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Character Building Society (Produced by Mistah Bohze)

from Need the Character (s) by Jackal Trades

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lyrics

we need the characters to act roles way beyond future
a relic from the past presenting you a useful
fact or Two, you need truth when your youthful
when you don't have a clue and you don't yet know whose cool
for a penny to be struck a scene must be set
and you need the character to hit the back of the net
hit the nail on the head, a word to the wise
the boy who cried wolf's tears streamed butterflies
that are winged with a caution signposted not forgotten
and if you live in Scotland light a campfire every autumn
as the years pass the cast expands en-masse
the plot gets thicker and there`s spin off plans
every moment has the prominence to influence an audience
unfortunately a lot of they wrong yins are all onto this
to depict examples and dispense whats advisory
your gonna need the character or don't even try it mate

Not talking idle gossip chitter chatter
more like enchanted banter that actually matters
we need the characters, the rebels and the chancers
the misfits and the outcasts and the ones who give us answers
need a vernacular of angles and fresh perspectives
need a thread to string the sentence to direct you to the entrance
need mythical attachments and a wide range of accents
a wide range of accents? a wide range of accents
broaden the language or expression is doomed
we're doomed to repeat we're doomed to consume
we need to broom the room and obliterate the gloom
with a boom vroom zoom chew a shroom and presume
a risk taker is a shape shifter weaving through folklore
Ten million miles per gigabyte and no that it is not aw
speed is inconsequential on an infinite chessboard
get fucked or get bored, get fresh or get auld

I know what it`s like to suffer
I've been troubled, been in bother
on the bright side , the dark nights, helped me see in colour
stramashes , ramshackles , fisticuffs and a kerfuffle
rammies always imminent someones on the hustle
some sick psycho fuckers suckled so much blood they buckle
millionaires don`t get huckled, muddy waters till it`s muddled
no airtime for honesty, dissenting voice gets muffled
atypical lacklustre their drowning in the puddle
of the algorithmic bubble freshly bench pressed from the gutter
blissfully unaware of the mumble and the mutter
which fluctuates and stutters and distorts all truth thats uttered
it`s all bark and bluster till you uppercut your knuckle
then a cluster of chuckles double dumbs down your struggles
and musters up an outrage that baffles and puggles
ruffles your feathers and coupled with the muscle
leaves your vision impaired like one sock in a puzzle
those supple semantics are subtle like a shovel
it`s a tug of war tussle cut with trustful rebuttals
guzzling oxygen like nay-sayers space shuttles
rockets stubborn like my stubble after afterparty huddles
cuddle away the rattle when i don't feel fuckable
trying to tackle a fritter-roll when I don't look muggable
some cunts need muzzled let us rustle up a raffle
i seen a pretty vegan who summoned up falafel
it`s fried eggs and waffles hear the crackle of a frying pan
remember love is stronger than the battering ram
I've wiped slates clean and dondered in the yonder
knocked pans clean off often in jobs I wiznay fond ay
resurrect a yarn breathe feel the calm
money is a scam success is a sham
to predict is to gamble to smile is to live
i have nothing in my savings I have too much to give

we need memories retained, frozen in time
and any conversation can bring it back to life
karma's really not a theory, it is merely common sense
it`s a slow motion boomerang that knocks you off a fence
comeuppance gets postponed when you have the pounds and pence
but when your sleep with one eye open bed time can get tense
we need mist wafters and dream weavers
bright sparks, shiny people and a pair of banging speakers
fuck the vultures and leachers we need leaders who hear us
we need feelers and healers and non target driven teachers
we're just self destructive fungus if you look at the globe
from the telescope gold diggers get told
there's a distinct lack of purpose discussed with under covers
knowledge is courage but disinformation smothers
red onions are purple but reality gets muffled
more Art than Garfunkel lets play the decks and shuffle

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from Need the Character (s), released November 5, 2016
Produced and Recorded by Mistah Bohze

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