the kingdom is within you Lyrics
[Verse 1]
When the foreman came, he helped me understand
That my destiny was mortar in the Almighty's hand
Then they shipped my ass and they worked me place to place
Then delivered me in the combines as a ward of the state
[Chorus]
Mm, come to find me
I'm here today but don't belong
I'm working 'til the debt is gone
The upside of it
The upside of it
But in a most familiar way
I'm begging you to understand
I try to be a decent man
The upside of it
The upside of it
[Verse 2]
Night work shattered me with overtime and they fined me
White kids say they sympathise
But they're afraid to look me in the eyes
Up, up, up, up, up in the sky some place
I got treasures up in heaven and the state just takes the rest
[Verse 3]
I been working at the sawmill down in Kinleith for some time
I'm gonna save for my own furniture and kitchen down the line
But they make it hard to pay for things outside of cigarettes
Mm, it's just the jobs we're in, well, alright then, and amen
When the foreman came, he helped me understand
That my destiny was mortar in the Almighty's hand
Then they shipped my ass and they worked me place to place
Then delivered me in the combines as a ward of the state
[Chorus]
Mm, come to find me
I'm here today but don't belong
I'm working 'til the debt is gone
The upside of it
The upside of it
But in a most familiar way
I'm begging you to understand
I try to be a decent man
The upside of it
The upside of it
[Verse 2]
Night work shattered me with overtime and they fined me
White kids say they sympathise
But they're afraid to look me in the eyes
Up, up, up, up, up in the sky some place
I got treasures up in heaven and the state just takes the rest
[Verse 3]
I been working at the sawmill down in Kinleith for some time
I'm gonna save for my own furniture and kitchen down the line
But they make it hard to pay for things outside of cigarettes
Mm, it's just the jobs we're in, well, alright then, and amen
[Chorus]
Come to find me
I'm here today but don't belong
I'm working 'til the debt is gone
The upside of it
The upside of it
And in a most familiar way
I'm begging you to understand
I try to be a decent man
The upside of it
The upside of it
[Bridge]
In the unrelieved serenity back home
I wonder how they talk of me
Do I send the card with mountains on?
Or the one with all the riot police?
I don't open doors for the uniform
Skulking shadows that break in at the dawn time to haul us away
Do you know how it feels?
I can recite every libel and terrible thing I get
'Cause I built this place
[Chorus]
Alrighty
I'm here until I don't belong
I'm working 'til the debt is gone
The upside of it
The upside of it
And in a most familiar way
I'm begging you to understand
I try to be a decent man
The upside of it
The upside of it
Come to find me
I'm here today but don't belong
I'm working 'til the debt is gone
The upside of it
The upside of it
And in a most familiar way
I'm begging you to understand
I try to be a decent man
The upside of it
The upside of it
[Bridge]
In the unrelieved serenity back home
I wonder how they talk of me
Do I send the card with mountains on?
Or the one with all the riot police?
I don't open doors for the uniform
Skulking shadows that break in at the dawn time to haul us away
Do you know how it feels?
I can recite every libel and terrible thing I get
'Cause I built this place
[Chorus]
Alrighty
I'm here until I don't belong
I'm working 'til the debt is gone
The upside of it
The upside of it
And in a most familiar way
I'm begging you to understand
I try to be a decent man
The upside of it
The upside of it
[Outro]
The upside of it
The upside of it
The upside of it
The upside of it
About
Genius Annotation
…a tribute to the lives and legacy of “thousands and thousands” of Pasifika migrants, of which his father was one, who were trying to make their way in the world but were “fucked over, exploited and treated very badly” by their conquering masters, as Le’aupepe explains. “Pasifika people are individually separate. We have our own cultures, our own traditions, our own languages, but we are unified in identity.”
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- 4.returner
- 5.unison
- 7.the kingdom is within you
- 8.spirit boy
- 9.brothers
- 10.forbearance
- 11.the man himself
- 12.hand of god
Credits
Producer
Writers
Vocals
Drums
Percussion
Bass
Violin
Viola
Keyboards
Backing Vocals
Strings Arranger
Strings
Marimba
Conductor
Orchestral Engineer
Recording Engineer
Mastering Engineer
Mixing Engineer
Piano
Release Date
February 25, 2022
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