Joel the Custodian:
Judged by the mumbling mass
A White Bear shuffling past
Words come tumbling fast
Abandon your National Anthem,
Handguns handed out at random
Man is just a phantom
Viper strike, I played dead,
A playtest on a scale of 1 to 10: great sex
I told you ‘I can handle it’
But I’m totally inadequate
I’m Jean Val Jean with the candlesticks
Me? The nice guy? A force of trauma?
A guilty conscience can always outsource karma
Said I’ll be right back
But I messed up, did a nosedive
Can I be that cat, all pissed up on the roadside?
Catch every other word like bad telepathy, it’s
I / Don’t / Love / Like / You
A lack of empathy
It’s certainly not how it’s meant to be,
Don’t remove the balaclava
Beware, do not enter the entire history of you
Every hip and thigh that said ‘Kiss me, you fool’
Drip til I’m dry, get cancelled soon
My lips are on fire and my pants are too
My crocodile tears wonderfully understated
Cracked black mirror
Yeah, I’ll come right out and say it
Shoulda shut up and danced
But spilled the beans
Hang the DJ, smash it all to smithereens
Hook
The harder you look, look, look, look
The deeper the deeper the darkness
MStork:
Feeling like my worst enemy, arch nemesis
Well knowing every weak joint pressure point
Soft spot blemished deficit
Worse still is trying to edit it out the psyche
Mikey, real nicey, Crikey, it’s dicey
Like playing craps
When the seven turn around
And bites your ass
Luck runs out without a doubt
So long forgotten, it’s rotten like sauerkraut
Double the point, I’m on point, okay
Made an eight fall the hard way
Moaning on all fours to win back my heartache
It’s a hard card to play
At least the floor's sure as fuck there
Don’t wanna get stuck there
Nevertheless
It's better than floating round upstairs
Levitating burns fuel faster than I dare
Take handbreak turns on a hairpin
Formula one
The map's upside down
Oceans fall into sun
Ground’s clouding the sky
Fire, down it in one
Found my mountain to climb
Or die trying
Click, click, ignition
Check the transmission
One eye on you
One eye on me
One eye on star-chartered journeying
Far out self-love regardless
Life in a nutshell's like the Tardis
The harder you look
The deeper the deeper the darkness
Hook
The harder you look, look, look, look
The deeper the deeper the darkness
credits
from PANDÜZIMA,
released October 7, 2022
produced by Neurotic Nate
scratches by Dj Mylz
Death, disillusionment & disaster: here's a little introduction to the lyrical world of Joel the Custodian, veteran Brum-based rapper and scowler extraordinaire. Independent hip-hop dressed in all black everything.
Soul-searching hip-hop from this Florida rapper, with lyrics that dig deep and take an unflinching look at life’s questions. Bandcamp New & Notable May 1, 2023