Terror cleared the skyline and anger clouded judgement,
So they spent a thousand nighttimes in the desert fighting something,
That they couldnt find, that made it something that they couldnt fight,
Left us all lamenting all the wrongs that they couldnt right,
This is for the second time, we've been here before,
From Vietnam to Saddam, we always needing a war,
Neo-conservatives rose up like Viet Cong,
Their fingers on the trigger we won't be here long,
They killed MLK and they named a day after him,
They killed JFK and named an airport after him,
Some guy shot a monster called Reagan so he could bone,
A girl named Jodie Foster, if only he'd known,
We tested nukes in the atmosphere, the sea and dirt,
And they tested all these missiles just to see if they worked,
Now France got 'em, Russia got 'em, India and Pakistan,
Korea want 'em, states want 'em pointed at the Taliban,
Iran and Afghanistan, sands of the Arab lands,
Order from portable commands in armoured caravans, internet, 3g cellular phones,
Serial killers built in mini-sells in their homes,
And we had Manson, Bundy, Gacy-son of Sam,
Macarena, Superman, chicken dance, running man,
Generation X and generation Y,
And the generation next will degenerate and die,
Cause we got holes in the ozone that we put there ourselves,
Now the poles are a no-go, earths cooking itself,
And we cant look at ourselves so we got saline, botox, eighteen, fake tits, ninteen detox,
Don't stop, get it, get it, can't afford it get it credit,
Buy it, spend it, try it, getting fat? then you better ched it,
Ab-swing, blue blocker, Tupac or Biggy,
East coast, west coast, Fat Joe or fifty,
Thatcher the shifty iron lady, Tony Blair,
A princess died, some say cause she got Dodi there,
Whitlam, Keating, Hawke and a promise,
Of no children in poverty, wish that could have been honest,
We had abbot and costella, right wing overloads,
Promises and children, they threw em both overboard,
Overwrought refugees thrown to a group home,
Or jailed for the crime of looking for a new home,
Elvis died, Hendrix died, Lennon died
Genocide, in Africa, Serbia, Cambodia, pesticides, bio-toxins, chemical warfare,
All's fair in love and war, more work for the pallbearer,
More terror, more unjust search and seizures,
A tidal wave came and claimed the coast of Indonesia,
Quakes in Iran, Japan and California,
Greenhouse gas turned the world into a sauna,
The trauma of mortars, martyrs, slaughters,
Of partners, mourners, fathers and daughters,
They chassed us, caught us, numbered us to sort us,
Raped up, scorned us, to break us they bought us,
Third world kidneys for captains of industry,
Uprising in the street, corruption in the ministry,
[ Hilltop Hoods Lyrics are found on www.songlyrics.com ] A blowjob brought about the fall of a dynasty,
And MP3s saw the fall of an industry,
Doubled population, halved accommodation,
Carved up resources and we starved the poorer nations, Beirut, Chechnya, all hell,
Broke loose, belin, ninteen eighty nine man, the wall fell,
Cold war ended but that didn't stop more shells,
Waco lit up the sky like burning oil wells,
A world laid waste addiction,
Tell Orwell truth's always stranger then fiction,
Big brother's on closed circuit TV and on cable,
Reality's now scripted, celebrity's for sale, jeopary and jail, seized, depossed,
Remedies and penalties for failed CEO's,
We had the Enron collapse, and white-collar crime,
Investors they were taxed, a dollar for a dime,
The blue chip companies and blue-sky mines,
We no longer choose sides we choose sidelines,
Rich bleeding the kind, blind leading the blind,
And history repeats, no competing with time,
Gasses eating the minds of the vets that they bing home,
The plague of agent orange, gulf war syndrome,
Soldiers sent home, posttraumatic stress leave,
STDs cause the sleeve aint sexy,
AIDS shook the eighties, grim reaper with a bowling ball,
Metallica, kill em all, let god scold em all,
The Guildford four, chicago seven,
Mumia, mandela, oceans eleven,
Half past twelve on friday the thirteenth,
Dawn of the dead, a nightmare on elm street,
Weapons free environment, war zone, phone home,
Melanoma grow as we soak in the ozone,
Home-grown, hydro, cocaine, nitro,
Werewolf in london, american physco,
Cyclones, bushfires, bush firing scuds,
Naby boomers, woodstoack what happened to the love?
What happened to the cubs? they def em to the wolves,
Set a trial for pedophiles, they let em in the schools,
Set em on the students, turned em on the kids,
And everyone responsible should burn for what they did,
And if they try to deny then an eye for an eye,
The government and church on which we try to rely,
Both rob us till it hurts chasing lie after lie,
Like astronauts chasing a pie in the sky,
They landed on the moon but can't seem to return there,
Makes some question if they ever really were there,
And if they were there now and they looked back,
Would we look them in the eye, could we look back?
Cause when we look back at what we have done,
Can you believe what we have become?
As we walk into the sun,
Can you believe what we have become?
As we walk into the sun.
Terror cleared the skyline and anger clouded judgement,
So they spent a thousand nighttimes in the desert fighting something,
That they couldnt find, that made it something that they couldnt fight,
i think you are all right
perhaps the song had dual meanings
- it seem to be exactly the sort of thing that the hoods would do
also, your talking bout the brazillian dictators arnt you when you say 50 years of prod'n in 5 yrs.
no the title fifty in five was not chosen because of 20 - 10
it refers to the military dictators notion during the last century that the country would produce 50 years worth of productivity in five years.
Im Aussie, and we definitely think Abbot and Costello were that bad. The Hoods are trying to make out there like George Bush or Hitler!!!
But fantastic song.
Go Hoods!!!!!!!
does anybody know the scratch at 1.22 - 1.26
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i'm pretty sure that i've heard that sample come from The Notorious B.I.G song "Ready to Die"
here's a list of the samples in that song
* "Hospital Prelude of Love Theme" by Willie Hutch
* "Singing in the Morning" by The Ohio Players
* "Yes, I'm Ready" by Barbara Mason
* "Impeach the President" by Honey Dippers
* "Ain't No Half Steppin'" by Big Daddy Kane
* "Two to the Head" by Kool G Rap & DJ Polo
(from wikipedia)
suffa used a sample from 'tinkabells fairy dust - 20-10' which talks about what would it be like in 2010. fifty in five is suffas response to that song.
This song has so much meaning... The greenhouse gasses, the missile testing, the refugees, all of it. It all has meaning. Who ever disses hilltop hoods is going to get a new ass-hole ripped for 'em
that is the best song, big Kudos for them writing this song.
everyone is always like "hilltop hoods are shit artists and sing shit music..." but people need to listen to the lyrics and understand where they are coming from.
does anybody know the scratch at 1.22 - 1.26, and to whoever, what was the name of this song in 1959 that talked about the world in 50 years time? cheers. Big ups to Aus Hip Hop.
great song! If the song is about the last 50 years i gotta point out a mistake. There was no genocide in Serbia, it was in neighboring Bosnia, It was tho committed BY the Serbians. :s either way take nothing away from it, sick song
there was a song written in 1959 about what the world would be like in 50 years and he heard the song and this is his response to it.. makes you think about alot of things
Great to see The Hoods acknowledging their Australian roots...
"Whitlam, Keating, Hawke and a promise,"
"We had abbot and costella, right wing overloads,
(BTW it's Abbott and Costello)
Promises and children, they threw em both overboard,
Overwrought refugees thrown to a group home,
Or jailed for the crime of looking for a new home,"
"The blue chip companies and blue-sky mines,"
"AIDS shook the eighties, grim reaper with a bowling ball,"
Comments and Song Meanings
Comment by Anonymous
this is the song 20-10 suffa responced to.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaR4AyRNKlc
Comment by Anonymous
Suffa wrote this song in response to 20-10.As he said himself. So yes. It was inspired by 20-10.
Comment by Anonymous
i think you are all right
perhaps the song had dual meanings
- it seem to be exactly the sort of thing that the hoods would do
also, your talking bout the brazillian dictators arnt you when you say 50 years of prod'n in 5 yrs.
Comment by Anonymous
fifty in five was named that cuz its the last fifty years in five mins.. The all mighty suffa him self said it
Comment by Anonymous
But the starts to this song and 20 - 10 are the same. Clearly that would mean that some inspiration was drawn from that song.
Comment by Anonymous
no the title fifty in five was not chosen because of 20 - 10
it refers to the military dictators notion during the last century that the country would produce 50 years worth of productivity in five years.
Comment by Anonymous
Im Aussie, and we definitely think Abbot and Costello were that bad. The Hoods are trying to make out there like George Bush or Hitler!!!
But fantastic song.
Go Hoods!!!!!!!
Comment by Anonymous
does anybody know the scratch at 1.22 - 1.26
______________________________________
i'm pretty sure that i've heard that sample come from The Notorious B.I.G song "Ready to Die"
here's a list of the samples in that song
* "Hospital Prelude of Love Theme" by Willie Hutch
* "Singing in the Morning" by The Ohio Players
* "Yes, I'm Ready" by Barbara Mason
* "Impeach the President" by Honey Dippers
* "Ain't No Half Steppin'" by Big Daddy Kane
* "Two to the Head" by Kool G Rap & DJ Polo
(from wikipedia)
Comment by Anonymous
suffa used a sample from 'tinkabells fairy dust - 20-10' which talks about what would it be like in 2010. fifty in five is suffas response to that song.
20-10 was release 1969 im pretty sure.
Comment by Anonymous
This song has so much meaning... The greenhouse gasses, the missile testing, the refugees, all of it. It all has meaning. Who ever disses hilltop hoods is going to get a new ass-hole ripped for 'em
Comment by Anonymous
that is the best song, big Kudos for them writing this song.
everyone is always like "hilltop hoods are shit artists and sing shit music..." but people need to listen to the lyrics and understand where they are coming from.
they should recieve an Emmy for this song :)
Comment by Anonymous
this is the best song thats ever come out.
make us realise how lucky we are in our coutry australia :)
Comment by Anonymous
does anybody know the scratch at 1.22 - 1.26, and to whoever, what was the name of this song in 1959 that talked about the world in 50 years time? cheers. Big ups to Aus Hip Hop.
Comment by Anonymous
sik song. makes u think how weve messed up our world tho. nontherless still a very good song
Comment by Anonymous
great song! If the song is about the last 50 years i gotta point out a mistake. There was no genocide in Serbia, it was in neighboring Bosnia, It was tho committed BY the Serbians. :s either way take nothing away from it, sick song
Comment by Anonymous
fifty in five is about the last 50 years.. Thats the real reason the song goes for 5 minutes
Comment by Anonymous
fifty in five means fifty topics in five minutes. thats why the song goes for 5
Comment by Anonymous
there was a song written in 1959 about what the world would be like in 50 years and he heard the song and this is his response to it.. makes you think about alot of things
Comment by Anonymous
recap of past 50 years in five minutes of rap?
Comment by Anonymous
can any one please tell me what the name of the song "fifty in five" means??
cheers
Comment by Anonymous
"And MP3s saw the fall of an industry,"
Or the continuing of one? cry ur heart out. i downloaded it, then bought it. i support the music industry, try before you by bitches!
Comment by Anonymous
Great to see The Hoods acknowledging their Australian roots...
"Whitlam, Keating, Hawke and a promise,"
"We had abbot and costella, right wing overloads,
(BTW it's Abbott and Costello)
Promises and children, they threw em both overboard,
Overwrought refugees thrown to a group home,
Or jailed for the crime of looking for a new home,"
"The blue chip companies and blue-sky mines,"
"AIDS shook the eighties, grim reaper with a bowling ball,"
Comment by Anonymous
thanks for the lyrics i like this song soo much more now its very not sure how to put it but its great
Comment by Anonymous
this is a modern-day equivalent of billy joel's "we didn't start the fire". brilliantly done.
Comment by Anonymous
big big up's suffa. very well put
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