Charles Bukowski (sample)
I think everything is a sheet of sun and the best of everything is myself walking through it…
Wondering about the pure nerve of the life thing going on:
After the jails the hospitals the factories the good dogs the brainless butterflies…

JND
I'm on that true classy jazzy vibe /
Underground, pushing up; the stalagmite / representing Bradford, that’s the standard line /
Smack bang, the epicentre out to capture masterminds /
Feeding off the content, getting high, pacified /
To whom it's a godsend we grabbed a mic /
The movements upon, yes, I have to write /
Never forced freshness, on the offensive, unclassified /
Nothing that you've heard before; searched or thought “that's what proper rap is like” /
I've got a appetite the size of a planets width /
To saturate this game with substance that it's lacking in /
It's not too late to pull the plug on your radio /
Aren't you tired of hearing those fools with the samey flows? /
I'm feeling sorry for cats that’s started dumbing down /
I'm keeping eyes on my pride / not the money, clowns are funny /
But I'd rather spit it really real over beats /
Not one to follow trends coz those are sheep //

Bellisful
Those Are Sheep x4

ExP
Never bin shepherded,
In today’s celebrity driven petulance it’s essentially etiquette /
Sure I’m a pessimist /
They follow trends to fit in /
Too scared to be different /
Gossip columns and fashion b_______ is barely existence /
Gifted /
A miracle from the moment of conception /
But for the majority of em there’s only one direction /
And so we’re in recession evolution’s now regression /
And we’re a bunch of couch potatoes on the sofa sweating /
...Reaching for the remote’s the only stretching /
No knowledge, spend every moment guessing /
And meanwhile the media fill our heads with the message /
“Keep spending and stay afraid of the unknown you cretins” /
Tax evasion by corporations refusing to spend /
But incorrect self assessment forms get pursued like revenge /
It’s useless get used to used to it the future is bleak /
Your opinion and views are too weak and you’d be stupid to speak /
Just do the deeds that you need to do to pay off the debt /
Maybe you’ll get rewarded with retirement a day before death /
The time has definitely been and gone to make a request /
Perhaps admit we need change instead of shaking your head /
Those that don’t agree, and think people that vote are geeks /
And probably own Ugg Boots and leopard print clothes...those are sheep //

Bellisful
Those Are Sheep x2

Addverse
Never get caught on the barbed wire /
I make sure when I jump I jump higher /
My entire empire is crumbling around me /
Still I stand proudly /
Out you can’t count me /
Quiet is played loudly – soft’ll get roughed up /
Life’s like a razorblade – stuck to a nunchuck /
If you don’t look you don’t see so you won’t duck /
Cut so deep that the holes can’t be sown up /
Following the crowd - hanging round like some livestock /
Walk like a robot – act like life’s stopped/
Wait till your times up /
Slaves to the man machine /
Dreams are erased and replaced by a flag and queen /
Dragons stack the cream – politicians scrap and scheme /
Then we have the media to fill in all the gaps between /
Just static sheep – no good for man or beast /
Programmed to stand and speak but only fractions deep /
They can’t see it for the wool in their eyesight /
Blinded by the struggle for the money and limelight /
Funny how hindsight gives a little clarity /
To look back and challenge those who manage our society /
Claiming that our lives are free, and that it’s your body /
Still you’re getting chased into place, by a border collie /
I don’t support it sorry, I’ve got a mind to speak /
And mine will not be fleeced cos I am not a sheep //

Charles Bukowski (sample)
There is really nothing you can do easily: live or die or accept fame or money or defeat, it’s all hard. The opera says this, the dead birds the dead countries the dead loves the man shot because somebody thought he was an elk the elk shot because somebody thought it was an elk. All the pure nerve of going on.