You know the type,
She light up a room like sunshine
That special kind of divine creature,
She leave you tongue-tied
Imagination running wild,
Till I’m wishing,
I could just go up,
And hit her with some one liner,
Like excuse me miss,
Would you like to be alone together?
I got some ways that I would like,
To get to know you better.
I was just hoping,
That we could be alone,
But I don’t know how to approach ya,
So I wrote you this open letter
And this isn’t small talk girl,
I’m no pretender,
You got me watching you,
Like I was front row and centrefold,
Look,
I know that I’m as ugly as sin,
But that aint gonna stop me,
From getting under your skin
Don’t get it twisted,
Never been a womaniser,
More like Orlando,
Carving poetry on trees for Rosaline.
I’m trying to think,
Of what I’ve got to offer,
And it’s true I don’t have much,
But you can have all of mine.
I’ve got a lovely smile,
Would you like to see it?
Don’t bring it out too much
Cos these part aint too seen it.
But I’ll throw one your way,
If you’re down to catch it, matter of fact,
I’d like to put one on your face,
Just to match it.
And when it’s all too much,
I could lift you up girl,
And we could be untouchable
We could hide all day,
Stay inside all day,
Give me a DVD,
And some comfort,
But the chances of me,
Actually spitting game outta she,
Are like slim to none,
So I’m back to square one
So I’m gonna sit and stare,
Just admire from afar,
As the she’s of the world
Shine bright like the stars
When she walk down the street,
She get the birds singing like…
It’s the way she moves,
It’s the way she speaks
It’s the way one smile,
Sweep me off of my feet
From the blondes to the brunettes
From B’s to double D’s
(infatuated with the many many styles of she)
It’s the way she laughs
It’s the way she cries
You know she look so good,
Up on that pedestal right?
All shapes and sizes,
They all prizes to me
(infatuated with the many many styles of she)
She’s everywhere,
On the street, on the train
On the bus, at the movies,
At your job, or the lectures at uni,
Your probably find her,
At the beach or pub local,
Cos she can be found,
In any country overseas
Some dedicate their lives,
To trying to undress her
Empires rise and fall,
In efforts to impress her
She’ll probably be the death of me too,
Cos the truth is,
Trigger happy cupid,
Got me acting pretty stupid.
See I’ve been struggling,
Since I made the discovery,
That everyday's a tug between,
My head, my heart and that other thing.
The misadventures,
Of a eligible bachelor,
Roaming the city streets,
Taking on any challenge
I get my Kingdom
For a horse whisperer from my lips
And I want to know the story
Of the swing of her hips
From the mind,
To her body,
And her facial features,
There’s no question the most precious,
Are nature’s creatures.
See I’ve been looking,
For someone to share my passenger seat,
You might just be the best thing,
That ever happens to me
So come and meet me,
At the bar later,
And I’m gonna get to know,
A brand new she heartbreaker like…
It’s the way she moves,
It’s the way she speaks
It’s the way one smile,
Sweep me off of my feet
From the blondes to the brunettes
From B’s to double D’s
It’s the way she laughs
It’s the way she cries
You know she look so good,
Up on that pedestal
All shapes and sizes,
[Solo:]
She said she don't believe in regrets
Well I regret to inform her that I do
Rainfall on a tin roof
Inside I sit and scribble a haiku
On the napkin that came inside of our takeaway thai food
It goes, our time is always, our season is all year round
This our secret for as long as we can keep it
The deepest of secrets that nobody knows
The root of the root, the bud of the bud and so it goes
And the lyrics of a thousand songs couldn't paint her picture
So beautiful, she had me from my first conversation with her
See nobody was ever as clever
And I still can't figure how they put her together
Sitting in the room where we first got lost in one another
Just tripping off the feeling of together we'd discovered
And I'm reminiscing on days past, escaping to Pearl
Before taking that whole and making it two halves
But it was scary to be even this close to a perfect fit
Close your eyes, I promise this won't hurt a bit
This is the kind of love that inspires the stuff I write my poems to
The kind of love you have to leave, just to come home to
[Chorus:]
You play with fire and you get burnt
For all the things that I have learnt
And I would love to walk you home
If not the one, then you're the first
For all the things that I have learnt
And I would love to be the one to walk you home
[Solo:]
Now ain't it funny how the ones that you drag all the way through your hell
Are the same who can teach you how to touch heaven as well
And now it's out of order and we ought to know
You try to fit a square through a circle and it's flaws will show
And it's gone now, you wouldn't even know it was there
But you'd get lost tryna navigate the moments we've shared
Like when we held each other's hands and we said goodbye
Tears streaming out our eyes like somebody had died
Now it's the day after your birthday and it's pouring outside
And I'm catching arrow tips with my fingers down the phone line
See she broke my heart on the river
The trump played last gets the job done quicker
So I'm singing to my palindromic angel, held her too tightly
Wings got broken and the love got strangled
But I don't wanna hold you back girl, go fly
Conquer yourself, all the corners of the sky
But I hope that you are close by on the day that I leave this world
With hands held we can close our eyes and let the second hand go by
Cause I wouldn't wanna not say goodbye
Let you know that you touched my life
And whether I like it or not
I think a part of me will never give up this fight
Cause there's nothing like you and I
No, there's nothing like you and I
But it's getting late in the game now, outcome's uncertain
These are things that I needed to say before the curtain
So I wrote you the song that you deserve to let you know
You will always be my first and most wonderful love
[Chorus]
[Solo: repeat to end]
[Solo:]
Extreme close-up, paint-stained Nautica shorts
Three polo caps walking towards me
Town hall the backdrop, platform one
Five o'clock, so the transit madness has begun
I've got Bloc Party in my headphones
Rubbing shoulders with the A-list strangers till I get home
When I spot the a-likes, so I turn it down a bit
Just to catch these kids swagger on some "Me Against the World" shit
They're mean mugging at the guards
Bragging how they smashing back carriages and crushing in the yards
And I can't help but smile as they walk past me
for all the days when I might've known who they are
See I used to fight for that army, no longer sport the uniform
But true to form I scribble words on paper all day
Old habits die hard, same reason that I'm travelling
without a valid ticket or concession card
Train enters stage Ryde, all stations
We cross the yellow line like we running out of patience
Make it inside and find that all the seats are taken
Shit, it's gonna be a long ride
But I'm homeward bound, grab a quick look at those around me
Same faces, different day in this ghost town
Kings and pawns side by side
Modern day slave ship for the nine to five nation
Daily grind ritual, each rides with their own pride
like soundtrack to the same visual
Heads buried in MX, we move in silence
Too afraid to win a rap with the people beside us
Passing through the next stop, see two transit cops
and they giving out fines if you get out of line
Grey dog scare tactics, man I hate that shit
But I bite me lip and ride into the evening sky
When we hit my sector you can rest assured
that I'ma be the first to make it out those sliding doors
Down the stairs and exit the station
Posted up at some traffic lights patiently waiting
Looking at the local where I bought drinks for a while
Had to leave cause the booze hounds were killing the smile
But I still check the windows when I walk past
Keeping tabs on which factions on the war path
Up next on the left is the local skate park
Watching the sun set to the west as the trains past
The colour of dusk burns over the train line
No matter where I roam, ain't nowhere like main line
It's just another day in paradise, think to myself
as the underages gather with the parasites
Moving on, passing new apartment blocks
It's funny how we so advanced now that we live in boxes
Take the next left, walk up the street
Check the mail, but as usual there's none for me
And the first thing I did when I made it inside
welcome to the manifesto of the man who stood
the test of time, seventeen years still
here to testify, i poured my heart into every
line, even so you probably could have made a
better buy, whats done is done not here to be
number one, just to burst your bubble gum and
its only just begun the best is yet to come,
so kick back for the story of how the inner
west was won, i call it how i see it, nothing
more nothing less, war between the name sayers
and the yes men, theses are my songs and you
can love them or hate them by the way we have
something in common, oi brother you cant sing,
yeah i cant rap neither but im here to do my
thing til i make you a believer so flip a coin,
pick a side i dont give a fuck, im here to kick
a rhyme grab your spirit try to lift it up,
in this cold barren land that i call home im just
a man searching for the strength to walk alone,
i stand tall wear my weakness with pride, the
gliche in the system with a fist in the sky,
in this cold barren land that i call home,
im just a man searching for the strength to
walk alone, i stand tall wear my weakness
with pride, the gliche in the system with a
fist in the sky
this is one part love, one part hate, one part
luck and one part fate, a whole lotta hard work
and some heartbreak, but the scars fade
life in the fast lane, they stressing me im
trying to slow it down, focus on my goals,
be an unknown celebrity, the every mans
anti-hero, rocking a jam til i have a fan
base of zero, Sydney hip hop politics the
the white hats ignore the black hoodies and
they all ignore the back packs and me i walk
the grey space between all three, thin line
between fat laces and pre-torn jeans, so you
might catch me reading your girls sky blog
maybe **** with a *** on rocking my ipod
like what im a national icon in the making
here to get my right
in this cold barren land that i call home im just
a man searching for the strength to walk alone,
i stand tall wear my weakness with pride, the
gliche in the system with a fist in the sky,
in this cold barren land that i call home,
im just a man searching for the strength to
walk alone, i stand tall wear my weakness
with pride, the gliche in the system with a
fist in the sky
no i dont know any trade secrets but i made
a promise to myself and im gonna keep it,
black hoodie with a crooked cap, black
human with a crooked smile rolling with a
crooked pack of hop scotch players who
rock cross-faders but still time in each
day to watch neighbours, what you go
something to say run your mouth dude, one
day soon we'll be coming your way, self
appointed cynic, passionate pessimist,
border-line physiopath, manic perfectionist,
my question is this how every record every
rappers claiming their the best there this,
somebodies lying, we like whos house, mums
house, rents free if you dont like it you
can get the fuck out cause its never be
about fifteen minutes of fame to a crowd,
or fifteen or fifteen-thou, i spin it the same
see thats what im about both feet on solid
ground, rocking out with my head in the
clouds and when its all said and done at
the end of the day you catch me headphones
and a notepad penning a phrase
i might not be the coolest, i might not be
the flyest, the toughest, the most likely
to succeed, im definatley not the best,
there will never be another foot print on
the surface of the earth quite the same
as mine and thats the only claim that im
[Solo:]
Said I'm a night owl, fly above the city after lights out
Cause my thoughts are clearest when the noise dies down
So while you sleep I'm up late working on my escape plan
So take my hand cause we leaving right now
And you can march with me or you can move aside
Whether you a true droogie or you just cruising by
Forget the do or die, just loosen your suit and tie
They too concerned with being cool, I'm concerned with losing mine
Hear the stomach rumble, it's running on empty
But still I break bread with those who trespass against me
Cause even angels tell lies on their bad days
Tryna navigate a world that's man made
But the aforementioned characters who inhabit my shoulder blades
Are both claiming they know the way, fucking with my pokerface
But I'm feeling like a pimp so I'm gonna brush 'em off
Look 'em in the eyes when I tell 'em straight, welcome overstayed
[Jay-Z:] "Truth be told"
[Chorus:]
Let no man be afraid to speak his part
But let it come from the heart and the soul
An alibi's just a lie in the absence of proof
Above all, let the truth be told
[Solo:]
Same crews, some songs, but there's been a name change
From today on you can call me Mr. Gameface
Cause I got my game face on
Me and Adit came back to give "The Grey Space" a paint job
And we ain't cut from the same cloth
My hat perched on a double crown cause I'm twice the king
Steady tryna build a kingdom out of rhythm and rhyme
We on your porch banging on your front door till you invite us in
Truth be told I'm a stoned out scatterbrain
But I never smoked a cigarette
Cause if I did then I'd probably smoke a pack a day
And that's a lot to pay for a little bit of death
See, truth be told I'm just doing my best
But regardless, I'm a stick to my guns
So listen up while I get this stuff off of my chest
Cause honestly yo, my conscious weighs a tonne
[Jay-Z:] "Truth be told"
[Chorus]
[Solo:]
So now we move like comets round this planet of rock
Colliding off one another till we finally stop
Sign of the times, if motherfuckers put they mind in they rhymes
Then they might find that they could write some like mine
Or better yet like yours
Cause there ain't nothing stopping you from penning your thoughts
You see, kids get bored, kids kill time
So long as there's kids on this planet, kids will rhyme
So tell me how you gonna earn your stripes
Cause I'm tryna get mine with just some words and a mic
And we on target, songs sparking chain reactions
Across the neighbourhood like the sound of dogs barking
And I send these words to be there with you when I can't
In your pocket on your iPod, wherever you are
Let the truth be told up in your ear
From around the corner to around the globe in both hemispheres
[Solo:]
Hold up, let me backtrack through the catalogue
The scribbled thoughts of a good for nothing vagabond
Emcees is sheep, I'm a cattle dog
Herd 'em up and convert 'em like digital to analogue
From Sydney to Babylon and back, we on track
Tryna put that food for thought rap back on the map
Cause they hungry for some substance, I've seen in it their faces
They questioning the bargain, wanna know what's the basis
See some people say I think too much
So I had a think about it and I think that they should shut the fuck up
If I knew how to silence all the voices in my head
Then I would, but I can't so I listen to 'em instead
And right now they telling me that I should be double checking your pedigree
Cause I ain't buying half what you're selling me
Elefant Traks got the rights to the Territory
And ain't a single person yet guessed the recipe
So we back in the kitchen just working on the flavours
Go on and help yourself now, don't be a stranger
Go on and shake what your mama nature gave ya
Let me see you on your baddest behaviour
[Chorus:]
See when it's all said and done it's about more than fun
Cause there's still original thought left under the sun
We tryna get your mental moving in sync
And I'm a keep on doin' my think
See when it's all said and done it's about what was said
Girls move your bodies and the fellas nod they heads
We tryna notify your next of kin
All my people keep doin' your think
And raise your voice and sing
[Solo:]
See there's music that makes you dance, music that makes you feel
No longer am I sure which one I think is more "real"
Cause if we could 50 Cent all our problems away
There'd be nothing left for the thinkers to say
But not today, so we back with some more rhymes
Can I interest anybody in a little bit of thoughtcrime?
If you sick of being taught what to like
Hypnotise you, that's why they play it all day and all night
So while they bumping watered down product on the airways
The truth ain't getting no airplay cause it ain't that catchy
But I'm a get it off the ground like an airplane
I'm flyer than Frank Abagnale, you can't +catch me+
So fingers crossed that they didn't notice that I had my fingers crossed
When I told 'em that they was the dopest
Cause I wouldn't wanna cause no offence
That's why I'm taking pot shots with my rifle while I'm sitting on the fence
Ayo we drop hot flows, rocking op-shop clothes
Probably catch me out the front a fucking cop shop stoned
Deep in thought, Kid Solo representing Horrorshow
And I'm out like I gots to go (now let's go)
[Chorus]
[Solo:]
You can do it, put some thought into it, c'mon
I can do it, put some thought into it, c'mon
You can do it, put some thought into it, c'mon
I can do it, put some thought into it, c'mon
You can do it, put some thought into it, c'mon
I can do it, put some thought into it, c'mon
[Solo:]
Check, one two
Yo Adit, we good to go man? (yeah man)
Well alright, let's start the show
What's up? Nick's the name, that's my man Adit
We took a quick break but fuck it, we back at it
With Part Two, brought to you in part
By the laughs and the tears, and all the places that we've passed through
It's been a hell of a ride the past few
And there's no ending in sight, we bout to let you inside
And shit, I'm not even tryna think about the finish line
Believe it's no game, but it ain't no race neither
We had to do it all at our own pace
Lessons learnt, bridges burnt and forks in the road faced
And I'd be lying if I said there weren't times that I was flying blind
Line by line tryna shine this little light of mine
We put the foundations down with no blueprint
I wrote my first song just to see if I could do it
Used to keep it top secret, leaked it and released it
Barely had our feet wet, got thrown in the deep end
Until all of a sudden, I'm in front of like three hundred
Something people at the Annandale screaming and jumping
And I can't believe it, such a rush, what a feeling
It make me wanna raise up and touch the ceiling
[Chorus:]
Turntables and a mic and we ready to rock, right?
We put it down when we all up in the spot-light
Lights, camera, action, we ready to go
Horrorshow on the set, we just letting you know
It's like, setbacks and traps set on the job site
But the wicked don't rest so we on the grind
So this the motto that we follow
Whatever life throws at us, it don't matter
The show must go on
[Solo:]
The show must go on
The show must go on
Yo, it must go on, the show must go on
On and on to the break of dawn
We'll stay up all night in the flight's in the morning
Catch me sprawled out in an airport lounge somewhere
Hungover as hell like "damn I love touring"
Or out in the middle of nowhere
But even if the budget is threadbare, believe we'll get there
Long days and nights, lost songs on hard drives
And there was one tour we even crashed the car twice (shit)
I juggle part time hustle like I'm living a double life
And spread myself thin like a butter knife
So buckle up and hold on, destination's unknown
But whatever, the show must go on
And things are looking up dude
I'm out on tour with people I grew up looking up to
And all this from the power of a mic check, one two
Now I got some other dreams I'm tryna make come true
[Chorus x2]
[Solo: x2]
The show must go on
The show must go on
The show must go on
[Solo:]
Have you ever had a day that you wanted to erase?
Tear the page out the history books and try again
But you knew that you couldn't so you put on a brave face
And waited till you could make your escape
And when you finally got away
From the people and the gossip and the judgement in their gaze
You let your guard down and something just gave
All of a sudden, tears falling till they running down your face
Whatever it was, you fought with your friend
Or your boss, or maybe you got a heart that won't mend
Or you struggling with the rent, or missing something you lost
Or maybe you're just tired of pretending
You feel the weight like a pain in your chest
Till you strain and you ache and you break and you sob
And it's grey till it stops, till it fades
Till it's gone like the tears sorta washed it all away
Sometimes I like to think it's the same with drops of rain
That each one's just a tear falling off of God's face
Sitting all alone in the clouds looking down on us all
Watching every mistake that was ever made
Every bit of pain, every murder, every rape
Every person who's having a shitty day
Taking it all in till he breaks down and cries
Till his eyes dry up and he gets on with it again
And I had this very faith tested on an ordinary day
I was walking down a busy street around my way
I saw a face in the crowd that made my heart skip a beat
A man who looked exactly like an older version of me
So I moved through the hustle and the bustle of the day to day
Until me and this man stood face to face
We locked eyes and for a moment time moved in slow motion
As the crowd around continued on their paper chase
I stood frozen in disbelief and opened my mouth to speak
But to my surprise the words wouldn't come
And then he looks into a clear blue sky up above
And say "it's gonna rain", and then it does
And as the rain came down like missiles from the sky
Set on a collision course from the heavens to the ground
He's just standing in the middle of it all
Unconcerned by the panic and the people running round
So I stepped to this man with my hand outstretched
Just to offer him some help to get the storm up off his head
He took my hand down and we stood getting drenched
He looked me in the eyes with a smile, this is what he said
Hush child, from the joy to the pain
It'll all wash away in the rain
Hush child, from the joy to the pain
It'll all wash away in the rain
So play this song on the days when the rain keeps on
And you wait and you pray it'll stop
And if you stuck in a storm, then spare a second for the thought
That we all at the mercy of the gods
So instead of looking for somewhere to place the blame
Accept it as a part of that big lazy eight
Go outside and stand under the clouds
And embrace it as the rain keeps plummeting down
And say: Hush child, from the joy to the pain
It'll all wash away in the rain
Hush child, from the joy to the pain
It'll all wash away in the rain
Hush child, from the joy to the pain
It'll all wash away in the rain
Hush child, from the joy to the pain
It'll all wash away in the rain
From the million dollar brands to the tags on the train
It'll all wash away in the rain
From the birth to the dirt man, the cradle to the grave
It'll all wash away in the rain
What's been and gone will come again
It'll all wash away in the rain
So hush child, from the joy to the pain
That thick savage blackness that surrounds you on all sides
is filling your soul with decay
With the weight of the world bearing down on your shoulders
in your ears replay
The Lord Taketh Away
Drowning in sorrow and dreading tomorrow
wondering how you will survive one more day
With gut wrenching pain you relive it again
it reverberates through your brain
The Lord Taketh Away
Can't sleep at night drenched in sweat stiff with fright
the reaper has collected his pay
Destroyer came and went straight from hell he was sent
scales of justice don't weigh
The Lord Taketh Away
Copyright 2011 by HORRORSHOW
horrorshow biz
From the enemy's insidious attacks
Fatal lodgment the destroyer has made
Desolate ravages deprived of life
Will speedily go to decay
LAID LOW all your hopes and dreams
DESTROYED all your plans
CUT SHORT by the lies and schemes
WATCH THEM slip through your fingers like
Infestation of all-devouring worms
The plague that is reigning within
Knotting, twisting and writhing in turns
Loathsome convolution spin
Preyed upon by such a deadly enemy
Devoured by ravenous swarms
The youthful vigor and energy
I wrote this one with the windows open to let in some fresh air or maybe I was half hopin’ I could fly away from it all find a brighter day but im here to live my life and ill find a way.
I got to thinking you know that it aint so bad I got my friends and my brother and my mum and my dad and I’m thankful for that sorry I don’t show it enough these are the people that I turn to when the going gets tough what up? I give thanks to my mates and crew like the boys say together we gonna make it through and the same goes for you too wherever you hail from the words may change but we’re singing the same song.
Its in the key of life though we might forget the tune from time to time man we’ll be alright.look at the metres gained stand in todays sun
you can't yet deal with tomorrow's rain
See that’s life kid we just tryna live it right kid cause itll pass in the blink of an eyelid so get your smile on and pull your hands high stay happy with the now til tomorrow arrives.
If these walls could talk im not sure id wanna listen it’s a fine line between a game and a competition but sometimes I sit back and look at how far we’ve come and its hard to believe it only just begun sometimes I wonder if you really understand the drive I find inside your encouragement sometimes I think of the days way back before the hurt crept in and tainted that household name love that very households name and now that house holds painful memorys for some endless card games, road trips charades remember the good times im sure there plenty more to come see im here now ear to ear now couldn’t see for the storm but horizon’s clear now and I just want to leave you with these words: no matter where each of us ends up on this earth for what its worth
I just want you all to know that I will love you all forever x 11
Cause what’s life but a journey of bus fares and train rides long days late nights kick snares and bass lines hearts broken and tears shed good times spent with dear friends from sunrise down to sunset theres still breath in my chest so ima keep walking the line and no I aint done yet see I know it can be hard at times but you only get one shot don’t let it pass you by.
So what if you haven’t yet met the love of your life so what if you’ve had your fair share of trouble and strife what I m sayin’ when im rhyming this verse is I realize we have so little time on this earth so from my people down the front to the kid up the back let me see you crack a smile if you feelin’ the track let go of your sorrow and be glad youre alive lets all be happy with the now til tomorrow arrives.
See that’s life kid we just tryna live it right kid cause itll pass in the blink of an eyelid so get your smile on and pull your hands high, stay happy with the now til tomorrow arrives x 2
[Solo:]
Yes, yes, Solo MC
Nick Lupi, Just Enuf
Haha "there goes the neighbourhood"
One two, one two
Oneday Crew coming through
To a neighbourhood near you
[Just Enuf:]
Well I'm a take 'em home past memory lane
Going eighty miles while I blow dust off it, let me explain
I'm a tell it how it was said to me same
Saturday in September, forget the weather but remember the train
A dead grey ghost embedded with flames, I didn't get it
Hype mag in my man's room, I went and read it
He said "You wanna bomb the lines? ", replied as if my shit ain't stank
"Bank on it, I'm a get my credit"
Every tag on the wall's like a line from the credits
Just because you seen it ain't mean that you read it
Mics, markers, douse the flame, embrace darkness
Grant your wish, life after
Self doubt, guess I got that from my father
But my drive outweighed it by far
To the real fans, get 'em up, KBM the stadium we getting up
Whoever get there first, hit us up
[Chorus: Solo (Spit Syndicate)]
One day is what we chase
But now we out for much more than fame
I guess some things change
(We used to try to keep the neighbourhood hit
Now the same dudes is tryna write the neighbourhood hit)
Went from back lanes to backstage
And now we spray words without paint
Time waits for no man and so we got no time to waste
(It's just me and my brothers, you chilling with none other)
[Solo:]
Step up in the place with the swagger of a genuine pride
It's the return of the kids bombing mainline
Spitting rhymes written by the same drive
That had us out till daybreak hitting the train line
Laces strapped, tins tucked in your backpack
Chasing dreams that we traced out of graff mags
We studied lessons from a culture of kings
Who could have what tomorrow would bring?
See there are walls in the streets round my neighbourhood
That read like photo albums
Moments in time, frozen for those who know about 'em
Snapshots of kids growing up staking their claim
And now the very same kids is tryna blow it up
And there's been some stormy weather but whatever
Believe that me and my brothers, we weather it together
Till I'm old and grey and my words fade away
Like plum purple in the sun's rays, I'm a rep the Oneday
[Chorus]
[Nick Lupi:]
Two hands are what we made it with
A labour of love and long days with it
Writing the score and setting the stage
Product of the very same pavement that plotted the gradient
If I could get a taste of it, I could run away with it
I recall vividly the infamy attained
The names that rang out through the halls that lifted me
Same imagery of fame, long reins had little me
Trying to write my timpanis into the same symphony
Footsteps of kings in my neighbourhood streets
The legendary crews and the fabled old beefs
We were coming up quick trying to figure our piece
My best friends and I, no limit to the reach
You can see it in my eyes, I can't hide the pride
And privilege I feel standing right beside 'em
Theme music to the dream, the Oneday team
And it won't stop till that one day's seen, y'knahmean?
[Chorus]
[Black Thought:]
"I be in class dreaming bout
[Solo:]
He woke up, didn't really know how he got there
Wasn't too sure why neither
A believer of sorts
Just not too sure what sort of belief to believe in
So when the sun goes down each evening
He looks to the sky for a reason
Wonders what's behind the horizon
So he packs light and he's off and he's leaving
So he walks on looking for something
But just what it is, well he wasn't too sure
So he walked all day, then he walked all night
Then he walked all year, then he walked some more
Then he... then he stopped
Took a look around to just see where he'd got to
Didn't recognise the spot so he took it all in
Got his things, and he up and moved on
[Chorus: x2]
We roam all over the planet looking for answers
Cross over timezones, connect the dots on the atlas
So as this world keeps turning around on it's axis
On we march with itchy feet, there's always somewhere you could be
[Solo:]
So he walked all over the land
Over snow and desert sands
Through valleys and mountains, cities and towns
When he got to the ocean he swam
When it was too far, he learnt to fly
Built a set of wings and he took to the sky
So he looked high and low
Tryna find what it's like on the other side
And everywhere that he went he'd ask people questions
Swapped stories and traded perspectives
Each moving in different directions
Paths on the map just intersecting
And though the names and the faces changed
Some things remained the same
And some spoke with words he couldn't understand
But some things you don't need words to say
And then one day, he looks back and sees how far he's come
All the faces he's met on the way since he left
From the place that he started from
All living off the food that they learnt how to grow
And the rules that they learnt to know
So he took everything that he'd learnt from them
And he set off to look for home
[Chorus x2]
[beat changes]
[Solo: x3]
Left, right, left, right
Catch me on the next flight
Onward through the dead of night
Searching for a fresh sky
Over land, over sea
Planet never goes to sleep
On we march with itchy feet
There's always somewhere you could be, say
[Chorus]
[Solo:]
He woke up, still didn't know how he got there
Still wasn't sure why either
A believer of sorts
Believes in the faith that he found in the places he's been in
When the sun goes down each evening
He's dreaming of somewhere scenic
Behind the horizon there's a whole world to see
It's like something just over the horizon,
wanna take a walk, maybe see what we can find,
look long and hard, look near and far,
but above all things remember always look inside,
listen in into these words from a citizen of earths surface, lets try and rewire the circuits, determine the purpose
meanwhile i'm striving for perfect but homie perfect takes practice, and im finding these days and times i'm always so damn distracted,
They hit you like, shop here, wear this, want this, love this, be this, buy this, buy that,
log in, sign up, tune in, click here, watch this, read up, write back,
so much too know, and so many things to own,
tv in your home and your mobile phone make sure that your never really alone
and its pathetic, like a global epidemic,
attention span so fragmented,
so addicted to being connected,
we now getting updates by the second,
got us all time wasting,
enough myspace and facebook prime for the taking,
but the whole world look, getting high on information.
post-generation y babies they call them the digital natives, hide behind their monitors,
this technology kills imagination, excuse my cynicism, But a world where every kids best friend is a computer, is a system failure headed for an apathetic future.
just a few centuries back they made maps of a flat world by candle light
now the whole worlds at your fingertips, map right down to your street by satellite,
so advanced from where we started its all so complexified,
brand names buy ad-space in your mind, but they'll never get whats inside.
I wasn't there when they wrote the rules, but I do my best to follow them in this world of machines, we starving for oxygen
all I can offer is these words that I write and I only give them what I know so I give them what's inside
said I wasn't there when they wrote the rules, but I do my best to follow them in this world of machines, we starving for oxygen,
where were you the day that humanity died, searching for signs of life to reconnect with what's inside
Somewhere there's a room full of men in suits looking up at rows of numbers,
terrified by the red in the eyes, as arrows point down from the pressure their under,
They say we might drown in our own greediness, living beyond our means, chasing dreams that we learn off MTV cribs
look at what we did, smog fills the sky and the cars line up at the servo, and I can't help but think to myself this can't be the way it was supposed to go
on the nightly news floods and bushfires, earthquakes and tidal waves, temperatures rising, army's fighting, bombs go off and sirens blaze
we just trying to get by and occupy our spot on the timeline,
so we change the channel to sex, drugs and violence program for prime time,
sit back in our chairs as a living room employerism, as reality TV turns all of life into a competition,
airbrushed magazine pages give us false idols to worship, got us all so depressed, we can't live up to picture perfect,
sometimes I just want to unplug and go back to basics, and I wonder what my story might have been like somewhere else in history's pages,
but here we stand, sons and daughters of colonialism crossed over water just to be making our homes on stolen land, and me,
I don't know the plan, i'm just here to play my part, do my thing, walk my path, fork my shit, make my mark, I swear I want to make a difference from the bottom of my heart,
but I don't how to fix it, man, I wouldn't know where to start, so advanced from where we started, images of the production line, we out of touch with what's inside,
I wasn't there when they wrote the rules,
but I do my best to follow them in this world of machines, we starving for oxygen,
all I can offer is these words that I write and I only give them what I know so I give them what's inside,
said I wasn't there when they wrote the rules, but I do my best to follow them in this world of machines, we starving for oxygen,
where were you the day that humanity died, searching for signs of life to reconnect with what's inside.
Lyrics written out by Henri Rutherford
Corrected by Jack Mason
"sit back in our chairs as a living room employerism, as reality TV turns all of life into a competition,"
[singing together: Solo and Jane Tyrrell]
I got the strangest
I got the strangest
I got the strangest feeling
Somewhere underneath
We found a place with no rules to break
In a Technicolor dream
Counting sheep but I'm wide awake
Looking round the room for proof
I plot the grain inside the wood
It's a lie that feels like truth
Cheap paint and lino never looked so good
Lost in this maze, stay here for days
Wonder if we'll ever touch down
I'm outa place, in foreign space
Wonder if we'll ever touch down
[Jane:] My face stuck on smile
[Solo:] Stay down here a while
[Jane:] Please don't touch that dial
[Both] We can unwind and just be free
[Jane:] Just sink into the couch
[Solo:] No time for thinking bout
[Jane:] So I'll do without
[Both] I don't mind, that's fine with me
But I'm a spark up a thought
Off every surface in this room
And just sit back and watch it all ablaze
I know I've strayed off my course
And I'll have to leave here soon
But for now won't you leave me in my haze
Just leave me in my haze
[rap verse: Solo]
I think pigs might fly, either that or my
Or my eyes telling me white lies
Thug life on the bathroom wall
The 1-up got me watching the wallpaper crawl
Now the storm clouds gather and we at it again
Feels so real to me that I don't have to pretend
And when my head finally did come back together
I was still the same but changed forever, it's like
[singing: Jane and Solo]
If these walls could talk
They might explain the wear and tear
But it's the same now as before
There's nothing left of what happened here
Lost in this maze, stay here for days
Wonder if we'll ever touch down
I'm outa place, in foreign space
Wonder if we'll ever touch down
Lost in this maze, stay here for days
Wonder if we'll ever touch down
I'm outa place, in foreign space
Wonder if we'll ever touch down
[Jane:] My face stuck on smile
[Solo:] Stay down here a while
[Jane:] Please don't touch that dial
[Both] We can unwind and just be free
[Jane:] Just sink into the couch
[Solo:] No time for thinking bout
[Jane:] So I'll do without
[Both] I don't mind, that's fine with me
But I'm a spark up a thought
Off every surface in this room
And just sit back and watch it all ablaze
I know I've strayed off my course
And I'll have to leave here soon
But for now won't you leave me in my haze
Just leave me in my haze
Some say too much of a good thing
But to me there's no such thing
I just, just have to let this thing be good to me
So I'll be gone for a while
Hide and seek behind my smile
But for now I'm not around so don't look for me
[Solo:]
Don't push me cause I'm close to the edge
I'm trying not to lose my head, a-ha-hah-hah-hah
Nothing in my pockets but an empty wallet and some house keys
And a fuck you for anyone who doubts me
As I walk the streets armed with the faith
That these boots will be enough to get me home in one piece
I exhale, breathe the air
Smoke trail got me thinking bout the reason I'm here
Cause I'm only nineteen but my mind is old
Sydneysider heatwave to Minnesota cold
Cold like the streets of the Cross where underages
Litter the pavement, this ain't "Paradise", it's "Innocence Lost"
Cold like the veins of the junkies
Cold like the hearts of those who take their money
And I swear to God somebody died on my block the other night
A life lost to a domestic fight, and that shit ain't right
Now my picket fence don't look so white
I wonder what possesses a man to kill his wife?
And as if that wasn't enough
We got these fucking poker machines sucking the souls of our single mums
See I'm like Tim Friedman, I wish I could blow 'em up
For all the futures that they've ruined and the homes they've broken up
Now that's proof of a cold world, they package an addiction
And they sell it as a game, but anyway
Times are exponential, two-party preferential
And though it's incremental, day to day we making change
So here I am still trying to make this stone bleed
In the city of late trains and broken dreams
Where you rap with your talk, or you graff on the wall
You gotta something out of nothing at all
And yes, I built this house, I made it wrong
I watched it crumble, now I'm moving on
Now shit is rotten to the core, what a pity
We don't wanna be forgotten
That's why we write our stories on the walls of our cities
I'd write 'em all for you if I had the time
In forty-foot high letters cause they're important
It's enough of a challenge handling mine
Take it one day at a time
Treading water and crossing borders
Next to me a baby's crying for his mum as the ground's leaving
Economy class with chaos all around me
But I don't even care, I'm not even there
Frozen in a blank stare with my headphones blaring like
Don't push me cause I'm close to the edge
I'm trying not to lose my head, a-ha-hah-hah-hah
Nothing in my pockets but a boarding pass and a passport
Plus an "I love you" for the friends I never asked for
It keeps me safe, guards me from the sickness
Like a pocketful of posie as I walk with the wicked
Talk with a quickness, never let 'em catch up
They wouldn't play with you if they could see the odds was stacked up
So you pack it up, move it town to town
Gotta study how the local village people get down
Riding through the night on a tube train
Having revelations bout my place in the food chain
Looking out the window at the world whizzing by
I'm determined to do something with my given time
And to begin with I'm a fit it in a rhyme
Watch us plant this forest one seed at a time
So shit, I spend my days hoping but by the same token
We here to get our chains broken and our names spoken
So this is my dot on the map, my drop in the ocean
My patch of dirt, and I'm make something
Make something work, make something feel
Make something hurt to make something real
Make something out of me, make a friend out of you
Then again, make an enemy if need be
So just let me be, let me rest, let me sleep
Let me wake, let me eat, let me grow, be at peace
Let your guard down, let me close
I'll let you see, let you know
Let you near, draw you in
Let you hear, show you things
I'm a let you in
Said I'm a let you in
Said I'm a let you in
Horrorshow two-double-oh-nine
One time for your mind
Said I'm a let you in
so there i am sitting cramped up in my seat half asleep
looking out the plane window just looking at the clouds
and all of a sudden they pop and there she is
so im coming down looking over this city all the familiar places i can see ive seen it a million times before but i dont know theres something about that moment it neverlooked so good
touch down and i hit the ground running feburary 12th
2008 make my way off the plane wait around for my luggage hit the gates see my dad drop my bags and i hug him feel the suns warmth as we leave the airport catching up on all thats happened while i been away and he tells me with a great big smile on his face that finally the king is dead and everything must change and as we cruise through the alleys and the streets im struck by the beauty of familiarity big things small things all things in their place man i swear its like i left just yesterday but it seems like an age since my team parted ways and we each headed off into the wide blue yonder i cant wait to see em cause its true what they say bout how your heart grows fonder the next day and we head to the park for celebrations cause everybodies got their good vibrations giving out pounds and its hugs all round cause we all so excited to be reunited they say theres no place quite like it and if there is well im yet to find it so we party all night til the break of dawn light in the place that i call my own it feels good to be home
see i searched the corners of the earth and this is
what i found no matter where i go i carry where im from
so raise your hands up to the sky now for the ground
beneath your feet this will always be the place where i belong see ive searched the corners of the earth and thisis what ive found no matter where i go i carry where im from so raise your hands up to the sky now for the ground beneath your feet this is will always be the place where i belong
so now its one year later on the way to good vibes valentines day 2009 its kinda crazy how the calendars days can fly by and you watching the fireworks light up the night sky when i arrive this year i use a different gate cause the double SS is playing so we chilling back stage and i make it in just in time
to see them rock the house-one dayers in the place and we turn the party out-and it make me so proud when i look in the crowd and see friends and family representing the home town people that i grew up with little brothers and sisters its like the whole
neighbourhood was right there with us and it seems like every year the crew just gets bigger new names and faces watch as the plot thickens new chapters in the story in the streets that raised the streets that made me the way i am today see this year me and adit been all over the country and got love for every spot from byron bay to bunberry but there aint no where that id rather rest my feet than in the inner west side of the SYD so when im a grown man with a home loan plan and i wanna settled down and own my own
land no doubt in my mind where ima put down my roots in the place that i call own thats the truth
see i searched the corners of the earth and this is
what i found no matter where i go i carry where im from
so raise your hands up to the sky now for the ground
Thankyou for this day.
Thankyou for days past.
Thankyou for this day
Thankyou for everyday to come
They wandered over drugs and alcohol
In the memory of
What it really is
To have a soul
Opposite sides of the track
Same suburbs
Strangers turn friends
Then saviours turn lovers
And he scared her a little bit
Never did quite understand
To clear her fear
Of the intimate
But she scared him a little more
Been searching for so long
Afraid he may of found
What he was looking for
She wasn’t sure at first
Cos she’s learnt
When you play with fire
That you might get burnt.
But somewhere between
The cigarettes and late night TV
She found a reason to believe
In what might be
It’s like hazel eyed …..
Seek shelter from the storm
Cleaver brunette likes to read
Stays awake until the break of dawn
Just a mother’s son
And the fathers daughter
Trying to build some paradise
Within a life of disorder.
He got DP was living for that couple of minutes
After they kissed
And he could still taste her lips on his
But all of this is just a little bit much for me
How’d some drunken fun turn into a love story
(sample)
ohhhhhhh
Ain’t it funny how time flies?
A few months can feel like a lifetime
So caught up in the game
He don’t even realise
That he’s watching from complacency
And it’s taking it’s toll
Now each day that fades
Watch the flames turn cold
They never fight
To afraid of what might get said
Instead,
Silence screaming for help under her breath
Sharing a cold bed
And some silent phone calls
It’s scary how quickly
The rise can turn to fall
Until the day arrives
(I don’t really know how to say this)
But on the inside, his world turned black
Moments running through his mind
And if he could then he’d take it all back
Now he can’t sleep
He stays awake
Dreams of better days
When he wrote her love letters
And the weather didn’t seem so great
Business as usual
Her coping mechanism
Finds comfort in the fact
That others still find her beautiful
And as the seconds
Turn minutes
Turn days
Turn weeks
Lovers revert to strangers
They don’t even speak
The king of the blues
The queen of the street
Now the kingdom lies in ruins
Break-up songs on repeat
Now he misses her touch
And the sound of her voice
Everyday he wakes up
Wishing she made a different choice
Another failed attempt
To capturing the beauty
Till he finds himself alone
Listening to shhh…
Co-author in the story
The first chapters written
But you gotta wonder
If it’s really finished
Co-author in the story
The first chapters written
But you gotta wonder
If it’s really finished
(Sample)
Old man sorrow
Come to keep me company
Thankyou for this day.
Thankyou for days past.
Thankyou for this day
summer sun on my windowsill, i sit and think and wonder, you know that i miss you still thou we were never lovers (x2)
hear that girl the rains pouring soundtrack to our forgotten story, reminisce sometimes seeing the world through loves eyes your friend was my sunshine, til i realised you eclipsed her now i miss ya, never together we wish to sow, but whatever the weather you kept me afloat, my first kiss landed right her, shit havent thought about that in years, now its all coming
back so clear, ghosts in my past, lying with the phone in the dark, talking shit just to hear you laugh, wild horses are what you told me, til we drift apart and i still think of your face everytime it rains and i wonder in a different time and place could we find a way to one and another, and i still think of your face everytime that it rains and i wonder, in a different time andplace could we find a way to one and another.i was cleaning out my room, found a note that you wrote me, said i hope we can be together one day like the label name, but some things dont stay the same. and i saw you just the other day, we didnt have much to say, butwhen i touched your arm we began to spark, for a split second its like nothings changed, now im not saying we would of worked but whos to say if we wouldnt work that we couldnt of made something real, reminisce of the way that you made me feel.
and i just wanted to let you know that i never meant to let you go,
i just wanted to let you know that i never meant to let you go. (x2)
and it goes..
..summer sun on my windowsill, i sit and think and wonder,
you know that i miss you still thou we were never lovers (repeated)
..said i just want you to know that you are so beautiful (to me) (repeated)
i just wanted to let you know that i never meant to let you go (x6)
my hearts like a metronome it beats strong in my chest giving me new hope like the fourth episode i guess we'll never know but i just wanted to, i just wanted to, i just wanted to let you know that i never
meant to let you go.
