Death Grips

Released: June 28, 2011

Songwriter: Zach Hill MC Ride

Producer: Andy Morin Zach Hill

[Hook]
Poser killer, poser killer, poser killer (Schwa)
Poser killer, poser killer, poser killer (Stop)

[Verse]
When you start talking, I don't listen
I just wait for you to finish
And when you're done I'll say, "That's crazy"
"Really?" "oh" "yeah" but lately
I don't reply
You been denied
Sometimes I smile, sometimes I moan, sometimes I look away and nod
Sometimes I give no reply and watch your ice break like a jaw
Don't waste your breath, the time was over before it started
When you arrived, I had already departed
(Now you know I'm-)
Walk on by
Crashed and burned
Forever rocking that worm
Called the worm
Just got high
Klepto war hand on the ride
Never answer when they hit me; why?
Never matter, pass on the lie
'Bout what happens after we die
Dust to ash, ashes to malt
Ghost all black, control the zone
The troll is threshed, I'm forced to ride
Lock your door
Argent clear
All the dead is souls galore
We just got spit in your eyes
Rabid dogs off the leash
From man to man as we beef
Get the fuck out of that Jeep
All hell leave I lead the sting
(Now you know I'm ready)
So love battle
Took the mantle
From the dogs who want more beef
For the law, code of the streets
With every oomph, we'll sue the pigs

[Hook]
Poser killer, poser killer, poser killer, (schwa)
Poser killer, poser killer, poser killer, (stop)

[Outro]
Reload the barrel and creep like a wolf among sheep
See how we bum-rush the weak
Brush them guts with our feet
Can't knock the asphalt, coded mystique
Crack the code, unlock the vault, make off with all that we seek
It's death, death, death....

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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