making marks

Aladdin lets em know how it was

aladdinsongs:

Next track from the Dusk Warrior takes. Again, this recording is probably just over a year old (these were the last songs I wrote at Purchase). 

Where We Were

When we lived in the city 
my brother and I
we used to peruse 
for cool shit under bridges
we wore shoes 
after Orph stepped on glass he got stitches
but we moved
to the county with big yards and rich kids

(where we were)

prone to be thrust into 
poorly considered conditions   
consequential of our own decisions
through boredom
recording the course of 
destroying adornments
your lawn gnome our target 
with sling shots
and rocks it 
cracks and it shatters 
misfortune for laughter

and we steel away on our razors 
engage warp speeds 
on cement lanes in parks 
and paved back alley ways   

(where we were)
trying to find trouble 
trying, finding trouble
trying finding hiding
from trouble for the
crimes we committed
to humble the suburbs

John Wood 
jump kicked 
a snowman
but he didn’t know man
about the tree underneath
he learned not to put much stock in what he believes
(it accounts for just a fraction of that 
which remains as of yet to be seen)
and what does it mean to write Krisp on the bricks?
to deface a facade with a tag and a quip?

DUDE - I heard ‘Krisp’ means something. 

i only took paint-can in hand for one hit
at a school by the racetracks near Daniel Levin

(where we were)

trying to find trouble 
trying, finding trouble
trying finding hiding
from trouble for the
crimes we committed
to humble the suburbs

Stoneleigh Elementary construction
ladder up to the roof
christmas bulbs pop like firecrackers
shoot ‘em at the neighbors when we’re in the mood

we can get this party goin’
we can get this window open
do you see anybody coming now?
do you see anybody coming now?

(in times of human boredom
thrills are cheap
I can identify with that
cuz I was raised on the streets)