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Midtown Cali Ways

by CALICO

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1.
Midtown Rock 04:20
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Verse 1: Gotta say good morning Let me take you to a place that’s so warming At the same time it can be so harming It’s the very place that I was born in Yeah!! It’s a place called Midtown Yow Let me tell you bout Midtown Yow Chorus: Midtown is a place That don’t watch creed or class or race…No Midtown is a vibe Where everything we do we haffi give thanks fi life yow Midtown is a feeling yes The universe is revealing it Midtown is a movement But we still see room for improvement yes Verse 2: I’ve looked all around and still haven’t found None as profound as the sound of Midtown And even to this evening my ears are still receiving the screaming What is the meaning of Midtown So I sit them down and let it be known and they spread it around I’ll tell you all what Its that neutral spot between the cool and the hot True mi seh dat nuh feel a luke mi a chat Its part illusion and traps Part the truth and the facts If you use computers a lot Just gwaan go google the map Hey!! Bridge: Hey, you neva know bout Midtown Mek mi tell you something bout Midtown Yagga yay you neva know bout Midtown Mek mi tell you something bout Midtown Dem wah know bout Midtown So mi a tell dem bout Midtown
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Jamaican Ghetto 04:31
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Chorus: Jamaica a one big ghetto divided by orange and green We’re more governed by Smith and Wesson than any of these political teams We a di puppet and dem a gepetto Money control wi moves it seems But if you don’t mek none reach over deh so den di yutes ago reach fi machine But you cyah careless and mek dem wet you You haffi defend yu family and dreams But if every man lock a beretta then we ago have a civil war scene Verse 1: Ounu better start educate di yutes dem Elevate di yutes and celebrate di yutes dem Ounu politics jus a segregate di yutes dem Delegate di yutes and stop relegate di yutes dem Cash flow fi regulate fi di yutes dem Before you shoot dem Better you recruit dem Disperse more money to the troops dem And charity groups dem Fix up di dupes dem Imagine if when no money nah run Every man draw fi gun and go take fi dem own Imagine curfew and place lock down And corn still a beat til a morning come Imagine if all the wars dem we hear bout downtown fi reach uptown eeh Imagine confusion the place woulda blow Ounu listen to the one Calico Ounu better know Verse 2: Well if you you don’t stop being selfish You see the hustlers a try work and you send fish You see the yutes situation and nuh help it Den di place nah go run smooth like velvet Cause orange a Suns and green a Celtics Stop give the yutes dem guns and a make dem kill over colors and a war like Bloods and dem Crips Pripse all di ancient dem scripts Ounu realms this
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Change Ur Ways 04:43
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Verse 1: Everything just a get worse in our days Opportunities nah come or way We haffi work hard fi wi get our pay But the yutes dem nuh too inna dat nowadays Every man a rob and a thief fi get some When a little work all dem need fi get done Try talk to dem and dem reach fi dem gun With a full magazine and squeeze til it done Watch how you meet and greet ounu friends And the people you trust with the key to your Benz When the season is up dem will leach on you Then when the seas a go rough you nuh see none a dem Why some ladies deceiving the men Man finds out girl weeping and then Convince the man fi believe inna dem Then its back to the lies and the cheating again Chorus: Change your ways Stop your crime your conniving lies and deceiving Change your ways Set your prize then you rise to the heights you believe in Change your ways Yute man put down the gun too much people bleeding Change your ways Change your ways Verse 2: Next problem weh mi need fi address Seems like some yutes week to the flesh Man have two baby a feed pon di breast And cyah put a little ten g’s pon di desk And ounu wonder why the people protest Ounu nah do nothing fi feed the homeless Thousands of people a feel it oh yes Every day we a pree and see no progress
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Raspire Party Feat. KC Fire 04:28
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Chorus: Come make me introduce you to the party life Put on you clothes and go do what you like We gonna do it all tonight And we aint gonna stop until the morning light Welcome to the party life Go put on your clothes we going out tonight We gonna do it all tonight And we aint gonna stop until the morning light Verse1: Kick back unwind relax your mind a little bit Forget your stress your pain your mess that’s what I said get rid of it Take a shower then chill a bit If you have some green then build up it And get that stress right off your chest and dress your best Because we gonna party and have a real good time A feel good time whoa Say we gonna party and have a real good time A feel good time yes Verse 2: I bet you never know life coulda sweet so Getting high while dancing to the beat slow Hypnotized and the vibes just a free flow Wont you come join me now Because me never know life coulda sweet so Getting high while dancing to the beat slow Hypnotized and the vibes just a free flow Wont you come join me inna dis ya party Lets have a real good time A feel good time whoa Say we gonna party and have a real good time A feel good time yes Say we gonna party and have a real good time And have a feel good time Oh yes we gonna party and have a real good time A feel good time yes Verse 3: This aint the remix no This aint the dress rehearsal baby This called the real thing So act like you know what you doing We aint got no time at all To go over the protocol So when I give you a call just get ready And meet me in the parking lot in bout twenty Because we gonna party and have a real good time A feel good time whoa Yes we gonna party and have a real good time A feel good time yes It’s a Raspire party lets have a real good time A feel good time whoa Say we gonna party and have a real good time A feel good time yes
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Sweeta Than Sweet Feat. Kelissa 04:02
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Chorus: Dancing with you under the moon is like my dream coming true The way your body stay at one with the beat Rasta know seh it sweet Gyal it sweeta dan sweet Sweeta dan sweet Verse 1: Legs are burning my waist stays hurting cause I cant stop dancing with you Vibes so strong been going so long a water break is well overdue But is like I cant move Loving the way that we groove The transition is so smooth And I feel like a fool for you But I don’t know you whats your name who you be And how you know the right way to wine up on me Will you be here the same time next week If not then when and where else could we meet Cause this dream will be done when the sun starts to gleam Cyah believe yu really mek mi feel so sweet Whole night I been feeling for you And I know you’ve been feeling me too Verse 2: What a gyal can wind what a gyal can work up she body Jerk up she body like a circus smaddy More man a watch you than the world cup finale Gwaan do u ting but mama doh hurt nobody When you dance you left the place in a bliss Guarantee you never seen nothing like this The way how she burn baby burn then she turn then she twist Skadungeh could not resist Verse 3 : The tide is coming in The sand is starting to sting All when the ocean wetting up wi feet Both of us still stepping it up a beat Selector repeat cause dis sweeta dan sweet
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Simply Mezmerized 04:44
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Verse 1: Standing in the corner and I’m staring at you My mind is racing on one million and one things I can do In my view I see us living having dinners for two Every night the moon a shine but it cyah shine like a you Gyal you gone your elegance your charm its turning me on Its a storm my heart is pleading but I cannot go on But then I Realized You had me hypnotized Simply mesmerized Simply mesmerized This gyal have me cutting up green everyday like a lawn me mowing Try medz a way how me can tip toe in Inna her heart like King Shango Inna her part this thing shall go in Mek she know straight up a seed man sowing Couple months latter a tree dat growing No end to the saga it keeps on going She all have man a day dream unknowingly Chorus: The way the gyal have me Just one dance have me simply mesmerized Simply mesmerized The way she wine pon me Bump and grind pon me Got me hypnotized Simply mesmerized Verse 2: She wind and go down then she work it a little bit Shake it around then she jerk it a little bit Tick tock come up then she turn then she jiggle it She waistline come in like a worm when she wiggle it Got me wanting a bout So instantly we sorted it out Then she go toss it about from the north to the south Now that’s what I’m talking about
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So Long Interlude 00:15
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So Long 04:54
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Chorus: So long I’ve been waiting Patiently anticipating My heart is tired and aching Its getting rather frustrating Verse 1: So long I’ve been waiting for you I even put a pause on dating for you So long was my ratings for you But in the long run you dished me scrapings for true And its so wrong the way things fall through But now I only got two words for you So long No longer will I go on Chorus 2: So long I’ve been waiting Patiently anticipating My heart is tired and aching Its reached a point of frustration So Long I’ve been waiting But still no communication My heart is tired and aching Its reached a point of frustration Verse 2: So long good bye sayonara Buena suerte All my best wishes for ya Go on Why you running back for huh I took you back and then you made the scenario prolong My heart isn’t for ya I agree we disagree but I’m not saying you’re a no one But I don’t want to go on
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Go And Get It Then Feat. Meela K 03:58
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Chorus: If the streets are as sweet as the things that make you weak when we in the bed Jus Go and get it then Go and get it then If its sweeter than me laying in between your sheets go do that instead Jus Go and get it then Go and get it then Verse 1: If a never fi the streets how ever would we eat Couldn’t manicure you hand you couldn’t pedicure you feet How you think we get da king size bed deh fi wi dweet Dem first class flights fi go anywhere you please Nah go lie di loving sweet but di ends dem have to meet So you can retreat to ochi wit yu friends dem on di beach I a gwaan hustle fi it but you can go if you please I’ll be like the white streak in the center of the street Verse 2: But you take it to the extreme When I’m home all alone say you chilling on the road I wanna scream Bout you chasing that paper so we could live better Said I hear what you saying But the game that you playing I’m not playing Can you pause your grind Chill with me sometimes All that I ask is time Verse 3: A nuh like she mi doh wah fi spend the time I could go weeks at a time and me wouldn’t mind But is a Midtown balance wha mi haffi find Between mi private time and mi money grind But I’m not working this week so don’t fret yu mind I just left the liquor store you goh get yu wine Another girl like you mi she mi yet to find I’m gonna show you how much I respect yu kind
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Yard And Abroad Feat. Sly Rankin And E'Nig 03:47
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Verse 1: Well mi say yard and abroad same consequences Every day we hustle hard fi cover all expenses Still we bordered by walls and fences Pissy alcoholics halls and trenches Coulda talk and talk until yu breathless If you nuh spark and bark inna di streets you get left The hunters a hawk and a start dem next step Seet like a cork and talk dem get ketch Ounu watcha now Tell dem what these streets are all about Dem yute ya quick fi knock you out fi little bit or small amounts Informers and talky mouths we regularly haul dem out Same thing we living all around and dem nuh see it all to now Chorus: We talking bout the yutes with no shoes on their feet Who be seeking their dues in the streets We talking bout the ones who got no food to eat And a sleep pon di cold concrete We talking bout the situations we facing from Kingston to Mozambique We talking bout east west north and south We see it all about That’s why we talking bout Verse 2: Every hood got babymommas, Who walk around lookin for they fathers, Tell you that he negligent and he ain’t helping them, So a big headed kid can’t go to school tomorrow, Poorer than a pauper, We going through the sorrow, But mi prefer tek it, naa guh beg, mi naa guh borrow, I’m in the hood feel like I’m on the Wire, And they cut my light so I’m climbin’ on the wire. Every corner have a shotta, Quik to tell you “Screw You” or tell you bout U Madda Selling X amount o’ weed, and X amount o’ grabba, Everybody wanna fi eat so they sellout one another, Street Dance, Set the speakers up, Goddamn red bull wet ma sneakers up, Me an the savages kickback, Like a acrobat I’m balancing that chalice on ma lap. Its all good Verse 3: I sat back and watched the Americans react to the recession, They couldn’t handle Jamaica we live in a depression, The only thing that matters is bucks, Work is hard to find and the only thing harder is luck, But Jamaica is a place for the stars, Only thing you won’t see here, probably a flying car, But underneath it all we try 80 time as hard, Cuz 1 of your dollars is 80 times ours, So I talk about dudes on role call, I say a cell number, I ain’t askin for a phonecall, The twilight zone, no light at home, And there’s no water either, Had to connect it illegally You know we need the litres, I just hope they don’t read the metre, Even though I’m a fiend, I gotta stop smoking, Cuz the prices getting higher than the weed.
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Who U Move Wid Feat. Richieruff 04:04
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Verse 1: Growing up he wanna be all he can be Buffalo soldier revolution army Born in the eighties raised in Kingston Pops had to move road blocks just to bring him So this is him spitting at the system Lost a brother to himself yeah he was a victim Of this ill world we give in we live in So listen as I bring lessons give thanks for your blessings Life nuh mek promise to no one So til you loss one you live like a lost one Then the light come you realize you got one So everyday I rise I treat it like my last one Every note with passion Money schemes we latch on Get our cash on and give right back for sure I’m coming of age and that’s a fact Raspire taking over and no turning back Chorus: All the obstacles I face gotta overcome And when it all hits the fan man I never run Mek dem know Raspire’s the movement So tell me who you move with huh Who you move wid Verse 2: To how the thing set a ways inna the streets nowadays you haffi watch who you move with Continue mek the fire gwaan blaze there’s no time to gaze and gwaan like you stupid Richieruff done tell dem say signs of the time Dem a gwaan like she dem need I fi remind Remember you cant give sight to the blind Mankind haffi find dem mind and align And only you can do it its sad but its true kid Because of the evils and bad wha dem crew did That’s why I stay rather exclusive With a high grade spliff grabber inclusive Pacing on these fat beats like athletes at their track meets Or at my squash or futsal practice And last but not least Verse 3: Nuff a hate never want it transpire Dem wah di yutes fi suffer dem nuh wah we aspire But wi nuh join di waste man ting no iyah Wi get up on wi grind and we rep raspire Dem give we one bag a promises dem only backfire Wi need to change now like a flipping flat tire Stop waiting for keys we need to hot wire And start this revolution wid Raspire
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Orange Hill 05:32
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Intro: Walking all the way to Orange Hill Stop by Grange Hill on my way to Orange Hill You can find me on my way I’ll be walking all the way I need it everyday Chorus: In the morning when I wake up all I think of is you In my life I’ve never found another love as true You got me walking all the way to Orange Hill Got me walking all the way to Orange Hill Through my joys and through my sorrows that is where I must go And I keep it tropical and I don’t mess with no snow But you can find me on my way to Orange Hill, you bet ya I’ll be walking all the way to Orange Hill Verse 1: Orange Hill that’s where I must go Cause you relieve my pains and all mi sorrow And when we link up dem call mi parrow But you keep mi pon point like Napthali arrow Plus the way you make me feel when mi warped inna you And the scent weh you carry mek mi wah fi follow Say mi sight Richieruff while walking innuh Him pull over and ask me which part me a go and mi tell him say I be Walking all the way to Orange Hill Stop by Grange Hill on my way to Orange Hill You can find me on my way I’ll be walking all the way Woah I need it everyday Verse 2: Now as a man who have a education I haffi give it to you you’re a very great one The way you curve logics via meditation Like the times when you taught me levitation There’s more truth to you than a telestation You taught me to do without hesitation Now mi drawn like a child to a celebration Or a patient who dying to him medication You got me Walking all the way to Orange Hill Stop by Grange Hill on my way to Orange Hill You can find me on my way I’ll be walking all the way Woah I need it everyday

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FEEL GOOD VIBES WITH A POSITIVE ENERGY FOR THE PEOPLE...ENJOY AND TELL A FRIEND!

After a 3 year hiatus during which time he became a Rastafarian and a father, CALICO returns with his much anticipated debut album, MIDTOWN CALI WAYS. The album has distinct island elements yet maintains the hard hitting percussion and “the needle to record” sound that comes straight from the Hip Hop playbook.


MIDTOWN CALI WAYS showcases CALICO’S budding creativity and versatility. His music knows no boundaries and is hard to classify because it fluently crosses genres and offers music representative of the new generation of music listeners who are cross-genre oriented, i.e playlists that jump from country to hip hop. MIDTOWN CALI WAYS melodiously incorporates several influences such Jazz, Soca, Techno, Reggae and Dancehall.


CALICO displays breadth in his lyrical subject matter and an impressive vocal range in delivering a clean and uplifting album for all ages that can be played everywhere from clubs to family bar-b-qs. It speaks to the struggles going on in the world but manages the leave you with a feeling of hope and joy in life. CALICO’s debut album certainly shows growth in songwriting with more diverse lyrical content and flow and a desire to expand his style from hardcore dancehall.


MIDTOWN CALI WAYS, as the name suggests, is a place where everyone meets and there is something for everyone. It is a true album and not a collection of singles featuring collaborations with upcoming Jamaican artists such as Gangsta Colony reps Slylock and E’Nig, songstresses Meela K and Kelissa as well as Raspire Music’s KC Fire and Richieruff. On the production side, the entire album is produced by Raspire Music, an upcoming ‘indie’ music company that markets and distributes its own music. The production/songwriting team hails from the Caribbean and makes multicultural, island music that transcends to the international arena while honoring their musical roots.


Whether a friend, family or simply a music lover please download the full album at midtowncaliways.com and support CALICO and Raspire’s mission of bringing the people positive energy through completely original sounds from the Caribbean. If you like what you hear, please share with your friends, readers and listeners. They’ll thank you for sharing CALICO and Raspire with them- and you'll be glad you did. Give Thanks.

Become a CALICO aka SKADDY today at www.facebook.com/calicoakaskaddy

credits

released October 6, 2009

ALL TRACKS WRITTEN, ARRANGED AND PRODUCED BY CALICO, KC FIRE AND RICHIERUFF FOR RASPIRE MUSIC LLC

ADDITIONAL SAXOPHONE BY KAZEMBE GEORGE
ADDITONAL SONGWRITING BY KELISSA MCDONALD, KAMILA MCDONALD, J.RANKIN AND S. MCKAY

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: J.BORLAND, K.CASIMIR AND R.WELSH

THE PUBLISHING RIGHTS FOR ALL TRACKS ON MIDTOWN CALI WAYS ARE REGISTERED AND RESERVED BY J.BORLAND, K.CASIMIR, R.WELSH AND RASPIRE MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC. (ASCAP)

PHOTOGRAPHY BY JENNI GRANT
GRAHPIC ART BY RENEE SOLORZANO
MIXED BY MICHAEL MCCONNELL AT MEDIA LOCAL STUDIOS,CA
MASTERED BY ROBERT RICH AT SOUNDSCAPE STUDIOS, CA
MANAGEMENT: RASPIRE MUSIC LLC

© 2009 Raspire Music LLC.
Distributed by Raspire Music LLC.
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