Video + Lyrics : Shay D - A Figure of Speech

We had to post up the lyrics to this dope Shay D track ‘Figure Of Speech’. Filmed whilst headlining a show in Norway, the video also caught the attention of Hip Hop Veteran Chuck D who shared the video across his networks!

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Lyrics:

news clips, view hits, blame it on the music

the new Caitlyn Jenner to girls skinnier than toothpicks

views in hundred millions to help you lose this

mind that you’re tryna get right what’s the excuse

women placed up on the shelf like an ornament

and was beauty skin deep coz now its fraudulent

coz we are made to compete like it’s a tournament

according to the media we subordinate

and deaths getting popular if you’re a foreigner

will you even make it past the barrel of an officer

bankers spend our money and blame it on the immigrants

war refugees that are escaping a bigger threat

we fund our earnings to the mainstream routes

promote songs about drugs and sell sex to the yoots

the industry élite put young men in the booth

that glamorise the breakdown of our cultural roots

chorus

this life were destined to lead (to lead)

so what you get is what you believe

every truth you hear that I speak

is on the tip of my tongue

I’m just a figure of speech (hip hop)

Speak up, speak up fam where do you stand?

Is time to be a boy or is it time to be a man?

How do you feel about your life, are you happy where you are?

Or do you dream about cash, a big house and a supercar?

Ladies! they got us in a mess

tryna trick us into facelifts and double d breasts,

see im rich in love and im rich in health

I do not measure riches by material wealth

nor feel sorry for myself for any cards i been dealt,

or have to improve my looks to work on my self

let’s get our minds right start with the insides

I don’t wanna look back on my life in hindsight

think do I represent, supplement

another human life, even just one percent

with the words I chant, with the craft of art

How does the hip hop I create touch your heart?

Last verse:

As if our bodies a commodity, they keepin us faceless,

If they’re not makin a profit then you will stay nameless,

Busy with the retweets and how to get famous,

Be aware of the sexists and racists,

People caught up with celebs on big brother,

Shows that encourage you to hate one another,

Watching tv shows about watching tv shows

How far does this chain go

And they kick back laughing these elitist crooks

But the tv guide down man and pick up a book

A man at your workplace is getting paid more

If you’re a woman and originate from abroad

Equality rejected it will not make them a profit

If we don’t float the same boat

Then they will push us off it

Lock it, it’s in the bag and pocket, shut it down and rock it,

They will try and stop it, HIP HOP is the peoples topic!

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Rishma Dhaliwal

Editor / PR Consultant at No Bounds

Rishma Dhaliwal has extensive experience studying and working in the music and media industry. Having written a thesis on how Hip Hop acts as a social movement, she has spent years researching and connecting with artists who use the art form as a tool for bringing a voice to the voiceless. Currently working in TV, Rishma brings her PR and media knowledge to I am Hip Hop and other projects by No Bounds.