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The Fisherman And His Wife

from Grimm Raps by Dekay

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Inspired by The Fisherman And His Wife as retold by the Brothers Grimm.

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He was a salty sea dog a rum loving fisherman
Never made a lot of cash or got a cache to give him an
Option to move out of the hostel with his missus Jan
She was always bitching
Wishing she had something different than
His little plan
To catch tonight's supper from the sea
One day he's out fishing and sees
A drowning man that screams
Help me please!
But the waves whip his whirling words away
The fisherman rescued him and gave him a shot of bourbon hey
He didn't know the man was Albert Fish head of the corporation
That ships frozen fish fingers all across the nation
He said the media's a bother always on my case and
If you keep this to yourself
I'll offer you some compensation
Upon contemplation tell me whats your payment
The fishermans amazed and said
We'd be really grateful for a place then
Shortly afterwards they moved away from where they stay
Into a pretty little bungalow right beside the bay
But by the way his wife was never satisfied with shit
She started nagging him and wouldn't quit
He told her this

Listen woman just pace yourself
You're running a race where you're chasing wealth
And your faith keeps breaking Like the waves upon the shore
For all the money in the world won't replace your health

She wasn't satisfied
She said his net worths a hell of a lot
So make him shell out on top
I want a penthouse with a balcony near elegant shops
I tell you what go ask him for it now we'll sell what we've got
Her fella said stop
But after several weeks of listening to his missus moaning then
He emailed Mr Fish and asked to meet him by the shore again
And when they met he said Could you offer more my friend
The wife ain't happy with the bungalow
She wants top floor I don't mean to offend
Now Fish looked kind of vexed but shortly afterwards he texted
And sent the keys deeds and directions to the yard requested
You won't believe what happened next it's
Partly greed and partly being reckless
What the heck had they expected
They tried to extort him
Not satisfied with what he'd bought them
As Fish gave them a plateful with bigger and bigger portions
They wanted more and more and asked for bank accounts off shore
The keys to his Porsche and even keys to his front door lord

Listen woman
Just pace yourself
Your running a race
Where you're chasing wealth
And your faith keeps breaking
Like the waves upon the shore
For all the money in the world
Won't replace your health

Surely now we have enough
The fisherman said in frustration
As his wife starts to berate him with the same old conversation
She wanted even more than what she had
She told him blatant
That she won't be satisfied until she's taken
Everything from sky to pavement
The Fisherman's on confrontation
He felt a little nervous and he paused in hesitation
When he saw the man who's life he'd saved
Appear looking enraged
But still he faced him
And confessed the wife didn't like her situation
Albert Fish heard out his statement and then gestured to the mainland
I understand he said your wife has certainly got great plans
Luckily I own some more suitable accommodation
I'll have it all arranged and that will end my obligation
The waves were wild and grey with stripes of jade
They roared in wordless jubilation
As Fish had several workers there adjacent
They said get in the car and grabbed his missus on the way then
Dropped the fisherman and his wife
At the hostel where they came from

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from Grimm Raps, released October 11, 2022
Written by Dekay

Produced by Matt Catlow and Dekay

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Dekay is an underground rapper from London, England, who has been writing, battling and freestyling for the last twenty years.

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