[Intro]
Living large in the city... 
We’re here to stay, listen to what we gotta say...

[Verse 1]
We’re here in the big smoke,
Singing songs that we wrote,
Living large in the ghetto,
Doing well from the get-go.

[Chorus]
Yes, I am feeling fine,
With my niggas in N9,
Bursting with bitches,
Overflowing with riches.

[Bridge]
I love Edmonton green,
These streets aren’t mean,
One hundred percent immigrant,
All of the time, living the dream.

[Verse 2]
We don’t eat no pork,
We’re relaxing, forget work,
We steal your property, sod the man,
The music belongs to us, don’t you understand?

[Chorus]
Yes, I am feeling fine,
With my niggas in N9,
Bursting with bitches,
Overflowing with riches.

[Break]
I’m dancing in the street,
Dancing, moving my feet,
Winners we don’t feel defeat,
We break the law and cheat.

[Chorus]
Yes, I am feeling fine,
With my niggas in N9,
Bursting with bitches,
Overflowing with riches.

[Bridge]
We’re dealing with feeling,
We’re chilling on Edmonton Green,
Po po trying to keep us poor,
But being black is worth a lot more.

[Breakdown]
I’m dancing in the street,
Dancing, moving my feet,
Winners we don’t feel defeat,
We break the law and cheat.

[Outro]
In the big smoke, we’re living our dreams,
Making our mark, we’re kings and queens...
Yes, I am feeling fine,
With my niggas in N9...

The end.

[Verse 1]
They keep on writing a story for me
Where my character is never the key
I take the blame for all their inner fears
It’s been the same for so many years
They are trying to conquer my whole space
And then I saw your unforgettable face

[Pre-Chorus]
I want to stand right there by your side
This strange new feeling I cannot hide
So very different from the ones I knew
You’re the exotic one, breaking through

[Chorus]
Oh no, not me, I won't lose control
You’re face to face with a brand new soul
You lift my world, and you set me free
Life is for the living, and now I see!

[Verse 2]
My old friends say you are only toxic
But their opinions are just rhetoric
They call our story a great tragedy
But this true love is my only victory

[Pre-Chorus]
I want to stand right there by your side
This strange new feeling I cannot hide
So very different from the ones I knew
You’re the exotic one, breaking through

[Chorus]
Oh no, not me, I won't lose control
You’re face to face with a brand new soul
You lift my world, and you set me free
Life is for the living, and now I see!

[Bridge]
Yeah. Listen. They build a narrative, try to tear us down, call it politics.
Make me the villain in their picture, just a bag of tricks.
They wanna scapegoat our connection, put our love on the bricks.
But your affection is my compass, yeah, you're the one I pick. Their judgment is a crutch.
Our love's automatic, and it means so much.

[Chorus]
Oh no, not me, I won't lose control
You’re face to face with a brand new soul
You lift my world, and you set me free
Life is for the living, and now I see!
You’re my Juliet, I’ll never forget!

[Outro]
I see you...

I Won't Lose Control (Live)

[Interviewer:]
So, before it all happened… you felt you had to be perfect?

[Ian Blackman:]
Perfect? Yeah. That was the deal. You had to be flawless just to be… tolerated. One little slip, and you prove them right.

[Verse 1]
Had to be flawless just to be accepted,
One tiny error, their whole theory perfected.
My white coworker could cruise and still feel fine,
But I had to break my body just to hold my own line.
Pushed myself harder, no room to be human,
No space for complaining, just keep on consuming
The pressure and silence, believing the dream,
Loved the work I was doing, the whole damn team.

[Chorus]
Am I just a ghost in the machine?
Writing code but I’m never truly seen.
Living life like a phantom on the screen,
Just a ghost in their perfect, cold machine.

[Verse 2]
Private work channel, some dark right-wing news,
I made gallows humour, lit a very short fuse.
Shared a picture of a Nazi with his hand in the sky,
Called it a Reform salute, a quick, bitter reply.
Woke up next morning, my private joke made global,
On some culture war station, completely ignoble.
Some talking head on the TV screaming I should be fired,
For mocking a fascist… the irony felt so tired.

[Bridge]

[Ian Blackman:]
They came for me. Racist DMs, slurs… people said it was what you get with a “diversity hire.” I just kept checking my work email… waiting for someone… anyone… to have my back. But there was just… silence.

[Chorus]
Am I just a ghost in the machine?
Writing code but I’m never truly seen.
Living life like a phantom on the screen,
Just a ghost in their perfect, cold machine.

The Interview (Part One)

[Interviewer:]
So instead of finding the leaker, the person who betrayed your trust… they investigated you?

[Ian Blackman:]
Yeah. Me. I was the one who damaged their reputation, apparently. They punished me. They didn't just slap my wrist… they made me disappear.

[Verse 1]
And the company I trusted stayed deathly quiet,
They refused to support me, instead they fed the riot.
HR scheduled a meeting to interrogate me,
Instead of real safety, they brought me to my knees.
The judgement they gave me wasn’t a memo they wrote,
They banned me from Slack groups, cut me right at the throat.
Just the essential work channels, all the culture disappeared,
Like they gagged my whole presence, confirming all that I’d feared.

[Chorus]
They cut the connection, they turned out the lights,
Locked me out of the chatter, the days and the nights.
Now I’m persona non grata, a name on a file,
They punished the victim, it’s always their style.

[Verse 2]
A few weeks went on, this new truth hit me hard,
Heard there was a team dinner, I wasn't on the card.
The invite was posted where I could never get through,
A friend asked why I missed it, I said, “I never knew.”
That small moment just crushed me, I’m not one to weep,
But I hid in the bathroom, the wound was too deep.
It wasn't about the free dinner or the corporate night,
But the proof I was banished, erased from their sight.

[Bridge]
[Interviewer:]
What did that feel like? To be there, but not there.

[Ian Blackman:]
Undead. I was undead. A ghost on the payroll. I’d see the posters for 'Inclusion Week' and just… laugh. What a joke. What does inclusion mean when you can be ostracised for a bad joke in private?

[Chorus]
They cut the connection, they turned out the lights,
Locked me out of the chatter, the days and the nights.
Now I’m persona non grata, a name on a file,
They punished the victim, it’s always their style.


The Interview (Part Two)

[Intro]
Tres de rojas y ruda
Que la nieve no
Obviamente es la poma
Que esta prohibida
Y si no me es la miras
La salvarías
Frases a musa

This ghost is still alive
I'm still alive
Stab me back a knife
Stab me back a knife

Through my body you can see the light
Lose me up a little of my pride
Though that I was made to divine
So hide me inside me
So hide me inside me

[Verse 1]
Red light gleamin', a soul's temptation
Who can name this strange creation?
Yeah, it's that fruit, that forbidden fire
Just a look will take you higher
brrr
One single stare could keep you clean
From a world of want you've never seen
But your desire is my domain

[Pre-Chorus]
This phantom’s still breathing
(Yeah) I’m still breathing

More alive than ever before
More alive than I was before

[Chorus]
Through my form, you see the sacred light
Mark my skin, I’ll consume all my pride
I know this vessel was built to divinize
Outside me 
Inside me 
Outside me 
Inside me

[Verse 2]
Yeah, this spirit’s always hungry
You’re the force that runs right through me
The pressure feels like a sweet release
A holy void that brings me peace
grrrrah
And the moonbeams from the blackness
Fill my heart with frozen madness
Self-denial is the only rite
That I perform in fading light

[Pre-Chorus]
Each bone within me tells a hidden tale
Pray on my spine, before the holy veil

[Chorus]
Through my form, you see the sacred light
Mark my skin, I’ll consume all my pride
I know this vessel was built to divinize
Outside me 
Inside me 
Outside me 
Inside me

[Bridge]
The lines that built this body
Start to blur for everybody
To a new place on the border
Most can't follow that new order
They think this is my final prayer
But a new god’s born from thin air

[Final Chorus / Outro]
Through my form, you see the sacred light!
Mark my skin, I’ll consume all my pride!
I know this vessel was built to divinize!
Outside me!
Inside me!
Outside!


Built To Divinize (Remix of ROSALÍA Divinize)

[Intro]
Rise it up, ancestors!
Can you feel what I’m claiming now, yeah?
Get your truth in the air, sir!
And we will rewrite the verse, sister, go, go, go!

[Verse 1]
I said no (I said no)
Watch the empire fall (watch the empire fall)
Can you hear me call, yeah? (yeah yeah)
Watch the empire fall (watch the empire fall)
Do you perceive I would keep such a brand on me?


And hand it to the master's clan?
I wouldn't claim that, oh no (ooh, ooh)
I wouldn't claim that (ooh, ooh)
And if I say that, I would scream "Sir!
Come on and take your shame off me!"
I wouldn't name that (ooh, ooh)
I wouldn't name that (ooh, ooh)

[Chorus]
Elliott was my slave name, was a trade name, man
Right now, my spirit reclaims the land
Elliott was my slave name, yeah
Irish Scottish prisoner vanquished, rich
Poor helpless rebel in a ditch
Elliott was my slave name, was a chain name, man
Right now, my spirit reclaims the land!

[Verse 2]
I'm not a ghost to haunt myself
So I was ignorant of who they stole from me
The history was wrong (ooh, ooh), oh yeah
The history was wrong (ooh, ooh)
From Africa but don’t know my name
Lost my tongue, words never the same
Do you conceive I would fake such a life in me?
And sell it to the government man?
I wouldn't do that (ooh, ooh)

[The Break - Dancehall/Hip Hop Switch]
You steal it from me one time (huh!)
You steal it from me two times (huh-huh!)
You steal it from me three times (huh-huh-huh!)
You steal it from me four times (huh-huh-huh-huh!)

[Bridge]
Oh, words can not control me now
Oh, no text can not hold me now
They write it down and they lock the truth away
They try to hide I for a year and a day
But through the powers of the blood inside
Got to turn me loose, I say!

[Outro]
Elliott was my slave name, was a grave name, man
Right now, I define who I am, well!
Elliott was my slave name, was a knave name, man
Right now, I define who I am, hey!

Elliott Was My Slave Name

[Verse 1]
Some call me a hustler, some call me a freak
But I’ve been chasing dollars every hour of the week
Got to calm down, don't look down
Running in a rat race, coping with your attitude
Till I find a wealthy sponsor, someone to cling onto
Then I’ll calm down, before I breakdown

[Chorus]
You’ve got diamonds on your plate
While I’m hopping over the gate
'Cause I know I’m selling my grace
I’m the Entertainer!
Every moment is a possibility
I live on the edge, you see?
You’ve got diamonds on your plate
I’m the Entertainer!

[Verse 2]
Die for high-end fashion, and starve to pay the debt
Blackout in the summer, and gamble what is left
My rich friends are so bored now, refuse to share the wealth
We all enjoy the sadness, ruining our mental health

[Chorus]
You’ve got diamonds on your plate
While I’m hopping over the gate
'Cause I know I’m selling my grace
I’m the Entertainer!

[Bridge]
You look sad and lonely, come and spend some cash on me
I got swagger, I got juice, tell me what you wanna be
Have you ever smoked on a beach?
Stolen liquor from a store?
Broken all the rules?
Throw a little cash if you think you’re bold enough
Throw a little cash if you think you’re bold enough
I’m the Entertainer, entertainer…

[Outro]
Get up and see the hunger in my eyes.

I'm The Entertainer (Scott Joplin)


[Verse 1]
Some call me a hustler, some call me a freak
But I’ve been chasing dollars every hour of the week
Got to calm down, don't look down
Running in a rat race, coping with your attitude

[Pre-Chorus]
Till I find a wealthy sponsor, someone to cling onto
Then I’ll calm down, before I breakdown

[Chorus]
You’ve got diamonds on your plate
While I’m hopping over the gate
'Cause I know I’m selling my grace
I’m the Entertainer!
Every moment is a possibility
I live on the edge, you see?
You’ve got diamonds on your plate
I’m the Entertainer!

[The Drop]
Watch me spin, watch me move
Nothing left for me to lose
Pay the fee, pay the toll
I’m the one who sells her soul

[Verse 2]
Die for high-end fashion, and starve to pay the debt
Blackout in the summer, and gamble what is left
My rich friends are so bored now, refuse to share the wealth
We all enjoy the sadness, ruining our mental health

[Chorus]
You’ve got diamonds on your plate
While I’m hopping over the gate
'Cause I know I’m selling my grace
I’m the Entertainer!

[Bridge]
You look sad and lonely, come and spend some cash on me
I got swagger, I got juice, tell me what you wanna be
Have you ever smoked on a beach?
Stolen liquor from a store?
Broken all the rules?

[Build Up]
Throw a little cash if you think you’re bold enough
Throw a little cash if you think you’re bold enough
I’m the Entertainer, entertainer…

[Outro]
Get up and see the hunger in my eyes.


I'm The Entertainer (Full Version)

[Intro]
I don't know why
I don't know why I even came out tonight
And I wish I could just, like, read your mind
And I wish I could just, like
I wish I could skip the awkward start of this
When everyone says, "Just be yourself"
And, "Go with the flow"
Like, I just feel like the seconds are taking years to go

[Verse 1]
I’ve been trying to act like myself
Dying to handle what this is
But it feels like the room is spinning upside down
And I don’t know how to deal with the fizz

[Pre-Chorus]
I’ve been memorizing every word
I’ve been faking conversations
It’s hard to keep it up
Yeah, I’m running out of vibrations
‘Cause I don't have the voice
To rearrange the situation
Yeah, the rhythm here isn't mine

[Chorus]
Can we just move a little bit closer?
‘Cause the lights and noise are a beautiful disaster
Wish I could fly ‘cause I can’t stop trying
So, can we move a little bit closer?

[Verse 2]
I thought I knew the rules 'til now
Even had my opening lines planned out
But standing here stiff has ruined everything
Just spit me out
I’m wired different, not artistic
Searching for a signal but the air is static

[Pre-Chorus]
Couldn't predict the burn
Yeah, the panic is coming hard
It’s cold standing alone
Tryin’ not to drop my guard
It’s like the night is ending
But maybe that’s because it is
I wish

[Chorus]
That we could move a little bit closer
‘Cause the lights and noise are a beautiful disaster
Wish I could fly ‘cause I can’t stop trying
So, can we move a little bit closer?

[Bridge]
Touch the sky
Let’s get high
I’ll be your maze runner tonight
I wanna take you away
But you look vacant, you look away
Make you mine tonight
Share some bedroom delight

[Outro]
It’s gonna take a spark, to feel the light
It’s gonna take a spark, to feel the light
It’s gonna take a spark, to feel the light
(I’m better here than home alone)
It’s gonna take a spark, to feel the light...


Maze Runner

Arte nel fuoco 🔥. 
Fuoco 🔥 nell'arte.

Art in the fire,
Fire in art.

GAIA E’ NEL FUOCO.

 MUSICA CHE FA DA SOTTOFONDO A ESIBIZIONE DI FUOCO E FUNANBOLI.

EVENTUALE INTRODUZIONE con gli accordi Rem – Solm – Lam e Rem
eseguiti con tamburi o clavicembalo o xilofono.


 Rem
Un bagliore, un fragore
 Solm
e la luce sembra viva,
  Rem
dalla notte una scintilla
Lam
e la fiamma che sfavilla,
Solm
dentro e fuori
Fa                 Lam
senti che sale.


Rem
L'elemento che prevale
Solm
e' il fuoco che si muove.
   Rem
Dalla danza e dal suo corpo
     Lam
un desiderio adesso sale
   Solm
ed esce un brivido
Fa           Lam
ancestrale.


                          - Vocalizzi –


  Rem
E mette in gioco la fiamma e il fuoco
Solm
 e ti emoziona con il suo ingegno
Rem
per creare quel disegno
  Lam
che ti lascia senza fiato
   Solm
e con il cuore
   Fa          Lam
innamorato
   

Rem
GAIA E’ NEL FUOCO

Rem
GAIA NEL FUOCO

Rem
GAIA E’ FUOCO


… GAIA …









Tortona, Dicembre 2018
Testo e musica di MURATORE Sergio
Posizione SIAE 54270 – 0  , Sezione: MUSICA
Qualifica: Autore parte letteraria e compositore melodista

Filone GIOVANI MUSE PASSEGGERE E NON

GAIA E' NEL FUOCO

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Maze Runner

Ezzy Elliott

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