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M.P.C. (Many People Criticize) feat. DJ Robzilla

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Album: Single
Release Year: 2013
Artist: Marley The Messenger
Cuts By: DJ Robzilla
Produced by: Marley Montano
Mixed by: Gerry King & Marley Montano
Mastered by: Gerry King, Skylab Recording Studios

Lyrics

Many people criticize
MPC
They don't understand music and their minds aren't free but still
Many people criticize
MPC
Many people criticize
MPC
Many people criticize
MPC
They don't understand music and their minds aren't free but still
Many people criticize
MPC
Many people criticize
MPC

In '88 Akai launched the first MPC
I was seven years old
Just a young mc
Nine years after Roger Linn designed the first
And Sugar Hill Gang's, "Rapper's Delight" first hit earth
Instantly it changed the way musicians look at a song
But some people hated what it was
And claimed it was wrong
They said, you've got to have a drummer, keys, and bassist to play
And without these people present, we've got nothing to say
(Now, hey)
I wouldn't turn away the right musicians
But sometimes it's like the beat machine is the only thing that even listens
I hit the pads like a conga drum
Loop the beat, add effects until the song is done
Then I pour out my heart and soul
Share my story
Live my destiny
Fulfill my role
I'm a messenger
No matter what you might have been told
You only need one instrument to take control
Still I know that

Many people criticize
MPC
They don't understand music and their minds aren't free but still
Many people criticize
MPC
Many people criticize
MPC
Many people criticize
MPC
They don't understand music and their minds aren't free but still
Many people criticize
MPC
Many people criticize
MPC

They even said it's not an instrument
Forgetting where the music comes from
Like an innocent child
Though an innocent child would get into it
Forgetting who was watching
What's important is the feeling
Thus enjoying all the benefits
As art was meant to be
Imagine how our life could be
Appreciating what we see
And being touched
If insecurity is what has caused us to repel
I wish you well
If it's a spell
I hope this message wakes you up
Chill’n in the cut.
Laying down a new beat
New emotions
New stress
From another long week
A simple conversation helped me find a new view
Though it happened unexpectedly
I knew just what to do
I threw some drums and bass together
Added strings
And a synth
A layer of percussion
Cuz it just made sense
All at once it came together
That's the beauty of art
True expression I composed one day in the park
I know it's sharp
Still

Many people criticize
MPC
They don't understand music and their minds aren't free but still
Many people criticize
MPC
Many people criticize
MPC
Many people criticize
MPC
They don't understand music and their minds aren't free but still
Many people criticize
MPC
Many people criticize
MPC

Any way you make it happen
Make it happen constantly
By any means
Don't always follow rules
You see, music only comes from the heart of a person
And the instruments we use are just the tools
(Now listen up)
Many people criticize
Stress the way we live our lives
Even what we wear and how we dance
A contradiction to diversity of life
So call me different
Bold and free enough to dare to take a chance
Now, music has advanced like the world the past sixty years
Some embrace these changes
Others run and hide in fear
Watch me persevere
Through the most severe
I'll be the one left standing when the smoke has cleared
I carry my gear in backpacks
Fully equipped
With controllers, samplers, microphones, a couple of clips
A mini boom stand
Cables
Headphones to mix
We could lay an album down in the back of your whip
Don't ever flip and get it twisted like I don't have love
Or appreciation for what a guitar does
Just understand that's only one man or woman alone
With an MPC, the limits are quite known.
Look up DIVINCI
From Solillaquists of Sound
If you wanna get high
Hit up YouTube
Or Vimeo
Or even AKAI
Look at what you used to know before you kiss it goodbye
Dan The Automator
Showbiz
And DJ Premiere
J Dilla
Pete Rock
All the greatest careers
Rick Ruben
Prince Paul
Marley Marl
Dr. Dre
DJ Shadow
Scott La Rock
Jam Master Jay
Made music this way
Samples re-pitched and remixed
Rearranged and redefined
Chopped and re-sequenced
So when the beat kicks, remember the name
Learn your history
Or call someone like me to explain

Many people criticize
MPC
They don't understand music and their minds aren't free but still
Many people criticize
MPC
Many people criticize
MPC
Many people criticize
MPC
They don't understand music and their minds aren't free but still
Many people criticize
MPC
Many people criticize
MPC

©2013 Marley Montano Productions