The instrumental for this song was made by me in my home studio using Logic Pro 9 and my MIDI keyboard with weighted keys. The main repeated arco string motif repeats ominously. I invited Amber and Tim over to record a bit. This song and "The Birds and Bees (feat. Tim Goulet)" were both recorded during this session. I unintentionally included a spoonerism in my verse. Amber also included some background adlibs during my verse.
lyrics
Amber Scanlan: Why can't I play the piano wit it?/
Tim Goulet: (laughs)
AS: I wanna play a candle wit it/
TG: What the fuck?
AS: Sittin' on the fuckin' mantlepiece/why're you saying "What the fuck?"/You're gonna fuckin' be hating in the club, in a little bit/can't even see you, 'cause you're fuckin' 5'2", just kidding 5'4"/and you're lookin' real swole and look real short/got--probably got Rubinstein syndrome, whatcha gonna do?/
TG: (laughs)
AS: ridin' on 22/and what the fuck are you gonna do, sittin' there/thick eyebrows and thick brown hair/long eyelashes/lookin' real swole, lookin' real classy/just kiddin', fuckin' oversize sweatshirt, lookin' kinda chunky/but I ain't hatin', I'm hurtin'/Whatcha gonna do, Ed Burton?/who the fuck is that? I don't even know/
Reuben Walton: He's the guy that made that fathafuckin' movie/sittin' there doin' in a muthafuckin' two-piece/he's fuckin' wearin' a two-piece, 'cause he just got a sex change/bitch just kidding I don't even esk him for axtra change/bitch, he fuckin' came all to WoHo, that's mad chill to me/most pizza places don't come down here, mane, scared to get shot/just kidding, ain't nobody shot, maybe bit by Annabelle or Scruffy, bitch please/I'm lookin' like a puppy bitch knees/got so many knees on my muthafuckin' cheese/got so much cheese with the muthafuckin' beat/and I'm so fuckin' blown again, 'cause I got muthafuckin' telekinesis/and a little grab and I've already developed my thesis/before you go I'm a mutha 'bout to make you jealous to pieces/B.S. to be staked out in the muthafuckin' bushes of your home steady smellin' your leashes/waitin' for you to come home/hit the safe, get the money, leave the competition in blunt smoke/set up a green screen, escape in the movie to run Rome/get the victims in the kitchen, steal their spleen and their tugboat/and bring their brand new gun home/you look like you're wearin' a rugcoat/now you got 'em lookin' like ruffians from Rusholme/yup, that was a Morrissey reference/
AS: What the fuck's a rugcoat?/
RW: Oprah would talk, but she's steady whorin' with Stedman/holla back if you're bored of them peasants/yeah, I like what the West and the South, the only classy parts of town/runna with a gunna and we loco villains fartin' on clowns/
AS: Can't drink a 40, I'm pregnant/
RW: But we don't live at the Seven Seas/If we did, we'd be wrecked and covered with fleas/always cracked out/
AS: In vitro pregnancies/
RW: Always rubbin' our knees/think I'd vote Republican? Please!/
AS: Lebanese/
RW: 'Cause that's just how we do it, son, we get 'em on the flo' and interrupt their session of T/but we ain't doin' meth or methedrine/get 'em then we smoke 'em up with the best of weed/got 'em wide open and smilin' festively/hit 'em then they gotta get it out the muthafuckin' do'/hit 'em in the face if they hatin' for some reason, you about to get thrown/'cause you got your own bottle of Belvidere™ on the dance floor/so much wavin', your hand's sore/
AS: Oh, from my brotha Reuben right here, yellin' it out in Woods Hole/Mic check, 1, 2/
TG: Texting someone...
AS: Back in the day I used to work at a place called Papa Gino's™/Sittin' in the low, lookin' real slow, and you know I'm goin' nino/and you know that I'm gonna get a little bit of vinos from my co-workers/so hoe, what you think I did? I worked it/I got a little bit o' weed from those muthafuckin' corny-ass co-workers
credits
from Odds and Ends,
released August 13, 2012
Vocals by Reuben Walton, Amber Scanlan and Tim Goulet
Lyrics written by Reuben Walton, Amber Scanlan and Tim Goulet
Composed by Reuben Walton
Produced by Reuben Walton
Programming by Reuben Walton
Edited by Reuben Walton
Mixed by Reuben Walton
Reuben Walton is a singer/songwriter and music producer based in Falmouth, MA. He is a graduate of Musicians Institute in
Hollywood's Independent Artist program and their Electronic Music Production program, as well as UMass Lowell’s Music Business undergraduate program.
In 2019 he put out a self-titled EP working with producer AVLI Music and is now regularly releasing new music....more
Super dreamy and spacey, just the way I like it. Beautiful music, recommended for fans of Best Coast, Animal Collective, Grizzly Bear, and other bands. Check 'em out! "D'Arrest" is my favorite! Reuben Walton
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