From the Woods

from From the Woods by Jackson Whalan

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lyrics

Flipping back woods material
Long hikes and scenic sights
Cops running red lights
Where young tikes ride bikes
Tourists coming from New York
To spend a couple nights
While the local youth
Getting kicked off the street like mice
Tucked in these hills
Liberal voters second homeowners
Organization donors
Local business owners mostly white
A lot to comprehend
When I’m sitting down to write a rhyme
Before I venture out
To find another mountain to climb
But hip-hop made it’s way
Deep into the heart of sticks
So I’m kicking written's to the stars
Peep this lunar eclipse
Everyone like what yo what’s good
What you doing this Friday
Ciphers at house parties
Down deep dark driveways
Toured across the country
Drove on single highway
Passing through your hometown
To make your speakers vibrate
Getting home in a hurry
Had to pass on the right
Out in the 413
Exit two off the mass pike

Worldwide what's good
We're bumping hip-hop
To the city from the woods
From the top of the mountain
To your local neighborhood
It's a way of life man
This is understood
But we know where it started at
What's good
We're bumping hip-hop
From the city to the woods
From the street corner
To your rural neighborhood
It's a way of life man
This is understood
But we know where it started at

Leaves falling on the forest floor
In this rural corridor
My people swinging hammers
Working pulling up some floor boards
I’m Gandalf in the shire
You like Froto out in Mordor
I’m out in nature contemplating
All the greats that came before
Bringing hip-hop folklore
While whack emcees are waging war
Cuz being fake could pay you more
But that’s not what we do this for
I’m rap's Bruce Springsteen
Bob Dylan Pete Seeger
With LL Cool J and Beastie Boys up in your speaker
For teachers and truth seekers
For the students and the preachers
For the crowds up in the bleachers
Small towns and the believers
For the activists
Fighting warlords and evil leaders
If you coming from the woods I see ya

Worldwide what's good
We're bumping hip-hop
To the city from the woods
From the top of the mountain
To your local neighborhood
It's a way of life man
This is understood
But we know where it started at
What's good
We're bumping hip-hop
From the city to the woods
From the street corner
To your rural neighborhood
It's a way of life man
This is understood
But we know where it started at

credits

from From the Woods, released January 29, 2021
Produced by Jackson Whalan
Co-produced with Ian Evans

Beat maker: Jackson Whalan
Keyboard: Ian Evans
Slide Guitar: Ian Evans
Vocals: Jackson Whalan

Mixing Engineer: John Davis
Mastering Engineer: Robert Macchiochi

Recorded at Jackson Whalan Music production studio in Housatonic, MA
Mixed at The Bunker Studio in Brooklyn, NY
Mastered at Subvert Central Mastering (UK)