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Rolling

from Common Ground by Royalty Noise

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How creative is this new age of hip hop?
With this question in mind Royalty Noise have hit the lab, sculpting their style, capturing the present and the past with the use of electronic sound scape and warm organic bass and drum rhythm, the result of this experiment is their new debut single ‘Rolling".
Sprouting from the seeds of hiphop, Rolling takes you on a sonic journey through dub sound systems, twisting between mangroves of reggae roots, as it grows upward, ever suspenseful on its journey.
With drum lines that swing like QuestLove’s neck chain, the baseline plucks at your heart strings, elevating your heels and leaving you on your tippytoes, as the synths suspend you in a hypnotic bounce. Playful but with grounded thoughts, the trio of MC’s pulse and juggle to the polyrhythms, the sweet harmonies of the chorus soar high building seamlessly to the summit.

lyrics

Verse 1 (Chief)

Love at first I couldn’t keep my distance,
I swear I found some thing, I was just obsessed with,
Time never mattered, we no longer had borders,
Keep my blade sharp, cause every beat I’m here to slaughter,
Life full of verses, governed by the drum,
Its like labour of love til the end of my time,
We all 101 so many to come,
We’re still on that shit work will never be done,
Ain’t no doubt yo we hold it down,
And that’ll be the mission,
Yeah we keep busting let the bars do the talking,
Eyes on the target,
Aiming with precision,
We going all out ain’t no such thing as submission,
Yeah we got that good vibe body, mind and soul,
Hit you with these ritual beats,
And breaking down walls,
We ball till we fall,
And that’s the way we do it,
We bustin all the time, homie
Get used to it

CHORUS 1

We never give in til the vision is finished,
This is my mission we don’t stop,
Keep the ball rolling.

I got the fire, desire within my daily life,
I got the will and the power to sacrifice.

We never give in til the vision is finished,
This is my mission we don’t stop,
Keep the ball rolling.

Who got the fire, desire within their daily life?
Who got the will and the power, ready to compromise?


Verse 2 (Bizz)

Privileged to see it all crumble,
Much closer to home,
Disappointed like old mate stuck in retirement robes,
Shoulda coulda woulda,
Watched it all unfold,
Contradictions of false manifestations, places I coulda gone,
So I let my pen bleed,
To bring comfort like winters clothes,
Relay my conscious to escape tunnel vision,
Predicament of hope,
Prone to be more vigilant,
Venomous like medusa’s anatomy,
Seduce your soul like Ritalin,
Advanced medicine evolved from the treetops,
Confucius patent seeds,
Confused market stocks,
When does it all stop,
Oblivious to what’s happening,
Dancing in the garden where the leaves drop,
Ain’t this a trip yo,

Chorus 2

We never give in til the vision is finished,
This is my mission we don’t stop,
Keep the ball rolling.

I got the fire, desire within my daily life,
I got the will and the power to sacrifice.

We never give in til the vision is finished,
This is my mission we don’t stop,
Keep the ball rolling.

Who got the fire, desire within their daily life?
Who got the will and the power, ready to compromise?

We never give in.
We never give in.

Verse 3 (Ina)

The brain move slow,
Yes the hearts gone cold,
There ain’t no fire up in my soul,
I don’t know if I got the will to go,
Spark the fire again,
Only hear thunder and rain,
Coming my way,
Do I stand up or do I fade away like a paper plane,
I and I know to stand and fight the pain,
I and I know there’s a brighter day,
So when you see a storm come,
Make sure your fire is lit and your hearts kept warm,
And your heart gets warm and you’re your heart gets warm,

Chorus 3

We never give in til the vision is finished
This is my mission we don’t stop,
Keep the ball rolling.
Keep the ball rolling.

credits

from Common Ground, released March 12, 2016
released November 29, 2014
Written by Royalty Noise
Drums: Daniel Richardson
Keys & Synth: Nadav Rayman
Bass: Yoseph H Bekele
Verse 1: Kebrom Techane (aka Chief)
Verse 2: Binyam Alemu (aka Bizz)
Verse 3: Hyina Mufasa

Produced by Binyam Alemu (Studio13)
Mixed by Binyam Alemu & Daniel Richardson
Engineered by Binyam Alemu & Fahad Abdulaal

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Royalty Noise Melbourne, Australia

Royalty Noise is a band based in Melbourne, Australia, founded by Ethiopian-Australian MC and Producer, Mikiyas Alemu (Bizz).
Set to a soundscape fusing Vintage Electronica, Jazz-R&B and dexterous rhythms, are lyrics which are both off-beat and poetic, to create a truly progressive Hip Hop sound.

Holla is their latest single, released February 2021.
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