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The Don

by Nyentek

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1.
Scarecrow 03:44
You’re a scarecrow Your head full of straw You like to Think you’re a lion Coward, you are a coward Your ego inflated, position Shaped by money that you didn’t even earn yourself Life built on deception and lies Face turning red Arms flailing wildly Mush in your head To put it mildly You talk big No, you talk biggest Ignorance so absurd Reason to you doesn’t work Push your way to the top You’re a glorified bully When your words finally stop We will all feel free Face turning red Arms flailing wildly Mush in your head To put it mildly
2.
The Birds 04:27
Fly! / Take wing Leave us everything Wallow in the mire that you’ve made Try not to kill Those for whom you are in charge Follow examples set from the past Leave the tweeting to the birds Your attention span Is like a goldfish’s and not a man’s Your anger is like a toddler’s Except your motives are so much worse Taking talking points from talking heads I wish you could understand All the hurt and pain you cause Just because you have to be the boss Leave the tweeting to the birds
3.
Stand tall, look tough, pose by a flag Craft an image of support But when the chips are down You just squint your eyes and frown These are empty gestures We play into your hand You say you support them But you just deceive us Pretend that you’ve served us You care only for wealth These are empty gestures We play into your hand It’s all a farce, this sham you call real I don’t expect you can even feel Pretend you’ve worked your whole life honest But we all know that you only steal Twisting the rules and breaking the norms Look down on those who have less than you Take us for fools while burning with scorn All of your hatred brews poisonous through These are empty gestures We play into your hand
4.
Trojan Horse 05:26
Promises made with no plans for execution Say you win the game and you’ll change it all / same old scripts Paint a scene so nostalgic / it’s an illusion In reality nobody wins in your game Your biggest appeal, greatest selling point is you are hateful The security that you offer me is for white supremacy Some might say you’re strong, and they’d be wrong / you invent your demons Lacking leadership, you can’t get a grip / you appeal to people’s fears You strode in like a shining stallion But your insides are diseased like carrion You said you would make us safer, yet you only divide us You extend your hand to people who don’t deserve trust You might speak of love, but you never learned more than lust You’ll erect a tower in your name, and it will only rust Some would say they’re jockeys, and they thought they could trust you You said you could run and jump, but now you only graze Spend your time on your cosmetics / not enough apologetics Rearing up, you’ve gone from bad to worse / we can see you’re a Trojan horse You strode in like a shining stallion But your insides are diseased like carrion
5.
Let's Ride 08:47
Let’s go! / let’s ride! Throw expectations and see how far they fly Take a sense of normalcy and leave it out to dry And when things come crashing down we’ll all wonder why We claim to have grown, that our dark past is past, but Judging by our racist present, things have not improved Pretend the US is caring, standing for ideals so pure Hypocritical to the core, hypocritical to the core First gear Second gear Third gear Fourth gear Let’s go! Let’s ride! Let’s go! / let’s fly! Press the pedal to the floor / go so fast that we can’t slow Our direction always forward / sadly we’re not oriented Doomed to repeat past mistakes, doomed to repeat past mistakes Life spent lying to ourselves Say we’re saviors, but we’re captors, choking those who resist Sense of superiority / unearned privilege wearing thin Alienate those who’re our kin / rewind back and start again First gear Second gear Third gear Fourth gear Let’s go! Let’s ride! Slow down We need to Let’s go! Let’s ride!
6.
Pig 02:50
Oink! Oink! Oink! Is the smartest thing you’ve said all day You’re so disrespectful that you talk of grabbing genitals Multiple counts of sexual misconduct You put down those you dislike without even knowing them Acting like a child, you’re acting like a pig You’re such an embarrassment Your words and actions stink Sometimes I wish you’d just think There’s a pig in the highest office This is not the first, but it’s surely the worst There’s a pig in the highest office You’d like our country to look like your teeth White, white, white, white, white Demonizing people who have darker skin Outlawing their existence, mask it with a grin Write your foes on a list, call them terrorists Waste more human lives in the endless wars Pretend military lives matter But you hid from your own calling If you served you’d earn respect Your motives are circumspect There’s a pig in the highest office This is not the first, but it’s surely the worst There’s a pig in the highest office
7.
Acting with impunity, you think that you can Do all that you want, off scot-free and then you taunt Dirty money that you flaunt / some day you may become poor See your character reflected in the figures of your bank account Countless hopes and dreams wasted on your empty promises Betrayed trust and our ideals to climb your way up to the top Countless hopes and dreams wasted on your empty promises Betrayed trust and our ideals to climb your way up to the top Better learn to swim The tide is coming in All these years we’ve fought Soon you’ll pay for what you’ve wrought Decor and decency left behind long ago Make a laughing stock of us the whole world over Pretending you care about our lives, and yet you lie Open up your doors to others, take off your disguise I would love to see you behave with intelligence Just a few hours with some books is worth twenty Pence Open up your doors to others, take off your disguise Open up your doors to others, take off your disguise Better learn to swim The tide is coming in All these years we’ve fought Soon you’ll pay for what you’ve wrought Acting with impunity, you think that you can Do all that you want, off scot-free and then you taunt Dirty money that you flaunt / some day you may become poor See your character reflected in the figures of your bank account Countless hopes and dreams wasted on your empty promises Betrayed trust and our ideals to climb your way up to the top Countless hopes and dreams wasted on your empty promises Betrayed trust and our ideals to climb your way up to the top Better learn to swim The tide is coming in All these years we’ve fought Soon you’ll pay for what you’ve wrought
8.
I’ve been dreaming of the day I won’t see your face again Might be distant, but it’s there And that knowledge gives me hope These dark days of your reign You inflict enormous pain I can’t wait ‘til you have faded Out of sight, just like your brain This will be the last headline Like a parasite you sap our strength Mental, physical, all at length Wasting precious time on selfish arrogance Narcissistic, you worship yourself What will you do when you fall out of favor? Will you start anew or cast more stones? We all know the answer, and it Makes us tired to our bones This will be the last headline

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All music created by Nyentek from January-February, 2019. Guest vocals on "The Birds" by Ellie and Elyse. Cover art by Tamara (www.instagram.com/selfconscious_couscous/).

This is my first album not released for free, as I am trying to make Nyentek a sustainable long-term project. I hope to make it a live performing project instead of just a recording project. Thank you to all of my friends, family, and fans for your help and support.


Praise for The Don:

"Get ready for a thrilling ride of electro prog-metal, full of soaring harmonies and melodies, terrific riffs, and unique chord progressions, all on top of an important political message. Outstanding work." - Jimmy Jackson, meltedmoonbeams.bandcamp.com

"Your tracks are refreshingly 'in your face' and I thank you for that. Great political commentary. Great societal commentary." - Phil Haynes, www.philhaynes.com

"I love the overall vibe it gives, it feels rebellious in a very artistic way... definitely your best work yet." - Sidney Piekarski, instagram.com/wild_fox/

"I feel like I'm already a completely different person than when I came in" - Sagnik G.

"The album sounds great" - Federico Balducci, federicobalducci7.bandcamp.com

"Sounds awesome! ... like the blend of electronic elements and heavy metal." - Steve Modica, stevemodica.bandcamp.com/music

"Although I have not dabbled in metal music that much, this album sounds great." - Melissa S.

"the guitars are sick" - Harley Cullen, zornphilly.bandcamp.com/album/zorn

"Appreciated the angst (& vocal harmony)!!!" - Kathy Cushman, 34 year chorus teacher

"its good!" - Kurt Fowles, www.siriuscoffeeco.com

"I love the way the vocals and the track interact! The rough and dark constructed with the even tone is fantastic!" - Mary Nichols

"this is really cool! nice job on the guitar" - Nikki Allison

"I’ve never been much of a metal fan but I’d listen to this" - Matt Dranzik, www.thecircusplace.com

"digging trojan horse! Great lyrics" - Sarah Z.

"How did you get the guitar to sound so heavy?" - Leila J., soundcloud.com/user-81587098/tracks

"I really was impressed by the harmonies"

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released February 15, 2019

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