Working 04/07/2026

Julius Forster stitches together dozens of song lyrics, rap verses, and spoken monologues into a collage that jumps from "Born to Be Wild" to Monty Python to a dark narrative about a suicide attempt and a conversation with God. The piece weaves in rants about love and betrayal, a critique of race and prison systems, and multilingual interludes, using familiar songs to explore rebellion, mortality, and the search for meaning.
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Smoke and lightning, heavy metal thunder, racing with the wind and the feeling that I'm under. Yeah, I got it for me, big hot flame, take the world in a loving embrace. Fire all of your guns at once and explode into space. Like a true nature's child, we were born, born to be wild. We can climb so high, I never wanna die. Born to be wild. Born to be wild. Looking for adventure in whatever comes our way. Yeah, darling, go make it happen. Take the world in a loving embrace. Fire all of your guns at once and explode into space. Enough for two, nature's child. We were born, born to be wild. We can climb so high, I never wanna die. Born to be wild. Born to be wild. We're leaving together, but still it's farewell. And maybe we'll come back, but who can tell? I guess there is no one to blame. We're leaving ground. Leaving ground. Nothing will ever be the same again. It's the final countdown. The final countdown. Oh, when heaven will be nice, be nice, and still we stand tall. 'Cause maybe they've seen us. And welcome us, Holly, with so many light years to go and things to be found, to be found. I'm sure that we all miss her so. It's the final countdown, the final countdown. The final countdown! Final countdown! The final countdown. Oh, it's the final countdown. The final countdown. The final countdown. Final countdown. It's the final countdown, we're leaving together. Final countdown, we are the sisters. It's the final countdown, final countdown. It's the Golden brown texture like sun lays me down with my mind. She runs throughout the night, no need to fight, never a frown with Golden Brown. Every time, just like the last, I'm her ship tied to the mast. To distant lands, takes both my hands, never a frown with Golden Brown. Golden Brown, fine attempt, Tras. Through the ages, she's heading west. From far away, stays for a day. Never a frown with Golden Brown. Flower power! Grow weather flower—flower? Power of flowers grow when they bloom... Flowers blossom from water or air evermore. My friend, I'll say it clear, I'll state my case, of which I'm certain. I've lived a life that's full, I traveled each and every highway and more, much more than this. I did it my way. Regrets, I've had a few. But then again, too few to mention. I did what I had to do and saw it through without exemption. I planned each charted course, each careful step along the byway. And more, much more than this, I did it my way. For what is a man? What has he got? If not himself, then he has not to say the things he truly feels, and not the words of one who kneels. The record shows I took the blows. And did it my way. But I love you still. I need you. I need you more than anyone, darling. You know that I am from the South. So build me up, baby, build me up, but enough. Don't break my heart. I'll be over at 10. You told me time and again, but you're late. I'll wait around and then I'll run to the door. I can't take anymore. It's not you. You let me down again. Baby, try to find a little time and I'll make you happy. I'll be home, I'll be beside the phone waiting for you. Why do you build me up, burnin' up, baby, just to let me down? And mess me around, and then worst of all, you never call, baby, when you say you will. But I love you still, I need you. More than anyone, darling. You know that I have from the start. So build me up, build me up, but I got— don't break my heart. To you, I'm a toy, but I could be the boy you adore if you just let me know. Although you want to, I'm attracted to you all the more. Why do I need you so? Baby, baby, try to find A little time, I'll make you happy. I'll be home, I'll be beside the phone waiting for you. Ooh, ooh. Why do you build me up, build me up all in your favor just to let me down, let me down? And mess me around, and then worst of all, worst of all, you never call, baby, when you say you will, say you will. But I love you still, I need you, I need you more than anyone, darling. You know America! America! America! Fuck yeah! Coming again to save the motherfucking day! Yeah, America! Fuck yeah! Clean up is the only way! Yeah! Terrorists, your game is through! 'Cause now you have to answer to America! Fuck yeah! So lick my bird and suck off my balls, America! Fuck yeah! What you gonna do when they come for you now? It's the dream that we all share. It's the hope for tomorrow. Fuck yeah! McDonald's! Fuck yeah! Walmart! Fuck yeah! The Gap! Fuck yeah! Baseball! Fuck yeah! NFL! Fuck yeah! Rock and roll! Fuck yeah! The internet! Fuck yeah! Slavery! Fuck yeah! Fuck yeah! Starbucks. Fuck yeah! Disney World. Fuck yeah! Porno. Fuck yeah! Mario. Fuck yeah! Reebok. Fuck yeah! Fake tits. Fuck yeah! Sushi. Fuck yeah! Taco Bell. Fuck yeah! Rodeo. Fuck yeah! Get back to me, y'all. Fuck yeah! Yeah! Liberty. Fuck yeah! Wax lips. Fuck yeah! The Alamo. Fuck yeah! Band-Aids. Fuck yeah! Las Vegas. Fuck yeah! Christmas. Fuck yeah! In the fridge. Fuck yeah! Popeye. Democrat, Republican, sportsmanship, books. Save the motherfucking day. Yeah, America, fuck yeah! Freedom is the only way. Yeah, terrorists, your game is through, 'cause now you have to answer to America, fuck yeah! America, fuck yeah! Some things in life are bad, they can really make you you made. Other things just make you swear and curse. When you're chewing on life's gristle, don't grumble, give a whistle, and this'll help things turn out for the best. And always look on the bright side of life. Always look on the side of life. If life seems jolly rotten, there's something you've forgotten, and that's to laugh and smile and dance and sing. When you're feeling in the dumps, don't be silly, chumps, just purse your lips and whistle. That's the thing, eh? Always look on the bright side of life. Come on! Always look on the bright side of life. For life is quite absurd and death's the final word. You must always face the curtain with a band. Forget about your scene, give the audience a grin. Enjoy it, it's your last chance anyhow. So always look on the bright side of death. Just before you draw your terminal breath. Life's a piece of shit when you look at it. Life's a laugh and death's a joke, it's true. You'll see it's all a show, keep 'em laughing as you go. Just remember that the last laugh is on you. And always look on the bright side of life. Always look on the right side of life. Come on, Brian, cheer up! Always look on the bright side of life. Always look on the bright side of life. Worst things happen at sea, you know. Always look on the bright side. What you got to lose, you know? You come from nothing. You're going back to nothing. What you lost? Nothing! Look on the right side of life. Nothing will come from nothing, you know what I say? Cheer up, you old bugger. Come on, give us a grin. There you are. See? The end of the film. Incidentally, this record's available in the foyer. Look on the right side of life. Someone's got to live as well, you know. All right, it's a lot. Let's get this plate off there. He changed his mantle in 3 weeks. Do you think Clay's doing this, Bobby? Oh, yes, they'll never make their money back, you know. I told him, I said to him, Bernie, I said, they'll never make that money back. Thank you very much for coming along. Thank you very much for coming along. I think the voiceovers have helped the record enormously. That's it, is it? I mean, that really is it. Uh, yes, thanks. That's all we need, thanks. Oh, okay. Uh, song then? Uh, no, this song is a bit, uh, de trop, I think. Uh, we have plenty of songs on the album anyway, as it happens. Is, um, who, £30, uh, all right? What you messing? The better part, the human heart, you love them or dissect them? Happiness or flashiness, how do you serve the question? See, in a perfect world, I would be perfect world. I don't trust people enough beyond they surface world. I don't love people enough to put my faith in man. I put my faith in these lyrics, hoping I make a band. I understand I ain't perfect, I probably won't come around. This time I might put you down, last time I ain't I still feel the same now. My feelings might go numb, you're dealing with cold thumb. I'm willing to give up a leg and arm to show empathy from. Many parties and functions are you and yours. A perfect world, you probably live another 24. I can't fake humble just cause you insecure. I can't fake humble just cause you insecure. Maybe I wasn't there. Maybe I wasn't there. Maybe I was. Now, in a perfect world, I probably I won't be insensitive. Cold as December but never remember what winter did. I wouldn't blame you for mistakes I made or the bed I laid. Seems like I point the finger just to make a point nowadays. Smiles and cold stares, the temperature goes there. Indigenous disposition, feel like we belong here. I know the walls, they can listen. I wish they could talk back. The hurt becomes repetition, the love almost lost that. Sick venom in men and women overcome with pride. A perfect world is never perfect, only filled with lies. Promises are broken and more resentment come alive. Race barriers make you fierier. You and I see in a perfect world, I choose faith over riches. I'll choose work over people. I'll make schools out of prison. I'll take all the religions and put them all in one service just to tell them we ain't shit. For East Bend Maybe Perfect World. I wasn't there. Maybe I wasn't there. Maybe I wasn't there. Non, je ne regrette rien, ni le bien qu'on m'a fait, ni le mal, tout ça m'est bien égal. Non, rien de rien, non, je ne regrette rien. C'est payé, balayé, oublié. Je me fous du passé. Avec mes souvenirs, j'ai allumé le feu. Mes chagrins, mes plaisirs, je n'ai plus besoin de de balayer les amours avec leur trémolo, balayer pour toujours, je repars à zéro. Non, rien de rien, non, je ne regrette rien. passeggiata mi chiama da una parte un ragazzino sembrava prima vista tanto per benino si offre a farmi guidare per la città Pedro Pedro Pedro Pedro Pè praticamente il meglio di Santa Fe Pedro Pedro Pedro Pedro Fila di livelli! Pedro Pedro Pedro Pedro Pè praticamente il meglio Complaciendo para todos los bailadores con esta rola que dice: 1, 2, 3, 4. Eso. ¡Qué bárbaro, qué bárbaro! 1, 2, 3, 4. Y esto es... ¡Es cero! Ah, esta es una buenísima rola. 1, 2, 3, 4. Esto, esto, esto. Sigan bailando, sigan bailando. Mira nomás qué chulada de ambiente y seguimos bailando con Estupefacer. 1... 2—3-4! Hey hey heyyeheyeyeeeheeheyyyee eyyeye yeeeeye yayyyyyay!!!!! ¿Qué dijeron? ¿Esto ya se acabó? No. Esto sigue. 1, 2, 3, 4. Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Mystery. I see you, Scooby-Doo, the trail is right to you. What's the Scooby-Doo? What's the Scooby-Doo? We're gonna follow you, you're gonna solve that mystery. We see you, Scooby-Doo, we're coming after you. What's the Scooby-Doo? Don't look back, you might find another clue. Scooby Snacks will be waiting here for you. What's this Scooby-Doo? We're coming after you! You gonna solve that mystery! I see ya, Scooby-Doo! The trail leads right to you! What's this Scooby-Doo?! Na na na na na! Na na na na na! Na na na na na na na na! Na na na na na! Na na na na na! What's this Scooby-Doo!? I'm in this bitch. Yeah, I was on the outside looking in this bitch, but now I'm in this bitch. Yeah, I'm in this bitch. Told you you a genius. Looked in the mirror, said don't let the money come between us. I'm loaded, loaded at my earliest convenience, but fuck them. I feel like I got 10 middle fingers. I'm sipping, sipping in this bitch and popping uppers. Gotta take this, this that shit that give a flower color. And some bitch named Wonder Woman told me not To wonder the crumbs, you only see them when the cookie crumble. Real shit, nigga, my candle still lit. Had to swallow my pride though, swear it tastes like spearmint. Big up to my nigga with the strap on him, I never turn my back on him. Could nigga act like they cool with you, but a lot of these nigga be transplants. A lot of these players be benchwarms. The game ain't easy, but it's fair, nigga. I'mma sit in this throne so long till it's a fucking rocking chair, nigga. Bad bitch playing my hair, nigga. She said relax to him, baby. Ain't nobody else like you in this bitch. Ain't nobody else like you in this bitch. See, you a psychic, 'cause you said there'll be days like this. They want a piece of me, I ain't the one that's serving slices. Please swallow, I had my share of dirty diapers. Real shit, pussy niggas on that guilt trip, it could be on in a heartbeat. You can hit on pussy Niggas should skip. I fear God, never fear men. Give back, never give in. Beat eyes, never beat women. Keep an open mind, let 'em peek in it. Reach highs, never reach limits. Neat minds, I don't need plenty. This C5, this for B.I. and Left Eye and T-Boz. When I seen Chilli at a Floyd fight, I almost asked her to creep with me, but I was young and I held my tongue. But with that tongue, I just keep spitting, so it all worked out. And I'm in this bitch, and life said, Tom, you know me for way too long. I never change, you know I've been this bitch. And then she said Yeah. Up to my head and thought about it. Nobody was home to stop me, so I called my auntie, hung up, then put the gun up to my heart and pondered. Too much was on my conscience to be smart about it, too torn apart about it. I aimed where my heart was pounding. I shot it, and I woke up with blood all around me. It's mine. I didn't die, but as I was dying, God came to my side and we talked about it. He sold me another life, and he made a profit. Yeah, and he said, yeah, I'm still in this shit. Yeah, thank God, cuz I'm still in this shit. But he said, remember this, ain't nobody else Like you in this bitch. Yeah, and don't forget what I did this bitch. Can't even remember when I didn't bitch. Yeah, now I'm out this bitch. I'm out this bitch. And then I'll It all worked out. Love you, Dominique. I look at you all, see the love, love that's sleeping while my guitar gently weeps. I look at the floor and I see it needs sweeping. My guitar gently weeps. I don't know why nobody told you how to unfold your love. I don't know Hi! Someone controlled you. They bought and sold you. I look at the world and I notice it's turning. Why am I getting told Gently weeps. Every mistake we must surely be learning. Still my guitar gently weeps. No one will let you. I look at you all, see the love there that's sleeping while my guitar gently weeps. Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah oh! me now. You got me so I can't sleep at night. Yeah, you really got me now. You got me so I don't know what I'm doing. Oh yeah, you really got me now. You got me so I can't sleep at night. You really got me. You really got me. You really got me. Don't ever set me free. I always wanna be by your side. Girl, you really got me now. You got me so I can't sleep at night. Yeah, you really got me now. You got me so I don't know what I'm doing. Oh yeah, you really got me now. You got me so I can't sleep at night. You really got me. You really got me. You really got me. Girl, you really got me now. You got me so I can't sleep at night. Yeah, you really got me now. You got me so I don't know what I'm doing, man. Oh yeah, you really got me now. You got me so I can't sleep at night. You really got me. You really got me. You really got me. Such a beautiful day. Ah! Clean the dirty chamber, you're bathing. You're crawling on the bathroom floor. You poke around the room and get naked. Then you fly open the bedroom door. I touch your belly, it's so warm. It's a beautiful day to be here. Cómo puede ser, va. Last night I dreamt of San Pedro. Just like I never gone, I knew the song. Young girl with eyes like the desert. It all seems like yesterday, not far away. Tropicooli. All the nature wild and free. This is where I long to be. La isla bonita. And when the summer's late, the song would sing so high, ring through my ears and sing my eyes. Your Spanish lullaby. I fell in love with San Pedro. Warm wind carried on the sea, he called to me, te quiero, te amo. I prayed that the days would last, they went so fast. Tropical island breeze, all of nature wild and free. This is where where I long to be. La isla bonita. And when the summer played, the sun would set so high, ring through my ears and sting my eyes. The Spanish melody. I want to be where the sun The sky. When it's time for siesta, you can watch them go by. Beautiful faces, no cares in this world where a girl loves a boy and a boy loves a girl. Last night I dreamt of San Pedro. It all seems like yesterday, not far away. Tropical island breeze, all of nature wild and free. This is where I long to be, la isla bonita. And when the summer played, the song would set so high, ring through my ears. Ears and sting my eyes, your Spanish lullaby. Tropical, the island breeze, all of nature wild and free, this is where I love to be, la isla bonita. And when the summer plays, the song would set so high, ring through my ears and sting my eyes, your Spanish lullaby. He looks back, he's all like, 'Is the minion, is the simp back?' Somebody grabbed his collar, he cried the whole way home. Oh, remember that thing I saw again? That's how it is. 'Cause they never tell me lies. I can feel that body shake and the heat between your legs. You've been scared of love and what it did to you. You don't have to run. I know what you've been through. Just a simple touch and it could set you free. We don't have to rush when you're alone. You are not the single type, so baby, this the perfect time. Time. I'm just trying to get you high, faded out this touch. You don't need a lonely night, baby, I can make it right. You just got to let me try to give you what you want. You've been scared of love and what it did to you. You don't have to run, I know what you Just a simple touch and it can set you free. We don't have to rush when you're alone with me. I feel it coming, I feel it coming, baby. I feel it coming, I feel it coming, baby. I feel it coming, I feel it coming, baby. You've been scared of love and what it did to you. You don't have to run, I know what you've been through. Just a simple touch and it could set you free. We don't have to rush when you're alone with me. I feel it coming, I feel it going. I feel it coming, I feel it going. I feel it coming, I feel it going. I feel Boom, boom, boom. I love to see you walk up and down the floor. Or when you're talking to me, that baby talk. I just like it like that. Or when you talk like that. You knocked me out, right off of my feet. How, how, how, how? Oh, me, I love you, baby, baby, little baby. Ah, yes, yes, baby. Shake it, baby. Shake it, baby. Shake it, baby. One time for me. Oh yeah. When she walk that walk and talk that talk and whisper in my ear and tell me that she love me, I love that talk, that baby talk. But when she talk like that She knocks me dead right off of my feet. How, how, how, how? Oh yeah, well, come on home to me, baby, and shake it, baby, and shake it, baby, one time. You caught me under false pretenses. How am I gonna find a nap again? You set my soul alight. You set my soul alight. down in a second if you wait. Sometimes I think sitting on trains, every stop I get to, I'm clocking that game. Everyone's a winner, we're making our fame. Burnified Hustler, making my name. Sometimes I think sitting on trains, every stop I get to, I'm clocking that game. Everyone's a winner, we're making our fame. Burnified Hustler, making my name. Running when we hit 'em, lethal poison for the system. Pirate skulls and bones, sticks and stones and weed and bombs. Running when we hit 'em, lethal poison for the system. No one on the corner has swagger like us. Hit me on my burner prepaid wireless. We pack and deliver like UPS trucks. Already Already going hell, just pumping that gas. No one on the corner has swagger like us. Hit me on my burner, prepaid wireless. We pack and deliver like UPS trucks. Already going hell, just pumping that gas. MIA, third world democracy. Yeah, I got more records than the KGB. So, uh, no funny business. You already are. And now the end is near, and so I face the final curtain. My friend, I'll say it clear, I'll state my










