Anybody heard these guys?? A Haruchai rap group, of all things!!
I don't know how many songs they have, but I heard The Bond and The Vow (W'as Up Kevin?), and they're slammin'!!
I'll try to remember the lyrics next time I hear them, and post them. (Unless somebody beats me to it!! )
All lies and jest
Still a man hears what he wants to hear
And disregards the rest -Paul Simon
So in which language did they perform, or both? (I'm thinking of those "macaronic" medieval carols with verses in English and refrains in Latin of varying quality... )
Shared pain is lessened; shared joy is increased.
--Spider Robinson
Wow, I forgot about this. Sorry folks. I'm sure you all have the lyrics memorized by now, as popular as these songs were. But for anyone who's been living in the Sarangrave for the last several years...
The Vow (Wa's Up, Kevin)
We came down from the mountains
to a place called the Land.
We figured we would take it
with the strength of our hands.
But everyone we met
was all wimpy and nice.
They gave us all we wanted
and they didn't want to fight.
So we kept on walkin'
lookin for a better home.
Then we found a little place called
-- Revelstone
[lots of that needle-on-lp noise, and the noise rappers make with their lips)
Well, we knew right away
that this place would be our crib.
We would kick the owners out.
I admit that we was glib.
But I tell ya, it was perfect.
There was even room to spare.
If we had to kill some people,
well, we didn't really care.
So our army laid siege.
We would starve the people out.
And if they tried to fight us
they would sure find out
that you cannot beat Haruchai.
We beat any foe we meet.
And we don't use any weapons,
just our hands and our feet.
Then outta the gates
of this place that looked like Heaven
rode a man on a horse,
and he said, "My name is Kevin."
We said, "Sorry t' tell ya,
but we takin' over here.
The cols and tors are pretty,
but they're slick this time of year.
We keep fallin' off 'em,
and it's hard to grow our food.
Now you seem a clever guy,
so don't you give no attitude!"
He said, "Ah see where this is goin',
'cause you got some mighty blings.
Why don't you come inside
while I'm packin' up my things."
So we said to our army,
"This chump is gonna pack.
While we're in there with him,
you be sure to watch our back."
But there wasn't no attacks,
and there's wasn't no deception.
Kevin left the gates wide open
the three days that we was with him.
We laughed with the Giants.
(Well, we didn't really laugh.)
Kevin gave us lots of presents,
and we rode the Ranyhyns' backs.
When we got back to our army,
we was all nonplussed.
We had to pay back Kevin
for the gifts he'd given us.
Bannor got a toaster.
Tuvor got a bike.
Korik got a nightie
for his wife to wear at night.
So we all took a Vow
not to die and not to sleep.
We would keep these people safe;
all their enemies would weep.
"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." - PJ O'Rourke
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"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." - PJ O'Rourke
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"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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But if you're all about the destination, then take a fucking flight.
We're going nowhere slowly, but we're seeing all the sights.
And we're definitely going to hell, but we'll have all the best stories to tell.
you're more advanced than a cockroach,
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies
i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~