Shaka Ponk is a Paris-based band that has created a sound that blends electro, rock, punk, and dance with a stunning live show that combines advanced digital animation with an unsurpassed display of energy from the band members. Released under the French record label tôt Ou tard/ Guess What! (Yael Naim - Piers Faccini), Bad Porn Movie Trax is composed of fourteen high-energy tracks including singles "How We Kill Stars" and "Do".
Shaka Ponk got its start between Paris and Berlin in 2005 from a concept that brings together music, imagery and activism. The former web designer and imaginative frontman of the group, Frah, along with guitarist, CC, came up with a highly original project that combined conventional rock-n-roll elements (dirty guitar riffs and cardiac stimulating beats) with new techniques such as VJing, which mixes sounds and images around an animated monkey character named Goz who is as much a part of the group as the other five members. Since then, the band has been extremely active online creating complex videos and innovative motion graphic work as well as their own online channel, "Monkey TV".
Shaka Ponk performed in New York City for the first time October 2009 in the celebrated CMJ Musical Festival and on November 7, AOL chose the track "How We Kill Stars" off the new album Bad Porn Movie Trax as the Music Video of the Day. The band released the album in the United States on March 1, 2010.
In 2011 the band added a female singer, Samaha Sam, and released their album The Geeks and the Jerkin' Socks in June, 2011.
Time Has Come
Shaka Ponk Lyrics
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Let's do it
The Time has Come
To bring down the final curtain
The one who is a dad
Is also a son, yeah
Like on the day you′re born
It's such a lost, it's such a lost cause
Mother, father, kids in the chaos
It′s such a lost cause
Love is all we′ve got when
The time has come
For fathers and sons
God knows I'm torn
Torn since the day I was born
I wouldn′t be torn
With spirits for gone
You used to come home loaded
And come down heavy on my head
It's such a lost, it′s sucha lost boy
Mother, father kids in thechaos
It's such a lost bo
The streets sounds like a plane
The Time has Come
To flee from my home
Feeling, thinking
Taking with the shrink and,
Seeking, thinking
Dying on the sinking,
Carrying Showing
(Spinning) ...
Cause the final(/fire) ...
(The parents on their)
Ding dong ding dong
Ding dong ding dong
The Time has Come
To bring down the finalcurtain
The damage is done
To Forgive them all
It′s such a lost, it's sucha lost boy
Mother father kids in the chaos
It's such a lost boy
Love is all we′ve got when
The time has come
To forgive them all Yeah
Yeah, the time has come
To forgive them all
Ding Dong Ding Dong Dong
Ding dong ding dong dong
"Time Has Come" by Shaka Ponk is a song about a father-son relationship and the struggle that comes with it. The lyrics express the emotions of the son who has had a difficult childhood because his father was an alcoholic, who would come home intoxicated and take it out on him. The chorus repeats the phrase "The time has come," which could be interpreted as a turning point in the son's life where he realizes that he needs to let go of his anger and forgive his father.
The song suggests that being a father and a son are two sides of the same coin, as the roles eventually reverse over time. The line "The one who is a dad / Is also a son" reinforces this idea that we all have parents, and they too were once our age. The song portrays a sense of maturity in the son, who accepts that it's time to forgive and move on from his difficulties.
The overall theme of the song is forgiveness, as the singer encourages himself to let go of his resentful feelings and heal the relationship with his father. The chorus of "Ding dong ding dong" is an unusual way to end a song and could be interpreted as a signal of a new beginning.
Line by Line Meaning
I'm tired of this motherfucking shit
Expressing frustration with an unfavorable situation
The Time has Come
To bring down the final curtain
Suggesting the need for closure or an end to something
The one who is a dad
Is also a son, yeah
Like on the day you're born
Breathing is painful again
Drawing a parallel between fathers and sons and the circle of life and rebirth
It's such a lost, it's such a lost cause
Mother, father, kids in the chaos
It's such a lost cause
Love is all we've got when
The time has come
For fathers and sons
Describing a sense of hopelessness and the power of love in the face of chaos and conflict between generations
God knows I'm torn
Torn since the day I was born
I wouldn't be torn
With spirits for gone
Expressing inner turmoil and a desire for peace through letting go of past trauma
You used to come home loaded
And come down heavy on my head
It's such a lost, it's sucha lost boy
Mother, father kids in thechaos
It's such a lost bo
The streets sounds like a plane
The Time has Come
To flee from my home
Recalling a traumatic childhood and feelings of being trapped, leading to a desire for escape
Feeling, thinking
Taking with the shrink and,
Seeking, thinking
Dying on the sinking,
Carrying Showing
(Spinning) ...
Cause the final(/fire) ...
(The parents on their)
Ding dong ding dong
Ding dong ding dong
Expressing a need for therapy and self-reflection in order to heal from past trauma and avoid repeating destructive patterns
The damage is done
To Forgive them all
It's such a lost, it's sucha lost boy
Mother father kids in the chaos
It's such a lost boy
Love is all we've got when
The time has come
To forgive them all Yeah
Yeah, the time has come
To forgive them all
Ding Dong Ding Dong Dong
Ding dong ding dong dong
Acknowledging past pain and the need to forgive for the sake of moving forward and finding love and peace
Writer(s): Shaka Ponk
Contributed by Alyssa P. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
@Marcus811
I'm tired of this motherfucking shit
Let's do it
The Time has Come
To bring down the final curtain
The one who is a dad
Is also a son, yeah
Like on the day you're born
Breathing is painful again
It's such a lost, it's such a lost cause
Mother, father, kids in the chaos
It's such a lost cause
Love is all we've got when
The time has come
For fathers and sons
God knows I'm torn
Torn since the day I was born
I wouldn't be torn
With spirits for gone
You used to come home loaded
And come down heavy on my head
It's such a lost, it's sucha lost boy
Mother, father kids in the chaos
It's such a lost boy
The streets sounds like a plane
The Time has Come
To flee from my home
Feeling, thinking
Taking with the shrink and,
Seeking, thinking
Dying on the sinking,
Carrying Showing
(Spinning) ...
Cause the final(/fire) ...
(The parents on their)
Ding dong ding dong
Ding dong ding dong
The Time has Come
To bring down the final curtain
The damage is done
To Forgive them all
It's such a lost, it's sucha lost boy
Mother father kids in the chaos
It's such a lost boy
Love is all we've got when
The time has come
To forgive them all Yeah
Yeah, the time has come
To forgive them all
Ding Dong Ding Dong Dong
@vsilaire
On a beau les reconnaître à chaque musique, ils réussissent toujours à avoir une originalité, quelque chose de nouveau dans chacune de leurs musiques.
Excellent.
@paulleberre7658
oui !!!
@thomasginda417
TU AIMES BIEN SHAKA PONK TOI XDDD ???
@christopheleclercq9962
Victor Silaire yrdeetyr55tyt5
@patpibber7948
Je n'apprécie pas forcément tout ce qu'il font mais je reconnais qu'ils sont excellents ! Du très haut niveau ! J'irai bien les voir en concert dès que possible.
@julienviolleau8801
Cette musique est beaucuoup plus posée que ce que qu'ils font d'habitude et ca leur réussi bien
@mitsukokoko4638
Une de mes préférées de cet album <3 Très beau clip !
@DARCKANGELS77
Toujours aussi top j'adore, continuez à nous faire rêver avec votre musique ^^
@raeigis
Un clip au top, l'ambiance est excellente, un encore une fois un travaille de fou sur les décors virtuels et l'animation :D Vous déchirez ! :)
@sylviedecarriere6136
J 'adoooooore ce groupe !!! Un vent de fraîcheur.... Au top !!!!! 👌👌👌