"Built to Last" is an old school, bass driven hip-hop track, featuring the band's signature horn
section, tight grooves, and a great vocal chorus. It has hard hitting verses from the three Mcs
DW Smith, Dick Dastardly and Oort Kuiper.
lyrics
Built to Last - Dirty Alex - Lyrics
DW Smith Verse
Whats up whats up I’m DW Smith
I came here to party on a dirty alex riff just,
Gimme the mic and a couple of drinks so i can,
Relax my mind and I’ll loosen my lips!
I’m supercalifragilisticexpialidociously
Eating up the dictionary I’m yammin’ words ferociously
Nobody’s getting close to me I do it in the distance
Pass the mic to Dick (WHAT) they’re unable to resist us
Another Big Bang. Start a new reality
Why are they all mad at me for uncreating gravity?
I’m flying through the galaxy, in a neon fantasy
Quasars and nebula’s exploding through the back of me
Let’s go if you’re having a hard day,
Drink slow while I’m making your head sway,
I think so, so pass the s*** my way
I tiptoe, I’m skint broke, who cares like - okay!
Let go, let go of the past
We weren’t built to last
Embrace (th) chaos I’m rollin with the waves
Decapitate me, raise me, the pleasure of it all
Makes me wanna - Go Go Go!
DICK’s VERSE
Shut ya chat chap
Get back in ya back pack
We stack that phat rap
Clogging your heart, slap
The taste out of faces
Imbibing cases
Of 1-51 rum
Smash the place kid
Monkey see, monkey do
Im a monkey too
Concrete jungle swinger
Great ape guerilla coup
Tear you down like jerichos walls
And build you back up
Now we ten feet tall
Call of the wild
Free like the styles we bring
Three kings
AJ be the queen
Got you digging the scene
Expansive like the universe
Infinite potential,
Giving you what its worth
100!
Giving nothing less than that
Heart bumps erratic
Like drums with the double smash
Couple that with some good old jazz hop
You got DA, all day and we cant stop
Hook
Let go, let go of the past
We weren’t built to last
Embrace the chaos I’m rollin with the waves
Decapitate me, raise me, the pleasure of it all
Makes me wanna - Go Go Go!
Oort Kuiper Verse
I ain’t the type of guy to sleep on a plan
I’m never waiting for the traffic lights, f*** the green man
I’m J walkin. Street boppin, rollin my sleeves up
Eyeing up my watch while you’re trying to keep up
Big pimpin’. Should have a cane in my hand
Top shottin but I’m done before the Case of calam
Cause I’m a bad Mother… shut your mouth!
And if you’re having any doubts i might be zappin em out
You understanding what I’m rapping about?
I’m old school like ringing up a pager and waiting in phone booths
In a black leather jacket matching gloves and boots
I’m Darth Vader, not one of them rookie recruits I’m bringing the
pain and danger, grabbing the lightsaber
Moving smoother than Lando looking to land Leia
Man a true playa, but true say I’ma take over
Cos my force will leave you feelin green in the face, like Baby Yoda
Hook Lady AB
Let go, let go of the past
We weren’t built to last
Embrace the chaos I’m rollin with the waves
Decapitate me, raise me, the pleasure of it all
Makes me wanna - Go Go Go!
credits
released March 31, 2023
DW Smith - MC
Dick Dastardly -MC
Oort Kuiper - MC
Anna Belle "Lady AB" - Vocals
Kumar Chopra - Guitar
Clem Saynor - Bass
Josh Heaton - Sax
Laurence "Loz Coz" Collier- Trumpet
Greg Petter - Drums
Drums Recorded by Elliot Bennet @ EB Studios
Vocals, Horns recorded by DW Smith
Produced by Minas & Dirty Alex
Mixed and Mastered by Minas
Blend 4 parts Jazz musicians, 3 measures overproof Hiphop emcees and 1 shot of soul. That’s Dirty Alex. A Cardiff based hip-hop/Jazz collective hugely inspired by Guru’s 1993 album ‘Jazzmatazz’.
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