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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!
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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
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Rival Dojos
04:46
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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
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4. |
Own This Floor
03:28
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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
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Take This High Ground
02:53
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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!
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Remember Your Training
04:15
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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?
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7. |
The Book Of Love
02:27
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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
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Pleasantly Reprised
05:43
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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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