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"Manic Monday" 2004-01-20 - 3:33 a.m. older - previous - next - profile - host - my band - my lj well, today I realised that things can always be worse today I saw a woman driving down Oracle; and the windshield of her truck was gone she was driving around wearing those big safety goggles we used to get in science class how hilarious is that? really makes you appreciate your windshield, eh? I had quite the busy day today as usual, spent by myself I drove around most of the day looking for job applications out of two malls and three shopping centers; two places were legitamitely hiring I think I've got a good chance about getting hired at Vitamin Barn the name alone is worth the effort [or maybe I forgot the real name and just wish that's what it is] I know fuck-all about vitamins but I do know that Vitamin Barn is "Accepting Applications" and I'm dispensing applications, as it were so right there I'm what they're looking for I don't know the other place was Office Max; which merits only a "meh" at best but after that I suppose the biggest news was getting together with Ruben to jam/practice/work on our band/whatever we worked on some covers to start with and I swear, I'm so fucking sick of Seven Nation Army right now that I hope Jack White goes to jail on those assault charges [just kidding] Ruben's a little behind me in skill not enough to really cause problems but just enough that we have to spend a little longer working on things than I'd like and his self-esteem is low enough to fit into my little clique he's so self-depricating that it makes me look like a bragging, full-of-myself dickwad by comparison so that's interesting we worked on writing our own song it's not much after working too hard on those covers we were a little burnt-out but we get along well and have a lot of the same ideas so I think the two of us are going places; if not necessarily proffessional I'm probably a band or two away from that yet so yeah, I'm really tired as I mentioned; Ruben gets off work around 10-10:30 so we get together around 10:45-10:50 and we were there until around 3 AM tonight so I must sleep now Sweet Dreams OH! I almost forgot: in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day; I'm posting the lyrics to Public Enemy's "By The Time I Get to Arizona" because Public Enemy is cool and Arizona isn't: I'm countin' down to the day deservin' Fittin' for a king I'm waitin' for the time when I can Get to Arizona 'Cause my money's spent on The goddamn rent Neither party is mine not the Jackass or the elephant 20.000 nig niggy nigas in the corner Of the cell block but they come From California Population none in the desert and sun Wit' a gun cracker Runnin' things under his thumb Starin' hard at the postcards Isn't it odd and unique? Seein' people smile wild in the heat 120 degree 'Cause I wanna be free What's a smilin' fact When the whole state's racist Why want a holiday F--k it 'cause I wanna So what if I celebrate it standin' on a corner I ain't drinkin' no 40 I B thinkin' time wit' a nine Until we get some land Call me the trigger man Looki lookin' for the governor Huh he ain't lovin' ya But here to trouble ya He's rubbin' ya wrong Get the point come along An he can get to the joint I urinated on the state While I was kickin' this song Yeah, he appear to be fair The cracker over there He try to keep it yesteryear The good ol' days The same ol' ways That kept us dyin' Yes, you me myself and I'ndeed What he need is a nosebleed Read between the lines Then you see the lie Politically planned But understand that's all she wrote When we see the real side That hide behind the vote They can't understand why he the man I'm singin' 'bout a king They don't like it When I decide to mic it Wait I'm waitin' for the date For the man who demands respect 'Cause he was great c'mon I'm on the one mission To get a politician To honor or he's a gonner By the time I get to Arizona I got 25 days to do it If a wall in the sky Just watch me go thru it 'Cause I gotta do what I gotta do PE number one Gets the job done When it's done and over Was because I drove'er Thru all the static Not stick but automatic That's the way it is He gotta get his Talkin' MLK Gonna find a way Make the state pay Lookin' for the day Hard as it seems This ain't no damn dream Gotta know what I mean It's team against team Catch the light beam So I pray I pray everyday I do and praise jah the maker Lookin' for culture I got but not here From jah maker Pushin' and shakin' the structure Bringin' down the babylon Hearin' the sucker That make it hard for the brown The hard Boulova I need now More than ever now Who's sittin' on my freedah' Opressor people beater Piece of the pick We picked a piece Of land that we deservin' now Reparation a piece of the nation And damn he got the nerve Another niga they say and classify We want too much My peep plus the whole nine is mine Don't think I even double dutch Here's a brother my attitude hit 'em Hang 'em high Blowin' up the 90s started tickin' 86 When the blind get a mind Better start and earn while we sing it Now There will be the day we know those down and who will go -By The Time I Get To Arizona Public Enemy � � |