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Beat by Graham O' Brian from his album, "Live Drums."
Lyrics by Happy Tooth.

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Where I come from
nobody tempts fate.
But when the rents raised
we all wanna escape.
Lately it seems like they'd like to break me.
Until the day I'm eighty,
I'll be the way they made me.
Not like they used to,
but used to the loose tooth
falling out of our mouths until the cops shoot through.
The barricade our parents made is crumbling slowly.
Gentrified.
Sent to die.
Nothing to show me.
Out of work and pushed
to the outskirts of the city.
Clouded words and sounds emerge.
Drowning us in pity.
So quickly,
build a wall and start a war.
Swiftly,
kill em all.
It's our reward.
A carnivore
never questions the next hunt.
They step up
either have the best luck or get stuck.
Fed dust, some smoke and some steam.
More loved ones left to choke in the street.
So don't intervene
all of this is progressive.
There's no industry that's calling this defective.
Perfect it.
It's all foreclosure.
So call it so pure.
No sir
I didn't even know I was speeding.
I was retreating from a self-defeating meaning
this evening.
Now each thing is a little more magnified.
The gratified had to lie and now no one is satisfied.
I didn't go to work but I needed the money.
They didn't own the dirt and now they're billing me monthly.
I didn't go to work but I really needed the money.
They don't own the dirt and what they're building is ugly.
I didn't go to work but I really needed the money.
I don't own the dirt and now they're billing me monthly.
I didn't go to work because they keep stealing from me.
They don't own the dirt
and what they're building
is ugly.
What they're building is ugly.

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from Love Songs For People That Don't Love Themselves, released November 19, 2016

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"Both Happy Tooth and BDotJeff spoke to the idea that music can be therapeutic, and writing and recording is now less about reaching a larger audience than steadying the turmoil within. “You do start to question your own motivations, like, why am I doing this?” Happy Tooth said. “And I’ve realized that I love the art, and I have to make it because deep down it makes me feel better.” - MatterNews ... more

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