Life (Tickertape Synaesthesia)
Wilko Wilkes
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Well it was soon gonna be noon in the middle of June I took my...first breath and clambered out of the womb I started crying cos I knew that it'd be years til I could rap So in the meantime all I did was eat,sleep, and The doctor gave my parents a form Said you've got to register the birth I believe this kid could be the greatest rapper on earth He said his balls are small but look at the size of that dome My parents called me Paul and then they took me off home Fast forward to before I could walk But I was learning to talk and all I said was that's Before I knew it I was doing my SATS I had a passion for cats and looking at football stats That's when I started becoming a bit obsessed with words I had a dabble with Scrabble and I wrote my first verse Started borrowing books like they were going out of fashion I was gobbling them up Developing my passion I was reading the dictionary and a load of RL Stine I started feeding my addiction Memorising rhymes Like Betty Botter bought a bit of bitter butter And she put it in her batter and it made her batter bitter So she bought a bit of better butter Better than the bitter butter And she put it in her batter And it made her batter better And Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers I was practicing, enunciating, taking care of every letter Competing against my brothers trying to get as quick as I could Reciting the alphabet backwards and being a stick in the mud Like one of those people trying to kid you on that cricket is good They must've thought that I was boring but I was misunderstood Cos every word that I heard I saw it clearly as text It's a phenomenon that had me feeling pretty perplexed My photographic memory was getting cluttered By the tickertaping saving everything that was getting uttered In my life Oh Life Ohhh Liiiiife Oh Life Diddley-do-do-do Life Oh Life Ohhhh Liiiiife Oh Life Diddley-do-do Sssshh She is the cat's mother If you're going out together keep a look out for each other Don't talk to strangers or get in their car Don't run too fast Don't walk too far Look both ways when you're crossing the road Listen to Tufty the squirrel he's got the Green Cross Code Respect your elders Remember your Ps & Qs Please keep quiet when we're watching the news You've got to eat your greens and keep your bedroom clean Your eyes'll go square if you sit too close to the screen Ecoute et repete J'ai mal a la tete Please turn over to side B of the cassette Stop biting your nails Watch where you're walking Get your fingers out your mouth Pronounce your Ts when you're talking And don't answer back Be quiet in class No ball games here Keep off the grass Boys don't cry Nice guys finish last Think about your future Forget the past You started in Mummy's tummy Don't ask how There was a woman who died By getting trampled by a cow Now When people ask me how I rap this fast And how I remember all the words I tell 'em it's practice that The repetition rhyme and rhythm in my head is ridiculous Tickertaping all the time has made my method meticulous Synaesthesia makes it easier it's like reading a book You can say you don't believe me cos I couldn't give a An explanation either it's just weird but I'm riding the wave I'm searching inside to find the peace that I crave I'm looking into every orifice and corner of my mind Trying to work out who I am and why I find it such a grind I'm always depleted But I'm never defeated Playing over repeatedly Every second I experienced in my life Oh Life Ohhh Liiiiife Oh Life Diddley-do-do-do Life Oh Life Ohhhh Liiiiife Oh Life Diddley-do-do-do Diddley-do-do-do Diddley-do-do-do Do what you've got to do Leave the kitchen if it's getting too hot for you Calm down Look after your knees I like it best when there's a bit of a breeze Nice weather isn't it Hasn't it been a funny old year Mr Wilkes can you please sign here and here Congratulations What does she weigh Cheer up mate Take it day by day Don't give up the day job It's on the blink Pour drain unblocker down your bathroom sink Make sure you floss You've damaged your cuticles Sorry for your loss When's the funeral Work til you drop and drink til you're sick Stop buying avocados and you'll get rich quick Take your pills so you can block out the pain We can't do anything this weekend cos apparently it's gonna rain If it doesn't sound normal it doesn't make sense Back in my day a Freddo was only ten pence pal Keep a check on your visceral fat I think he's gonna grow up to be a bit of a brat Isn't petrol expensive What is it per litre I remember when the elephant pooed on Blue Peter Yeah we'll definitely have to catch up soon But I'm away next week then I'm off to Cancun Just smile and nod Never mind the corruption Clean the filter check for blockages if it's lost its suction The power's all gone Everything's getting harder Who's the Grandad staring at me in the mirror at the barber He's tired and jaded His looks have faded He's carrying way too much pressure and hatred But it's never goodbye It's a see you around Cos It won't be too long Before we're back in the ground Without life Oh Life Ohhh Liiiiife Oh Life Diddley-do-do-do Life Oh Life Ohhhh Liiiiife Oh Life Diddley-do-do-do Diddley-do-do-do Diddley-do-do-do La la la la la Life
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