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about

Try as I might I CAN’T find the original sample for this one,
I’ve got the 5 second bit that it’s from but I can’t link it back to
anything in my collection, so once again, come at me for the
sample royalties. This for SO LONG was the last track on the
album, and was how it was going to end...with that little laugh
left in. Proper ridiculous, I remember writing this late one
evening with headphones in (rare, I usually like practising and
writing stuff out loud) and I remember giggling at how stupid
it was. But then my hunger is stupid, another thing I have a
reputation for, eating like a monster.
I made the beat probably a couple of years back, I bought
Ange a set of speakers for her studio (which were massive
and took up too much space, they were Homer’s bowling ball)
in order for me be able to “spend more time” in her creative
space trying to be creative myself (she makes great jewellery
bellisful.com) and while I never came out with much (that’s
me producing in a nutshell) this track did come out of that
process! Kinda harks back to the Beastie’s Ch-Check It Out,
that was kinda what I was going for anyway, while at the same
time being nothing like it. That beginning of the third verse is
the most ridiculous, I wanted to see what happened if I wrote
like that for that bit. Let’s be honest, I lost myself.
That “wake up dreaming of eating...” line is meant to be like
in those cartoons where hunger makes a person turn into a
turkey or summat. Ange asked if the line “...muffins: two by the
side of me, one by the side of me” meant she was the muffin
next to me haha! Nah, two love handles and then an actual
muffin ready to eat. There’s a good 9 voices shouting “just
want some food” in there...imagine me, sat in my office chair,
backed off from the mic, shouting that at the roof, while Herbie
watched, head to one side.

lyrics

I was an active child/
I didn’t run the fastest mile/
But went to basketball practice while/
I grew up: when school finishes I walked home with fish and chips/
Then had my tea, was still thin as shit/
All the chocolates at Christmases: nothing/
My Dad said it wouldn’t last and he wasn’t bluffing/
By the time I was 20 I was putting on stuffing/
Over 30 now and I’m battling the muffins/
Two on the side of me, one by the side of me/
Look at the sight of me, looks like I might have been/
Forced...at gun point...to eat loads/
I look at stuff I used to eat and put on kilos/
So I aim to exercise, cardio, breathing/
If I’ve sat through the day then I’ll start in the evening/
Sometimes, just getting off my arse is achievement/
No matter what I’m doing, I’d rather be eating//

CHORUS
I try to ignore it - think of summat to do/
But at the end of the day I just want some food/
Try to suppress it, have a drink of my juice/
Dehrydrated or do I... just want some food?/
Beef done to blue, beans, buns and soup/
Greased onion loops, cheese, mutton stew/
These crumbs’ll do...I just want some food//

I’m not a weight watcher I enjoy the sins/
And I’m too skint to ever join a gym/
Cos once they got your cash you can avoid ‘em then/
Lose pounds while gaining them, annoying innit?/
Flippin’ metabolism.../
When I was a kid, all the fat went missing/
Now I can collect it in a standard sitting/
And have to work it off with some exercise/
Apparently running is the best for time/
Half hour, 500 calories, you make up after/
That’s the equivalent of four bacon rashers/
Bread takes you past that as you make a sandwich/
And that’s just a snack before the main attraction/
Considered trying to suppress my appetite/
...and not eat anything after nine/
But so far...I never last the night/
Wake up dreaming of eating my bastard wife!...//

CHORUS
I try to ignore it - think of summat to do/
But at the end of the day I just want some food/
Try to suppress it, have a drink of my juice/
Dehrydrated or do I... just want some food?/
Pizzas for two, each one for you/
Peas someone grew, I need something soon/
These crumbs’ll do...I just want some food//

I guess the moral of the story is you’re not alone if you’re the kid/
Who stuffs their face in boredom then rings up and places orders/
For a couple plates of korma and some butter based tandoori/
With a bunch of mates who sort of, don’t quite, finish all their plate/
So you look at them all awkward cos you’re not too full to force some/
Extra curry down your jaws and rub your tummy say it’s awesome/
Call a guy and maybe score some, roll a blunt and share a portion/
Then get up and take a short run to the Co-Op for some cake/
Cos cake, is the best thing on the planet/
And I make a mean lemon drizzle goddamnit/
This is a piece of white chocolate that I didn’t deserve/
That pain during exercise drives me flippin’ berserk/
I’ve been playing 5-a-side and I’ve bin on a bike/
Go for a run twice, even indoor climb/
Give it a go though I’m shite cos despite my height/
I have trouble lifting one body plus all the pies//

CHORUS
I try to ignore it - think of summat to do/
But at the end of the day I just want some food/
Try to suppress it, have a drink of my juice/
Dehydrated or do I... just want some food?/
I need some to chew, sheep: lambs or ewes/
In leaves of bamboo, cheap Asda choux/
These crumbs’ll do...I just want some food//

credits

from RemarkableUnremarkable (better price on ExP​.​uk), released July 14, 2017
Written, produced, recorded and mixed by Ben “ExP” Goodwin
Mastered by Ben “DivKid” Wilson
Guitar/Bass by Steve Ling

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