This is another exercise in general absurdity, featuring frequent guests Amber Scanlan and Seth Heart. I think this was recorded sometime in 2009. This song contains interpolations of “Evolution” by Korn, from their 2007 album Untitled and "Burn" by Usher, off of his 2004 album Confessions.
lyrics
Reuben Walton: Ay shawty, you lookin’ good…Ay shawty, you lookin’ good…Ay shawty, you lookin’ good…Ay shawty, you lookin’ good…
Amber Scanlan: Takin’ hits from the pipe, Takin’ hits from the pipe, Takin’ hits from the pipe, Takin’ hits from the pipe, Takin’ hits from the pipe, Takin’ hits from the pipe, Takin’ hits from the pipe, Takin’ hits from the pipe…
RW: Hey, ay, ay, ay, that ass, nigga. Oh, wait, I can’t say that word. I just swore another time. (indistinct) Galala, I’m not allowed to swear, but, this is gonna be like. Lookin’ real swole, off the chain, off the chain so damn. Everybody lookin’ (indistinct). Fuckin’ swole off the chain wit it. Everybody flossin’ thangs wit it. ‘Cause they got bourbon, they got swagga. And I, deserve fuckin’ here to cross a bowl…(indistinct)
Seth Heart: (laughs)
AS: What?
RW: …controlling my mind. So I, on the whip and I, gonna go them knees so…
SH: But it sounds like they’re sayin’ “Why do white kids have to die?”
RW: Why?
SH: “Why do white kids have to die?”
AS: Yeah, I know. Yeah, I know ock. I knew you were gonna do that.
SH: I can’t slow then.
RW: In the bird and I’m trippin’ on the word wit it.
SH: What the fuck? How’d that happen?
RW: And then I wrap up the weed in fuckin’ cheese and wrap the ball in cheese/and I got some wrapped up cheese for your asshole cream/
AS: Wha--what, you’re not drinkin’?
RW: He’s a faggot.
AS: Why?
RW: We got mad hoes wit it.
SH: And why, do white kids have to die?
RW: Are you saying “Why do white…” (indistinct) Smokin’ the pipe in the back of the club…deuce on the poke. Alright, do we do do the right frame change, nigga please be the bud.
SH: Reuben what the fuck is done?
AS: No, it’s his! He just wants...
RW: (vocalizing) Pop a knot, pop a couple stacks/pop a couple bitches, know how to act/ain’t nobody swoler, muthafucka, (laughs)/look at that cat, she’s so off the chain/lookin’ real good, mayne/lookin’ real swole, nigga please./
SH: (Vocalizing)
RW: (Vocalizing) (Laughs)
SH: Oh, just gotta, wooo, gotta let it burn…
AS: (laughs)
SH: ...gotta let it burn, ohh…
RW: (Vocalizing) ‘Cause it’s controlling my muthafuckin’ mind. Ain’t nobody got it like me, ain’t nobody swole.
AS: Who’s Mit?
RW: Balling off the--(laughs) Ain’t nobody knew like me. Like if she--no, like if Christina Aguilera only knew two tricks, you know?
AS: Yeah.
RW: If like… (laughs) Off the chain like me, ain’t nobody know… Just that and that, and nothing else but…(indistinct) (Vocalizing)
SH: Under the city, he’d be out today…
RW: And it never got old somehow… (laughs)
AS: (laughs)
RW: With the 22’s bangin’ off the chain/fit the lead off the Louis and some dank/
SH: ...with (indistinct) balling in (indistinct), then he died. But I love hi
RW: On some ‘dro, ain’t nobody know/had this hoe for hydro, but it’s hydro with a miniature… (indistinct)
AS: (laughs)
SH: I said…(laughs)
RW: (laughs) Let’s not be delayed.
SH: (laughs) I said today I was a car shooting out if you did need…(indistinct)
RW: Sue it if you like it or not! Off the chain, so oh… So off the chain, Amber’s so off the chain. Ill corny! Ill corny! So corny, man! T-Pain on the track, yo!
SH: Oh, baby baby. Who’s travelin’ bitches?
RW: (vocalizing) Ain’t nobody chain like me…(indistinct)
AS: (laughs)
SH: Gotta let it burn, gotta let it burn…
AS: Whoa!!
RW: Ain’t nobody got it like me, ain’t nobody swole, ain’t nobody pop it like me, ain’t nobody (indistinct)
SH: We’re comin’ for this shit in 2009, okay? Listen bitches, we’re comin’ for a relay. Like, the president said.
credits
from Cleaning Out My Closet,
released September 17, 2012
Vocals by Reuben Walton, Amber Scanlan and Seth Heart
Lyrics written by Reuben Walton, Amber Scanlan and Seth Heart
Composed by Reuben Walton
Produced by Reuben Walton
Programming by Reuben Walton
Recorded 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
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