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Riding a drill-inspired beat with a deceptively wavy vibe despite its apparent darkness, Rising is about using strategy to confound your enemy in every way. Giving ground to create bait, then closing in swiftly on the enemy’s gaps. The aim is not to get bogged down in engagements but rather to end them swiftly and cleanly. Is it the art of war, or a metaphor for life? True warriors know the two are inseparable. Dada Shiva leads the assault with a cerebral dissection of the finer points of combat, while Human Waste focuses the attack on the foundations of systemic fuckery. The result is a blistering repost against all enemies of the people, a war maxim for uprisings.
_Dada Shiva Verse_
Just got a call from the homeboy old day XCV,
It sounds like it’s poppin In London they’ve finally flooded the streets,
You hear that tick tack toe when the homeboys running the kleets,
But it ain’t no Xs and Os, it’s X and Oz and keef,
First time I touched on the road that shit was hard to believe,
Nowadays it’s pressure, yo,
I might take a break in Abuja,
You know for some peace and quiet,
If you know you’re free to deny it,
These man like to whisper in private,
They lose their piss in a crisis,
I’m back from the dead,
Don’t need no pussy ass niggas tryna argue you heard what I said,
If I was scared that nigga woulda tucked his tail instead,
But I’d rather eat my tail than back off from making the bread,
Rising,
But some things are still surprising,
Layer the cake with caster sugar you see that’s a different approach
_Dada Shiva Chorus_
I won’t be there when it finally clicks,
I’ll be clique’d out making a toast,
When the clip goes click and we let that go,
That’s how we be doing the most,
And I’m still in a turban, I can’t go Durban,
Don’t mistake me for suburban – Rising!
_Dada Shiva Verse_
He’s not so sharp but he say don’t blaze and I’m like ok,
You see bare man out here these days got time to waste,
Chatting with gyal dem tryna be girlfriend, fam don’t play,
I’m in the void,
No conception no guessing direction you’re being destroyed,
And I still got Gs to deploy,
Ops still chasing decoys,
Spinning like b boys, looking like small boys searching for Pokémon,
I’m on the high ground,
Rising,
I’m in disguise now,
Fighting,
Solomon,
A$CII Dagger,
Dissolving,
No such thing no solving,
What kind of shit you involved in?
I need a particular solvent,
Fam,
I feel the steel on my neck,
It’s not a new feeling might as well be sippin’ Darjeeling,
We don’t choose what happens,
But we survive,
He thinks he’s hard and whatnot,
But I want to die.
_Human Waste Verse_
This task force against dark forces,
We dark horses with no remorse,
It’s coward season, we don’t outsource,
ACAB for life, you know of course,
Babylon system we don’t endorse,
Show them the meaning of excessive force,
These sordid pagans, down the ages,
Cause frustration in heavy rotation,
From running plantations, to running nations,
Stacking paper and tax evasion,
Beneficiaries of wealth from slavery and colonisation,
You call this civilisation?
You need aggressive re-education,
Where’s the reparations?
Won’t stop until the foundations are shaken – RISING!
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