The 6ths is a band created by Stephin Merritt, also the primary songwriter and instrumentalist behind The Magnetic Fields, The Gothic Archies, and Future Bible Heroes. One story has it that the band was conceived when Merritt, observing that there was no tribute album dedicated to him, decided to make one himself. In the group, Merritt writes and plays songs which are then sung by other artists—a different artist on each track. It has so far produced two well-received albums and many different collaborations.
The two albums the band released to date are Wasps' Nests in 1995 and Hyacinths and Thistles in 1999. Wasps' Nests was preceded by a 7" vinyl single of album track "Heaven in a Black Leather Jacket" in 1993 on Merge Records that contains a B-side, "Rot in the Sun", sung by Merritt himself. The song was also later included on Merritt's Obscurities compilation in 2011.
The names of both albums, as well as the name of the band, are deliberate tongue-twisters. The words are chosen for their abundance of s and th sounds; sixths alone packs one th and three s sounds into one syllable. The band's website refers to the 6ths as "every lisper's nightmare".
this shit is for all you bitchass
thugheathaz out there hear me out
(thugboy)
uhhu ohw no you alrady know
fear me yes I'm a thugboy
for all you heather's out there
yes I'm a thugnigga bether then you
i count for to yes I'm a thugnigga
there aint no stopping me becous
I'm a thugnigga a ruffnigga watch
your back becous there is a baddass
trigga killer hollor at me nigga
(E-Z)
fear me nigga I'm a baddass trick a nigga with a big dick
the more bitches the more players the more players the
more heathers the more heathers the more killaz (nigga)
I'm a thugnigga dont playaheat me otherways you'l die
bay this trigger yes I'm a baddass killer (nigger) this Is
what I do buzs some niggaz kill some wiggaz fuck some
bitches and ceap 'm screaming thats what I do cous
I'm a thugnigga fear me yes I'm a thug nigga you dont
dear to kill me hahaha yes I'm a thug nigga
(sharp-E)
you'f gat to type niggaz the one with the gun and the one
with the butter ye butter do I stutter the one with the gun
whons to take some whons to take your life whons to have
this and that would kill you for five doller whit that type shit
you cant call your self a baller a shatcoller
some people call 'm heather but I me E-Z I call
'm brokass niggaz stupithass golddiggaz hollor at me nigga
(thugboy)
fear me yes I'm a thugboy
for all you heather's out there
yes I'm a thugnigga bether then you
i count for to yes I'm a thugnigga
there aint no stopping me becous
I'm a thugnigga a ruffnigga watch
your back becous there is a baddass
(E-Z)
this one is about the butter your a baller you'r a chatcaller
you'f gat the cash you'f gat the bling you'f gat the bad
player thugboy thing cash money bling that the thing
you aint no heather becous there aint nothing to heat
I'f gat my nigger californie I'f gat my nigger lilD I'f gat
my nigger sharp-E and they cal me E-Z the lilkidG and
and not to forget my soldier clommelenady bitches like
them bitches love them becous they all gat a sweetbody
thats what I'm tolking about and player heathers can't
lve with it Its west coast ontill we die mabe you never heard
of us lady we are murderers baby all my niggaz would love
to get you on your knee's and let you start searving them
lady hahaha mackevalli the don westside
(thugboy)
fear me yes I'm a thugboy
for all you heather's out there
yes I'm a thugnigga bether then you
i count for to yes I'm a thugnigga
there aint no stopping me becous
I'm a thugnigga a ruffnigga watch
your back becous there is a baddass
fear me yes I'm a thugboy
for all you heather's out there
yes I'm a thugnigga bether then you
i count for to yes I'm a thugnigga
there aint no stopping me becous
I'm a thugnigga a ruffnigga watch
your back becous there is a baddass
hahaha ye nigga ye ye
hahaha ye ye
murderers baby hollor ye
uuhuhuhh that's right
peace out FEAR ME NIGGA
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