“Young Hamlet” is the first official single off of A.I.’s debut mixtape effort, Authentic Intelligence.
The music video/short film for the song was released with the tagline:
The reincarnation of Hamlet."
OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO HERE ON YOUTUBE:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DoxIDpiwjw
This musi...
[Break 1: Pentatonix]
A light in the room
It was you who was standing there
Tried it was true
As your glance met my stare
But your heart drifted off
[Excerpt from Kenneth Bragnaugh's Hamlet:]
To be or not to be...
[Break 2: Pentatonix]
Like the land split by sea
I tried to go, to follow
To kneel down at your feet
[Excerpt from Kenneth Branagh's Hamlet:]
To die...
[Break 3: Pentatonix]
I'll run...
[Verse: A.I.]
To live, to die
To end the struggles in one swift but hesitant emotion
One pill, one jump, one bullet, one rope away
From all my troubles, all my pain
The pain of disappointing, disappointment
It hurts to know that you give your all to someone
But it never seems to be enough
Enough of their expectations
Staring at the pavement from such high elevation
(P: I've been settling scores...)
Tired of people dumping their unwanted emotions on me
And not considering the consequences
(P: For so long...)
And the very second I need them the most
They're nowhere to be found
(P: Our kingdom is gone...)
What is it that we truly fear?
The fear of death?
Death is nothing more than an extensive sleepless sleep
Where pain is numb
And harmful things have come to an end
(P: I've got broken bones and tattered clothes...)
But in that sleep we call death
Long after our bodies hold us to this earth
Will we dream?
(P: I'll run...)
And if so, what will we dream?
Will we dream of peaceful things at last?
Or will we dream of torments worse than we could ever imagine?
[Excerpt from Kenneth Branagh's Hamlet:]
Puzzles the will
And makes us rather bear those ills we have
Than fly to others that we know not of?
Thus conscience doth make cowards of us all;
And thus the native hue of resolution
Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought
And enterprises of great pith and moment
With this regard their currents turn awry
And lose the name of action
Young Hamlet was written by Authentic Intelligence & William Shakespeare.
Young Hamlet was produced by Amir Royale.
Authentic Intelligence released Young Hamlet on Fri Jun 12 2015.