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Remember Your Training

by Ricky Nu Haus

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1.
What do you wanna play next? Chesel, you wanna scoot over a lil bit? Sure. Okay. Well I’m probably gonna hang out… so… Where’s Gunnar. Nice… Grab that shit. D. A. Wait where’s my beer? Oh, here it is My beer! No! Not my beer! That was such a… the funniest rendition of Josiah ever. I really wanna go! I wanna go!
2.
She whispered in my eardrum: "This party lacks in culture" I rose my arms in outrage Amongst the reefer vultures What more of a culture do you need? My friends sure love to smoke the reef... She walked into my bedroom She criticized my posters: "Do you really like hip hop?" Na, I'm an NWA poser Straight outta Compton, Halifax Talking 'bout a street in another city I need to learn to relax I never thought I'd say this But patience is no virtue If all I got for waiting Was one shitty night with you But I'll be that stranger in your land In fact, I don't feel that bad And then I met all your friends A low-rise in the Plateau I didn't like their music Or their assumptions of Toronto We're not so different, you and I No matter how hard you/I may try
3.
Rival Dojos 04:46
I heard they got a black belt So we bought one from a store And we got a billion dollars We could buy the black belt store So you ran these streets before Oh, we don't remember And we guard these dojo doors Oh, we let in members If there's trouble you should call us And your care will be our mission Then you called us and we answered And you spoke up and we listened And you need us but we hung up And we hung out in the kitchen There were donuts on the counter But there's violence in the system And we took our sweet time 'Cuz we all guessed your complexion And we gave you all a chance But you were not integrating 'Cuz you always cut our classes And you didn't like our vision So our dojos remain rivals And it turns out we're the villain So you ran these streets before Oh, we don't remember And we guard these dojo doors Oh, we let in members So you ran these streets before Oh, we don't remember And you guard these dojo doors Oh, we let in members And we flex our pipes for show Oh, you're the blockader You guard your dojo doors Oh, you won't surrender
4.
We could own this floor We could own this floor While everybody's dancing And the clocks are gone so no one knows the time And your worries are locked up Down below the basement of your mind And the substance flows And the substance flows Weaving through your bloodstream 'Til the sweat off your back sticks against your shirt And your body's translucent I see what you've been huffing for dessert But the patrons here are too kind They give us everything Except the time I just can't know it And the fact that I wanna leave you, babe I just can't show it So I think it's time we showed ourselves the door As we step outside This body is a temple made of solid glass And I'm holding all the stones And I see you on the outside You egg me on to pick one up and throw We could own this floor Every step
5.
You're so captivating Just like Vader said You could turn me to your side But I felt lukewarm about it Just like Luke responded: "You'll never turn me" and I'll be forced to die So we drew sabers and used our force You cut my hands off and left me no choice Feeling cornered I fell into the void To be with my friends and rescue Han (It was a metaphor all along) I'd rather do nothing than to pick a side Do or do not, baby, there is no try My head's in the swamp (Dagobah), but my heart's in the clouds (City) How can I focus when the reef's so loud? And I fell into that snowstorm And you let me in your Tauntaun Hoth was a crazy time I cut a Wampa's arm off and I left it to die Take this high ground I mean you no harm You killed younglings but you knew that was wrong There may not be a sequel after all No reboot in the cards No franchising, no Comic-con These tomatoes will rot!
6.
Tell us what all your training was for If you're just gonna walk on out the door Tell us what all your training was for Leave this battle just to start a war Tell us what all your training was for If you're just gonna walk on out the door Tell us what all your training was for I told you before Come do a crime You say you're not a coward But that's fear in your eyes If you're just gonna walk on out the door You got your knife hands I got my gun Remember your training So we can have fun Well first you get a girlfriend Then you double up your age You're twenty-two on forty-four Your life's now in a cage But I recall a time When you were feeling blue You'd count on me to call you up I'd tell you what to do: Remember your training, balance the weight Of the pressure of the day with the relief of the night So take off your boots you're getting mud up on my couch Like Rick James, you used to super freak us out But you felt drained too soon What happened to the training you once knew? We took those classes side-by-side Now you're just rolling your eyes I feel drained like you I've got some growing old to do Would you train me just like I trained you?
7.
The book of love is long and boring No one can lift the damn thing It's full of charts and facts and figures And instructions for dancing But I love it when you read to me But you could read me anything The book of love has music in it In fact that's where music comes from Some of it's just transcendental Some of it is just really dumb But I love it when you sing to me But you could sing me anything The book of love is long and boring And written very long ago It's full of flowers and heart-shaped boxes And things we're all too young to know But I love it when you give me things But you ought to give me wedding rings
8.
What you doing over there? We all wanna move out west See the Gunnar in the trees Get your head straight Ches And Petey’s gonna be an actor! Cam’s gonna be a star! Quit pretending You ain’t got no squad like this one But we couldn’t take it far Second verse in isolation Lotta time to reminisce Was the grass really greener For the time and place you miss? Well Adam’s gonna have a baby! Everyday Sean wears a tie We’ve got duties We don’t laugh at the word doodie (But I sure miss the guitar) When it pours it's raining Remember my training (No, I forgot it all) Don't you worry about the sunshine I've got curtains, I've got blinds This morning's coffee tastes So much less bitter than the last one It won't be my last one I've got an addiction To re-doing perfection This one deserves reprise So split this cigarette or ash it in my face One last chance to prove my ways These wolves howl when the full moon rises You don't have to be psychic To know that I'm in invited But I can be your sidekick And I'll be so excited No pretending: You can be my squad of just one (If we split this drag) Now our homes are coast-to-coast Spread like berries on some toast Some are blue, some made of straw The wolves are howling on the lawn But that house was made of stone! And the vines were overgrown We found shelter in the shade Now we feel sunshine's rays And a raise would do us well We could travel when we feel In the meantime I'll stay home This new one wasn't built alone This house's builder's in my dream She was paddling the stream Eating dehydrated foods Just like all astronauts do She said I was in her dream Making movies way out east (K, getting coffees for the stars) Without their coffees they won't get too far

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This album is for: Chesel, Gunnar, Peter, Campbell, Swan, Adam, Mike, Tess, Digs, & Ezra. (But anyone can listen to it!)

All proceeds will be forwarded to the Native Canadian Centre of Toronto ncct.on.ca

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released August 21, 2020

Songs written / recorded / produced (barely) by Erik, between 2017 and 2020 in Toronto and Sturgeon Point, Ontario.

Contributing vox from John Gilchrist, Thom & Sam Nyhuus, and Sean Carey (who also threw down some axe on track 2).

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