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State Of The Art x Notion x Gotye

from The Indie Experiment Volume 3 by Cee

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My brother Nosh was hella into Gotye before 'Somebody I Used To Know' blew and he wanted us to rock over one of his tunes. He picked this and we ran with it. Got our double time on for this one. Aussies represent.

lyrics

[Verse 1: Cee]

Man, what happened to music? Dog it ain't the same as it used to,
Be, and the soul squeezed out so there's no meaning now, a shame and it's stupid,
That something so real lost authenticity, pauses shitting me, chorus jittery,
Honest, see they steez, common shitty beats, robot singing? Please, dog you're kidding me,
Uh, where the creativity? I'm just spittin' B, Nosh stay hittin' keys,
Switch on, this'll be, three A triple, Cee, Fam stay killin' beats, soul stay in us, believe

[Verse 2: Notion]

It's like the airwaves bleed dog, the selling garbage to us like it never seemed wrong,
Play the same 14 songs 4 times a day, it's bullshit, but they call 'em the theme song,
Or the anthem, (yo) but if you ask me, it's a distraction,
Dumbing down lyrics, spittin' subliminal messages so you can't hear it, gross images to gauge a reaction,
Pop tracks, non-sensical bullshit, a pure formula, leave the audience clueless,
But stick with me, I'll bring some fresh & some new-ness, Nosh, Cee, TMF, on some new shit.. uh…

[Verse: Gotye}

When the Cotillion arrived
We threw out the television
Model D 575
Has custom flute presets
And Harmony-Plus in addition

Now for an arm and a leg
We get three half-dozen beats to choose from
So now we can pretend
That there's an orchestra in the loungeroom

[Verse 3: Cee]

OK, yeah, and it is that simple, long before MySpace hits dude,
M-Box, Pro-Tools, laptop vocals, T-Pain, autotune, it's a new world

[Verse 4: Notion]

Accessible mobile studios, you can be "pro" even though you a newbie tho,
Drop it on TuneCore, surrounded by groupie hoes, digital, welcome to the new world, aahhh!

[Verse: Gotye]

I put the Genie Bass on
So my left hand can play the choir
With 16ft Diapason
And Lowrey's patented Orchestral Symphonizer

Banjo's great on repeat
The kids want to play but they'll have to be patient
The wife can't help tapping her feet
It's a genuine home entertainment revelation

[Hook: Gotye]

State, state, state, state of the art
(State of the art)
(Hold the phone, it's so)
State, state, state, state of the art
(Listen to the difference!)
State, state, state, state of the art
(By use of a computer)
(Oh my God, it's so)
State, state, state, state of the art

[Verse 5: Cee]

Oh fantastic, everyone I know's a producer, a rapper, the next grand master,
Arrogant bastards that never puttin' in real work but a tweet, they a spammer,
This damn state of the art done made it too easy for 'em, they don't appreciate the hustle,
Removed all the barriers to entry, now all we seeing is some Weezy clones, it's boring

[Verse 6: Notion]

Everybody got a Mac now, WWE'in' the booth, laying smack down,
They on E or on crack now, & you pressed a couple buttons & you happy with your wack sound,
So you call that a track now? Wearing two chains dog, and you sport a red rag now?
It's TMF in this bitch, & I paint you the picture, read you the scriptures, so back down

[Bridge]

[Verse: Gotye]

Now we don't want to go out
When we could spend the night at home with the Cotillion
Invite the neighbours around
Start the bossanova beat and limbo from the living to the kitchen

Enjoy the state of the art
The Magic Swing Piano really is astounding
Now we can't tell them apart
But these amazing simulations end up sounding even better than the real thing

[Hook: Gotye]

State, state, state, state of the art
(State of the art)
(Hold the phone, it's so)
State, state, state, state of the art
(Computer controlled tone colour)
State, state, state, state of the art
(The marriage of music to computers is quite natural)
(Oh my God, it's so)
State, state, state, state of the art
(It is time to hear the results)

[Verse 7: Cee]

So this is how it sounds when it's done right, some of y'all need to take some notes and shit,
And if you finna get down with us one time, ya better hit us with the goods or choke a dick

[Gotye] Hold the phone, it's so

[Verse 8: Notion]

Sounds smooth in your ear when we make a hit, when you roll a doob quick, and you take a hit,
Yo we got big dreams, & we chasin' it, TMF worldwide, just raise your fist

[Verse 9: Cee]

Yeah, all we want is y'all to vibe to it, overstand and feel what we saying when we rhyme to it,
We just tryina to bring the real through live music, oh my god, it's on

[Gotye] Oh my god, it's so

[Verse 10: Notion]

Yeah, like it was from the get-go, me and Cee two of a kind, like an echo,
It's plain from the heart, with this state of the art, gonna make a new start, never tearing apart nope!

credits

from The Indie Experiment Volume 3, released August 10, 2012
Recorded by Cee and Notion
Mixed, Mastered and Engineered by Notion @ Illnote Studios, Toronto, Canada

Twitter: @CeeFor
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Web: www.themovementfam.com

All photography, artwork and logo by Josh Telfer for believedreamsdesignlife
Twitter/Instagram: @believedreamsdl
graphics@believedreamsdl.com

Model: Tiffany Alexis
Twitter/Instagram: @starlexis

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Cee Montreal, Québec

Cee is an MC from Melbourne, Australia, now located in Montreal, Canada.

Debut album 'This Is All I Know' - Top 10 in Canada & Australia in the iTunes Hip Hop Charts.

Manager/Co-Founder of The Movement Fam.

Co-Founder & Partner of High Season Co., TMF's Management Team.
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