Killah Priest is a tangential associate of the Wu-Tang Clan. The Brooklyn n… Read Full Bio ↴Killah Priest is a tangential associate of the Wu-Tang Clan. The Brooklyn native made his first recorded appearances on records by such Wu side projects and solo albums as the Gravediggaz, Ol' Dirty Bastard's Return to the 36 Chambers, and, most importantly, Genius/GZA's seminal Liquid Swords. His contributions became legendary and paved the way for the release of his acclaimed debut album, Heavy Mental, in the spring of 1998.

Born in Brooklyn, New York and raised in Bedford-Stuyvesant and Brownsville, Killah Priest became infatuated with hip-hop as a child, listening to old-school and new school acts like Eric B. & Rakim alike. He also was influenced by local rappers, like GZA and Onyx's Suave, who would often play local parties. Killah Priest began working on his rhyming and eventually earned a considerable reputation in Brooklyn , but instead of pursuing his musical career further, he took a sabbatical in order to educate himself, primarily about religion and history.

Killah Priest returned to rapping in 1995, appearing on several Wu projects. All of his cameos were noteworthy, but his role on Liquid Swords earned special attention. By the end of 1996, he formed his own side project, the Sunz of Man. In 1997, GZA suggested to Geffen that they sign Killah Priest, and the label took his advice.

Killah worked on the album with True Master and 4th Disciple, two producers associated with the Clan. The resulting album, Heavy Mental, was dense with religious imagery and filled with evocative sounds. It received excellent reviews upon its March 1998 release and was a respectable commercial success, debuting at number 24 on the pop charts.

Killah Priest issued his second album, View from Masada, in the spring of 2000, further bolstering his status as one of the most compelling solo artists in the Wu-Tang stable. After that he has released more projects such as Priesthood and Black August.

Exorcist
Killah Priest Lyrics

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Each flavor jolly ranchers
Eight astronauts in space
Analysts suffer from brain cancer
Now they speak backwards
The Earth awaits the center of mass as they arrive
Only to thrive off a human flesh
Santa clause wife breaks her neck
And beaten to death, the Jesus theory was just a hoax

The devil catches The Holy Ghost
From a psalm that the Archangel had wrote
Hitler jerks off on the top of Jezebel's head
Give the children stone instead of bread
Chop off his head, split his body down the middle
I'm like a three year old and your bones are skittles
Riddle, diddle, little, sickle, pistol
Piddle, paddle, rattle, tattle, taboo
The bottle of Vicodin or Oxycodone
Now I see Martians, wavin' "Hello"
Their arms are long, their teeth are yellow
Pop another gram so I can see the Son of Man
I look up, oh yeah, the Son of Man
Now you see, now you don't
The trick is makin' them believe but they won't
Who killed Tupac and O-D-B? Somebody's watchin' me
Paranoid drinkin' Coca-cola
The coffee cup spills over, I grab soda-after-soda
A drive-by shootin' at a weddin', so upsettin'
White gown, rice rose petals, blood spreadin'
Fuckin' then killin', killin' then fuckin'
My brain's empty, my heart feels nothin'
My left side is numbin'
I ask myself, lemme ask you somethin'
Tryna catch my breath while I'm tryna write somethin' so fresh

80 grams of Dilaudid, dopa- troponin'
Hydromorphone, my eye's low, I morph into a King
Holdin' idols of the mammoth, gaff mist of stream
A psychedelic, angelic, relic
Used to bind Leviathan's wings
A night perish, his wife's precious
Holdin' his head, slide off his helmet
Lizard face, she drops 'em
Looks around the reptilian race wit long part tongue
My pupils dilate, my brain goes cuckoo
I must annihilate, I leap yoo-hoo
I feel great, a basket full of snakes
Upon the tablets, a long beard, a stone I still scrape
A poem of madness, I shot the devil on Easter eve
Behind hell's walls, you can still hear his wife grieve
She wore white on his funeral
All dead animals came back to life, it was beautiful
Lookin' unusual, a long trench-coat, lookin' grim
Ground hems spend smoke, slightly build posture
It's Priest the Mobster
A sick smile, holdin' his next vic', a small child
Could it be the next Savior?
Look for more millennium flows

Futuristic poems in my comic book of reality
Called the stargazer papers

Overall Meaning

Killah Priest's song Exorcist is a stream of consciousness that touches on a range of seemingly disconnected, and often shocking, images and ideas. These lines describe a world that is both surreal and terrifying, where nothing is quite what it seems. The opening lines mention jolly ranchers and astronauts before abruptly shifting to the idea that analysts are suffering from brain cancer and now speak backwards. The reference to Santa Claus's wife breaking her neck and being beaten to death is equally jarring. Later, we get a glimpse of the singer's paranoid state of mind, as they wonder who killed Tupac and ODB and feel like someone is watching them.

Throughout the song, there is a sense of chaos and confusion, as if the singer is struggling to make sense of a world that is descending into madness. The references to the Devil catching the Holy Ghost and Hitler masturbating on top of Jezebel's head add to this sense of the surreal and the grotesque.

Overall, the song Exorcist is a disorienting and thought-provoking journey through the dark recesses of the human psyche. It challenges our assumptions about what is real and what is not, and forces us to question the nature of our own reality.

Line by Line Meaning

Each flavor jolly ranchers
Talking about a variety of things, like the different flavors of Jolly Ranchers candy

Eight astronauts in space
There are eight astronauts in space, but this line seems to be disconnected from the rest of the song

Analysts suffer from brain cancer
People who analyze things end up getting brain cancer

Now they speak backwards
Their brain cancer causes them to speak backwards

The Earth awaits the center of mass as they arrive
Something ominous is coming to the Earth

Only to thrive off a human flesh
Whatever is coming to the Earth feeds on human flesh

Santa clause wife breaks her neck
Santa's wife dies in a gruesome way, which is a metaphor for something else

And beaten to death, the Jesus theory was just a hoax
The idea of Jesus being a real person or savior is a hoax

The devil catches The Holy Ghost
The devil has taken over religion

From a psalm that the Archangel had wrote
The Archangel wrote a psalm that has been taken over by the devil

Hitler jerks off on the top of Jezebel's head
A crude and disturbing image, but nothing more than that

Give the children stone instead of bread
The children are given something hard and unforgiving instead of something nourishing

Chop off his head, split his body down the middle
A violent and gruesome image, but not necessarily connected to anything else in the song

I'm like a three year old and your bones are skittles
The singer is like a child and the person they are speaking to is easy to hurt or break

Riddle, diddle, little, sickle, pistol
Just a list of random words that sound similar

Piddle, paddle, rattle, tattle, taboo
Another list of random words that sound similar

The bottle of Vicodin or Oxycodone
A reference to drugs or addiction

Now I see Martians, wavin' 'Hello'
The singer is hallucinating and seeing aliens

Their arms are long, their teeth are yellow
A description of the aliens

Pop another gram so I can see the Son of Man
The artist wants to take more drugs to hallucinate religious imagery

I look up, oh yeah, the Son of Man
They are hallucinating religious imagery, specifically the appearance of the Son of Man

Now you see, now you don't
The imagery or hallucination is fleeting or difficult to maintain

The trick is makin' them believe but they won't
It's difficult to make people believe in something, especially when it's not real

Who killed Tupac and O-D-B? Somebody's watchin' me
A reference to the unsolved murders of Tupac Shakur and Ol' Dirty Bastard, with a sense of paranoia about being watched

Paranoid drinkin' Coca-cola
The singer is paranoid and drinking Coca-Cola, possibly a reference to addiction or consumerism

The coffee cup spills over, I grab soda-after-soda
The singer is drinking a lot of soda, possibly as a way to stay awake or alert

A drive-by shootin' at a weddin', so upsettin'
A violent and upsetting event occurring at a wedding

White gown, rice rose petals, blood spreadin'
A contrast between the traditional wedding imagery and the violent tragedy that has occurred

Fuckin' then killin', killin' then fuckin'
A reference to the cyclical nature of violence and sex

My brain's empty, my heart feels nothin'
The singer is numb to emotions or is emotionally dead inside

My left side is numbin'
The singer is literally or metaphorically experiencing numbness on their left side

I ask myself, lemme ask you somethin'
The artist is questioning the situation or their own thoughts and emotions

Tryna catch my breath while I'm tryna write somethin' so fresh
The artist is feeling overwhelmed or stressed while trying to create something new and innovative

80 grams of Dilaudid, dopa- troponin'
A reference to drugs or addiction

Hydromorphone, my eye's low, I morph into a King
The singer is high and feels like a king

Holdin' idols of the mammoth, gaff mist of stream
The artist is holding something valuable or important

A psychedelic, angelic, relic
The thing they are holding has a spiritual or mystical quality

Used to bind Leviathan's wings
The object was once used to defeat or restrain a powerful creature

A night perish, his wife's precious
Something valuable or important is lost

Holdin' his head, slide off his helmet
A graphic and violent image, but unclear what it refers to

Lizard face, she drops 'em
A reference to a lizard-like or reptilian creature

Looks around the reptilian race wit long part tongue
The singer is describing the reptilian creatures in more detail

My pupils dilate, my brain goes cuckoo
The singer is becoming more high, and their brain is becoming disoriented or dysfunctional

I must annihilate, I leap yoo-hoo
The artist is motivated to destroy something or someone, and is becoming more erratic or unhinged

I feel great, a basket full of snakes
The artist is feeling euphoric, or possibly experiencing a hallucination

Upon the tablets, a long beard, a stone I still scrape
A reference to Moses and the Ten Commandments, and possibly the idea of looking for something spiritual or meaningful

A poem of madness, I shot the devil on Easter eve
The singer has written a poem about something mad or insane, and has shot the devil in some kind of metaphorical way

Behind hell's walls, you can still hear his wife grieve
A reference to the devil and his wife, and possibly the idea of a deeper layer of evil beyond what we normally see

She wore white on his funeral
The devil's wife is mourning him in a traditional way, which is ironic since he is pure evil

All dead animals came back to life, it was beautiful
A beautiful and hopeful image, but unclear what it refers to

Lookin' unusual, a long trench-coat, lookin' grim
A mysterious and ominous image of a person wearing a trench coat

Ground hems spend smoke, slightly build posture
A confusing image, but possibly describing the way the person is moving or standing

It's Priest the Mobster
A reference to Killah Priest's rap persona

A sick smile, holdin' his next vic', a small child
Killah Priest is smiling as he prepares to hurt or kill a child

Could it be the next Savior?
The singer is questioning whether Killah Priest could be a savior figure in some way

Look for more millennium flows
The artist is encouraging listeners to look out for more of Killah Priest's work in the future

Futuristic poems in my comic book of reality
Killah Priest is creating a new kind of reality or world through his music and lyrics

Called the stargazer papers
The name of Killah Priest's work, which is full of futuristic imagery and references to spirituality and religion

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