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vocation

by lee christian

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This is my vocation This is what I was born to do This is my calling And my destiny It’s not job It’s more like my duty A duty I have to u I got something 4 u Well I can’t do nothing else but this I was put on earth to do this Well no matter what the outcome is I’m locked deep in this I got something good 4 u (so good! So so good!) I got something 4 u - If you’re wearing a frown - It’s a present of sound - If u want to get down - That u wanna spread round - That you’re dying to see - Baby listen to me… I got something good 4 u (so good! So so good! Real good – come and get it!) Well I can’t help it I just want it Everything about u baby Can’t u feel it ? Don’t u want it? Everything and more and more and more and more… I got something good 4 u I got something 4 u - If u wanna get high - That’ll help u get by - If u wanna get deep - And I’m playing for keeps - If you’re feeling alone - Baby, pick up the phone… I got something good 4 u (so good! So so good!)
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Huntress 03:57
huntress: (u better run boy, better run) just the thought of her torso keeps me up aII night, Iike a bad dose of speed. this is the cat the word wild was made for - her curves cause anarchy (yes!) huntress: that girls Iike a… tracks boys Iike a… staIks prey Iike a… and u know she’s gonna get ya! feline charms - feminine wiles - a nod, a wink - and a knowing smile… hips say whiplash - lips say “pay cash” baby gave me neck ache - potential death trap! go on girl - give it everything u got until they’re itching screaming “hot, hot, hot!” wanna traveI toyboy cIass? gotta listen to the hit! girI, the way u shake that ass - girl, u know u the shit. huntress: that girls Iike a… tracks boys Iike a… staIks prey Iike a… and u know she’s gonna get ya! yeah u know she’s gonna get ya! x2 g-g-g-g-g-g get ya! kick a dirty dirty riff, just dark enough to match my mind u know i can’t control my thoughts when i see her shake her behind both eyes fixed, damn straight locked on her hips and the curve of her lovepit has got me licking my lips. huntress: that girls Iike a… tracks boys Iike a… staIks prey Iike a… and u know she’s gonna get ya! just the thought of her torso keeps me up aII night, Iike a bad dose of speed. this is the cat the word wild was made for - her curves cause anarchy (yes!) she’s a huntress.
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Nice Things 04:31
So here we are again baby, another wasted hour – another wasted night pre-chorus: I can’t stand this fuss and fighting Turn my back u put the knife in Hoping for a quite night in But now I know it’s not that likely V1. Baby can we stop this Can we drop this All this nonsense Make it past tense And move past this Maybe calm down Make it fast while there’s no harm now We can find a resolution, a solution, less confusion then a fusion, no contusion, so we move on… v2. well I know u always say how I always wanna win but let me explain just how you’re misunderstanding I just wanna be real, I just wanna be true And if I’m right I wanna prove it so the fighting is through now I can’t stand this fuss and fighting Turn my back u put the knife in Hoping for a quite night in But now I know it’s not that likely Chorus: Baby, I love u I can’t live without u U know that I mean it there’s no need to doubt u can go through my phone it’s just all stuff about u please baby realise there’s no need to shout u can chill on the temper and pointing your finger there’s no need to fight u just need to remember stick together no matter just what the day brings because these fights are the reasons we can’t have nice things yeah these fights are the reason we can’t have nice things… well I know u always say how I always wanna win but let me explain just how you’re misunderstanding I just wanna be real, I just wanna be true And if I’m right I wanna prove it so the fighting is through now pre-chorus: I can’t stand this fuss and fighting Turn my back u put the knife in Hoping for a quite night in But now I know it’s not that likely Baby, I love u I can’t live without u U know that I mean it there’s no need to doubt u can go through my phone it’s just all stuff about u please baby realise there’s no need to shout u can chill on the temper and pointing your finger there’s no need to fight u just need to remember stick together no matter just what the day brings because these fights are the reasons we can’t have nice things yeah these fights are the reason we can’t have nice things…
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yeah… I guess u could call this… some kind of public service announcement? Chorus: Be careful not swallow when you’re swimming in the mainstream Big business just takes the piss Seems to me it ain’t clean Like sewerage pipe pumped day and night Polluting a beautiful lakeside scene Be careful not swallow when you’re swimming in the mainstream The mainstream The lame stream The better learn how to play the game scene The pipe dream The nice dream The be sure to be seen in the right scene The waiting game The mating game The be sure that they all know who you’re dating game The brain drain The tame lane The same old fifty shades of lame train Just ain’t nothing really new these days Just revivals of stuff from the old days Give it a new lick of paint because nowadays crime pays And then put it on sale way past it’s sell by date The buzzfeed The disgust feed The protest and detest cos I must feed The new trend find a new friend The type u like cos they remind u of u, friend. The facebook The tracebook The great to locate or make hate book The media They drip feed ya The sow seeds and double speak to mislead ya Well ain’t nothing really on the level these days Cos they’ve always got a little bitty angle to play Got to give it spin to make u see it their way And then they turn around and u to pay Well I know u think it’s all a big joke but did u ever stop to think the joke was on u, u big dope? Be sure to not leave your mouth open – cos you’re certain to catch a floater...
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Fuck it let’s do it! Fucking shit stressing me out Motherfuckers all up in my face Trying to give me shit about this and that I don’t know what the fuck they’re on about u know what I say? I just say… Fuck off! Yeah that’s right To all the dicks out there U wanna take me? U need a fucking army to take me Yeah check it out… well u ain’t never known nobody like me I’m the beginning, the end and all in between I’m the pimp and the ho and the john with no green I’m the order and chaos, The nightmare and dream I’m the ying and the yang , I’m the dirty and clean I’m The ice and the fire, The dumb and cerebral The lover and fighter, The blind and all seeing Yeah u ain’t never known nobody like me Cos I’m soldier - I thought I told ya I only get harder and smarter as my body gets older I’m a vet - And it’s a damn safe bet That I can subjugate your body and occupy your head Knock me down motherfucker and I bounce back up Like a punching bag, I just soak that shit up Long and fucking hard, I proved it time and again That if u step up, you’re gonna get put down my friend! Everybody knows I’m the one that u call When u wanna hear some music with a big set of balls Everybody knows I’m the guy that u want When u wanna hear a lyric that tells someone to fuck off (Repeat) Fuck off! - To anybody in my way - To any fucker trynna ruin my day - To the people wanna stress me - Wanna vex me, middle or index me - Cos I’m crazy like that - Trust me, u don’t wanna play me like that - And I’m never gonna quit - So if u were thinking I was gonna – tough shit! And when u say that I ain’t got nothing left That’s why I show u I got more than u expect And when you’re starting to say that I’m done That’s when I show u it’s only just begun And when you’re starting to say that I’m through, That’s when I got a whole lot more for u And when you’re beginning to think that it’s over Well I can comeback motherfucker Bitching on the internet Bitching with your friends Bitching about everything from morning til day ends Bitching on the phone Bitching all the time Bitch you’re such a Bitch U better stop you’re crying Bitching non-stop like u got nothing else to do But bitch u better watch out cos I’m coming for u And if bitching that I’m sexist, well the jokes on u cos just like ice t said – u men are bitches 2. ah yeah I’m not even fucking around here just stick your middle finger right in their face shout it out loud get wild get crazy motherfuckers fuck off!
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PLAYING THE GAME AGAIN I promised myself i’d never go through this again, swore blind to myself, i’d never let down my defences but now i find myself getting slowly but surely sucked in and i wonder to myself just what is going on in my head? Cos i’m Playing the game again Wondering how it will end Trying to hope for the best Don’t know why but i’m playing the game again I built up a wall i thought was too tall to scale And i guarded my heart with a casing of solid steel I buried it so deep i never thought anyone would dig it out Now i wonder to myself why on earth am i risking, risking it now? CHORUS The hand is dealt The game is set All bets are on the table The winners’ the one who escapes with anything left Cos my palm’s are sweaty My eyes are open books My heart hangs in the balance caught sinker line and hook How the hunter becomes the hunted is a mystery to me But not as much as my present position considering my chequered history CHORUS
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relationship goals when u look into the future baby can u tell me what u see? is it some piece nicer maybe? is it u & me? these are the kind of questions that keep playing on my mind and though i know it’s fun to stay in bed do we really have the time? (have u got it?) so hold on, baby hold on tightly dont u wanna love me nightIy? relationship goals love worth more than gold relationship goals body mind and soul wiII it be a roIIercoaster baby? (roIIercoaster!) continuous ups and downs (ups and downs - smiles and frowns) Iike boethius’ wheeI again (?) just a spinning round and round (round and round and round and round) or could it be the quiet life? (shhh!) maybe somewhere in the sun? (ah-ah-ah-ah) weII if if you think it’s not the worst pIan b (uh-huh) weII you’re not the onIy one! (so come on, have fun!) so hold on, baby hold on tightly dont u wanna love me nightIy? relationship goals love worth more than gold relationship goals body mind and soul
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uh yeah I don’t know about u but I’m feeling like now might be a good time to just… well every now and then u got to take a load off and pack it up and roll it up and blaze it up, man well every now and then u got to take a load off and pack it up and roll it up and take smoke break I love to hear the sound of rustling papers I love to hear the grinder go round Well I love u baby but it’ll have to wait til later Cos I think I hear that lighter sound… Where are u going with that beat? Bring that beat back We aren’t but half way through this motherfucker We got a plenty more smoking to go… Cos I’m getting my smoke on! X2 I don’t know about u but I’m feeling like now might be a good time to just… well every now and then u got to take a load off and pack it up and roll it up and blaze it up, man well every now and then u got to take a load off and pack it up and roll it up and take choke break!
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Biding my time Well I could smoke an ounce and right a symphony (while I’m biding time) I could sing about everything u meant to me (while I’m biding time) I could start a new religion based on everything I’ve learnt (while I’m biding time) Round up all those fucks who lied to me and have them all burnt (burn) when I told u baby things were going just fine well it wouldn’t take psychiatrists to see I was lying when I told honey everything was just swell the lack of conviction in my voice should have told u things weren’t going that well…. Cos I’m just biding time Well I could finally read that book I thought was too big to start Well I could teach myself to paint u know I’ve always loved art So I could send u a picture of my dead black heart Time… when I told u baby things were going just fine well it wouldn’t take psychiatrists to see I was lying when I told honey everything was just swell the lack of conviction in my voice should have told u things weren’t going that well…. If u ever hear me say that I’m ok – well it’s all bullshit cos I’m not the same since u went away Ever hear me claim that things are going alright Don’t believe it for a second cos u know I’m just biding my time I’m just a biding my time Well I could fix the crooked floorboard or the creaking in the door But it always bothered u much more than me so I can’t be bothered anymore Well I could throw away all those clothes I just know I’m not gonna wear Cos you’re the only one I ever dressed to impress so I guess I just stopped caring I could start a brand new business selling really bad advice I could do just about anything except get on with my life when I told u baby things were going just fine well it wouldn’t take psychiatrists to see I was lying when I told honey everything was just swell the lack of conviction in my voice should have told u things weren’t going that well…. If u ever hear me say that I’m ok – well it’s all bullshit cos I’m not the same since u went away Ever hear me claim that things are going alright Don’t believe it for a second cos u know I’m just biding my time I’m just biding my time
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I gave up on my radio A long long time ago Been a long time since it spoke to me So I just had to let it go Everything single things been bought and sold Now they just give it away for free Don't wanna pay for the drink but for the cup that they hold So when it tastes like piss then don't come running to me I turned off that radio ah ah ah Turned off that radio If now that's what they call music I don't want to know I can't stand It just keeps on playing me that same song from ten minutes ago It's like hip hop but not for hip hop heads It's like pop with all the hooks took out It's like dance but can’t nobody really dance to it And It's like we're living through a lyrical drought It's like rocks gone dropped right off the map Country is just pop with a twang Indie is just a ruse - you're really buying from the man. I gave up on my radio ah ah ah gave up on my radio I’d rather sit the dial between the channels and listen to the static We're in the Anal domain of the annals I'd laugh if it weren't so tragic Well I'd rather stick my ears in a meat grinder And I'd rather pluck my eyes out of my head I even rather sew my mouth up tight as a ducks behind Than admit that music is dead Shout to all the indie stations and internet radio dj’s supporting the underground bands and artists of all genres all across the world... without u, people wouldn’t hear my music and there would be no alternative to the outdated, sewn up, sold out mainstream! Peace! I’m out.
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Live Your Life , be free! Grab life, love life, be! Have fun, seize the day Nothing more to say make out make love wow Make art make time now Take risks take a dare Live life, love it yeah! Make a future now Don’t wait, don’t say “how?” Make a life for u Nothing left to do Live your life, be free! Make a world u like Make a stand and fight Take a chance and try Don’t say u can’t - u might What’s the worst that could happen? Could it really be all that bad? Could it really worsen your situation? Could u lose any more than u have? Risk it, roll the dice Think of something nice Manifest your life Take control tonight make out, make love, wow! Make art - make time now Take risks, take a dare Live life, love it - yeah! Live your life, be free! Grab life, love life, be! Have fun, seize the day Nothing more to say Live your life, be free! (come on and live it now) (grab it with both hands) (got to have a little fun) (there’s nothing more to say) Live your life, be free!
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M0n£y - Well it just don’t work It’s got me running round in circles like some kind of jerk like some used up old douchebag that’s packed filled to burst funny how it don’t buy happiness but it sure don’t hurt well he’s got me working my fingers right down to the bone but u won’t leave me to these devices of my own I work to live not live to work and u don’t pay me nearly enough to moan Well where’s all this madness gonna end? Stuck in perpetual state of spend spend spend Always given credit even when it’s not due – to u and u and u and u and u
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Zombie Dance 03:07
it's on the air it's on tv it's in the news it's in the crazy Iies they teach us from the first day of school it's in the fear it's in the hate it's in the genes it's gonna end up looking like a fucking horror movie scene. zombie dance, zombie dance everybody doing that zombie dance living everyday like yesterday was your last just turn up the nostalgia, lose yourself in the past (turn it up!) zombie dance, zombie dance everybody doing that zombie dance waIking through your life in a self induced trance it's time that u woke up and started making some pIans ( you're not dead! weII not yet) this ain't a thriller motherfucker - this is your life there's not an app u can download for your trouble and strife weII what u gonna do to make that change? u can't wait 28 months - u ain't got 28 days? and u now everybody wants their pound of flesh if u can't keep up the vic, weII u know what's coming next be prepared to lose the arm & leg you've got piIe aII the bodies at the bottom, aII the money up top did anybody hear what i just said? cos sometimes i feeI i just survived the night of the living dead it's reality not tv - there not the same did u ever stop to think you're just a pawn in a game it's not a hoax, i'm not a wacko - it's just fact that just a few are calling shots while aII the others just react always settling for less than u know your worth - since birth modern life is slavery with the occasional circus
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Merciless 03:45
baby, sometimes you're just to hard on a guy. i don't mean hard in a good way you know, like this... i mean hard in a kind of merciless way... It don’t matter how I treat u (don’t matter x3) It don’t matter how I act (don’t matter x3) Nothing ever seems to please u (don’t matter x3) Sems that u won’t love me back (Baby your so merciless) It don’t matter what I tell u (don’t matter x3) It don’t matter what I say (don’t matter x3) I already know the outcome (don’t matter x3) No matter what the play, yeah (Baby you’re so merciless) <Why u gotta be like that girl?> Baby you’ve gottta so me a little m.e.r.c.y. you’ve gotta show me some mercy… it don’t matter what I give u (don’t matter x3) be it money, sex or love (don’t matter x3) I can’t help but get the feeling (don’t matter x3) That you’d choose none of the above (baby, you’re so merciless) Even if I show u baby (don’t matter x3) The very deepest part of me (don’t matter x3) Still I can’t help but think you’re being Way too hard on me Mercy! Mercy! Mercy! Baby, you’re so merciless!
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Confusion?! 04:21
Baby – we need to talk… When we’re out at night (on the town) I can’t get no action (no not ever) No matter how hard I try (and I try my very hardest) I can tell by your reaction (that U don’t think it’s clever) first u will - then u won’t confusion too much confusion here make up your mind - make up your mind girl confusion too much confusion here make up your mind - make up your mind girl confusion first u will - then u won’t too much confusion here first u do - then u don’t say u don’t want it (want it) too much confusion here and when we’re back outside your place (late at night) well I just can’t get past first base (no not ever) u say you’ve got to be up for work the next day (early in the morning) but tomorrow is a bank holiday! (burn!) confusion - is what u do to me I don’t know where I stand Baby help me see Confusion - I don’t know what to do I don’t know what I’ve got to say to get through to u When we’re out at night first u will - then u won’t first u do - then u don’t first u will - then u won’t first u do - then u don’t say u don’t want it (want it) first u do - then u don’t first u will - then u won’t first u do - then u don’t first u will - then u won’t make up your mind confusion make up your mind girl too much confusion here make up your mind confusion too much confusion here x4 yeah… and now when I’m on my own well lay awake and I wonder why when I could have a hundred girls I only want this one Confusion - is what u do to me I don’t know where I stand Baby help me see Confusion - I don’t know what to do I don’t know what I’ve got to say to get through to u (repeat twice) when we’re out at night (late at night) well I can’t get no action make up your mind- make up your mind girl first u do - then u don’t say u don’t want it (want it) make up your mind - make up your mind girl make up your mind - make up your mind girl (no, not ever!) so there u have it… what’s it gonna be babe? are we gonna have fun or what? I’m not trying to pressure u girl I just want u to have some fun First u do - then u don’t say u don’t want it (want it) make up your mind girl Really? After all that? Suit yourself then!
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Hood Rat 04:02
hoodrat I’ve got a dedication to make… to little botox peep, amelia peaches and all those mini mice makin’ nice at the fromagerie, thanks for the mental imagery… tonight I’m gonna have some freaky dreams – dig it in! All the girl wants is a disco ball She can fit her world inside So it’s off to insemination central With the snobrats for the night All the clocks stop All their jaws drop The second that she enters the room Grown men weep And follow like sheep Paralysed by her potential (if I’m gonna catch that rat, it’s gonna take all the cheese I can fit in this funky little trap) all the boys all pray for hot summer days and hot legged girls for easy lays (easy lays) all the girls all like to entertain the guys the more drinks they buy the more thigh they spy that girl is a hood rat watch out for the hoodrat she’ll steal your cheese and move on to the next guy (I warned u boy!) don’t mess with the hoodrat beware of the hoodrat because sewer rat don’t taste like pumpkin pie (I told u so!) u dirty rat! Got me running like a mouse on a wheel U dirty rat! Spreading round your filthy disease (ugh!) don’t mess with the hoodrat don’t mess with the hood beware of the hood rat beware of the hood watch out for the hoodrat watch out for the hood don’t fuck with the hoodrat don’t fuck with the hood!
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The men in the white coats Your last kiss It stayed on my lips 4 a long long time I’ve been climbing the walls Since the minute u walked out the door I been crying There’s a tingling on my mouth And I don’t know just how long that I can go without Cos I’m gonna go mad if u don’t come right back 4 more Maybe I’m schitzo when it comes 2 u I’m all in a spin, I don’t know what 2 do One minute I’m happy, the next one I’m blue If I’m going crazy – I’m crazy 4 u Send in the men in the white coats And every touch Feels so much like less than enough When I’m with u And every tune It only serves 2 remind me of u Til you’re near 2 me I’m like a hamster on a wheel I don’t know just how long that I can deal Cos I’m a nervous wreck playing without a full deck ‘til you’re here (won’t u send ‘em in?) Our last fight It had me up all night Just thinking over things that we said and did Because nothing else sets me of quite like u do And no one else knows just 2 turn my screws As almost as if we’re a perfect match Because you’re the match that always seems 2 light my fuse

about

many thanks to the talented beat-makers & producers on this album - without them this album would be a bunch disembodied voices floating about randomly! :-) thanks also to my awesome collaborators (vocal & instrumental) for lending their talents to this record. dedicated to <+)o

credits

released June 22, 2018

the beats:
1 & 11 by cookiegem
2, 10 & 17 by Phill Honey for Boywithatoy
3 by Omari MC
4 by i can't even remember now
5 by JS Instrumentals
6 by KRZbeatz
7, 8 & 13 by Half Decent
9 by senam amoako
12 by missmatch
14 by The Sub Theory
15 by Theoretical
16 by EJGunk
18 by real talk inc.

quickfix recordings label management - terri bonham-samuels
additional vocal engineering - grace williams
cover photo by greg smolonski
artwork design by lee christian & grace williams
(c) lee christian/quickfixrecordings
(p) lee christian/various artists

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