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Ring Around the Rosie

by Abiyah

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An entirely a cappella vocal track featuring Abiyah on lead/backing/music vox, Dana Hamblen (Fairmount Girls, Culture Queer, Darlene) on backing/music vox, and Marty Spitfly on beatbox.

lyrics

chorus:

ring around the rosie with a pocketful of play
i rock my watch upon the left hand
know what time is on display
rewind i left behind tried to come another day
blinded by the foresight
the sun blasted on full ray
don't go, don't go, don't go, don't go…stay (this line 4x)

first verse:

stay
could you find our conversation in a stack of hay
driven by perception
givin' up what's left of the righta way
what do you say?
when principles are muddy
and your hands are dirty when you run away-ay-ay
say it like you mean it
the space of just one minute
the face you've seen has only one piece of glass between it
play it like you mean it
ring around the rosie
on the straight-up
fake the lay-up
when your score has reached its limit

chorus

second verse:

stay
when on the precipice of the wall you play
tiptoe on eggshells
steppin' out and fallin' by the way
can you replay?
the instant in slow motion
when you put all of your biz out on display-ay-ay?
sittin' on di fence
you know it's nah de-fense
when your reason is the pleasin' of the others in your mi-idst
sittin' on di fence
you know it makes no se-ense
put you back together
destroy the evide-ence

ring around the (rosie)
ring around the (rosie)
all fall down

the crib-a will-a rock-a
the party nah gon stoppa
'cause the clock a-ticka-tocka
join me the body-rocka
on the planet earth
the supa-tippa-toppa
stop-stop-stop-stop-stoppa
stop-stop-stop-stop-stoppa

chorus

outro:
ring around the (rosie)
ring around the (rosie)
all fall down

a cappella after music stops:
run along and play
you nah gon fall down today

credits

released July 17, 2010
Words: Abiyah
Music: Abiyah/Dana Hamblen/Marty Spitfly

Recorded and mixed by Jeremy Lesniak.

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Boundary-blurring curveball collage of electronica, dancehall, indie rock, avant-hip hop, & punk blended with the fury of a free wild muse.

"Abiyah is the queen of all the mechanical parts of your heart. Her songs let you breathe underwater. She's the only thing your brain and your hips can agree on."
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