lirik lagu jack rootes – old friend
[intro]
(~the sound of a radio being tuned is heard before a speech is heard.~)
sampled speech: “everywhere, everywhere around us, yeah there’s greed out there, there’s lots of greed out there! all of us as people, every single one of us needs on this earth. you really think on this earth right now we need people out there being unholy? we need our holy system, we need theology, we need the light mate, we need substantial stuff. we need potential, being built. in all of us, we need the light.”
(~the word “light” echoes as the instrumental starts~)
jack: “yeah. this next song… is based on a true story.”
[verse 1]
he used to live so free
only 2 months, younger than me
young man full of potential
wise words, almost presidential
his soul was full of brightness
rapping ’bout what he believed righteous
i could swear his talent was god given
fusing real talk with praise from his religion
held onto his belief with no apology
believed the world needed some theology
and the people within weren’t alright
until the day that they saw the light
society has troubles man, fistful
and that people act so sinful
while the poor begged the rich to “feed us”
so we’ll all be saved by our lord jesus
that’s what he’d say
as we made music nearly every day
a smart, kind and handsome young man
the closest i had to a second dan
was close to his words like an apostle
little bit of hip hop, little bit of gospel
but who knew ’bout all the things he’d say
when the weather and the temperature changed?
[hook]
see, i thought we could make something beautiful
so to watch you fall apart was just so awful
the devil must’ve found his way to your brain
and was slowly making your thoughts insane
but now i see that i should just walk away
’cause you’ve turned your back on your own god d~mn faith
it hurts so bad knowin’ this is how it ends
maybe you’ll change, but ’till then, it’s goodbye, my old friend
[verse 2]
he spoke of others like they were heathens
knowing that he had his own demons
he had the light all up in his life
with lucifer’s white powder on the side
he’d jump from project to project
no backup plan, if i’m really honest
even when i told him faith wasn’t for me
he still tried to change what i believed
making wrong choices, living a fable
cocaine making his brain unstable
i even wrote him a little song
but it didn’t shake him up for long
he only sat and spoke the bible
as he claimed i was suicidal
claimed to be sin free, views the heaviest
committing 6 of the 7 deadliest!
by december, things had gotten worse
adhd & coke: such a rotten curse
a man who’s religion made him a peacenik
was now a bitter, corrupt lunatic
was horrified at how this was ending
this wasn’t the man i became friends with!
but i had to walk away from his stormy days
when he sent threats of violence my way
[hook]
[verse 3]
now it’s been a week later
i don’t mean to sound like a hater
but i’m saying now you need help
with your music, i still wish you well
i know you want your name in the limelight
so i’m just trying to be polite
when i say your ways need to stop
listen to me, give the cocaine a drop!
before you end up dead or in jail
as another youth whose plans had failed
’cause it’s been too long that i’ve been idle
i see you broken, but you’re in denial
either that or trying to downplay
your addiction and sinful ways
wish i could get deep inside your head
to understand why you’re like this instead~
of making blind assumptions
on why you’re being so self~destructive
without declaring a diss track war
is it the drugs, your mind or is it more?
all that cocaine, you need to quit it
and if you’re jealous, then just admit it
otherwise, our working force is through
’cause if anyone needs the light now, it’s you
[hook]
[outro]
speech (continued): “you can’t just go on for the rest of your life, without love, doing this in our studio. you need love! where…. what are we gonna do? we’re gonna build that love if we can, if they let it happen! we’ll push our foot down.”
(the words “foot down” echoes and once the echo can no longer be heard, the song ends.)
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