Painter Man

[Chorus]
(Sung by a different, ethereal female vocalist)
This foundation get flaw
This whole house go fall
And you just dey paint the wall

[Verse 1]
(Kojo's voice enters, tight, close-mic'd)
On the blue Kufour gallon, I write the first bar down
Since Tuesday, I dey here, trying to chase this sound
The air heavy with diesel, thick like unpounded fufu
Phone dey buzz, I know say e be you, but the truth be
This verse needs a crane just to lift it from the ground
I'm building something strong, chale, for this whole town

[Chorus]
(Full beat drops. Sung by the ethereal female vocalist)
This foundation get flaw
This whole house go fall
And you just dey paint the wall

[Verse 2]
I see the crack spiderweb from the corner of the door
But I mix new color, pretend I never see before
'Kojo, your silence is a wall,' the last text read
A welder's torch flash bright outside my head
I'm using words for mortar, rhymes for scaffolding
But the blueprint I dey follow... e get another meaning

[Chorus]
(Sung by the ethereal female vocalist)
This foundation get flaw
This whole house go fall
And you just dey paint the wall

[Bridge]
(Female vocalist)
The city lights you dey rap about
Dem be stars you hang to block the real sky out

[Outro]
(Kojo's voice, almost a whisper)
Just one more line... then I go call...
Just one more line... before it all fall...