Straight Outta Jersey - Battle of The Bands '88 (Final Edit)
LYRICS FOUND BELOW
Direction, Editing, and Lyrics by Apollo Rojas
Elbow Grease Music, Mixing and Mastering by Hector Torres of Hektik Music Group
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Audio Technica AT4040 Microphone used for Elbow Grease Vocals
Rode VideoMic Pro used for all other audio recordings with the exception of the screen captures
Icecream Screen Recorder used for screen captures
Shot on iPhone 6s Plus with Filmic Pro and Moondog Labs 1.33x Anamorphic Lens
Edited on Adobe Premiere Pro
After Effects for the stylized black and white sequences
Red Giant Universe Plugin for VHS effects
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(((I'm not a braggadocio Pinocchio rapper, so take this, you know, lightly)))
Greetings from Apollo, Melly Mel, and Bobbie Analog.
Representing BT with too many styles to catalog.
Some are Ride or Die, but we're Knight Riders like we're Hasselhoff, so pause and back up off.
BT we be hot; Tabasco sauce.
Yea, you're Little Rascals soft.
The cost of battling a boss, is count your loss, be off, and mazel tov.
All in all, we fulfill our cause and bask in gloss.
It ain't hard to tell that we 'Excel' unless your macro's off.
That's my word and word is bond.
Like the glue that binds the group to the crew across the pond.
Before your dawn we're on with brains and brawn for storms beyond the calm.
No qualms BT's the first to don baton in palm for telecom.
I'm more than silicon and routers up in brackets.
Synapses grants me access to my heart's expansive canvas
that my band band's with.
You can never cap our bandwidth.
This man is dropping bars like competition's dropping packets.
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BT and some elbow grease.
Feed the beast and watch these SLA's decrease.
BT and some elbow grease
Feed the beast and watch these EDD's decrease.
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Blimey!
You can't block the man inside me.
Bound to psyche like we're Siamese or pisces up in high seas.
Ripping up this tight beat to tiny bite size binaries
of 1s and 0s bringing fresh directly to your IP.
From OM to IC, to DM and DPM.
Now, from AM to the PM PM cause of Carpe Diem.
Our home base is European, but the US is a fast learner
with embossed fervor.
That's my word to Bas Burger.
Mel is in the majors troubleshooting OSI Layers.
Cool, calm, and collected like, I got this, step aside player.
Bob is in his own league.
He can make the stones bleed.
Homey makes his clients feel like they're his one and only.
This is our season.
Peace to my team and Charles Freeman.
We're the stars beaming and flashing in unabashed fashion.
Battle of the bands, yea, we're the main attraction.
This rapping is baffling.
I MC like captain Mary Cathryn.
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BT and some elbow grease.
Feed the beast and watch these SLA's decrease.
BT and some elbow grease
Feed the beast and watch these EDD's decrease.
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Santai Hotel Bali - Destination Amed
Welcome to Amed, on Bali's beautiful East coast.
In our humble opinion, Amed is Bali’s best-kept secret. This place is an inimitable blend of culture and nature, surrounded by the friendly and ever smiling Balinese people. It has the quality that still offers a sense of tranquility and authenticity of just how Bali used to be. It is an ideal escape from the noisy and overcrowded mass tourism locations such as Kuta or Legian. The pace of life here is very slow which makes Amed the perfect spot to disconnect, to chill and to relax.
The coast here is often called simply Amed, but the name actually refers to a long stretch of coast running from the village of Culik about 14 km eastwards incorporating seven small villages: Amed, Jemeluk, Bunutan, Lipah, Selang, Banyuning and Aas.
As the road meanders alongside the coastal line, it passes beautiful black sand beaches, small boutique hotels, modest homestays, little shops and a number of small beachside restaurants called warungs, many of them specializing in fresh and locally caught fish.
The peak of majestic Mount Agung guards this gorgeous shoreline, and the steep hillsides offer spectacular views. On a clear day, one can see Mount Rinjani’s tip popping out of the clouds on Lombok island.
AMED BEACHES & JUKUNGS
Amed's inhabitants live from fishing, salt making and tourism. Each of these activities is connected to the ocean and to the beaches. What makes Amed so typical and unusual is its dark sandy beaches, some of them also being covered in rocks – more like big pebble stones.
Strolling on Amed’s beaches is a sheer delight, as you’ll walk past countless and often colorful “jukungs”, the local name used to define the traditional fishing boats made of wood and bamboo. They are usually highly decorated and bear a marlin-like prow. Bring your camera!
AMED RICE FIELDS & HILLS
Amed and its surroundings offer incredibly picturesque landscapes. Once you’ve had a few refreshing dips in the ocean, we highly recommend going inland to discover the simply gorgeous rice fields and hills. Our Staff can point out the best spots to hike or bike to. On your explorative tour, you will meet joyous kids walking or riding to school, waving a warm and welcoming “Hello!”, farmers walking their cows to the nearest green pasture or water source, women carrying their groceries on their head, and much more. In the wettest part of the year, we have a few waterfalls that make for a great resting (and bathing) spot before heading your way back down to the ocean.
CEREMONIES, RITUALS & OFFERINGS
In Bali, there is hardly ever a day that goes by without a ceremony of some sort taking place. If you then add all the life cycle rites (baby ceremonies, puberty rites, weddings, cremations, Temple festivals), then one’s calendar fills up quite easily. There are definitely certain times that are “ceremony-intense” such as the Full Moons and the high holy days around Galungan. The Balinese religion is a unique blend of three primary elements: Hinduism (based on what is practiced in India but differing substantially from those traditions), Animism (where every living thing has a soul) and ancestor worship (the Balinese deify their ancestors after a proscribed process of cleansing has been done).
In the late afternoon, chances are you’ll witness Balinese women taking their offerings to the temple, after the heat of the day has gone, and everyone's work and school obligations are over. The offerings, consisting of fruits, rice cakes and flowers, are brought in on women's heads and placed at strategic points around the temple. These are blessed with holy water by the temple Pemangku or priest.