"The King Of The Delta Blues".
Stranger things have happened.
If I stopped for Robert Johnson, you'd probably think I'm on some
But you don't have go to hell for the Devil to collect his ransom.
N'though he be handsome - & bold.. he still sold his soul..
..for the pluck of any string turning notes into gold.
I bet your thinking, "I've never heard of this guy!", so Ima try
To dramatise, a rap squashing mishaps, supporting false allibis.
Cuz I can straight up clarify, that on the trail of Mississippi
I tried to shake it off, but I couldn't have lost - the evil with me.
This artists easel was swifty, painting colours with black
& while the rapture attacked he was still able to capture facts
Leaving this master intact, with listeners 30 years on - devine
melody carried with time, while Satan waited at route 61 & 49.
A wives tale sublime, but true, if essence was new & packaged
A modern day musician with a story, would duely be savaged.
& his music had it, all of the bliss. Something you couldn't miss
in Led Zeppelin & the Rolling Stones, were Robert Johnsons kids.
An undying wish was his, that his legacy be protected by depths
of fire that would burn a whole in hearts & depart the best.
& now he sleeps at rest, or on the lash of a higher powers whip
he was proud to sell his soul, when people called him cowardest..
he devoured it. & made sure his cure was the power of music
Enduring reclusive, & the barred luck bestowed on the ellusive,
he was finally collected but refused.. fighting the posion
Poisoned by a man full of jelousy, but he opted to join'em.
In this pick up mission of annoyance, as they waited 20 years
For a pact they made that clearly reduced RJ's fear.
& replace it with sheer talent, to hear this man would warm
Cold hearts torn with a piercing stab in the side with a thorn.
Cuz these are the people who'll carry it on, and will be..
..begrudged with the same debt, that finally brought RJ ceased.
So when you crease your clothes, just know hearing handsome Johnson
You'll most likely pick up up the same ransom warrant.
If I stopped for Robert Johnson, you'd probably think I'm on some
But you don't have go to hell for the Devil to collect his ransom.
N'though he be handsome - & bold.. he still sold his soul..
..for the pluck of any string turning notes into gold.
Who knows if the Devil actually came clappin' and gave him talent,
..but it just seems to me, that stranger things have happened.
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