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Bourgeois Blues

from He Found Brick Inedible by MOTHER TAREKA

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Beat by Mother Tareka and DJ Edi X

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Finally I've adjusted..
the bourgeois blues i've adopted


finally ...i have adjusted..
adjusted to the world upon which i've been thrusted
never wanted consciousness and the pompousness
that comes with living in a society of individualists
i'm a consumer now! with a big smile to match
my big bank account that wows
most female gender specimen into hovering
near by my hedonistic body's circumference.
i'm well endowed only with funds that alleviate
the tension and exclusively allow
wishes granted..YES YES! finally i've made it!
i can finally enjoy these lies i've created.
i can finally have time to consider who I am
but a stimulus ridden existence left my brain bland
i'm calling in for medicines that fill the voids and mend
my soul to my abdomen, remind me i'm alive
reconnect me to the human experience, hide
the frustrated delirious appearance.....
rich life crisis, days full of niceness
still dont suffice it's... the bourgeois blues,
the bourgeois blues cooked in chemical stews
leaves you looking forward to the life to which this one's a prelude.
"have some more excess my son",
see i was told sin is just a word that sits on a tongue
and that's but a muscle soon to decompose and crumble
feast while you can while this sweet dream tumbles along
sing the song now cus the sound fades with quickness
soon enough you find nothing has you impressed
get acquainted with emptiness, wondering what else? what wealth? what to chase?
what will fill the vast expanse made by materialism for you and it to share a dance?

finally i have adjusted
the bourgeois blues, i have adopted

finally, im rich, i've adjusted
i carry on the life of the artificially uplifted
i carry on the life of the financially gifted
the bourgeois blues leaves souls un-rested
finally, i'm an economic gear!
part of the inevitable collapse to which capitalism steers
finally i am enlisted in the misery
the systems that make sure the 3rd world's suffering
for that Kashmir cover see, someone had to work for free
or damn well nearly, but that dont tear me
an inch further, from that sweet sweet murder
diamond that has me rising up the social ladder
im no longer part of anything thats humbling
in the background faint why's my soul's muttering
breathing the blues that comes from having much too much
a grip tight clutched on my wallet and my wants
i'm monitoring my stocks and my land and my bonds
that fund war machines and keep spewing bombs
finally, im rich, i've adjusted
i carry on the life of the systemically enlisted
the consumeristic, joy non-existent
the bourgeois blues leaves hearts materialistic
a step in right direction wouldn't bring me near redemption
so i sit and scratch my head trying to make that connection like:
when did time evolve into space to fight boredom with?
how come i use money to buy affection from my kids?
how come shopping days have left my life ignorant?
reduced my tolerance for so society's incompetent
masses, couldnt they just get off their asses ?
couldnt they rise above it all like gases?
how come we ain't living forever like plastics?
how come we ain't living forever like plastics?

Finally! I've adjusted
the bourgeois blues i've adopted

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from He Found Brick Inedible, released July 24, 2011

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Mother Tareka Hamilton, Ontario

Sax blasting, flute tooting, loop-pedal pumping MC Mother Tareka is a Syrian Palestinian artist, and an adopted Hamilton son. Tarek makes powerful Jazz Arabesque Afrobeat Funk HipHop music, and is musically known for his energetic live band arrangements, and intense political messages. ... more

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