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Warning Signs

by Rootwords

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1.
Warning Signs I remember back in the day rhyming in obscure basements Jam packed with real rap no room for making fake statements Exercising extreme caution when flexing on mics With a display of stamina intangible to the bite You and I We are not alike We're not One in the same Think of this record as a western flick I'll pop one in your brain My six shooter will outmanoeuvre you Bars linked with skills bass drums licks and keys That's how I turn bricks to g's "Can I get a picture please ?" Is what she said for a gram I said seen I'm the sugar man I bring the Colour to your dreams She screams With joy Like the crowd do when I blast of Deploy I'm on the asphalt like "Ahoy whats up !" I've landed The left handed Candid bandit Put your world in a chokehold and slammed it I caught you by surprise This ain't no sucker punch I just opened your eyes
2.
Clockwork 02:51
Clockwork [Verse I] Damn right I'm back on the road I got ya Head banging like it's about to explode I got ya Chick cracking for me breaking your code And I ain't even macking She just recognise what you're lacking Let's go ! Mad Max ... Full Throttle ... Gold Nuts ... Bing Lotto ! Never strike out Home run Smash-whip like Jackie Robinson Spinning since the beginning the feeling is ill Grinning like a villain who keeps sinning but chill I ain't here to rob your ass blind It's more like give you a close encounter The fourth kind [Hook] Bang ! Hit like the hammer when I speak my mind Bang ! It’s clockwork when I'm on my grind Bang ! You'll see me moving in time Bang-Bang ! It's clockwork when I'm on my grind [Verse II] Hot ! Let's box like kangaroos I don't rest stop to hang with fools Drop ! Dismantle your damaged tools When I clap back you loose Bang ! Bang-Bang ! I'm breaking all the rules Rebel wild Devil child Sound pushed up to the red Revel crowd Level loud ! Sending these notes into the heavens I cock these four-fours like a corrupt reverend I flow in dojos chopping up with the bredrin So when I see my enemies I'm visualising their ending This is the diary of a mad man written in blood The evidence was washed away in the flood Bugged ... After long nights of hitting the bud He slowly started to hate what he used to love [Hook]
3.
A Matter of Time [Verse I] Yea ! I got you rooting for me Rootwords for president I got you shooting for me I'll pull a Kanye on my fans And ask Mark Zuckerberg to help me stack up on my bands I need my 53 mil' to get me back in the matrix cause I done popped a blue pill I need my Grammy for real I'm gone call up Taylor Swift and tell that mammy to chill I'm funding my Blue Steel I'm gunning for you still I'm running I'm too ill Got a hundred and two deals ... That's why my pockets are slim You make it hard for me to win You support fake Jesus' on the internet Promoting wiggerdom And dumb niggers who stay illiterate So I get pushed to the back of the bus Cause I ain't doing this for likes You're like; “We can't get him a deal with Nike 'cause he's too dark” “Listen to the conversations that he spark !” [Hook] Riding softly on my own way ... I lay my heart On display ... Wonder if they hear what I say ... But I’ll make it, anyway ... It's just a matter of time [Verse II] Who wan’ test ? I am a band apart I’m like Quentin Tarantino's art A script you never thought of before That's why I roam free like Django You get caught at the door I came to settle the score I don't get blinded by the light when I'm walking your corridor I keep minding my own life You keep talking just to ignore The fact that you insecure Weak and unsure Get a grip ! I try to stay pure Handle my biz Be an example to the kids Holding it down till they bury me underground But wait ! No need to hurry it's a blessing to be around Hook [Verse III] And the haters say; “Who that who that ? You had a chance and you blew that ! I thought you knew that You couldn't get through that Without playing the game Or folding to the obstacles they laid out in your lane Such a shame ! All that talent wasted A visionary who misplaced it ! Blinded by the limelight and hint of success that you tasted ... Now that it's almost over I wonder if you'll jump ship like refugees in Dover Where you gonna run to ? Where you gonna run to ?! When you run out of love and ain't nobody want you ? Once hot now cold You popped you flopped You're old Your jewels corrode Your fancy stones erode ...” It's a moment of clarity when it hits I don't like to call it insanity but it fits Perfect in my picture frame And if I live twice I'll do it again ! [Hook]
4.
No Filter 02:24
No Filter [Verse I] They say I'm conscience I'm like “Fuck that ! That's nonsense !” In London I once did some shit like stand in front of cops With a quarter ounces in my pockets to see if I get stopped I push my limits a lot My life is real with no gimmicks to mock The right hook from my pops Couldn't level me from keeping the system in headlocks Competition keep hedging on dead stocks While me ? I'm moving ahead of the red dot We ain't working the same block ! Figure it out from the juice that the name got [Hook] “Underground when we step on the scene” “I've had plenty of experience” “Burn mics to third degrees” “But let's skip the formalities” “Far from commercial or even mainstream” [Verse II] My arrogance got some bent out of shape They say they hear the devil talking when they play back the tape I'm like dog Reverse that and it's God And I'm the latter you snob The fuck you thought I was counting on your applause ?! I'm hyped and charged like Troi Torain You think you men But you boys are lame The music that you make is a noisy shame Even your choice of dame Is at your funeral rejoicing pain Nigga Swish From outside of the arc Shoot You miss Now fade away into dark (nigga) [Hook]
5.
Bad Bitch 02:38
Bad Bitch [Verse I] She don't even do duck face on Facebook Screw-face when she gets looks Her set's wild when the bass cooks She's mean It's something that's in her genes A role model But not the type that gleam in a magazine Her soul’s clean But she's rock n roll dirty She can blues sometimes In yet she choose to act Shirley if you test too much She got that UFC step and touch So I suggest you never press your luck She's bad ! Got her own style Not a part of a fad When she read the mag it ain't even making her sad She just laugh it off It's only in front of her man she's soft And even then you'll have to ask "who's boss?" She rules By giving them Same as her women friends They're like a pack of wolves Fuck all the linen and fur That's her She's so down to earth That when she walk Bitches see her confidence and get hurt [Hook] That's my woman my girl She's the one I rule the world with She's what you call a bad bitch I bet you never had this That's my woman my girl She's the one I rule the world with I bet you never had this She's what you call a bad bitch [Verse II] I can do crime and she won't snitch She stays right by my side even if she's branded a witch She's in-credible Outlandish Out of this planet Hard to the core like granite An alien on mars she landed Yea ! Outstanding can best describe her behaviour Yea ! She's a God my broad-Queen my saviour Yea ! In her kitchen she's always mixing up flavours Yea - Yea ! She smells good It's even attracting the neighbours [Bridge] And that's precisely where things can go left And pear shaped I think I warned her on the first date It can be costly I'm the alpha male So don't you dare cross me ! You better think twice before you touch my woman ! Here's the deal I fight for dominance Hippopotamus elephant seal ! I crush the competition into mush Challenge anyone who push Cause I'm the King of the bush ! [Hook]
6.
The Great Wall feat. J-Fever Let’s begin 像只鸟发出怪叫之后才能freestyle 你看不到的我的眼睛躲在柱子背后 湖面开始泛起波澜 “Wu Wu” 他们发现这不是来自愤怒海鸥的尖叫 而是沸水开始微笑 他们飞出森林,发现除了欧罗巴还有亚特兰大 所有地下的战士全都埋在长城脚下 开始切割身体,想起我的兄弟做的这个beat 但这不是他做的,是他在地球另一端的哥哥 不是长得相像,而是体内拥有相同节奏律动脂肪 别用枪打我,说说说,抡起棒球棒打出全垒打,这叫 Chinese Rap
7.
Children's Story [Verse I] It sounds nice – but it's disgusting... It's like Roast beef to a vegetarian Melanin to an Aryan Or a bonus check for a fucking politician ! Huh - It's bullshit listen I can smell the stink from outside of the kitchen “What you cooking up ?” Bog ? Dog ? You hog ! My thoughts are digital But my mind is analog Rogue In vogue with my natural instincts In sync with The opposite of scum bags and dim lit nit wits Whoa ! Slow in the brain I guess it's hard for them to sit and Roll in this train My team tweak on higher levels Buzzing RIP to my cousin ! Rebels That's right We smash the status quo You wanna threaten me ? I got the Gladys – go ! She ain't no metaphor We never met before I ain't your average Joe Blow bro Just get to know I'm moving on another plain You're limited by your chain No wonder you're getting slain ! [Hook] Now here's a little something that needs to be heard Because he's so kind at heart they think he's easily scurrd So this goes out to all the big bully cats Who keep pushing him back Until he's forced to react (x2) [Verse II] You're looking at me like I'm clinically insane Like I'm stuck in the 90's Like I'm fucked in the brain ! I know you think it's strange That I'm still able to exist in this frequency range This ain't no “Retrofit” “Classic shit” “Wanna be hip” “Get with the new times for relevance” ... He said; "You better quit while you're ahead Mozart - or you going to write your own requiem in your bed!" You talkin' to me ? x2 I'm like; “Fuck you and your thoughts ! Who appointed you the judge in my court !” Huh ? “I've been writing this dramatic opera since 99' While all these one hit wonders get left behind I'm still here !” Yeah ! Getting Swiss money like “oh yeah” I look around for the haters and they ain't nowhere ! Yeah ! And the chicks love me like “oh yeah” I stay in tune with my vision ‘cause it is so clear ! Knock 'em out the box Root ! Knock 'em out Words ! x3 Knock 'em out the box Knock knock 'em out the box ! [Hook]
8.
The Same 03:09
The Same [Verse I] This an expression of pain Face it Hand bowled up in a fist Wrist burning Setting fire to the friendship basis Too late to brace it You misplaced the basics So In the end you're just a glitch in the matrix Hoe I know it's also my fault though I played it cool like "Relax my love for you gon' grow" Lets keep it slow Time stretching while trying to frame the projection A sel fish attitude that can only chain to rejection Check it - I guess I tried to warn ya All my life pressures and stress I didn't wanna put 'em on ya I carry baggage heavy like the earth's core You said you had my back Now already you're like "Let's war" ! That's what you say Or how you act anyway From what I see Your patience done run away And fled Like corrupt politicians whose greed can never be satis fied But since you caught Go ahead Vanish Hide ! [Hook] I feel the same ! We’re both part of the fall ... We hit the wall So don’t ever call me again . Who is to blame ? I’m still standing here tall ... To me you’re small, insignificant, simple and plain ! [Bridge] Friction-friction I hear the bad vibes in your diction I'm like; “Listen-listen Just pay for your rent File for eviction Stop your bitchin'-bitchin To get rid of you I've been itching You make me think that women only belong in the kitchen I'm cheering on the competition I want somebody who can fight better Fight better I want somebody I can like better Like better And hopefully it turns to love But right about now you and I don't fit like the OJ glove !” [Hook] [Outro] I'm not even trying to be nice with ya I'm not even trying to do life with ya I'm not even trying to be right with ya I'm not even shifting the blame I feel the same
9.
[Verse 1] Warning sign Yellow tape Borderline Broken state Warning signs Yellow tapes Border lines Broken states Cryptic Mystic Apocalyptic Black listed No rich shit Raw slickness Anarchy Burning the court and the witness Bring it down Bring it down Break it down Break it down Tear it down Tear it down Watch it drop to the ground Picture this Limitless Pyromaniac Wickedness Sick Sick Sick Sick Flamethrower Your reigns over My brains sober My brains sober The flamethrower Your reigns over Pass the light to light it up like a Christmas tree ! [Hook] I'm setting fire to the lairs Watching the smoke from Babylon get higher ! I wanna feel the heat burning Wanna see that cheat turning In the Blue Sapphire ! The music set your soul on fire With an amber glow from the bush that burn higher ! I wanna feel the heat burning Wanna see that cheat turning In the Blue Sapphire ! [Verse II] Ring the alarm another sound is dying whoah hey ! x2 Brace yourself ! When you look in the mirror can you face yourself ? Do you chase the wealth ? Or do you chase the fame ? Or do you chase the money ? For me it's all the same ! I make it rain ... Acid ! Dissolving all the plastic ! Gasoline Matchstick Light it up Pass it ! [Hook] [Bridge] Babylon is falling down, falling down, falling down ! Babylon is falling down ! My fair lady ! [Hook]
10.
Somdanger Freestyle feat. Robin Thirdfloor First of all bless Madiba for the freedom Buka sesenzani,just from passion and the dreaming Buka sesenzani From the thoughts that we were thinking Taking it around the globe From the kiddies on the road To the dudes on tour Believe in yourself You gotta believe in your wealth Isikhathi siyamasha Wena ubizi uyalenale,uyadlala,uyadlala ,uyalala bakuqabela amanga I'm ouchea living my best life If you knew what I knew dawg you'd be having more sleepless nights I'm more shut up mfethu Put in the work You more buka la while it ain't even that big Your grind is on stand still Like a treadmill Umlazi got representer ohleli emazweni Who used to phansi Ehlonipha abangani But people took advantage Coz banjalo abangani Skeem sama vandal But I'm clean as a whistle Still camera shy so I tell the media ima lapho We are not the same ngeke ulunge I'm another one On another one Kill a verse while having fun Asibhali masithanda Asiyngeni masibanda Run the city ngimile Take my spot,ngi file On the Thirdfloor uzongfica ngikulindile,moja
11.
Back off Me 03:14
Back off Me [Intro] I wanna have fun on this record Name drop like the Game Pack words in a millisecond Pop like a flame that's hot Throw shots at the lame Put a stop to your reign With my iron lung tongue full of crane That's dope ! [Hook] Get off my back ! Get off my back ! There ain't no rules to this game Ain't got to do the saaaaaame Get off my back ! Get off my back ! Ain't no rules to this game So Imma stay up in my laaaaaaane [Verse I] I kung fu your panda Out of the charts If you ain't Part of the clan you can't hang in these parts What you think ? You about to be extinct Dodo so shallow gotta hit you with a low blow Stick it where it don't glow Like popo with night sticks Your flow ain't righteous Your show is lifeless Get down to my style and sound You can't bite this I got the crown of King Midas I diss bling prone Wak trap Dethrone Anyone trying to step in my zone I'm an ace when it comes to rap You smoke base and mishandle gats Your fan base pile of crap ! Hold up ! Hold up ! Hold that thought Your self snitching ass about to get caught And the sluttiest chicks the first to get bought ! [Hook] Get off my back ! Get off my back ! There ain't no rules to this game Ain’t got to do the saaaaaame Get off my back ! Get off my back ! Ain't no rules to this game So umma stay up in my laaaaaaane Get off my back ! Back off me ! Get off my back ! Back off me ! Get off my back ! Get off my back ! Get off my back ! Back off me ! x2 [Verse II] Is that your friend ? Tell him I'm coming to wreck him I'm so ready to check him I was born for this Yo what you reckon He's so weak I don't even need to fight with a weapon Half stepping Repping Bullshit Lord Forgive him For the Sins he record Perpetrating the fraud I ain't hating It's odd that you keep sucking his rod To each his own I could have laid back focusing on beats at home I delayed that decision to defeat some clones Cause I was made with precision and my feats are known Grown Large I am the real McCoy When the DJ play this record he’s not handling a toy ! Try to rail me off the road You get chopped when I pass and go I break check - make you crash and fold ! Now you see me Now you don't You might catch me strangulating Lil Yachty on a boat ! [Hook]
12.
Waumfwa 03:31
Waumfwa [Intro] Alikwata umupashi uwamaka ! [Verse I] Waumfwa Don't shoot ! Don't bust me ! Waumfwa These words will make a crooked cop cuff me ! Waumfwa The judge he don’t trust me ! He won't budge on a law thats so rusty ! Violent by design Word to my Jedi mind The lion inside Is ready to pounce ! At less than an ounce of fear You better run and hide Bounce out of here ! The chemtrails in the atmosphere got you bugging No wonder you can only think of thugging instead of tree hugging ... Not to say I'm not the same Only difference is I'm aware of the effects it has on my brain ! I got a bright idea ... I'll share it with you here ... Turn of all your electronics before we hit air ! No interference ... I want the Gods to hear this ! [Verse II] Waumfwa Don't rush ! Don't hush me ! These niggas are clowns just like Krusty ! Simpletons ... I'm so fresh they so dusty ! Listen to 'em ... They so soft I flow gusty ! Violet by design Word to my genetic line No lies inclined In honest amounts Everything counts you hear ?! I'm blinded by the truth So fear has no place in here The sound waves in the atmosphere got you loving Break dancing or battling like it's the dozens Huh ! I'm feeling the same Getting high off the euphoria that's flooding my brain ! [Bridge] Break free ... Your laws don't make me ... I live inside this system but I'm free So chase me ... Chase me ... I live inside this system but I'm free So chase me ... Break free ! [Outro] Catch me if you can (x8) Waumfwa (x10) Isa kuno (x4)
13.
Diaspora 03:16
Diaspora [Verse I] I feel like I'm running out of time Losing my mind I feel like I'm getting left behind Losing what's mine I've exhausted all my options Left or right Right or wrong And no longer proceed with caution I'm lost in An infinite darkness Heartless ! Looking at this world ... Thinking "why not depart this illusion ?" This optical delusion The illogical conclusion is I don't wanna live through this confusion I'm losing ! [Hook] It's bittersweet Do or die is on my fucking mind ! Forgive me for my introspect Forgive me for my eyes (x2) [Verse II] Walking forward by stepping back Chasing the wind All the while I keep getting lapped Holding onto nothingness I guess I've had enough of this Metropolis I wish to return to my ignorant bliss ! Gonna get myself up out of here Gonna lift myself up out of here There ain't no telling where I'm going (x2) I'm out of energy Wasted I envisioned my dream And I chased it ... Running-running till I'm out of gas Hunting-hunting the demons of my past ! One by one I see them fall down They used to be loud now they make no sound Diminishing means I'm close to the finishing line They're vanishing with the negative thoughts they left in my mind ! [Hook]

about

After The Rush, his first album released in March 2014, and numerous concerts in the four corners of the world (Peru, Swaziland, South Africa, Zambia, China, Switzerland, France, etc.), ROOTWORDS, with pure sincerity, veered to express his sentiments of the world. His travel experiences has permitted him to take the back seat in relation to certain re-accruing subjects in hip-hop, keeping his ego at bay, while focusing on more real and profound reflections.

The instrumentals in Warning Signs are intricately fabricated, rich in sound, profound and intense, in the image of what the artist himself has become. He adapts his rhymes and flows doing justice to the unconstrained beats, composed by the Block Notes, with the occasional help of Swiss producer Yvan Peacemaker (“A Matter of Time”, the first single revealed in December 2017).

On this project, ROOTWORDS chose to invite two artists that he had met along his musical and cultural journey : the Chinese freestyle champion J-Fever and the avant-garde Durban South African Robin Thirdfloor, from Umlazi – the fourth largest township in South Africa.

This new album is a concentration of energy and sincerity, a beacon to the illusions and lies perpetrated by man, and it is on the stage that ROOTWORDS intends to proclaim his vision of the world, by spontaneous communication that is alive and rich in vibrations. Ring the alarm !

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released March 23, 2018

Recorded and mixed by
Nicolas Duboux and Stan Breynaert (Kinyama Sounds)

Mastered by
Dan Suter (Echochamber)

Produced by
Stan Breynaert and Nicolas Duboux (Kinyama Sounds), Julio Mwansa Nkowane (Rootwords)

With the support from
Association The Block Productions, Pro Helvetia, FMC, Ville de Meyrin, Ville de Lancy

Layout and artwork by
Thomas Perrodin

Special thanks to:
Willy and Greg from Gexplosion, Eric Mermod from MyMusicRights
Yvan Peacemaker, Lad Agabekov, Dan Suter, Rosie Holloway,
Sinisa Vacic a.k.a. Fat Daddy, J-Fever, Robin Thirdfloor,
Tshepang Ramoba, Guillaume Megevand, Thomas Perrodin,
John Aram, Tobias Clerc, Franck de Froment,
and my fellows from The Block Notes !!!

(C) & (P) 2018 Kinyama Records

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Described as “Hip Hop Elegante” by the program director of Peru’s largest music festival, the artist ROOTWORDS has earned a reputation for performing a repertoire of high stature, with an absolute commitment to communicating the essence of music at it’s most organic level. ... more

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