Song: The Way We Act
Artist: Lee EmCee
Album: "Heads Up, Pen Down" MixTape 2013
Beat: Streets - CunninLynguists

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LYRICS:

Verse 1:
At the beginning of time they say that there was just 2,
2 human beings that were like me and you,
forbidden to eat the fruit curiosity grew,
a feeling inside needing to be satisfied she knew.
She blew it all away no clue of what's to come,
regrettable decision making cant be outdone,
the outcome cant change, then out comes the pain,
out comes refrained anger running through the veins.
We sustain to stay the same way for the better or worse,
whatever could be worse for us then to lift this curse,
of humanity together we can better this earth,
we never learn, we better learn fast before we burn!
We've turned, our own planet ugly by the mutual damage,
how do we manage, this reality is a disadvantage.
underprivileged people living amongst,
the deception and lies honesty's hard to find in us.

Verse 2:
Were lucky to be alive breathing the air,
the consequences of pollution were all gonna share,
we employ & pay to destroy nature its unfair,
raise a voice for the subject they just don't care.
I declare, million souls stained like ink on the skin,
when its sink or swim ya gotta think to win,
you have the power to change just use the power within,
never be a quitter quit quitting out don't give in!
John Howards a quitter he rejected the claim,
saying that climate change aint a concern today!
well what about when it comes to the end of our days,
lets just hope the prophecy predicted the wrong date!
2020, plenty refrained from giving help to change,
the way that we were living were still living the same today,
created for a reason why destroy what we love,
our days are almost over the countdown is up!

Verse 3:
Many synonyms for god religions have lost the plot,
nearly every war on earth is related to god when will it stop?
fighting over what religion is right and fight to the top,
the meaning of life forgot all our morals are lost!
Negative visions impact leaving millions in lack,
of focus to make the right decisions on facts,
envision a world with no division between packs,
racism is in us but lets diminish the attack!
Violence & Lies portrayed through the stereotypes,
on television broadcasted to millions of lives,
Guidance to life seek somewhere else & u might find,
a different daily ritual that doesn't waste your time.
Silence the cries, regret & sorrow doesn't change the past,
time goes slow not fast which makes the depression last.
Forget the cigarette the stress is a threat to our,
way of changing for the better and we better change fast!
Its the way we act that helps us manage the pain.
Its the way we act that keeps damaging our name,
Its the way we act which makes me angry and say,
If Its the way we act even if its a challenge, change!

The Way We Act

Song: Inspirations
Artist: Lee EmCee
Album: "Heads Up, Pen Down" MixTape 2013
Beat: 'Insp-her-ation' -- DJ Premier
Lyrics, Mix & Mastered by Lee EmCee

Get MixTape @ www.LeeEmCee.bandcamp.com

LYRICS:

Verse 1:
So many inspirations ill start with the first,
it would of been my older brother since the age of my birth,
i could say that i was placed under a jealousy curse,
everything he was i wanted to be i had an urge.
Like a surge, of electricity running beneath my skin,
i would use all my power to be the one to win,
i never ever wanted to be the one to lose,
but sometimes I never gave myself the choice to choose,
i would abuse, the privilege i was given by mum,
wag school take drugs and live life like a bum,
no job no goals no food no doll, just scum,
i thought id never change but a change was to come.
i was living in the city when i could just live at home,
im sure that with this subject that i am not all alone,
feel unwanted & neglected alone in your own zone,
you could never be yourself like a king without a throne.
But what inspired me, to write my first rhyme,
its was hilltop hoods calling and this calling is mine,
i was born for one reason & that reasons to shine,
be remembered for what im worth & to stand through time. 
This is mine, my lyrics' my biography,
dont make harsh judgments this is my story,
a story with an ending thats still a mystery,
i make music so that i can go down in history.
Inspired by family, work and friends,
Inspired by the radio & the television,
World Vision, will i do it for that?
if i had the money would i really give them my cash?
i dunno if id do it if i got big off rap,
id give money to my fam and to whom scratched my back.
Id give cash, only to the people who helped,
i feel bad for the people not fortunate with wealth,
but i was there once so i know i cant help,
there's far to much poverty to concern myself.
My health & my family is my only concern,
i live the life that i want to live whilst living on earth,
it took me 18 years before i found my worth,
so many times round and round in which the world has turned.

Verse 2:
So many inspirations its hard to describe,
i remember Masta Ace with hands raised to the sky,
he was on stage & u could feel his vibe,
back when the Arena was still in its prime.
My main inspiration is of course the music,
whatever mood ur in just look for a track and choose it,
use it for your mood to adjust the surround,
hook it up to your system, surround sound.
Then found, a desired level to calm ones head,
calm ones cool before there tipped over the edge,
music can sometimes even be the one to stop death,
but when ur in control of the knife its ur fault ya bled.
Inspired, by many artists so id like to include,
Hilltop, masta ace, Dilla & MF DOOM!
these are some inspirations id just wanted to name a few,
for if it wasn't for being inspired u wouldn't be u.
They say its hard to be original all the styles are brought,
that's just cos all the style-biters wanna have yours,
i dont style-bite i style-write with rhymes fit for a fight,
i got rhymes equivalent to a virgin, tight,
In sight, the light, i can see to the end,
every day of my life, i pack the pad n the pen,
the pen, is definitely my favoured influence,
cos writing down my mind on pads a stimulant.
Im finishing ive said all that i need to on being inspired,
its your turn to get out there before u expire,
to inspire a generation start the flame with the fire,
the fire represents what we call our desire.

Verse 3:
So many inspirations its just hard to choose,
how to choose one of them when many of them i use,
im inspired by many and many more of them to come,
ill be inspired up until the day that im one.

Inspirations

Lyrics, Mix, Master by Lee Emcee
Produced by Anabolic Beatz

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Better Days (Prod. By Anobolic Beatz)

Song: Success Time
Artists: Lee EmCee ft Concsious Route
Album: "Heads Up, Pen Down" MixTape 2013
Produced by Toni Smoke

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Success Time ft Conscious Route

Song: Someday
Artists: Lee EmCee ft Spence
Album: song is featured on album "Alienation" by Spence
Lyrics by Spence & Lee EmCee
Mix & Mastered by Spence

**AUSTRALIAN/AMERICAN HIP HOP COLLABORATION**

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Someday ft Spence

Song: Society Trap
Artist: Lee EmCee
Album: Society Trap
Produced by Cosmo
Mixed by Lee EmCee
Mastered by Red Secta

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LYRICS

Verse 1:
From the second that we're born we’re threatened without a cause with -
Telepathic messages sent from the devil we endure, it's
Hella-tragic when we learn to fight back and settle the score,
Hella-backwards when we give to the rich and indebted the poor.
In this life there is more when you awaken your mind,
Meditate to elevate your soul & activate your third eye,
Allocate the time to truly educate your mind,
For when you do you’ll see the world for what it is a waste of life.
Television has blinded our way of thinking,
The negative system we live in has blinded our wisdom.
I’m here to expose the truth that their hiding in fiction, 
Define my depictions each time that I’m writing my lyrics.
I’m rhyming now listen we’re living fighting a sickness.
We have to fight the convictions and write to sign the petitions,
Sight the predictions of prophecies deciphered depict them,
Wake up we’re strong enough to frighten the system.

Hook:
Are we living this life like puppets on a string?
Are we living guided by fake religions and kings?
Are we living in a world that traps those planned to -
Break free from this matrix that programmed you?
Are we living this life like modern day slaves?
Are we living this life slowly rotting away?
Are we living this life without the freedom to choose?
This is society’s trap where our freedom’s abused!

Verse 2:
The governments corrupt from the parliament to the white house,
Television’s hidden messages influencing us right now, 
Broadcasting war and violence influencing us to fight now. 
Political propaganda promoting us lies now.
Secret societies that are hidden in plain sight,
You wouldn’t know they exist until you’re given their name right?
Most are wishing they stay blind you’re living the same life,
Like the modern population that forgive and feel pain twice.
We’re given the same rights but what does that mean?
We’re living our lives controlled by corporations and greed.
Sitting hypnotized by the news stations on screen,
TV is mind control manipulation is free.
The truth is hidden like a shadow in the dark,
If the truth was revealed it would be an arrow in the heart,
Knowing we were lied too denied you right from the start,
This is the society trap that tears society apart.

Hook: x2
Are we living this life like puppets on a string?
Are we living guided by fake religions and kings?
Are we living in a world that traps those planned to -
Break free from this matrix that programmed you?
Are we living this life like modern day slaves?
Are we living this life slowly rotting away?
Are we living this life without the freedom to choose?
This is society’s trap where our freedom’s abused!

Society Trap

Lee EmCee's 2018 EP "Society Trap" consists of 9 tracks. Beats produced by Australian Producers Cosmo, DJ Immaculate and Vampts.

Lyrics & Vocals by Lee EmCee
Mixed by Lee EmCee
Mastered by Red Secta

The Asylum

Cold

In This World

We Can

Threat

Aussie/Scottish Hip Hop Collaboration - "24 Hours"

Lee EmCee - Brisbane, Australia
Werd - Edinburgh, Scotland

24 Hours ft Werd

This song is all about my hometown & the streets i grew up in. Tells about school life, drugs, friends, family and a political side involved in the story.

Brisbane Streets

Song: Structured Morals
Artist: Lee EmCee
Album: "Heads Up, Pen Down" MixTape 2013
Beat: Finally Moving - Pretty Lights
Vocals/Lyrics, Mix & Mastered by Lee EmCee

Get MixTape @ www.LeeEmCee.bandcamp.com

LYRICS:

Verse1:
Im living in the tropic state thats where i reside,
Got a steady pay rate to take and put aside,
Was it really my fate to be great & spit lines,
rhymes which define ones own attitude, show gratitude otherwise i might restrict my latitude,
We all mature through eventually one day,
immaturity you tried to lengthen another decade,
why evade the inevitable are you afraid,
to display courage and wisdom......
& everyday's a crusade just listen,
Quest this journey & watch the plot thicken,
so much to learn like exams you are sitting,
tricking the industry cheaters are dishonored,
all bitching emcee's feature weakest not strongest,
whos pitching the longest.
when your inefficient to the rap scene,
lyrically coefficient, unique & different,
ive benefited from being gifted with talent,
We shifted the balance & lifted the savant.
sifted through rapping to debilitate the feeble,
rehabilitate the evil then facilitate our people.
forget business people that reform to a steeple,
no resume is equal its a fact that's bleak,
act on sheet to be qualified in the league,
if you hide fatigue & put aside your greed,
provided you need to reach a desired peak,
to be complete decide in which path to travel,
embark on a quest, remark by a dark shadow,
life will unravel surpass depression and lows,
bypass the mission & throw.

Verse 2:
Lifes a bitch & then one day you marry one,
Delight if ya rich cos money is an earned run,
Incite to the pitch amusing its a learned tongue,
Its begun, your turn confess in your bad beliefs,
concern with stress makes you sad not relief,
return express takes you back in disbelief,
To grief from an attack will make you weaker in fact,
no meeting combat, no tweaking with that,
Scale at heart rate ceases to minimal signal,
await owns peace were animals if you recall,
a clean slate would be a great release an enthrall,
From crawl to walk, From talk to court,
my parents were never there but now they wanna support,
Never resort to violence only words can hurt you,
commit an offence that occurred to you untrue,
transmit a defence to subdue.
Set objectives stand by meaning and virtues,
Try to forgive expand screening and review,
if you could relive & intervene and pursue, 
construe a meaning to a 2nd life and why you?
Shampoo the roots to ya soul and cleanse thoroughly,
Control friends to a significant degree,
Patrol the content we agree but foresee,
As a decree i plan to shun out evil demons
once done no doubt i will be called upon,
outdone re-route until evil is withdrawn,
forgone from the place that created so much drama,
erase debated issues related to trauma,
embrace elated news translated by karma,
As amour saves skin & weapons make war,
Behave from within & withdraw the rapport,
Depraved when in life were spawn to explore,
So put your life in check and succeed to your best.
Forgive and forget, never live to regret.

These are some structured morals, best we all be living by them.

Structured Morals

Heavily influenced by 90’s hip-hop, Lee’s sound is a bold mix of heavy beats and self-conscious lyrics. Capturing a slice of Australian life that we can all relate to, Lee is an artist in tune with the world around him. Lee defines his style as ‘conscious hip-hop’, offering sharp rhymes that flow with intricate meanings, hidden messages and plenty of depth. 

Influences include artists such as Gangstarr, Nas, Masta Ace, Apathy, Eminem, Hilltop Hoods, Atmosphere, Brother Ali, Big L, Cunninlynguists, J. Cole, Bliss n Eso, Rakim, R.A The Rugged Man, J Dilla, MF Doom, and Talib Kweli. 

After releasing mixtapes in 2010 & 2013, Lee has continued to impress fans and critics alike. Lee had released his debut EP in 2018, ‘Society Trap’, built from nine songs that perfectly illustrate his flow and dexterity, ‘Society Trap’ hits with a fresh, uncompromising sound, one that is instantly recognisable and impossible to deny. 

After a 4 year hiatus, Lee released 7 singles in 2022, and with more new music planned for release, there’s never been a better time to get acquainted with Lee Emcee.

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