Album artwork for debut LP, 2008.Shuv it by Santogold. Great beat and wonderful lyrics. Not heard anything bad by this girl yet. "Brooklyn we go hard/we on the look for the advantage/we work hard/and if we seem to rough it up a bit - we broke/but we rich at heart/pull ourselves up now we won't choke/it's our time/put the lights on us". "War tactics they make me sick/reel your heart in run away with it/smile in your face undermine your blood/got guns for the strength they lack/if you know another way/you can't look the other way/you know another way/tell them so right to their face", "We think you're a joke/shove your hope where it don't shine", "I pay for what's called eccentricity/and my will to evolve/I hear them all say/that I got heart/but not everything that it takes".
Find a Way by Santogold. I think this song is a warning sign rallying call railing against a serially abusive boyfriend and one pushing drugs on his girlfriend. Basically a bad news douche. "Go ahead/you know you want it/you'll have no other way you just wanna take us down/go ahead/I'll be the one hit/if I can take you boy it just might throw this town", "Oh oh oh/you want to get it/you make us bleed it'll prove there's life somewhere/and oh no I want to yell it/but do we speak or are we just nodding our heads?", "No way not me/what you got/it's not for me/(you'll find a way)/no way not me/what you got is not for me", "Go ahead/I'll be your junkie/I'll be deplete/you can heap all rubbish here/go ahead/now dump it on me/if I go quiet, will the itch go down with me?", "Don't reach too far/you will fall over/don't be surprised what you discover/don't fear/your call can't pull us under/you better watch out/run for cover".
The Creator by Santogold. Haha, the introduction to this sounds like something from the Sims 2! Brilliant. "Got no need for the fancy things/all the attention that it brings/tell me no/I say yes - I was chosen/and I will bring the explosion". "Me I'm a creator/thrill is to make it up/the rules I break got me a place up on the radar/me I'm a taker; know what the stakes are/can't roll it back it's understood got to play our cards".
Absolute superb pop tune by Santogold, L.E.S Artistes. Such a brilliant bass riff. Very cool video reminds me of Bat for Lashes' video for What's a Girl to Do. Santogold clearly wants to be wary of the nu-rave clingy indie crowd of bandwagon joy riders: "If you see me keep going be a passerby waver/build me up bring me down/just leave me out you name dropper/stop trying to catch my eye/I see you good you forced faker/just make it easy you're my enemy you fast talker", "I can say I hope/it will be worth what I give up/if I can stand up - me/for all the things that I believe", "What am I here for?/I left my home to disappear is all/I'm here for myself/not to know you/I don't need no one else".
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