Avery Watts

The song 'A Cut Above' by Avery Watts, off of the album 'The Takeover'.

LYRICS:

[CHORUS]
Here's what it looks like (Looks like)
Being the best
What it looks like, to be a cut above the rest
What it looks like (Looks like)
Being the best
What it looks like, to be a cut above the rest

[VERSE 1]
Nobody understands what it takes to be the man
Having every single person say you can't, when you can
To give up everything you've ever known for a dream
And never stop the fight no matter how hard it seems
You sacrifice, you bleed, you sweat, and you cry
Doing everything you can not to lay down and die
When you fall and you call out, there's no one to help
So you've got no other option but to pick up yourself
At the end of the battle you're the only one standing
Everyone watching, the stage you're commanding
The pages of history will speak of today
And when they talk about the champion
This is what they'll say:

[CHORUS]

[VERSE 2]
People will break you right down to nothing if you let 'em
They say, "There's a million others like you, what makes you better?"
But remember that these folks are afraid of the unknown
They're the ones who wet the bed if they go ten miles from home
“Stay Down”, is what they scream in your ear
The only weapon that they have to use is fear
So you take all the beatings and you take all the hits
But your back on your feet for more, you don't quit
You'll never back down, never stop, never pause
Never give up, never sacrifice the cause
This is your life, you gonna let somebody take it?
Look in the mirror: That's all you need to make it

[CHORUS]

[BRIDGE]
The smoke has all cleared, and you own the throne
You're king of the castle, and everybody knows
They bow in your presence, and fear your might
‘Cause they know for damn sure what it, what it…

[FINAL CHORUS]
What it looks like (Looks like)
Being the best
What it looks like, to be a cut above the rest
What it looks like (Looks like)
Being the best
What it looks like, to be a cut above the rest
What it looks like (Looks like)
Being the best
What it looks like, to be a cut above the rest
What it looks like (Looks like)
Being the best
What it looks like, to be a cut above the rest

The Takeover

A Cut Above

Buy Here

The song 'Our World' by Avery Watts, off of the album 'The Takeover'.

LYRICS:

[VERSE 1]
Wake up
This is the real deal, not a test
Now society is calling out an S.O.S.
Get down on the ground, put the earth to your ear
You feel that sound? That’s revolution you hear

Welcome to the greatest battle of all time
We’ve just officially been targeted by our own kind 
The time has arrived, now were sounding the alarm
Man up, grab your loved ones, get everybody armed

Prime all the triggers and try to remain calm
As we gather all the weapons and prepare the bomb
Now we got it on lockdown, we’re ready to go,
Get on the radio, send it out, let everybody know

The threat is getting closer, the sky is turning gray
It’s right on the horizon, today is the day
It’s within the city limits, rolling fast like a mist
Now we’re caught up in the midst this is it
The apocalypse

Since the very beginning of mankind
In every generation, every era in time
There has always come an instant where we must define 
Who we are as a people when we must cross the line
  
This is that moment, now you’re gonna find
Exactly what you’re really made of inside
When it comes right down to it whatcha gonna choose: 
To proudly hold your ground or just lie down and lose?

The brave at the frontlines, ready for war
The enemy approaching outside the door
Dust off your voice box, time to be heard
And as the gate drops we’ll be screaming these words:

[CHORUS]
This is our world, our streets, our war
Our lives – This is what we fight for
Our choice – To make the wrong things right with
Our voice – We bring day to the night

This is our world, our streets, our war
Our lives – This is what we fight for
Our choice – We’re the voice of the globe
Turn up the volume so everybody knows
This is our world

[PRE-VERSE 2]
(Ladies and gentlemen: May we please have your undivided attention as our featured guest speaker now takes the stage…)

[VERSE 2]
Camaraderie is an oddity now in this age
Silence becomes violence when it’s mixed with rage
Tragedies and death, they say it’s all a phase
Society lying to me, it’s on the front page

Homicides, genocides, can’t run the streets
If you’re saggin’ and you’re flaggin’ it’s cold, you keep heat
I understand your plan, be strong not weak
My gut feelin’ is this killin’ goin’ make us obsolete

Let’s defy, not rely on negativity
We gotta makeover, takeover these communities
Analyze, capitalize, opportunities
Speaking of change ain’t strange 
It all starts with me and you. So what you gonna do?
Close your eyes and glide ‘till your life is through?
We’ve got work to do.  We’re gonna start, know how?
By saying these words right here, right now:

[CHORUS]

[PRE-VERSE 3]
(You gonna stand by and just let somebody run your life? You gonna let somebody tell you what to do? This is your world; you make the rules, you make the difference…)

[VERSE 3]
You think one man don’t make a difference, think again
‘Cause I just started an army picking up a pen

This begins a global collaboration
To take the whole world and make but one nation
This ain’t no imitation, what you’re hearing is elite
That’s why everything stops when you hear us speak

Oh, back to the mission at hand, we’ve got a plan
Take the message that were sending and spread it across the land
It’s in black and white, it’s been written, been read
Now let every single syllable settle into your head

As it slowly resonates from your mind to your feet
We’ll make the earthquake from stomping this beat
‘Cause if you’re hearing this right now the battle’s been won
It’s spreading my friend, the takeover has begun

[CHORUS]

Our World

The song 'Stand' by Avery Watts, off of the album 'The Takeover'.

LYRICS:

[VERSE 1]
I'm standing at the edge of space and time
Deciding if my being alive is a crime
And if I jump and sail out into the abyss
How much will I really miss? 

I'm inching closer, closer to my fate
Lacking a backup plan or escape
And I'm just about to finally go and move ahead
When a voice calls out to me
Here's what it said:

[CHORUS]
(Stand)
Every woman and man
This is a call for all to rise up and stand
(Stand)
Every woman and man
Raise up your voice and say that I can
(Stand)
Every woman and man
This is a call for all to rise up and 
All rise up and say, “I can!”

[VERSE 2]
Get back up on your feet
You’re much too strong to quit on me
Now dry your eyes and brace your back 
Prepare for warfare 
Here comes the attack

You’re nearly there, so don’t you stop
Making your very own way to the top
And when you see your victory
Together we will be
We’re now free

[CHORUS]

[BREAKDOWN]
Everybody now…
“I can!”

Oh! (Oh!)
Yeah! (Yeah!)
Oh! (Oh!)
1, 2, 3…
Go!

[CHORUS]

Stand

The song 'Enough' by Avery Watts, off of the album 'The Takeover'.

LYRICS:

[VERSE 1]
Go into the mind of the everyday grind, of the blind in the darkness
What do we find? It's a kind of confinement combined with pain 
Aligned by mankind and set to drain

Stuck in a 9 to 5 to stay alive 
Living in a dive to barely survive
The whole time you try to get ahead, 
Just to get a little peace before you get dead, ‘nuff said.

Since your very birth, since your first breath on earth
It seems that life has been preordained
The order that it goes in? I'll explain:

Welcome to the world, go to school, get a job, 
Get married, have a kid, be a dad, be a mom, move along
Don't think, don't stop, don't dream
Everything in the world is exactly how it seems

Were told how to look, how to act, how to feel
What's good, what's bad, what's fake, what's real
And when times get tough and it's hard to deal
Just pick your poison and the pain will heal

Got the blues? There's plenty of booze to choose 
Drugs to use, money to lose
You don't need to educate yourself on the truth 
That's already done on the evening news

Born to lead, but we act like cattle
Not anymore, get ready for the battle
Sick of it all? Then get one fist up and
Scream at the top of your lungs, hey...

[CHORUS]
That's enough (That’s enough)
Throw those hands in the air
Get 'em up (Get ‘em up)
Show we've had it up to here
That's enough (That’s enough)
Throw those hands in the air
Get 'em up (Get ‘em up)
Show we've had it up to here
That’s enough

[VERSE 2]
Put your seatbelt on, prepare for a collision 
'Cause those who see with the eyes of the blind 
They lack vision

Work, eat, sleep, wake, repeat
8 by 5 by countless weeks
Coffee, copies, floppies, faxes
Troubles, traffic, caskets, taxes

Fact is media sees 
We find life's answers in magazines
But why even read? 
Everything that you need to believe is on a box we call the TV

Don't think another thought
Stop, erase, forget what you've been taught
You can cheat what you don't know
Let's break it on down: Here we go 

Your brain?  Bake it.
Waist?  Fake it.
Don't have money for it?  Ha, just take it.
Your hair?  Dye it.
Courage?  Buy it.
This will make it bigger overnight, just try it

Go into the world and make a name
Or just do it online, in a video game
You can stay inside until you scream
And live your life in front of a screen
It's sickening

What have we become?
You're better than all that, don't play dumb
It's never too late to change all this stuff
Don't be afraid, stand up, say...

[CHORUS]

[VERSE 3]
All this pissin' and dissin' and bitchin' got me on a mission
My ambition got you wishin' you weren't in the position
To be the personal ignition of my lyrical rage
I'm out the cage, blowing off the ever-lovin' chain
Insane!

To put it plain mein, I'm gone
I'm the bane of all existence from this day on
If you want more, that man I be 
I'll snatch your eyes out 'cha head before you get a chance to see
Who me?

That's right son, best believe it
'Cause unlike some when I say it, I mean it
I'm droppin' tricky tongue tracks when I put out the wax
Now let's bring the hook back so everybody can relax

[CHORUS]

Enough

The song 'This Is War' by Avery Watts, off of the album 'The Takeover'.

LYRICS:

[VERSE 1]
Look in the sky, the circle is rising
The Second Seal is broken, The Red Horse riding
The wolf is at your door and there’s no hiding
Get ready for the crimson to pour
Yeah, this is war

[CHORUS 1]
War (It’s war)
War (That’s right)
War
It’s time to settle the score
So now, this is war

[VERSE 2]
There’s no surrender, you will expire
All the paper tigers have caught on fire
We’re piling up the bodies and there’s your pyre
You really should have listened before
Now this is war 

[CHORUS 2]
War (It’s war)
War (That’s right)
War
It’s time to settle the score
So now, this is war
War (It’s war) 
War (Right!)
War
No mercy, no bargains, no more
This is war 

[BREAKDOWN]
Soldiers prepare to engage in 3, 2, 1…Go!

(Squad up!)

Heavenly Father, give me the strength to do what I must for myself, 
My people, and those without a voice to defend themselves
In the name of freedom, Amen.

[FINAL CHORUS]
War
War
War
It’s time to settle the score
So now, this is war
War (It’s war)
War (Die!)
War
No mercy, no bargains, no more
This is war

You wanna take us on?
You better bring an army!
War!

This Is War

The song 'Who I Am' by Avery Watts, off of the album 'The Takeover'.

LYRICS:

[VERSE 1]
I've spent years on the scene and I've done my time
I was never given anything, I've earned what's mine
I defy all lines, I will not retreat
You can't buy me, I spit right in the face of defeat

This is my class: Top brass, a bold breed
A caliber conceived, birthed, and born to lead
To be the first pick, first string, first in, front line
Screaming into the sky, "The world is mine!"

I define defiance, represent rebellion
Embody true autonomy, have been through hell
And still do what I choose, been battered and bruised
Yeah, I've taken many beatings and gladly paid all my dues
But I refuse to dummy down and follow the herd
I'm gonna say what I believe and stand by my word
See, I've never known the taste of a silver spoon
Never took the blue pill, not to mention I'm immune

Can't be controlled, won't do what I'm told
I'm not a number, a name tag, or fit into a mold
As my story unfolds I will proudly stand
Forever unapologetically
I don't give a damn, this is...

[CHORUS]
Who I am, what I believe
This is who I am, with every breath I breathe
It’s who I am, tried and true
The only thing to be in this world is you
This is who I am, what I believe
This is who I am, with every breath I breathe
It’s who I am, tried and true
The only thing to be in this world is you

[VERSE 2]
Substance with every single syllable I bring
'Cause you can talk all day long and never say a thing
We don't even need the music for me to convey I'm not playing
I'll write it out in braille, you can feel what I'm saying
That’s real

No facade, I will never be part of propped up pop propaganda, fake art
With no heart, no soul, I cannot be sold
I'll be the bright light in a dark mine that's black as coal
Whether I'm mocked, blocked or knocked, still I'll never stop
Like a rock, as consistent as hands on a clock
You can bet I'm gonna be locked, loaded, ready for a test
I don't walk and talk, I do better than the best
No vest on my chest, I'm not afraid to die
I've been blessed, so I live every minute I'm alive
And I take this vow, while I'm here above ground
Never will I ever back up or bow down
This is…

[CHORUS]

[BRIDGE]
When death comes to get me, I've got no regrets
I threw it all on the table when I placed my bet
Said it all, did it all, and I'd do it again just so…
So the world will know…

[FINAL CHORUS]
Who I am, what I believe
This is who I am, with every breath I breathe
It’s who I am, tried and true
The only thing to be in this world is you
This is who I am, what I believe
This is who I am, with every breath I breathe
It’s who I am, tried and true
The only thing to be in this world is… (Come on!)
This is who I am, what I believe
This is who I am, with every breath I breathe
It’s who I am, tried and true
The only thing to be in this world is you
This is who I am, what I believe
This is who I am, with every breath I breathe
It’s who I am, tried and true
The only thing to be in this world (Is what?)
Well, the only thing to be in this world is you (Come on!)
Everything you are in this world is you

Who I Am

The song 'The Takeover' by Avery Watts, off of the album 'The Takeover'.

LYRICS:

[VERSE 1]
(This is how it begins…)
Cock back the hammer, the takeover has begun
We're millions strong now, all united as one
We compose the whole globe from the east to the west
And if seeing is believing, you're looking at the best

Patiently wait, anticipating the arrival
Of a crew to lead the whole world through and shine a light
So we can make it through these dark times and spread a new word
For now is the moment
And we will be heard

[CHORUS]
We
One youth, one nation
We
One generation
We
United like soldiers
We 
We are the takeover

We
One youth, one nation
We
One generation
We
United like soldiers
We 
We are the takeover

[VERSE 2]
We've been through so many years of tears, sacrifice, and pain
Gave buckets of sweat, drip-dried our last vein
Watched everything we've ever loved forever say goodbye
But instead of killing us, it brought us to life

We live each day to the fullest now and we choose to make a change
In return our own existence is what we exchange
If we have to give up everything to do something great
We are ready, we are willing
'Cause this is our fate

[CHORUS]

[BRIDGE]
We are the...
We are the...
We are the...
On your feet!

[CHORUS]

Avery Watts

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