As years pass slowly by, many souls say goodbye, Ashes thrown in the sky, bringing tears to the eye, Love comes and loves leaves, blows away like autumn leaves, Into the cold light of day, see the moment fade away, Everything that’s ever been, feels like a lucid dream, Everything that’s every been, echoes in the present scene, See the era come to pass, see the epoch turn to dust, See the ghosts play their part, in the story of the heart, Polaroids and memories floating on a quantum breeze, Sentiments and synergies, cast in the sovereign seas, Glories and tragedies remembered by the melodies, Playing deep inside the mind, play the past then rewind, Going there to that time where everything seemed to shine, Going back to that age, turning back to that page, To the portal in the past, where mortals forever last, To that place, to that scene, to that space, to that dream.
(THESE LYRICS were written in 2011 but are very pertinent in 2024. They explain what’s happening in the UK right now with knife crime and gang culture. I really believe life imitates art, and in particular life imitates certain music sub cultures in Britain today. Because of this phenomenon we are seeing an insidious national trend that includes a street way of dressing, walking, talking and behaving. Ghetto or street has become a cool and edgy fashion for kids to copy. This unfortunately includes violence, and I would say influences knife crime which is on the rise in the UK. People better wake up and wake up fast. as this sh……t has been spreading for years. The feral youth are here. These delinquent clones are spreading faster than the virus. And yes the music industry has most likely profited from its rise. Just like they did in the 90’s with emergence of US gangster rap. Check out the lyrics below.
They take the violence from a culture, Then sell it to the masses, Make aggression the new trend, For the young to consume, Now everyone is walking it, And everyone is talking it, You can hear the devil speaking through the Mouths of the ignorant, Coz dumb is now the new cool, Dumb is now the new school, Killing intellect, dis-empowering the mind, It’s the doom generation, Of violence and hatred, It’s the feral generation, Of the 51st state.
Come and buy some violence, the depression of a culture is sold to the masses, Come and buy some violence, the aggression of a culture is sold as a trend, Manufactured violence, they glorify the ghetto then sell it as a way to live, Come and buy some violence, the depravity of a culture is sold as a product.
Violence, Masculinity, Thug mentality, Selling as a trend, To the young. Violence, Masculinity, Street mentality, Selling as a trend, To the young.
Copycats and counterfeits, Cliches, street talk, Accents and ghetto slang, Homogenized language, Juvenile delinquents, Are talking borrowed lingo, With Superficial syntax, And urban dialectics, Monotone clones, Spreading across the nation, Spawned from the bowls, Of Americanization.
Ghetto is a fashion, A white commodity, Ghetto makes a profit, For the corporate machine, Aggression makes a man, That’s what we’re told, Aggression makes a man, That’s what we’re sold.
Violence, Masculinity, Thug mentality, Selling as a trend, To the young. Violence, Masculinity, Street mentality, Selling as a trend, To the young.
Come and buy some violence, the depression of a culture is sold to the masses, Come and buy some violence, the aggression of a culture is sold as a trend, Manufactured violence, they glorify the ghetto then sell it as a way to live, Come and buy some violence, the depravity of a culture is sold as a product, Manufactured violence, societies regression consumed like a fashion, Come and buy some violence, hyper masculinity sold as a style.
Poverty tourists, Gentrifying Babylon, Poverty tourists, Tell me where you are really from?
Tell me where you’re really from? Poverty tourists, Tell me where you’re really from? Rude boys, Tell me where you’re really from? Baseball caps and trainers, Tell me where you’re really from?
Come and buy some violence, the depression of a culture is sold to the masses, Come and buy some violence, the aggression of a culture is sold as a trend, Manufactured violence, they glorify the ghetto then sell it as a way to live, Come and buy some violence, the depravity of a culture is sold as a product, Manufactured violence, societies regression consumed like a fashion, Come and buy some violence, hyper masculinity sold as a style.
Violence, Masculinity, Thug mentality, Selling as a trend, To the young. Violence, Masculinity, Street mentality, Selling as a trend, To the young.
Mixing up different elements of industrial music, trip hop, industrial hip hop, electronica and spoken word.
The lyrics and video are describing our dis-connectivity, dehumanising and programming through phone and computer devices. And the way humans are being cloned through AI, the insidious way we are shaped and moulded through complexed algorithms and popular culture.
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