Pilgrims by the Millions - The Buttress

Buttress got pilgrims by the millions

Recruitin' em while ya losin' em

On my way to Jerusalem

No shade or oasis (I can’t take this) so take this (BREATHE)

Can’t face this rap game Moses

So He spoke to us through pillars of fire

Showed us what he wrote us

Called us the hosts of wicked desire

And in rage I called the Most High a liar

Fuck that noise, I’m the Messiah

Defended our race, our human nature

And through the vapor I became the creator

Cause Buttress sit with judges, the rudest

Droppin' heads like Judith, I’m surrounded by crudeness

Ya’ll some savages, traitors, throwin' kisses like Judas

I hate ya’ll Philistines, I’m mean, you’re thick

Hit stones with a stick for water, til I come

The Buttress, the daughter of no one

And if you think I got a conscience, you’re wrong

I don’t own one, miracle committin' lyrical homicide

The prophesied sacrificial lamb

I’m the Savior, Son of Man

And your behavior ain’t gonna earn you no hand at my right side

So continue to hide as I abide

He spoke to me

Said, «Bethany, go down to Gethsemane»

What he said made the breath in me froze

Instantly old Methusaleh

«Father, let this cup pass me

I can’t do what you ask me

I refuse and you’re abusin' the truths that we told»

And with those musings turned to gold

Transfigured in the vineyard

Thoughts inward, descended, chose to roam

Retreated to Eden, where I’ve been

Eatin' locust, smokin' dope and quietly focusin

Cause I know I was sent to deliver ya’ll from Nineveh

But ya’ll chose to dissent, and now ya' sins is unforgivable

Crossed Goshen, took boats on the ocean with pilgrims

Transposin' they poems of devotion

Gettin' praise for days as I’m showin' 'em my ways

Then faster than the rapture, reign plaque and disaster for days

(But blessed be the meek) Nah, don’t need 'em

Dogs lickin' up they blood from the streets, we destroyin' the weak

Slayin' beats for the people, not evil, what I speak

Turn the wackness into sackcloth and ashes

They wanna call me hateful but I’m callin 'em ungrateful