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Dis Respect
Top of the bill tonight at the Bucket of Blood bar, in Pazunia’s Broken Reach, the tiefling whose family tree is more gnarled than Yggdrasil… it’s Akilitha Fiendkin and the Tanar’rettes…
(With apologies to Aretha Franklin.)
Gather ’round, I’ve a story to sing,
(Oh, yeah)
Of tiefling folk and the trouble they bring,
(All right)
From infernal roots, they rise and shine,
(Oh, yeah)
With a dash of doom and a touch of malign.
What you want, baatezu tiefling,
(Tiefling)
I bring fire and brimstone, I bring horns and wings,
(And wings)
Pit fiend baby, I’m hellspawn sleek,
(Oh, yeah)
Don’t get too close, I’m devilish unique.
T-I-E-F-L-I-N-G,
Find out what it means to be,
(I said)
T-I-E-F-L-I-N-G,
Just a little deviltry.
(Oh, yeah)
I got some baatezu in me.
(All right!)
What you need, tanar’ri pride,
(So proud!)
I bring the rage, I’m a shifting tide,
(Break it down!)
Fierce and strong, I’m a zealous fighter,
(Watch out!)
Bit of a lover, bit of a biter.
T-I-E-F-L-I-N-G,
There’s no need to panic,
(I said)
T-I-E-F-L-I-N-G,
Just a little demonic.
(Oh, yeah)
I got some tanar’ri in me.
(All right!)
What you seek, yugoloth schemes,
(Oh no!)
Dealin’ dark pacts, in twisted dreams.
(Don’t do it!)
Master plotter, I sneak and lurk
(Behind you!)
Don’t you trust me, foolish berk!
T-I-E-F-L-I-N-G,
There’s no need to by cryptic,
(I said)
T-I-E-F-L-I-N-G,
Embrace the apocalyptic.
(Oh, yeah)
I got some yugoloth in me.
(All right!)
Baatezu burnin’, yugoloth yearnin’,
Tanar’ri twistin’
Dancing’ through the night,
(Just a little bit)
Out fate is sealed,
Our blood congealed,
(Congealed!)
By the curse that binds us tight.
T-I-E-F-L-I-N-G,
Find out what it means to be,
T-I-E-F-L-I-N-G,
Have a little empathy.
(Oh yeah)
T-I-E-F-L-I-N-G,
Find out what it means to be,
T-I-E-F-L-I-N-G,
Have a little empathy!
