This is newer version of a track I released in 2019, inspired by the expression "water off a duck's back", it tells the story of not succeeding but persevering and not letting setbacks or knockmbacks get to you
Featuring the crystalline vocals of Nawelle (Screenatorium, Degiheugi, Doctor Flake)
Musically I was enamoured by the main hook which I came up with on the keyboard, it became the basis of the track, with added horns, xylophones and guitars
lyrics
Golden, golden black and green
Golden, golden black and green
I set up my bait, but they won't bite
Man gotta learn how to say no right
Just holding on to a loose drain pipe
So far so good, but it ain't alright
Why put off what you can do tomorrow
Why bite off what you just cant swallow
I'm the suspect that nobody follows
From dusk to dawn in dust I wallow
Yeah I was gonna, but I didn't really wanna
Later tomorro' now im a goner
What would I have done if I was a whole lot dumber
Have a lot of fun, can forever wonder
I Take my time don't like to rush
Outta gas outta time cold missed the bus
Back when my hair stood full and lush
Was barely a candy I couldn't crush
Hand me a mic don't take the Michael
You know that life Go round in cycles
I go just over here take an eyeful
Eye for an eye but the blind stay mindful
Left a message but they don't call back
That was my effort, gave it all that I had
Fame and the money is it really all that
Slide like water glide off a duck's back
Golden, golden black and green
Golden, golden black and green
Hold them, hold them back from me
So I was counting chickens but they don't hatch
My goals and my soul are like they don't match
Guess I shrug, water off a duck's back
Some give love, gotta give a hug back
Got laid off, too many cut backs
So I head off, strap on a rucksack
Just gotta figure out where my gut's at
Feeling kinda dated outta fashion rugrat
Nearly out of fuel I'll head on back
Find a bar stool I'll sit on that
Feeling like a fool, get back on track
Virus do track this life to hack
Looking to change this maybe to might
Maybe quite most definitely right
Clipped my wings but still take flight
Lost that fight, fell from great height
Ask me a question but I dunno
Choose any card like pass to go
I used to know such an age ago
A feeling that i was rare to go
Got some doubts but I won't crack
I trained too hard now I got that knack
You might not have called me back
But its like water glide off a duck's back
Golden, golden black and green
Golden, golden black and green
Hold them, hold them back from me
Golden, golden black and green
Golden, golden black and green
Golden, golden black and green
Golden, golden black and green
credits
from Sow & Reap,
released May 13, 2021
Music, lyrics & vocals by Rael
Chorus vocals by Nawelle Saidi
Scratch by Kirsa
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