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Verse:
Tommy cat on the track bringing you another chapter
the story of my life with a billion different factors
fact is it's a revolutionary rapture
addicted to the rhythm and I don't have any patches
I remix my beat, I remix my brain
do it all again to the point that I'm insane
no half time ads no repeats or replays
young scholar in the old game (the cat's loose again)
Tao, Jones be dripping from the fangs of this lion
the yin to the yang like Babylon to Zion
live til I die mysterious like the Mayan
sky high, on the belt of Orion
The flicker of a candle gonna follow the light
you gotta take flights to discover new heights some
times you might think that it's too hard to handle but
when the stakes are right, everybody gambles.
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2. |
Soul System
02:49
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Welcome to the soul system, funky side of the moon
shoot for the moon, land on stars, ya' mean...
Verse:
I live life to the fullest every minute always
push it to the limits put my heart and soul in it
I don't just bare and grin it I throw king hit kinetics
connecting to your mind you would swear that I just read it
Tear the world open 'cause I wanna see within it
runnin' in this race knowing that I'll never win it
but I gotta finish man it's just how I do my business
all I got I give it every minute is infinite
Verse:
You see back in high school I hated hip hop and English
'cause no one ever explained what it meant to be a linguist
not so gifted more motivated and lifted
I bet they never thought that I'd grow up to be a lyricist
But here I am on stage bringing it to ya'll
there's no room up on this page so I'm writing on the wall
one day it will fade but the message will live on,
this lion be out the cage here to bring it to ya' raw
A word to all the shorties don't forget the pioneers
'cause they laid the stage before me so that I could be right here
their poems and their stories that would wipe away my fears
but more importantly they brought the music to my ears
The cycle is repeating throughout histories eternity
the wonderland mystery but who can reach the key
trying to find an answer while the door handle is mocking me
then washed away into the flood of everything eventually
Verse:
These words are my blessing I confess them to the masses
rest them on your soul, invest them in the chances
that I'll grow wings one day use the left to beat the fascist
born to be a savage I won't live my life passive
Every single thought's another step that we have grow
and every single step's another closer to the unknown
with music in my ears, I never to walk alone
new teacher in the old school graffin' up the catacombs
Even the greatest concept is never really permanent
and no one can see further than a single moment
I meditation on instruments key chord elements the
vowels and consonants that bring us to atonement
In the darkness I try to walk the line but my
thought crime addiction makes it hard to unwind
I be making magic while others are watching prime time
and when life hits the rocks, I cut myself a fresh, lime.
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3. |
Rules
03:22
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Verse:
I say I hate the system but do things systematically
I ain't OCD I just do everything compulsively
I'm not a smoker but I'm on fire occasionally
I don't follow a deity but I do things religiously
Don't like to be in a rush but you'll never catch me stationary
I'm not a family man but I really love my family
I don't know how to spell but write a lot of poetry
I ain't ADD sometimes I just want you to notice me
Now I know its time for a chorus but I'll do it when I'm ready
these words are on the tip of my tongue like LSD
it's ironic how these laws and these rules are on a killing spree
I want all the individuals to work collectively.
Chorus:
Rules are a soliloquy, suicide epitome
kill your mind inevitably question (your authority)
Verse:
I don't drink and drive but I have one time too many times
I don't care about money but I strive to have plenty
I don't like heights but I'd fly if gravity let me
I got a handle on myself but I don't know how to handle me
I'm cautious about my weight but eat a fuck load of calories
'cause I got plenty of beef and I'm on a really low salary
Sometimes I write a rhyme but I don't by accident
silly how this individual fits into a category
I'm creative imaginative but I do things practically
and stupidly specific about doing things casually
I'm stubborn but I don't want to be call it a catch thirty three
I like to keep it simple when I'm talking about complexity
Sometimes I wanna talk when I know I should wait patiently
...and I love the smell of irony
I hate secrecy truth is I'm living in a fantasy
I wanna sit myself down and get the third degree.
Chorus:
Rules are a soliloquy, suicide epitome
kill your mind inevitably question (your authority) x 8
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Tell em what we got...
Man Cub:
We got a perfect circular synchronisation
of three minds one infinite imagination
our heads together we endeavour to find
whether or never we could ever be of the kind
That can speak to a room and have it consumed
with the fumes on thought provocation
understand the publication reject indoctrination
do you get my insinuation...
You mean the kids swaying, praying to false
foundations while the world feeds 'em lies?
yeah more than swaying they betraying logic
so watch it heed the cries...
Chorus:
We're speaking in tongues, rhythm runs through our veins
and it's leaking from our lungs, we're speaking in tongues.
Tomcat:
Calligraphy designed to sing spit or preach,
help to reach my fellow man even in his sleep,
suck the rhythm out ya' veins then we spit it on a beat,
literally literary shaped this jungle greater than concrete
The words of Lao Tzu live on in sheets of ink
his subtle hints forever express the way I...
think, cave man started with a ugh
years later we're still yelling out ugh
They started the fire with the sticks and stones
walls engraved with the history of old
stories long told, meaning so bold
mystery and fables these days are bought and sold
The worlds so dumb we all fit into a mould
the worlds over run with a billion lost souls
the worlds gone cold now we all feel numb
so when I address the world I'm gonna speak to it in tongues.
Man Cub, Tomcat & Jacky T:
That once were spoken by warriors
the words of shamans praised in honour by the commoners
typographers stenographers along with this
young followers autonomous in ways anonymous
synonymous with that of the chosen
inhomogeneous androgynous purveyors of hip hop's colloquial homologous
structure lament around indigenous oesophagus laying dead in a sarcophagus.
Chorus:
We're speaking in tongues, rhythm runs through our veins
and it's leaking from our lungs, we're speaking in tongues.
Jacky T:
Let me lay a lyrical litany upon thee
Most of those who’ve spoken never represent me properly
when it comes to expression
my whole persona is outspoken
Leaders look over shoulders and cringe at voices broken
evoking those and them without a pen to open them
and send whatever's on ya' mind into the ether
and pretend that they’re listening, that they’re listening
To the badly astray I put noses in ashtrays
'cause there’s fire without smoke here
better believe it my dear
rhetoric running the guns and funds of ones well man we persevere
To speak to it in tongues the rhythm runs through my veins
bustin' like an open water main
predominantly pronouncing pronouns that be puncturing
bowing down to my lines like a coke fiend at a luncheon
Then have lunch again, I'm starving for the spoken word
curb swerve megahertz burst beaten absurd
like a stepson Ahhh leee ishh nip nish nuuul
man I'm speaking in tongues...
Chorus:
We're speaking in tongues, rhythm runs through our veins
and it's leaking from our lungs, we're speaking in tongues.
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5. |
Devil's Crown
03:30
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Verse:
My minds wind wanders like a tree stuck in a seed
pondering over self indulgent complexity
like an eight legged centipede
with the legs of a schizophrene directing me aimlessly
And I see the complexity as my soul stares back
unravelling my irrelevant knowing and its fragility
birds are set free fly high chirping
only to be shot down by those silently lurking
afraid of the truth...
I wipe their shit from the soul of my boot
and wrap my lips around the ripest of the devils fruits,
I am the living and the dying, I am the breathing
therefore I must be the lying, I am the loving and the crying,
I am the solitary self indulgent momentary
whole world monastery and I can hear them
Chorus:
mocking me... from above
but I hear their evil and I speak it fluently
face to face I make friends with the devil
for he ain't some rebel he's a man with no cause
so I applause him in all of his flaws
holy signs mark the neighbourhood doors
but what side do we stand on
and what side does he stand for
face to face I make friends with the devil
for he ain't some rebel he's a man with no cause
so I applause him in all of his flaws
holy signs mark the neighbourhood doors
but what side does he stand on...
and what side do we stand for...
Verse:
Self righteous lunatics scatter the streets
as we all wait while we watch the world run on repeat
the white hooded farmers take your freedom and reap
take your seat as they break bread but keep all the meat
I heard I shouldn't sleep 'cause it's the cousin of death
so I found their whole family and put em to rest
then sat at their dinner table and invited some guests
and had a long deep discussion over who knows best
If this is just the prequel what's coming could be lethal to the
people praying to the steeple patiently pretending we're equal
I cut my carcass open so that you can see through my soul
totally truthful, out of control
forget forever youthful I grow older with the useful we are
equally all feeble time is never frozen we are not golden
...we're just waiting in the queue
stop acting like the chosen few 'cause I can hear you
Chorus:
mocking me... from above
but I hear your evil and I speak it fluently
face to face I make friends with the devil
for he ain't some rebel he's a man with no cause
so I applause him in all of his flaws
holy signs mark the neighbourhood doors
but what side do we stand on
and what side does he stand for
face to face I make friends with the devil
for he ain't some rebel he's a man with no cause
so I applause him in all of his flaws
holy signs mark the neighbourhood doors
but what side does he stand on
and what side do we stand for
he holds me tight and he locks the door
as men in suites fight for the crown he wore.
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Verse:
This message is to Mercury
nobody has forgiven me
they perceive it as treachery
all I wanted was honesty
From the underground I scream
for they cut out my tongue
as my flesh burns...
I pretend that I'm watching you from the sun...
For at least I would be closer to you
my one and only Mercury
for at least I would be closer to you
my one and only Mercury.
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Animated Youth
03:14
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Chorus:
The animated youth, we are the animated youth
the animated youth, we are the animated youth.
Verse:
Animated youth coming in and out a coma
a thousand people in here but everybody's a loner
escape through the music call me Bob Dillinger
as I stumble through this club just another rolling stoner
Microphones are all I have to voice my own persona
we step out for a second but it seems so much colder
the government look at us through an economic sonar
and view me as the weak because I don't have a diploma
Roam around sweaty as our head is spinning round
like the DJ's records we are slaves to him now
my footprints are heavy sign our names on the ground
'cause once the lights go down animated is this town
Day light breaks and no one wants to hear our voices
that's alright by the end of the night we're voiceless
they exchange glares with us like we're pointless
I watch the sunrise...
Chorus:
The animated youth, we are the animated youth
the animated youth, we are the animated youth.
Verse:
We're living up in space cool kids are flying kites
we just came to party don't be starting any fights
abusing all our rights yeah man I think I might
all the flashing lights these people are for life
Living on a dance floor 'til your feet are red raw
love rich wallet poor everybody equal
we are all animals I wanna hear the crowd roar
get down on your all fours this here is a cat call
Blame us for the violence or blame it on the migrants
step into your backyard who's really the tyrant
talking self righteous 'cause you drive a fucking hybrid
we are youth, animated not silent
You can blame us and call us mindless
you can look down as if your righteous
you can de name categorise us but
we are the rough with the hearts of diamonds...
Chorus:
The animated youth, we are the animated youth
the animated youth, we are the animated youth.
Verse:
Staring at the roof, screaming at a mic
walking in the darkness, living for the night
looking for the truth, fighting for our rights
coming out the harshness, looking for the light.
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Tomcat:
Honestly I'm the new kid I know I gotta prove it
all I knew was music so I dedicate
my life to pursue it, my life to produce it
I'm addicted to the rhythm so you know I'll never loose it
The reason I'm stressed, the way unwind,
the reason that I look tired all of the time
my number one past time tattooed in my heart
like a blood line step into my grandfathers shoes.
Man Cub:
From eleven a veteran of self betterment
letting 'em test my temperament harsh
getting a lesson with dexamphetamine
I was fed 'em repetitively in class
expected to accept that I wasn't acceptable
was in this time that I found my art
whether rejected or accepted didn't matter to me
'cause then that spell was cast.
Tomcat:
At thirteen I learnt how to play the guitar
by fifteen I was playing bass and ripping it up
I went from heavy metal, jazz, all the way to funk soul
but by twenty one found myself at a crossroad
Started making beats but with no MC
'til a wise man taught me just to look inside me
I picked up a pen and put my pad to work
I got a mic' a PC and put my thoughts to words.
Man Cub:
Learn to verge on genius
I'm not so humble but my thoughts are my own
merge the words it's seamless
I'm not one to stumble but I know what I know
It's grown from the flow and it's dawned on my bored brain
thoughts taught aught to force my flaws abstained
from the same mundane path well verse words heard
never meant to last...
Tomcat:
Now I'm twenty three and I'm completely broke
and all I got to give are these songs I wrote
but next time the world has got me by the throat
I'll know that dreams only cost an ounce of hope
'Cause once upon a time that is all I owned
has anything changed here I don't know
all I really know is I don't wanna be alone
put my hat on my heart 'cause that's where I call home.
Man Cub:
Hitting 'em with a minimum of a million synonyms
spinning 'em into rhythm and blues
singing em into the ether even if it never seems
to prove that these are the truths
that I choose to fuse to form my views
that I use to amuse my muse with music
I use it never abuse it or confuse it
with lucid dreams, I say what I mean...
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Chorus:
Hollow room as I wake up here
hollow souls just give me blank stares
hollow love will leave this cup bare
I'm all alone and I just don't care.
Tomcat:
Hollow heads around me be making me stressed
their test of my dreams be leaving me vexed
cannot connect to their prefix come place ya bet
but they didn't see the sweat on my neck
Solar plexus stretch nervous wreck yet
meditate often to protect my convex
content and don't bother to text or comment
you are not my brother and this life is not a contest
Haters gonna wallow in their sorrow too concerned
about tomorrow that they'll never see a brighter day
it's ironic that the internet they follow so religiously
eventually will melt their whole mind away
If the glass is half empty gotta get another bottle
better know that my name was not brought nor borrowed
born to be a leader for the cat never follows
built a believer, never hollow...
Chorus:
Hollow room as I wake up here
hollow souls just give me blank stares
hollow love will leave this cup bare
I'm all alone and I just don't care.
Luca Bliss:
Sequels blaring, sequences boring
sick of the secrets I keep when I’m falling
I’m all for it, fought for a cause
but with no bad how do I force an applause
Forced Intercourse, not forcing at all
you'd be more plausible if you paused in the wars
death stars cement Mars
I'm a Jedi word smith with a heart full of set scars
I check charts, I mix march
can't fit a triple six on the writs of my left arm
I sent calm, cool collect
up in through my body till my zuul connected
I stand corrected
might I say that I stand here dense
and you're a fancy pants
Tryin' to get an answer with your stanky hands
Tryin' fit a picture but cannot fit the Mr
for the mirror in the wall reflects a different image
...pop my spinach
Popi says that I might be finished
But do I fight why I store in a light
I can't express all cause the more that I write
seems to fall outta sight when you call out the righteousness
but tell me what's inside that shit, hollow...
Chorus:
Hollow room as I wake up here
hollow souls just give me blank stares
hollow love will leave this cup bare
I'm all alone and I just don't care
I found love that seems just so rare
that I can't grip cause I'm just too scared
I'm on my way and I don't know where
I'm all alone but I just don't care.
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10. |
Double Sided Sword
02:20
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Verse:
This cats outta the bag shouldn't have left me in the river
'cause when you do me wrong it's revenge that I deliver
my words travel ear drums down your spine shiver
ain't no sunshine where your going make your soul wither
you know who you are crown you scum of the earth
sitting on your throne not a single ounce of worth
fighting with that double sided swords gonna hurt
stop trying to intimidate I've seen too much worse
pretending to be righteous 'cause your part of a religion
but if god sees all there's no way you'll be forgiven
you've trapped yourself in your own hate fuelled prison
you are not special just another product of the system
long ago I stop wishing you are beyond help
judging me for my wrongs take a look at yourself
look beyond the mirror find disturbed mental health
abuse is your drug I hope you overdose and kill yourself.
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Rick Da Scale:
Stick around this shit's about to get iller
we the Brotherhood of Sick Spitters, and it's dinnertime...
Lyrical beasts about to feast upon the beat
it's like survival of the fittest see the weak give me the evil eye
and I'm just like, I don't give a fuck
yeah I still climb up and up that mountain side
Never stop 'til I have reached all my goals
see sometimes I feel like my life is running down an aisle of coals/Coles
searching for the product to relieve the pain like Tylenol
how'd I go? I dunno the feedback is totally out of my control
Reliable I'm liable don't have to chase red to be like a bull
get it likeable? I get it how excitable
so thrilled you can tell by the tone in my voice
I gift/give wrap/rap my presents/presence like I'm overly joyed
It's time to rejoice 'cause I represent hope for humanity
at any second there could be a calamity
so there's no use panicking until its actually happening
and excuse me while I gather my thoughts up on this canopy, uh...
...Now I'm back but I never left
took a gamble playing the game ain't talking about centre bet
I stand tall like Everest trying to send the right message
not SMS...
Chorus:
This is for my brotherhood
this is for my brothers and my sisters of the world.
Tomcat:
Gotta know that one sword sharpens the other
so when we come together there's stopping me and my brothers
dreamers I'm applauding ya haters I'm ignoring
these peace driven warriors got weapons of euphoria
Hearts like the beat of our feet start pounding off the
Rick Da Scale grab ya boots we heading up the mountain
found the tree of life and the fountain of youth as well
my fountain is a fountain pen my tree of life an ink well
Full of hopes and dreams that we write for ourselves
the story becomes thicker the deeper you do delve
it's always gonna change nothing stays the same
everybody is an individual just take away the name
Brother from another mother sister from another mister
Brotherhood of Sick Spitters spitting with the serum
I split the seas open with the power of my pen
Gonna pull my peace out, blaka blaka blaka zen.
Chorus:
This is for my brotherhood
this is for my brothers and my sisters of the world.
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12. |
Apples
02:58
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Verse:
I've been screaming in your ear but we're both deaf dumb and blind
eyes open wide crying on the inside
with my arms open wide you got nothing to fear
come put your hand in mine take this wheel and steer
We could travel anywhere we could pick the world up
and make it disappear but we still right here
dancing in the darkness, drowning in it's atmosphere
you're the one you fear while I'm screaming in your ear
Maybe all along I should of been screaming in my own
let go you fool, let go, let go
I was always there to hold you but you'd rather cry alone
lock the door on your home metaphor for your soul
But which side of the door is really more out of control
I stood there with a heart of fire trying to break the window
drag you from the wreckage while you were screaming at me
let go, let go, let go, let go, let go
Now I'm pretty fucking stupid but I think I get the message
I'm a let you clean your mess up I'm a find a new direction
let go of this deception, let go of this connection
close my eyes roll the dice at life's intersection
I sit here with a cuppa tea, listening to funky beats
Buddha stares back at me smiling at me knowingly
emotions take hold of me I remember it vividly
but memories bring misery my mind is a mystery
A world full of smiles and all I see are the frowns
a sun setting sky while I'm staring at the ground
a room full of angels if I care to look around
consumed by the devil in my soul dragging me down
Verse:
I'v seen enough shit to know that life can't be wasted
if happiness is a drug I'm gonna take my world and lace it
take the world and face it too much love to waste it
gonna sit down with Adam and Eve take an apple and taste it
Everything you wanted I was starting to doubt
'cause all the love I gave never seemed to amount
you looked so tired every time you came around
it was tearing me apart trying to figure it out
So I'll watch the world blaze away
through the flames and the rain I will find my way
take the apples that haven't decayed
and bake a pie on the fire that remains
I'll watch the world blaze away
through the flames and the rain I will find my way
take the apples that haven't decayed
and bake a pie on the fire that remains.
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13. |
Keep Spinning
03:13
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Verse:
Can you imagine if every single moment could be your last
would you cherish every second and deliver it with heart
some stuck in the future, others in the past
but this life is a cycle we all end up where we start
Every single moment filled with beautiful colours
our fathers and mothers, our sisters and brothers
as the world keeps spinning all dictated by dollars
but it will never take away from the passion of lovers
The warmth of the sun, the delicate rain
if you love somebody kiss their lips yell their name
live like your looking down the barrel of a gun
listen to your heart rattle before it goes numb
Now I stand upon the world and I scream I'm alive
I'm gonna keep screaming 'til the day that I die
death and I play hide and seek I'm pretty hard to find
I smile more than I cry and that's how I survived
We all death already on our minds
on the grind over drive with no time to take five
it's funny over time a common question that I find
does time cost money or does money cost time...
Chorus:
The world will keep spinning, keep spinning
the world will keep spinning, keep spinning.
Verse:
What looks like a lifetime will pass us in an instant
we're given no guideline just a history of blue prints
we play our part yet we all feel like misfits
we can tip toe through it, or crush it with our footprints
'Til it's engraved in the history page
just another fading memory of everything that I made
the world will keep spinning and forever it will change
but I'll change it forever with everything that I made
We're born blind do we live it that way...
nah man look around before the signs decay
you can you see the light shine in our hearts and minds
intertwined, you gotta live 'til you die
So when I say I love you please believe its no lie
when you hold my hand please believe that its mine
when we whisper with emotion look into my eye
'cause when I look into my heart its not myself that I find
Chorus:
The world will keep spinning, keep spinning
forever it will change, change.
Verse:
So fuck compromises what's life if its lifeless
and what good are the guides if you miss all the surprises
'cause sometimes surprises are what really entices
us to wake up and realise that it's priceless
One day I'll be gone and you'll all forget my name
mind and body gone I don't pretend to know their fate
maybe there is nothingness, eternally blank
or maybe I'll be on my knees begging at the gates
It's never too late 'cause fat lady ain't sung
set the world on fire, breath it in your lungs
your never too old, too young or too dumb
it's not over 'til its over every moment just begun
It's not over 'til its over every moment just begun
it's not over 'til its over every moment just begun
it's not over 'til its over every moment just begun
it's not over 'til its over...
The world will keep spinning and forever it will change
but I'll change it forever with everything that I made
the world will keep spinning and forever it will change
but we change it forever with everything that we say.
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Tomcat:
Tell you how I'm living...cool
dry ice this life here is a chemical
another animal spitting silly philosophical
for me see this writing is a ritual
I clear the dust from my throat
turn up the stereo break beats and blue notes
every single syllable fills my heart with hope
next morning meditate on what I wrote
Then I slouch into the couch
find myself some zen, that's how I peace out
beats are on repeat spin em like a round about
whistle of the kettle cup of tea no doubt
looking for the secrets well maybe you have found 'em
lay down with your beating heart and feel it poundin'
usually I'm out climbing metaphor mountain
but right now I'm at home, loungin'.
Jacky T:
Hey Tomcat, your balance is inspiring right
but sometimes I find the fine finite line
that twines along the vine of enjoying my time
and guilt's guillotine crimes an 'idle' in your eyes, who am I?
I feel detached from the breeze of reality
a nicotine patch on my sleeve brings banality
and cancerous thoughts, even if trivialities
I can't seem to smoke 'em down to a finality
I'm going to bed earlier, and getting to sleep later
my hair stands curly and I sleek it with the fader
Jean Grae said "you’re not gonna find what ya' looking for; stay searching"
that's poetic beauty, but I kinda wish I hadn't of heard it
'Cause basically I'm a base head, See E G?
fingers creep over the keys, I see blackened gaps beneath
maybe addiction ain't affliction for me I grab hold of issues compulsively
relieve anxiety inside of me I'm a fan of easy validation, ya' see
And to be honest, I'm honest, I won’t admonish
dwell on thoughts until confounding
you'll see me sitting still stressed as hell
and just project that I'm loungin'.
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Chorus:
I feel like no one's listening
I feel like something missing
breathing leaves me breathless
I find everything in nothingness
I feel like no one's listening
but the coffee and the cigarettes
I feel like something missing
but pain killers won't kill your regrets
Breathing leaves me breathless
and silence leaves me deaf
I find everything in nothingness...
Verse:
I bath my soul within the sun
just trying to warm my skin
but nothing seems to break through
to the cold blooded living within
So what's the point of a voice
when my mind rambles like a thunder storm
and how do I make a choice
when I don't know my right from wrong
The devil sits on my shoulder
and softly whispers in my ear
as the angel speaks in riddles
none of the words come out clear
Playing games with my weathered soul
a chess board of love and fear
but if I can't win this battle
then why the fuck am I here
I feel like no one's listening
but the coffee and the cigarettes
I feel like something's missing
but pain killers won't kill your regrets
Breathing leaves me breathless
and silence leaves me deaf
I find everything in nothingness
and it all just leaves me stressed.
Chorus:
I feel like no one's listening
but the coffee and the cigarettes
I feel like something missing
but pain killers won't kill your regrets
Breathing leaves me breathless
and silence leaves me deaf
I find everything in nothingness
and it all just leaves me stressed.
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16. |
8th Wonder
03:53
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Interlude:
One leader defining all of our planet
too many people suffering in a panic
my three favourite philosophers sipping on the vinegar
for some will see the sweet while others see the sinister
Five fingers to form a fist and we fight
six million ways to die I think we might
seven seconds 'til we open our eyes
then we ate the flesh of our brothers for a piece of the pie
Chorus:
Just to keep up with the Joneses
this money be the 8th wonder it makes you wonder
just to keep up with the Joneses
the 8th wonder it makes you wonder
Verse:
With money written at the root of all the worlds problems
and we spend our days picking cotton sitting at the bottom
the necessary evil run it how are we to stop them
we are just victims to their social economics
The world keeps turning while we're walking in a straight line
on our knees praying for god to give us a sign
remind us we have time, tell us that it's fine
but while we're making dimes we forget that we're alive
Walking in the day to day nine to five to pay our way
television he say, she say on the replay
kids ain't got no time to play we are told that that's ok
teenage suicides everyday from the pressure's weight
I ain't got no time to wait my time is always cursing me
we are all people so please take everything personally
I wanna see individual revolutionaries
not children being fitted for their suits up in the nursery
Chorus:
Just to keep up with the Joneses
this money be the 8th wonder it makes you wonder
just to keep up with the Joneses
the 8th wonder it makes you wonder
Interlude:
One leader defining all of our planet
too many people suffering in a panic
my three favourite philosophers sipping on the vinegar
for some will see the sweet while others see the sinister
Five fingers to form a fist and we fight
six million ways to die I think we might
seven seconds 'til we open our eyes
then we ate the flesh of our brothers for a piece of the pie
Verse:
Just to keep up with the Joneses
we lie cheat and steal just to get by
yet we can't keep it real open up your eyes
and we won't weep or feel coz boys don't cry
And money be the 8th wonder it makes you wonder
as I'm writing til my eyes red, working til my fingers bled
I wake up thinking I conceive thoughts in my slumber
walking like I'm made of led as thunder lingers in my head
We own the world yet got nothing to give
days disappear like water through a sive
question yourself what does it means to live
...what does it mean to live?
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