remix the original "my body is a cage", an arcade fire's song

My Body Is A Cage

Written, Produced and Performed by @the-dj-real for @Soundcloud first.
Artwork: Passers-By, Soldier.


This is and still work in progress - Feedback VERY welcome.

Lyrics:

Et al hasnt broken his shift key, resistant to rules no capitals like Nauru
Artistic freshness he brings out the best-est, with DJ Real representing the west.

et al radicale

Written & Performed by DJ Real
Recorded in Australia May 2024

It was a Tuesday night
And the weather was warm
@etalaf set a challenge
Make a song c'mon.
Sat down, pulled the mic
Found my throat was sore
Needed coffee
To wet my lips some more
In Perth we're coffee snobs
Espresso ground beans
Caffeine hard core at
22:10 That’s 10 past 10 PM 
Raw flavor fresh ground 
Grinders special blend

Make it strong to 
keep me up all night
Get this song to et al
Before the break 
of day light

But then a though spoke loud in my mind 
It wasn't mine
Like a voice from behind 
but there was no one to find

It said 

"get to the studio and play some more sound
Your audio on sound cloud sent us earth bound"

Looked at the crema in my coffee 
and I could not believe
A funky alien 
staring back at me

Extra Terrestrial 
Espresso Shot
They're watching me from my coffee cup
What do they want 
Extra Terrestrial 
Espresso Shot
"Sending thoughts into your mind" 


With the voice in my head
and compelled to obey
I sat down no debate
"DJ Real Prepare to Create"

In my sedentary state
This sound created in Perth
Representing the Earth

So this is a call to creative artisans
across multiverses and galaxy regions
Look at your espresso messages frequently
Listen and create your artistic frequencies

[Scratch solo]

Some time had passed 
It was the month of June
I was sleeping  with a full moon

But as I woke up that night 
to a brighter flashing light
Through my curtains I witnessed
clear detail and richness

A sight to behold there were
Several UFOs 
Lucky there was parking 
I suppose

At least 7 kinds  
with no central command
Extra terrestrials 
with coffees in hand

I could not believe 
How the sight made me feel
I again heard the voice
" Greetings DJ Real"

came all this way
And  summoned a crew
To make awesome music
And roast coffee brew

We went to the studio 
and shared some dope tracks 
Taught them how to scratch
And laughed and relaxed

Till the sun rose again
They got what I got
A Shared love for the music 
And espresso shots

Extra Terrestrial 
Espresso Shot
They're watching me from my coffee cup
What do they want 
Extra Terrestrial 
Espresso Shot
"Sending thoughts into your mind"

Extra Terrestrial Espresso Shot

Extra Terrestrial Espresso Shot (music. Mike Watson)

Blue Foundation 'Eyes On Fire'

Speed Run

First of all to make a call
Click bait yall was out of control
Bushwick bills bullshit detector 
My built AI, designed to be raw.

Old scams supplied it
New spams revived it
C'mon, Fake news couldn't hide. 
Bushwick Bill AI would find it.

Scams online retreat or get beat
You're a bad mutha fucker if you dare to compete 

The AI not anonymous, autonomous it went to town 
Said, I'm a take it, shake it, and break it down.

Cr10vizr destroys scams for you
And have you singing the blues

Ovoid in Vatican passages, immune from tamper damages
Deployed! Large things come in very small packages

Cr10vizr destroys scams for you
And have you singing the blues

Retaliatory Counter strikes, vision gear see in the night
Cr10vizer hid in a place to be in
Asylum state for the take-down, no sounds on rebound

Pelters come in skelters like developers 
They will tell ya

Wonderers do, wonder 'bout you
Will there be new, attempts to get through?
You cannot construe, I had to pursue
To beat the bait with my Kung Fu.

CR10VIZR (Beats by fatcat)



Let's go. It's time again to speak my mind
first task today put the gripes aside
I can always tell the chumps, where to go tomorrow
Today I must push on the path less followed

[chorus]
Wake Up, Grow Up, Show Up, and Clean Up.
The Opposite of free will is compulsion 
Wake Up, Grow Up, Show Up, and Clean Up.
The Opposite of free will is compulsion 
Wake Up, Grow Up, Show Up, and Clean Up.
The Opposite of free will is compulsion 
Wake Up, Grow Up, Show Up, and Clean Up.
The Opposite of free will is compulsion 

[verse 2]
Let me explain, I don't aim to be liked 
I aim to be the only genuine real 
for your mind,  no counterfeit, no phony
Phenomenon Old school from  Somewheristan
 
Make art of the issues of the Artificial 
That surveil, gamble, sell and kill victims
Ignorant drones go on believing narrative
Bees don't tell flies pollens better than bull shit.

Freshness rolls flash when the old tracks flow
And the ones in the know stand up on the tippy toes
To witness the ghost, spikes enragement, 
but triggers engagement

As chance dances best with those on the dance floor, 
Listen, give, create and teach more
Wake up you're not poor you're just sleepy
Let's go wake up
Come  sing it with me

[chorus]
Wake Up, Grow Up, Show Up, and Clean Up.
The Opposite of free will is compulsion 
Wake Up, Grow Up, Show Up, and Clean Up.
The Opposite of free will is compulsion 
Wake Up, Grow Up, Show Up, and Clean Up.
The Opposite of free will is compulsion 
Wake Up, Grow Up, Show Up, and Clean Up.
The Opposite of free will is compulsion 


Wake Up

Wake Up (Music by Dimibeatz)

Performed & Produced by @the-dj-real July 2025

Featuring bad ass Buddhist Monk chants, Son of Steiner and a remixed beat from Anabolic.

It's a shame  
life's no longer the same
Somewhere along the way
mistakes were made.  

A different frame I've found
this pain that's present now
There's no going back, 
your mind made up, not changing how.

Retreat to realms of one
be safe no need to run
Wait peace will come
the sound of exodus of everyone.

Count days in weeks that've gone
Push thoughts to words of songs
Your bricks hold hardened bonds
I can't break-through to you beyond.

Hard work. Believing that you can break through
Hard work. To pursue the Bad In you
Hard work. Let me go a rounds  or two
I'm a Bad Ass. It's time to do what bad asses do  

I'm a break through to you
If it's the last thing I do.
Don't even try to reinforce 
I flex my fortitude

Words in rap are powerful
How do I know because et al has shown
Summon might from flows
With dopeness not disposed 

It's the purveyor of paths 
that must guide you within
No saviors will come to lift you out
Trust me my friend.

What's next is known
only by your own
Following protégés
await your return to home.

Hard work. Believing that you can break through
Hard work. To pursue the bad In you
Hard work. Let me go a rounds or two
I'm a Bad Ass. It's time to do what bad ass's do.

Out of the hellish inferno 
the disembodied soul is rebuilt to return home
A sacrifice of much and a hit to the ego
Your strength sourced from numbers of others like we know

Bad Ass

Bad Ass

acoustic cover of "bag it up" by Oasis from the album Dog Out Your Soul

bag it up (oasis cover)

In Butler, Pennsylvania 
On a stage in front of thousands
Stood a presidential candidate 
Delivering a speech 

A gunman on a rooftop 
Fired five shots from a rifle 
But no bullet of the five did 
The intended target reach 

Dear listener, the facts of this should make you very nervous 
Incompetence or malice from the vaunted secret service?

Was a miracle these bullets only nicked his ear somehow 
Wake up sleepy people!  This is happening right now! 

It’s Happening Now 

In England, France and Ireland 
On small boats ‘cross the ocean 
Muslims come in massive numbers
No sane country dare permits 

And the migrants are well cared for 
They receive much state assistance  
But their cultures aren’t at all aligned 
with Irish, French or Brits 

Dear listener, these facts should leave you greatly irritated 
We are witnessing the death of Europe as they are invaded! 

Why would European leaders their own suicide allow?  
Wake up sleepy people!  This is happening right now!

it’s Happening Now 

On Rehoboth Beach in Delaware 
An old man with dementia 
Sits beneath a beach umbrella 
And eats tapioca pudding 

He’s the leader of the free world 
And the free world is in crisis 
Russia, Ukraine and the Middle East 
Are all on wartime footing 

Dear listener, the facts of this should shock you into seizures!
But it won’t because you’re sleeping or pursuing mindless leisures! 

How much can you stomach?  How much more will you allow?   
 Wake up sleepy people!  This is happening right now!

it’s Happening Now 

It's Happening Now

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