Death Grips

Released: May 5, 2016

Songwriter: Zach Hill MC Ride

Producer: Zach Hill Andy Morin

[Chorus 1]
We know trash, we know clean don’t last
Never last when we load trash
We upload trash
Face down, trash begets trash
We know trash, we know clean don’t last
Never last when we load trash
We upload trash
Face down, trash begets trash

[Verse 1]
I'm cloaked trash
Poker fucking polygraphs
My dirt so baked, man menstruate
After each take test, say I passed
That’s trash, I’m trash
Kind you mine to trade for cash
You’re trash, born trash
Eye you close, all I see’s more trash, mi amor

[Chorus 1]
We know trash, we know clean don’t last
Never last when we load trash
We upload trash
Face down, trash begets trash
We know trash, we know clean don’t last
Never last when we load trash
We upload trash
Face down, trash begets trash

[Verse 2]
Stoked ain’t shit
I was over that for this whole shit
Taste of my blood bliss
Fuck who I wasn’t
Commodify my lack of progress
Specifically the process
But this lukewarm elixir
My blood’s real shit, sir

[Chorus 2]
We know trash, we know clean don’t last
Never last when we load trash
We upload trash
Face down, trash begets trash
We know trash, we know clean don’t last
Never last when we load trash
We upload trash
Face down, trash begets trash
Be it motel six to vogue vino trash
Local Comcast to shit Vevo ads
From upper mid to been repossessed
Face down, trash begets trash
We know trash, we know clean don’t last
Never last when we load trash
We upload trash
Face down, trash begets trash

[Verse 3]
This side of my machete
Fall out mercury confetti
Ebony skies, I died already
Liquor store counting pennies
I’m in motion, do you savvy?
I exhume ‘cause it relax me
Watch you think ‘bout that? Don’t fight it
Smell me though, fucker quiet
Cyclone in a gortex shell
Audio input for my spell
Show up for what? This cig’s too plush
Long as my smokescreen’s holding up
I hold this down like high contrast
Stills taken from shade on flash
I’m so shade tree it makes me laugh
Every time you reply that’s fine

[Chorus 1]
We know trash, we know clean don’t last
Never last when we load trash
We upload trash
Face down, trash begets trash
We know trash, we know clean don’t last
Never last when we load trash
We upload trash
Face down, trash begets trash

[Bridge]
Lawn glad stretch (My life sucks to me and my life's a lie)
'til it sag like breast (My life sucks to me and my life's a lie)
Off fat fucks, stressed (My life sucks to me and my life's a lie)
‘cause they can’t compress (My life sucks to me and my life's a lie)
Extra bump this shit is sex, decrepit sex
Shit, I got something for this orchids

[Chorus 1]
We know trash, we know clean don’t last
Never last when we load trash
We upload trash
Face down, trash begets trash
We know trash, we know clean don’t last
Never last when we load trash
We upload trash
Face down, trash begets trash
We know trash, we know clean don’t last
Never last when we load trash
We upload trash
Face down, trash begets trash
We know trash, we know clean don’t last
Never last when we load trash
We upload trash
Face down, trash begets trash

Death Grips is an experimental multi-genre group from Sacramento, CA, formed in 2010. Their music and live performances consist of vocals from Stefan “MC Ride” Burnett and production from Zach Hill and Andy Morin. On July 2nd, 2014, the band officially announced their disbanding via a note on their Facebook page. However, on October 21, 2015, they announced they ‘might make some more’ music together, and released a new album, Bottomless Pit in 2016. Their latest album, Year of the Snitch, was released in 2018.

The band’s music has been described as punk rock, hip-hop, noise, industrial, and electronic. Their sound ranges from minimalistic and trunk-rattling heaviness (such as on “No Love”), to rapping about dark subjects over heavily distorted samples (like on “I’ve Seen Footage”). They have also released two entirely instrumental albums, Fashion Week and Interview 2016, which feature abrasive and violent electronic beats and some guitars.

Frontman Stefan Burnett’s violent lyrics draw inspiration from a struggle both against himself and against the world at large, focusing on themes of individualism, paranoia, mental illness, drug use, occultism, and the emotionally degenerative nature of modern society.

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