The Cat Empire - The Crowd

First single, and title track, taken from the upcoming Beautiful Girls album DANCEHALL DAYS.
Out through Separatista Soundsystem / MGM on October 3, 2014.

DANCEHALL DAYS

one for the lovers, the dancehall rockers

sometimes I don’t remember 
got nothing to forget
to get right, or to surrender
they haven’t seen me yet
I came up in this place, saw everything
I’ve gotten through from it
it’s no wasted heart beating
here inside my chest
yes, I am blessed

saw the dancehall days
been running for the dancehall ways there’s
a party in a broke down basement
see stars in everything, no hatred
so we keep on it ’til the break of day, yes
no falling out of love
no paychecks
we do it for the rhythm and the rhyme gets hot
so hot you better run
before you get hit

it gets rough, I won’t deny it
hot when the sun goes down
love adds up, we multiply it
play me some music now
so we could dance tonight
like maybe it’s as short as life itself
we don’t stop
no compromises
so shout if you just could tell
somebody yell

saw the dancehall days
been running for the dancehall ways there’s
a party in a broke down basement
see stars in everything, no hatred
so we keep on it ’til the break of day, yes
no falling out of love
no paychecks
we do it for the rhythm and the rhyme gets hot
so hot you better run
before you get hit

some make their records
like they’re looking for the pop charts
but music with no soul
it never hits hard
play me a beat
turn it over on the soundsystem
something that I can feel
make it loud, listen
they wanna ban my group from the radio
they hear this reggae sound and say ‘hell no !
you step away with your rude boy ways ‘
but we’re all about the dancehall days

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