This is a preview of the song Down To You from the upcoming Album Besiege the speech.

Featuring Peggy Sue D on backing vocals and Haley Godolphin on Piano.

Pre-order at www.ashcofficial.bandcamp.com


Recorded at Woodshop studio, BC, Canada.

Lyrics:

We all face the hate when the moods change
Rules twist,arms break,clenched fist,try and phase..
Away from the dire times that lay ahead of me
mental restraints in this the political lobotomy
Can't you see?.. were all slaves To the man made
cess pit system,kept up, half baked.
Living life in a maze,all test subjects kept awake in this rat race
The nicotine sprayed with nuclear materials,
as cancer rates double so do profits for imperial
tobacco laws controlled by government killers,increase in prices,
like the church full of sinners.
We rush our fate by inhaling fumes 
the black charred lungs while the bodies are exhumed
all the people left coughing in their coffins all too soon
how the rich make the tax whilst the smokers face their doom

Its down to you, what to do 
Its down to you what to do
Its down to you what to do
Its down to you, what to do
down to you what to do 
(female harmonies throughout this chorus)

We've got fluoride in our water to keep us at bay
killing off our braincells,brush twice a day 
add alcohol to that keep our brains in It's chains
A zombie nation all march to hells gates
Sent without question to burn, a miserable fate awaits,  our melted brains
 from the radiation waves
seems like people up top have switched to kill from maim
you know we're living life like we're all in a game
just like Chester P says it rains
Sunday storms that fill up the drains
Breaking free live life by the rains

Its down to you, what to do 
Its down to you what to do
Its down to you what to do
(harmonies above ^)
Its down to you, what to do (no harmonies on this line
(harmonies below)
Its down to you what to do 
down to you what to do, down to you what to do

well, well, well

I often lay awake at night
Writing rhymes or plotting crimes
thinking how to change my life
so i ask myself should i push the limits
do i live in a story where the hero is a villain
or get myself a shitty job where i scrape to make a living
getting stressed, breaking sweat, barely make a shilling
can't take the minimum way of minimum wage
hell there's no way any of this shit is fair trade
cos the profits that are made, are always underplayed
and the money put back is less than what is made
do we go back to when we lived in caves 
cos a tower block is grim and estates are full of blades
Well I dont blame my parents, hell I love my life
but they told me the lie of how the future looks ripe
The youth, is like rotten fruit,
The poor fall from the tree and are left to a soggy doom
Always told we can live the dream
Sugar coated nightmares, dipped in sour cream
Go to college, get a job, that's what they say
Let your soul be smashed till it withers up and fades away
I faded out from this system that kept me
Handed in my notice then I walked out set free
I'm the one making all of this money, leaving the hive
the rebel bee with all the honey
This message to my brothers in the UK,
 living on the dole or earning a shitty wage..

Its down to you, what to do 

(harmonies throughout below)
Its down to you, what to do 
Its down to you what to do
down to you what to do
Its down to you, what to do 
Its down to you what to do 
down to you what to do,
Its down to you what to do la la la la (etc)


Down To You Rough mix Preview

So Peggy Sue, Haley and me all went on the radio today and performed. This is a rip of our performance and interview. Hope you enjoyed it as much as we did!

Talking festivals, hip hop and politics...

Will update the image but this will do for now.

Radio show performance and interview

This is one of the tracks off the forthcoming album 'Besiege the Speech'. Please share and enjoy. If you like it you can listen to more and download from ashcofficial.bandcamp.com

Thanks

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This is a charity track to raise awareness and money for the refugees in Syria. This track is available to download from all major digital distributors. 

All money raised will be used to buy basic supplies and necessities for refugees!

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I am a travelling acoustic singer/rapper/performer/poet. 

Please repost any of my tracks and help spread the word. You can buy my latest album from www.ashcofficial.bandcamp.com

I play shows across the UK, Europe and Canada. Expect profound passionate lyrics over acoustic guitar. My shows are a mix of music and interesting stories from my life as a traveller. Music is my passion and the songs I play all come from the heard. You can normally find me performing at a number of festivals in the UK where I run a stage. I travel with my three legged dog, Odin, who is friendly and loves getting fussed!

I have my first album finished, recorded on Vancouver Island, Canada. 
Ash


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