Aesop Rock

Released: November 13, 2020

Songwriter: Aesop Rock

Producer: Aesop Rock

[Verse]
Bad back, bad back, bad back
One half zig while the other half zag
Stand too long and the whole shit hunch
Sit too long and I can't stand up
Gramps out for a Sunday drive
A man as betrayed by his lumbar spine
Who pull up to the spot like, "I'll meet y'all inside
I need like five"
Corpse pose, staring at the moon
Entirely on fire, Sciatica to boot
I'm ready to be turned into soup
Or shot into space, or squashed into cubes
"Rate your pain level on a scale from one to ten"
I said, "Well doc, I tell you, I feel like I lost a friend"
I'm usually okay to simply shut up and cope
But these days more than ever, my back is like, "Nope"

Born Ian Matthias Bavitz, Aesop Rock was a pioneer in the new wave of underground hip-hop in New York City during the early 2000s. Regarding his name, he

I acquired the name Aesop from a movie I had acted in with some friends. It was my character’s name and it sort of stuck. The rock part came later just from throwing it in rhymes.

Aesop has a solid discography with 8 albums spanning over the course of 20+ years. He started in 1999 by selling his first album, Music for Earthworms, through his website while he was a student at Boston University. He has since gained a cult following and been named one of the best artists of the 2000s. His most successful albums are None Shall Pass, Skelethon, and The Impossible Kid which peaked on the Billboard 200 at #50, #21, and #30 respectively.

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