The return to innocence lost
The return to innocence lost

The return to innocence lost chords by The Roots

N/A•
Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

Capo

Fret 2

Capo

Transpose

0

Capo

  • Am

  • Dm

  • F

  • Bb

  • G

  • Ebm

    6

  • Daug

  • C

  • Gsus4

  • Am

  • Dm

  • F

  • Bb

  • G

  • Ebm

    6

  • Daug

  • C

  • Gsus4

    • Intro 1







    Verse 1
    Muffled 
    sound of 
    fist on 
    flesh 

    Blows to 
    chest 

    No 
    breath 

    Air gasps 

    You 
    ain't nothing 
    but white trash, 
    bitch! 

    With 
    each hit, each 
    kick
    , each, 

    broken rib 

    Crack, crack! 

    Bones are 
    crying 

    Mommy's crying 
    and bleeding 

    And 
    pleading 

    And 
    then 

    Daddy wants to fuck 

    Dick 
    hard, swelled with 
    power rush 

    And as if all 
    that was

    n't enough 

    Mommy's seven 

    months heavy with 
    birth 

    As, Daddy 
    grunts and cursed 
    drunk nothings 

    in her bloodied 
    ear 

    Verse 2
    First, lullaby 

    First, 
    son, 
    will, ever, 
    hear 

    And never 
    forget 


    Mommy almost bled 
    to 
    death when 
    she have him, 
    finally 

    Verse 3

    She'd already 
    lost, three 

    Uterus- bruised, 

    shredded, and 
    weak 

    From being 
    daily beat 

    And 
    Friday 
    nights were the 

    worse and 

    Daddy never came 
    with flowers 

    Instead 
    he 
    spent hours 
    at 

    some corner 
    spot 

    With some 
    bar pop named 
    Cookie 

    Putting his 
    thing 
    down 

    Soiling 
    Mommy's sheets 
    with 

    Sweet, 
    talk shit, 

    Cookie's cheap 
    lip
    stick, 

    Hair grease, sperm, and 
    Jeze
    bel juice 

    To hell with the good 
    news 
    that 

    Verse 4

    He was a father for the 
    first time 

    His thirst for 
    wine and women 


    Clouded his vision 

    No warm welcome 
    for 
    mother and son 

    Just 

    The 
    rank smell of 
    ass- crack, funk, 

    and 
    cum 

    But 
    Mommy's prayerful 

    strength- her best 
    de
    fense 

    She, 
    burned the dirty 
    linens 

    Made 
    a fresh bed 

    Laid sleeping 
    First Son 
    down 

    And nev
    er made a sound 

    As she purged 
    her 
    scourge 

    With 
    birth- blood and 
    quiet 
    tears 

    Watching 
    as her fears 
    an

    d love and 
    sacrifice 

    Lie 
    there in his soft skin 
    and 
    new life 

    Breathing, 
    dreaming, fresh 

    from 
    God's eye 

    Mommy's 
    little survivor 

    Like, 
    her 

    Mommy called crazy 
    and scorned 

    Verse 5
    Cause she two more 
    born 


    One boy soon 
    after 

    The girl much 
    later and 

    Although they were 
    both sung the same 

    lullabies of 
    hate 

    Her, 
    First Son, 

    the 
    first one 

    Whose, womb- world 
    was profaned 

    Came of 
    age playing 
    street games 

    With 
    Stewie, Rezzie, and Little 

    Brother 

    'Till his heart 
    start to wither 

    In 
    pain 
    and shame 

    Blamed Mom 
    for 
    the wrong she 

    let Daddy do 
    to her 

    And him 

    Let, 
    sin
    s of the Father 
    cause his 

    innocence to wander 

    Found out 
    amongst thieves 

    Chose to 
    squander his dreams 

    Stopped 
    believing 
    in himself 

    Become 
    prodigal with his 
    life 

    Make impossible 
    shit right 
    with 

    Gang- ties, 
    crime, 
    lies 

    Erase 
    wise, woeful 
    words of 

    Mother

    Replaced them 
    with 
    absurdities 
    of others 

    Who 
    had also lost 
    their 
    way 

    Played a different kind 
    of 
    street game 
    now 

    Verse 6
    First Son 

    plunged 
    deep 

    Speak street- 
    family 
    vows 

    Espouse 
    no causes 
    but his own 

    See, 
    he couldn't 
    protect Mommy's 

    neck from Daddy's 
    grasp 

    Or, 
    protect Mommy's ass 

    from Daddy's wrath 

    Couldn't shield 
    her ears from 

    Daddy's 
    foul- mouthed, 

    liquor- 
    breath jeers 

    His only 
    de
    fense- served 

    be 
    confidence 

    Brown 
    bottles 
    housed his swift 
    descent 

    Phones 
    called cops 
    on block frequent 

    for his shenanigans 

    Now, 
    Daddy 
    and 
    him twins 
    in addiction 

    Driven 
    to 
    false- hearted 

    heavens and 
    friends 

    By li
    quefied demons 

    Had become 
    what he 
    des

    pised from con
    ception 'til 
    end 

    Destined for a demise 

    Survived 
    nine lives of 
    staying high 

    Conning, 
    jewelry- 
    pawning, 

    arrest
    s, theft 

    Womanizing, only for 
    money, never 
    for sex 

    Bullet in 
    chest, 
    baseball 
    bat to the head 

    Left 
    for dead 

    So, eyes 
    wide 
    and 
    glassy 

    Speech, 
    slowed 
    and slurred 

    Lips twitched 
    with caked- 

    up codeine 
    candy 

    And 
    mouth corners 

    one December 
    24th 

    Mr. Hide 
    and 
    False Friend 

    Took final 
    ride to 
    sub
    urban supplier 

    Shots 
    were 
    fired 
    by the gray man 

    With 
    shaky hand 

    But not 
    shaky enough 
    to 
    miss 

    Hit, 
    Lost 
    Boy in back 

    So- called 
    Friend runs 
    for 
    door 

    Leaves 
    First Son 
    blood- born 

    Lying alone 
    in blood 
    on cold 
    floor 

    Death was 
    the 
    cause 
    of 
    Re
    Verse 7

    turning 
    to Innocence 

    Lost 

    Verse 8

    Baby 'S
    is awake 
    for 
    dawn on 

    Christmas 
    morn 

    To Mommy's 
    sobs 
    and 
    shakes 

    Daddy's 
    sil
    houettes 
    of regret 

    All 
    past, 
    omitted, 
    and absolved 
    by lost 

    As 
    they 
    clung 
    to each other

    Outro 1
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