• jimmydoreisalefty@lemmus.org
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    1 year ago

    Aesop Rock is a next level lyricist!

    Song I also like, great samples: Aesop Rock - Oxygen (Official Lyrics) | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huJCXoVGErM

    https://genius.com/Aesop-rock-none-shall-pass-lyrics

    In what is perhaps Aesop Rock’s most famous song, he attacks conformity in mainstream hip-hop, the political establishment, the schooling system and its role as gate-keeper and tool of the corporate world, and law enforcement.


    [Intro]

    I’m— trust me, I’m— trust me, I’m trying to help

    I’m— trust me, I’m— trust me, I’m trying to help


    [Verse 1]

    Flash that buttery gold

    Jittery zeitgeist, wither by the watering hole, what a patrol

    What are we to Heart Huckabee, art fuckery suddenly

    Not enough young in his lung for the water wings

    Colorfully vulgar poacher, out of mulch

    Like, “I’ma pull the pulse out a soldier and bolt”

    Fine, sign of the time we elapse

    When a primate climb up a spine and attach

    Eye for an eye, by the bog life swamps and vines

    They get a rise out of frogs and flies

    So when a dogfight’s hog-tied prize sort of costs a life

    The mouths water on a fork and knife

    And the allure isn’t right

    No score on a war-torn beach

    Where the cash cow’s actually beef

    Blood turns wine when it leak for police

    Like, “That’s not a riot; it’s a feast, let’s eat!”


    [Chorus]

    And I will remember your name and face

    On the day you are judged by The Funhouse cast

    And I will rejoice in your fall from grace

    With a cane to the sky, like, “None shall pass”

    None shall pass, none shall pass


    [Verse 2]

    Now, if you never had a day a snow cone couldn’t fix

    You wouldn’t relate to the rogue vocoder blitz

    How he spoke through a NoDoz motor on the fritz

    ‘Cause he wouldn’t play rollover fetch like a bitch

    And express no regrets, though he isn’t worth a homeowner’s piss

    To the jokers who pose by the glitz

    Fine, sign of the swine in the swarm

    When a king is a whore who comply and conform

    Miles outside of the eye of the storm

    With a siphon to lure out a prize and award

    While avoiding the vile and bizarre that is violence and war

    True blue triumph is more

    Like, "Wait, let it snake up out of the centerfold

    Let it break the walls of Jericho, ready go"

    Sat where the old, cardboard city folk

    Swap tales with heads, like every other penny throw


    [Chorus]

    And I will remember your name and face

    On the day you are judged by The Funhouse cast

    And I will rejoice in your fall from grace

    With a cane to the sky, like, “None shall pass”

    None shall pass, none shall pass


    [Interlude]

    You tried, you tried, you tried to trick me

    You’ve got a, you’ve, you’ve got a, a lot of nerve

    I’m, I’m not, I’m not, trying to trick you

    I’m try, I’m try, I’m trying to help


    [Verse 3]

    Okay, woke to a grocery list, goes like this:

    Duty and Death

    Anyone object, come stand in the way

    You could be my little Snake River Canyon today

    And I ran with a chain of commands

    And a jetpack strapped where the backstab lands if it can

    Fine, sign of the vibe in the crowd

    When I cut a belly open to find what climb out

    That’s quite a bit of gusto he muster up

    To make a dark horse rush, like, “Enough’s enough!”

    It must’ve struck a nerve so they huff and puff

    'Til all the king’s men fluster and clusterfuck

    And it’s a beautiful thing

    To my people who keep an impressive wingspan

    Even when the cubicle shrink

    You got to pull up the intruder by the root of the weed

    N.Y. Chew through the machine


    [Chorus]

    And I will remember your name and face

    On the day you are judged by The Funhouse cast

    And I will rejoice in your fall from grace

    With a cane to the sky, like, “None shall pass”

    None shall pass, none shall pass

    • thrawn@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      This is one of the only songs I’m willing to karaoke. Even reading the lyrics in your comment made me read along with it. The words flow so satisfyingly that it’s really easy, and always impresses. Great song and I usually find people adding it to their own libraries after hearing it the first time

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          1 year ago

          Give it a shot! I have zero talent but it flows so well that all you need is a bit of breath control. It’s one of the few I can do simply because I’m so bad at every other song haha. I think you’ll find that it’s weirdly doable