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Tell 'Em (prod. Sleigh Bells)

from Zack de la Rouda (2011) by Zack de la Rouda

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it's on and it feels nice
let me tell 'em all god's in the conscience of the whole audience and frogs and field mice
how?
that's all, and it's sealed tight
so be silly, lose hope, keep chilling, lao-tzu
if the bill's right, pay when you realize
while you're here, no fear, be free,
choose life over limb if you gotta keep breathing, dude
honestly you're completely full
if you stopped right now you'd be pleased to cope
you're creased and cool
ready for whatever the weather could throw,
you could send a letter to heaven and let the center know
everybody chasing the cheddar and we are terrified
we ain't need help so much as to care to be alive
y'all crystal clear
hardship is here
if we work we could bring down the pyramids
now face the mirror
and break the gears
no hurt if you think you're a heroine
there's a bell in my head that's been going off
in a cell with a bed and a sawzall
what the hell's in the back of your cerebellum?
truth's there, let me hear when you tell 'em, tell 'em

stay questioning
not focusing on yesterday
cause the hopelessness of changing our fate's too tasty
so i beg, please, god
take it away
cause they feed on faith
like meat on plates
we get eaten
(w)rappers getting thrown away
i hold and wait
smoke to remove the hate
it's all love
i know you know what to say,
tell 'em

damn let me take it in
facts i be facing them
strapped for attack but i'm mastering patience
acting awake but i'm actually waning
practice is lazy, it's back to the basement
when i'm writing i'm fighting back all the liars
they been hiding in your mind but they time is expiring
now i'm firing shots along the wire you watch and sit and think
ready or not?
defending a plot of land
try and get it and die
or die trying, man, i swear to never give up alive
i see with my eyes
fight with song
committed to resisting the system until it's long gone
hit the bong hard, smack to the console
high like the Concorde ask me if I'm home
like Feivel i'm stuck in the west
and i'm wondering what's coming next?
you could bet it's the best of the dystopia that we're in
pressed to the fence we are close to the end
hedging all bets on the brokenest ship
sheets up, bow to the wind
once again we are stuck in a rut like we always have been
empires just get constructed to fail
look in between our legs for ya tail
don't wait or we gon' kick the pail
we unveil
our plan, we gon' try rzarection
all hands held high for ascension
we got lost in the search for worth, we forgot about earth
we supposed to be friends

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from Zack de la Rouda (2011), track released March 27, 2011
produced by Sleigh Bells

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Zack de la Rouda Portland, Maine

i write songs and rap about weird stuff like love self-actualization civilization depression anarchism and taoism i like to eat from the garbage even though it's kinda hard to find organic stuff there i spend a lot of time alone somehow i am still releasing music ... more

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