Techno Ted may be a person who caused Chris incredible emotional pain & trepidation as well as moments of peace & happiness but now is removed and awaiting his fate. Darling may be a different person who is also free of him and can live her life free of Ted's tyranny. "In between all the laughing, and daydreams ... lies: a desert of truth" Lies are like a desert or the omission of Truth: Where there were Lies then Truth was absent. The song, "Techno Ted", may be a cathartic celebration of the downfall of this person.
Jay-Z:
That beat is hot
Mike:
This is how it goes
Welcome one and all to the show
We're wired up, fired up, fuckin ready to go
In the back of the parking lot outside of the bar
Twenty deep, twenty feet from the boulevard
Black hoodies, black caps, black label in glasses
Previewing the new shit before all the masses
Cause the first thing I need when I got a new beat
Is to see how it sounds echoing off the street
I just take it for a spin, pop the CD in
Slide it up to ten and get that rear view shaking
Then play it again so there's no mistaking
San Andreas, the block get this bitch earthquaking like
[Chorus]
Oh-oh
Ready for it? Here we go
We got the whole block rockin' in stereo
We're taking control, letting everybody know
And if you feel it let me hear everybody go
Oh-Oh
You're not ready, I got plenty cups
But twenty months drop steadily
Plenty tracks to empty on you wack pedigree
I'm backed heavily while you're back peddling
Forget the chit chat, on me homie kick back
I'm on that shit that can get your homie bitch-slapped
So zip your lip back, listen and watch
We got the whole block rockin off the way the beat knocks
You don't have to warn the people on the corner - they know
That if you're standing on that corner then you're getting that show
World premiering you're hearing that Machine Shop flow
San Andreas the block, get this bitch earth quaking like
[Chorus]
Turn the key, turn the volume up to loud
Roll right, roll every window down
Let the whole block know what this is about
Turn it up, y'all, burn that system out
Turn the key, turn the volume up to loud
Roll right, roll every window down
Let the whole block know what this is about
Turn it up, y'all, burn out that system like
[Chorus]
Let's go ahead and test out the speakers
You ready? Let's go, like this
That beat is hot
Mike:
This is how it goes
Welcome one and all to the show
We're wired up, fired up, fuckin ready to go
In the back of the parking lot outside of the bar
Twenty deep, twenty feet from the boulevard
Black hoodies, black caps, black label in glasses
Previewing the new shit before all the masses
Cause the first thing I need when I got a new beat
Is to see how it sounds echoing off the street
I just take it for a spin, pop the CD in
Slide it up to ten and get that rear view shaking
Then play it again so there's no mistaking
San Andreas, the block get this bitch earthquaking like
[Chorus]
Oh-oh
Ready for it? Here we go
We got the whole block rockin' in stereo
We're taking control, letting everybody know
And if you feel it let me hear everybody go
Oh-Oh
You're not ready, I got plenty cups
But twenty months drop steadily
Plenty tracks to empty on you wack pedigree
I'm backed heavily while you're back peddling
Forget the chit chat, on me homie kick back
I'm on that shit that can get your homie bitch-slapped
So zip your lip back, listen and watch
We got the whole block rockin off the way the beat knocks
You don't have to warn the people on the corner - they know
That if you're standing on that corner then you're getting that show
World premiering you're hearing that Machine Shop flow
San Andreas the block, get this bitch earth quaking like
[Chorus]
Turn the key, turn the volume up to loud
Roll right, roll every window down
Let the whole block know what this is about
Turn it up, y'all, burn that system out
Turn the key, turn the volume up to loud
Roll right, roll every window down
Let the whole block know what this is about
Turn it up, y'all, burn out that system like
[Chorus]
Let's go ahead and test out the speakers
You ready? Let's go, like this
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Great version of a great song,
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I agree with mike666 this song is one of the baddest i've heard in years. It really has the whole block rocking in stereo!