Noonen
Written by: Christopher Portugal
[Spoken sample:]
[Danny Noonan:] Can I ask you something?
[Ty Webb:] Sure thing. Shoot, Timmy.
[Danny Noonan:] Danny.
[Ty Webb:] Danny.
[Danny Noonan:] When you were my age, did you ever have trouble deciding what you wanted to do with your life?
[Ty Webb:] [scoff] No, I never had that problem, really. Why?
[Danny Noonan:] Forget it. I didn't think you'd understand.
[Thes One:]
Time to face the boss at the end of the first stage
Face devil, end level, unlatch the cage
Send letter home, the kid's coming of age
Love, comma, sign the page, drop drama, a daily rage
And I'mma call the morning with my mind made up
Culminating thoughts of many long nights, stayed up
In front of a mirror, trying to find truth
A slipshod photo-booth snapshot of fading youth
And that's ruthless, get funny like that farm
So sublime on the passage of time, impress kind
Appreciate nature now, dignity and labor now
Transcendental mental state, NAFTA with my neighbors
Now, I'm meeting with your mind, can take you back into time
Few years after Willy Wonka, but right before Blanka
Donut shop, Street-Fighting, rhyme-writing
Late-nighting, light-sleeping, rolling with the beeper
I'm just citing how it changed 'cause the pain and memories
Are good times, but they co-signed
With the enemies of innocence and decided God
I guess it's kinda sad moving on, but then again, set the alarm…
[Thes One, doubled:]
So, tomorrow, I'm getting up at eight o'clock
C'mon, Noonan, you're getting older, gotta stop
So, I'm setting the clock for sunrise
And whatever lies ahead: I'm facing it by getting out of bed
So, tomorrow, I'm getting up at eight o'clock
C'mon, Noonan, I'm getting older, gotta stop
So, I'm setting the clock for sunrise
And whatever lies ahead: I'm facing it by getting out of bed
[Thes One:]
You might be wondering why I wrote this rhyme? 'Cause it's time!
Jumping out the sheets as soon as the sunshine with the grind
Before noon, so before the moon
Hits the skyline, lets enzyme entomb a rhyme
Keep my mind high-free, it's the least I could do
I've been blessed with life, living off the giving to you
So for ears lent, here's a year's rent, at least
Much more than fifty cent and not a platinum piece
Some peace of my mind, rappin' on the state of releasing
Divine happening through rhyme, creatin' a sunshine for the inner
Getting off at least two meals before dinnertime
And the mind set to achieve
I'm in winter, not akin to life beginner
In a dark mold, hold a cold cold, follow the road
Less traversed, hold mindset, stay terse
Tryin' to make the situation better and not worse
So tonight, I'll finish this verse, turn off the light
Set alarm for eight a.m., blam! with the night
Rake together memories, step back and ignite
Wake to the sunlight of the rest of my life
[Thes One, doubled:]
So, tomorrow, I'm getting up at eight o'clock
C'mon, Noonan, you're getting older, gotta stop
So, I'm setting the clock for sunrise
And whatever lies ahead: I'm facing it by getting out of bed
So, tomorrow, I'm getting up at eight o'clock
C'mon, Noonan, you're getting older, gotta stop
So, I'm setting the clock for sunrise
And whatever lies ahead: I'm facing it by getting out of bed
[Thes One:]
Get the fuck up! This is for the cats in the back sayin' "What up?"
Looking around, asking what happened to hip hop
It fought so hard to not be pop, it's over the top
And underground associated teenage angst
It feels like a race issue, there's dissent in the ranks
So whatever, I sever my ties, it doesn't change
Where my memory lies, or how it applies to now
Still b-boy for life, I hear a beat and go wild
But some of us are starting families and having child
It doesn't make the style mild, just makes it mature
B-boys are growing up, it's time to open some doors
Giving up the idea of giving up
Setting the alarm, getting up, and living it up
Feeling the cup more than half full, and more than hip hop
And more than "yes, y'all!" 'til my heartbeat stops
I'm waking up, still the hot shower
Still the same bed, just living a new hour
Man, I'm face-to-face with the rest of my life
Plus remain calm, and have more time, set the alarm
[Thes One, doubled:]
So, tomorrow, I'm getting up at eight o'clock
C'mon, Noonan, you're getting older, gotta stop
So, I'm setting the clock for sunrise
And whatever lies ahead: I'm facing it by getting out of bed
So, tomorrow, I'm getting up at eight o'clock
C'mon, Noonan, you're getting older, gotta stop
So, I'm setting the clock for sunrise
And whatever lies ahead: I'm facing it by getting out of bed
[Thes One:] Wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up…
[Spoken sample:] What an incredible Cinderella story, this unknown comes out of nowhere to lead the pack…
[Thes One:] Get up!
Get up! (Wake up!) x7
Get up! (Wake up! Wake up, man!)
Get up!
[Spoken sample:] But seriously, no BS…
([Thes One:] C'mon, get up…)
[Spoken sample:] You ever want to rap, man…
[Thes One:] Get up… wake up… get up… get up… wake up… c'mon, man, Mom made pancakes… get up…
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This track appears on the following releases:
- Noonen (2004) (12" single) - Tres Records (TR396-001)
- 10 Years Of Thes One (2010/2013) (MP3 Bonus Tracks) - Piecelock70 Records (PL7001)
