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Aftershock Aus - So This Is Vandalism Lyrics

[Interlude: KRS-One]
"We have, art, creativity, genuineness, authenticity
The youth today, the majority, are not seeking authenticity
Because the society in which they live doesn't ask them to be authentic
It asks them to be other people, to model roles"

[Verse 1: Mysc]
Okay, I get it now, so this is vandalism
A label handed to lost souls, abandoned kids and
At a distance, man, I hope the damage isn’t
Bad enough to tarnish a culture full of adolescents
Authorities hate us, wе know you curse us all
When we go and givе a soul to a perfect wall
Just poets at the bus stop
We're the ones our mothers told us all to watch for
Ain't nothing new to this music biz, just hooligans
Acting stupid it’s two percent ruining the image
Of what's true to us, the hip-hop purist is furious
Refusing to be judged on the view of them
It's amazing how art and crisis gels
Believe it or not, hip-hop's alive and well
The heart is beating strong, artists keeping on
You can't defeat us all, this is elitist thesis song
We are the reason beats are born
Screamin', "Freedom, release us, please, it's wrong"
The writers in the dark, yo, but it's art, bro
Did I make a mistake to do it? Man, **** **
[Chorus: Mysc]
So, so, so this is vandalism?
When people ignore the stories that the cans have written
When people start to look away when the dancers rip and
When people hate the poetry that the rappers give 'em
So, so, so this is vandalism?
When people ignore the stories that the cans have written
When people start to look away when the dancers rip and
When people hate the poetry that the rappers give 'em

[Verse 2: Smiley MC]
So is this lyrical vandalism I'm spitting?
I stand asking with two cans sitting in my hands, dripping
A bad bitten got the writers bugging addiction
I can spray a verse or surface with some mad writtens
A bad kid a bad influence they called me
In my defence striding step past those who came before me
A culture of millions, check the store selling it
And ask 'em how big business came from four elements
To hell with it, their opinions ain't even relevant
Ask why lyrics are always so prevalent
With negativity, energy, and rebellion
Yeah, walk in these shoes tell me how you feel in 'em? (Smiley)

[Verse 3: Intelekt]
I'll never stall for any chance I receive
Plans I've achieved, yeah it's a wall, but it's a canvas to me
It's a culture you don't happen see
Like there's no talent in battle emcees actually rappin' to beats
And if you hate it, I'll still offer to shake hands
It's not my fault you don't see art from this side of the spray can
But lately what's inside of the main plan
Is to make sweet breakbeats, spit rhymes and to break dance
It's a crew, not a gang, call it camaraderie
Quit writing the art off sampling off as a common robbery
It's what its got to be, old and new school
I'll never stop rhyming till the world calls this culture useful
[Verse 4: Verdikt]
So this is vandalism? Self-expression in the hand of fiction
Labelled unorthodox simply cause its an apparition
Why should you have permission to paint the sinister graves?
It's not as though you can turn a different page
And we bought these same streets that you pay
Gay police to parade and prevent pain while rapists reign supreme?
Its expression of speech in the art form of text
An emotional escape that can't be pronounced with breath
Lyrical breaks from metaphysical through visual
An interactive self expression gauged you on the spiritual
It's hypocritical you can't paint remembrance in light?
But advertise drugs well why? For pharmaceutical giants

[Chorus: Mysc]
So, so, so this is vandalism?
When people ignore the stories that the cans have written
When people start to look away when the dancers rip and
When people hate the poetry that the rappers give 'em
So, so, so this is vandalism?
When people ignore the stories that the cans have written
When people start to look away when the dancers rip and
When people hate the poetry that the rappers give 'em

[Verse 5: Blunt]
If this is vandalism so is propaganda given
To any man that's living battling on the average pittance
To any thinking it's true if its on television
Simply cause they can't be fucked getting a second opinion
Suits sit on the balcony, you don't understand the rhythm
Don't know the pain when the flesh is weak but the hands are willing
Goddamn the system man I back the villain
And I'll take the stand for millions if it means more than scraps for children
'Cause to me, Hip Hop is bubble and squeak
We take the leftovers and turn it into something unique
I see the lower class groping shards of broken glass
How longs this turmoil over soil supposed to last?
I dunno about you but if I don't know I ask
Never ask about the weather Ha it's always overcast
There's more to this than multies, gold teeth or roasting beef
It's for the blokes on these cold streets with no release
It's all the cents I've spent on rent to own beats
And it's Mysc making hunger his swag and won't eat
But I'm still stealing clothes out the Good Sammy bins and
I know what it's like to have your art called vandalism
[Chorus: Mysc]
So, so, so this is vandalism?
When people ignore the stories that the cans have written
When people start to look away when the dancers rip and
When people hate the poetry that the rappers give 'em
So, so, so this is vandalism?
When people ignore the stories that the cans have written
When people start to look away when the dancers rip and
When people hate the poetry that the rappers give 'em

[Outro: Blunt]
That’s right, Aftershock motherfucker
Shoutouts to Sound Magnetics
Shoutouts to the Western Coalition, Down South Crew, fuckin’ 32 Crew
SBX, all you motherfuckers in Perth
Hunter, FreakStyles
Motherfuckin’ Psych Ward, Sever, Complete, Defekt
You motherfuckers know who you are
Figure this is vandalism
Ain’t no such thing as good or bad, it’s just taste in a pill
Perth city, cunt