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You know when you're doing a song about a small town
You gotta start it with a cliche, you know what I'm sayin'Time moves a little slower here
The paint peels cause the summers here are so severe
And we're nowhere near no where you would know of
looks as here they show up just to show off
take a load off, just to watch the day go by
Philosophising with their friends like they're Plato
They prophecise on the bench by the main road, right
[?] if you say so guys
But what do they know [?]
fox news got em lit fondamentolist the new cobonist
A girl with a shopping list, clutch her handbag close
I'm like "damn man [?]
Cause I'm a gentlemen, but then again most of are
First name basis in the bank, the post-office, the bar
The grocery, parks, [?] lady I ain't tryna grab your pensionThe old men on the benchWell lets go, lets go
We're living in the days when everybody sayin'
"What a time to be alive"

But I'm feeling out of place like I live in outer space
Cause it seems I'm stuck in time
It's like we lit the life
Right in the shadow of the cold warIt gets so quiet at night
Like martial law took a '55Time moves a little slower here
A day feels like a week, a weekend feels like it could go a year
And we're nowhere near so true
I don't tell 'em where I'm from, I tell 'em where I'm close to
And I can go through an Atlas, and show you on a map and
You'd still look me sideways and treat me like I'm backwards
But that's just fine, it just happens
[?] happy living in a city that's trapped in time
[?] back in time
[?] early night
[?] early flight
[?] laps of the sun[?] I'm from
[?] and then some
Once again the old men on the benchWell lets go, lets go
We're living in the days when everybody sayin'
"What a time to be alive"
But I'm feeling out of place like I live in outer space
Cause it seems I'm stuck in timeIt's like we [?] life
Right in the shadow of the cold war
It gets so quiet at night
Like martial law took a [?] '55Where I go, where I go
This will always be home, no matter
Where I go, where I goThis will always be home, no matter
Where I go, where I go
This will always be home, no matter
Where I go, where I go
This will always be homeWell Montaigne lets go
We're living in the days when everybody sayin'
"What a time to be alive"
But I'm feeling out of place like I live in outer space
Cause it seems I'm stuck in time
It's like we ride the life
Right in the shadow of the cold war
It gets so quiet at night
Like martial law took a whole job '55

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Hilltop Hoods is a hip hop group, formed in 1991, from Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. Their name refers to Hilltop Road In Blackwood, an Adelaide suburb in which they lived as children, and a part of Adelaide known by all the local B-Boys as The Hilltop. One day, another local rapper, Flak from the Cross Bred Mongrels, said that's what they should call themselves, and the name stuck.

The group formed when MCs Suffa and Pressure met at high school. When they later hooked up with DJ Debris through a mutual friend, the trio was complete.

They were inspired by American hip hop artists such as KRS-One, Gang Starr and Pete Rock, who encouraged them to spread this style of music in Australia.

The Hilltop Hoods have released eight successful recordings - Back Once Again (EP - 1997), A Matter of Time (LP - 1999), Left Foot, Right Foot (LP - 2001), The Calling (LP - 2003), The Hard Road (LP - 2006), The Hard Road: Restrung (LP-2007) ,State Of The Art (LP - 2009) and Drinking From The Sun (LP - 2012). The Calling achieved gold status in Australia (35,000+ copies sold), the first hip-hop album to do so. Two tracks (The Nosebleed Section and Dumb Enough) received places in the Triple J Hottest 100, 2003, at 9th and 44th respectively. The Nosebleed Section also came in at number 17 in the Triple J Hottest Hundred Of All Time, making it the highest ranked Australian song on the list, and the only hip-hop track to make the cut. LP The Hard Road also topped the Australian charts, another first for Australian Hip-Hop.


Aside from their own albums, they have featured on a number of highly respected compilation albums, including Obesecity and Culture of Kings Vol. 1 & 2, and have collaborated with most of the main players of the Australian hip hop scene including Koolism, Mass MC, Pegz, Muphin, Layla, Hyjak and Bonez.

They have played many large Australian music festivals, including the Big Day Out, Splendour in the Grass and Falls Festivals. They have received nominations for the Best Hip Hop Act in 2001 and 2002 at the 3D World Dance Music Awards, won the APRA award for best up-coming group as well as receiving number one positions in independent charts all around Australia.

Origin Adelaide
Country Australia
Years active 1991–present
Genres Australian Hip-Hop
Labels Obese Records, Golden Era Records (State of the Art)
Members Suffa, Pressure, DJ Debris
Past members DJ Next

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