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about

Soakes & Donald Jenkins.

Two leftfield minds combine to verbalise why we should never give up,
even when everything seems lost.

lyrics

(Jenkins)
We lost long ago, all became prodigal
sons and daughters, now we got nowt to show,
spunked it up the wall, flakes falling from our aching nose,
wallets flat where queens head once made a home.
We wanted more, plot twist, there’s nothing left at all
We feel lost, don’t connect beyond the cyber walls
We fall out cos they want to micro-manage us,
divisions of opinion only benefit the ultra-rich.
Reclaim the substance from a baggie that they polished off
give an upper cut, buzzing when we’re punching up
they’re not untouchable just mushes made of flesh and blood
smoke and mirrors hides the leverage hanging right in front of us.
Crushing up their greedy guts and snorting lines of scum
Plenty more where that came from, so gan and pass it on
There won’t be any clemency, they’ve racked up piles of wrongs
So off with their bottle tops, smash their Perignon!

I get lost in problems til I can't be found
I get in problems but i won't back down, no I won't back down
I get lost in problems til I can't be found
I get in problems but i won't back down, no I won't back down

(Soakes)
A fanatic when I work my semantics
And it’s tragic when they splurge on the vacuous
Drip just to earn some transient validation
Talent wasted on purposeless tat
Take over the game just to burn it to ashes
Break open your brain when I craft those
superlative verses you can't
Folks yearn for my magic
Stay whole they go burst into fragments
Beacon for those soul searching in blackness
It's all a play there's no worth in the practice
School's out for the sinner
Cause you don't learn from the victor
So your homework is to backflip
With the dole merchants and bandits
On the road to Damascus
Soakes skirt through the traffic
Going in like how posers need to pack it
Take a swing catch rope burn from the fabric

I get lost in problems til I can't be found
I get in problems but i won't back down, no I won't back down
I get lost in problems til I can't be found
I get in problems but i won't back down, no I won't back down

credits

released September 19, 2023
All lyrics written and performed by by Soakes and Donald Jenkins, 2023.

Beat produced by nxmercy

Soakes is a playful lyricist, using his artistry as a means of social commentary.

Donald Jenkins is a spoken word artist and rapper who loves to rant and rhyme.

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Donald Jenkins Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK

Donald Jenkins is a late bloomer, weather-beaten and questioning what possessed him at the ‘decrepit’ age of 44 to start a career as a rapper?

Was it part mid-life crisis, his life-long love of Hip-Hop or just his ongoing obsession of playing with words?
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