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Rap & Lyrics: Gubbi (www.facebook.com/iamgubbi)
Music: Budget (https://www.facebook.com/DjBudget)
Lyric Video: Annika Mittelmeier
Project initiated by and special thanks to Mercedes “Mercy” Barkmeyer
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LYRICS:
Chorus:
You never have to prove
You never have to prove
You never have to prove
To Strangers
You never have to prove
You never have to prove
You never have to prove
To Strangers
Verse1:
Prapathama hejje inda kalithale bandhe (Ever since my first step, I have been learning that)
Helidha mathu kelabekemba helikeyanthe (I have to listen to and do what I have been told)
Thaggi baggi nadedukondu olleyawanahte (Be humble and nice like a good person)
Anisalu shuruvaagithu naanavanalladanthe (I began to feel I am faking too much)
Nanna kale, nanna dyeya, nanna mana anthye (my talent, my aim, my mind, came to an end)
Yella nadeyithu aa samajadanthe (All of these started moving towards what the society wants)
Nijawaada nannau naa kaledhukonde(I lost the real me)
Punaha hudukalu naa hedarikonde (And to search for the real me, I was scared!)
“Thalegile kettidiya ninage? Yen maadleek honte? 
Dudde doddapa! Beku ondhu kanthe!!” Yendu helithu “SAMAJA” yemba huchara santhe 
 (“Have you lost your mind? What are you up to? Money is everything and you need to make a lot of money!” Said the crazy society)
Nanagyaake beku aa kurigala chinthe (But why do I have to worry about that kurigalu)
Yeah! Let them say, but the say won’t stay
Call me lost, I will find my own way
I ain’t weird, I am just wired in a different way
Wanted to stand out in the crowd, Oh! I’m outstanding anyways!
Chorus:
You never have to prove
You never have to prove
You never have to prove
To Strangers
You never have to prove
You never have to prove
You never have to prove
To Strangers
Verse2:
I had my own bro turn a foe for some stupid hoe
They say life is a stage, we’re in a puppet show
We are what we hide from the rest
To the other man, I always wanna be ma best
And that’s the truth I bet you’ll hate to admit
You like it or not? I really don’t give a shit!!
Oh! Actually I do, cause I have been told to groove
To this tune called society that won’t like ma moves!
Bridge:
There is lot more to life, when we do what we gotta do
Not everyday is a Sunday, not everyday the sky is blue
But its true, night is darkest before the dawn,
The second you clock TICs to his TOC, your time is gone!
The truth is in your face and you can’t really face it,
It’s a different day but you’re just doing the same shit 
Except for you, and the man in the mirror,
There is none in this fuckin world to whom you gotta prove
2014
Bangarang Budget on the beat
Karnage on the flow
And that how we roll..yo! lets go!!
Chorus:
You never have to prove
You never have to prove
You never have to prove
To Strangers
You never have to prove
You never have to prove
You never have to prove
To Strangers


Prove You Wrong- GUBBI & Budget

SHREE SEN
Demon is beating, you bleed and screaming
Praying to god who can offer you healing!
Coming' out in the lust of darkness
Wicked Love, you can't stop this madness
Holy Lust, ain't no hard to tell 
Underground like the living hell
You can sit and be in a different world
take you away , have a walk around
Enchanting, hypnotizing, exotically different
 Voice and sounds and a new life amendment
The blood is rolling down through my vain
 passed out, from the wicked SIN
When the night falls, all the Ghost comes
Mesmorises you..all THE pain gone
Souls are no SAINTS and they’ll be crucified
But I can save your soul, which can be purified!
The voices on the line say "evil never dies"
But I’m a living dead, look up, it ain’t no LIE

Chorus:  (SHREE SEN and GUBBI)
It's the father who generates 
the son who is begotten
and the holy spirit proceeds
No one kills the silence
TRINITY is rising, above the horizon
you can't really scream out, your voice will be frozen
Souls are no SAINTS and they’ll be crucified
But I can save your soul, which can be purified
TRINITY is rising, above the horizon
you can't really scream out, your voice will be frozen

GUBBI
jus woke up dead how do u think im feelin?
somewher down de stairs i lost ma soul
mind and body on opposite poles
do u think im lookin for a healin?
no blood no bones no flesh no skin
only gotta a voice screamin within
thick a** head emotions runnin thin
in the marathone o lovin hate
RIDIN' SOLO i aint no siant
painted with darkness belief is faint
"GOD"  Is that what i should say?
Im preyed upon! i should pray?
CITY of hell..wounds and bruises
caught up in the STATE of hurlin abuses
COUNTRY full of vultures..they want u dead
i love the pain..ma heart beats for blood
not to breathe..i wanna feed
i wanna bleed..wanna breed
no room fa love...they bank on lust
aint nobody watchin upon us 
If he eva did..y are we livin dead?
they are fond o  blood..they don feed on bread!
they feed on meat..they feed on me
and you! i love the truth
cos its bitter..harsh and its poison's you
i cherish the way u feel the pain
u were barb wired so the scars remain
so don even try u'll fall in vain 
willingly killin..hate we spread
ruthlessly spillin..love we shread
used to think from heart nw i think from head
so when they came back..they found me DEAD

Chorus:  (SHREE SEN and GUBBI)
It's the father who generates 
the son who is begotten
and the holy spirit proceeds
No one kills the silence
TRINITY is rising, above the horizon
you can't really scream out, your voice will be frozen
Souls are no SAINTS and they’ll be crucified
But I can save your soul, which can be purified
TRINITY is rising, above the horizon
you can't really scream out, your voice will be frozen


Trinity-GUBBI & Shree Sen

GUBBI
 
Wake up every mornin what i see on the paper?
Voicing the thoughts of the struggle-class like a saviour
deshakkagi upavasadinda horata -fight for the country thro fasting
namma hakkane chalisalu maada bekagide paredata-We gotta run around to claim our own rights 
Excess kappu hanada joojata -gambling of excess black money
bari aata..kelalu mathra chenna neethi paata- only playing around..and its only good to hear philosophical speeces
but..parinamisalu..y u havin second thoughts ah?- but to bring it into actions..y u having second thoughts ah?
Lemme tell u why..ur dreams are sky high
And your efforts dip down..deep down below
But wanting some more, what u crave for deep from ur hearts core
Is more money..more and more..money with no account for
Only thing that u adore..no aim to score
not a thing to confess for
 
 
Chorus:
Sathyakiddidare bele bekitha ee horata?- if truth was valued did we have to fight for it
Nyayakiddidare bele nodabekitha raajakarinigala kithata?-If justice had value did we have to see the politicians figts?
Vanchanegide bele adakke nyayarakshakaraduvari aata-Cheating is valued tat is y we see the law keepers playing around
Bele prathiyondaku bele..u can speak up if only a big shot huh?- price tag...every thing has a pricetag
 
 
duddonde manadalli prathi dina prathi kshana-its only money on the mind..every minunte ...every day
Its all about the hana-its all about the money
once who raise their voice to fight for what is right
to set it alright horaluvudu avara hena- would end up as dead bodies
born a human..raised as an animal
hunger for the green(money) turns a veggie to a canibal
darode..rajakaranavembudu darode in the broad day light-robbery..politics is robbery in the broad day light
bari sullu, mosa, vanchane, avyavaharika mathugalu-words only filled with lies, false promises,misleads
Mathakagi yavude hanthaku eliyalu hesalaarivaru-they are ready to go to any extent for the vote
So it is true when they say..(what?) bogaluva naayi kacholla- barking dog seldom bites
maathalle yemarisi nimmne maaralu avaru hesolla-so smart with the words they don't hesitate to even sell you off
illi oodhu, shikshana,gynana yambudu yella ondhu vyawahara-here education, studies, knowlege is mere business
Kanasu katti nanasaagisalu duddonde illi parihaara-to have and fulfil a dream only money is the solution
aaharavillade horata nadeyuvudu prathi dina prathi vaara-fighting for these things without food happens everyday...every week
Aaadare rosathogide namage on how to deal with sarakara!- but we have reached the saturation point when it comes to how to deal with this government
 
 
come on!
 
 
Chorus:
Sathyakiddidare bele bekitha ee horata?- if truth was valued did we have to fight for it
Nyayakiddidare bele nodabekitha raajakarinigala kithata?-If justice had value did we have to see the politicians figts?
Vanchanegide bele adakke nyayarakshakaraduvari aata-Cheating is valued tat is y we see the law keepers playing around
Bele prathiyondaku bele..u can speak up if only a big shot huh?- price tag...every thing has a pricetag
 
 
 
 
bele prathiyondaku bele-pricetag..everything with a prcetag
bele katti kolluvaru namma kale - they gonna buy our talent  too by puttin a pricetag on it too
durase yemba bootha kulithide..kulitide on your thale-a ghost by name GREED is stuck upon ur head
volisalu ni kattu bele..hakku chalisalu nee kattu bele-to impress,for your rights you need to pay up
The truth is in your face..
and you cant really face it!
 
 
Chorus:
Sathyakiddidare bele bekitha ee horata?- if truth was valued did we have to fight for it
Nyayakiddidare bele nodabekitha raajakarinigala kithata?-If justice had value did we have to see the politicians figts?
Vanchanegide bele adakke nyayarakshakaraduvari aata-Cheating is valued tat is y we see the law keepers playing around
Bele prathiyondaku bele..u can speak up if only a big shot huh?- price tag...every thing has a pricetag
 
 
 
You know its time we stop thinking and start acting
Now tha you have heard it spread the word!
 
Double A and Karnage

Monyegagi-GUBBI

Our attempt to give you two sides of our society. One which realises its mistake and wants to correct itself and the other which believes, money can buy anything. The Carnatic portion represents the first group of people and the rap portion, the second.

The original poem, Eppo Varuvaro is by ‪‎Gopalakrishna Bharathiyar‬

Music composed and arranged by: GD Prasad
Carnatic vocalist: Arun PJ
Rap written and performed by: Gubbi

Lyrics:

Gubbi:
I wake up every morning, not thinking, not givin a damn
Not banned for what I do, I stand a brutal man
Scam, bribe murder and a couple of rape charges
When my money does the talking you know who the boss is?
I can buy what I want, the masses, the ones on their knees, tryina please, begging "Please"
Anything for money, its funny, cos i even bribe the Lord
How do you think I made it this far?

Arun PJ:
eppOvaruvArO-enthan kalithIra-eppOvaruvArO
seppiyathillai cithampara thEvan
eppOvaruvArO-enthan kalithIra-eppOvaruvArO
n-aRparuvam van-thu n-Athanaith thEdum
kaRpanaikaL muRRak kAtchi than-thAn
eppOvaruvArO

Gubbi:
Livin' not givin up powe, intoxicated at the bar
No remorse, no sorry, when I sleep in the night no worries
Frozen heart, but I buy my happiness
Be it sex, be it bless,
How else could I be cleaning the mess?
I stay ruthless, nevertheless

Arun PJ:
bAlakirushNan pORRip paNin-thidumIsan
mElE kAthal koNdEn veLippadakkANEn
eppOvaruvArO
Never the less ruthless, nevertheless (x4)



Eppo Varuvaro Reborn- Arun PJ | GD Prasad | Gubbi

Two of my songs got played on BBC Asia Network on Ashanti Omkar's show. First one was MUNGARU featuring AB which is my first kannada rap. This was on 22.02.2015. The song plays right after A R Rahman sir speaks.

The second song was BE THE CHANGE with artists BIG DEAL and Rinosh. This was on 01.03.2015. The song plays right after Jay Sean speaks.

Kannda rapper Gubbi on BBC Asian Network with Ashanti Omkar

My song, AMMA was the song of the Week on BBC Asia Network in the week it was released.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHa6RqIu3cM

AMMA On BBC Radio as song of the Week

Download the song here! https://www.oklisten.com/album/amma
Lyrics and Rap: Gubbi
Vocals: Tejas Shankar
Composed and Programmed: Amit Anand
Recorded, Mixed and Mastered: Hriday Goswami at Pranava Studios, Bangalore and X Noise Studio, Guwahati
LYRICS

Intro: (Tejas Shankar)
Thaiyaa preethiyoo yendingoo (A mother’s love is forever)
Yendigoo yendendigoo shashwathaa (forever and eternal)
Poshiso, paaliso preethiya muruthi (she is the one who nurtures and brings you up with 
unconditional love)
Amma neene yella (Mother, you are my everything)

Verse 1: (Gubbi)

Maneye modala paatashaaley, thayiye namma modala guru (If home is our first school, mother is 
our first teacher)
Moguvina modalane aluvina mundeye thayiya preethi shuru(A mother’s care starts even before the 
baby’s birth)
Thayiashtu aagadiradu yaarigoo preethisalu(Nobody can love you like your mother)
Amma nanadu onde bayake, nee yendu naguthaliru(Mom, my only request is, keep smiling forever)
Ninna mamathe vaathsalyakke sari saatiyeilla (There is no match to your love and concern)
Snehithe, shikshaki, hithaishi nanage neene yella(You are my friend, my teacher, my well-wisher, my everything)
Maathu belliyadaroo, nanage ninna maathu bella (If one’s words are valuable, then yours are as 
sweet as jaggery)
Ashtu sihi ninna maathu kelalu, ondishu kahiyee illa (There isn’t an ounce of bitterness in it)
Nanna hejje hejjeyallu nee nanna kai hididu nadeside(You were with me in my every step)
Pade pade maadida thapannella thalmeyinda nee saripadeside (You patiently corrected every 
mistake of mine)
Aaa bhagavantha bittuhodaroo bidalaare nee nannanna (Even if God ever lost hope in me, you 
would never)
Nischinteinda nuggi nadiyuve inmunde amma naa inna (Hence I shall fearlessly go ahead with 
everything I do!)

Chorus: (Tejas Shankar)

Amma ninna medilalli naa, (Mother, when I’m lying on your lap)
Marethe yell chinthe yochane (I forget all the woes and worries)
Nina preethi mammathe nanna aasare (Your love and care is what protects me)

Bridge:(Tejas Shankar)

Thayiya kaalaji yendigoo (A mother’s corcern is forever)
andiguu, yendendiguu shashwatha (forever and eternal)
yedebadithake spandiso hrudayavu ninnadu (Your heart responds to my heartbeat)
amma neene nanna (Mother, you are my everything)

Verse 2: (Gubbi)

An angel in you're making, always taking, pain for your sake and
Forgiving your mistakes and guided you, enlightened you
Held your tender hands and brightened you
The powerhouse of courage to the frightened you
To heighten you to new heights, au revoir to all your strives
“You can do it son” said my mamma’s smile
What more, can I ask for, now I fear no more for what’s in store
Even if I do at the fate’s roar, I would close my eyes till the count of four
To hear her voice just reassure and re-concretize my structure of hope
I hope to see you happy and proud too, forgive me for the times I’ve been too rude

Chorus: (Tejas Shankar)

Amma ninna medilalli naa, (Mother, when I’m lying on your lap)
Marethe yell chinthe yochane (I forget all my woes and worries)
Nina preethi mammathe nanna aasare (Your love and care is what protects me)

Outro: (Tejas Shankar & Gubbi)

Thaiyaa preethiyoo yendingoo (A mother’s love is forever)
Yendigoo yendendigoo shashwathaa (Forever and Eternal)

I love you

I love you

Wait and watch for your son to prove to the whole world what your son can do
Wait and watch for your son to prove to the whole world what your son can do
Wait and watch 
Wait and watch
Wait and watch
Just wait and watch
Just wait and watch for your son to prove to the whole world what your son can do


Gubbi - Amma Ft. Tejas Shankar & Amit Anand

Gubbi talking about his latest project, song for Bengaluru and also doing an impromptu rap for Independence day

Gubbi On Fever 104 FM

My song, Naadamaya, the song for Bengaluru got played on BBC Radio on Ashanti Omkar show!

Naadamaya(Song for Bengaluru) On BBC Radio

Karthik Sundar Gubbi, better known by his stage name "Gubbi" is an Indian multilingual rapper, lyricist and composer from Bengaluru who raps in Kannada, English, Hindi and German. Gubbi is the first Kannada rapper to be using literature Kannada in his lyrics. His foundation in rap was built from 2007 on text rap battles that were popular on social media sites. In the year 2011 he wrote his first Kannada-English rap which was just an experiment that evolved to be his style, to switch between the languages. His inspirations being EMINEM and J.Cole, his content vary from serious conscious rap to comical renditions on south Indian beats. He has worked and performed with all different kinds of musicians varying from Violinist, Carnatic musicians, folk singers and even movie music directors. His live performances hold the attention of the audience through his narrations on different styles of Hip-Hop music. He is one half of the Hip-Hop act "EmmJee & Gubbi".

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