See Something Say Something from the new album Prospect Avenue, available on CD/Digital/2xLP Vinyl. \r
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Originally premiered 7/10/13 on MTVHive.com \r
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Written & Performed by Rabbi Darkside | Produced by Mista Mayday | Additional vocals: Hip Hop Subway Series\r
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Video produced by A Love Supreme Production\r
Directed & Edited by Tafadzwa M. Chiriga\r
Filmed by Herman Jean-Noel\r
Coloring by Tafadzwa M. Chiriga & Herman Jean-Noel\r
Concept developed by Taf Chiriga & Rabbi Darkside\r
Title cards by Bisco Smith\r
Cast: Marco Agnolucci, Christopher Burris, Jill Dolinger, Ryan Egan, Jesse Eyeson, Nidhi Khurana, Olivia McClendon, Caits Meissner-Chiriga, DJ MilkMoney, Phaseone, Lenny Reese, Meres One, Johnny Sansone, Mr. Simmonds, Abby Walsh.\r
Production Assistants: Abby Walsh & DJ MilkMoney\r
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Very special thanks to Marie, Meres & 5 Pointz | 5ptz.com\r
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LYRICS \r
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Peace and blessings my name is Rabbi Darkside\r
I PEACE NY\r
This goes out to \r
My straphangers\r
My transit workers \r
My turnstile jumpers\r
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Optical illusions track lighting in tunnels\r
Audio confusion the conductor always mumbles\r
Preposterous conclusions like some humans are sub-human\r
Bluebloods bugging and blogging us into ruins\r
We all on the same train once the engines moving \r
But never subject to the same search and intrusion \r
In the course of commuting I mention the 4th Amendment\r
Cause public address warnings would have us all at attention\r
Unattended package please tune in your senses\r
Be sure to mind the gap with a dabble of vengeance\r
Its happened in Barcelona, Tokyo, London and Athens\r
Now New Yorkers have far more to fear than wallet snatching \r
The odds of picking a pocket\r
Same as a missile or rocket\r
Citizens riddled with cops \r
Its got us thinking of Towers\r
Something evils lurking somewhat of a demon serpent\r
See something say something I mean it if its urgent\r
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Everybody panic when they be riding the transit\r
Heavy metal attacks: Megadeth, Anthrax\r
Celluloid shudders like beer guts and butts\r
At the thought of being stuck in subterranean crust\r
See emergency trucks scream for rescue workers\r
Inside paranoid out in the streets they call in murder\r
From the book of Bush, Chapter 5, read further \r
Racial profile every person in a turban or a burka\r
(Say What)\r
Im in the system like a cursor and a server \r
But my fingerprints are innocent Im praying to Minerva\r
Weaving poetry magic and wisdom like were golden\r
But yellow terror alerts spread nightmares like The Omen\r
Less hating Wes Craven guesswork is junk science\r
Everybodys flesh hurts at the shot of gun violence\r
Donut dunkin pork bellies dont speak no Arabic \r
But are qualified to outline who they perceive as a terrorist?\r
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Surveill-ing like theyre Israelis and jailing deporting aliens\r
Aint no stopping it, Prophesy is Pygmalion\r
The monster is on track were trapped theres no derailing it\r
Try to lay in the cut but jutting up sort of salient\r
If only we could adjust bust or go chameleon \r
Or just appreciate the fact were all mammalian \r
Media be misleading blood sucking disease-carrying \r
Having us sipping Orange Crush out of the Holy Grail\r
Were mechanized to recognize anything that aint Westernized\r
Out of place megabyte residing in your second life\r
From the land that brought you double cheeseburgers and cheddar fries\r
Rambled so far from the Pre-Amble that they had to sever ties\r
So the next time that you hear the announcement \r
When youre riding the Iron Horse residents or out of towners\r
Remember this: suspicious is s state of mind\r
Try opening your eyes and saying.\r
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Hi.
