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You Know How

from 5 Songs in 5 Weeks by Rotaris

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Week 3 of my self-imposed challenge to make-and-release a song each Monday for 5 weeks.

This one's a bit more pop and generic sounding, but it still has some uncommon words like 'knurl' and 'medial' — as that's just what came out in the end (in the spirit of 'underthinking').

Side note: It was originally meant to be a story about a couple in California going out dancing and then an earthquake strikes, with Mother Earth personified in the hook...but this was overambitious and I didn't quite incorporate this story into the song.

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Saturday night and we out to dance
Wanna reach out and touch your hands
But I’m too scared to touch it though
You look so pretty with a lovely rose cheeks when you smile
And those teeth
I’m like "Oh! Oh no please!"
You so hot in this heat
In this California heat
I'll be like "Oh no please!"
You so hot in this heat
And I’m here sweating beads
Hoping for that sweet release

Alright let's go get it
I’m not the kind of guy that’s good with girls
I’m more the guy that likes his turtle shell
And finds it hard to deal with this caramel
tone of skin with a shade of time of kill
I like the world, I like you girl
I be lost in your scented swirl
I be feeling you like some knurls
I be feeling you like some knurls

You know how to move it girl
You know how to shake the boy
You know how to move the world
You know how to make the noise
You know how to move it girl
You know how to shake the boy
You know how to move the world
You know how to make the noise

The moment I saw you was hoping to know you
Wanted to launch like a spring that is coiled
Felt like a rose would grow from the soil
For each of your steps like just to adore you
Under your graces, under your beauty
A gem of a brain that’s finer than rubies
A musical taste that’s lapis lazuli
The way that you move is out of a movie
Like Banjo Kazooie — let’s go pair up
You'll be the queen and I be the pharaoh
Genial human, cool like the air of
Medial Zurich, are you Coursera?
‘Cause I wanna be the one to go and study you
And I wanna be the one to fall in love with you
If I were to really tell you nothing but the truth
You be like an angel and I wanna cuddle you

You know how to move it girl
You know how to shake the boy
You know how to move the world
You know how to make the noise
You know how to move it girl
You know how to shake the boy
You know how to move the world
You know how to make the noise

You know how to move it girl
You know how to shake the boy
You know how to move the world
You know how to make the noise
You know how to move it girl
You know how to shake the boy
You know how to move the world
You know how to make the noise

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from 5 Songs in 5 Weeks, released October 9, 2017

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Rotaris Sydney, Australia

Rotaris is an Indian-Australian who makes hip hop for smart folks.

Characterised by speedy flows and poetic flourishes, he is known to tackle topics such as veganism, psuedoscience and addiction — all over self-produced instrumentals ranging from house to grime to boom-bap.

“It's a super exciting time to be an artist — especially from Western Sydney and with my background.” ... more

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