[Intro: Joelistics]
Listen up
[Verse 1: Joelistics]
I remember driving in my car up the east coast
Drinking roadhouse coffee, smokin' up cheap smokes
Jottin' down notes, while the traffic came close
The trucks looked like whales and the whales looked like big boats
I drove through small country towns around
One week up north 'til I come back down
Me and my dog travellin' this wide brown
With Dylan in the car, scared we oathed the sound
Well, come what may, no matter what may come
I'ma do what I can to get some things done
I ain't tryna climb a ladder to get to top rung
I'll stand in the rain and I'll run in the sun
One day, I'll have a family and build a house
Way up north, or maybe back down south
And I'll have a garden to grow for food in my mouth
The more I grow up, the more I outgrow doubt
But for now, well, I'm happy, smile stretching my cheeks
Dreams? I've got plenty, man, I've got heaps
A measure of a man is how well he sleeps
And how well he can stand on his own two feet
[Chorus: Seed MC]
Yeah, raise 'em up, then put 'em down
All my life I've been movin' 'round
Yeah, blaze it up, then burn it down
Two steps forward, then you sit down
[Instrumental Break]
[Verse 2: Seed MC]
Hey baby, come on and let's head north-west
Let the routine tick in the bay heat chest
And run away from the work of day
Chase the old sun back to bed 'til late
There's no replay, 'cause it ain't a race
And day-to-day stress is somethin' that I've got to debase
I'll look around the house for my old casette tapes
We'll jump in the car, now it's time to escape
Now I'm headed to a place that's far from the beach
To the dry riverbed in the mountain crease
I think about the city and the nouns of seas
There ain't no adjective, now, for me to speak
It occurs to me, that time is a thief
Money is a pusher, work is a beast
The best I can do is drive away for a week
And return with a grin and a sigh of relief
[Chorus: Seed MC]
Yeah, raise 'em up, then put 'em down
All my life I've been movin' 'round
Yeah, blaze it up, then burn it down
Two steps forward, then you sit down
Raise Em Up was written by Paso Bionic & Joelistics & Count Bounce & Yeroc (AUS).
Raise Em Up was produced by TZU & Magoo (Producer).
TZU released Raise Em Up on Sun Sep 18 2005.