Spoken word, collaborations and raps

by Hugh Wilson

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This is not an album, but a place for some songs recorded at various times with some sort of spoken or rapped vocal as a common element.

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released 01 January 2010
Please see individual songs for credits.

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tags: folk indie pop-rock New York

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Track Name: In My Day
IN MY DAY – Hugh Wilson 2008

• In my day there was sunlight, and air and water.
• We lived sustainable lives, focusing on the word custody, not ownership.
• In my day people recognized that value was more than just human agreements exchanging variably rare goods. And that impact and necessity were of greater value than possession and leverage.
• In my day the importance of incentives was recognized. But incentives were for the greater good. For long-term benefits. For the next generation. Incentives were not geared towards instant gratification, accumulation and preventing every possibly negative scenario that may or may not eventuate.
• In my day there was no such thing as race. No clear delineation between one group of people and the next. Race was a thing you ran. Not a tan. In my day people had a dream that one day people would not be judged by each other. Period.
• It won’t happen in my day
• It won’t happen any other way

• In my day what one did was more important than what one said.
• In my day children were allowed to live. They had parents that didn’t kill them when too many bills came in. Or when a parent got a new job. Jobs weren’t as important as kids in my day.
• In my day pregnancy was a consequence not a punishment. Controlling one's life was considered boring, and going with the flow and dealing with consequences was more important than trying to unring a bell and revert to a previously desired life course.
• In my day we knew life began at conception and had clarity that no human should end human life. Period.
• In my day humans were not considered possessions. To be discarded. Or owned.
• It won’t happen in my day
• It won’t happen any other way

• In my day faith and science were inseparably conjoined. Faith helped science and science helped faith. In my day it was recognized that everyone had a worldview and that faith in ones doubts was still faith.
• In my day a person’s politics was like a patchwork quilt rather than a monochrome wall. Left wing on one policy, right wing on the other.
• In my day there was a semblance of democratic process.
• Where people could speak up and vote for a guy they thought was the best person to run the place.
• In my day, swimming in the ocean was the highlight of the day. As was a snowfall.
• In my day, getting up at sunrise and going to bed at sundown was not abnormal.
• In my day we ate parsnips.
Track Name: Huboi, Delboi & Duprai - Get out of my face!
Get out of my face! (you got a problem?)
Get out of my face! (you got a problem with that?)

BUTCH:

Walking down the beach with my girl (it's a sunny day)
Don't want to be disturbed 'cause everything is ok
My buddies Butch and Chucky come 'a wandering along Making bad kinda music for my serenade song

I give a hint or nudge or two
Kick Chucky in the head
But they don't want to be leaving
They're making time instead
Now my girl is getting interested in Butch and his tattoo
They're my friends but they aren't acting like it
(what you gonna do)

My subtle hints are useless and I'm losing ground
So I grab Butch by the collar, start swinging him 'round
And even though I like him, he's a groovy kinda guy
There comes a time when I just have to say:

"Get out of my face!"

ROBOTIC DUDE:

You've been thinking & I've been thinking
I don't want you around no more
I been cramping your style
I don't want you around no more

RANDY:

Yo' check it out....
Walking down the beach with my pal (it's a sunny day)
Don't want to be disturbed 'cause everything is ok
My girlfriend and Randy come 'a wandering by
Making bad kinda music for my wonderful friday

I give a hint or nudge or two
Kick Chucky in the head
But they don't want to be leaving
They're making time instead
Then I'm talking to my girl showing her my tattoo
She's my girl and she's falling for me
(what you gonna do)

So I'm making good time slowly winning ground
When Randy grabs me by the collar
Starts swinging me 'round
And even though I like him, he's a groovy kinda guy
There comes a time when I just have to say:

"Get out of my face!"

THE GIRL:

Walking down the beach with a schmuck called Randy
I realise he ain't looking so dandy
Along comes Butch and Chucky his friend
I don't think I like the scene that's coming 'round the bend
They both kick Chucky and he's looking kinda hurt
Butch is showing off by removing his shirt
Randy does the dirty and he tries to make his play
I think it's time for me to have my say

"Get out of my face!"
Track Name: Silent Scream
SILENT SCREAM - Hugh Wilson (December 2008)

I have no voice to cry aloud
but I have a silent scream
no arms of mine fend off the blows
my eyes remain unseen

All who are
were once as I am
And as all will be
I will be
But I'll never draw breath
never run
never dance
never see the light fade from your eyes….

Blindly the trigger is pulled
for I'm a girl I’m not a boy
Blindly the trigger is pulled
like I'm some discarded toy

I have not the means
to run far away
no way to escape this pain
but I feel
Oh, I feel it
if you would but watch
as I writhe my last moments away

Freedom of choice
is the mantra today
but where is my choice
my vote
my voice
Unseen and unheard I will go to my grave
While debates about life
Will do nothing to save me
Track Name: Respondant
It would be nice
If you saw these things
The way things are
Not the way they seem

On the surface all faiths
They may seem the same
But different beliefs
Bring very different ends

And you yourself
You try and prophecy
About holy war
About holy war
And you yourself
YOU make claims of truth

So how are you
Any different
I said how are you
Any different
Track Name: Hugh featuring Nayokah - Parole
From the bible: John 1