Video + Lyrics : Shay D — A Figure of Speech

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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

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.

About Rishma

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.