"Again" (Lyrical Collage) (With Footnotes)

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As I say in the song Liquid Thunder, "My rhymes are so dense you're gonna need footnotes." Here they are...

This time, for the song “Again (Lyrical Collage),” which was formerly known as "Oi." This song is the second of my tracks that fits the concept of "lyrical collage" remade with slightly different lyrics and an original beat. The idea behind a lyrical collage is to take the original lyrics of a variety of different songs and fit them into a coherent rap song with a new sound and feel. In this case, the theme is double, all the songs are punk or ska songs and the lyrics are political/social commentary. There isn't much more to add, other than to give you the citations for each of the lyrics...

I know I'm artificial, but don't put the blame on me

I was reared with appliances, in a consumer society

X-Ray Spex, "Art-I-Ficial"

Go to work, it's such a drag

Face the boss, he's such a nag

The Ramones, "The Job That Ate My Brain"

All my life has been the same

I've learned to live by hate and pain

The Jam, "The Modern World"

I need sex, I need love, I need drink

I need drugs, I need food, I need cash

I need you to love me back

Buzzcocks, "I Need"

Now pass the blame and don't blame me

Just close your eyes and count to three

Madness, "Shut Up"

I see my place in American waste

Faced with choices I can't take

Black Flag, "American Waste"

Some people are bad and they don't give a damn

What they do or who they hurt

They go through their lives and don't apologize

For the shit that they've disturbed

The Vandals, "People That Are Going to Hell"

I got something to say and I’ll say it again

I got something to sing and I’ll sing it again

I got something to scream and I’ll scream it again

Anti-Flag, "Resist"

Screechin' useless martyrs hangin’ naked upon the cross

They would have you believe the lie they shriek that all is lost

MC5, "Future Now"

Can it be true? They got nothing else to say

Do you think? They want it that way

Johnny Thunders, "Short Lives"

The benevolent and wise are being thwarted, ostracized

What a bummer, the world keeps getting dumber

NOFX, "Idiots Are Taking Over"

I can still see people dying, now who takes the blame?

The numbers are different, the crime is still the same

The Specials, "War Crimes"

And they're planning while I sleep

And even as we speak, to strike when I am weak

Reel Big Fish, "Everyone Else Is An Asshole"

All the power's in the hands of people rich enough to buy it

While we walk the street, too chicken to even try it

The Clash, "White Riot"

Illegal to dance, forbidden to cry

You do what you're told and never ask why

The Damned, "I Just Can't Be Happy Today"

I got something to say and I’ll say it again

I got something to sing and I’ll sing it again

I got something to scream and I’ll scream it again

The chorus again.

These are all reasons why I'll be exploding tonight

And why this chip on my shoulder feels like a mile wide

Less Than Jake, "Short Fuse Burning"

It's time to taste what you most fear

Right Guard will not help you here

Dead Kennedys, "Holiday in Cambodia"

And the people have the power, to redeem the work of fools

From the meek the graces shower, it's decreed the people rule

Patti Smith, "People Have the Power"

Still you defend the system that perpetuates your hate

Against All Authority, "Louder Than Words"

Why can't I ask any questions of what you say is true

Am I supposed to believe anything or just everything said by you?

Suicidal Tendencies, "Pledge Your Allegiance"

I ain't equipment, I ain't automatic

You won't find me, just staying static

Sex Pistols, "Problems"

I got something to say and I’ll say it again

I got something to sing and I’ll sing it again

I got something to scream and I’ll scream it again

The chorus again

Not as much but with such intensity

I'd like to be what they would not want me to be

Bad Brains, "I"

To the tension of a world on the wane

I shuffle around on wooden boards, now no longer afraid

Gang of Four, "I Will Be A Good Boy"

I got something to say and I’ll say it again

I got something to sing and I’ll sing it again

I got something to scream and I’ll scream it again

The chorus again.

"Top 40" (With Footnotes)

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As I say in the song Liquid Thunder, "My rhymes are so dense you're gonna need footnotes." Here they are...

This time, for the song "Top 40." This song is the first of my tracks that fits the concept of "lyrical collage." The idea behind a lyrical collage is to take the original lyrics of a variety of different songs and fit them into a coherent rap song with a new sound and feel. In this case, the theme is my favorite 40 hip hop artists. At least that was the original concept. I realized afterwards that my actual #1 favorite artist, Public Enemy, didn't make it into this track. That was an accident. There isn't much more to add, other than to give you the citations for each of the lyrics...

What's the matter with your life

Why you gotta mess with mine

Salt-N-Pepa, "None of Your Business"

Now I rock a house party at the drop of a hat

I'll beat a biter down with an aluminum bat

Beastie Boys, "Shake Your Rump"

There's no one syllable or phrase

That can adequately describe this new craze

DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince, "As We Go"

Get me on the court and I'm trouble

Last week fucked around and got a triple double

Ice Cube, "It Was A Good Day"

Not from the old school or the new

Applaud the boom, do what you want to

Rob Base & DJ EZ Rock, "Joy and Pain"

I get money, money I got

Stunts call me honey if they feel real hot

Audio Two, "Top Billin'"

Peace to this one and that one and them

That's the way I shout and I didn't miss one friend

Naughty By Nature, "Hip Hop Hooray"

I'm like the second plane that made the towers face off

That shit that let you know its really not a game dog

Mos Def, "Close Edge"

I am a nightmare walking, psychopath talking

King of my jungle, just a gangster stalking

Ice-T, "Colors"

Have you ever seen a show with fellas on the mic

With one minute rhymes that don't come out right

Doug E. Fresh & Slick Rick, "The Show"

For any MC in any 52 states

I get psycho killer Norman Bates

Ol' Dirty Bastard, "Shimmy Shimmy Ya"

Do dat do dat do do dat dat dat

Do dat do dat do do dat dat dat

A Tribe Called Quest, "Award Tour"

Your real name is probably Bradworth or Bennett

Your verbal baggage ain't got nothing in it

Digital Underground, "The Way We Swing"

Now Kurtis Blow, Run DMC

You haven't heard a rap till you heard it from me

I'm the baddest rapper in history

And there will be no more after me

Shawn Brown, "Rappin' Duke"

We have no time for suckers

Who bite with their lowers and their uppers

You think that you're rockin, but you're not hip hoppin

So you best stop jockin at the masters

Digital Underground, "The Way We Swing"

Watch out for the medallion, my diamonds are reckless

Feels like a midget is hanging from my necklace

Ludacris, "Stand Up"

Allah o akbar and throw em some hot cars

Things we see on the screen are not ours

Kanye West, "Heard 'Em Say"

How many people die over these dead green guys

Ignorance and greed take their ass by surprise

Dr. Dre, "Been There, Done That"

I'm tired of backstabbing ass snakes with friendly grins

I'm tired of committing so many sins

Eminem, "If I Had"

The fence is too high to jump in jail

Too low to dig I might just touch hell hot

Outkast, "B.O.B."

A firing squad sensed the danger

When they're stung by the rapping ranger

Sugar Hill Gang, "Apache"

Mine eyes have seen the glory

Of the underground category

Afroman, "The American Dream"

Can you feel it, nothin can save you

For this is the season of catching the vapors

Biz Markie, "The Vapors"

I'm here to laugh, love, fuck and drink liquor

And help the damn revolution come quicker

The Coup, "Laugh, Love, Fuck"

I'm like fuck critics, you can kiss my whole asshole

If you don't like my lyrics, you can press fast forward

Jay-Z, "99 Problems"

Criminal minded, you've been blinded

Looking for a style like mine, you can't find it

Boogie Down Productions, "Criminal Minded"

This the kinda beat that go ra-ta-ta-ta

Ra-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta

Missy Elliott, "Work it"

Take the evil out the people, they'll be acting right

Cause both black and white are smokin crack tonight

2Pac, "Changes"

Now Kurtis Blow, Run DMC

You haven't heard a rap till you heard it from me

I'm the baddest rapper in history

And there will be no more after me

We have no time for suckers

Who bite with their lowers and their uppers

You think that you're rockin, but you're not hip hoppin

So you best stop jockin at the masters

The chorus again.

Here's a murder rap to keep you dancin

With a crime record like Charles Manson

NWA, "Straight Outta Compton"

Nobody's shootin, my body's made of hand grenade

Girl bled to death while she was tongue-kissin a razor blade

Fugees, "Fu-Gee-La"

E F F E C T

A smooth operator operating correctly

Eric B & Rakim, "Microphone Fiend"

How dare you ever try to step on my Suede shoes

Top Gun shut down your firm like Tom Cruise

Busta Rhymes, "Woo-Hah! Got You All In Check"

E F F E C T

A smooth operator operating correctly

Eric B & Rakim, "Microphone Fiend"

Neon king kong standin on my back

Can't stop to turn around broke my sacrophiliac

Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, "The Message"

My oven is on high when I roast the quail

Tell Bill Clinton to go and inhale

Cypress Hill, "I Wanna Get High"

Sour baby ballin like a fetus

Sock on my cock like I'm Anthony Kiedis

Rhymefest, "Jackin' (It Got Ugly)"

The Lord raised Michaelangelo from the dead

So he can make a fresh painting of my head

LL Cool J, "My Rhyme Ain't Done"

Breaks to win and breaks to lose

But these here breaks will rock your shoes

Kurtis Blow, "The Breaks"

It's Christmas time in Hollis, Queens

Mom's cooking chicken and collard greens

Run DMC, "Christmas in Hollis"

Three 14 inch rims is running on the side

They riding on the side

Yeah, they running on the side

Three 14 inch rims is running on the side

They riding on the side

Yeah, they running on the side

Snoop Dogg, "From Tha Chuuuch to Da Palace"

Poppin', sockin', rockin' with a side of hip-hop

Because where we're goin' there ain't no stoppin'

Afrika Bambaataa, "Renegades of Funk" (In the style of Rage Against the Machine)

Dance to this fix and flex every muscle

Space can be filled if you rise like my lumber

Advance to the tune but don't do the hustle

shake, rattle, roll to my magic number

De La Soul, "Magic Number"

Now Kurtis Blow, Run DMC

You haven't heard a rap till you heard it from me

I'm the baddest rapper in history

And there will be no more after me

We have no time for suckers

Who bite with their lowers and their uppers

You think that you're rockin, but you're not hip hoppin

So you best stop jockin at the masters

The chorus again.

MCs, you like the way we swing?

Digital Underground, "The Way We Swing"

1, 2, 3, and to the 4

Dr. Dre & Snoop Doggy Dogg, "Nuthin' But A G Thang"

Slide, slide, but that's the past, I got something brand new for that ass

Coolio, "1, 2, 3, 4 (Sumpin' New)"

Six minutes, six minutes, six minutes, Doug E. Fresh, you're on, o-o-on

Doug E. Fresh & Slick Rick, "The Show"

"Oi" (With Footnotes)

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As I say in the song Liquid Thunder, "My rhymes are so dense you're gonna need footnotes." Here they are...

This time, for the song "Oi." This song is the second of my tracks that fits the concept of "lyrical collage" and the first recording for the mixtape of that same name. The idea behind a lyrical collage is to take the original lyrics of a variety of different songs and fit them into a coherent rap song with a new sound and feel. In this case, the theme is double, all the songs are punk or ska songs and the lyrics are political/social commentary. There isn't much more to add, other than to give you the citations for each of the lyrics...

I know I'm artificial, But don't put the blame on me

I was reared with appliances, In a consumer society

X-Ray Spex, "Art-I-Ficial"

Go to work, it's such a drag

Face the boss, he's such a nag

The Ramones, "The Job That Ate My Brain"

All my life has been the same

I've learned to live by hate and pain

The Jam, "The Modern World"

I need sex, I need love, I need drink

I need drugs, I need food, I need cash

I need you to love me back

Buzzcocks, "I Need"

Now pass the blame and don't blame me

Just close your eyes and count to three

Madness, "Shut Up"

I see my place in american waste

Faced with choices I can't take

Black Flag, "American Waste"

Some people are bad and they don't give a damn

what they do or who they hurt

They go through their lives and don't apologize

for the shit that they've disturbed

The Vandals, "People That Are Going to Hell"

I got something to say and I’ll say it again

I got something to sing and I’ll sing it again

I got something to scream and I’ll scream it again

Anti-Flag, "Resist"

Screechin' useless martyrs hangin naked upon the cross

They would have you believe the lie they shriek that all is lost

MC5, "Future Now"

Can it be true? They got nothing else to say

Do you think? They want it that way

Johnny Thunders, "Short Lives"

the benevolent and wise are being thwarted, ostracized, what a bummer

the world keeps getting dumber

NOFX, "Idiots Are Taking Over"

I can still see people dying, now who takes the blame?

the numbers are different, the crime is still the same

The Specials, "War Crimes"

And they're planning while I sleep

And even as we speak To strike when I am weak

Reel Big Fish, "Everyone Else Is An Asshole"

All the power's in the hands

Of people rich enough to buy it

While we walk the street

Too chicken to even try it

The Clash, "White Riot"

Illegal to dance forbidden to cry

You do what you're told and never ask why

The Damned, "I Just Can't Be Happy Today"

I got something to say and I’ll say it again

I got something to sing and I’ll sing it again

I got something to scream and I’ll scream it again

The chorus again.

These are all reasons why I'll be exploding tonight

and why this chip on my shoulder feels like a mile wide

Less Than Jake, "Short Fuse Burning"

It's time to taste what you most fear

Right Guard will not help you here

Dead Kennedys, "Holiday in Cambodia"

When you think the night has seen your mind

That inside you're twisted and unkind

Let me stand to show that you are blind

Velvet Underground, "I'll Be Your Mirror"

Rebels with a cause came out of the sun

And spoke the only language they'd been given

Generation X, "Running With the Boss Sound"

And the people have the power, To redeem the work of fools

From the meek the graces shower, It's decreed the people rule

Patti Smith, "People Have the Power"

still you defend the system that perpetuates your hate

your institutions are corrupt, your way of thinking sucks, we've had enough

Against All Authority, "Louder Than Words"

Why can't I ask any questions of what you say is true

Am I supposed to believe anything or just everything said by you?

Suicidal Tendencies, "Pledge Your Allegiance"

I ain't equipment, I ain't automatic

You won't find me just staying static

Sex Pistols, "Problems"

I got something to say and I’ll say it again

I got something to sing and I’ll sing it again

I got something to scream and I’ll scream it again

The chorus again

Not as much but with such intensity

I'd like to be what they would not want me to be

Bad Brains, "I"

To the tension of a world on the wane

I shuffle around on wooden boards Now no longer afraid

Gang of Four, "I Will Be A Good Boy"

and i will not sit on broken glass,

not for you or anyone i will not cut my ass

The Misfits, "Spinal Remains"

I'll be a pharaoh soon, Rule from some golden tomb

Things will be different then, The sun will rise from here

Then I'll be ten feet tall, And you'll be nothing at all

Dead Boys, "Sonic Reducer"

I'm a lexicon devil with a battered brain

And I'm searchin' for a future-the world's my aim

The Germs, "Lexicon Devil"

I'm stubborn as a mule

And nobody breaks my rules

Iggy Pop, "New Values"

And if I'm acting like a king

Well, that's cause I'm a human being

New York Dolls, "Human Being"

I got something to say and I’ll say it again

I got something to sing and I’ll sing it again

I got something to scream and I’ll scream it again

The chorus again.

H-Y-P I'm hypnotised

H-Y-P I'm hypnotised

The Undertones, "Hypnotised"

For you there's just no hope

Get a rope, get a rope

Cock Sparrer, "Get A Rope"

Bikini girls with machine guns

Bikini girls with machine guns

The Cramps, "Bikini Girls With Machine Guns"

Cause I'm leavin' on a jet plane,

Don't know when I'll be back again

Since Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, who I love, don't do any original songs, I had to include a cover for them and it was "Leaving On A Jet Plane."