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Sing a Song, Write a Rap (uhh)

by Laurence Warner

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    1st produced Mar 25th 2024.

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1.
Tu-Lu-Ri 03:33
I may not sing As good as you But I can sing Tu-lu-ri oo Tu-lu-ri Tu-lu-ri oo Yeah I can sing Tu-lu-ri You may not sing As well as me But you can sing Tu-lu-ri ee Tu-lu-ri Tu-lu-ri ee Come on let's sing Tu-lu-ri Tu-lu-ri aa Tu-lu-ri aa We'll never be Royalty But we can sing Tu-lu-ri ee Tu-lu-ri Tu-lu-ri ee Yeah we can sing Tu-lu-ri I haven't lived Through '82 But I can sing Tu-lu-ri oo Tu-lu-ri Tu-lu-ri oo Yeah I can sing Tu-lu-ri Tu-lu-ri aa Tu-lu-ri aa Tu-lu-ri aa Tu-lu-ri aa I may not sing As good as you But I can sing Tu-lu-ri Come on England Come on Eastleigh Come on Matthew Come on Eileen Tu-lu-ri Tu-lu-ri oo Come on let's sing Tu-lu-ri Tu-lu-ri Tu-lu-ri ee Come on let's sing Tu-lu-ri I won't just be one more Gen Z kid Flushing dreams into the sea I've sung like 3 dozen times for you But this my final turrah (loora lu) This Brave New Year I'm resolute Alt-rap against tech for the yoots But one last rhyme I'll sing for you Go back in time when England knew Got the words, got the tune? Let's toora loora lu! Tu-lu-ri Tu-lu-ri oo Come on let's sing Tu-lu-ri Tu-lu-ri Tu-lu-ri ee Come on let's sing Tu-lu-ri aa
2.
facelook 03:09
This is what my face looks like Yeah this what my face look like But this ain't what facebook like And this ain't for the facebook likes For the money This is what my face look like Now it's the one they dislike I sued them $400 For breaching what my face look like Yeah I made a case $400 And we got it like for Benjy's We blasted them 1M times Making Illy noise in the Chi Now this is what my face look like This what my face look like This ain't what facebook like Yeah this ain't what facebook like Facebook like: This is what that guy look like Strong cheeks, bluish eyes Little acne otherwise hella white 99% it's Laurence Warner Tag that guy? Rewind: Illinois '08/09 Democratic foresight Banned biometrics on sight Could've sued em for Bills But we settled $400 Why #SmalltownDreamer in the Chi? Mastered data sci 'cos I'm Fully bright, graduated now it Fully time 4 day week Time Ferris let Python the grind But profits rise if they generalise "Like the style of a small town guy" Come Eastleigh if you wanna train line But instead they scraped Beastly lyrics They were under copyright So I think we should, yeah I think we should, eh I think we should sue AI Writers we should sue AI This is what my face look like Serious, let's sue AI Suits - it's coming for you too alright Google soon to pitch AI Bard passed the Bar, so let's put it behind Can one of you suit up? We'll get our Manchester Prize United against AI This ain't Chat like GPT I'm GP breed, gotta heal the breach Open AI - Butterick, Getty out the gutter quick Told you  This ain't what The 'bookie like Spitting like a llama Like a LLaMa - Meta at it too my guy Let's sue 'em too, eh eh? Let's sue 'em too, eh eh? I think we should sue AI Yeah I think we should sue eh Sue eh, sue eh I think we should sue AI Britain we should sue AI And when we have sued AI This is what my face look like Yeah, yeah This is what my face looks like This what my face look like But this ain't what Thefacebook like And this ain't for the facebook likes For the money eh
3.
(Another another) Another year Another year Another year gone by in the blink of an eye Now it's time to say goodbye to Another year Yeah Imagine your first track Puts your hometown on the map Going old school showing them how to rap You're going "Swan Centre (tahh tahh) Got a Swan Centre" you got that? Ta Now you're playing the fool, bright mentally Master's degree, doing comedy No wonder I felt a little schizophrenia You're not yourself on social media Identity is infinity, repeat after me: I got a psychoanalytical multisensory Concept double-album with fractal symmetry You get that? (Nahh) You press that? (Nahh) I guess that I'm not a star I'm a failure (ahh awhhh) I'm a, I'm a failure Another year I'm still here Singing and rapping with different names I'm thinking that there's a better way I dunno who I am, I dunno who I am I dunno who I am, but I know what I do: I sing a song, I write a rap Singer-songwriter-rapper #SingerSongwriterRapper 2023: more #SavvyIndie 12 tracks released monthly An alternative to monotony I'll be pop and rap alternately So follow me, isn't that the game "But who do we follow?" Yeah I need a name: Florence & Fauna? (Too machine) Torrents of Water? (Too piracy) I dunno who I am, let's ask mum & dad: "Laurence Warner" No other names No other's name I used to rap as Beastly and sing as Cerulean Now Laurence Warner is the name I'm gonna be For Another year  Another year  I came here for the evening, I came here for the day But now I'm feeling like I wanna stay for Another year (Black lives matter)
4.
Your Bitcoin Made in Astana From energy Made in Astana Your NFT Made in Astana Capital Astana, real Kazakhstaner Your crypto Made in Astana Lit from coal Made in Astana But the Earth getting hot like a sauna Made in the UK But your carbon's Made in Astana You're a ledge in the LEZ Whipping Tes off your Bitcoin plunder Even E. knew Watts needed to fund a Block on the chain: miner Made in China Til Xi banned it, Kazakh stan'd it They hardcore so we're screwed Earth going to the moon Like the dry Kazakh dune Oil Baron take the mick But you lot assume ""is nice"" there But hear the truth Net zero  Not Made in Astana Targets to  Not Made in Astana Borat 2  Not Made in Astana But your loot Made in Astana Sleazy deeds Made in Astana Bank man freed Made in Astana Richie MPs Made in Astana Ban BTC 'cos the carbon Made in Astana You're whale big Putting that carb on credits But you'll pay for it later like Klarna End Times tryna buy water With the cause of the degradation, devastation Thames dried up, you're to blame then I'll s-squash you for your Big foot print And your gang Just for your lil' NFT gang Blood, you'll send us all to the crypt Crypt #CryptoGratiaCrypt, crypto gratia Crypto made in Astana Crypto gratia crypto, just for the hell of it dough Made in Astana PoW a prison, ties us up to emissions Made in Astana So ban Bitcoin quick, cos the footprint big Made in Astana No more music if we send this planet to the crypt Go tell your grandma #NoMusicOnADeadPlanet
5.
Honest 03:12
It ain't easy To be honest To be honest It ain't easy To be To be honest And when you wake up The truth Comes freely So breathe easy Be honest Be. Breathe deeply Believe me Be Honest Believe me Be honest It was too easy, to be honest Schoolbag down in the empty house Intel Inside, one hand on the mouse The guilt on the other hand didn't help But their firewall did, and the therapy Adult: I see less Reality screams and weans, she helps me get clean Kicking booze is hardest, acting out others' darkness Cross-town train to play Hamlet, nearly stepped too soon Director's asking "what's up" I'm Failed, for plagiarism This is just between us And now I'm saying it on a song Be honest, we've all done some things wrong It ain't easy To be honest It ain't easy It ain't easy To be
6.
John the Con 01:40
My name’s Mr John McDonagh I'll tell you I'm an Honest John  I'll tell you I'll pay you later on But it’s a trick!  I'm John the Con I’m John the Con Yeah John the Con I’ll con your dad and I’ll con your mum Wanna hustle like me? Follow along  Here’s a day in the life of John the Con: I wake up Tell the wifey: put on her make-up Tell my daughters: get in the car We’re going to the Shopping Centre (yay!) Right after the Services (awwhh!) Daddy’s gotta hustle some normie squibs This Skoda-driver looks gormless: Hey mate, I’m from Belgium “What’s up my European brethren?” Tryna get my family across the Irish Sea It’s liquidity I need, there’s a cash-machine Could you spot me a C, MC Beastly? You’ll have it by minuit  Honestly, trust me Trust me, I'm a Christian (Cross my heart and hope to die) Trust me, I'm a Christian (Upon this cross, I swear on my life) Trust me, I'm a Christian  Trust me, I’m a I’m a trick! I’m John the Con Yeah John the Con I’m a hustler Yeah the con is on I’ll even say that I’m from Belgium If it means that you’ll part with your mons I’m a Bad Boy, come see my Crew Chilling in the back of my BMW Don’t them females look vulnerable? Make you lend money, yeah that’s my fuel! “Can we get a selfie?” OK cool See I’m the don I’m John McDonnagh But don’t Google me cos I’m a con Wait he just documented my face (VO11 YKY) and my untaxed plates  Whatever, I’m driving off his hundred quid To the next Services and the next eejit Oh no wait what’s this? (07833876229) ooh I gave him my real digits He says I “won’t cop a crime” So instead he’s “gonna rhyme” about me So share this til he gets 100K streams Then he’ll get his money back, guaranteed Trust me
7.
WHOIS 02:22
Who is the one you see? And who I am to me? Who is the one you see? And who am I, am I to me? Who’s the one you see When you're looking at me Is it the one who’s wild and free Haters come at me! Or is it the one who's down Playing the clown Rather be wearing the crown Or at least watching it Or am I the little boy Crying on the ward Let's get him nursed before He becomes a vegetable Or else he can't perform Or code a signup form A live connection not perfection What the internet for Who is the one you see? And who am I to me? Who is the one? WHOIS WHOIS WHOIS WHOIS Who is the one, the one The one I see? Are you still the one I knew Back when we was little homies ‘Cos I think I could be the one Once you get to know me You like your followers but they really phoney Only fans girl, ain't it lonely You need a lover, you know where to find me LaurenceWarner.com I ain’t hiding Like them Bitcoin trolls bro who I ain’t minding ‘Cos if I can’t see who or what you is I ain’t replying Who is the one I see? And who are you to me? Who is the one? WHOIS WHOIS WHOIS WHOIS Who is the one, the one WHOIS ME
8.
(I know my lingo) Ben, he knows his lingo Ben knows his lingo Yeah we didn't hit the jackpot like bingo But Ben knows his lingo Ben: "I know my lingo I know my lingo" Yeah didn't hit the jackpot like bingo But Ben knows his  Lingo Do you speak the lingo? Do you know your lingo? Have you got the lingo? Listen, watch my lingo: We’ll show showbiz that new flow That made Swan Centre (tahh) blow Beastly Boys, Warner bros Making noise on a TV show But not too long ago The only ones you got to know Received Pronounciation classes In a London studio But what about Scotty, Yorkie, Beastly And 1 in 6 with disability On the Last Leg, they lose rent In paid work: only 5% But Ben’s got Hart, he's work in progress It's been hard, a lot to digest Sun you'll flower, like a Rose bloom Jones / Ayling-Ellis, Ben Warner too He knows his lingo Ben knows his lingo Didn't hit the jackpot like bingo But Ben knows his lingo Ben: “I know my lingo I know my lingo" He didn't hit the jackpot But the kid grow To a man who knows his lingo "I know my lingo" Ben knows It takes two to tango Me and Ben like Rambo Smalltown dream in Media City Shots in the can and back home There's a lot a citizen can't do "Stay out of the edit room!" We'll see what they let through But I guarantee Ben got 4-letter words like F U C if you Tweet nastily 'bout his speech  If you wanna take shots, send for me K GCSE said that I was A* Ben was a G, I’m the one who got parred! On Wordle round, just like the last It’s the library (shhh) "I gotta put in some hours" Not sat in the pub on my bottle and glass Like Scotty would say: it’s a game of two halves (It's a wrap) Game of two halves Life's a game of two halves You're only as good as your last Game of two halves (It's a rap) Game of two halves You're only as good as your last That's how the thing go when (It's a rap) You're only as good as your lingo "I know my lingo" (Ben) "I know my lingo" He knows his lingo Ben knows his lingo ("I know my lingo”) We didn't hit the jackpot like bingo But Ben knows his lingo (It’s a wrap)
9.
I left Chicago Driving the van I was your man But you had your mind set On Chicago til the end Now the breeze blows me back To old friends, a new tune But it's a little less pretty This windy city Without you I'm up in the sky bar The model guys are Mixing me a drink Clay gives mine a swirl He says "hey, where's the girl?" As he hands it to me with a wink It tastes amazing The sky is blazing Violet, red and pink What a pity, I think And I feel blue 'Cos it's true This windy city It looks a little less pretty Without you When I left Chicago I found myself under the rain Now I'm flying higher Summer breeze, another plane Today looks amazing From the window in the skies But the Windy City Seems a little less pretty Without your eyes It's six in the morning The winter's thawing Down on Oak Street beach I look to the East The sky's this feast of light It's like a scene Where two lovers kiss In a Bob Zemeckis flick Except it's missing a female lead This city's more pretty with you I mean Yeah it's true This windy city It looks a little less pretty Without you What a pity We broke up on Zoom
10.
Don’t call me tonight, watching Call the Midwife Sorry not tonight, watching Call the Midwife Family time, Call the Midwife Can’t come out tonight, watching Call the Midwife (Sorry baby) Having some family time with my Granny it’s nice watching Call the Midwife Gramp asleep, so I take his seat and we press rewind We’re going back all the way when my parents were born in 1959 Entering Britain no social position, no wonder they cry Start’s slow, but better than what our grandparents knowed Teachers, preachers, Bevin Boys mine Camberwell boy with a Cockney rhyme Plenty of trouble and strife Thank the Lord they could call the midwife If it wasn’t for the other Bevan I’d probably not be alive Thank god someone cried “call the Midwife” I’m so glad I’m alive cos they call the Midwife For the 4th time: call the Midwife I’m so glad that they tried to call the Midwife They were called Karens & Keirs & Katie’s & Kraig’s Now you call ‘em Boomers I get it they screwing us Zoomers But we gotta vote or else we’ll be the losers The Houses are owned by the 50s and over They’re Lording it over the Common young people We are the 1st generation to live in this nation Whose prospects are worse than our folks And they call us woke, it’s a joke Broke Maybe in midlife, we can call the Midwife I'll make her my wife, we'll try call the Midwife Family time: call the Midwife But right now I'm aitt, watching Call the Midwife Why not come round mine (Miss you Angel, miss you two Granddad)
11.
Baby I want to know you Baby I want to know you Usually I like to keep my mind Free from other people's vibes Like a plane that's flying in the sky I ain't got time to keep up with their lives But with you I'm feeling differently I ain't expecting it to be pretty But it's time I'm ready So tell me baby won't you let me Baby I want to know you Baby I want to know you I don't need to know what's going on Inside the talking heads of everyone It's why I keep my headphones on But with you I'm feeling differently Begging you: Be my Baby (be my little babyyy) I wanna hear see smell you touch & breathe I want to know you, just like you're me Baby I want to know you Baby I want to know you 'Cos I want you I want you I need you To show me what to do Baby I want to know you Baby I want to know you Baby I've got to see this through Baby I just want to know you
12.
(ЙЕП, Laurence Warner Death music, let’s go) I was nearly 6 foot under Before I made my teens So I'm living my life purposefully Daniil? 6 футів Вітер доторкається до скроні 6 футів 6 футів YEP, six foot under Are you feeling me? Or does moving imagery need to be seen Up on a 66 foot screen  6 футів Вітер доторкається до скроні 6 футів 6 футів As I stand 6’3” I may as well be the man I was meant to be and lead Before they fill me with lead, I'm gonna make bread Leave it to my fam when I'm dead - I will Don't come from wealth, so I can't chill Taxman knocking, I gotta make bills Two things in life are guaranteed Death and taxes right Daniil? Це було давно, відчуття неначе у кіно Панельні коробки стоять у ряд - це сіре доміно Мама з татом, черга, дефіцит, нічого не придбати Трошечки не встиг тоді точно підеш голодним спати Underdressed and state-educated like Kryshev I waited  In line, I waited, but now it's my time to make it A Pandit & Warner Picture Cold War I'll depict ya in a quarter of an hour Collab's our only power I played with Shrey, Rachanee, left Egos at the door The next day that insane little Ruski declared war Gon' for a Mo, back in L.A. to open Closure Cafe On the anniversary of that invasion of Ukraine In case we're six foot under Before hitting our thirties 6 футів Не втрачаю жодної нагоди Six foot under Like the innocents in Kyiv 6 футів 6 футів 'Cos of that five foot dunderhead of the regime 6 футів Не втрачаю жодної нагоди 6 футів Вітер доторкається до скроні 6 футів We'll all be six foot under Let's delay it at least Yeah I'll be playing the beast Up on your theatre screen While you're eating up M&Ms "May I have your attention please?" I'd rather avoid the 'ha ha ha' drama classes Talking Greek out their arses about white privilege They're classist, us smalltown boys had it hard But who knows who's life's the hardest We all can feel the same pain, just ask them out in Ukraine It's a shame we need martyrs to care about looking after Those who are outside our borders They ain't just 'Boats' in the water, YEP «У Союзі було краще!» Лиш якщо ти мертвий Українці хочуть собі пам'ять про усе це стерти Заборона слова, заборона мови заборона думати інакше, ніхто не готовий 2023 весь світ захлинувся від війни Отруйним подихом росія зруйнувала всі мости Ми не підемо нікуди ми будем на своїй землі Якщо не виборем свободу, так і ляжемо в ній You could be six foot under Listen to Ukraine’s 6 футів Не втрачаю жодної нагоди Six foot under From that poison in your veins 6 футів 6 футів Моя труна на 6 футів Кожен день борюся за свободу 6 футів Не втрачаю жодної нагоди 6 foot under Unless this war gets over We're gonna keep turning back Until we find some Closure Can we please (It’s a rap)

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12 Singles
released by Singer-Songwriter-Rapper Laurence Warner
Pop & Rap alternately each month, collected here in official mixtape order. Please consider donating or buying CD!

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released November 29, 2023

Recording & mixing engineer: Matthew Large (unless otherwise stated)
Cover photos by SonyaMoore.com

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