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The Paper

by The New Groovement

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The New Groovement is excited to release The Paper as their first single of 2024. The band has channeled some Rage Against the Machine in this funk-rock tune built from the Bari up. With a driving riff led by the low end, the song speaks to living life well and not just in the pursuit of wealth as capitalist society demands.
Shane Blaq’s rhymes are quick and to the point - debt is a tool used to keep people down, and there is no price for your soul.
We hope you enjoy this tune and remember “Don’t live your life for the paper.”

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We're the only fucking species on the planet
That pays to be here and each year we cause a bunch of damage
God dammit, can't move forward when we running backward
We pay the reaper but can't pay the taxes
We are all slaves to the Dow jones
Begging for the credit, when the interest is our souls
Payment is expected, they reflect it in our goals
No one is protected the infection is viral
Watch it all spiral into the money trap
No coming back things are warming up
While a sun attack, no burning blaq
You can't stop it when you're being complacent
Won't change when nobody gon change shit

Can't drop the topic despite the optics
Your life is locked in the fight for profits
That's why you lost it inside your office
And it don't stop
Don't live your life for the paper
The paper can't pay for your soul
Don't live your life for the paper
You don't have to pay to break the mould

They manipulating us with their agendas
Wanna make a blue collar worker wish they was a big spender
They hit up a big lender for money they can't tender
Wasn't in they best interest so the interest was the ender
The simple way we feed into the system
Like we pay a fee to then get beat into submission
Then we pay admission to destroy the ecosystem
When there's logical solutions but it costs to much to fix them
So the politicians ditch them while we steady bitchin
Try to demonstrate and make some change but they dismiss it
But all the riots and defiance have a purpose
Cause the price for human life is really worth it

Can't drop the topic despite the optics
Your life is locked in the fight for profits
That's why you lost it inside your office
And it don't stop
Don't live your life for the paper
The paper can't pay for your soul
Don't live your life for the paper
You don't have to pay to break the mould

Can't drop the topic despite the optics
Your life is locked in the fight for profits
That's why you lost it inside your office
And it don't
Can't drop the topic despite the optics
It's like you're locked in the fight for profits
That's why you lost it inside your office
And it don't stop
Don't live your life for the paper
The paper can't pay for your soul
Don't live your life for the paper
You don't have to pay to break the mould

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released January 7, 2024

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The New Groovement Victoria, British Columbia

For a decade The New Groovement has been the funk, hip-hop machine of Victoria, BC. The band features a 4-piece horn section and enough guitar, bass and drums to get you dancing. The original line-up has shifted over the years, the current frontman and emcee Shane Blaq keeps it funky fresh. To quote Ed the Sock, “this band should be bigger than it is, not like in roster but in popularity.” ... more

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