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1 minute ago, BlackoutZone said:Notice how I mentioned the Something Real fiasco happening later on, this very much means he was not even talking to Rick outside of his invoiced requests to even know what they were actually working on if he didn't realize the email was fake and they actually aren't working on YTH/YG/FC at all.
Fair point and interesting to think about, thanks for your help.
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1 minute ago, BlackoutZone said:This debatable, it's whatever perspective you want to take on this. Patrick Warren is someone who gets commissioned by Rick to record - let's say Keys and Strings that gonna sound like this and that. Patrick records them and puts them in a form of stems, then sends back to Rick who is doing with those parts whatever he wants without Patrick's further involvement. Patrick producing these demos is nearly an equivalent of you right now DMing random producer who advertises themselves online, sending them acapella/unfinished demo and paying them for laying new production however they imagine.
The redeeming part of this is that Patrick seemingly had partial stems of the real Rick Nowels produced track so these pieces of sounds are real. I won't dwell into that further, take that as you want. For now these are the only leaked versions anyway so it's not like there is any other option than appreciating them as they are.
Thank you for the points you've made here. I think just to counter your point vis a vis your hypothetical of me DMing a random producer with a demo, I do personally see there being a distinction between that situation and the one surrounding PW's SYTH edit. The edit was done by a notable producer who has worked with Lana in the past, and in my mind that does affect whether or not it's seen as a real demo. In the mind of PW, from what I understand, he genuinely produced it under the impression that it would be under LDR's (or her team's) consideration as a legitimate demo. The inclusion of elements of Rick's original production I think also bolster it's status as official as you say.
All that being said, if the LDR fandom decide the inclusion of PW's edit as an official version is not correct, it'll be removed. A difficult grey area and (hopefully) one we won't have to traverse again!
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10 minutes ago, BlackoutZone said:Sorry but I don't keep track of fake versions lol, why would you want to list that on the wikia if it's fake.
Just add the Patrick Warren version, the James Ford version (which btw was never considered for COCC what
) and the STINT version
Just to clarify on the inclusion of the two Warren versions - my understanding is that they were legitimately created by one of the musicians working on the track. While they were created under false pretences, they are genuine (in the sense of "not fanmade") versions of the track. Please correct me if I'm wrong! That being said, where fanmade creations are particularly notable, for example where they precede the official version and are rightly or wrongly treated as official by the fandom, they will usually get at least a cursory mention for clarity for people who may have those versions in their collection.
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1 hour ago, ImenaOphelia said:yeah, same. I'm soo active there and there are only a few people editing regularly. Also, the admins aren't active - two haven't made any edit since 2019 and the third one seldom edits something.
I'm that third admin, I may not look like I do too much editing these days but I follow nearly every page on the site so every time there's an edit I get an email about it and I check, especially when it's a new or anonymous user. I've been consistently active on the site since Jan 2013 (9 years!) so pls don't think I'm not invested! I'm also the one who's been doing all the themes for every era, and the biggest project I did recently was converting all the infoboxes to the new Fandom standard which was a huge headache 'cause despite everything I'm still not actually that good at the technical side of editing lol.
I think it's a great resource and over the years we've had some really excellent contributors come and go to make the site what it is today. Also thank u for making this thread, I love Lanapedia and it's great to see that other fans like it and use it.
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Idk if anyone is interested but years and years ago when I made this edit and people were getting confused I posted a thing on how and why I made it here: https://stormriver.tumblr.com/post/29584321912. Seven years ago. My God.
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Just a little change but i'm pretty sure in the chorus it's:
The truth is I never bought into your bullshit
When you would pay tribute to me 'cause I knew that
All I wanted to do was get high by the beach
Then the outro I think is:
Everyone can start again,Not through love but through revenge,Through the fire we're born again,Peace by vengeance brings the end.I kinda love these lyrics lol -
@ her IG post, Kieron Menzes is the person who mastered Black Beauty, AFFA, JFK, Hollywood, I Don't Wanna Go and Starry Eyed by the way
The Black Beauty demo was mastered by Blaise Thomas as per the original file. I don't know how you know he did the others tho lol bcuz the file names/meta data never mentioned him from my recollection but w/e.
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Yes, I will still be there if she was no longer young and beautiful . And yes I will run run run to the appropriate places to download and purchase the vinyl/cd
and come come come to the concerts and listen or sing along even if it means driving 6 hours to Virginia or 4 hours to Boston or spending an entire day on Randall's Island in NY
to see a 915 performance.
Kudos to every artist who is singing. But in music history there are only a handful of unique people and in the 2000-2020 days two of those are Lana and Gaga.
With a few more.
This is like... so embarrassing to read.
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https://instagram.com/p/2aB5blIIGI/?taken-by=lanadelvideosWhat's this? I don't recognise it but maybe I'm being dumb.I was being dumb it's Video Games lmaoo
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Does anyone else hear "Hit and Run" in the verses?
Yeah, that "is it me was I wrong" bit is melodically like "hollywood and new york" (and the rest of the starts of each H&R verses). I thought I could hear a faint throwback in there but tbh I doubt it was intentional, I mean the melody of both isn't really a complex one that would be hard to accidentally repeat.
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[West Coast starts playing]
BR: Welcome to the New York times podcast, your deadly nightshade of music news and cultural disputation. I'm your host, Ben Rattler.
[First verse of WC]
BR: And you're hearing the contralto of Lana del Rey. That's West Coast, from her new record Ultraviolence. John Perrels is here to talk about Lana del Rey. Hi John.
JP: Hi Ben.
BR: You flew out to the epicentre of Del Reyitude recently.
JP: True.
BR: And you met Lana del Rey.
JP: I did, at her home. You know, I've met a bunch of pop stars over the years. There were no handlers, there were no publicists, y'know, nervously fluttering in the wings. Like, she opened the door, we walked in and did the interview.
BR: Well, now let's just talk about that for a second. Listeners may not know the extent to which she is a star because two or three years ago, when the first the first flurry of news and reaction to her was happening, she seemed for a moment like a flash in the pan.
JP: She almost got a backlash before there was a frontlash.
BR: Right. So a lot of people might not know at this point that she is actually a successful recording artist. Can you, kind of, quantify that?
JP: Well, she sold millions of copies worldwide of Born to Die, her first album, and the Paradise EP that was tacked onto it. Her first big video, Video Games, has something like 100 million views on just her site alone, which is a astonishing to me - somebody's clicking on that button a lot.
I'll do the rest tomorrow, gotta go to sleep right now!
From this point i transcribed up to when the start playing Brooklyn Baby which is about 9 minutes in.
[West Coast starts playing]
BR: Welcome to the New York times podcast, your deadly nightshade of music news and cultural disputation. I'm your host, Ben Rattler.
[First verse of WC]
BR: And you're hearing the contralto of Lana del Rey. That's West Coast, from her new record Ultraviolence. John Perrels is here to talk about Lana del Rey. Hi John.
JP: Hi Ben.
BR: You flew out to the epicentre of Del Reyitude recently.
JP: True.
BR: And you met Lana del Rey.
JP: I did, at her home. You know, I've met a bunch of pop stars over the years. There were no handlers, there were no publicists, y'know, nervously fluttering in the wings. Like, she opened the door, we walked in and did the interview.
BR: Well, now let's just talk about that for a second. Listeners may not know the extent to which she is a star because two or three years ago, when the first the first flurry of news and reaction to her was happening, she seemed for a moment like a flash in the pan.
JP: She almost got a backlash before there was a frontlash.
BR: Right. So a lot of people might not know at this point that she is actually a successful recording artist. Can you, kind of, quantify that?
JP: Well, she sold millions of copies worldwide of Born to Die, her first album [okay] and the Paradise EP that was tacked onto it. Her first big video clip, Video Games, has something like 100 million views on just her sites alone, which is astonishing to me - somebody's clicking on that button a lot. If you go to one of her shows as I did and as I found when I looked at other shows online, there is just this devotional quality to her audience they are standing there front to back of the room singing along staring at her as if she’s some kind of vision, some kind of saint. You know you go to most arena concerts, big theatre concerts and the back of the room is where everybody’s schmoozing and talking especially during ballads. First of all, Lana Del Rey concert is all slow songs, there’s no slow fast slow fast, it’s like one dirge after another, and everybody is riveted and everybody is singing along. It’s a really different concert experience.
BR: Like, like this record, Ultraviolence is very, very slow.
JP: Yeah, not a lot of high speed stuff. I mean she calls it “narco swing”. She credited it to the producer Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys but he didn’t think it was his phrase so somewhere in their studio the word “narco swing” arose.
BR: It sounds like some kind of South American thing but the thing about everybody in the audience singing along and entering this ritual with her and kind of getting into the mood of the songs and kind of like getting into her head a little bit, reminds me a little bit of the old Cat Power shows where Sean Marshall would sing these songs and at least project the persona of somebody who was having trouble, and the audience would be completely in there with her, as if they were there to console her or share this experience with her.
JP: And also to empathise with her I mean people do have trouble. We’re not all rich perfectly toned superstars in charge of the world, we’re not world beaters like the big high definition pop stars like Rihanna. She speaks for a lot of people, they see their own weakness in her. They’re consoling themselves as well as her.
BR: So she’s a downcast superstar. And thats part of her magnetism, is the magnetism of being downcast.
JP: And she credits Cat Power too, when she was playing New York clubs she said she would think about how Cat Power could turn away from the audience and be floating into her own songs and the audience would go with her
BR: Would follow her, yeah
JP: That gave Lana Del Rey, then called Lizzy Grant, the idea that you didn’t have to be a big polished star.
BR: It kinda subverts the whole idea of performance in a way
JP: Well Miles Davis used to turn his back
BR: Sure, probably another one of Lana Del Rey’s heroes, why not? She’s so into jazz on this record. She talks about jazz all over the place.
JP: She does like jazz
BR: Alright let’s talk about that later, I’m dying to talk about that. But first, going back to 2012 and the first songs that everybody heard, and the videos that people saw, and then the appearance of her record Born to Die, can you sort of sum up the reaction to her at first and the, you know, fast forward to now, two years later, is the discourse around her being changed?
JP: Well, it’s definitely changed, I mean the reaction to her in 2012 I think was pretty unfair, I mean she was on a major label - bad thing in hipster-land - she was singing about weakness, a bad thing, I guess, if you’re a woman. She was different, she was slow, she was, in her Elevator pitch, she was the “gangsta Nancy Sinatra”. She was putting together things that won’t supposed to go together. She was putting together these sort of, seedy, decadent, rough, hip-hop scenarios with being a wilting flower. People jumped on her. I think there was almost a bullying aspect to it. You know, here’s this person who presents weakness as herself and lets jump on her. I really saw it in a lot of the, you know “she’s not authentic, she’s not real”, I mean, she’d been doing it for years, I mean she was Lizzy Grant trying to play coffee houses in Williamsburg on the Lower East Side for 6 or 7 years in New York City before she decided it didn’t work.
BR: Let’s go into that a little bit more. It couldn’t have been just that people were irritated by the projection of a beautiful loser persona, because we’re so used to that. We play that game really well. I don’t know I mean wasn’t it something else? Wasn’t it something, wasn’t it some perception of hollowness? Or she’s not what she seems? Or… something is not connected, is not in sync.
JP: Yeah, no, there was this idea that it was the major label thing, people decided that she was a corporate put-up job. If you go back, as I did, to the album she recorded as Lizzy Grant, it’s just as strange and sad and decadent and troubled as Born to Die. The sound is a little different ‘cause it had a different producer, David Kahne, it’s more upbeat, but what she was saying, her personality of Lizzy Grant in 2009, 2010, was already the same as Lana Del Rey. But, you know, for some reason people jumped on the changing her name, major label contract, people decided that she couldn’t invent herself, she had to be a put-up job. And I think that was basically wrong.
BR: Let’s bring up Kurt Cobain for a minute. I don’t know if we wanna go into the whole, back-and-forth about Lana Del Rey and Francis Cobain, based on things that Lana Del Rey has said in interviews recently, about artists who die young. But she’s been talking about wanting to die, I mean the record, the first record, is called Born to Die…
JP: Well, we do die, it’s not far from the surface, she’s a morbid girl.
BR: The subject comes up in interviews, it came up with you, she said “I’m scared to die but I want to die”, right?
JP: Yeah, and there was more that didn’t fit on the page, I mean, she thinks a lot about death, she thinks about death as a relief and something she’s afraid of.
BR: Right, so the interview in The Guardian she said “I wish I was dead already”
JP: I mean, she says things like this
BR: Right, so, and it comes out in the lyrics too and you know you think of the Nirvana song “I Hate Myself and Want to Die”, so like the text is there
JP: Well also in her videos she shows herself being killed a lot too, she’s jumping off a bridge, she’s getting strangled, she’s bloody, she thinks a lot about death, as some people do
BR: So, but in the past, wasn’t accepted, somehow as being real enough?
JP: It was criticised as glamorizing images of death, which means we gotta take down all the True Blood billboards around town that I see all the time, but it’s on her mind, I think she was being personal when people have decided that her obsessions are being prescripted for everybody, I don’t think she’s saying “go out and kill yourself”, I think she’s saying “these thoughts go through my mind”. On the other hand she works really hard at her career so she does seem to have some future in mind.
BR: Let’s move on and hear a little bit of the song “Brooklyn Baby” from Lana Del Rey’s new record Ultraviolence.
[brooklyn Baby starts playing from the chorus]
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Finally figured out the bridge:
I can feel it coming in the air tonight,See you workin' on that blue Pacific.I can see you bathing in the summer light,Turnin' tan and you look terrific.You got game, boy (etc) -
With the line after cheap frills/thrills I'm hearing something like "you think your armour is thompson" ???? still doesn't make any sense though.
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here are some corrections/suggestions based on what i've heard idk i think sun in my mouth might be a reference to gold teeth
White lines, pretty baby, tattoos
Don't know what they mean, they're special, just for youWhite palms, bakin' powder on the stove,
Cooking up a dream turning diamonds into snow
I feel you, pretty baby, feel me
Turn it up hot, loving you is free
I like it down, like it down way low
But you already know that
You already know
[Pre-Chorus]
Come on down to Florida
I got something for ya
We could see the kilos on the keys, baby, oh ya
Guns (in/and) the summertime
Chica cherry cola lime
Prison isn't nothing to me if you'll be by my s-
[Chorus]
Yayo, yayo, yayo
And all the dope things
Yayo, yayo, Yayo
Sun in my mouth (?) and gold hoops
You like your little baby like you like your drinks, cool
White lines, pretty daddy goes "kid
You snort it like a champ, like the winner winner in" (?)
[Prechorus + Chorus]
Either get high in Miami ooh dance the night away
People never die in Miami, that's what they all say
(You believe me, don't you baby?)
[Chorus]
Yayo, yayo, yayo
And all the Floridians like
Yayo, yayo, yayo
All the Columbians like
Yayo, yayo, yayo
And all my girlfriends
Yayo, yayo, yayo
That's how I do it likeMm oh, pretty baby
White lines, pretty baby
Gold teeth, pretty baby
Dance the night away -
It just leaked!!
On the streets of LA,Where the future is now,We dance like nobody is watching us,And we live like we want to.But it can all get a little crazy,Unless there's something to hold onto.For me, that was true love.I was a young girl, selfish and wild,Like a fire in LA.Hot like the summer and mean like a child,Who keeps crying till she gets her way,(Like a true star).There were roses in my hair,Rock and roll and blaring, I was in trouble,No one could rock me, like you could,I was a bad girl gone good.Look at me now, I have everything,You gave to me and my heart can sing.I was a kid who could only drink,Dancing tables making deals with devils,Like a drunk beauty queen.Fighting the fantasy, hooked on the scene,And it brought me to my knees,And it's all because of you.(You know what I'm talking about).It was a mad world, we lived for fun,And we got shit for free.Had a face like an angel but inside my heart,Was as black as a broke movie screen,(It was pretty sad).But when I saw you standing there,Like a millionaire, give me your number,Call me before I get stupid.Make me uncrazy, like you did.Look at me now, I have everything,You gave to me and my heart can sing.I was a kid who could only drink,Dancing tables making deals with devils,Like a drunk beauty queen.Fighting the fantasy, hooked on the scene,But you brought me to my knees,And it's all because of you.It isn't hard to see you've got a hold on me,Give me your money, love me to death.Talk like a baby, 'cause I'm so elated,He tell me that I ain't seen nothing quite yet.I don't wanna lose it,I'm in love but I didn't choose it.Roses in my hair dancing in the air,Feels like I'm flying.Tell me you love me, boy, do it.It's just like I thought, I just knew it.Look at me now, I have everything,You gave to me and my heart can sing.I was a kid who could only drink,Dancing tables making deals with devils,Like a drunk beauty queen.Fighting the fantasy, hooked on the scene,You bring me to my knees,And it's all because of you.Yeah, it's all because of you. -
I hear, "we could go back to woodstock" tbh
Gonna party like it's 1969 ~~
I hear that too tbh
Also, it's a long shot but can anyone decipher what she's mumbling in the background of the last chorus?
At some point i hear like "he'll be down tonight"???? Not very clearly tho almost 100% wrong lol
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updated everythin again, not sure on dynamite/diamond minds, though, i hear Ds and Ss that "dynamite" doesn't fit?
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My banner lines, (like a summer dress with some American flag print, maybe?)
Put the antique TV on
That's what I heard so far. It's a really cute song.
The antique TV on makes perfect sense n fits thats goin straight in, still not sure about banner lines but i'll add that in nyway
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kinda weird but kinda not?? Was this a PS track? Can't remember
What happened to nobody does it better?
See you've been walkin round,Like you were born to kill.Drivin' in your Esclade,Flash that, golden grill.You're picking up a bad habit,You get the ones that no one will,Where did your love go, babe,Before you turned criminal?You act like you're gonna live forever,What happened to no one does it better,Than you, babe? You, babe.You gotta quit playing God,And get out of the way.So, here we are,There we go, that's the way,That you're gonna roll,That you're gonna fight, gonna play.It doesn't matter to me,That you find your way,You been gone for so long now,You're a shell of yourself, babe.You act like you're gonna live forever,What happened to no one does it better,Than you, babe? You, babe.You gotta quit playing God,And get out of the way.The sun once shined for you,I changed my mind for you,Your golden day has turned to night,Your golden day still denied.Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh,There's no more chances for you now,You'll never learn.You live like fire baby,But I just got burned.You act like you're gonna live forever,What happened to no one does it better,Than you, babe? You, babe.You gotta quit playing God,And get out of the way.You act like you're gonna live forever,What happened to no one does it better,Than you, babe? You, babe.You gotta quit playing God,And get out of the way. -
so pretty aw
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh,Mm-mm, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh,Come on, come on.I hope you remember me like this,Smokin' cigarettes in my sundress,Glamorous and gangtsa, oh yes.(My battle lines look like paradise, next to you).I hope I remember you just like that,Lookin' fresh to death in your ball cap.You say you'll tap it like a hi-hat.(Your stupid lines, they're like diamond mines/dynamite).The future's lookin' bright as black tonight,You tell me that our love cannot endure.Baby, if it's wrong I don't wanna be right,Oh, I don't know a thing, but this I'm sure.There's nowhere on this Earth I would rather be,Than in your bedroom breathin' heavily.The way you're smilin', it's so deadly,Honey, you are heavenly, t-television heaven with you.Swingin' in New York to Nirvana songs,With nothin' but that t-t-television on.We're kissin' in the dark, in my diamonds,Put that MT-TV on, t-television heaven with you.I wonder if you'll think of me like this,On your fire escape like a hot mess.You say "you're beautiful, but hopeless,"("Come on inside, oh, you crazy child, look at you").I promise that I'll think of you as the king,Quotin' Corleone, like you're so mean.It's Cosa Nostra 'cause it's our thing,(I made you mine like, a thousand times).Lucy's in the sky with ice tonight,Heaven knows, I've tried to find a cure.Baby, if it's wrong I don't wanna be right,And if you ask again, I'll say "I'm sure."There's nowhere on this Earth I would rather be,Than in your bedroom breathin' heavily.The way you're smilin', it's so deadly,Honey, you are heavenly, t-television heaven with you.Swingin' in New York to Nirvana songs,With nothin' but that t-t-television on.We're kissin' in the dark, in my diamonds,Put that MT-TV on, t-television heaven with you.Stay up tonight, turn out the light,It feels so right, baby, you're a vision in blues.Stay up tonight, turn out the light,It feels so right, watchin' television with you.There's nowhere on this Earth I would rather be,Than in your bedroom breathin' heavily.The way you're smilin', it's so deadly,Honey, you are heavenly, t-television heaven with you.Swingin' in New York to Nirvana songs,With nothin' but that t-t-television on.We're kissin' in the dark, in my diamonds,Put that MT-TV on, t-television heaven with you. -
What a weird song
Every time you walk out on me,
I regress back to the one I can't see.
There's someone I have,
Never talked about,
I know that we'd both be,
Dead if you found out.
Every time you tell me that I'm wrong,
I just can remember how to play along.
There's something I have never told you,
I'm not really from this world.
There's something I have been withholding,
I'm not like every other girl.
Loha, loha, maihi, maihi,
Yoha, yoho,
Loha, loha, maihi, maihi,
Yoha, yoho.
You are the man of my dreams,
That I've waited for.
You are the man of my dreams,
That I've waited for.
So if you begin to think,
That my light might be supernatural.
I'd have to say "You're right,
You're right, mon Cher, it is."
I come from a place that,
Your mind cannot even imagine,
Where we sing "Maha, mahaha,
Mahaha, maha."
Loha, loha, maihi, maihi,
Yoha, yoho,
Loha, loha, maihi, maihi,
Yoha, yoho.
You are the man of my dreams,
That I've waited for.
You are the man of my dreams,
That I've waited for.
Where we sing "Maha, oh maha,
Oh maha, maha."
I give my loving,
I'm your devoted,
I give my loving,
I'm your devoted.
Maha, maha, maha, maha,
Maha, maha, maha.
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I AM A SHARK
So I heard you wanna go to Rio, baby,Yes, I've seen page six lately, ah,I told you both them broads was crazy.Hackin' in your phone and shit.Diamonds and pearls, your little girl,Cheap and the best, sparklin' like a,Hollywood movie, ah.If you got the cash, lock it down tight,I got the looks, you got my heart right,And you love me, 'cause I'm just like neon,Lighting up your night.Give it to me, give it to me, everything,You know how I like my world on a string.I didn't want nothing from you,Just to be like you, my king.I thought that you wanted a real girl, baby.You lured me in with all your gold,Catch and release and you're so cold,Are you crazy?You didn't know what kinda fish you caught,'Cause I am a shark, beware of my bark,I'll eat you up like the center of a tootsie pop.'Cause we were a match in heaven high,Only one catch, Frank was the boss, right,And it's so sad, 'cause the only way,That you know how to love is fight.Give it to me, give it to me, everything,You know how I like my world on a string.I didn't want nothing from you,Just to be like you, my king.Give it to me, give it to me, everything,You know how I like my world on a string.You know how I like my world on a string,You know how I like my world on a string,You know how I like my world on a string. -
This song is basically like don't fuck with me (x10) yes (x26)
Uh! Don't fuck with me!
Fuck with me!
Don't fuck with me!
Don't fuck with me!
Don't fuck with me!
Don't fuck with me!
Don't fuck with me!
Don't fuck with me!
Fuck you attitude,
You know what I wanna do,
Light it up red,
White and blue.
Do I look high to you?
That's because I am,
That's because I am.
Do you know what I had to do,
To get here man?
No, no, you don't, don't,
'Cause you're not a gangsta, ah.
No, no, you don't, don't,
'Cause you're not a gangsta,
Like I am!
Scarface sacrifice,
Sold my soul to make it nice,
It was worth it, pay the price,
Life is death when blow is life.
But me and my crew,
We know what we like,
We know how to roll,
Will we ever stop? No!
Don't fuck with me!
Don't fuck with me!
You're not a gangsta!
Don't fuck with me!
You're not a gangsta!
Don't fuck with me!
You're not a gangsta!
Don't fuck with me!
You're not a gangsta!
Don't fuck with me!
You're not a gangsta!
Don't fuck with me!
Like I am!
Ooh-ooh, do-ooh,
Ooh-ooh, do-ooh.
Yes, yes, yes, yes,
Yes, yes, yes, yes,
Yes, yes, yes, yes,
Yes, Yes, yes, yes,
Yes, yes, yes, yes,
Yes, yes, yes, yes,
Yes, yes.
You're not a gangsta!
You're not a gangsta!
You're not a gangsta!
Oh, fuck.
ALLIE X
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Girls I've got a few lyrics that idk about so i'd appreciate some corrections!! (I've put the parts i'm particularly unclear on in bold)
OWHT
Stubborn Aphrodite, you've got me in the tits
I thought I was an alien, found out I was a twit
My body is a prison but how can I escape?
Doesn't matter what I do, I'm filled up with a hate
Go take the piss
I'm flat with the weird (?)
Not soft, full of shit
Now off with her tits
Off with her tits
Off with her tits
Off with her tits
One day, out of nowhere, my chest began to rise
He noticed in the shower, said he liked it, and I cried
I'll never be a lady, why make me feel a fool?
Take this flesh and suck it out and stop the ridicule
Stop the ridicule
Stop the ridicule
Go take the piss
I'm flat with the weird
Not soft, full of shit
Now off with her tits
Off with her tits
I gotta fix
This one little bit
Or I'll throw a fit
Now, off with her tits
Off with her tits
Off with her tits
Off with her tits
Got me in the tits
Then I called the doctor, said "Miss, what can you do?"
She told me she'd cut them off, said "sign me up for June"
(Yeah), I went to the teller, took out 10K in cash
She said "Bitch, are you joking? I wish I had that rack!"
Stop the ridicule
Stop the ridicule
Go take the piss
I'm flat with the weird
Not soft, full of shit
Now off with her tits
Off with her tits
I gotta fix
This one little bit
Or I'll throw a fit
Now, off with her tits
Off with her tits
And being this thick
It makes me sick
I wanna be a stick
Now, off with her tits
Off with her tits
Off with her tits
Off with her tits
Off with her tits
Off with her tits
Off with her tits, yeah
John and Jonathan:
John and Jonathan are on the town
John and Jonathan, they go up, they go down
At the Bowery, in the line they wait
They will stay all night, then wake at eight
John and Jonathan are at the café
John likes coffee black, and Jon au lait
Making good decisions, they must have taste
They stand by their choices, they stand, they face
But how will I know if they care for me?
Do I believe what they say?
When I'm on stage, they all cheer for me
I'm must soak up the praise
And save it for a rainy day
Dear John and Jonathan
Who am I to you?
Dear John and Jonathan
Shouldn't sit down
John and Jonathan are on the town
John and Jonathan, they go up, they go down
At the Bowery, in line they wait
They will stay all night, then wake at eight
But how will I know if they care for me?
Do I believe what they say?
When I'm on stage, they all cheer for me
I'm must soak up the praise
And save it for a rainy day
Saddest Smile
When I'm sad, I don't cry
I put on my saddest smile
Used to kick, I used to bite
Now I've lost my appetite
No one wants to see you soften
So, we have to harden till we can turn to dust
Don't touch something that you can't have
Even if you change, you'll never change that much
When you're sad, it's alright
Go put on your saddest smile
You'll be loved, at least be liked
Oh, your little heart has turned as black as night
No one wants to see me soften
So, I have to harden till I can turn to dust
Don't touch something that you can't have
Even if you change you'll never change that much
Staying Power
I don't have the face that makes your grandma wanna smile
I don't have the milk that makes me wanna have a child
I don't have the disposition for drinks with the girls
I don't sing for streaming 'cause they just stream in my world
Wanna be a good daughter but I push my mom away
Wanna be a good patient but my doctor makes me pay
Wanna save the baby but I threw away the bath
My body's weak, my mind is bleak, there's one thing that I have
Staying power, I've got the power
The world can hurt me, I don't mind
That's 'cause I've got staying power, minute or hour
I'll wait you out, I've got all night
All night, I've got all night
I age like wine, the opportunity is mine
Don't wanna be a victim but I want your sympathy
Don't wanna be religious but life brought me to my knees
I've got so much say to you that I want you to know
But I don't wanna scare you off, I don't want you go
I tried to make myself attractive in the ways I could
I tried to turn a failing body into something good
If the world could love me, it could take away the hurt
But, love, it doesn't penetrate, the only thing that works
Is staying power, I've got the power
The world can hurt me, I don't mind
That's 'cause I've got staying power, minute or hour
I'll wait you out, I've got all night
All night, I've got all night
I age like wine, the opportunity is mine
Staying power, I've got the power
The world can hurt me, I don't mind
That's 'cause I've got staying power, minute or hour
I'll wait you out, I've got all night, all
Staying power, I've got the power
The world can hurt me, I don't mind
That's 'cause I've got staying power, minute or hour
I'll wait you out, I've got all night
All night, I've got all night
I age like wine, the opportunity is mine
The opportunity is mine
The opportunity is mine
Hardware Software
My hardware is getting too hard
I like software, it makes me calm and stuff
I like wearing robes, playing Stereolab
I like hanging out with my mom and dad
I don't want to quantize everything
I wanna make a computer that gives me pleasure
I wanna cut you and I wanna paste me
I wanna kick and scream and shout like a bee sting
My hardware is getting too fast
I need to slow down, honey, wanna make it last
And when my software is kicking me in the gut
It's gonna get me soft like a pillow top
I wanna line my bed with a mountain of debt
I wanna burn my face on the internet
I wanna kill, kill, kill till my world is dead
And I can't stop thinking about all of that
GWNF
Oh, woo
She's never done, this is a funhouse
And she's the one, but you'll never find out
And look at you, you're such a mess
You want more but you end up with less
Torment the girl, she can ruin the world
Don't get in her way, get in her way
I'm the girl with no face
You could learn a thing or two
Then you're gonna thank me
Say "I never met a girl like you"
Like you
She has no friends up on the catwalk
And she is sharp, so shut your talk-talk
If you meet her, we get to play
But don't be gritty, she can spot a fake
Torment the girl, she can ruin your world
Don't get in her way, get in her way
I'm the girl with no face
You could learn a thing or two
Then you're gonna thank me
Say "you look familiar, who are you?"
I'm the girl with no face
You could learn a thing or two
Then you're gonna thank me
Say "I never met a girl like you"
Like you
They never met a girl like you
Like you
I'm the girl with no face
Yeah, yeah, oh
Girl with no face
Truly Dreams
Never die, I'll never die
Take everything, I'll never die
Try and try, you can make me cry
I'm nobody, I can never die
Run, everybody runs away
And take all, almost everything I'm made of
But I'll keep dreaming
And if it's not enough then
I'll just keep on hustling
Dreaming with all my might
Just listen, truly dreams never die
(Don't let them see, until they cry)
They never die
(Don't worry, baby, they never die)
I'm just a girl in a weird world
And no one cares, yeah, no one cares
And I live in my mind and I see through my eyes
And that's enough when I get furious
Ah, life is just a cabaret
And no one, no one can take that away, away
I'll keep dreaming
And if it's not enough then
I'll just keep on hustling
Dreaming with all my might
Just listen, truly dreams never die
(Don't let them see, until they cry)
They never die
(Don't worry, baby, they never die)
Dreaming, I'm dreaming, la la la la
I'll keep dreaming
And if it's not enough then
I'll just keep on hustling
Dreaming with all my might
Truly dreams never die
(Don't worry, baby, they never die)
And it's all 'bout me, dreaming
Promise me you're dreaming
Yeah, all my might
(Don't worry, baby, they never die)
They never die (Dreaming)
No, no, no, no, no, no
(Dreaming) I'll never die
(I've been mulling over this post for 2 days because I know there could be a lot of mishearings above so please forgive any mistakes!!)
It really is an excellent project and I feel for her it coming out unofficially so early. She'll certainly be getting my coins w the physical tho and they'll be richly deserved. Currently easily tying with Cape God as my personal fave but then to me she's never missed. She has an unimpeachable discography and this record doesn't let her down to say the very least. It's funny too because I wasn't too taken with Black Eye - I liked it but didn't think it was particularly strong, but with the context of this album around it I'm appreciating it a hell of a lot more. I felt similarly about Focus too though. Allie X forever!