On The Sly (Week 12)

from Brunswick Project Beta (Week 10-17) by Brunswick Project

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Steve here, this is a pretty simple song I wrote a few years back. It was built around these 2 drums samples that were arranged in this lurching, driving rhythm. Add a generous serving of distortion and you're set.

The lyrics (see below) were inspired in part by the 1998 masterpiece (?) The Negotiator, starring Kevin Spacey and Samuel L Jackson, but they're a tribute to certain cop movie cliches in general. ie. The old Get The Villain To Confess His Plan While Secretly Recording Him. Works every time.

lyrics

VERSE 1
Put down the gun and step away from the door
Put down the gun and step away from the door, oh no

Hands on your head step away from the door,
Hands on your head step away from the door, oh no
Oh no

CHORUS 1
Nobody told me it was on the sly
Nobody told me it was on the sly
Nobody told me it was on the sly

VERSE 2
Give up the game I got the whole thing on tape,
Give up the game I got the whole thing on tape, oh no

Make no mistake you know there ain't no escape,
Make no mistake I got the whole thing on tape, oh no
There ain't no escape, oh no

CHORUS 2
Nobody told me it was on the sly
Nobody told me it was on the sly
I should've known you'd hang me out to dry
Nobody told me
I should've known you'd hang me out to dry
Nobody told me

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from Brunswick Project Beta (Week 10-17), released December 19, 2012
Music / Lyrics: Steve Cruickshank
Production: Steve Cruickshank

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Brunswick Project is weekly music release from two of Toronto's most unique voices, Steve Cruickshank and Joel Buxton

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