7) Space Portal (2:29) [Math: raps, samples, space edits; DJ Big Martha: cuts, banjo]
[Referent: Leonard Cohen “Dress Rehearsal Rag”, Lou Donaldson “Turtle Walk”; He-Man, m-w.com]
lyrics
(Vision growing dim)/Vision growing dim face towards thee store/More trim for fat tape thin from fast forwards/Horrid! Bored as 4x4’s/Of course sales not a stat in my box score/I can’t afford to rest on my laurels/Thumbs up lasts just until the next thumb war/Come to grips with that mic cord jostle it a bit/Oh yeah sorry no digital mix board/But at least we record no fodder for the beast like “Feed Me Seymour”/Rhymes overflow how they pour/Unhinged like that boy’s out of his gourd…
(Sorceress, you used the space portal to bring us here. Thanks. Where’s my mother ‘n’ father?)
Math always coming strapped with a rap in my knapsack/Math = MC Squared, I’m energy a boy scout I be prepared
Martha who wrote the beats? Martha’s the author/AKA the kid with the cuts the funky DJ
(Wait a minute. Let’s take this step by step. What’s the one thing plants need to stay healthy ‘n’ grow?)
(Sunlite) (No Sunlite for the Media)
Refuse to watch their news broadcasts/We take our TV’s ‘n’ we paint them black
(& it’s a very cynical media…)
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