Ty – Like You Never.
Hip Hop veteran Ty drops visual to track ‘Like You Never‘.
The track is lifted from the ‘A Kick Snare & An Idea EP‘ out digitally in April via Tru Thoughts.
Directed by Bunny Bread for Code Emphasis and Adam Rogers.
@itchfm Harry love does the little scratch thing on there too …. Everybody must get their props
— Ty (@tymusic) January 17, 2013
Look out for vinyl release by Record Breakin.
‘Like You Never’ lyrics.
[Verse 1]
- For every five steps forward I take ten steps back
- I love the music but can’t see where it’s at?
- Strictly fast food runnings
- How we supposed to adapt
- How we supposed to raise kids to that
- And I ain’t blaming no one it starts with me
- Before heart failure there’s blocked arteries
- We were usually on point no archery
- Creative to a fault
- Like an art degree but something happened it’s kinda like a takeover
- The sampling law changed
- The looping of the breaks over
- Tho corporate there’s nothing pretty about this makeover
- Pay for play and now you influence what we say
- We even let you walk off with the deejay
- It’s hard to hear a single scratch on records these days besides the clichés
- Somebody got to keep up traditions
- It’s a new day but still something is missing I mean
[Chorus]
- That’s what I’m telling everybody (I’m like you never)
- That’s what I’m telling everybody (I’m like you never)
[Verse 2]
- And now the new school is no school
- Cos everybody and their mama knows Pro Tools
- Writing raps and recording bad vocals
- Being a star is more than being anti-social
- I’m more than boastful
- I’m hopeful of brighter tomorrow
- Used to weaving words together other writers can follow
- I hear anger in music but the message is hollow
- Upon further inspection you can see what’s been borrowed
- Foreign ideals of real bluffing to do with nothing now we reinvent the wheel
- Caps get peeled as we slip on banana skins
- Stuttering stammering should have been Fannie Lou Hamer-ring
- Instead we are glimmity glammering
- This struggle is a headache plus Anadin
- Mic check even breathing is challenging
- The music is a powerful thing especially when it’s used to boost the power Within but you don’t hear me ha!
[Chorus]
- That’s what I’m telling everybody (I’m like you never)
- That’s what I’m telling everybody (I’m like you never)
[Verse 3]
- I had my palm read
- She told me not to leave this alone
- So I miss real artist like Nina Simone
- Full of integrity never too keen to be cloned
- That’s why the need to be different
- Buried deep in my bones
- Cos swagger never paid bills just skills
- I guess I took the long road mountain plus hills
- Turntables and mic cables love from the crowd is more important than the right label
- And I don’t want the 90’s sound back
- But you can’t deny the Linn Drum really sounds wack
- Just living thru the movie but not feeling the soundtrack
- Not trying to be bougie but not trying to be round that
- I grew up in a brown black facade so I’m not trying to act like I’m that large
- But I’m trying to rap like I’m that guard when it comes to culture I’m pulling raps card Like a placard
[Chorus]
- That’s what I’m telling everybody (I’m like you never)
- That’s what I’m telling everybody (I’m like you never)