Track six on Ben Mercedez' album SAY WHAT U WANT, "Rocket"

"SAY WHAT U WANT" the album, out NOW

Produced by: Ben Mercedez
Written by: Ben Mercedez
Performed by: Ben Mercedez

Lyrics:

Spaceman at night, waits till friday night 
To experience a fruitful high
Jeer at him whine, he don't care tonight
Exorcism wicked in flight

Wanna get high, wanna get high, get high
NASA to the moon, NASA to the moon tonight
Release your inhibitions 
Lethal mission, green nuclear fission

Lets fly to the moon tonight
Let's take our ROCKET get higher than fright
We can enter a new dimension
Let's take our ROCKET get higher no tension 

Houston, lift off
ROCKET, get high
Houston, on the mission
ROCKET, get high

I may seem wild, but it's just my inner child 
Who was caged from green pride
So if you have nerves, relieve you deserve
Wear the tigers heid 

Wanna get high, wanna get high, get high
NASA to the moon, NASA to the moon tonight
Release your inhibitions 
Lethal mission, green nuclear fission

Lets fly to the moon tonight
Let's take our ROCKET get higher than fright
We can enter a new dimension
Let's take our ROCKET get higher no tension 

Houston, lift off
ROCKET, get high
Houston, on the mission
ROCKET, get high

I know that there are tears in my eyes 
The fairytale won't end
But I'll be fine, you know when, I fly to the moon again
Soon I'll board the rocket put you right back in my mouth
My light enters the beacon and I begin to shout

Lets fly to the moon tonight
Let's take our ROCKET get higher than fright
We can enter a new dimension
Let's take our ROCKET get higher no tension 

Houston, lift off
ROCKET, get high
Houston, on the mission
ROCKET, get high

Houston, lift off
ROCKET, get high
Houston, on the mission
ROCKET, get high

Released: 5/24/24

Rocket

"Song of the Open Road" is a poem by Walt Whitman from his 1856 collection “Leaves of Grass”. It has 15 sections, each with 3-4 stanzas. For the lyrics of the song that I have composed, I have chosen the most famous of these sections, which is the first. At the end of this introduction I have attached the lyrics of this section.

The intention has been to compose a small song to continue delving into the use of the singing voice synthesis software, Vocaloid. Since this software only sings in the English language (which is not one of my usual languages) I thought that it might be interesting to use a poem by an author of that language as a text and I decided on this American poet.

On the other hand, the most important issue in the harmonic-melodic aspect has been that I have considered it as an exercise in Modal Harmony. I have used a different mode for each of the stanzas of the poem and in this order: Phrygian, Dorian, Mixolydian and Lydian. It is an order that fulfills the elementary principle of going from less to more musical "brightness." I have also dispensed with the Ionian and Aeolian modes to get away from the tonal environment and enhance the modal color. In the use of each of these modes I have introduced a "strange" note, that is, it does not belong to the scale of the mode. In all cases this note is the one that corresponds to a semitone lower than the base note of the scale of the mode; it is also located in the last position of the melody of each stanza, closing it and coincides with the first note of the following stanza, but in this case it is not strange, on the contrary, it coincides with the characteristic note of the new mode. This is the way the different modes are chained together.

I attach the lyrics of the poem to facilitate your understanding: 


Song of the Open Road

Afoot and light hearted I take to the open road,
Healthy, free, the world before me,
The long brown path before me leading wherever I choose.

Henceforth I ask not good-fortune, I myself am good-fortune,
Henceforth I whimper no more, postpone no more, need nothing,
Done with indoor complaints, libraries, querulous criticisms,
Strong and content I travel the open road.

The earth, that is sufficient,
I do not want the constellations any nearer,
I know they are very well where they are,
I know they suffice for those who belong to them.

(Still here I carry my old delicious burdens,
I carry them, men and women, I carry them with me wherever I go,
I swear it is impossible for me to get rid of them,
I am fill’d with them, and I will fill them in return.)




Esta introducción en castellano:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OqX5rUbuEkHBFP8MlUnpJfH2LaJIynP9/view?usp=sharing

Aquesta introducció en català:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fKxXa2Ms5qZES9MdmYOnRT3894_cdC2r/view?usp=sharing

Song Of The Open Road

Just making some updates on things that I need to tell you guys. I hope you guys enjoy this podcast episode. Make sure to check out more of my stuff and I will see you later.

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The Lil Nucleus Podcast Season 2, Episode 14

Other Music Here!

The Lil Nucleus Podcast Season 2, Episode 14

Call My Name

Youtube Video: https://youtu.be/2dVpMh6nUEM?si=01_8UNrhb9tA08rE

A nod to the frontline workers of the covid-19 pandemic. Thank you for your service!

Frontline

Just like a fool

كلمات:سامي محمود حنفي،،
الحان وغناء وتوزيع موسيقي: محمد صلاح الدين

بيعاند نفسه

Shibaraba

relaxing instrumental: guitar & synth (polyend play)

downtime

Vocalist/ Lyrics: Joey Montoya, Producer Rick Hardy

Enough (prod. rick hardy)

The title says it all
it maybe a sad song but I also believe it will motivate people and 'HELP' them understand we need each other
On this song I express the hardships I must embrace if I plan to win this reason for my children and people who sho me love
I'm asking for assistance all in all

HELP done.mp3

Hi, my name is Lil Nucleus. I'm also known as Chris, Christopher, or by my nickname Lil Nuke. I'm a musician, singer/songwriter, rapper, and music producer from Ohio, United States. I started making piano music sometime around 2010, and then I took a break for a little bit. I came back around late 2016 to early 2017, and then I started making electronic music. Around later that year I explored into many different genres like hip-hop, rap, pop, singer-songwriter, alternative rock, and so much more. Thanks for reading this bio about me. I love you all so much and I appreciate all of the fans that support me.

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