Ambiguous catastrophe
By haleja on May 19, 2024 10:14 am
So Hilltop hoods came on the radio and I noticed how they rap with an Aussie accent. I don't think I have much of an accent so found it pretty amusing to lean into sounding like a 'strayan, and to have a crack at writing some lyrics.
I've never really written much in the way of lyrics (and never rap), so trying to come up with 16 or so lines of words was by far the longest part of creating this track on Satdee. (That's Saturday, for any non Australians)
I didn't really have a clue for the chorus; All I was thinking is that it needs to contrast the verses, of which I only had written enough lyrics to have like, 2 half verses - thus the lead guitar bridge sections haha.
I don't know how to end a rap verse so I just threw in my best Andy Samberg "ahh maaaan" hahaha.
Seem to have ended up with a quirky song structure and a melody made up from equal parts whiny Aussie rap, low gravely vocals and lead guitar.
I've definitely enjoyed experimenting with stuff pretty far out of my comfort zone. Hopefully I can keep on pushing my boundaries.
LYRICS
the point of the game is spreading peace and love
yet the occupation of the bigot generation
leads to irritation and deflation of the body and soul
to an old dog new tricks may as well be space trips
as long as we be stickin to opinions of old
we'll be missing dimensions to know the questions to ask
so with nothing to fuel the obsession of progression
let this be a lesson
ahh maaaan
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cant you see the world aint what it used to be
humans versus humans a catastrophe
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another one trys to claim they have a solution
to start a revolution of attention for all the things
so when you think "think nothing" think "think something"
so the thing starts to grow and show itself to the world
alternatively we can keep on walking this road
where we're igniting the fighting and hurting of each other
tauntin' not talkin'. trippin' not thinkin' killin'
ahh maaaan
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cant you see the world aint what it used to be
humans versus humans a catastrophe
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