Soundsystem
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Freeze Time
03 : 22
2
Come Original
03 : 43
3
Large in the Margin
03 : 29
4
Flowing
03 : 14
5
Can’t Fade Me
02 : 10
6
Life’s Not a Race
04 : 27
7
Strong All Along
03 : 29
8
Sever
04 : 43
9
Eons
03 : 14
10
Evolution
04 : 18
11
Leaving Babylon
04 : 00
12
Mindspin
04 : 01
13
Livin’ & Rockin’
02 : 42
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Track Lyrics
Come Original Lyrics
[Intro: Nick Hexum]
You got to
You got to
[Chorus: Nick Hexum]
You got to come original, you got to come original
All entertainers come original
You got to come original, you got to come original
All entertainer, hear why
[Verse 1: Nick Hexum]
To come original, it ain't nothin' strange
You got to represent, you got come full range and
Full range of emotion, full range of styles
When you come to town you'll have them comin' for miles and
[Chorus: Nick Hexum]
Come original, you got to come original
All entertainers come original
You got to come original, you got to come original
All entertainer, hear why
[Verse 2: Nick Hexum]
Black Eyed Peas, they comin' full range and
NOFX, they comin' full range and
Roni Size, he's comin' full range
The one Mr. Vegas, you know it ain't easy, ha!
(Come original)
[Breakdown 1: Doug "SA" Martinez]
A warning to the crews out there who think they're hot
If you're not original, rockers, you will get shot
Down by the kids neglectin' your art, the stuff you did
Eventually it get so bad it puts you to bed
'Cause when the lightning flashes sweet electricity
All the world then stands revealed with the clarity
Of raw voltage, briefly we see, and the hope is
You'll be able to tell just what dope is
[Chorus: Nick Hexum]
Come original, you got to come original
All entertainers come original
You got to come original, you got to come original
All entertainer, hear why
[Verse 3: Nick Hexum]
Funk slap bass mixed with the dancehall and
Hip-hop beats and punk guitar and
Deadly on the mic, the one SA
Name is 311 and you know it ain't easy, ha!
[Interlude: Nick Hexum]
Come on, come on!
[Breakdown 2: Doug "SA" Martinez]
This is not a test, there's no time to mope
How you gonna cope with radioactive isotope
And boss DJ, illness upon you quickly
Infecting you fast on the airwaves
This message brought to you by the so large system
Activate and attune yourself with meditation
And green plants, they've got mad life, they're sentient
They're beautiful as you and they like to dance
[Bridge: Nick Hexum with Doug "SA" Martinez]
(One, two, three, four)
Everything we do we gotta come original
Put your hand up in the air and prepare for battle
Sit upon the rhythm like a tire upon the rim
We do it nonstop and then we do it again
Some of them whine and some of them bitch, they cannot do it, never switch
Comin' up from the heart and delivered with a wild pitch
Sit up on top of the rhythm like a wild stallion
This is the rulin' system
[Chorus: Nick Hexum]
Come original, you got to come original
All entertainers come original
You got to come original, you got to come original
All entertainers come original
You got to come original, you got to come original
All entertainers come original
You got to come original, you got to come original
All entertainer
Come original
Large in the Margin Lyrics
[Intro: Nick Hexum]
Uh!
Hey! Check it, check it, check it out
You got clout and you know that
[Verse 1: Nick Hexum]
Large in the margin, my drama unfolds behind closed doors
Told on the down low I believe that I'm sold, but really, I don't know
Maybe it's better, but I can't think so
Maybe it's better to fight, one never ever knows
Believe the rumors that grow like tumors
More fun than the truth that we know
Trying too hard to reach a higher plane
[Verse 2: Doug "SA" Martinez, Nick Hexum, Both]
Will fuck you up when you least expect it
You think you're movin' closer when suddenly you wrecked it
But all the same the pain gains wisdom
As if you ain't (Uh) had enough (Uh), then you're in some
Prison of your own creation, mental dilation
Look at what you're facin', placin' blame
In every direction (What)
But in the end it's your own infection, DI
[Chorus: Nick Hexum & Doug "SA" Martinez]
There's no way to avoid listening, you'll always end up listening
Here's hopin' the voices aren't too unkind, here's hopin' the voices are benign
It's easier when you hear it, there's no reason to fear it
It's you, you
[Interlude]
L-l-l-l-l-l-l-large
L-l-l-l-l-l-l-large
L-l-l-l-l-l-l-large
Large in the margin (the margin, the margin…)
[Bridge: Nick Hexum]
You think they'll probably find you
Well then, you're probably right
'Cause they'll come back to remind you for eternity
Of when you gave up the fight, yeah
Somehow they always will find you
The voices in the night, and every night
Keep comin' back to remind you for eternity
Of when you gave up the fight, fight, fight
[Interlude: Nick Hexum]
Hey
[Chorus]
There's no way to avoid listening, you'll always end up listening
Here's hopin' the voices aren't too unkind, here's hopin' the voices are benign
It's easier when you hear it, there's no reason to fear it
It's you, you
Can’t Fade Me Lyrics
[Verse 1: Doug "SA" Martinez, Nick Hexum, Both]
We bust the sound, the kids all gather round
And what's comin' from their radios, they all turn down
The creativeness, a-we are scientists
Move 'em with soul, move 'em with this
When the bass kicks, we get intimate
With the music and the people, yeah, they're into it
A-takin' off, cruisin' through the air
The sound is aerodynamic, let me take you there
[Verse 2: Doug "SA" Martinez, Nick Hexum, Both]
I am a cool and mellow man, always got a plan
Copin' out problems every time I can
I'd like to be known as a great communicator
If you got beef, don't save it for later
I battle evil weekly, monthly, yearly
But every step I take, the devil stays near me
Otherwise maintain on the globe
Just another space trippin' vato
[Interlude: Doug "SA" Martinez]
(You can't fade me, fade me)
(Can't, can't, can't fade, fade, fade, fade me, fade, can't, can't, can't
Can't fade me)
[Bridge: Doug "SA" Martinez, Nick Hexum, Both]
Massive yang and yin on this earth we spin
Sometimes I gotta center, find out who I am
I chill out, I let in the wind
I gotta feel the pulse of the planet on my skin
I got news for ya, it ain't nothin' nice
We all got demons, we all gotta vice
The struggle never ends to keep it in check
But I never stop trying to make the trek, what up
[Outro Nick Hexum with Doug "SA" Martinez]
Uh, uh
Which one is it, who you gonna believe?
Undivided in my material being
Undivided life, you can't fade me
Desperate, the cling I make to positivity
Stay gettin' it on 'til the doubt is gone
If you could be dissuaded, you were dead all along
Like what's up now, you can't fade me
Still in that same old trade of positivity
Eons Lyrics
[Verse 1: Nick Hexum]
You got a wishing well within that's ready to begin
See how we roll, see how we roll
I'm tryin' to compromise because with me there are no lies
See how we run, it's already begun
Now that I'm back to a pushing pen that weighs two hundred tons
I'd like to drop it on you and watch it all fall through
[Bridge: Nick Hexum]
Nobody knows just what
You're battling inside, you can hide
Nobody knows just why
Most everyone will lie if they need to
[Verse 2: Nick Hexum]
The ones who aggravate you most and happen to be ever close
Seem to be the ones lurchin' for the same things that you are searchin'
The ones that make you feel ill and you think that nature should have killed
Those you curse when you're alone seem to be so close to home
[Chorus: Nick Hexum]
Not an even field to be on
Feels like standin' still for eons and eons
Stare it dead in the eye, what now?
All we can do is try to shut it down, shut it down
Not an even field to be on
Feels like standin' still for eons and eons
Stare it dead in the eye, what now?
All we can do is try to shut it down
Evolution Lyrics
[Intro: Doug "SA" Martinez]
(A-, a-
A-, as the star shines)
[Verse 1: Doug "SA" Martinez]
My computer is future shockin'
Download this and you'll start talkin'
Upgraded, you're now walkin'
Compatible with all that is rockin'
Comin' on fast, it's gettin' digital
It's so huge, and like a spiritual
Rippling out to every individual
This is life, it is a miracle
[Pre-Chorus: Nick Hexum & Doug "SA" Martinez]
Evolution has exponential timing, it'll be
Half as long 'til the next breakthrough that blows our mind
It's up to the people to brave on with experimentation
Move forth the species by using our imagination
[Chorus: Nick Hexum with Doug "SA" Martinez]
But can we handle it? Could we dismantle it?
Or should we fear the void and just be para-paranoid?
If it's understood, it could be used for good and would
If you will believe in all we can conceive
[Verse 2: Nick Hexum]
On the periodic table, they got it all wrong
Let me lay it down for you in this song
People want Pt, they want Au
But let me tell you what you really oughta do
Figure out ways to master silicon
Fiber optic connectors, whatever's beyond
So many people don't even attempt to understand
The limitless possibilities of man
[Pre-Chorus: Nick Hexum & Doug "SA" Martinez]
Evolution has exponential timing, it'll be
Half as long 'til the next breakthrough that blows our mind
It's up to the people to brave on with experimentation
Move forth the species by using our imagination
[Chorus: Nick Hexum with Doug "SA" Martinez]
But can we handle it? Could we dismantle it?
Or should we fear the void and just be para-paranoid?
If it's understood, it could be used for good and would
If you will believe in all we can conceive
[Bridge: Doug "SA" Martinez]
I feel trapped, I gotta adapt
Remain calm, collected before I get zapped
My computer is a rebel, actin' all fine and
Just like that payin' me no mind
What's up, is its program overcome by a glitch?
Is it becomin' conscious, and if so ain't that a bitch?
I paid too much for this piece, I'll be damned if it tries
Any funny business, it'll be the one that pays the price
[Pre-Chorus: Nick Hexum & Doug "SA" Martinez]
Evolution has exponential timing, it'll be
Half as long 'til the next breakthrough that blows our minds
It's up to the people to brave on with experimentation
Move forth the species by using our imagination
[Interlude: Nick Hexum & Doug "SA" Martinez]
Ev, ev
Of, lu
Using our imagination
[Chorus: Nick Hexum with Doug "SA" Martinez]
But can we handle it? Could we dismantle it?
Or should we fear the void and just be para-paranoid?
If it's understood, it could be used for good and would
If you will believe in all we can conceive
[Outro: Nick Hexum with Doug "SA" Martinez]
Yes we can handle it, we could dismantle it
We should not fear the void and just be para-paranoid
If it's understood, it could be used for good and would
If you will believe in all we can conceive
Leaving Babylon Lyrics
[Intro: Nick Hexum]
Well I say, oh
Leavin' this Babylon
[Verse 1: Nick Hexum]
I said I'm leavin' this Babylon
I'm leavin' this Babylon
It will not be too long, no
It will not be too long
I said my people are starvin'
But your money's runnin'
I said my people are starvin'
But your money's runnin'
[Verse 2: Nick Hexum]
I say your dollar dollar drop down real low
You ain't got no go to show
Gonna step right through the door
Not gonna come back no more
Because the politician lie, my mama just a-cry
And nothing ever gonna change
My father just a-sigh, my sister just alive
And I ain't nothing to play, oh, oh, oh
[Bridge: Nick Hexum]
Well, I say
Well, I say
Natty Dread go away
Natty Dread leave today, yeah-yeah
[Instrumental Outro]
Mindspin Lyrics
[Verse 1: Doug "SA" Martinez, Nick Hexum]
Are you missin' us, maybe wantin' to be kissin' us
And if you must, please don't be dismissin' us
And when we're gone bailin' on the bus
Are we immersed in a sea of replicas?
Hard exteriors and fake gold fronts
Losing yourself in the flavor of the month
Gotta be a better reason to colonize a star
Gotta be a better reason man's come so far
[Pre-Chorus 1: Doug "SA" Martinez, Nick Hexum, Both]
Is that you in the mama-ocean-people-sea?
Is that you in this dream I see wavin' me?
Closer with one hand
While the other shields your eyes as if surprised to see the universe begin
[Chorus: Nick Hexum & Doug "SA" Martinez]
Bein' up on the mindspin
Are you still glad that it has been
Six years and seven months?
This is what you want, don't front
I'm feelin' it right now
In this, the gold hour
Part clock and part man
Reconcilin' my life span
[Verse 2: Doug "SA" Martinez, Nick Hexum, Both]
Keep things whole, movin' out of the space where air flows
When all of a sudden, here we are and here we go
The evolutionary mind turns twists backflips
In space-time the continuum, real-life planetarium
It's a natural fact, time is speeding up, there isn't much left
Heart rate increasin' bustin' through your chest
Compressed is your life in the physical but out of memory
Comes a vision which is a miracle, yeah, that
[Pre-Chorus 2: Doug "SA" Martinez, Nick Hexum, Both]
Normally we just can't see
It's not natural or typical of our same old thing
Livin' too fast, unable to grasp the past
Or the future, when at last we ripple after the big splash
[Chorus]
Bein' up on the mindspin
Are you still glad that it has been
Six years and seven months?
This is what you want, don't front
I'm feelin' it right now
In this, the gold hour
Part clock and part man
Reconcilin' my life span
[Outro: Nick Hexum, Doug "SA" Martinez, Both]
You remain and refrain from the pain of wasted time
Last thing on my mind is
Runnin' high, fuel supply, reason why we just don't quit
Can you get with a
Meldin' of two minds (Melding of two minds)
What's the worst thing you could find? (Worst thing you could find)
Paper trail that prevails
In demystification
People (people)
Want to believe (want to believe) in mysteries
People (people)
Want to believe (want to believe) in mysteries
The truth so bad (so bad)?
Is the truth so bad (so bad)?
The truth so bad (so bad)?
Is the truth so bad (so bad)?
Ooh, ooh
Ooh-ooh, ooh