(Check it out, ah, yuh, yuh!)
From the moment we met I was breathless,
And not asbestos breathless either;
Always when you least expect it,
Stumbled across Rapunzel DaLibra,
Couldn't leave; I had to meet and greet the girl of my dreams
with a kiss on the hand. (What up!)
Little magnificent;
missing the memory; the wait like kids to a van.
(Schaaa!)
You're just walking on water
Sorta like Erin McNaught but a little shorter
Wore a Pandora, bought her a charm,
Wasn’t short of a thought – Bit of Paul on her arm,
Calling for calm, we fought; made Iraq
And the border of Jordan a walk in the park;
Jaws of a shark, Too hard to break it off,
Fall apart, so I would say:
Rapunzel, gotta let your hair down, girl, gotta let your hair... down.
I'm tired of fighting; We ain't goin' nowhere now.
Gotta let your hair down, girl, gotta let your hair... down.
Why we trying? We ain't going nowhere now.
And even she could see,
Her love was like a demolition derby,
I was Herbie The Love Bug swerving,
Cuz I work on the road,
She was like Russell d'Crowe: JERK WITH A PHONE!
Know that I don't wanna fight, another night chewing off my ear;
Live mic: another night ruined,
I knew it, I knew you would do it,
I would scream when I'm out like Hewitt,
You were the one, you were the one to run away,
My underlay underlay, then break it off,
But come running back,
Like baby, I want you back,
But don’t call me that!
Now baby, baby,
baby, don’t call me baby baby,
I said, baby baby,
Don’t call me baby,
Baby baby... gotta let your hair down, girl, gotta let your hair... down.
I'm tired of fighting; We ain't goin' nowhere now.
Gotta let your hair down, girl, gotta let your hair... down.
Why we trying? We ain't going nowhere now.
Don't you love me anymore?
Nah, I'm just sick of you saying "my friends are above you",
You knew, when you were with me
But you were lost in watching Sex In The City,
And what did you give ME?
Your lips moving but nothing coming out, like Britney!
And what; did you lose it? No trust;
Every movement watched, like Truman,
Only human, I ain’t a saint,
But don’t cheat when I’m in the game
And that’s real.
You know, you know, no, you know you don’t know me,
Die from the photos a lot like Dodi,
My own Naomi Campbell;
I try to help, she fly off the handle!
No more candles;
No more dinner;
No more fat – I "could look a little thinner",
Where’s my Cinder-ella, my little bella?
Hard, but I had to tell her,
So I'd say,
Yeah, so I'd say, ha!
I keep tellin' her, I keep tellin' her:
Rapunzel, gotta let your hair down, girl, gotta let your hair... down.
I'm tired of fighting; We ain't goin' nowhere now.
Gotta let your hair down, girl, gotta let your hair... down.
Why we trying? We ain't going nowhere now.
We ain't going nowhere now.
We ain't going nowhere now.
From the moment we met I was breathless,
And not asbestos breathless either;
Always when you least expect it,
Stumbled across Rapunzel DaLibra,
with a kiss on the hand. (What up!)
Little magnificent;
missing the memory; the wait like kids to a van.
(Schaaa!)
Sorta like Erin McNaught but a little shorter
Wore a Pandora, bought her a charm,
Wasn’t short of a thought – Bit of Paul on her arm,
And the border of Jordan a walk in the park;
Jaws of a shark, Too hard to break it off,
Fall apart, so I would say:
I'm tired of fighting; We ain't goin' nowhere now.
Gotta let your hair down, girl, gotta let your hair... down.
Why we trying? We ain't going nowhere now.
Her love was like a demolition derby,
I was Herbie The Love Bug swerving,
Cuz I work on the road,
Live mic: another night ruined,
I knew it, I knew you would do it,
I would scream when I'm out like Hewitt,
My underlay underlay, then break it off,
But come running back,
But don’t call me that!
baby, don’t call me baby baby,
I said, baby baby,
Don’t call me baby,
I'm tired of fighting; We ain't goin' nowhere now.
Gotta let your hair down, girl, gotta let your hair... down.
Why we trying? We ain't going nowhere now.
You knew, when you were with me
But you were lost in watching Sex In The City,
And what did you give ME?
Your lips moving but nothing coming out, like Britney!
Every movement watched, like Truman,
Only human, I ain’t a saint,
But don’t cheat when I’m in the game
And that’s real.
Die from the photos a lot like Dodi,
My own Naomi Campbell;
I try to help, she fly off the handle!
No more dinner;
No more fat – I "could look a little thinner",
Where’s my Cinder-ella, my little bella?
Hard, but I had to tell her,
Yeah, so I'd say, ha!
I keep tellin' her, I keep tellin' her:
I'm tired of fighting; We ain't goin' nowhere now.
Gotta let your hair down, girl, gotta let your hair... down.
Why we trying? We ain't going nowhere now.
We ain't going nowhere now.
We ain't going nowhere now.
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Couldn't believe there were no lyrics up for this - got addicted when I heard it getting a fair bit of play on Triple J recently. From the lyrics and the video it's easy to see that this is a song about a relationship that starts out alright where he's charming giving her gifts and sees her as a shorter version of Erin McNaught (Miss Universe) but the girlfriend, "Rapunzel" and he start to fight (Calling for calm, we fought; made Iraq / and the border of Jordan a walk in the park) but it's "too hard to break it off" and so they stay together despite her getting gradually more and more controlling despite his pleas for her to let her hair down (a nice play on words with Rapunzel). Eventually he realised that she wasn't the "cinderella" he fell in love with and though it was hard, he had to move on... though at the end of the video he's seen chasing an equally aloof lookalike to the original Rapunzel, haha.
I think it's particularly great to see Aussie hiphop artists using more local references. I actually got all of them in this one, which I'll admit I don't in a lot of US hiphop. Anyway, just to clarify all the references for fans worldwide: Erin McNaught: Aussie Supermodel, known for having a great bum Pandora: a kind of bracelet really popular here where you can add "charm" beads to a simple silver or gold bracelet. Herbie - The Love Bug: awesome vw bug that had a series of movies made about it. Sentient and awesome :) (We don't speak of the Lindsey Lohan abomination) :P Russell Crowe: Aussie celeb who got in a spot of bother in an incident where he threw an unplugged and faulty phone from his hotel room at a concierge, over frustration at not being able to call his wife who was in Aus at the time while he filmed in the US. Hewitt: Lleyton Hewitt, Australian tennis player known for angry cries when his serves go out. "Underlay underlay": a great play on words here with "andale andale" meaning "faster, faster" in Spanish, according to the video "Underlay" is a beer company. I'm not familar with it personally though. Britney: everyone knows Britney. Everyone also knows her lip-synching. Truman: reference to the Truman Show, where a guy didn't know his life was being made into reality tv, his every movement watched. Dodi: Dodi Fayed, the late Diana Spencer, Princess of Wales' lover who died with her in a car crash. It is alleged that the crash was caused by paparazzi trying to chase their car, hence "dying for a photo". Naomi Campbell: diva-esque supermodel, well known for "flying off the handle" when upset.
Don't forget "asbestos breathless" referring to the James Hardie fiasco.
Don't forget "asbestos breathless" referring to the James Hardie fiasco.