I got goosebumps listening to this song, when i first heard it on triple j, many years later it still has the same effect on me. These guys are fantastic.
Bloody ripper track,always reminds me of skate trips heading through the stinky northern stations awsm memories. my hood was the end of the northern line Gawler central which always reeked of piss. come to think of it most of the stations reeked of piss haha.
@wescaryanan maybe now-a-days it is but im pretty sure rap sprung from the US sooo if you have any rap knowledge at all you would know there are plenty of good rappers like eminem for example even if you dont like him you gotta admit his lyrics and beats are good as fuck no arguing that.
No there fucking well isn't. Rap is the method of vocal delivery, hip-hop is a term used to reflect the content. The Hoods are rappers, and they produce hip-hop, Lil Wayne is a rapper who produces shit.
Yeah, I know that, but some of their songs Suffa does completely solo (producing and writing) I was just wondering if Pressure does any producing. Probably not.
drae tyson same her man. I haven't caught a train in about 15 years but have very fond memories of the blackwood line and all the shenanigans that went with it. I can't imagine you can get away with the kind of shit we did back then though.
Early morn, train station, aching from the arthritis, This war veteran knows what a hard time is, He needs his pension, dementia and half blind is, The reason he rides the train with no car license, So he boards with an expired ticket has a swipe, Gets a fine 'cause the change he got don't add up right, We're taking about a man who never lived a lavish life, Caught up in the age of computer chips and satellites, A lovely lady boards looking tired and half awake, He smiles, she's reminds him of his wife that passed away, She says something as she walks right past his way, His old hearing aid don't last quite half the day, Some young gentlemen alive with their laughter, Approach the old timer and put a knife to his heart to, Explain that money or bloods the price of their barter, To a man whose friends probably died for their fathers. (taking a train) (I head toward the train station) (we're from a city heroin loves the devils in charge) Whatever it takes can justify, Whatever ends we make, whatever the price, To the end of a life, it's just an observation, So take a ride we're stopping all stations. [Verse 2 - Pressure] It's been a long night the suns lifting on a cold, Morning but she's drugged and drunk tripping on her stroll, On the way home, she's done with stripping on a pole, But she can't pay for her son living on the dole, Jumps a train puts on her gloves she's wearing black, Being watched by some old mug she's glaring back, She's on edge and got the bug from sharing smack, So she says, "Hey, what the fuck you staring at?" He smiles, an unsteady hand rubs on his dome, She takes a seat, a messy band of ruffs board alone, To the digger with a machete at his lungs and he's prone, He can barely stand but ready to stand up for his own, She tries to help him she doesn't choose to flee the car, And catches a blow with enough bruise to leave a scar, She starts fainting, the rooms moving and seeing stars, Ain't it amazing how courageous human beings are? Whatever it takes can justify, Whatever ends we make, whatever the price, To the end of a life, it's just an observation, So take a ride we're stopping all stations, [Verse 3 - Pressure] He knows nothing but toil, strife and hard yakka, Pissed at the world for playing wife in a slammer, This man was never given a life on a damn platter, So he jumps a train with knife and bandanna, Boys at his back, sleazy, hardened and far, From giving a fuck, an easy target his mark, He sees an old man and says "See we'll part with your hard, Earned cash or rest in peace we can start with your heart?" Some girl steps not afraid she's gonna cop it sweet, And gets decked before she made it even on her feet, The old man leaped to her aid and to his horror he'd, Thrusted his chest into the blade of his robber's piece, He grabbed the wallet, dropped the knife as he fled the car, Concerned about the loss of life he'd never went this far, What's done is done, he'd got the prize and he'd spent his half, Of two dollars in change and a pension card. So take a ride, 'cause we're stopping all stations.
Sucks how the train system has been updated so now they've replaced the voice at the start of this song. Also Mind the gap while elating from the train? why not just say exiting?
This song shakes me to my fucking core. I remember the first time I heard “2 dollars in change and a pension card” A tear rolled down my fucking cheek.
"Some young gentlemen alive with their laughter, Approach the old timer and put a knife to his heart to, Explain that money or bloods the price of their barter, To a man whose friends probably died for their fathers." The Hilltop Hoods say more in those four lines than 90% of today's mainstream rappers have said in their entire careers.
Have to love this version over the restrung. A - Flute instrumental was perfect B - While Suffa's verse is great it deviates from the theme of the other verses. In the original all three are people who are in poverty. The Old Man and Woman do what they can to get by as they are, while the Robber decides to push himself ahead by getting cash from street robbery. As a result all three of them suffer, Old Man dies, Woman is injured, and the Robber has taken a life, commited assault, all for a miniscule amount of cash. In contrast the Restrung version shows the Robber as part of a gang and wants the money for heroin so there's no sympathy left for him as the Old Man beats him. TLDR: The first version was about violence stemming from poverty. The restrung version shows an addict gang member attacking a woman then getting beat by an Old Man (+ doesn't feature a funky flute.)
bring back the old red hens in Adelaide i would have pushed them out the door loved the old trains traveled all over SA north south east west been on all the tracks i hated when they go that stupid voice on the station stopping all stations
Stop bashing the U.S and its hip hop. There are so many really good MC's in the United States. I am sorry that Australia is greedy like the US and only plays US hip pop, which many Aussies seem to think that is the US's best hip hop. Zion I, Brother Ali, Blue Scholars, Common Market, Longevity Crew, Joe Budden (his new stuff), Ghostface Killah, Blue Sky Black Death, Jean Grae, Mos Def, The Roots.. I can go on and on, and I bet half of Australias hip hop heads do not know who these artists are.
Don't bug people that they're stupid if they don't hear the lyrics that well. Especially the way Pressure raps, i can't hear half of what he's saying. But I'm not english so maybe that's why. Props to Hilltop though for making the dope beats and making old school hiphop alive again
Restrung version is better?! HELL NO! Pressure solo rapping to this song is much better than with Suffa's part on Restrung version. I get the deep meaning of the song more through this one ^^ BTW: The 'Takin' a train' part before the chorus is samples from a song of De La Soul!
@laughitoff69 not true at all. you just have to do some digging. theres plenty of phenomenal artists like apathy, celph titled, talib kweli, sage francis, atmosphere, shit, i could go on for days!
@cleric4ever Psh. Sure Hilltop dropped Obese but their musical style and core has remained whole. And Bliss? They were with Obese like five years ago. And they're still all about life. Just because your a bit more famous then you were previously doesn't make you bad. I mean, look at The Beatles. They started out playing in a tiny ass bar and their music only got better as they became more famous.
dude immortal technique and jedi mind tricks are commercialised. their shit now, it's all like that. Hiltop hoods and bliss were grouse when they were on obese, but then they hit all the big records and now there just payed out bitches. Drapht is gonna drop obese as well. sigh, all the underground shit is grouse, but then if its good, then it goes mainstream. But aside all of this, aussie hip hop is grouse:) but immortal technique was great.
@TheColorBlend maybe this will help. You can identify a great band when they take their songs to another level. Hilltop hoods did this song, a story of a mugging on a train froim 3 points of view. They do a song about the devil - Audience with the devil. They have a few fun fast songs like 'what a great night' and circuit breaker. But you must respect a group who can sing about in depth subjects.
@ssanei there is still plenty of great music, real music, real hip hop. but its on the streets, underground, and not mainstream on the internet, and you gotta search for it, cause it wont just pop up. it'll never be like it used to be, but its not all gone...
I'm from sweden so I have a neutral mind... Aussie hiphop is so much better than american hiphop. These guys are rapping bout real shit while americans are all about "Bitchz, drugs, alcohol and cars". Fuck that shit... Aussie hiphop for life
@skateboardsarefun im american too and i have to agree. im pretty sure if we tell everyone her in the states that aussie hip hop is good, they will laugh and continue listening that gay crap they play on the radio. long live real hip hop!
the lyrics of this song is actually saying that an old man, a woman and young guy. The old man dies from falling on the knife and woman gets hurt when trying to save the guy. Nobody was responsible for killing the old man
aussie hip hop has a meaning unlike most american hip hop its all imma shot u for fuckin me girl and dumb shit like tht this song is fuckin great tells about th struggle life is (: AUSSIE PRIDE!!
@laughitoff69 I'm australian, america does still have sick music, but it's hard to find because the money scene shoves so much shit in your face, you should beat someone from fox each week
yas fuckenrocken i was never a fan of hip hop /rap same shit differant bucket to me until a mate of mine played THE CALLING you yas have ya own style nothen like the merican stuff rock on
@wescaryanan It is apparent that your only access to American hip hop is mtv. Take a listen to some other sources of music. Pulp hip hop is crap we agree on that.
fuck man wats with the flutes, trumpets and high voices in all of hoods songs? this shit just aint gonna cut it if they wanna be taken as serious artists.
