With a mutual love for hip-hop & reggae music, Mellodose, Tropidelic, and Case Arnold come together on “Gold Rush” to stake their claim as longstanding forces at the frontier of the ever-expanding modern reggae genre.
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lyrics
We aint here for the gold rush, no
We been here since day one, so
Crank the speakers
Push the meters
Move your feet
Let’s make it known
We aint here for the gold rush, no
We been here since day one, so
Crank the speakers
Push the meters
Move your feet
Let’s make it known
We aint here for the
We aint here for the
We aint here for the gold rush, no
Let’s pine the breeze
Fore the winds beseech us
Side step the snakes
While the stakes are steeper
Eyes on the scape
Through the maze of creatures
Let’s scorch the earth
And then crank the speakers yeah
My tombstone blooms with plumes of smoke
Remove myself from the dirt with bursts of hope
Cut down the noose but refuse to burn the rope
Cause you never know what’s left to undergo
We aint here for the gold rush, no
We been here since day one, so
Crank the speakers
Push the meters
Move your feet
Let’s make it known
After the gold rush will you buy back your youth?
Or stacking gold blocks will you hold all that loot?
Life is like a bluebird
Caged and drowned in self worth
Despite clipped wings we can sing
Clear your mind and sing
We aint here for the gold rush, no
We been here since day one, so
Crank the speakers
Push the meters
Move your feet
Let’s make it known
We aint here for the gold rush, no
We been here since day one, so
Crank the speakers
Push the meters
Move your feet
Let’s make it known
We aint here for the
We aint here for the
We aint here for the gold rush, no
Yeah on the quest with the tribe
Gold soul theory until the end of time
Speakers are on 10 with this life that we live
And the right that we have to speak our truth and give
Wars are raging
Never chase it if it glitters
Consequences of your actions
You reflect them when they hit you
Only living for the love & respect
When I look back on what matters most I recollect
Family ties only reason I ride
Friends who kept me going
Continue showing me light
The gold rush
Heart of gold
That aint so much
Find on your shelves
Only feel it when your soul’s touched
Look inside my spirit and find a gold mine
Mello sent the dose
So you knowing that it’s show time
Felt like we took back to ’09
Boys from the south
We’ll reconnect on the coast line
We aint here for the gold rush, no
We been here since day one, so
Crank the speakers
Push the meters
Move your feet
Let’s make it known
We aint here for the
We aint here for the
We aint here for the gold rush, no
Buy some time to blow the mind
The gold rush
Run and get a piece of pie
It tastes so divine
So if the stars align
You better get in line
Don’t dip your toes
Cause the waters fine lets go
Now we been working and already got a plan for this
We ravenous with a bag of tricks
So fine you’d think they asked for this
Sift the river for slivers of what we could be
Not everything that glitters is gold
Watch out especially for ankle biters who keep you from climbing higher
This the key to decipher and it’s blaring out our amplifiers
So watch the gold rush
Every time my pen touch
Picking up the pieces and you mad that you aint us
Circle around the house and digging deep into the ground
I’ll be damned to watch you walk away with everything I found uh
Head in the clouds
I aint ever coming down
I’m moving on
Maybe I’ll see you around
credits
released February 17, 2023
Written by Marco David Martinez, Matthew Roads, Casey Arnold, and James Begin
Mellodose is the music of 28-year-old Puerto Rican songwriter, Marco Mar.
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I make music for
my friends and family.
Through making music, I feel closer to the moment and time as a whole.
Grateful for another breath & another song.
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All photography used in artwork by the lovely Katie Cameron: www.katiecameronphotography.com...more
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