{"id":423,"date":"2017-02-20T19:27:42","date_gmt":"2017-02-20T16:27:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/seven.eu.com\/browse\/video\/thievery-corporation-letter-to-the-editor-official-music-video\/"},"modified":"2017-02-20T19:27:42","modified_gmt":"2017-02-20T16:27:42","slug":"thievery-corporation-letter-to-the-editor-official-music-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/svnsks.ru\/browse\/video\/thievery-corporation-letter-to-the-editor-official-music-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Thievery Corporation &#8211; Letter to the Editor [Official Music Video]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KahPH6oc12I\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>Official music video for &#8220;Letter to the Editor&#8221; ft. Racquel Jones.<br \/>\nGet the Temple of I &#038;I: <a href=\"https:\/\/thieverycorporation.com\/temple\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/thieverycorporation.com\/temple\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>After an exploration into bossa nova on the 2014 \u201cSaudade\u201d release, Thievery Corporation returns to the music of Jamaica for it\u2019s 2017 album, The Temple of I &#038; I. The band\u2019s 10th studio album release was recorded at GeeJam Studios in Port Antonio, Jamaicaand features vocal appearances by Mr. Lif, Raquel Jones, Zee, Notch, Lou Lou Ghelichkhani, Shana Halligan, Elin Melgarejo &#038; Puma.<\/p>\n<p>\/\/ GET THE TEMPLE OF I &#038; I \/\/<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/thieverycorporation.com\/temple\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/thieverycorporation.com\/temple\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\/\/ FOLLOW THIEVERY CORPORATION \/\/<br \/>\nthieverycorporation.com<br \/>\nfacebook.com\/thieverycorporation<br \/>\ntwitter.com\/thieverycorpdc<br \/>\ninstagram.com\/thieverycorpdc<\/p>\n<p>\/\/ CREDITS \/\/<br \/>\nDirected by Richard Elgood<br \/>\nEdited by Andrew Labens<\/p>\n<p>\/\/ LYRICS \/\/<\/p>\n<p>Pocket full a promises<br \/>\nBaby empty bellies<br \/>\nPoverty and Democracies<br \/>\nAnd political rallies <\/p>\n<p>But who the rich a lobby for<br \/>\nUsing me for votes<br \/>\nPretend a mi yuh sorry for<br \/>\nThen win and its a joke <\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m sick of trick or treaters in costumes like dem as leaders<br \/>\nCharismatic public speakers<br \/>\nFalse prophets and fake healers.<\/p>\n<p>Articulate perfect grammar scammer<br \/>\nScamming us for votes<br \/>\nInfront of tv camera with an innocent approach. <\/p>\n<p>Nuh mo lies and fallacies<br \/>\nBun apologies<br \/>\nTry nuh ask please when a squeeze and yuh pan yuh knees <\/p>\n<p>Justice or else says the minister Farakhan<br \/>\nSuh me stand up a Gordon house<br \/>\nWid my Glock Inna me hand<\/p>\n<p>If I take it literally, fuck it geez I&#8217;m kinda sorry<br \/>\nBut smaddy need Fi answer<br \/>\nGimmi Di microphone and Mek mi rep di innocent paying recompense for money spent to feed the governments  <\/p>\n<p>Yo! Gimmi Di microphone get the people riled up too much fuckery Piled up get di ting dem oiled up<br \/>\nParallel universes in the same Ol&#8217; hemisphere<br \/>\nAuthorities they don&#8217;t care with dem nose up in the air<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<br \/>\nCause our bombs dem metaphoric<br \/>\nWe talk Di truth and mek Di youths dem better for it<br \/>\nCause I&#8217;m a fighter, yeah<br \/>\nIf you agree put up yuh lighter, yeah <\/p>\n<p>(Repeat)<br \/>\n&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>Mek the stench from ghetto fences permeate dem residences extend up through the trenches up to where the presidents is <\/p>\n<p>Karma pan Di ones and twos yes it turn the tables<br \/>\nHad enough a you with your parable and fables<\/p>\n<p>Jamaican bad gal queen and revolutionary<br \/>\nNeva quick Fi start a war but shoot whenever necessary <\/p>\n<p>Product of the inner city<br \/>\nWhere me come from it nuh pretty<br \/>\nSurvive the nitty gritty<br \/>\nAin&#8217;t nobody taking pity <\/p>\n<p>Survival kinda sticky<br \/>\nIn New York Cali and philly<br \/>\nA di same ting a gwaan in a Kingston<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<br \/>\nCHORUS x2<br \/>\n&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>These are the da days of the last days,<br \/>\npan the last page of Di book of the dark age<br \/>\nWe a path ways wid oppressors<br \/>\nSeek Predecessors<br \/>\nWake up ancestors<br \/>\nDen we team up together<\/p>\n<p>We will meet we will meet pan Di battle Di battle ground<br \/>\nTrade mi microphone<br \/>\nFor a shottie and some copper stones<br \/>\nJust be ready When Di gavel sound<br \/>\nBun a folly ground fus <\/p>\n<p>Jah surround us<br \/>\nSo We never nervous <\/p>\n<p>Was a mental war now this shit turn physical<br \/>\nFrom long time scar we a reap the residual<br \/>\nFrom slavery to now, now the ting get critical<br \/>\nDem CyAh kill we soul cause dem sight sey we spiritual <\/p>\n<p>So They be like, hey,<br \/>\nprod the bull under Sykes as subliminal, get them mad<br \/>\nThen chastise dem as criminal<br \/>\nGive wi drugs under guise sey it clinical<\/p>\n<p>CHORUS x2<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=KahPH6oc12I\">\u0421\u043c\u043e\u0442\u0440\u0435\u0442\u044c \u043d\u0430 YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Official music video for &#8220;Letter to the Editor&#8221; ft. Racquel Jones. Get the Temple of I &#038;I: https:\/\/thieverycorporation.com\/temple\/ After an exploration into bossa nova on the 2014 \u201cSaudade\u201d release, Thievery Corporation returns to the music of Jamaica for it\u2019s 2017 album, The Temple of I &#038; I. 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