Gotta get a grip
Beat it with a stick
Gotta get a grip
She goin' for the hit
THe world is upside down
Everybody lunatics and clowns
No one speaks the truth
And madhouse runs the town
Well you gotta get a grip
Beat it with a stick
You gotta get a grip
Everybody's stuffing their pockets
Everybody's on the take
The news is all fake
Let 'em eat chicken and let 'em eat steak
Let 'em eat shit, let 'em eat cake
You gotta get a grip
You gotta get a grip
You gotta keep it zipped
And shoot 'em from the hip
Yeah, yeah, you gotta get a grip
Beat it with a stick
I tried diversion and I tried coercion
Mediation and medication
LA culture and aquapuncture
Overeating and sex in meetings
Induced insanity, Christianity
Long walks and fast drives
And wild clubs and low dives
I pushed and I strived
But I can't get you, can't get you
Can't get you out of my mind
Gotta get a grip
Oh you, oh you
Oh you, beat it with a stick
Immigrants are pouring in
Refugees under your skin
Keep 'em under, keep 'em out
Intellectual, shut your mouth
Beat 'em with a stick
Oh you
Gotta get a grip
Gotta get a grip
Chaos crisis instability, ISIS
Lies and scandals, wars and vandals
Metadata scams and policy shams
Put 'em in a slammer
Gotta get a grip
Gotta get a grip
Come on
Beat it with a stick
Gotta get a grip
She goin' for the hit
THe world is upside down
Everybody lunatics and clowns
No one speaks the truth
And madhouse runs the town
Well you gotta get a grip
Beat it with a stick
You gotta get a grip
Everybody's stuffing their pockets
Everybody's on the take
The news is all fake
Let 'em eat chicken and let 'em eat steak
Let 'em eat shit, let 'em eat cake
You gotta get a grip
You gotta get a grip
You gotta keep it zipped
And shoot 'em from the hip
Yeah, yeah, you gotta get a grip
Beat it with a stick
I tried diversion and I tried coercion
Mediation and medication
LA culture and aquapuncture
Overeating and sex in meetings
Induced insanity, Christianity
Long walks and fast drives
And wild clubs and low dives
I pushed and I strived
But I can't get you, can't get you
Can't get you out of my mind
Gotta get a grip
Oh you, oh you
Oh you, beat it with a stick
Immigrants are pouring in
Refugees under your skin
Keep 'em under, keep 'em out
Intellectual, shut your mouth
Beat 'em with a stick
Oh you
Gotta get a grip
Gotta get a grip
Chaos crisis instability, ISIS
Lies and scandals, wars and vandals
Metadata scams and policy shams
Put 'em in a slammer
Gotta get a grip
Gotta get a grip
Come on
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EP: Gotta Get a Grip / England Lost
Quanto a Gotta Get a Grip (traducibile con “devo darmi una calmata”), qui si va giù duri: «Il mondo è sottosopra, guidato da pazzi e pagliacci, nessuno dice la verità e il manicomio governa la città». Come se ne esce? Provando di tutto: «Ho provato una deviazione e la coercizione, meditazione e medicazione, la cultura di Los Angeles e l’acquapuntura, ingozzarmi di cibo e incontri di sesso, pazzia indotta e il Cristianesimo, lunghe passeggiate e guide veloci, bordelli e immersioni di profondità». Niente da fare: «Piovono immigrati, i rifugiati entrano sotto pelle, teniamoli giù, teniamoli fuori. Intellettuali chiudete il becco. Picchiamoli con un bastone. Caos, crisi, instabilità, Isis, bugie e scandali, guerre e vandali, truffe informatiche e false politiche, sbattiamo tutto in gattabuia». Il tutto detto, o gridato, con quella sua voce ormonale e strozzata, da un tizio che ieri ha compiuto 74 anni, un perfetto testimonial e favore dell’uso delle droghe e del sesso sfrenato.
Due canzoni che colpiscono per quanto sono piatte, dritte sul muso, immediate. Non a caso: «Ho iniziato a scriverle in aprile, ho voluto che fossero pubblicate subito. Fare un intero album necessita spesso di molto tempo e sono anche lunghe le tempistiche di post produzione. Non volevo aspettare fino all’anno prossimo perché non volevo che perdessero il loro impatto intrinseco e di significato».
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