Aesop Rock x Blockhead - Legerdemain (Official Audio)

SONG CREDITS:
Written & Performed by Aesop Rock
Produced by Blockhead

LYRICS:
Chicken noodle thermos, parka marching out the army surplus, over thermals over thermals over thermals over thermals, look, Owl on my shoulder, initials on the katana, whispering something wicked through a moisture-wicking balaclava, not a cop in sight, not a watt of light in the fog, silent night to god almighty just from lighting cigars, not a creature is stirring to purging lightning from the eye on my palm, wide as long as y’all can die and re-spawn, still going, if only a vehicle for merino wool, who volunteer to wake to St. Bernards for the foreseeable, I’m edumacated on every threat in the trade, started checking the checker for any legerdemain, caught ‘em fudging the numbers and hiding birds in they coat, burning phones and computers inside a circle of stones, when policing the people is “please return to your homes”, you get a people determined to take a turn in the strobe

I found something in the woods I wanna show you, It just might change how you float around the O2, You was like OK bet, drove 20 minutes, looked for 30 seconds, said “can I get a witness”, went home different, went home different

2 pair of socks under reindeer mukluks, aiming to keep 10 pigs awake in the tundra, yea, plaza to plaza thermometer going nuh-uh,  My posse out of pocket on some occupy the umbra, If it’s under freezing I don’t even wanna know a number, Just show me to the rolling thunder, wubba, wubba, wubba, Today a mall cop told me I should get a life… double black diamond, a pirate to private property, Lion-hearted pioneer of high Garbology, first archer to set the firestarter oxen free, defending some forgotten block of uncommon geometry, Before they fixed the road there used to be this bump to bump, I guess in ’97 so and so did such and such, in Timbs on someone else’s board, tell the story, spread the lore, it’s epic to a people who would rather push than teleport 

I found something in the woods I wanna show you, It just might change how you float around the O2, You was like OK bet, drove 20 minutes, looked for 30 seconds, said “can I get a witness”, went home different, went home different

get your wig in the wind, get a feel for the traffic, whether it’s static or speedy, whether it’s real or imagined, the colder the weather the realer the magic, at least that’s how it feels when it happens, ok, raiders of the roads and parking lots of greater Carcasonne, canis lupis carcass on, take me to your garlic knots, coffin through the cars, I’m a part of a larger carpet bomb, still partial to the wrong crowd, sorry mom, wander eden, not a meter predetermined, turn a curb into an evening, that’s the key to freezerburning, I’m freezerburning, sweat a boiling ocean early Feb, my coaches told me don’t come home with out the serpents head, I told em hold my turkey leg, point me at a pitchfork, brought the trophy home and took the poultry back still warm, Out to flirt with hypothermia, it’s Cctv’s blurriest insurgents in your urrrea

I found something in the woods I wanna show you, It just might change how you float around the O2, You was like OK bet, drove 20 minutes, looked for 30 seconds, said “can I get a witness”, went home different, went home different

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[McArRuIzO]

How normal people say it's cold outside:
"It's cold outside."

How Aes says it's cold outside:
"Thermometer goin nuh uh."

[danawestfall]

Can we all just take a second and admire how insane Blockhead’s production is?!

[Phearsum]

"My coaches told me don't come home without the serpents head. I told 'em hold my turkey leg, point me at a pitchfork.. Brought the trophy home and took the poultry back, still warm."

Aes is phenomenal.

[peerlessvillain]

"Today a mall cop told me I should get a life…..."

GODDAM

[tenshi]

1:57 “Pioneer of high I love that part for some reason.

Also this is my favorite song on the album.

[angelguerrero]

This album is just fucking ridiculous. How tf does he keep doing it? How?!?!

[chrisreynolds]

Second you hear Chicken Noodle Thermos you know ur bout to hear some dope shit

[literaticrux]

The punchlines are hilarious af. How is he still this good?

[bro]

" my coaches told me don't come home without the serpents head,
I told 'em hold my turkey leg"😂point me at a pitchfork.
Aes is just leagues above everyone in style, lyrics, and humor.

[RozenBridge]

A skillful use of one's hands when performing conjuring tricks.

[elephantheart]

We'll never know when Aes is at the top of his game until his passing, since he's only ever escalated his talent.

[damonodell]

that last verse instantly became one of my favorite Aes verses ever, just wow

[TheLurchReaper]

"Raiders of the roads and parking lots of greater Carcasonne
Canis lupis carcass on, take me to your garlic knots
Coffin through the cars, I'm a part of a larger carpet bomb
Still partial to the wrong crowd, sorry mom
Wander eden, not a meter predetermined
Turn a curb into an evening, that's the key to freezerburning" - I feel this shit in my soul

[josueramirez]

“Aes aint here maaan…” 😑 “Aes i can tell its you.” “Telll its me from over there, this aint a FUCKING petting zoo!”

[joebaumgart]

People think Aes is a rapper. He's a poet and philosopher.

[dundalkfights]

2015: "meow meow meow meow meow"
2016: "airhorn airhorn airhorn airhorn"
2021: "over thermals over thermals over thermals over thermals"

- The rapper with the biggest vocabulary in all the rap game.

[tylerhubbell]

Love how I started seeing Ase skating more on Instagram then hear all the skate references on this album!! Keep shredding and writing please for the sake of all things gnarly

[danieloconnell]

The only rapper/producer combo that i could compare these two is gangstarr RIP Guru
This album is insane

[diobrando]

That mall cop line blew my fucking mind

[cheiflitterbugmakinhimself]

No actually this is my fav on this record..