune
No one is immune when the moment's opportune
Carved from a tree trunk bark
What a wonderful work of art
Well I usually wear my sundial
But it don't work when it's dark
(don't work when it's dark)
No electric parts spark as
Mechanical as he is
He'll kindly say just wind me and then
Show me where the key is
Then I go about my day and
I flow about the way
He never has nothing to say
He just sit's there on display
I seen one in the cafe
One inside the cabaret
Timekeeper for the Reaper
What a pretty price to pay

So don't you bother knockin' at
I'm a Grandfather clockin'
Everything you do
I'm seeing through your masquerade
At midnight you will hear the serenade
And don't you be afraid
It's like clock work orange lemonade
With the bottomless glass
When it's time for that ass! Tick-tock
My Grandfather clock goes tick Tock
My Grandfather clock goes tick Tock
My Grandfather clock
The pendulum is swinging and it
Just don't ever stop tick-tock
My Grandfather clock goes tick-tock
My Grandfather clock goes tick Tock
My Grandfather clock

I used to have this coo-coo clock
That would bother my Grandfather clock
Never gave it no rest so I flew
Over the top of the nest
And then at my request I ask him to resign
He was never on time, one hour behind
At ten, he struck at nine
But he did not fuck with mine
Cause I murdered that machine
If you ever beat the clock you
Know exactly what I mean
(exactly what I mean)
I hold my Grandfather clock in high esteem
My alarm clock screams cause he knows
How long it takes me
But my Grandfather clock leans over
And he shakes me
And they both race against time
To see who will be the first to wake me
But when I became awoke my
Alarm clock was broke
And my Grandfather clock was staring
Right down my throat
And he leaned a little bit closer
And he told and I quote:
"If you ever race against me, you
Will surely come up short, "
He said, "I'm better than your Timex
Your Rolex or your Swatch
Your Fossil, Casio, Quartz, your
Diamond studded watch, "
He said, "I control how long you stay alive
I'mma tap you on you
Shoulder at eleven fifty-five"
When the time arrives and then and only then
You'll have your five minutes of funk
Said my final salutations as I
Stepped amongst the monks
Then he took me exactly where
I stood like he should
And I tried to reason with him
And I tried knocking on wood but he said