Check Grandma, the water is rising My boundless hair has gotten green I'll be your swimming forest island Bid you walk safely, safely over me Raised in the gutter, I ain't really had nothin' No silver spoon, I was raised a rusty shovel Granny used to tell me boy stay up outta trouble But the hunger in my tummy had me stayin' on my hustle When I'm livin' in a bottle with my head all cloudy Stomach rumbling like a thunderstorm up in Maui Pray over me and I'm hoping that I make it Like a last dollar in a slot machine in Las Vegas Need good luck, stay trusting my gut If they can't hold me down, then you hold me up Trapped in the lies then, nobody I could trust I'd give it all away before I give it all up Now tell me have you ever ever ever in your life Hear something wrong and you know it wasn't right Now you're up late night thinking that night All along sorry, know it wasn't right Same sense again, tell me would you think twice I did that yesterday, put it on my life Once a day passed, would a feelin' never last While I flick away my problems with the cigarette ash Stayin' up late, I could never ever sleep Feelin' all my hunger every time my belly speak Stayin' up late, I could never ever sleep Feelin' all my hunger every time my belly speak Grandma, the water is rising My boundless hair has gotten green I'll be your swimming forest island Bid you walk safely, safely over me Grandma, my sleep is narrow Bid you bring me some strong drink Strain out the pulps and set them close outside For when my belly For when my little belly speaks Grandma, there's air beneath my bed And it whispers And it whispers when I rest Bid hem the skirts in salt and vinegar, vinegar And hover closely Hover closely under head Stayin' up late, I could never ever sleep Feelin' all my hunger every time my belly speak Stayin' up late, I could never ever sleep Feelin' all my hunger every time my belly speak Grandma, I've been unruly In my dreams And with my speech Drill little holes into my eyelids That I might see you That I might see you Grandma, the water is rising My boundless hair has gotten green I'll be your swimming forest island Bid you walk safely, safely over me