Atmosphere

What It Look Like Heavyweight dub bass, sparse roots reggae rhythm, hypnotic Jamaican spoken word and echo-heavy space pull the mask off polished modern dreams.

Lyrics

Look nice Look clean Look like everyting We dream
But look again
Look again
Dem paint di wall But di roof still leak
Dem talk real loud But di truth talk weak
Big bright sign Pon a empty shop
Everybody climb But nobody reach top
Dem seh tomorrow Soon come, soon come
Tomorrow come An tomorrow still gone
Look good from far
Far from good
Man want house Him get one room
Want see daylight Work till moon
Want little peace Phone never stop
Want slow life But di clock seh chop chop
Want be free Still check every screen
Want live real Still polish di dream
What it look like A no what it be
What you want A no what you see
What you see A no what you get
Reality collect Every little debt
What it look like
Look again
Nice new shoes But nowhere fi go
Big fast car In traffic move slow
Five hundred friend Nobody come round
Whole heap a noise Not a soul make sound
Smile fi di picture Pose fi di day
Then when camera gone
Face fade away
Fade away Away Away
Dem sell we comfort Wrapped up in fear
Sell we future Year after year
Promise di ladder Remove every rung
Tell old story Like it brand-new song
We want more Cause dem seh more mean well
But sometimes heaven
Have excellent marketing
For a room in hell
Maybe di dream Never tell no lie
Maybe is we Dress it too fine
Maybe di mirror Know what we hide
Maybe what shine
Only shine From one side
What it look like A no what it be
What you want A no what you see
What you see A no what you get
Reality collect Every little debt
What it look like
Look again
Want one ting Get another
Call it gold Find out rubber
Call it freedom Find one chain
Call it sunshine
Feel di rain
Look nice
Look clean
Look again
Look again

Story

What It Look Like What you see ain't always what you get. What It Look Like dives into the space between appearance and reality, between the life we are sold and the life we actually live. Riding on heavyweight dub bass, sparse roots reggae rhythms and hypnotic Jamaican spoken word, the song strips the shine off modern dreams with sharp observations, dry wit and plenty of echo. Look good from far. Far from good. Sometimes you just have to look again.