Serf

from The Cure To The Problem You Didn't Know You Had by Ghostown

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Made around a sample from the previous track (Leaning) this sounded so dark to me that I instantly descended into a hellish tale of sinful consumerism, being a slave to the system, work in order to buy stuff
Serf is an Orwellian tale of corrupt capitalists bleeding the people dry
Consume, buy stuff, be happy

lyrics

Serf
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Serf

Pulling up the roses
Aristos turn up their noses
Hose the proles down for the poses
Now they bring in the bulldozers
Join us in our system
We got laws you can’t resist them
Tortured souls oh how we twist them
Seek rewards out in the distance
Put your name upon the paper
Come along and join the caper
We got Mother Earth all taped up
Take a seat, watch as we rape her
Take a pick or take a shovel
Now we’re drilling to the core
All the gold and all the diamonds
Yes we’re rich but we want more
Oh don’t worry about your children
We’ll just put them in building
Never hear them, never fear them
Wrapped in screens, their brains we fill them
You’re a…

Serf
Serf
Serf
Serf

We founded our society on monetary illusion
We figured how to people to maximise exclusion
We’ll take half of your wages for a roof over your head
Have you hooked up to a drip feed
Feeding concentrated dread
Your Gods have been replaced
Chased away beyond the moon
In an artificial wasteland
Look around you must consume
We’ve got something for everyone
Just come and fill your bags
Take your trolley to the checkout
Walk on fearsome feet you drag
Choices are abundant but redundant in this scheme
You can choose to accept or we’ll hunt you in your dreams
Got surveillance and compliance
The science has been bled
Leave you dwarfed by the giants
Never let you leave the web
Your a..

Serf
Serf
Serf
Serf

credits

from The Cure To The Problem You Didn't Know You Had, released September 9, 2022
All guitars, keys, production and vocals by Rael

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Ghostown Morecambe, UK

Making wonky hip hop since 98. Musician/Beatmaker/vocalist Rael from the UK expatriated to France where he created Ghostown. Bringing elements of tsigane folk music, electro, dub and trip hop to an unconventional uncompromising alternative hip hop festival which can't be pinned down or categorised. ... more