Down to you ft Peggy Sue

Acoustic Hip Hop

yo yo fuck a nine to five man im busting at the seams
while the tax man makes a call ill be living all my dreams
i smashed the meat wagon then i picked the bone clean 
while my footseps left a sound i was gone before was seen
if this is the way then world is so fucked
where the little mans screwed for the profit of a buck
we get told to work longer, yet the taxes get pushed up
bailouts, like were sinking but the ship is bottoms up. 
profits getting stronger corporations take their plunder
the media hate monger blaming people that are under
a class system praised by the ones who make the rules
but the truths that their hiding should be teaching in the schools
the papers spread their lies, bought by people demonized
you hear the headlines, where its sold like nursery rhymes.
we got 
blah blah black man have you any dole
ive not read the muslims message but i hate their tainted souls.
or the one about the immigrant who stole from bo peep
while asians robbed mother hubbard as she was weeping in her sleep
we forget that the people we blame are ourselves
introspective, yet deceptive we can seek our own help
lose your job, make a claim, stop the mortgage on your house
when your living on the street eating bins using stealth

we rise, standing tall, together as one, never shall fall (x2)
blind in our minds, truth and lies intertwined
together as one never will fall. together as one we all stand stall

it may not be ideal but its ok if its you 
but not the guy on the dole who bought his tv brand new
words get thrown about like a flat screen tv
but if your watching the box then its all lcd
like where can you buy a screen that isnt made flat
even buying in the paper then they all come like that
we dont think we never question but we always answer back
while their claiming second mortgages did you ever think of that?
or a lord with his manor while he rents out council flats
as the people growing finner but the profits getting fat
ceo of tescos living glamourised lives 
whilst the workers stacking shelves get a minimum rise
wages based around a cost of living doesnt match 
working to survive but getting left without a scratch
Bankers claiming bonuses, see the evil in their eyes
while police are beating people like theyre children swatting flies
its hateful of me but this era i despise
ive been broken by their puppets but i gather my supplies 
gagging the gaggers and together we shall attack
strnegth in unity. together we rise.


we rise, standing tall, together as one, never shall fall (x2)
blind in our minds, truth and lies intertwined
together as one never will fall. together as one we all stand stall


theres a line that we crossed way before it was drew
feeding all our hatred till the melting pot blew 
outdated policies, lies told through and through 
out with the old and burn down the blue
unjust laws make the world go around
while there backed by lords and ladies who were born with their crown
how can you tell me its the best choice for us
when youve never slept rough let alone caught the bus
we talk of cast systems how we're better than that
but by default a monarchy is a negative attack
it helps to segregate and put some higher than the rest
but being born a leader before you even flown the nest 
it really isnt fair if your bloodline makes you top 
of the chain before its forged, giving titles has to stop.
but it wont ever happen as the lords call the shots
rigged elections, fear infections keep us locked up till we rot
rotting in a box thats sold onto make 
profit prison systems where we help to profile race
keeping the masses locked up in chains, cheap human labour 
everywheres the same. using stop and search is a feeble excuse
blaming terror as the cause so we continue the abuse


Busting At The Seams

This is the unmixed, unmastered version from the Ash C, Salam EP. Apolagise for the different bits cutting in, just a quick bounced version...

Besiege The Speech (mix 1)

Salam (Trippin' In The Monastery instrumental)

Salam (Trippin' In The Monastery - short version no Billy mix)

Political acoustic hip hop. So im a traveller staying in Belgium working on a new release with K-man. Watch this space and follow!

Ash Salam