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I've created this picture while listening to "these walls don't lie" - by Promoe .

This song is inspired by graffiti writers and their art. But, in the mean time , this song inspires graffers to create new art. So it's like the circle of water in the nature. It has a catchy chorus, and once you hear it once, you'll never get it out of your mind..bada papa papa.. This reminds me of the old days, when i was doing graffiti ..btw never got busted

Lyrics :

A-1-2, A-1-2
But you don´t stop
Then let the short shot
Production: DJ Large

And Promoe on the mic(on the mic, on the mic)
For all my people(all my people, graffiti writers!)
Goes a little something like this:

It was the last days of summer
Sun shinin' through the window
Life movin' real slow
You know how things go

His friends knew him by the name of Bingo
As he turned up the volume on the hot new single
(Turn it up son!)

From Looptroop his favourite rapgroup
He loved how they represented him yo
The graffyouth from the grassroots
He came from Sweden too

Felt proud when he played
his new friends the latest tunes
Check this shit out man
That he had to download
Cause his local recordstore
Was on the other side of the globe

They didn't carry the stuff
But he felt it was okay to do
He spread the Troop's message
All the way to Australia, dude

And man that couldn't be wrong
When Long Arm and Freedom Fighters
Were his fuckin' theme songs

In the headphones those nights
He spent when he stayed up
Adrenaline Rush
When he entered the lay up, singin...

Bada papa papa...

You know graffiti won't die, die
No, it won´t, aha
Because these walls don't lie, lie (They don´t lie)
Come on
I'm dedicatin' this piece, aha
He said, to those DVSG's

And stepped in with a grin and a boosted Kangol
Mimicking the king
With the ruler's manners

Fresh dressed

In his newest shoes and flannels
Then began lettin' on
With the loosest cannons

Figurin' this'll be my coolest panel
But when they see it all they see
Is just a gruesome scandal

Erasin' all signs of life
Callin the youth some vandals
They can't handle the truth
So this is how the truth is handled

Deep into the music and his art
Man, his true love
Didn't even notice when the train pulled up

Before the bloodstains faded
On the engine cooler
The very same train
Hit another writer: Olaf

On a different continental: Europe
But then they came to the same place,
That I'm sure of
In this world people always
Looked upon them as a terror
But now 50 000 chariots singin' the chorus, going...

Bada papa papa...
(aha, aha)

Graffiti writers won't die, die, no
(I´m telling you)
Because these walls don't lie, lie, no
(They don´t lie)
Come on
I'm dedicatin' this song, song
To those gone
Your memory live on(live on)

Bridge:
I know a lot of people
Including myself get uncomfortable
When people including myself
Get emotional

But I gotta be true to myself
And to most of y'all
Man I still got love
For graffiti culture though

A lot of people including myself
Get uncomfortable
When people including myself
Get emotional

But I gotta be true to myself
And to most of y'all
Man I still got love
For graffiti culture though

A lot changed from
The days of Spraycan stories
See me in the yard today
Lost like a freakin' tourist

And I don't claim to know much
All I really know is
We were 17 once
Actin' like we were immortals

Fearin' no evil
People said we had no morals
That's fine, their corrupt world
It really wasn't for us

We just laughed at the bullshit names
That they called us
Hated us, we hated them
And both sides found out what a war is

We were winning in the beginning
Then found out ‘bout the horrors
Don't get me wrong my lover
Hundred percent, no less

Peace to my people
We grow with the knowledge
I bite on death same time
I'm playin' hardish to catch

From South Africa
Writers from New York
Australia, Spain, France
And Germany, up north

Still the same rapper tellin'
Cops to fuck off
And all my writers:
Survive! This my love song to y'all

Bada papa papa...

You know graffiti won´t die, die, no
Because these walls don´t lie, lie, no
To all my people world wide, wide, yo'
All my writers survive

An entry in the "For the Love of MUSIC Contest"
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Comments: 20

madboy10 [2011-08-28 21:52:00 +0000 UTC]

soooweeeeeet

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kronickid [2010-12-01 19:01:55 +0000 UTC]

Very nice hard to read but most things are!

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Mickeykillz [2010-09-29 05:19:40 +0000 UTC]

i know what my new desktop backround is

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la-BoB [2010-07-05 10:16:36 +0000 UTC]

love it

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ZaHawK In reply to la-BoB [2010-07-08 21:49:19 +0000 UTC]

i'm really glad to hear that Thanks!

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Jinshi0k [2010-03-31 17:31:08 +0000 UTC]

looks cool

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biili [2010-03-25 10:18:46 +0000 UTC]

amazing job congratz

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ZaHawK In reply to biili [2010-03-25 12:32:19 +0000 UTC]

thanks

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biili In reply to ZaHawK [2010-03-25 16:16:13 +0000 UTC]

you're welcome

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cybertrack [2010-03-24 18:40:50 +0000 UTC]

cool

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FOSIBU [2010-01-11 18:04:49 +0000 UTC]

I like the style and the color mix.

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2econd-nature [2009-12-26 22:11:24 +0000 UTC]

nice inspiring work! You seem do be ambitious and educated in many forms..very intersting to see the actual pice staying in original form ( not sure, blackbook , wall?) and blended with the vector art

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edarkangel94 [2009-12-11 04:00:21 +0000 UTC]

does it say ISAS?

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dribl [2009-01-25 16:24:44 +0000 UTC]

Lol.
Best writing song EVER!
always good for in the car on your way to a run...
Love the combination of digital and traditional... very impressive

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ZaHawK In reply to dribl [2009-01-25 16:44:20 +0000 UTC]

thanks

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ZaHawK [2008-11-20 13:38:14 +0000 UTC]

sorry for my bad spelling

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rblokker [2008-11-20 10:12:59 +0000 UTC]

And of course good luck in the contest

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ZaHawK In reply to rblokker [2008-11-20 13:30:26 +0000 UTC]

i'm glad you like it. I just started doin' this kind ok thing like...1 week ago, so hopefully i'l get better
thx

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rblokker In reply to ZaHawK [2008-11-20 21:11:51 +0000 UTC]

Well if this is already what you make after a week I'm pretty sure we can see some amazing things from you in the future. Great Job

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rblokker [2008-11-20 10:12:33 +0000 UTC]

I love this artwork. Great job. Very nice colors and great graffiti style. Does remind me of the old days when I was spraying myself. Making great artworks... running for the cops etc. That were good times.

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