Through this song, I share my feelings as I dream about existing in a world that isn't paved over with concrete.I often find myself envisioning such a world, even on my day-to day travels around steel city, usually on bike, where I was doing most of my reflection as I was coming up with the concept for this song.Actually, this concept started coming together when I was watching a documentary about Simon & Garfunkel, and the song that I sampled for "Concrete Jungle" (El Condor Pasa) came on, and I knew I had to sample it.Things kind of started rolling from there, and this is the first incarnation of that song.
lyrics
Concrete Jungle
By Fitztharezista
Chorus/Hook:
I’D RATHER BE A FOREST THAN A STREET
Verse:
What a waste, paving over the ground
I cleared the waste, oh, hey, and look what I found
A little Earth underneath this waste
A little Earth, oh, hey, now take a look at this place!
I haven’t seen these tones in forever
All browns and greens, maybe this wasn’t so clever
To pave over all this natural flavour
Man, we’ve thrown it away, and we never did savour
All this natural beauty flowing underneath
The streets, sewer pipes and all of this concrete
Let’s take a trip to the other side of town
Find the buildings and sculptures and tear it all down!
I’m not one for material pleasures
In the summer it’s like trippin’ a concrete desert
The skyscrapers going on to forever
Concrete’s a fine place for jumping out head first
The cynicism isn’t even misplaced
I didn’t get to enjoy the original state
Of the Earth well before this juncture
Look out! Looks like we’ve got another jumper!
Chorus:
Verse:
Oh shit! Look out! Here we go!
Another day on my bike in this scenario…
I got these mean metal beasts all over the road
I’ll take a trip across town, yeah, here we go!
Catch me duckin’ and weaving like lightning
It’s like these foes don’t even see me biking
Uphill, against the wind I don’t mind it
But then a car rolls up I’m blind-sided
It’s how they roll in the concrete jungle
They don’t care because I’m riding on their road
They don’t share because I didn’t even pay the toll
I’ll find my way on out of this hell-hole
I’ll take my bike to a nearby forest
I’ll take some water cause I know I’m gonna enjoy this
But what’s this? Is that a chainsaw?
There goes another tree, he’s yelling TIMBAAAAAA!!
Oh no, I can hear the forest cryin’!
These mother fuckers with chainsaw’s got them dyin’!
And they ain’t even close to multiplying
It’s the concrete jungle, and we’re barely surviving…
Chorus:
Verse:
We’re far from closing all these concrete roads
But the time is now for watching things implode
Capitalist ways can no longer hold
So it’s in with the new and time to behead the old
Let’s look to the ways of before the old
The first nations, listen to the stories told
Of giving back, whatever you take
Of giving back to the trees, and the seas and lakes
We’ve been living on indigenous land
We’ve got indigenous blood dripping on our hands
Oh, Canada, you gotta’ understand
Your homes and your roads have been built up on native land!
Get back to a natural way of living
How much you’re taking, then that’s just how much you’re giving
This kinda thing appeals to me
This kinda thing builds up communities
So come together and fight as one
We won’t stop until a classlessness whole is won
I’m tired of living on these concrete streets
We’ll tear ‘em down and blast the rest in victory
credits
from The "Poison Milk" EP,
track released January 14, 2012
Song Written & Music Produced by Fitztharezista
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