Mark of the Beast II (R.S.V.)

[ female voice ] So.. what is all this talk about the 'mark of the beast'? I just need somebody to explain it to me or show it to me Is it in Revelations 13? Is it symbolic or something? Somebody please, tell me what this is all about [ Hook 2X ] Mark of the beast (the what?) mark of the beast Never ever ever get the mark of the beast The mark of the beast in your hand or your head Means that you're livin in the land of the dead [ Vex ] Man, I been called to confession Pope wants me to do a session With this bishop Pfft - aggravating like the hicups Or the catholics who passed down the mark from the vicar Rushin to mass to kiss the feet of a viper Went to the Tishman Building, what did I see? Triple 6 in red lights glowin down on me They want me head on a platter like John the Baptist Life's surreal like Jacob's Ladder as I map this Path to travel on to fall on Babylon Pens and prisons of death, crucified or beheaded Or sentences for all who lack the mark in the hand or head If I don't leave the city soon I'm dead, so it's said Those with the mark snitch on those without So there's no doubt that they track me on my everyday route And as the hunger sets in, I realize I can't buy So I bounce to the wilderness, the all-seeing eye Can't follow cause I hide in the hollow of holy mountains Drinking spring water from natural fountains Eatin berries and fruits, word, herbs and roots Word, stompin on terrain with my all-terrain boots Now my lifestyle's changed, but no mark of the beast And ?as God put they manners? to a cease I'm to the East, my brother, to the East, my brother To the East, my brother, to the East With no mark of the beast [ Hook 2X ] The mark of the beast (the what?) mark of the beast (the what?) Never ever ever get the mark of the beast (ohhh..) Mark of the beast in your hand or your head Means that you're livin in the land of the dead [ Mondo ] Open up your ears to the future and behold something awesome This might be dangerous, so please proceed with precaution The night of Christmas we just missed the carol singing Gift unwrapping now delayed because my door bell is ringing It was the five-o, screamin, "Freeze, bro, to your knees, no Talkin, see, this is a national emergency This is a Sunday, how come you ain't bowin to the Sun, boy? You got no rights cause you in the middle of the Pope's ploy" All my life, this what I've studied and been learnin Now here I stand and my adrenaline is burnin Off to Arizona in a charter bus As I look around I see many of us I pray to God my lady and baby is fine And in my memory the year is 2009 Check, I see that none of us bow down to the Pope nor his image Rested on the 7th day, we on our way, arrivin at the concentration camp Receivin a UPC code for my name and the ???? The media labelled us as heritage's derelicts ?????? as we awaited our death sentence Now tell me who changed the Sabbath to Sunday if not God? And who made the day start at midnight, it's not hard Just do a little diggin so that all confusion cease And as you knowledge you know the mark who's the beast Mark of the beast [ Hook 4X ] Mark of the beast (the what?) mark of the beast (the what?) Never ever ever get the mark of the beast (ohhh..) The mark of the beast in your hand or your head Means that you're livin in the land of the dead Straight up [ female voice ] Ohhh - that's what the mark of the beast is all about I think I need to go and take some time to research that a little bit more