Lyrics:

Yo it’s Albert Street Lightning
20/20 vision
20/20 is the year we be livin in.
So why are we all still trippin on the mentally illin?
Why are we cracking down on the addicted?
I’m thinking it’s about time you admitted
You are all addicts.

If you’re depressed I’ve got the cure
It’s tried and tested, carries deadly allure.
And when you get it you’ll feel gone, gone, gone, gone.
Soon it will get out of control 
Your nose is raw, you’re scrambling for bowls.
Seems you just blinked and now it’s dawn, dawn, dawn, dawn.

I’ve been struck by lightning 
My personality’s been frayed.
He is the side of me that’s frightening.
The side of me that is not afraid.
But I know that you’re all screwed 
This is story of the day.
Cause I know you’re fucked too.
Just in a different way.

Albert

Walk to the bank on a normal day
Or so I thought cause it was about to stray
Straight into the strangest story
I wasn’t out there seeking glory

In fact I’m actually pretty shy.
My life is sad and pretty dry
I’ve been depressed for so long that I just wanna die 
I swear to you about that I wouldn’t lie.

Wait in line
Waste my time
Thinking of all these stupid fucking rhymes.
Always imagining committing crimes.
My god, I’m always bored out of my fucking mind.

That’s when things got interesting
Never thought that I would get to see this thing.
Never thought I’d get to hear guns sing
Never thought I’d get to hear the sounds of the stings.

5 men walked in, ski masks on.
If they had a smile before it was now gone
Suddenly AK-47s were drawn
7 shots fired now it was on.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Everybody’s hands reached straight for the heavens.
Old lady’s fell to their knees they were begging
I thought man, you’re tearing up your leggings.

Everyone calm down, no one has to die.
Don’t be a hero, don’t you fucking try it.
Do what we say and you’ll live on to make lies
If not you’ll be left for the flies

That’s when we heard the sirens in the distance
That’s good because we really need some assistance.
But I’m pretty sure they’ll put up a resistance.
They got RPGs you couldn’t miss it.

Two guys walked over to the safe
One of them carried a sleek black briefcase.
They got straight to work just as their
Leader was dragging a teller by her hair

Forced her right down to her knees
Everyone had to listen to her pleas
No one in that room even dared to cough or sneeze
My anxiety began to experience a squeeze.

Gun to her head 
Now she's dead.
Brains on the floor just like I said.
That’s just when the panic really started to spread.
I really wish that I would have stayed in bed.

That’s just when I realized
That I didn’t even care if I lived or died.
They got distracted so I lied.
“I really have to piss, don’t want to lose  my pride”

They fell for it, escorted me
They lead me to the washroom so I could pee. 
I took a moment to sneak, my blood pressure peaked
Stole a pen, they didn’t even see.

I started taking the longest  leak
He had his back to me and never took a peek.
So carefully, real sleek
Pulled the pen, dug it in his neck
 He didn’t even fucking shriek.

While he bled out on the floor
I took his gun and then I searched for more.
Found a grenade, noticed I was no longer bored.
My god, that shook me  to the core.

Compose yourself, pull yourself together.
You’ve  felt the blade when you were under the weather.
I’m sure that the place that he went to was better.
Now he cannot suffer-er ever.

The freaks in the bank had the place tied down
You dummie that’s why you shouldn’t go downtown.
The piggy’s had the place surrounded.
As you can tell I’m not well rounded.

In fact I’m actually really fucked.
Only I could ever have this awful luck.
Everyday I already feel like I’ve been hit by a truck.
Usually I’m the source of disorderly conduct.

Explosion.
Commotion.
This is the time to suppress your emotions.
It’s certainly not the time to be frozen.
You’ve gotta set your plan quick into motion.

Round the corner there’s a guy.
Doesn’t realize that he’s about to die.
Seven shots straight up his spine.
Seventh hit him in the head so still no cryin.

As he fell down, I slid towards
The two motherfuckers standing at the safe door
On my knees, I threw the grenade up from the floor
Shot it at the perfect time, hid, waited to hear some more.

1234 guys all in hell.
Found the last guy cause he was sweating and it smelled.
He was terrified and I could tell.
Couldn’t figure out why but then it rang my bell.

O M G the R P G
How the fuck did this thing ever end up next to me?
Jumped up, in the crosshairs I could see
Little bitch, I shot and he was blown to pieces

Moonwalked straight into the safe.
Non-chalantly I filled up the briefcase.
With as many bills as I could fucking take
Walked out the front door, it’s my lucky day

Only The Depressed Can Stop Bank Heists

Lyrics: 

Met up at the liquor store to finally pick up all my medication, medication.
Took me all day, seven dealers but I have just got too much dedication, dedication.
I just can’t wait to taste the fruits of my successful machinations, machinations.
Let’s make a contradiction, party it up with excess in moderation, in moderation.

I don’t want to know what the hell is going on.
I want to just forget my name.
Forget that I’m insane.
Forget that my life’s over.
Only find 3 leaf clovers.

Shoot a shot of whiskey, take a sip of beer head out the back dope shady, the back door shady.
Hop in my friends car cause we’re about to go fucking crazy, go fucking crazy.
Roll up a twenty, take the CD, a deep breath cause it’s my last time baby, my last line baby.
That hit the spot, let’s have a smoke then back to the bar and get blackout, hazy. Blackout, hazy.

When I get the devils dandruff I get nosebleeds for a whole damn week.
And the day after my bones are real frail
And I am usually feeling pretty fucking meek.
I’m on a streak every 2 weeks get paid and I’m fucking tweaking.
I’m like a dog with a toy out of reach and it is constantly fucking squeaking.

Blackout, Hazy

I found a brand new low.
But at the top I see a faint glow.
I’ve got so much room left here to grow.
I thought I wanted to be with you
Back in Toronto.
But I don’t. 

Cause life’s fine right here, right now and it can only get better from here
Just gotta let go of my fear.

(I’ve got a feeling I’m)
Just have some faith and
(I’m not good enough.)
You’ll find your place. Wait.
(They say just give it time)
Just have some faith and
(I want to feel sublime)
Trust yourself, let go.

Don’t you dare stop.
I wanna see you movin
Don’t you dare stop
I wanna see you groovin away to the beat.

I love to dance and sing
But I am not really much of a dancer.
If you tried to stop me
I’d just dance away from you as an answer.
Now I do what I want
Respect myself, no one will do it for me.
I’m finally happy
Found confidence, so move onto the next sick beat.

Drop that beat

Pop filter, microphone,
Interface, making sick tones.
In my dads basement all alone
I’m poor right now but I’ll be known.

First class tickets in my dreams
Hearing crowds of people scream.
Travelling round the world to see 
If I can find the groovin scenes.

Bottle service with my peeps
When I’m dead is when I’ll sleep.
Til then this mountain is so steep
And I don’t have any time to weep.

I wanna drive a Cadillac 
I wanna make some mad stacks.
Those without food and water who always lack
Find the poorest and just give it all back.

Pop filter, microphone,
Interface, making sick tones.
In my dads basement all alone
I might be poor now but I will be known

Don’t You Dare Stop

(Hey man what did you just say?)
Why don’t you put your money where your mouth is?
(Now you are gonna pay.)
The cat got your tongue, are you takin’ the piss?
(And I swear that I will always be the worst part of your day)
Look in my eyes now,see the abyss.
Are you freaking out is there something amiss?
The look on your face is the ultimate bliss.

(You cannot run,no and you cannot hide)
And I promise you this,that I’m gonna ruin your whole life.)
Why don’t you put your money where your mouth is?
(And I promise you this,that I’m gonna come to take your life.)
Lost your confidence now you look a limp fish.
(I’ve got all the time, and I’ll search everywhere.)
You best be hoping you have a wish
(You can beg all you want, but I’ve got nothing to spare.)
I’m coming to find you and imma be quick
And I’m coming so quick cause I must kill a bitch.

You think that you’re so tough cause you got muscles.
You spent too much time inside your bubble.
And it’s about time that you learned your lesson
Fuck with me and I go to eleven.

It takes more to win a fight
Than always just being the strongest.
The one who will flex their might.
Will get what I’ve always promised.
A nice tall glass of fuck you straight to the jaw
Hope you enjoy your food through a straw.

It is always the ones who are the loudest
That always end up being the proudest.
You want to humble him up really quickly?
Slide into his girls DMs, he’ll get sickly.

You think there are rules for a fight?
Well, go ahead recite the list
Just know that I don’t have all night.
Got other fuck heads to dismiss
And to be honest you’re not that important.
But I’ll still come to make sure you’re sorted.

There’s nothing that you can do
I’m already behind you
It will be over real soon
You already had your chance.
Man, did you just piss your pants?
You know , your danger looms 
There’s nothing that you can do
I’m already inside you
I will fully consume.
You already lost your chance,
Now, it’s time for your last dance.
So get closer and meet your doom.
Don’t you put up a fight
You’ll be saying goodnight 
I’ll crank you up change your tune.
Break face, what a delight,
Brought mace, don’t need my sight.
You are so hopelessly screwed.

I’ve killed people way scarier than your pathetic ass before. 
(I was bored, I was bored, I was bored)
If I see you, you’re dead and I’ll bury you underneath the dance floor.
(The dance floor, the dance floor, the dance floor)

Underneath the Dance Floor

This one is an old track I recorded back in 2017/2018 so it has a very different vibe going on than my other stuff. Regardless, it’s a fun song! 

Lyrics:
I’ve been ailing pretty badly lately.
It’s all in my head, she said it’s all in my head.
Can’t you hear me screaming in here?
If she did she’d probably cut off her ears. 
I said,
Oh, you hurt me. Don’t go,
Just leave me alone.

Your heart is cold, yeah.
It is black as the night.
And my heart is bold.
But yours has bled into mine.

I’ve been neglected by you lately, baby.
I want attention, can’t you just give me some attention?
Can’t you hear me screaming in here?
If she did she’d probably curl up in fear.
I said,
Oh, you make me so cold.
Just leave me alone.

Your heart is cold, yeah.
It is black as the night.
And my heart is bold.
But yours has bled into mine.

I’ve been ailing pretty badly lately.
It’s all in my head, she said it’s all in my head.
Can’t you hear me screaming in here?
If she did she’d probably cut off her ears. 
I said,
Oh, you make me so cold.
Oh, you make me so cold.
Oh, you make me cold.
Just leave me alone.

You Make Me So Cold

Another old one recorded back in 2017/2018, under my old project, Did Not Speak.

Welcome to this desert
We’re the new cowboys here.
We’ll take the black gold then we
Will disappear.
Our people back home in the west
Are causing civil unrest.
But we’ve got weapons for them as well
And fear works the best.

Why 
Why are we here?
Why
Why are we controlled by fear?
Why are we controlled by fear?

Say goodbye to everything 
That you thought you knew.
You will sit down, quiet down,
Bury your head in the ground.
And accept lies as the truth.
Overloaded your five known
Senses with senseless advertisements.
Add them to our arsenal and
Still we find that fear works the best.

You can scream, you can run and hide.
But we’re gonna find you,
Yeah we know that you lied to us.
Tucked away there at the very top rung.
You reach now you’re falling down.
Splat, you hit the ground.
How is that money and power
Ever gonna help you now?
You took our power now 
We’re taking it back.
Now it’s time for us to attack.

We should never have to fear those
Whom we elect.
They’re just normal flesh and bones 
Like you would expect.
Fight for what you believe in
Even if they say it’s a sin. 
So you can die in peace knowing
That you left fear a new contest.

Controlled By Fear

I wrote this song five years ago but this recording didn’t happen for two years. I really wanted to make a video of my live performance of this song and this is the audio from that performance. Definitely not perfect. But I wrote it for my brother who passed away 10 years ago, so I wanted to share it. The idea came about because I had gotten a necklace urn with his ashes in it but the lyrics of the chorus are sort of ambiguous as well... is it the necklace? Or was I seeing him choking me as a punishment for failing him? 

Lyrics:
It’s only long years here without you.
But it seems like yesterday that you fell through.
And we screamed in horror and in sorrow.
And my heart wept inside cause I knew there’s be no tomorrow.

A stupid mistake.
Mothers heart breaks.
Now you’re around my neck.

So many stories like this go
Like this because a poison is determined by the dose.
And we wept in horror and in sorrow.
And my heart screamed inside cause I knew there’d be no tomorrow.

A stupid mistake.
Mothers heart breaks.
Now you’re around my neck.

Around My Neck

Another old one from my unreleased concept album! A little more like what I'm doing now!

Lyrics:
We have got you in our sights.
We will follow day and night.
We will get inside your mind.
We will scramble the insides.
You think you can elude?
How 'bout some gratitude?
Don't like my attitude?
Don't me la-ha-ha-ha 
Laugh my ass off.
You got no rights 'round here.

We already know where you like to go.
So here's some tickets for death row (Front row)
We wanna know why, why say you no?
Why can't you just enjoy the show?
Just you forget all the oaths that we swore.
Haven't we all gone through this same shit before?
Didn't we already win this war?
Why don't you si-si-si-si-
Sit the fuck down.
You got not right round here.

You can try to defend against our hate.
You look to the horizon and you see it is too late.
You have already taken the bait.
Your rights are here for us to take.
And we don't really care about degradation.
We just wanna trade some information.
You will never see through this abberration.
Why don't you just ge-ge-ge-ge-
Get back to work.
There's nothing behind here.

This is the way that it ends for you.
This is what happens when you see the truth.
Your death has been long overdue.
You alone can't bring about our doom.
There must be a powerful example.
What we give to you will be a sample.
And the rest we will just dose and trample. 
So you better ta-ta-ta-ta-
Take a good luck.,
Your friends will all die here.

The Chase

Debut album coming soon! Checkout @albert_street_lightning on Instagram for previews of more tracks!

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