White Noise
Kojaque Lyrics

I'm just a north side, DC baby
I was raised in the northern part of Dublin City

Me mammy raised me by the horse ridin'
My mother raised me by working as a horse-rider

Council housing, crisis, crazy
Living in council housing during a time of crisis was distressing

When the sun's out Sons come knockin' teeth for change I hope it comes soon
During daylight hours, people often come looking for money which I hope I have soon.

'Cause I don't know you but know your cousin Die a new day Where you from?
I may not know you, but I know your relative(s). What area are you from?

Yeah where ya from? Yeah where's your head rest?
I repeat, where are you from, also where do you rest your head?

Don't you be here Say that postcode wrong I wanna break you
Leave this place if you don't know the right postcode and I'll want to harm you

'Cause my home's broken there isn't love and I'll equate you Take you down like mathematics
Since my home life has been broken and loveless, I'll compare you to mathematics and take you down.

When the shoes break, we tie loose ends Toss the fuckers on the phone line I hope you come late night to pick the green up Take your money and break your teeth
If I break my shoes, we tie them up, then throw them on a phone line. If you come late at night, I'll rob your money and injure you.

Just like my dreams were Night they came and tossed my mother in the four door Wheeled her off, my foster parents couldn't control me
My dreams were destroyed when the authorities came and forcibly took my mother away. My foster parents couldn't control me thereafter.

Smoke them trees inside the Civic with the doors locked It's nature, nurture It's a habit, it's a routine
I smoke illegal drugs (trees) inside the Honda Civic car with locked doors. Addiction and routine are how I survived in my nature and upbringing.

Weekly stand offs in the streets with Síochána Guard the peace but lock me up just for the peace tree
I get into weekly stand offs with the Gardaí in the streets, while they claim to keep peace and I get locked up for possession of drugs for my own peace.

Read my rights so what's the crime Intent to smoke that? Half-gram baggie I couldn't supply myself a blowback
I was detained for reading my rights, the reason being, 'intent to smoke'. I couldn't even afford a return hit of drugs.

Who'd come buying from me? They wanna trump the charge up "Just one more knacker up off the streets" That's what they say right?
Who would buy drugs from me? They want to exaggerate the charge just to get 'one more low-life' off the streets. Isn't that what they say.

My court proceedings weighing on me 'Cause I had dreams of upping sticks and jumpin' countries Took that from my hands like when my ma left
My court case burdens me because I had the hopes of leaving this country as my mother did, but now that chance is taken away.

Fuck that stress, I don't need love, I need the dope man Fuck the meds, I don't need that, I need to smoke man Fuck the plebs, the rich are culling off the piss poor
I don't need love, I need access to my drugs to relieve stress. Same goes for medication, what I need is weed. Rich people are hurting poor marginalized people.

Peep the news, just in, this public discourse Is race horse pissin' up on the steps of the cathedral Sovereign state they'd rather see my mother bleed out Than build a clinic
The news brings a story of public injustice toward the impoverished. They're treating me like horse piss disrespecting it's not just human waste. The state despises us so much they'd rather see my mother die than build a healthcare facility.

You leave abortions to the back streets If we need it, we're gonna get it
Abortions that can't be done publicly are forced into 'back alleys'. But if those services are needed, we'll get it done.

Fuck the hand-outs Give tax breaks to smarmy fuckers in the grey suits Leave me starvin' tryna find a source of income
I don't need the little hand-outs like welfare, they only benefit the corrupt people in power. I have to fend for myself 'cause they left us destitute without any job opportunities.

Can't pull cockles from out the Liffey Dollymount Strand is too polluted I'm just a fish, I'm tryna breath air In plain sight then everybody watch me drown now
I can't pull fresh seafood from the Liffey river nor can I swim in the polluted Dollymount Strand. As a living fish, I'm struggling to catch my breath while people watch me die.

White thrash White noise You just ignore it 'til it drowns out It's never gonna drown out I'm never gonna drown out
I'm just a white-trash person spewing white-noise, you don't care to listen till you tune me out completely but unfortunately, this issue I'm discussing is never gonna die out. And I won't ever be silenced.