Who Can We Trust


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08/03/2008 | 01:14PM EDT

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Hip Hop - Modern Song | 2.4 MB | 2 min 35 sec

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4.34 / 5.00

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Author Comments

This is a Hip Hop song with me rapping over the beat. I hope you all like it.

Artist: Rek Law
Track: Who Can We Trust

Verse

Who the fuck do you trust in the power seats?
From the parliaments and the palaces,
They the ones wit army backin' and they stole land,
We got nothin' but a half chance, if that... man,
Even that glint of hope can be snatched away,
When they steal our benefits or crumbs off our plates,
What do they do wit the money, its so sickenin',
Throw it in the drain, buyin' 50 quid roast chicken,
So while they fat asses gettin' richer,
We get zilch, coz we fail to see the picture,
All hail to see the queen depict ya countries dignity,
Certain rights slowly taken away to reduce liberty,
Couldn't even put a Union Jack in my bedroom window,
Cant do that, but they'll let you smoke some endo,
The BNP, just a bunch of racist MP's,
You wonder why I screw up the vote slip they sent me,
Like Michael Moore said, a dirty school ballot box,
Knock on my door again, I'll smack ya wit these salad tongs,
Its not right, its not wrong, this world's white,
People aren't surprised; I don't even know why you fight,
Men like to beef; its gut instinct, a tireless shitty habit,
Do you get excited when you kick and stabbin'?
As time goes on, we get these dangerous gasses,
White thugs walkin' round kickin' people's asses,
You want me to tell you, what its like where I live,
Its comes to somethin' when ya daren't walk down ya own street,
Enemies approachin' from every crevice,
Beggars askin' you if ya can spare any pennies,
Life is somethin' you should pick up and cherish,
I wanna kick the fuck outta that guy that said it,
Gettin' to the shop is a chore, if ya left ya door open,
Burglars sneak in and walk out wit the TV and your oven,
Vandals in spite breakin' my brother's car mirror,
It's fucked up, when ya stickin' plastic bags over the windows,
When its lights out, you hear tortured screams die out,
The next mornin' you find out, woman raped by mindless crime louts,
And you think I don't get pissed off by this,
Arsonists burnin' down houses and killin' harmless starvin' kids,
You beef wit Rek and think it's the end of the world,
Look a fuckin' round you, can't you see other people's problems are worse,
Shit dawg, don't you get pissed off too?
By the shit that ya see around you.

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Average Score: 9.6 / 10

Score: 7
TheEyeOfMusiK

"Interesting."

date: January 19, 2009

You have some flow I can give you that. You manage to deliver your lyrics right but theres something about your voice and its not the accent neither.. you need a lil more swag and character when rappin, ya know? Overall you had flow on the track but at times it sounded like you had to force some words in. That can throw you off at times as well. The vocal quality could be a bit better too I guess. The tracks decent for someone who's experimenting in this genre. interesting indeed bruh

Oh and the beat was different.. sounds grimey. thats wuzzup mayne. keep at it

-RMP

January 19, 2009

Author's Response:

I love the true review, that's what I like, I always need someone to deconstruct what I do and pick holes in it, then next time I'll be able to improve on it. All of your points are valid though, good suggestions.

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Score: 10
imapanda

"wow..."

date: January 13, 2009

i mean,just look at what they wrote...
i dont usualy check the audio portal,and i didnt know you made these...
but damn...anything i write cant compare to them...these are real critics....

but for my taste,10/10...
nice....

January 14, 2009

Author's Response:

You're worthy of being on the panel. Everyone is worthy if they realised it.

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Score: 10
bennude10

"Society's got us in twines."

date: January 13, 2009

I liked it. Not a big fan of Hip-Hop though. The whole gangsta scene isn't my style. Because most Hip-Hop artists are always about themselves and about what happened to them, oh so special them. This part..."Look a fuckin' round you, can't you see other people's problems are worse." is exactly what I think about and say all the time. This is what Hip-Hop should really be like. Slip this onto MTV. Would they notice?

Great song man. You're right, I would enjoy this.

January 13, 2009

Author's Response:

MTV would hate to play real deep Hip Hop songs on their channels, so they demean and dirty the name of Hip Hop by playing really meaningless songs with terrible lyrics from artists such as Ludacris, Nelly, Usher, Rihanna, 50 Cent and Missy Elliott.

All these artists really flaunt the bling, fast cars and bitches side of Hip Hop, but that's not the true side of it at all.

There is real beauty in Hip Hop, but the great artists are not at the forefront of commercial music, which is disgraceful because there are some important things to be said.

Its more important to me that you liked the song for what I was trying to say, rather than the focus being on me.

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Score: 10
Robmd

"Great"

by: Robmd
date: September 21, 2008

I aint a fan of this type of music as you know so cant give too much insight. This track is still my fave out of what i have heard of yours and both the writing of the verse and flow of the rap is great, there has been a couple where the feel of nervousness(if that makes sence) appears in the delivery of the vocals as apposed to this where there flow appears confident and hard hitting

September 22, 2008

Author's Response:

I'm not really a fan of Hip Hop as much as I used to be. There is a bit of tightness doing some of the later songs because I did them some time after I left Uni, so didn't practice as much or write as much. I still remember doing Who Can We Trust while a bit drunk, but I felt a bit disillusioned as well around that time, so it felt natural to say what I said, I just wanted to lay into things, attack things viciously.

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Score: 10
1S

"WHOOOOO!!!!!!!"

by: 1S
date: September 14, 2008

Thats whats up! my UK brotha , give them hell!!
Death 2 the NWO!!!

September 14, 2008

Author's Response:

I'm glad it pumped you up for battle.

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