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Ya'llAin'tGottaLieToKickIt

from I've Been Meaning To Write The Meaning Of Life by Happy Tooth

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about

I love the phonetics of the phrase "ya'll ain't gotta lie to kick it."
It's like my own personal version of the phrase "cellar door" in my head.
But this one is straightforward.
It's about how it seems to be human nature to lie
no matter how virtuous you claim to be,
or how big or small the lie is.
The truth will set you free kids!

lyrics

Yo, everybody's two-faced.
Every day is doomsday.
Showin up too late,
yellin out the truth's fake.
I wanna run like hell from myself.
I've got way too many lies
I'd love to tell.
Some fib for profit,
others spew it from a bored face.
Some just do it to be ruthless.
And ruin your day.

(Chorus)
Lie to me,
like I've never needed eyes to see.
Lie to me,
like we're gonna leave alive and free.
Lie to me,
it's my psychiatry to fight then grieve.
Lie to me,
like you mean it.
Lie to me.

Talk is cheap.
Unless you got a beat.
The colony won't follow me.
I'm all apologies.
Somethin bout hypocrisy
caused us to not agree.
Lost at sea.
Swimming with my toxic tongue.
Put all the sheep to sleep
for cheap in weeks
we got it done.
A lie leads to three
and now we're all in too deep.
Nobody taught the flock
to stop and think before they speak.
And lose sleep.
What should I even say?
This problems pathological.
To tell the truth is honorable.
But we won't that's impossible.
Little white lies,
lead to fickle white lines.
Drawing riddle like rhymes
around the place where I'll die.
This hopeless poet only wanted honestly.
Won't tell you what I actually think
but nothing's stopping me.

(Chorus)

Lie to me.
Lie.

(Sample)
"Don't go away.
I haven't moved.
Tell me something nice.
Sure, what do you wanna hear?
Lie to me."

Ya'll ain't gotta lie to kick it.

credits

from I've Been Meaning To Write The Meaning Of Life, released October 1, 2018
Sample's from "Johnny Guitar."
All lyrics by Happy Tooth except for Bum Theory vocals.
Beat produced by Bum Theory.
Mixed by Ryan Liptak.
Mastered by Mark Abrams.

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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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