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The Honey (feat. Schaffer the Darklord & The Rhombus)

from The Honey by Coolzey

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When 'The Honey' started to come together conceptually for me, it was because of this track. I really loved this beat, and Cody was working on a instrumental mash-up of it for a new Warmheads album. I was at his apartment in San Francisco and when he played it for me I realized that I had to rap on it. Cody aka the Rhombus clinched the song with his visionary chorus and swooping keyboards. I was originally talking with Pigeon John about getting him on this, but I naturally adjusted to Schaffer the Darklord when PJ stopped communicating with me. Mark absolutely nailed the feeling of the song.

The sample at the beginning says "I will return. I'll return. I'll come back for the honey, and y-" To me this is the perfect poetic representation of my world-view. The Honey is why we choose to descend from godhood and return for a duration as humans. It is to experience, to enjoy, to love, to hate, to eat, to fuck, to fight, to smell, to hear, to see, to live, and to die. For pleasure and pain. This is the feeling I was going for.

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Let's take it back one more time
Let's do it again
I'm so sick of people sitting around remembering when
Why can't we do it again
Give me one reason why
You gonna sit and reminisce until the day you die
Why did you stop
Did you get scared
Did you feel like you were the only one who cared
Well I'm here to tell you that I'm here to help you
See that every single minute that you're living is new

Inhale the crisp clean January air
And quit swatting at the flies
They aren't there
Shake yourself loose
I know that blank stare came from getting hurt
And now you're afraid to care
Remember when you ventured to the dragon's lair
Tried to snatch the jewels and be a dragon slayer
I love you for that and you know I don't care
Whether or not you got the key from the mayor
I know you tried real hard to be a taxpayer
Until you realized that that shit wasn't fair
Decided that you no longer would be a player
Support the greedy bastards who don't know how to share
So you said fuck it
Two tears in a bucket
Pass me the ball I'm gonna run it and tuck it
Bust through the scrimmage line
I'm not about getting mine because life is a cartoon
Word to Roy Lichtenstein

Take off all your clothes
Sneak into a boat
Sail to Africa
Sail

Back behind a broken down galleon I found you
Head full of valium, Stella, and nostalgia
With a calendar counting down and tallying
Waiting for a song when the album wasn't out yet
Rapscallion silly-dilly-dallying
Couldn't do the show because you were late for the sound check
Sometimes you like to act like nothing matters
Hollering 'Forget about it' but you aren't even Italian
You could have been valiant
Mounted on a stallion advancing on a palace on the top of that mountain
A paladin assassin mighty like a falcon dressed in medals and medallions
But now you wallow in the hollowness of sadness
Latched on to past times or that haven't happened
Heart full of malice bad or badly calloused
Life is a party jam not some sappy ballad man

One more time let's do it again
Every moment's in the middle
No beginning or end
No yesterday no tomorrow only this instant
Spoon it up like honey drizzle it upon your biscuit
There are two meanings of the word present
Today is a gift so go ahead and get it and open it
It's for you
I'm hoping it'll show you that every single minute that you're living is new.

Take off all your clothes
Sneak into a boat
Sail to Africa
Sail

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from The Honey, released January 29, 2010
Coolzey - MPC-1000 and Vocals
Schaffer the Darklord - Vocals
Rhombus - Keyboards and Vocals

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Coolzey Fairfield, Iowa

Golden era hip-hop roots planted in black Iowa dirt are the foundation. Growth tempered by alternative era rock influence. This along with a love for the juxtaposition of the dark, horrific nature of life paired with a slapstick and comedic view of the world allow for a wide, unpredictable arsenal ranging from soul-spilling indie bedroom rock to wise-cracking battle rap and on to radio pop. ... more

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