don't wear no uniform when i can afford
and kick my ass out to the curb if i get bored
or is that just too much to ask
i got an incontrovertible need so answer fast
energy
enemy
entropy
i hear 'bout every
specialty
spending spree
spellony
now let's go see the show
we'll see the show
wanna know the recipe to my remedy
i focus my eyes far away as i can see
and it is with that simple task
whatever it is i choose to hold i grasp
energy
enemy
entropy
i hear 'bout every
specialty
spending spree
spellony
now let's go see the show
you might say
i'm just another bud off the branch
another day of passion wit and circumstance
i'm part dog i'm part you
what i gotta do for you to let me through
it wasn't yeah it wasn't no
messin' and stressin'
just to make an impression you know
i can't wait i can't win
looking at a miracle as if it's a sin
i gotta lotta bills to play
you know that's my situation
i can't go stayin' out all night tonight
maybe if i was a full-blown star
you wouldn't put up such a fight
you might say
i'm just another bee on the buzz
but that really wasn't all that it was
you might say
i'm just another bird in the blue
but i would fly against the flock for you
i can't land i can't see putting on the airs
the way you're putting them down on me
i won't flop i won't quit
i'll keep flapping 'til you quiet my lips
i gotta lotta rhymes to spray
you know that's my situation
control the cipher with rocksteady flows tonight
maybe if i was a rapper
i could use my shine to catch your sight
you might say
i got a lotta beans in the bag
it doesn't make it any less of a drag
you might say
i got a lotta bread in the bowl
it doesn't make it any more of a whole
you might say
i got a lotta beat on the brain
that one i gotta explain you know
i'm part full i'm part drank
if you're runnin' low go and siphon the tank
i'm not broke i'm not fixed
how about a warranty 'til seventy-six
i gotta lotta lines to say
you know that's my situation
we'll get it done in under twenty takes tonight
maybe if i was an actor
i could find a line to end it right
tonight
i traveled back in time
to make rebranding a crime
now G4S is back to Wackenhut for you
and WHINSEC's the School of the Americas
if you knew what they do
you'd ban rebranding too
Academi used to be Xe
it'll always be just Blackwater to me
and who remembers Union Carbide's name
but Dow never acquired Bhopal's shame
fast food and award shows
smells like bread and circuses
it's all the surface of a curtain
i wonder what the purpose is
ban rebranding
you're a pop tart
no it's not smart
you can get it all down
at the stop mart
i guess you think it's funny
your daddy took my money
and now you put it all down
on the pop chart
pop tart
29 flavors
ya' pop tart
zero to savor
i don't wanna get rich i'm a Caldor Kid
so take your million dollars
and go place another bid
i don't wanna get rich i'm a Caldor Kid
with all the things
that only come from love and not from it
from fear to pain to going insane
your money ain't good for shit
gee whiz
i don't wanna get rich
'cause honey if i did
i wouldn't be a Caldor Kid
more fun more joy oh boy
i wanna be a Caldor Kid
you know that every time that
you look out your window
you see something different
so what
you got to say bout that baby
'cause
you know that when it's changin'
you'd better change too or it's gonna change
you
there is no drama
baby
there is no trouble and
you know
you're undercover
uh oh
you unsung lover
where you gonna find 'em
there is no trouble
don't go lookin' for it
so if
you heard what we said then maybe
you'll reconsider where
you're at
or else it's gonna be a difficult project for us
to get through to
you so i hope
you adjust
there is no trouble
ooh last time i seen you
wasn't nothin' between you
so i got my little taste
wasn't no time to waste i was in your face
when it was time to say
hon' i'm gonna run away
that was one gray sunny day
when i left on my merry way
so thank you
but girl i wanna spank you
'cause you still leave me wanting more
of what i know i shouldn't want no no
i think of how it used to be
maybe it's a mystery
to me it's plain to see
i couldn't even try to stop
so the next time i bump into you
that's just what i'll do
i'll bump bump bump bump into you
every time's the last time
wasn't that the last line
i don't care i don't remember
let's get warm like last December
it's not like we're on the mend
or there's any rules to bend
and you know we both need a friend
so let's pretend
that i need you
at least i'm gonna feed you
cause you still leave me wanting more
of what i know i shouldn't want no no
so who cares if it's right or wrong
it's not worth thinking on for long
to me it's plain to see
i couldn't even try to stop
so the next time i bump into you
that's just what i'll do
i'll bump bump bump bump into you
the crappiest products
and jobs around
you get from Mister Walton
when there's no other choice
left in your town
look for Mister Walton
"my wages and my prices
are so low they'll make you die
listen for my private jet
ding-a-ling through the sky"
the crappiest products
and jobs around
you get from Mister Walton
when there's no other choice
left in your town
look for Mister Walton
M-I-S-E-R Mister Walton
1 2 3 4
you better know
what is a conductor
you better know
what is an insulator
or
you're gonna get shocked
that's right
you're gonna get shocked
you better know
what is an insulator
you better know
what is a conductor
or
you're gonna get shocked
that's right
you're gonna get shocked
later insulator
they charge covers every day
don't pay to play i saw i say i saw i say
they don't help they just pretend to
'til condo deals kill their music venues
so where we gonna go
when we wanna play a show
i don't really fucking know oh no no
big time entertainment
name it maim it
big time entertainment
name it blame it
they want you to sign away
don't sign away i saw i say i saw i say
they don't help they just pretend to
their record deals turn men to menus
so where we gonna go
when we wanna steal the show
i don't really fucking know oh no
big time entertainment
name it maim it
big time entertainment
name it blame it
music changes lives
it's not a fucking business so
stop your pointless search for profit
sell yourself if you can't stop it
about
Special thanks to:
Victor J., PunkJunkNYC, The Everymen, Sander Hicks & White Collar Crime, Lyz Red, Savaria Studios, The Bloody Muffs, Jammi York, Basement Dwellers, Cici Y., Joe Bottari, Our Lady of Perpetual PMS, Bedpan Fight, Jersey City Comics, Hesterfest, James Way, 99 Cent, DJ Mojo, Wax Darts, The Bloody Muffs, Chelsey K., Kyle Wilkerson, Hoosatron!, The Sheckies, Otto's Shrunken Head, and your mom & pop retailers.
credits
released March 3, 2017
recorded by Caldor Kids at the Old Pfizer Building, Brooklyn, NY
mixed by Barry Goldman, Jersey City, NJ
mastered by Enormous Door, Austin, TX
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