Monday 20 September 2010

OUR CHOSEN SONG: NO MORE - RONI SIZE

The song we have chosen to do by Roni Size is No More, one of his (slightly) slower songs and which has a soulful/r&b element to it. As a result, it is not so much a drum and bass song (it doesn't feature the conventional deep bass) and more of an R&B dance track. It features vocals by singer Beverly Knight and rapper Dynamite MC (from Reprazent). Our main reasons for choosing this song is that it is not as fast as the majority of his songs and we believe this will make it a bit easier to create a music video which fits well with this tempo. Also the melody within the song helps it maintain its novelty longer than other tracks (which are more so designed for dancing to).



Here are the lyrics to the song (have a go singing it if you want?) and try not to laugh at words such as "nooooo".

[Intro - Bev Knight]
Noooooo, no,
(no, no, no, no)
gotta here me (here me, here me)
here me, yeah,
uh, uh, oh, no,

[Verse 1]
what is going on,
you know you surrender to ways that'll end ya
before you have begun,
Mr 'wanna be player' who rules with the terror
of bottles knives and guns,
it aint always the target that your bullet scars,
it's the innocent passers by,
it's always the good that shouldn't 'o died,
now watcha gonna do,
when you look in the mirror, the eyes of a killer,
are staring back at you,
It's too late for prayer and no-one will save ya
with no place to run to,
the thugs that you thought were your people,
had bought you a ticket to your brain,
this is your final day,
but i say...

[Chorus]
No, no more,
put it, put it down,
too many gone before they're grown,
yeah
No, no more, put it, put it down,
you only reap what you have sown,
no more,
(family's torn apart,)
no more,
(tradegy is in the heart of....)
this home, this street, this town,
no more no more,

[Verse 2]
now don't you read the signs,
if those you be down with
have done, got their ass hit,
then you are next in line,
(next in line)
and so on and so on,
don't tell me, your so dumb, that you can't see the light
(can't see the light)
It's time for decision
It's time for some action
to stop it once and for all,
you still wont call,
I'm calling for....

[Chorus]
No, no more,
put it, put it down,
too many gone before they're grown,
I say,
No, no more,
put it, put it down,
you only reap what you have sown,
no more,
(family's torn apart,)
no more,
(tradegy is in the heart of....)
this home, this street, this town,
no more no more,

[Dynamite MC]
c'mon c'mon people,
none of us are made of metal,
so when this bullet hits the street,
now that's not equal!
how many have to cry beneath the steeple
too many walk the streets
with their minds set that's too damn lethal!
I know the argument,
you got yours to protect yourselves,
so you don't need to check yourself,
coz you aint tryin' to wreck yourself,
It's dem,
But then there soon becomes you,
when you find yourself defending a member of your crew,
It's a vicious cycle, too many wanna claim the title,
they wanna be the 'bad man thug' cuz that's their idol,
don't live by the life you're not supposed to be living,
don't try take,take,take with hate just try givin'
cuz one can make a difference,
Ten can make the same,
One Hundred can make things get better round your lanes,
One Thousand a new start,
Ten thousand a revolution
One million we'll finally be close to the solution,
no more,

[Chorus]
No, no more,
put it, put it down,
too many gone before they're grown,
I say,
No, no more,
put it, put it down,
you only reap what you have sown,
no more,
(family's torn apart,)
no more,
(tradegy is in the heart of....)
this home, this street, this town,
no more no more,

No more,
(more, more, more, more.........)


As you can probably see, the lyrics display an anti-violence message. This is something to bear in mind in deciding as to what include in the video if we go for a narrative-based theme.

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