The Sentinel

behold I send you out a sheep, amidst the womb

ba ba ba ba ba x8

we found this club on a side street but I was kinda iffy

we could hear some fly beats, but from outside it looked shifty

I said this to pressure just before I finished my sentence

This bouncer came out and dragged us both through the entrance

This guy was huge and I was stumbling with my speech

I finally mumbled that we just stumbled in from the street

He said to us: so finding us was accidental,

well im not surprised we don't advertise at the Sentineal

he said: whats your name, he said Pressure I said Suffa

he said: join the rest of the suckers

so we went right in, we sat right down

Pressure said: I guess ill get us both our first round

He had to go downstairs cos the bar was underground

He came back and said: man these are the cheapest drinks in town

I agreed, yes indeed, we could be here all night

Theyre only charging a buck fifty for imperial pints

And im feeling alright, this place in kinda cool man

And im hoping tonight, nobody acts a fool and

Ruins this vibe that I got going on and

Knowing where I am, but the jams growin man this spots blowin

The ladies were hot, I sat down and listened

To the 4000 watt in-house sound system

The dj was laying tracks, people getting on the floor,

Then he played a crazy break…and the chorus went:

Come right in, sit right down, join the rest of the suckers

Ba ba ba ba ba, ba ba ba ba baat the Sentineal x2

Ba ba ba ba ba x4

These dim lights holes, silhouetted figures fit in tight moulds

This beers ice-cold, yeh we're goin be here til the nights old

I might stroll, see what I can find out but I wonder

Do I feel up under or is that the drink pullin me under

A strange feeling, this place got my brain reeling

Move up n see a picture at the bar, people up on the main ceiling

Through like a broken dream Im walkin through a smoke machine and

In the corner scene it broke free around a smoke screen

Sat down, looked at the picture on the bottle label

Was the same man in the street as I turned n took my table

And as he licked her thighs I saw that glint in her eyes

The wristwatch upon her waist it had him hypnotised

Then she kissed him goodbye, threw me a smile and a grin

My reply cut me in bomber hand right on my chin

Walked to the bar as the tender looks right through me I said

Excuse me, he replied I tones as if he talked about me not to me,

He said: welcome to the Sentinel, I hope your stay is perpetual

We serve drinks and broken dreams but no edibles

I bought a round, man I think this is watered down

This tastes like sawdust this place is giving me the creeps

Plus the doors are now closing to the public so lets make our move

Then I was struck by the strangest sense of déjà vu

Man I swear suffa I heard this all before.

It went ba ba ba ba ba…. and then the chorus went:

Come right in, sit right down, join the rest of the suckers

Ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba at the Sentinel x2

Ba ba ba ba ba x4

Man this place got me reelin, I took a seat to get my focus

When a group of b-boyz gathered by the stage took my notice

At about 1 o'clock the club manager approaches

And said I heard you jokers were MCs listen to us,

Cos we run an open mic about - oh every night

And to enter u gotta be.. incredibly tight.

I said get me the mic I might flip, then the light switch

My vision was blurrin and burning words inside my eyelids

Rhyme progression begun somethin possessin my tongue

Blessing the deaand dumb f til I was falling short of breath in my lungs

When will they let us stop? I checked the time and it was

6 in the morning and we were still rhyming

we battled MC after MC, battled MCs for days

but they wouldn't let us go, when we tried to leave the stage

the manager said: you boys can never leave this tournament

and you can never leave the Sentinel, and the chorus went

Come right in, sit right down, join the rest of the suckers

ba ba ba ba baba ba ba ba ba at the Sentinel x2

ba ba ba ba bax4

Come right in. sit right down.

join the rest of the suckers At the sentinalx2