Rights & Responsibilities feat. MD & Charley Caruso
from MD by Selekt Few
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lyrics
MD
(UH.) Lifes full of common industries
only team play brings a brighter tomorrow into being
its not a case of denying your possibilities
its a case of balancing rights and responsibilities
its like the worlds goin backwards
to proud of the money to admit that we've imperfectly planned shit
telling kids work hard and you'll reach your dreams
when your race and birthplace are bigger determining factors
expectancy's now an actual disease
we want the fruit but we can't be f'd planting the seeds
we've got the knowledge now to build the land of our dreams
but there's no garden of eden without handling weeds
we want it with no work and to get it no burn and for better
no permanent effort just to make it happen
i know how i short it can be so i'm chasin all i can see
always there on my mark ready to take to the baton
Hook by Charley
Stand up!
Get your head out of the sand.
Take responsibility and make a stand
Aint to much to ask to do what’s right
Give a little bit of you, to save another life!
Percuss
(The thing about humans is this)
We think we've got the right to do what we want
But all we've gots responsibility acting as one
and we never ever use it, just fightin for fun
so I'm sittin back and watchin history on rerun
Ya see it happen again, ya think they'd learn
no wonder my concern is limited when their turns
rinse and repeat, time and time again
like they're never gonna learn from such an obvious mistake
dictate the worst like it doesn't even matter
separated from the world at the top of the ladder
their palisades decay day after day
till all we’re left with is an opaque display
and right then, we can all see their characters
weren't acting as one, they're just puttin up barriers
so i carry my life with respect for my people
cos denying that responsibility creates sequels
Hook
Shareef
Born with equal rights doesn’t mean we’re living equally
a standard of living difference between you and me
a standard of living difference between our communities
and some of you don’t care all living individually
Caring for yourselves and not anybody else
financial gain is how you define your self-wealth
and while you got the right to pursue your happiness
it’s balanced by the need to preserve all of this
not just the trees, and not just the scene
every single right comes with responsibilities
education, health care, a liveable wage
if you believe in these let your feet lead the way
equal work still doesn’t mean equal pay
as long as you ignore it’s gonna stay that way
so if you’re living a good life it’s about your turn
put action to your words likes nouns to verbs
Hook
(UH.) Lifes full of common industries
only team play brings a brighter tomorrow into being
its not a case of denying your possibilities
its a case of balancing rights and responsibilities
its like the worlds goin backwards
to proud of the money to admit that we've imperfectly planned shit
telling kids work hard and you'll reach your dreams
when your race and birthplace are bigger determining factors
expectancy's now an actual disease
we want the fruit but we can't be f'd planting the seeds
we've got the knowledge now to build the land of our dreams
but there's no garden of eden without handling weeds
we want it with no work and to get it no burn and for better
no permanent effort just to make it happen
i know how i short it can be so i'm chasin all i can see
always there on my mark ready to take to the baton
Hook by Charley
Stand up!
Get your head out of the sand.
Take responsibility and make a stand
Aint to much to ask to do what’s right
Give a little bit of you, to save another life!
Percuss
(The thing about humans is this)
We think we've got the right to do what we want
But all we've gots responsibility acting as one
and we never ever use it, just fightin for fun
so I'm sittin back and watchin history on rerun
Ya see it happen again, ya think they'd learn
no wonder my concern is limited when their turns
rinse and repeat, time and time again
like they're never gonna learn from such an obvious mistake
dictate the worst like it doesn't even matter
separated from the world at the top of the ladder
their palisades decay day after day
till all we’re left with is an opaque display
and right then, we can all see their characters
weren't acting as one, they're just puttin up barriers
so i carry my life with respect for my people
cos denying that responsibility creates sequels
Hook
Shareef
Born with equal rights doesn’t mean we’re living equally
a standard of living difference between you and me
a standard of living difference between our communities
and some of you don’t care all living individually
Caring for yourselves and not anybody else
financial gain is how you define your self-wealth
and while you got the right to pursue your happiness
it’s balanced by the need to preserve all of this
not just the trees, and not just the scene
every single right comes with responsibilities
education, health care, a liveable wage
if you believe in these let your feet lead the way
equal work still doesn’t mean equal pay
as long as you ignore it’s gonna stay that way
so if you’re living a good life it’s about your turn
put action to your words likes nouns to verbs
Hook
credits
from MD,
released April 14, 2014
Beat by: MD (T. Butler)
Written by: MD (T. Butler), Percuss (G. Tangey), Shareef (L. Skinner) & Charley Caruso
Beat by: MD (T. Butler)
Written by: MD (T. Butler), Percuss (G. Tangey), Shareef (L. Skinner) & Charley Caruso
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Selekt Few Perth, Australia
Selekt Few are a Perth based hip hop band.
Our sophomore release ‘#1 Solace Lane’
- available now - is the first in a four-part vinyl series and was released on November 11, 2019.
We make music we enjoy and deliver personal and political messages we relate to.
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