HODGE-PODGE ft. T. MONTERISI [T./MO] Lyrics

Verse One [Nana Fredua-Agyeman Jnr.]

How does the toad sweat from the pepper consumed by the lizard?

Residents in the tropics are not absolved from the effects of a blizzard

To comprehend this phenomenon, you need to be phenomenal

If Bouazizi set himself ablaze

Human resistance to oppression shouldn't be a maze

Alas, a revolt was ignited

With the sole purpose of reuniting a state once united

They called it the Arab Spring

Offloading the burdensome hope that hang on a string

Spreading through the Middle East like a pandemic

All due to a struggle so persistent and endemic

From Tunisia to Algeria, through Jordan and Oman

Interconnectivity was displayed at its apogee O! Man

The revolution was televised in Egypt, Syria and Yemen

You heard me right; Yeah Mehn!

My mother told me, there's nothing that doesn't concern mankind

Even if you are uninterested bear this in mind and be kind

The world is connected and connecting the dots in itself may be confusing

It's better to lend a helping hand than to keep refusing

If Gaddafi lost his life by Bouazizi's suicide,

The realization should hit you, how close someone far is by your side

Still wondering how the toad sweats from the pepper consumed by the lizard,

We're in a hodge-podge!

Verse Two [T. Monterisi]

Communicate,

Collaborate,

Grow together and dance

Give everyone a chance to accept their paths

We're all haunting wearing different masks

We're all daunted by the tower of tasks we're born into

Flaunting rock solid, islands we swim to

Mourning the morbid trees that never seen fruit

Ideas might never been proof

Crying won't achieve truth

And trying is as much you

As whatever you're left with

You've got unchartered waters, and your best bits those who adore us

And the skeptics they let rip tide pull you in

So, you better learn to swim

All you've got to know is its always the beginning

You're not guaranteed a smile

So, you just keep living

Keep swimming against the flow

Use what you know

Take a little bit of hope

Will power, it will power you, will power through

And if you don't know what you're doing grab a boat, build a ship, set sail

You've got more to lose but it's trickier to fail

Your comrades around you they may keep you afloat

And if they don't then you'll drown but at least you're not alone

Common ground is for sharing and we all miss home

Just none of us even have a clue where we're going

Verse Three [Nana Fredua-Agyeman Jnr. & T. Monterisi]

Nana Fredua-Agyeman Jnr.: If you take delight in the suffering of others remember, it's a hodge-podge

T. Monterisi: Fighting through the night without the advice of your mothers – it's a hodge-podge

Nana Fredua-Agyeman Jnr.: Be wary who you call a friend, a lot bend in the end; it's a hodge-podge

T. Monterisi: It's a scary truth that's why you pack your pens – it's a hodge-podge

Nana Fredua-Agyeman Jnr.: To keep sanity out of insanity, make sure it starts with-in; it's a hodge-podge

T. Monterisi: No panicking, freeze time, provide clarity, no use for moving frantically – it's a hodge-podge

Nana Fredua-Agyeman Jnr.: Everything happens for a reason, there's no season for prison; it's a hodge-podge

T. Monterisi: Nothing happened before you believed it - free yourself before you leave here – it's a hodge-podge

Nana Fredua-Agyeman Jnr.: Whether you're here, there or near, keep fear faraway; it's a hodge-podge

T. Monterisi: Treasure your peers, use your ears, it's clear who's here to stay