Austin husband-wife hip hop duo, Riders Against the Storm (RAS), are back at it again with a re-interpretation of the 80's Talking Heads classic, Once In A Lifetime.  Their 2018 rendition is called 'Same,' taking the popular phrase on a slightly tongue-in-cheek and reflective turn for the best.  Witty and whimsical, yet grounded and real, the song and video both throwback, and catapult listeners forward simultaneously as only RAS can. 

Produced by Adrian Quesada and Riders Against the Storm

LYRICS:

Chaka:
Can't hug the world with nuclear arms
Can't stop a bomb with all this charm
Got wars within wars
Same as it was
Ever after
Happily hafta
Leave the fairytales
to the Disney actors
Right my own chapter
Check the footnotes
Chaka been an author since I came out the womb
Black Rob like woah
Stay on my boat
Merrily Merrily I got to row
'Cause life just a dream
but most of these folks
want the daily program and a remote
don't wanna take a knee
rather wear the uniform
Religion is capital
Greed is the king
Queen is the media
All on ya screen
Celebrity everywhere my eyes can see
Just a wrestling ring
Hear the crowd scream

Letting the days go by, let the water hold me down
Letting the days go by, water flowing underground
Into the blue again after the money's gone
Once in a lifetime, water flowing underground

Qi Dada:
The black hole you flying into
Has you drinking witches brew 
Doing voodoo
The taxes you 'bout to go do
have you snatching
Brown baby boys out of itty bitty shoes
There's an actress you practice with
With a past that you can't dismiss
High hopes like a Schindler's list
But it still ain't enough
You ain't tall 
you ain't rich
You ain't buff
'Cause you an average joe
With an average job
Praying that the Xanx won't wear off
You wan't the black whole don't cha'
'Cause your miserable and lonesome
Afraid of attack going back to the fields
Giving you a poison as long as it's chilled
Just about room temp
Here's the truth with a few dents

Same as It Ever Was (8xs)

Letting the days go by, let the water hold me down
Letting the days go by, water flowing underground
Into the blue again after the money's gone
Once in a lifetime, water flowing underground

You may ask yourself, should I leave this place
You may ask yourself, do i need this race?
You may ask yourself, why my eyes so blurred?
You may ask yourself, when is my turn?

Letting the days go by, let the water hold me down
Letting the days go by, water flowing underground
Into the blue again after the money's gone
Once in a lifetime, water flowing underground

Same as It Ever Was (8xs)

(RAS) Riders Against the Storm - 'Same' - featuring Flavor Raid

(RAS) Riders Against the Storm is a musical movement in Austin, TX that can only be described as 'historic.' As recent recipients of 'Band of the Year' honors at the 2014, 2015 and 2016 Austin Music Awards, Chaka and Qi Dada (husband and wife) represent a significant first in the 'Live Music Capital.' Over the past 32 years, hip hop has never received the top honor at the annual awards show. Winning the title twice in a row is an accomplishment shared by only a handful of bands, including: Spoon, and Los Lonely Boys.

As comfortable in small intimate venues as they are on large festival stages, RAS transforms every audience they reach with a refreshing magic and flair that few possess today. In everything they touch, ceremony scrapes the floor and atmosphere - hopping through, from seam to seam, cloaked in their own ideas of regalia and change, Riders Against the Storm cast out invitations to world - come and party. From beginning to end, audiences need to get ready for what Deborah Senguptah Stith (Austin American Statesman music writer) calls a 'post-milennial second-coming of George Clinton's mothership.'

Aside from headlining many shows throughout the country, RAS has opened for national recording acts, including: K'Naan, KRS-ONE, Wu-Tang Clan, Raekwon, Talib Kweli, Yasiin Bey (Mos Def), Slick Rick, Pharoahe Monch, Dam Funk, Nas, Rakim, Damian Marley, ?uestlove (of The Roots), Jean Grae, Antibalas, Devin the Dude, The Coup, Michael Franti, Dead Prez, The Geto Boys, George Clinton, and Kid Sister.