(Samad cook it up, ah)
[Verse 1]
Old German shepperd with the German Shepperd
He was worn as weathered leather
Let's hope the this bourbon celler
Nar's never rope but
Knew his letter, he was clever
But no smarts when the Fritz came calling
Whole world at war for the blitz, he was caught up
Though he made his family leave from the evil they would see
He hoped they'd leave him be, had his limbs chopped down to the trunk
That's one lesson 'bout up on my family tree
[Bridge]
Grandfather was a career soldier
He served the red, white and blue as he got older
Old Uncle Sam had his back and rubbed his shoulder
Then Vietnam happened and one landmine and he's blown up (Boom!)
Now my grandma's a widow about to get deported, now the press is out her window
Now it's *click, click, click* for the headlines for the wife of a Vietnam hero but it's cool she got a medal
[Chorus]
I just went and rented out a hearse
The devil and his keys
And I'm sitting in reverse, 'bout to back up on my life and make it worse
Dealing with disease and I know I can't be cured
I'm certain and uncertain and certainly unsure
No sir, I assure it's a circus over her
This ain't church
Climbing to the canopy, I'm winding up the family tree
It's nuts but I think the family's cursed
[Verse 2]
War widow lost her father and her husband
Now she's on her own in a country who don't love her
Three kids, two jobs, and can't afford a budget
But she got the medal from the president, don't touch it
One day downstairs, in the kitchen makin' dinner
The curse intervenes on a date she will remember
The youngest son upstairs was in need of intervention
Playing [with] Hangman's Noose but there was no imagination
Had a belt around his neck and the notch got stuck
He was running out of breath and he tried to scream out
But no one could hear his stress and he collapsed on the floor
No air or seconds left, when Mom rushes in
Eyes open, he is... dead
Well, another leaf falls from the tree
So young, he ain't even reach his teens
Just another tragedy, guess it could've been an uncle too...me
[Chorus]
I just went and rented out a hearse
The devil and his keys
And I'm sitting in reverse, 'bout to back up on my life and make it worse
Dealing with disease and I know I can't be cured
I'm certain and uncertain and certainly unsure
No sir, I assure it's a circus over her
This ain't church
Climbing to the canopy, I'm winding up the family tree
It's nuts but I think the family's cursed
[Verse 3]
Over time, I have tried to branch out and be different
I give and I give but I feel like something's missing
Someone, somehow, I'm trying, to fix it
But I don't really know, I'm just tryna fill the picture
More tragedy struck when my grandmother died
My uncle lost his leg, then *beep, beep* so much for the family line
My mom got divorced but that's normal nowadays so I guess that that's fine?
When my career self-destructs just know it was all by design
My gift is a curse and I rep the family ties
I stick to the script and I'm skipping through the lives
In the tree, drip drip, gasoline
I light the match on my jeans as the smoke fills the skies
And I choke on the demise
Greta Thunberg won't be happy but it's fine
I dedicate these roots to my family's pyre
[Chorus]
I just went and rented out a hearse
The devil and his keys
And I'm sitting in reverse, 'bout to back up on my life and make it worse
Dealing with disease and I know I can't be cured
I'm certain and uncertain and certainly unsure
No sir, I assure it's a circus over her
This ain't church
Climbing to the canopy, I'm winding up the family tree
It's nuts but I think the family's cursed
