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B i o g r a p h y Thievery Corporation make abstract, instrumental, mid-tempo dance music somewhere between trip-hop and acid jazz. The production duo of Rob Garza and Eric Hilton, Thievery Corporation released a few warmly received singles on their own Eighteenth Street Lounge (ESL) label (named for their Washington, D.C. bar and nightclub) in 1996. Previously known primarily among acid jazz and rare-groove DJs, the group shot to minor celebrity when a track from one of their early 12"'s appeared on respected DJ/producers Kruder & Dorfmeister's mix session for Studio K7's DJ Kicks series. Similar in many respects (and more than just number) to that Viennese production duo, Thievery Corporation subsequently grew in popularity among a wider audience of DJs and headphonaunts. Their debut full-length appeared in 1997, along with a compilation of Washington, D.C.-based electronica artists, Dubbed Out in DC (both on ESL). After 4AD signed the duo they began work on their second LP but were forced to postpone the release date after tapes were stolen in a mugging. The stopgap remix compilation Abductions & Reconstructions was released in 1999, and their second proper album The Mirror Conspiracy followed a year later. Their growing fame made them a natural to select tracks for the 2001 Verve compilation Sounds From the Verve Hi-Fi, and one year later, the duo returned with a third production LP, The Richest Man in Babylon. The mix album Outernational Sound and remix EP Babylon Rewound appeared in 2004. The Cosmic Game from 2005 featured guest vocalists Perry Farrell, the Flaming Lips' Wayne Coyne, and David Byrne. |
Sounds from the Thievery Hi-Fi - 1997 - A warning ( Instrumental ) 2001 spliff odyssey ( Instrumental ) Shaolin satellite ( Instrumental ) Transcendence ( Instrumental ) Universal highness ( Instrumental ) Incident at gate 7 ( Instrumental ) Manhã Scene at the open air market ( Instrumental ) The glass bead game ( Instrumental ) Encounter bahia ( Instrumental ) The foundation ( Instrumental ) Interlude ( Instrumental ) The oscillator ( Instrumental ) Assault on babylon  38.45 One ( Instrumental ) |
Abductions And Reconstructions - 1999 -
Dance On Vaseline - David Byrne |
The Mirror Conspiracy - 2000 - Treasures ( Instrumental ) Le Monde Indra ( Instrumental ) Lebanese Blonde Focus On Sight Air Batucada (Instrumental) Só Com Você Samba Tranquille ( Instrumental ) Shadows Of Ourselves The Hong Kong Triad ( Instrumental ) Illumination ( Instrumental ) The Mirror Conspiracy Tomorrow Lebanese Blonde ( French Version ) |
The Richest Man In Babylon - 2002 -
Heavens
Gonna Burn Your Eyes |
Cosmic Game - 2005 -
Marching the Hate Machines |
Radio Retaliation - 2008-09-23 - Sound The Alarm Mandala ( Instrumental ) Radio Retaliation Vampires Hare Krisna El Pueblo Unido 33 Degree The Forgotten People ( Instrumental ) Beautiful Drug La Femme Parallel Retaliation Suite The Numbers Game The Shining Path ( Instrumental ) Blasting Through the City Sweet Tides |
Culture of fear - 2011-06-28 - Web of Deception Culture of Fear Take My Soul Light Flares ( Instrumental ) Stargazer Where It All Starts Tower Seven ( Instrumental ) Is It Over False Flag Dub Safar (The Journey) Fragments ( Instrumental ) Overstand Free |
Sounds from the Thievery Hi-Fi
Manhã
Tão bonita manhã *
Tão bonita manhã
Tão bonita manhã
Manhã
Tão bonita manhã
Tão bonita manhã
Tão bonita manhã
Manhã
Tão bonita manhã
Tão bonita manhã
Tão bonita manhã
Manhã
Tão bonita manhã
Tão bonita manhã
Tão bonita manhã
Tão bonita... x10
* ( Such a beautiful morning )
*** Thanx a lot to Márcio for this one ***
( David Byrne )
I'm taking back the knowledge
I'm taking back the gentleness
I'm taking back the ritual
I'm giving in to sweetness
I'm taking back the knowledge
I'm taking back the gentleness
I'm taking back the ritual
I'm giving in to sweetness
And I'm tripping out working on a
revolution
Don't let the day begin
And I'm working out time to time for evolutionn
Don't let the music in
Come preacherman, shoot me with your
poisoned arrow
But I dance on Vaseline
And I'm tripping out working on a revolution
You don't let the music in
And I'm tripping out working on a
revolution
Don't let the day begin
And I'm working out time to time for evolutionn
Don't let the music in
Come preacherman, shoot me with your
poisoned arrow
But I dance on Vaseline
And I'm tripping out working on a revolution
You don't let the music in
(Waldeck)
Don't wanna be
Don't wanna be
Alone and defenceless
Don't wanna be
Don't wanna be
Alone and defenceless
Don't wanna be
Don't wanna be
Alone and defenceless
Don't wanna be
Don't wanna be
Alone and defenceless
Every now and then when i see you
There seems to be no measure of time
I can't make you feel the way that I do
Still I won't be giving up on you
Don't wanna be
Alone and defenceless
Don't wanna be
Alone and defenceless
Don't wanna be
Alone and defenceless
Don't wanna be
Alone and defenceless
Every now and then when i see you
There seems to be no measure of time
I can't make you feel the way that I do
Still I won't be giving up on you
Don't wanna be
Alone and defenceless
Don't wanna be
Alone and defenceless
Don't wanna be
Alone and defenceless
Don't wanna be
Alone and defenceless
My feelings run deeper and meet the eye
Don't wanna be
Alone and defenceless
Don't wanna be
Alone and defenceless
Don't wanna be
Alone and defenceless
Don't wanna be
Alone and defenceless ...
*** Thanx a a lot to Laurenz for this one ***
This strange
effect
( Hooverphonic )
You've got this strange effect on me
And I like it
You've got this strange effect on me
And I like it
You make my world in white
You make my darkness bright, oh yes
You've got this strange effect on me
And I like it
And I like the way you kiss me
Don't know if I should
But this feeling it's love and I know it
That's why I feel good
You've got this strange effect on me
And I like it
You've got this strange effect on me
And I like it
You've got this strange effect on me
And I like it
You've got this strange effect on me
And I like it
You make my world in white
You make my darkness bright, oh yes
You've got this strange effect on me
And I like it
And I like the way you kiss me
Don't know if I should
But this feeling it's love and I know it
That's why I feel good
You've got this strange effect on
me
And I like it
You've got this strange effect on me
And I like it
You've got this strange effect on me
And I like it, and I like it
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Le
monde Je pense bien que le monde est calculé *** Thanx a lot to Garbit who corrected some mistakes *** |
Lou Lou : *** Thanx a lot to Liz for this translation *** |
Lebanese
Blonde
Pam Bricker :
Too low to find my way
Too high to wonder why
I've touched this place before
Somewhere in another time
Now I can hear the sun
The clouds drifting through the blinds
A half a million thoughts
Are flowing through my mind
A satellite recalled your voice
Sent me round the world again
All the night you've dreamt away
Sent me round my heart again
One touch upon my lips
And all my thoughts are clear
I feel your smoky mist
Up to the stratosphere
Did you notify my way
To hide a wonder why
I've touched this place before,
So we're in another time
Now I can hear the sound
The clouds drifting through the blidge
A half a million thoughts
Are flowing through my mind
Did you notify my way
To hide a wonder why
I've touched this place before,
So we're in another time
Now I can hear the sound
The clouds drifting through the blidge
A half a million thoughts
Are flowing through my mind
*** Thanx a lot to Klonas & Katherina for this one ***
Line up the targets, focus on sight
Straight to the center, infrared light...
Line up the targets, focus on sight
Straight to the center, infrared light...
Line up the targets, focus on sight
Straight to the center, infrared light...
Line up the targets, focus on sight
Straight to the center, infrared light...
*** Thanx a lot to Klonas for this one ***
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Bebel Gilberto :
Só pra saber *** Thanx a lot to Leandro for this one *** |
Only With You
Bebel Gilberto : *** Thanx a lot to Márcio & Ricardo for this translation *** |
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Lou Lou : |
Lou Lou : *** Thanx a lot to Liz for this translation *** |
Pam Bricker :
What I did here
Is in the past
How could we see
We'd never last
And time will tell
when you're all lies
And now the truth
Is your demise
All my hurt
All of your tears
Our whole world
Smoke and mirrors
All my hurt
All of your tears
Our whole world
Smoke and mirrors
You hid yourself
In wandered eyes
But now I see
Through your disguise
From where I stand
A lovely view
Your world unwinds
You come unglued
All my hurt
All of your tears
Our whole world
Smoke and mirrors
All my hurt
All of your tears
Our whole world
Smoke and mirrors
*** Thanx a lot to Klonas & Warren & Kially for this one ***
Remember there's always tomorrow
Remember there's always tomorrow
Remember there's always tomorrow ...
Do you applaud fear
Do you hold it near
Are you afraid to live your life
The way I perceive
In my arms I’ll catch you
Do you mind If I always love you
Heaven’s gonna burn your eyes
You’ll see
In my dream I’ll catch you
Into my arms I’ll catch you
Do you mind if I always love you
Heaven’s gonna burn your eyes
*** Thanx a lot to Richie for this one ***
Jah Rastafari
One heart
One love
One moon
One earth
One light
The almighty
Jah Rastafari
Unfathomable
Master builder of creastion
Jah rastafari
Who stands to rule and reign worldwide
Ras mean king
Tafari mean head creator
Supreme supremacy
Ruler among the mighty
He touched and lightning scorched
Rebuked the wind
And chastised thunder
The almighty
Him alone the only international field marshal
Helaie-I Selasie
*** Thanx a lot to Richie for this one ***
Day by Day, people get sick of one
another
Day by day, people chase each other away
I chose solitude
For I lost faith in my world
I had dreams of peace
How simple hearted was i
Day by day, people get sick of one another
Day by day, people chase each other away
Omid do what is in your power
To save us from all this pain
Forbid our lives to go by
So fast and abruptly
Without true love and happiness
Day by Day, people get sick of one another
Day by day, people chase each other away
*** Thanx a lot to Richie for this one ***
PS. This song called Omid
(Hope) is in Farsi (Persian).
I thought it might be interesting to put original lyric there.
So Kaveh Ahmadi wrote the lyric in Farsi words (but in English Alphabets)
below :
Farsi (Persian) text of Omid by Kamyar
Rooz be rooz a'damha, (x4)
Az ham dige sir mishan,
Az ham dige ghar mikonan,
Rooz be rooz a'damha,(x2)
Man az ha'meh joda shodam,
Az in donya bizaar shodam,
A'rezoie Solh dashtam,
Che ghadr sadeh del boodam,(x2)
A'rezoie Solh dashtam,
Che ghadr sadeh del boodam, (x2)
Rooz be rooz a'damha(x4),
Az ham dige sir mishan,
Az ham dige ghar mikonan,
Rooz be rooz a'damha, (x2)
Bia Omid kari bokon,
Chareye dard ha ro kon,
Nazar ke zendegi, Saree o tond tamoom beshe, (x2)
Bedoon eshgh o shaadi, (x2)
Rooz be rooz a'damha, (x4)
Az ham dige sir mishan,
Az ham dige ghar mikonan,
Rooz be rooz a'damha, (x2)
Pam Bricker :
Everything that's real
And everything unrealized
All infinity
Starts falling from your eyes
We are fluid dreams
Vivid memories
All uncertainly
Leads to eternity
All that we perceive
In every mystery
Who are we
What we see
I can't comprehend
Who are we
What we see
I can't comprehend
Illuminating love falls from the skies
To water the illusions in our eyes
All that we desire and all we fear
All our aspirations grow unclear
We feel endlessly
Beyond all gravity
Who are we
What we see
I can't comprehend
Wo are we
What we see
I can't comprehend
*** Thanx a lot to Vlan for this one ***
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Loulou : Couleur de vie, couleur de joie Vis ta vie, elle est si belle Couleur de vie, couleur de joie Vis ta vie, elle est si belle *** Thanx a lot to Vlan for this one *** |
A Simple Story Loulou :
Colour of life, colour of joy
Live your life, it is so beautiful
Colour of life, colour of joy
Live your life, it is so beautiful *** Thanx a lot to Liz for this translation *** |
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Patrik De Santos : Eu vou sem nenhuma direção, |
My Destiny Patrik De Santos : I go without a direction, *** Thanx a lot to Márcio for this translation *** |
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Verny Varela: |
Verny Varela: Come come, come come, come
come to enjoy *** Thanx a lot to Cristhian for this translation *** |
Notch :
There is no quidance in your kingdom
Your wicked walk in Babylon
There is no wisdom to your freedom
The richest man in babylon
Your beggars sleep outside your
doorway
Your prophets leave to wonder on
You fall asleep at night with worry
The saddest man in Babylon
The wicked stench of exploitation
Hangs in the air and lingers on
Beneath the praise and admiration
The weakest man in Babylon
There is no hope left in your
kingdom
Your servants have burned all their songs
Nobody here remembers freedom
The richest man in Babylon
Si la lou babylon go 'dain
Babylon gon' be rich again
But to we don' sick again
But no we no weak again
Babyloooon on on on on
(Rasta scat)
Sal la lou ca uba whoa
Si la douba douba do wa bay
??
Si la loo babylon come 'round
You better know you better understand
'Fact you know you better hear what they say
Babylon this is your final day
Babylon this is your final call
Read the writin' it's on the wall
Said United we stand
And together we fall
And if I know that
You're not 'gon catch me in a rat pack
We not go fallin' on your death trap
No way...
Whoooooa oh oh oh oh whoa oh who oh oh
Whooooooa oh oh oh
Whoa oh oh o oh
*** Thanx a lot to Vlan & Brian for this one ***
Sleepywonder and shinehead :
The people live in misery
Govemment a work
But govemment them is a monckery
Respect to the youths
Whether in front and all dem a back a me
Why don't you treat them the way you should
And I know all the things you hide
Even though it's a good disguise
And we see all the things you do
And what you do will comeback on you
You think we can't fight what the eyes can't see
Because we are blinded by poverty
The people live in misery
Govemment a work
But govemment them is a monckery
Respect to the youths
Whether in front and all dem a back a me
Why don't you treat them the way you should
The people live in misery
Govemment a work
But govemment them is a monckery
Respect to the youths
Whether in front and all dem a back a me
Why don't you treat them the way you should
It's like the people you want them to rebel
And fire gunshots and burn buildings to hell
And after that you a go want treat me well
It's like you have the people under a spell
Talking to the people in a congress
A we vote you in, so you must put out your best
After all we no in a contest
It's the state of the union address
The people live in misery
Govemment a work
But govemment them is a monckery
Respect to the youths
Whether in front and all dem a back a me
Why don't you treat them the way you should
The people live in misery
Govemment a work
But govemment them is a monckery
Respect to the youths
Whether in front and all dem a back a me
Why don't you treat them the way you should
Broadcasting lies on the television sreen
Trying to get us hooked on your american dream
We up on your games if you know wha me mean
When you cheated on your wife with your money and your schemes
People rule and a that you fi follow
We and nuh no call me no nigga
Do a good term and you deserve another
Signed musically yours, the general sleepywonder
The people live in misery
Govemment a work
But govemment them is a monckery
Respect to the youths
Whether in front and all dem a back a me
Why don't you treat them the way you should
The people live in misery
Govemment a work
But govemment them is a monckery
Respect to the youths
Whether in front and all dem a back a me
Why don't you treat them the way you should
*** Thanx a lot to
Vlan for this one ***
Until the Morning
I keep on fear, keep on loathing
Nothing brings it on I keep on falling
Decide what it is I can not find
It's subsides what you make it
Never feel like you're gonna break it
It's gonna be alright alright
Sleep until the morning comes
The sun will warm your soul
Sleep until the morning comes for you
Til the morning it's alright
I can walk into the sunlight, into the day, into the day, to the day
I feel it falling, nothing comes to my mind
Bring it on in a different tide
I feel alright, alright
I feel strong, i feel rigid
It's nothing to do with the vision
Oh feels so right, so right
Sleep on tight, sleep on tight
Sleep until the sunlight
Sleep until sunlight
Sleep on tight
Sleep on tight
Sleep on tight
Sleep on tight, til the sunlight
Sleep on tight, til the sunlight burns you happy
Til the sunlight burns you happy, till the sunlight burns a happy whole in
Your heart,
In your heart
In your heart...
*** Thanx a lot to Julie for this one ***
Well let's start by
Making it clear
Who is the enemy, here
And we'll show them
That it's not them
Who is superior
So let's start by
Making it clear
Who is the enemy, here
And we'll show them
That it's not them
Who is superior
It's gonna be bad
It's gonna be wrong
It's gonna feel good
Marching the hate machines into the sun
Marching the hate machines into the sun
We'll let's start by
Making it clear
Who is the enemy, here
And we'll show them
That it's not them
Who is superior
Marching the hate machines into the sun
Marching the hate machines into the sun
Marching the hate machines into the sun
Marching the hate machines into the sun
*** Thanx a lot to Eric & Zuk & Eric for this one ***
Warning Shots
They try their best just to mash up the resistance
Warning shots and sirens from a distance
Riot gear and barricade for an instance
And the words from mi mouth, mi nuh response
Hollywood sending signals of destruction
Stereotype the ghetto youths as the bad man
Overcome the rough times and we grow strong
Step up in a life, now them want to shake we hand
We are eternal, made of the creator
Won’t fall to the soul-less devastators
Divide and conquer, and try to separate us
Up to this day, them still try fi rape us
...
*** Thanx a lot to Kristina & Zuk for this one ***
Revolution Solution
Oh
I’ve hoped for comfort
But I’ve never felt too safe
And in this hard life
I’ve had to navigate through
Unexhausted
Has been my virtue
Oh
I’ve hoped for comfort
But I’ve never felt too safe
And in this hard life
I’ve had to navigate through
Unexhausted
Has been my virtue
They set themselves against I
They set my pride on fire
Phoenix always rises high
Rebel crusader
Driven to decisions
They trapped me into
The Revolution Solution
Oh
I’ve come to join you
Oh
I’ve hoped for comfort
But I’ve never felt too safe
And in this hard life
I’ve had to navigate through
Unexhausted
Has been my virtue
Oh
I’ve hoped for comfort
But I’ve never felt too safe
And in this hard life
I’ve had to navigate through
Unexhausted
Has been my virtue
The paradox of poverty
Has left us dismayed
Sliding democracy
Washing away
The toil of the many goes
To the fortunate few
The Revolution Solution
Oh I’ve come to join you
The toil of the many goes
To the fortunate few
The Revolution Solution
Oh I’ve come to join you
*** Thanx a lot to Kristina & Eric for this one ***
Satyam Shivam Sundaram
Ishwar satya hai
Satya hi Shiv hai
Shiv hi sundar hai
Jaago uth kar dekho
Ek soorya hai, ek gagan hai, ek hi dharti mata
Dayaa karo Prabhu, ek bane sab
Dayaa kare Prabhu, ek bane sab
Sab ka ek se naata
Satyam Shivam sundaram, satyam Shivam sundaram
Raam avadh mein, kaashi mein Shiv kanhaa vrindaavan mein
Dayaa karo Prabhu, dekho inko
Dayaa karp Prabhu, dekho inko
Har ghar ke aangan mein
Satyam Shivam sundaram, stayam Shivam sundaram
Jaago uth kar dekho
Jaago uth kar dekho
Jaago uth kar dekho
Jaago uth kar dekho
Satyam Shivam sundaram, satyam Shivam sundaram
*** Thanx a lot to Kristina for this one ***
Amerimacka
Miss Liberty turn inna Jezzabelle
All de dreams you go sell, de whole dem turn inna hell
Her bed of roses are filled with thorns
Her righteous robes are tattered and torn
If she had only stood for love
That would have been enough
She wouldn’t have to hide her shame
If she had only stood for love
That would have been enough
But now she’s burnt us all with her flames
Amerimacka
Oh what a beautiful life
Amerimacka
Is like licking honey off a knife
Amerimacka
Oh what a beautiful sight
Amerimacka
Oh what a beautiful life
The land of the free built on slavery
Our consciousness in captivity
The promise land is the liar’s den
Your culture of greed has got to end
Now we’re laying in the mud
Looking up above
Tear water just ah drop from the sky
They try to keep us in the mud
Separating us from love
But me nah go let dem conquer de I
Amerimacka
Oh what a beautiful life
Amerimacka
Is like licking honey off a knife
Amerimacka
Oh what a beautiful sight
Amerimacka
Oh what a beautiful life
...
*** Thanx a lot to Kristina & Eric for this one ***
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Vernu Varela : Amor, no tengas miedo, amor La vida es dura pero no es cruel No creas todo lo que tú ves Que sólo miedo quieren meter Mi amor me dice qué debo hacer Muchas preguntas sin responder La vida nos pone pruebas Yo sólo se... Todo es producto de un ambición Que nunca se saciará Y si las cosas van mal No pierdas nunca tu fé Después de la tormenta viene la calma, tú ves Detrás de esa oscuridad Siempre hay una claridad, Esa luz de esperanza que siempre está No dejes que la intranquilidad Te quite el sueno, tu libertad, La vida tiene que continuar Lo que pasará, sólo Él sabrá Mi amor me dice cambia ese canal Muchas tragedias he visto ya Y la verdad no aparece ¿Dónde estará? Todo es producto de un ambición Que nunca se saciará Y si las cosas van mal No pierdas nunca tu fé Después de la tormenta viene la calma, tú ves... Detrás de esa oscuridad Siempre hay una claridad, Esa luz de esperanza que siempre está |
Translation by Corqsan : Love, don't be afraid, love Life is tough but it's not cruel Don't believe everything you see 'Cos only fear they want to cause My love says what to do So many questions with no answers Life proves us I only know... Everything is the result of an ambition That never will be satisfied And if things go wrong Don't ever lose your faith After the storm comes the quietness, you see Behind that darkness There's always a light That light of hope that is always there Don't ever let that uncalmness Take away your dream, your freedom Life must go on What will happen, only He will know My love says change that channel So many tragedies i have already seen And truth does not appears Where will it be? Everything is the result of an ambition That never will be satisfied And if things go wrong Don't ever lose your faith After the storm comes the quietness, you see Behind that darkness There's always a light That light of hope that is always there... |
*** Thanx a lot to Kristina & Corqsan for this one ***
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Pela Janela *** Thanx a lot to Kristina for this one *** |
By The window Come to meet me Hey Brunette girl *** Thanx a lot to Márcio for this translation *** |
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Sol Tapado Eu sou o homem que você julgou Bate bola entra na roda Bate bola entra na roda Eh, dança com a lua cheia Eu sou a terra que você pisou Eu sou o escravo que você amarrou Bate bola entra na roda Bate bola entra na roda Eh, dança com a lua cheia *** Thanx a lot to Kristina for this one *** |
Covered Sun I'm the
man who you judged Beat
ball, join the circle (join the capoeira circle)
Beat ball, join the circle
(Beat ball can be understood like playing soccer lightly, enjoying) Eh,
it dances with the full moon I'm
the earth that you stepped on I'm the
slave that you tied Beat
ball, join the circle
Beat ball, join the circle
Eh, it dances with the full moon |
The Heart’s Lonely Hunter
The Truth is unspoken, a promise is broken
I’m under surveillance, they know what my name is
I need some protection, some love and affection
There’s 1000 reasons, but one is the number
Welcome to my spaceship
It’s beautiful forever
She’s right here where you left her
And the heart’s a lonely hunter
Save bottles of water and flour and sugar
Turn off the AC and hang up the bed sheets
Cover up windows, careful where the light goes
Yank out the cable and blow out the candle
Welcome to my spaceship
You’re beautiful forever
She’s right here where you left her
And the heart’s a lonely hunter
Perfectly molded almost unfolded
Under the counter well, that is your nature
Drip grind or roasted, buttered or toasted
The greater the db’s the higher the AC
Psycho acoustics
Down in the black seats
Stereo nation
Amplification
The brave and the righteous
They’re safe in their houses
Now one is just a number
The heart’s a lonely hunter
One is the number
Heart is a hunter
One is a number
Heart is a hunter
Welcome to my spaceship
You’re beautiful forever
She’s right here where you left her
And the heart’s a lonely hunter
Welcome to my spaceship
You’re beautiful forever
She’s right here where you left her
And the heart’s a lonely hunter
*** Thanx a lot to Kristina & Eric for this one ***
Wires and Watchtowers
How can the wicked smile while the world is burning
How can they turn their eyes and walk away
How can the blue bloods hide, while brothers killing brothers
Why do they divide I and I for diamonds and gold
The dreams of children they float to the sky
And wires and watchtowers can’t bring their demise
Tell me why oh why are we so blind
The treasures of love lay buried inside
Tell me why oh why do we deny
The chains of Babylon are all in our mind
The murderers clouds can’t keep
the sun from shining
The wind of
Jah will scatter them away
The murderers clouds can’t keep the sun from shining
Jah will scatter he who has no shame
The dreams of children they float to the sky
And wires and watchtowers can’t bring their demise
Tell me why oh why are we so blind
The treasures of love lay buried inside
Tell me why oh why do we deny
The chains of Babylon are all in our mind
Tell me why oh why are we so blind
The treasures of love lay buried inside
Tell me why oh why do we deny
The chains of Babylon are all in our mind
*** Thanx a lot to Kristina & Eric for this one ***
The Time We Lost Our Way
My mind is full bursting over
With all these things I can’t remember
Every little single memory reminds me of you
My eyes were weary with all these tears
You left your shadow in my dreams
And all my doubts seem to disappear when you came along
Flowers melting up into the sky
Hear my heart where our love colides
We hear the songs we found in the times we lost our way
Gentle memories replace our tears
All the love we had is still right here
We hear the songs we found in the time we lost our way
From without words can not describe
What caused the stars to fall deep inside
Every little single memory reminds me of you
Our days are gone lost forever
Reflecting light glistening under water
Naturally this could be everything that seems so unreal
Flowers melting up into the sky
Hear my heart where our love colides
We hear the songs we found in the time we lost our way
Gentle memories replace our tears
All the love we had is still right here
We hear the songs we found in the time we lost our way
Flowers melting up into the sky
Hear my heart where our love colides
We hear the songs we found in the time we lost our way
Gentle memories replace our tears
All the love we had is still right here
We hear the songs we found in the time we lost our way
*** Thanx a lot to Kristina & Eric for this one ***
*** Thanx a lot to Nazanin for these lyrics ***
Sound The Alarm
Sound the alarm
Order the attack
Sound the alarm
Order the attack
Sound the alarm
Order the attack
It's martial law
Put your guns pon cock
Sound the alarm
Order the attack
It's martial law
Put your guns pon cock
Sound the alarm…
Sound the alarm
Order the attack
Sound the alarm
Order the attack
Sound the alarm
Order the attack
Selasie-I-soldias
Beat Babylon back
Sound the alarm
Order the attack
Selasie-I-soldias
Beat Babylon back
Sound the alarm…
Sound the alarm
Order the attack
Selasie-I-soldias
Beat Babylon back
Sound the alarm
Order the attack
Selasie-I-soldias
Beat Babylon back
Sound the alarm…
Sound the alarm…
Sound the alarm…
Sound the alarm…
Radio Retaliation
Woah now, retaliation
Singing woah now
We a go wake up the nation
Radio Retaliation
It's such a different corporation
We takin' over your station
And we a go change the vibration
People fi get up and pump them fist when Sleepy talk
Hear mi transmission whether you drive or whether you walk
Put up me antenna inna the middle of the park
And transmit mi signal inna the light and inna the dark
Radio retaliate, and never ever get caught
And change the stereotype of people's wash over thoughts
Fifty thousand watts of Thievery hit them like poison darts
And watch the whole system what them build up fall apart
Singin' woah now retaliation
Singin' woah now
We a go wake up the nation
Radio retaliation
It's such a different corporation
We takin' over your station
And we a go change the vibration
Mi have the basic qualification, just fi get people straight
And juggle the microphone from eight o'clock back to eight
People give me the recommendation from the musical senate
Fi juggle the roundest sound
The mellowest sound, the sound with the most weight
Them stand up out of the corner, inna the driveway, outta mi gate
To hear the chief rocker them a fling dubplate
All who want fi challenge Thievery, then its your time fi wait
And re-emerge from the scene, and wipe away all the hate
Radio retaliation
It's such a different corporation
We takin' over your station
And we a go change the vibration
Chief rocker Thievery Corp them pon the attack
With melody and sophistication make you bound have to rock
Sleepy Wonder deh pon the mic, the ragga muffin speed rap
And if your vibes is inna the gutter, I will lift it up to the top
Eric and Rob them produce the beat, and invite Sleepy down fi chat
The combination of the crew, destroy your whole habitat
The main objection of the track is to tear the whole place flat
And have the people inna the lounge
Them want to get up, and they are singin'
Woah now retaliation
Singin' woah now
We a go wake up the nation
Radio retaliation
It's such a different corporation
We takin' over your station
And we a go change the vibration
Vampires
They'll gain the world but lose their souls
They'll gain the world but lose their souls
Don't believe politicians and thieves
They want our people on their bended knees
Pirates and robbers, liars and thieves
You come like the wolf
But dressed like the sheep
If you go to Lagos, what you find, vampires
If you go to Kinshasa, what you find, vampires
If you go to Darfur, what you find, vampires
If you go to Malabo, what you find, vampires
Lies and theft
Guns and debt
Life and death
IMF
When the bank man comes to your door
Better know you'll always be poor
Bank loans and policies
They can't make our people free
You live on the blood of my people
Everyone knows you've come to steal
You come like the thieves in the night
The whole world is ready to fight
If you go to Lagos, what you find, vampires
If you go to Kinshasa, what you find, vampires
If you go to Darfur, what you find, vampires
If you go to Malabo, what you find, vampires
Lies and theft
Guns and Debt
Life and Death
IMF
They gained a war but lose their soul
They gained a war but lose their soul
You live on the blood of my people
Everyone knows you've come to steal
You come like the thieves in the night
The whole world is ready to fight
If you go to Lagos, what you find,
vampires
If you go to Kinshasa, what you find, vampires
If you go to Darfur, what you find, vampires
If you go to Malabo, what you find, vampires
Lies and theft
Guns and Debt
Life and Death
IMF
(featuring Seu Jorge)
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É importante manter *** Thanx a lot to Jose for this one *** |
It's important to keep *** Thanx a lot to Jose for this one *** |
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El Pueblo Unido |
The people united
The people united |
33 Degree
I'm the president of the shadow government
The grand governor of the federal reserve
Public enemy of the society
The one you cannot see the thirty three degree
Before you call the shot but now it's our turn
Blow up the system now and tables have turned
Your hidden knowledge you thought I'd never learn
I strike a match and make the whole place burn
I'm the real WMD
I'm your number one public enemy
I'm the one, your runaway slave
I'm the one, the one who got away
Automatic rapid fire
Automatic make me inner danger
Automatic rapid fire
Automatic make me inner danger
Lethal make me lethal, I'm a weapon
Danger make me danger AK-47
Lethal make me lethal, I'm a weapon
Danger make me danger
Cameras that track me
They try to entrap to me
Through shadows I creep
‘Cause I know exactly
The knowledge you keep
I'm the word on the street
I've got nothing to lose
The whole World to gain
Slipped out of your noose
Now I'm running your game
I beat the hive
I upset the swarm
Category five
I'm the center of the storm
We not gonna stress
Put me to the test
I strike a match and make the whole place burn
Walk with the angels and me down with wind
Bullet-proof vest and a smith and Wesson
???
We not gonna stress
Put me to the test
We not gonna stress
Put me to the test …
Walk with the angels and me down
with wind
Bullet-proof vest and a smith and Wesson
???
We not gonna stress
Put me to the test
We not gonna stress
Put me to the test …
Thirty three degree
Thirty three degree
Beautiful Drug
Oh my love
It's not time for us to say
Our farewell
Not to deny ourselves
From ourselves
And with the time
The season passes
Once again
Memories that hang
In autumn's wind
Memories that hang
Once again
You are
The drug in my veins
And I'm waiting
To feel it again
And I'm waiting
To feel it again, again...
Through the years
Love radiates throughout
Life's charade
Shines through everything
That remains unsaid
Shines through everything
That remains unsaid
You are the drug in my veins
And I'm waiting to feel it again
You are the drug in my veins
And I'm waiting to feel it again...
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La Femme
Parallel Toujours un peu perdu dans les
nuages |
The Parallel
Woman I was so young when
we first met As beautiful as her father Always loosing herself in the clouds |
The Numbers Game
I'm talking people
About the same old game
Their running them numbers
And the winners never change
The dice is loaded
And the deck is stacked
The game itself
Will hold you back
Check out your mind
And don't be blind
To the numbers game
Don't be in the dark
All by yourself
Don't play the hand
That the dealer has dealt
We're cashing out
'Cause it's time to sell
Taking back the power
Gonna share that wealth
Come on now
Check out your mind
And don't be blind
To the numbers game
I'm talking people
About respect, yeah
Baby you can't win
When you place that bet
The dice is loaded
And the deck is stacked
The game itself
Will surely hold you back
Check out your mind
And don't be blind
To the numbers game
Check out your mind
And don't be blind
To the numbers game
Let's get hip on this
So you won't slip on this
See you gotta get hip on this
So you won't trip on this
To the numbers
To the numbers game
Check out your mind
And don't be blind
To the numbers game
Check out your mind
And don't be blind
To the numbers game
Blasting Thru The City
War keeps blasting thru the City tonight
Love assassinated in broad daylight
The righteous are hiding in the graveyard grass
While the wicked sell their sons and daughters for cash
Hope cries louder than gunshot sounds
Wait for the dawning of light as we lay on the ground
Things have gotten so low that they can't fall down
Inspiration comes faster than incoming rounds
Feel the struggle but don't give up the fight
Life never seemed so clear through all the chaos tonight
Fear is blasting through speakers tonight
The land of the free and the vain
Never misses its rights
Hope cries louder than gunshot sounds
Wait for the dawning of light as we lay on the ground
Things have gotten so low that they can't fall down
Inspiration comes faster than incoming rounds
Open up your eyes
Don't be blinded by the light
All things must change
It's always been the same
Don't disguise ‘cause the system is devised to divide us
Them can't divide I and I
???
Them can't divide
Them can't divide
I and I, I and I, I and I
Them can't divide
Them can't divide
Them can't divide, I, and I
War keeps blasting thru the City tonight
Love assassinated in broad daylight
The righteous are hiding in the graveyard grass
The things I see, them can't see
Them can't see, them can't see
Sweet Tides
It took so long for me to realize
How strong your heart is
And all this time
My mind was working in
Strange ways
Looking back on the days
Just wanna be free
Through the love in your eyes
Now I'm staring inside
Just wanna be free
Through the love in your eyes
Sweet tides, pools of love
Your eyes are full of
Sweet tides, pools of love
Your eyes are full of
Sharp turn, my mind is a blur
Slow passage through the air
Looking back on the days
All over your mind, just wanna be free
Sweet tides, pools of love
Your eyes are full of
Sweet tides, pools of love
Your eyes are full of
Sweet tides, pools of love
Your eyes are full of
Sweet tides, pools of love
Your eyes are full of
It took so long
For me to realize
How strong your heart is
And all this time
My mind was working in
Strange ways
Sharp turn, my mind is a blur
Slow passage through the air
Looking back on the days
All over your mind, just wanna be free
Sweet tides, pools of love
Your eyes are full of
Sweet tides, pools of love
Your eyes are full of
Sweet tides, pools of love
Your eyes are full of
Sweet tides, pools of love
Your eyes are full of...
Culture Of Fear
Seems to me like they want us to be afraid, man
Or maybe we just like being afraid
Maybe we just so used to it at this point that it’s just a part of us
Part of our culture
Security alert on orange
It’s been on orange since ’01, G.
I mean what’s up man?
Can a brother get yellow, man
Just for like two months or something
God damn
Sick of that
Mic check
The groom is dead so I’mma rhyme like a lunatic
I do this shit with an unassuming wit
The corporation caught you up bassin’ the tempo
My name is Lif, that’s the intro, now let’s go
The flow of life, throwing strife into the mix
To the big dark condition
And the word is sick
The power’s that be, a power in need
Just speaking about the stressful life I see everyday
And I’m just speaking about the culture of fear
It’s stocked into your ear
Telling us that terrorists are about to strike
Maybe tonight, right
Let me just back up slowly
With critical analysis of those that control me
It used to be that we just had a screen in the rear
On the TV but now we carry screens when we leave
See laptops, smart phones, now we’re never alone
Take My Soul
Such strange ways to show
Who we are what you know
Put the love back in your heart
Let’s try forgiveness
No self deception
Little less reaction
Little more reflection
New trails are blazing in
City shows no love tonight
All the sounds come crashing in
Inside and outside
Running through your mind
All the words collide
Nothing left to hide
Come on open your eyes
Take my soul
I don't need it anymore
Don't let go
You're the cure I'm looking for
Take my soul
I don't need it anymore
Don't let go
You're the cure I'm looking for
Old habits creeping up
Floating by riding high
Silver clouds up above
Come on open your eyes
Take my soul
I don't need it anymore
Don't let go
You're the cure I'm looking for
Take my soul
I don't need it anymore
Don't let go
You're the cure I'm looking for
Take my soul
I don't need it anymore...
I'll stare up in the sky
Forever
I'll stare up in the sky
Forever
Looking above
Looking above
I'll stare up in the sky
Forever
I'll stare up in the sky
Forever
Looking above
Looking above
Where It All Starts
Bright as the stars
Rise and fall
Do you ever wonder
Where it all starts
Believe it
Wear the cloak
Swimming above
Watching the flood
Bright as the stars
Rise and fall
Do you ever wonder
Where do we start
Believe it
The rain will come
Another night
Another day
Everywhere we look
Lights are moving faster
And then
You see it there
Slowly holding on
Colours fill your mind
And voices
Singing our song
And voices
Singing along
Here we are
Standing tall
Waiting and hoping
To see the lights shut
Over me,
Over the water
Another day goes by
Love in your eyes
Stare patiently
To see the sky
Open wide
Another day
People walking by
And you smile as you…
Overstand
Let me make it clear
I don't care for religion
But you're still my brother
No matter your decision
A blonde haired, blue eyed God is overrated
Hear me now
I'm not attracted to the picture that you've painted
And though I'm young and I have much to learn
But faith without reason makes me concerned
Believing in one God, I'm gonna stand firm
For your own benefit yes you work to deceive
So I'm a put your foolishness under my feet
Be aware of the games of society
So let me make it clear
I don't care for religion
But you're still my brother
No matter your decision
A blonde haired, blue eyed God is overrated
I'm not attracted to the picture that you've painted
Listen now, hear me now
And though I'm young and I have much to learn
But faith without reason makes me concerned
Believing in one God, I'm gonna stand firm
For your own benefit yes you work to deceive
So I'm a put your foolishness under my feet
Be aware of the games of society
So let me make it clear
I don't care for religion
But you're still my brother
No matter your decision
A blonde haired, blue eyed God is overrated, yes
I'm not attracted to the picture that you've painted
So let me make it clear
I don't care for religion
But you're still my brother
No matter your decision
Manipulating masses
You talk out your asses
Do you know what you say
You manufactured passes
And everybody's asking
What we need today
I bring you new
And there's no hook
I have no look
Welcome to new
I'll bring you new
And I’ll recruit you
If you wanna come with me
Scream out top of your lungs
I want to be free
Can you sing
There is no hook
We have no look
And just for once
Assume that you are blind
And alone in your mind
Can you say I am free
Can you say I am free
We understand
That it is difficult to undo the chains of destruction
Now strongest when you know it's true
I am asking you to go back to the pyramidal tracks
Of where you know you do not like
The knowledge that has always been imparted to you
Such high and low and sweet you'll grow I promise you it's not far
Just hiding in the heart of your heart and all
Embracing everything from ohms to charms, yeah
I guess that crystals are beneath me
No, they're only subliminally pushed away
We cannot reap thee
Got to work for what you're given in this world
Fear transmission you're my girls and my boys of the rays
You are not the puppets or the slaves or the toys
We are working towards the morgue
Nothing else makes as much sense as this
Do I will continue on my mission with the risk to be free
Come with me and my goals are transparent to the sea
And my goals are parentally content to me
I am free
Come with me
I am free
Come with me
( French Version )
Trop déprimée pour m'en tirer
Trop bien pour rien piger
J'ai deja connu cet état
Ailleurs plein d'autrefois
J'entends le soleil
Les nuages par les volets
Un million de pensées
Envahit mon esprit
Un satellite rappelait ta voix
orbite dans le monde pour toi
Tu as revé toute la nuit
En envie de mon coeur
Je t'effleures des levres et puis
Ca me donne les idées claires
Je sens ton suc se dissiper
Jusqu'à la stratosphere
Trop déprimée pour m'en tirer
Trop bien pour rien piger
J'ai deja connu cet état
Ailleurs plein d'autrefois
J'entends le soleil
Les nuages par les volets
Un million de pensées
Envahit mon esprit
*** Thanx a lot to Amélie who corrected some mistakes ***
