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Working in a Dream

from Mokabe's Mixxx by Rooster

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This is a track i sampled from The Naked and Famous song, "Punching in a Dream" which i know i've heard on the Pandora at work before, and i threw in these old samples i had from a 1966 movie called "To Speak or Not to Speak" saying "WORK" and "You are and Anarchist" and weird shit. that Dr. Dre sample kinda refers to how John, Reeny and i are always rollin through there and we been listenin to 104.1 hella loud.

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"i go out walkin, after midnight"
so skinny, i might snap in two
and i don't even know who i'm rappin to
but honey, i ain't really got not money
how bout a head start? you could take off running
grrrl, i don't need to be the geek in yr life
but i'll give ya the best freakin week of yr life
and where the hell is jeebus? the meek are in strife
i think there's a leak in the pipes
but we look nice
notta fan of that Hannah Montana, but i'm white
tall, skinny redhead in tights, and i hate to say it, but i'm just yr type
grrrl, i don't need to be the geek in yr life
but i'll give ya the best freakin week of yr life

my one homie calls it smokabeez
my other homie tells you a joke for free
i remember the first time Mo spoke to me
prolly went home and smoked some some some

something to hold, or someone to hug?
got hips to shake, and shoulders to shrug
angry coffee served with a mean mug
sacks to the helmet, call me T-Suggs
the champs of the amps, diggin through samples
in a B-Boy stance wit 2 hands on the handle
drinkin down sorrow
same thing tomorrow
holdin food court
call me sbarro
pizzas and pastas, wheezin like rastas, i get it free, for you it'll cost ya
maybe 5 bucks, shit out of luck, yeah we stick up cuz we feel kinda stuck. givin two fucks, one's for my fam, another's for friends
do you know who i am?
i think ya kinda do
i'm that guy in the back in tights
i work here
you mighta seen me on okcupid
"lame i frequent the blocks that i'm known to rock, you hear the b@ss from the trunk when i'm on the block"

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from Mokabe's Mixxx, released February 11, 2014
Patsy Klein, Dr. Dre LLC, Naked and Famous, Rooster, Rooster, Rooster, Mokabeez

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Rooster Jake Cohen performed solo as Barely Free in a set of the sort of music he might have as part of the beat for the hip- hop version of the outfit. And there was something great about seeing a guy wearing a Larry Bird jersey, a Moog hat, jean shorts and oddly patterned leggings manipulating samples, operating what looked like a modular synth and otherwise creating noisy yet melodic atmospheres ... more

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