Deadline
Close to the Deadline: A Reflection on Pursuit and Pretense
Lyrics
Waiting to be rich, rip it to pieces
Expressing impatience and a desire for wealth, suggesting a destructive approach.
What do we sing now? Close to the deadline
Pondering the choice of song or action close to a critical time limit or deadline.
No one remembers, shoulder to shoulder
Highlighting a lack of collective memory, emphasizing unity and closeness.
We are pretenders, making the headlines
Acknowledging a role as impostors or pretenders while making significant news.
Signal the weekend, waiting they like eh
Anticipating the weekend, with a sense of waiting or expectation.
No other reason, tangled and frozen
Suggesting a situation with no alternative reasons, complex and stagnant.
No turning back oooooh, get set and ready
Emphasizing a point of no return, encouraging readiness for something significant.
Greater dey numbers
Referring to a numerical increase, possibly in significance or influence.
The colour of money, trigger the lightning
Connecting the color of money with the potential for triggering significant events.
The kids in the bedroom, waiting for harvest
Depicting children in a bedroom, waiting for a reward or outcome.
Strong as a cutlass, guilty of nothing
Asserting strength and innocence, denying guilt.
Botched operation, witnessing something
Describing a failed or flawed operation, witnessing an event or consequence.
Don't you turn my home against me
Repetition of a plea not to turn one's home against them, even if it's empty, suggesting a plea for understanding or support.
Even if my house is empty
-Don't you turn my home against me
-Even if my house is empty
-Don't you turn my home against me
-Even if my house is empty
-Don't you turn my home against me
-Even if my house is empty
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