i love how he brings me back to the beggining almost.. brings back all i used to feel when i was just a kid trying out the world. everything is so much different now... its not the same, and im afraid it never will be.
not many people can relate to his shit but the ones who can, really do. so thats why instead of having widespread fame, he has a following of people who really appreciate his art. in my opinion thats the best kind of fame...
well said. I'm one of the people that relate and really study his art. It's honestly mind blowing! it's like how the opera or classical is made for the elite of the musical society, Aes is like a whole genre on his own, for the lyrical elite to marvel at and appreciate. It's way too advanced for most listeners, it's more for the writers and most advanced lyrical savants. GOAT
The water ain't safe, the land's made of water I hug a half empty glass my dignity's trying to pawn her I'm trying to see the future in a tea cup and a saucer But I rather be drinking coffee with my cigarette foster And a run away buckle the cloud-nine fantasy filter to force the brutal truth Of daily market place wars through the roof I mean I stood beneath the icicles that bleed under the awning And magically mastered the great absorbing of spirit falling But I'm sick, I've plowed these fields a thousand times over Sold botanical research studies to farmers with whole quotas And when science proposes to art besides that peaceful sea I'll be that cat with a ring on a pillow shouting finally Take a number, the apple seeds rained upon each slumber A hundred thousand freaks on parade for the village hunter My every whim acted upon has gone loopy But I play a game called lets prepare barnacle city for the end-all noosings I split the radius at go-getter bellies, reconnaissance Seeping fossil genie bottle optimist freeze Run for the fountain but the fountain is a desert optical tease Tummy full of sand running man impossible stop There's a wing in my gut and i'm all dust Surf in the urban Iditarod certainly flushed Now one in the hands worth two atop the tallest cedar But what lies inside my heart is off the mother funking meter [Chorus] See the Water ain't safe no more 'I'm just trying to build myself to act as a truly better man damn' See the water ain't safe no more 'Nah nah the water ain't safe no more' I'm just trying to be a solid oak tree for every child to carve its name across 'The water ain't safe no more' I'm just trying to be the dream of ever peasant the hurricane can offer 'I'm just trying to be some body I can talk to in the morning with a smile' The Water ain't safe no more.. [Verse Two] And I've always been a 40 night chronologic hostage Rusted hook in the lip of the monarch Wingless Anime I don't play in the man race cycle Hope floater Gloating inside carnal indifference till doom cops are slight and potent quotas I'm 20 something pumping acrylic tomorrow side ways Blazing passage with a map tattooed on the back of the classless Now tip toe across a lost cause Because a lost cause found Don't mean you found a cause That means you found a lost cause Ok now ive been here for role playing Slaying my here and now To benefit consumption for my peers steering the plow And its incredible Handy jackets turn numerals to sentinels But bad apples ain't sweet and cretins ain't that memorable I'm Mozart with a focus on the tide Hiding the inconsistencies of man behind water and wine I wear a tiger stripped ego and bivouac my progression With a kingliness formulated through the flesh of the oppressors God had a flask I can prove it You really think the 13 loops that loose daughter spawned me a sober unit, check potion Addressed the ghost inside my TV with a ruler At hear to the back bone stone pusher Here ten thousand hackers deep in a movement That's 20,000 crucial ruby heels clicking in unison It's beautiful, truly beautiful I keep a stick inside my hand and carve my name inside every wall of the falling hologram
i dont care what anybody says, everything ive heard from Aesop has been really good. Only albums i havent heard are Music For Earthworms and Appleseed. Outside of those, the man hasnt had a terrible song in the last 16 years.
This song means more to me than any other song I've ever listened to. Whatever his personal meaning is I have, myself, an idea of what this song is about and I don't think any other tune has hit me so personally. Truly brilliant man, instead of fighting about what he means let's just give praise where it's deserved and hope that he keeps making great, meaningful music that we all can take something out of.
"I wear a tiger striped ego and bilbo act my progression where the kindlings formulated through the flesh of the oppressors" His vocabulary is infinite Hold the cup - is a song of his that holds some of my favorite lyrics
............bilbo act......? .............................bivouac....? Like an encampment...? Like a place to hide out....? Hide....? Like the reason a Tiger has stripes.....? ...............bilbo act.......? XD No disrespect my doo, sorry n all that But......................... I think you just typed "bilbo act" XD
I always took it as the water you were so comfortable swimming in; is no longer safe. Like, you need to get out of your comfort zones to truly develop yourself and to not do so is unsafe.
I like to think it's about his reasoning. When he says the land is made of water he is saying everything he thought he knew is wrong and he can't take refuge in what he used to find comfort in.
AcidPhos69 i took it as "The waters not safe (plus) the land is made of water means nowhere is safe. And humans are mostly comprised of water molecules also
Theres many ways to interpret it. I see it as the waters that aesop sails. His relationship with god is an ocean he must sail. There is no more land to call home. Must not sleep, must warn others.
I'm just trying to be a solid oak tree for every child to carve its name across 'The water ain't safe no more' I'm just trying to be the dream of every peasant the hurricane can offer 'I'm just trying to be some body I can talk to in the morning with a smile' The Water ain't safe no more... aesop is just brilliant. this is what hip hop should be
dont know if yall saw this, but they got a book out that Aesop-Rock provided info for, he tells all about how he comes up with flows and lyrics and rhyme patterns and how he notates his raps, its in the HOW' TO' RAP book thats out now.... they got-most of the best underground and classsic rappers in there...
If you dont like this song...theres something wrong in your choice of music. Some abstract poetry at its finest. This and "None Shall Pass" have to be some of the best shit ever made.
Payed for three Aesop albums cause I heard him and EL-P on youtube. Very happy with spending my cash to support this dude. But I don't own this song.... Yet.
@yugo91aesop yeah, Aesop's lyrics are something that randomly click together and make sense in your mind randomly one day way after the fact. like puzzle pieces. lol
Kid Kapam Well I live on a clean, natural, and flowing reservoir in a very rural area. On top of that, my tap water is from a filtered well. My water is safe to drink.
yo ive been listening to aesop for years and i think this cat is ill his music pushed me in becoming an mc but not to copy style to create my own sickness music and thats what hiphop music is all about express yourself peace
Sorry i skipped a part... The "20,000 ruby heels clicking in unison" is a refrence to the wizard of oz, where dorothy is saying "i wish i was home". To me, This is ment as a metaphor for him trying to escape reality.
@ExcellenceUSAF i agree. people dont question the amount of sensical meaning in main stream stuff but when they hear aesop rock they accuse of him spitting gibberish when all rap contains kinda pointless, meaningless lines. While not the only goal, flow and overall vibe of a song is probably the ultimate goal of music in general.
I just had this as a single, didn't know it which CD it was on, so thank you. I still believe its Blockhead though, the voice sample, layering and style all seem to point to him, especially in those early pre-def. jux/ninjatune years. However I cannot find anywhere who produced it.
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i love how he brings me back to the beggining almost.. brings back all i used to feel when i was just a kid trying out the world. everything is so much different now... its not the same, and im afraid it never will be.
damn bruh
Keep gravitating to things that make you feel they way you just explained. Grow with that feeling don’t miss the feeling.
feeling the same
This comment hits way to fucking close to home
"I'm just trying to be somebody I can talk to in the morning with a smile"-aesop
Ian Oxford One of the best lines of all time.
I know. What a wonderful, quotable man :)
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This is the highest ecylon of lyricism and the greatest lyricist in history. And he is cus i said he is.
Well shit cant argue with that
Indeed
You're not wrong.
I'll take your words for it. Lol
History? Nah. Hip hop? Top 5. Definitely legendary.
not many people can relate to his shit but the ones who can, really do. so thats why instead of having widespread fame, he has a following of people who really appreciate his art. in my opinion thats the best kind of fame...
well said. I'm one of the people that relate and really study his art. It's honestly mind blowing! it's like how the opera or classical is made for the elite of the musical society, Aes is like a whole genre on his own, for the lyrical elite to marvel at and appreciate. It's way too advanced for most listeners, it's more for the writers and most advanced lyrical savants. GOAT
The levels of beauty this song holds
Genuinely good for the soul
I forgot about this song.. one of my all time favorites and i forgot it..
Thanks internet and youtube for this much.
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Aesop rock is the most intelligent rap artist alive. HMM
The water ain't safe, the land's made of water
I hug a half empty glass my dignity's trying to pawn her
I'm trying to see the future in a tea cup and a saucer
But I rather be drinking coffee with my cigarette foster
And a run away buckle the cloud-nine fantasy filter to force the
brutal truth
Of daily market place wars through the roof
I mean I stood beneath the icicles that bleed under the awning
And magically mastered the great absorbing of spirit falling
But I'm sick, I've plowed these fields a thousand times over
Sold botanical research studies to farmers with whole quotas
And when science proposes to art besides that peaceful sea
I'll be that cat with a ring on a pillow shouting finally
Take a number, the apple seeds rained upon each slumber
A hundred thousand freaks on parade for the village hunter
My every whim acted upon has gone loopy
But I play a game called lets prepare barnacle city for the end-all noosings
I split the radius at go-getter bellies, reconnaissance
Seeping fossil genie bottle optimist freeze
Run for the fountain but the fountain is a desert optical
tease
Tummy full of sand running man impossible stop
There's a wing in my gut and i'm all dust
Surf in the urban Iditarod certainly flushed
Now one in the hands worth two atop the tallest cedar
But what lies inside my heart is off the mother funking meter
[Chorus]
See the Water ain't safe no more
'I'm just trying to build myself to act as a truly better man
damn'
See the water ain't safe no more
'Nah nah the water ain't safe no more'
I'm just trying to be a solid oak tree for every child to carve
its name across
'The water ain't safe no more'
I'm just trying to be the dream of ever peasant the hurricane
can offer
'I'm just trying to be some body I can talk to in the morning
with a smile'
The Water ain't safe no more..
[Verse Two]
And I've always been a 40 night chronologic hostage
Rusted hook in the lip of the monarch
Wingless Anime
I don't play in the man race cycle
Hope floater
Gloating inside carnal indifference till doom cops are slight
and
potent quotas
I'm 20 something pumping acrylic tomorrow side ways
Blazing passage with a map tattooed on the back of the classless
Now tip toe across a lost cause
Because a lost cause found
Don't mean you found a cause
That means you found a lost cause
Ok now ive been here for role playing
Slaying my here and now
To benefit consumption for my peers steering the plow
And its incredible
Handy jackets turn numerals to sentinels
But bad apples ain't sweet and cretins ain't that memorable
I'm Mozart with a focus on the tide
Hiding the inconsistencies of man behind water and wine
I wear a tiger stripped ego and bivouac my progression
With a kingliness formulated through the flesh of the oppressors
God had a flask I can prove it
You really think the 13 loops that loose daughter
spawned me a sober unit, check potion
Addressed the ghost inside my TV with a ruler
At hear to the back bone stone pusher
Here ten thousand hackers deep in a movement
That's 20,000 crucial ruby heels clicking in unison
It's beautiful, truly beautiful
I keep a stick inside my hand
and carve my name inside every wall of the falling hologram
i dont care what anybody says, everything ive heard from Aesop has been really good. Only albums i havent heard are Music For Earthworms and Appleseed. Outside of those, the man hasnt had a terrible song in the last 16 years.
Consider tracking those albums down. I doubt you'll feel like you wasted your time.
Dude, those are his two best albums imo. I still listen to them on repeat along with float.
you will
chelsea6671 jesus your right i love this guys music
Aesop rock is the high priest of hip hop
#wisehunt
u cant really explain em just keep listening to them over and over again and eventually they'll make sense. thats the beauty of his music
This is honestly one of my all-time favorite songs
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Agree 100%
Saying Aes is one of a kind is an understatement. He's his own genre, Nobody even comes close to when he does
the combination of that beat and aesoprock rhymes... just wonderfull! The water ain´t safe no more... ;)
holy crap... 11 years???? xD
This guy. He understands, everything.
"One of the most beautiful 2nd comings of christ that anyones ever seen" -aesop
Cleveland Brown amen
"it would have been the most beautiful second comming..."**
Aesop is the most underrated of all time. Dude is unstoppable.
This song means more to me than any other song I've ever listened to. Whatever his personal meaning is I have, myself, an idea of what this song is about and I don't think any other tune has hit me so personally. Truly brilliant man, instead of fighting about what he means let's just give praise where it's deserved and hope that he keeps making great, meaningful music that we all can take something out of.
"I keep a stick inside my hand to carve my name on every wall of the falling hologram."
"I wear a tiger striped ego and bilbo act my progression where the kindlings formulated through the flesh of the oppressors"
His vocabulary is infinite
Hold the cup - is a song of his that holds some of my favorite lyrics
............bilbo act......?
.............................bivouac....?
Like an encampment...? Like a place to hide out....? Hide....? Like the reason a Tiger has stripes.....?
...............bilbo act.......?
XD
No disrespect my doo, sorry n all that
But.........................
I think you just typed "bilbo act" XD
I always took it as the water you were so comfortable swimming in; is no longer safe. Like, you need to get out of your comfort zones to truly develop yourself and to not do so is unsafe.
I like to think it's about his reasoning. When he says the land is made of water he is saying everything he thought he knew is wrong and he can't take refuge in what he used to find comfort in.
AcidPhos69 i took it as "The waters not safe (plus) the land is made of water means nowhere is safe. And humans are mostly comprised of water molecules also
Theres many ways to interpret it. I see it as the waters that aesop sails. His relationship with god is an ocean he must sail. There is no more land to call home. Must not sleep, must warn others.
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""Here ten thousand hackers deep in a movement
Thats 20,000 crucial ruby heels clicking in unison""
"The water aint safe. The lands made of water!." - and I instantly listen to the rest of the song.
all time favorite song of his. Hits the same chord every time i listen to it.
Much love to anyone bumpin' this.
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this song is truly beautiful....
I'm just trying to be a solid oak tree for every child to carve
its name across
'The water ain't safe no more'
I'm just trying to be the dream of every peasant the hurricane
can offer
'I'm just trying to be some body I can talk to in the morning
with a smile'
The Water ain't safe no more...
aesop is just brilliant. this is what hip hop should be
The water just becomes more and more unsafe the longer this song stays around.
this is some powerful shit,aesop rock is one of my favorites his songs never let me down.
he is the best subliminal rapper ever
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run for the fountain, but the fountain's a desert optical tease, tummy full of sand, running man impossible! STOP
gold
These songs saved my life. No Joke
I could not have put it better myself, my dear sir.
Aesop rock, only pure truth
aesop rock , ive been listening to this cat few yearsssssss!!!!!!!!! ILLLLLLL
I can't believe this song is over 20 years old... Aes is the GOAT.
its 18 years old
@@IchKomentiereNur123 Song was recorded around the same time as Music for Earthworms. It wasn't released until 2001.
very awesome. Aesop rock is the best artist/lyricist ever in my opinion.
My favourite Ace song. He really is an artist.
This song is pure beauty
dont know if yall saw this, but they got a book out that Aesop-Rock provided info for, he tells all about how he comes up with flows and lyrics and rhyme patterns and how he notates his raps, its in the HOW' TO' RAP book thats out now.... they got-most of the best underground and classsic rappers in there...
Seeing Aes in January, really hope he does this one. Probably my fav tune by him
Aesop's "take me to the basement" and "bent life" are ones I'd recommend if you like this!
He won't ever do this song. Or anything off Music for Earthworms. Too obscure..
strate out of north port ny my home town!!!! yeaaaa
I'm trying to see my future in a tea cup and saucer but I'd rather be drinking coffee with my cigarette foster
this is why aes is king
this. song. is. beautiful.
music i can drift off to,such chill music
what lies inside my heart is off the fuicking meter. Thank you Aesop you are the second coming of Da Vinci Thank you my friend.
Mother this speaks to me
Aesop Rock is the best rapper ever!!!! THis song is soooo fuckin awesome.
BEAUTIFUL LANGUAGE ART.. AES RULES FOR EVER...
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its a beautiful song.
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This song flows so well, god damn, awesome lyrics
One moment your living, The next your just breathing.
It's that adventure we seek,
The one that grips you deeper than your willing to believe.
Man I was in fifth grade listening to this 2010-11 days member those days
ooh yeah, I member
5th grade that's mad early son...your vocab must be on point
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You're the best at this style of Hip-Hop. =)
THATS WHAT U CALL A DOPE MC
Aesop makes me wanna act as a truly better man too. (God?) bless this guy.
That kind of reminds me of that Catcher in the Rye.
Fuck yeah aesop I'm stoned as fuck and I love this song #kush&kronic #420 #RANDYJAMESK #69
4-20
poetry
i think for aes rock to be a definitive artist he would have to have a wider reach. the beatles were difinitive because everyone knew the beatles.
wonderful!
Every time.
Peace to Aesop my solid oak tree.
This song always makes me mad thirsty.
i'm not high, and am enjoying this. >.>
@username8434 it wasnt on any of his solo albums, it was just released on some compilation album called Euphony.
Wow!
If you dont like this song...theres something wrong in your choice of music. Some abstract poetry at its finest. This and "None Shall Pass" have to be some of the best shit ever made.
aesop rock songs are definitely the number one cause of me using youtube
Payed for three Aesop albums cause I heard him and EL-P on youtube.
Very happy with spending my cash to support this dude.
But I don't own this song.... Yet.
@yugo91aesop yeah, Aesop's lyrics are something that randomly click together and make sense in your mind randomly one day way after the fact. like puzzle pieces. lol
@3yedea in music, it's all there. just simple as that - its all there. peace
this is the most lyrical song in the world
this is so sick
Now tip top across a lost cause, because a lost cause found, dont mean you found a cause, that means you found a lost cause
I'd listen to Aesop Rock if he rapped over beats made from fart sounds. His lyrics honestly cannot be beaten.
how many of you knew that our water literally is no longer safe to drink?
its fucked how most wont drink tap, but we will brush our teeth, cook and add it to everything. lol
lol formal my mom brushes her teeth like 4 times a day its disgusting
Kid Kapam Well I live on a clean, natural, and flowing reservoir in a very rural area. On top of that, my tap water is from a filtered well. My water is safe to drink.
out here tryna decalcify my pineal gland and shit
Fiji boiiii
Everyone keep arguing we're so close to hashing out the meaning of life and all the answers, I can feel it. We just need more debate.
Di-hydrogen monoxide
we need to ban that stuff, you know it's in like all the water you drink??
yo ive been listening to aesop for years and i think this cat is ill his music pushed me in becoming an mc but not to copy style to create my own sickness music
and thats what hiphop music is all about express yourself
peace
This blows away my fuckin mind - in a good way. Why didnt i hear this before !!!
that's an extremely insightful response. I'm not trolling either, that was good.
Old Gregg "what are you doing in my waters"
Sorry i skipped a part... The "20,000 ruby heels clicking in unison" is a refrence to the wizard of oz, where dorothy is saying "i wish i was home". To me, This is ment as a metaphor for him trying to escape reality.
i just wanna be someone i can talk to in the morning with a smile
@ExcellenceUSAF i agree. people dont question the amount of sensical meaning in main stream stuff but when they hear aesop rock they accuse of him spitting gibberish when all rap contains kinda pointless, meaningless lines. While not the only goal, flow and overall vibe of a song is probably the ultimate goal of music in general.
ive watched this video go up from 3000 views :) love it!
hell yeah bro
I Listened to this song when i got busted, covered in blood and in tears. This is the true meaning of music.
I just had this as a single, didn't know it which CD it was on, so thank you. I still believe its Blockhead though, the voice sample, layering and style all seem to point to him, especially in those early pre-def. jux/ninjatune years. However I cannot find anywhere who produced it.
This shit's beautiful man.
Cloud 9 and a Half Fantasy
WELL PUT BRO
yes
so true
the water aint safe! the land´s made of water :D
@iBrettC That's because it's not Aesop Rock's album, it's by a group called Atoms Family. Good luck finding the album, if you do let me know!
im just tryin to be someone i can talk to in the morning with a smile
@formofrocket04 Ah. Thanks.. I was freaking out because I thought I had all of his albums. But, turns out I still do.