8) Rolling (2:21) [Math: guitars, vocals; Jana ‘n’ Kelly: singing]
lyrics
8) Rolling (2:21) [Math: guitars, vocals; Jana ‘n’ Kelly: singing]
Been sitting here for thousands of years wasting my time ‘n’ rolling along
Got no job that pays just spending my days counting thee ways to move it along
A man came to sing about a wonderful thing but we didn’t get up cos the words were all wrong - & he went
“Something better in colder weather/Take break there in the shade
Underground we’ll band together/Learn to make ‘n’ not be made”
That was all nice but we didn’t think twice/Who wanted to hear about that type of song?
Ain’t biding my time waiting to die paying my dues ‘n’ moving along
Hope startled me said I was asleep broke it to me I’ve been rolling too long
Father somehow take me home now/Brothers sisters hear them cry out
Burns ‘n’ blisters breaking them down/Mother help us roll back home
The British-Somali poet draws upon everything from leftfield folk to minimalist spoken-word, bound together by simple-yet-cutting wordplay. Bandcamp New & Notable Apr 28, 2021