Tuesday, April 30, 2024

It/That (the one who "kicks it like Bruce Lee from Chinese Connection")

Been there? While the service I provide to society is a much needed one, office/desk jobs suck. Also, I don't trust anyone who wears suit...which I don't. If I want to look official, its a pair of slacks, and nice collared shirt,  topped off with a bolo tie...my uniform.

 

Everything! Didn't get the BauHaus thing in the early 80s, but can really appreciate them now. Wish I had gotten into them as my teenage self, there's a lot of wisdom there. Been struggling with my 16 year old Granddaughter who doesn't listen to a god damn thing I tell her about life. So much for wisdom.


Love this picture of this sign..."Agritourism"...taken 14 years ago at the pumpkin patch :) Two things that are for sure going to happen to you in this life, injury and death...it may as well be at the pumpkin patch. Life is like a slow long term crucifixion, pain, suffering and eventual death. And for what?


One of my favorite PE tunes...it's got everything...Flavor Flav banter intro...unmatched flow from Chuck D...super silly fresh DJ action from Terminator X!

Yo Chuck, bust a move man
I was on my way up here to the studio, ya know what I'm sayin'
And this brother stop me and aks me
"Yo wassup with that brother Chuckie D, he swear he nice"
I said, "Yo the brother don't swear he nice
He knows he's nice, ya know what I'm sayin' "
So Chuck, we got a feelin'
You turn him into a Public Enemy man
Now remember that line you was kickin' to me
On the way out to L.A., out in Queens
While we was in the car on our way to the Shot
Well, yo right now kick the bass for them brothers
And let them know, what goes on, what goes on
Well, I'm all in, put it up on the board
Another rapper shot down from the mouth that roared
1, 2, 3 down for the count
The result of my lyrics, oh yes, no doubt
Cold rock rap, 49er supreme
Is what I choose and I use, I never lose to a team
'Cause I can can go solo, like a Tyson bolo
Make the fly girls wanna have my photo
Run in their room, hang it on the wall
In remembrance that I rocked them all
Suckers, ducks, ho, hum MC's
You can't rock the kid, so go cut the cheese
Take this application of rhymes like these
My rap's red hot, 110 degrees
So don't start bassin' I'll start placin'
Bets on that you'll be disgracin'
You and your mind from a beatin' from my rhymes
A time for a crime that I can't find
I'll show you my gun, my Uzi weighs a ton
Because I'm Public Enemy number one
One, one, one
One, one, one, one
You got no rap, but you want to battle
It's like havin' a boat, but you got no paddle
'Cause I never pause, I say it because
I don't break in stores, but I break all laws
Written while sittin', all fittin' not bitten
Givin' me the juice that your not gettin'
I'm not a law obeyer, so you can tell your mayor
I'm a nonstop, rhythm rock, poetry sayer
I'm the rhyme player, the ozone layer
A battle what? Here's a Bible start your prayer
This word to the wise is justified
If they ask you what happened, just admit you lied
You just got caught a, for going out of order
And now you're servin' football teams their water
You messed with the master, word to Chuck
And I'll wax cold tax, made sure you got dunked
You just got dissed, all but dismissed
Sucker duck MC's, you get me pissed
It's no fun, being on the run
Because they got me, Public Enemy number one
One, one, one
One, one, one
Don't you know, don't you know
I got a posse of a force to back me up
Watch out, we got never the match
Ambush attack on my back, double teamin', get creamed
So we have us so you're okay?
Wanna hear it again
We got a force, enemy down
The L.I. circuit sound
Ain't it Chuckie D, myself and KG
Flavor, DJ Melody
Oh yes, I presume it's the tunes, that make us groom
To make all the ladies swoon
But it's also the words from our direction, a gold boy session
Kickin' like Bruce Lee's Chinese connection
On stereo, never ever mind, no
All wax, yes I'm talkin' about vinyl
They said stop freeze, I got froze up
Because I'm Public Enemy number one
One, one, one
One, one, one
One, one, one
For all you suckers, liars, your cheap amplifiers
Your crossed up wires are always starting fires
You're grown up criers, now here's a pair of pliers
Get a job like your mother, I heard she fixes old dryers
You have no desires, your father fixes tires
You try to sell ya equipment, but you get no buyers
It's you they never hire, you're never on flyers
'Cause you and your crew, is only known as good triers
Known as the poetic political lyrical son
I'm Public Enemy number one
One, one, one
One, one, one
One, one, one
Yeah, that's right Chuck man
That's what you gotta do
You gotta tell them just like that
Ya know what I'm sayin'
'Cause yo man, let me tell you a little somethin' man
These brothers runnin' around, hard headed
Makin' a little jealous, ya know what I'm sayin'
Just like that, ya know, they try to bring you down with 'em
But yo Chuck, you gotta let 'em know who's who in the world of beat
You gotta let 'em know that this is the 80's
And we can get all the ladies
And in the backyard we got a fly Mercedes
And that's the way the story goes
That's just the way the story goes
So let me tell you a little somethin' man


Usually the sunrise is chasing me to work but was running late this morning and caught this shot. Then I got about 5 miles from home and realized I had forgotten my wallet and the keys to my office...fuck! Glad I got the shot.


I'm an asshole...and a lot of other things, but I don't need to be reminded of these obvious character flaws. I'm fucking trying man! Supposedly sometime in 1992, Beck was at Garden Weasel's show with Grimace and Muzza Chunka in Garberville California. It was Grimace's CD release party on Bongload Records, which, at that time, was also Muzza Chunka's and Beck's label. I have no recollection of getting to the show, playing the show, who was at the show and I have no clue how we got home. I do know it was the closest we got to playing outside Humboldt County. I was taking to Ed, our guitarist extraordinaire, and a hell of a human being, and we were jointly wondering why we never made the journey to the Bay Area...at least at the Gilman. It's not that we weren't a decent enough band to play down there. Between work, school, drinking and drugging, we were satisfied with just playing the local gigs and parties...shit we had something going on almost every weekend for two years. Anyway, I dig early Beck and it would have been nice to have met him.


RIP old farm truck, you served me well...


Grout really exploded when I left the band...should've stayed one more year in Humboldt...fuck, all I was doing was digging ditches in San Diego. Play this song fucking loud!


Mr. Pickles sez "sleep well" and if we wake up, we will strive to have a good day :)


1 comment:

  1. Don't feel too bad about her not listening. I remember me at 16, I didn't listen to anyone's advice, even the ones who were right. You might remember a blog thing I wrote at 14 where I called you and other bloggers old and wimped out (I still cringe whenever I think of it,) and all the comments telling me how I'd see the world differently. I dismissed them all as old fucks, but every comment was 100 percent right about me. Life is a learning process, and you can't force it. PS, that Grout song is so fun. I got a big truck, and I'm a big dick!

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