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Face Of Your Father

from Medium Talent by Tom Swifty

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When SEEMWARE first gave me this beat I knew it was going to be one of those that I have to listen to over and over again before I can even begin to rhyme to it, but when the inspiration finally strikes I won't be able to stop until the song is finished. That's pretty much how it went; once I decided to make it a tribute to my favorite writer, Stephen King, it's almost like it wrote itself. Most of the references are from the Dark Tower series, but I also threw in a few more familiar references (from The Shining, Shawshank Redemption, etc) for casual fans, and I like to think the song bumps pretty hard even if you don't know King's work at all (but you probably do).

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You fled across the desert and of course I followed 
Reset my present course, I'm headed north by morrow 
Sorrow might borrow my mind for a minute 
But I'm always on time when it's time for the killing 
I climb for the limits when I fire my pistols 
With my heart, mind and eye, riding high, I deliver 
I'm a Gunslinger, after all, shooting's my business 
Besides, the morning was windless 
I get busy living while you get busy dying 
The truth can be defiant in the face of nuclear science 
Ravenous dogs with they slavering jaws 
Metaverse laws that would give a savage madman pause 
Hurdles in my way get smacked and null, void 
All work and no play make Jack a dull boy 
Look back if you'd know what the future holds 
Ka's a wheel, all it knows how to do is roll 

It goes 
Long days, pleasant nights 
I been gone away, bereft inside 
And we all gonna pay for this genocide 
But it's hard to say what's been left behind 
It's all broken, death has unfurled with ease 
Go then, there are other worlds than these 
The future is rotten, erased, and discarded 
Cause you have forgotten the face of your father 

In this toxic waste land that we stomping through 
All hail or beware of the Walking Dude 
And the Crimson King, minions, things with wings 
Fangs and dreadful claws, only death will they bring 
And I sing til spring or when I find relief 
You have these moments of clarity when you are impaired beyond belief 
We all susceptible to lust and greed and shit 
But a man who cannot bear to share his habits needs to quit 
For the sake of your father, I'd retreat if I were you 
I'm bad news, make you pass out and puke - Terrifier 2 
At my crew fearsome enemies laugh 
But we’ll send em to the clearing at the end of the path 
Feel the venomous wrath of the wreckage that has 
Proved the world’s moved on, time has an evident lag 
The white flag of your imminent defeat unfurled 
I'm eternal, motherfucker, I'm the eater of worlds 

Long days, pleasant nights 
I been gone away, bereft inside 
And we all gonna pay for this genocide 
But it's hard to say what's been left behind 
It's all broken, death has unfurled with ease 
Go then, there are other worlds than these 
The future is rotten, erased, and discarded 
Cause you have forgotten the face of your father

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from Medium Talent, released August 13, 2023
Produced by SEEMWARE. All lyrics and vocals by Tom Swifty. Turntablism by Elsewhere. Recorded at Stickout Studio (Minneapolis, MN) and engineered by eRok4a.

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Born in Springfield, Illinois, and raised in the southern Midwest of Missouri, Ezra Stead became Tom Swifty in Minneapolis when he began rapping live and recording quality tracks over ten years ago. Before that, they were... not so quality. Back in Minneapolis after 10 years in NYC, Swifty's latest albums prove that he's never been better. ... more

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