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This is the 506th song I wrote. It wasn't meant to be a song, but I decided to make one out of it. The entire song is a true story of what went down at a non-profit organization my son and I were a part of. I did volunteer work while my son performed at several shows. He eventually hooked up with 3 other young musicians and formed a group called AudioFaction.
This song started off only as an instrumental. I overdubbed, using the Audacity music editor, various sounds that my mouth could make. I think I used about 15 tracks or so just making various vocal noises. My son, for fun, added one last extra part to it and I considered it done. However, since my son and I went through all this unnecessary drama with the president of this (ass)-ociation, along with negative compliance by the board of directors, I found my way to vent. I've never written or even performed a rap tune before, and I'm sure many will argue that this is not a real rap tune, and they wouldn't exactly be wrong. I can write and perform just about any style of music, but this style has never inspired me--until now. This will most likely be my only attempt at something like this, and it felt good getting it out of my system. For those that know me well, once I write a song about what's bothering me, I find it much easier to move on.
The music part was inspired by Bobby Mcferrin and how he used his body and voice to make sounds. That has always been fascinating to me. As far as the rap part goes, it's more a lift from Chuck Berry's "Maybelline." Maybe Chuck was a rap artist way ahead of his time. I still consider his stuff some of the best rock and roll music ever made.

Recorded at MINE music Studio in Auburn, WA.

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You Acted So Kind On The Very First Day
But Then You Went And Raged In Such A Horrible Way.
You Yelled And Screamed At All Of Our Kids,
And Then At The Fair, In The Bus You Hid
Running Away Responsibilities,
Due To Your Lack Of Credibility.

Amplified Generation Got Screwed By You
And So July And Audiofaction Too.
You Stole Their Shows, Gave It To The Ongoing,
But What You Didn’t Know For All Your Knowing,
Grievances We Filed Put You In Your Place,
But Then, Once Again, You Showed Your Disgrace.

You Swept This Issue Right Under The Rug,
And Gave The Other Kids High Fives And Hugs,
Slandering All The Kids That You Have Wronged,
But Here I Am, Truthing In This Song,
Tell The World Exactly What You Are,
An Egomaniac Who Thinks He’s A Star.

The Board Pretended That This Wasn’t Real,
And Kicked Us Out, How Would You Feel?
And Now I’m Here To Help Expose
So That The Other Kids, When They Do Shows,
Knows Exactly That What You Say
Is Full Of Lies Every Single Day. Yea, I Said Yea!

But I’m Here To Show Everybody The Truth,
And Warn The Parents And All The Youth,
And I Will Spread Across This Nation,
That In This Non-Profit Organization
That You’ll Never Be A Great Sensation
In Puget Sound Music For Youth Association.
That’s What I Said. Your Free Advertisement!

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from A COMEDY OF AIR ORES (2024 Remaster), released March 14, 2016
Wayde K. Brown

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The Santairs Auburn, Washington

I am a musician, singer, and songwriter doing this part-time but have been doing it all my life. I started singing before I could talk at the age of one, and wrote my first real song at 15 years of age. (If you count avant-garde as a song, then the age would be 7.) I currently own my own recording studio; and I write, perform, and record my own music (and other's from time to time.) I am Santairs. ... more

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