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Compil Ballades

Country boy leaves his small-town life & small-town sweetheart for the big-city life and a big-city girl, and everything seems to be working out grand. But it turns out that there’s just one little problem….

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Just One Little Thing....

Project 42 B

Copyright 2024 Joe Stroffolino

Lots of people moving to the state of AZ
The desert seems like a nice a nice place to be
The only problem is there’s not enough H20
One day you’ll turn the tap and it’s not gonna flow
The climate keeps getting drier every single year
I guess we’ll have to take fewer showers and drink more beer

If you can’t stand the heat maybe you should get out of the kitchen
Maybe this isn’t the right place for you.
The sun up in the sky is 93 million miles away
But it feels a lot closer on a hot Arizona day

There’s not enough snowpack on the mountains up high
They say the Colorado river’s running dry
They’re ripping up lawns, replacing them with rocks
Instead of going barefoot, you walk around in crocs
The polar glaciers are melting in to the sea
I wish that they could scoop up an iceberg and drop it down on me

If you can’t stand the heat maybe you should get out of the kitchen
Maybe this isn’t the right place for you

Most of the rain falls in the summer
Monsoon season can be a real bummer
You get a big dust storm, they call it a haboob
You can watch scary videos on You Tube
You’ll be driving and suddenly you can’t see
You gotta make sure you don’t crash into a cactus or a tree

If you can’t stand the heat maybe you should get out of the kitchen
Maybe this isn’t the right place for you

A long time a ago, it must have been tough without air conditioning
People just had to sit around all day moaning and bitching 
Now the biggest thing we complain about is our high electric bill
As we lie on the couch watching Netflix enjoying the comfortable chill

If you can’t stand the heat maybe you should get out of the kitchen
Maybe this isn’t the right place for you
The sun up in the sky is 93 million miles away
But it feels a lot closer on a hot Arizona day

Can't Stand the Heat

Hello everyone, 
Sometimes things happen in life that we never expected. 
When David Dunham asked me if I would orchestrate and sing his song “Faithful and True,” Of all people, I couldn't understand why he was asking me. I was surprised – and deeply honored. He wrote this song many years ago.

This song tells a story that probably affects us all in one way or another: the question of whether love will endure when life challenges us. It speaks of longing, of the inner struggle between desire and responsibility - and of the strength to remain faithful despite everything.

I delved into this song and tried to design it musically so that its message reaches exactly where it belongs - directly into the heart. “Faithful and True” is not a typical love song, but rather a reflection on love in all its facets: beautiful, painful, deep...

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"Faithful And True" (written by David Dunham)

I recall the day I said "I do",
I never thought that I could love anyone
Like I love you,
But of late I'm really not so sure
That the promises we made can hold
Us together as we both grow older
With each day.
Is it possible for love to endure?

But I've made up my mind.
I've made my choice,
This feeling will pass but never the voice,
That tells me I must remain,
Faithful and true.

It doesn't stop the pain of admitting what can never be,
But if love has any meaning it is found in trust,
And not in what we feel.

Instrumental

It doesn't stop the pain of admitting what can never be,
But if love has any meaning it is found in trust,
And not in what we feel.

There's a sadness as I say farewell
To a love that promised more than I could ever tell,
Or at least that is the way it seemed
To a man who found himself in love
With another 'till he counted the cost of fantasy.
It was more than he ever dreamed.

But I've made up my mind.
I've made my choice,
This feeling will pass but never the voice,
That tells me I must remain,
Faithful and true.

Composer / Lyrics / Guitar: David Dunham
Vocals / Orchestral Arrangement: Axel Menningen

Faithful And True (by David Dunham)

Written & Performed by Ruviru
Composition by Sebastiano Nicolini
Mixed & Mastered by Haritha Sanjaya 

►Lyrics:
otherworldly talent no need to pretend 
like you don’t see the wonders 
I create with my pen 
will age like fine wine to inspire next Gen 
ungodly mins mixed with energy heaven sent 
I’m in my zen steady samurai in the game 
realness shining bright like an undying flame 
they wanna make me a square i transcend frames
no walls or borders unbound middle name 
I claim the reign bear thorns of the crown 
say my name in vain you might see a man down 
Da Vinci level artistry I paint with rad sounds
crack the code with words call me Dan Brown 
that’s what imma about exposing imposters 
get to meat of the matter till they wonder if it’s kosher 
gun is never cold when it’s out of the holster 
year zero return of the winter soldier 

olympiad i raise the bar like Arnie
bit the bullet at 21 now spit out the cartridge 
from 34 to 55 airborne kamikaze
it goes over your head when I drop fibonacci 
if you ask me I cut through the mix 
when the beat breaks 
my pen is key to unlock sentimental cage 
I fight like Mayweather you feather weight 
you move slow I set the pace
I elevate like an eagle you a poodle 
I compose deep verses you just doodle 
Im Khal Drogo and the game is my Khaleesi
so don’t test me and get yourself bamboozled 
you google bars I rap from the heart 
got the seed of greatness you lack from the start 
better respect me and my laser and my Glock 
cause when I take the shot I never miss the spot 

flow is hot drop that cold attitude 
give me props for songs 
I create in the name of hiphop 
look how I thrive   
against all odds slick moves 
like an agent black ops
that’s what I'm about 
that’s what I’m about 
only to the top to the top 


Gimme Props

Another song of mine, basically pop, arrived out of nowhere, just two chords that take on a life of their own and end up becoming a pretty catchy song. I explore the possibilities of my small keyboard, considering I don't know how to play it. The lyrics talk about a very recurrent and seemingly complex theme, but in practice very simple to deal with: Life, that thing about which you can say anything.

Life is just a memory

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Don't Wait for Validation - Come Together // Große Inventur

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vocals are voices captured in the wide open net

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music is the song 'Große Inventur' by Garben @garben

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artwork illustration by Peter Uertz, Düsseldorf / Germany

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Don't Wait for Validation - Come Together // Große Inventur

Back when I started clubbing in Melbourne in the early 2000s, I found a whole new way to chill, this track remembers that first rush of bass, lights, and everything starting to move.

New Way To Chill

Break Through

Buy on Bandcamp

David Jay - Your own way (Long Play)

fictionalive /
popoems series / hyper media reports 
2001 / 2011 / 2024

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