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Escape From Fat Kat City

by J Hacha De Zola

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Strange 03:56
I feel so strange Everybody they look at me strange i know i should not complain As long as i maintain I feel so lost all around me these lines have been crossed i know i gotta win at all costs so i cut my loss i feel all these emotions inside of me oh inside of me crawled out from inside a hole in the galaxy of this galaxy Oh i feel so strange all around me the colors have changed i know i should not complain as long as i maintain i feel all these emotions inside of me oh inside of me crawled out from inside a hole the galaxy of this galaxy Oh i feel so strange Everybody looks at me strange i know i should not complain as long as i maintain i feel all these emotions inside of me oh inside of me crawled out from inside a hole of the galaxy of this galaxy Oh i feel so strange all around me the colors have changed i know i should not complain as long as i maintain
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Better Run 04:28
Hey what ya say now baby? Tell me you are thinking of me? Dont ya know the sky is falling? So your world is crumbling down Down The only way is down Ya better run Sometimes love is no fun Ya better run Sometimes this love is no fun Government will eat you Shadows of war looming (the) Whole world is burning (the) Angels are revolting Now The only time is now Ya better run Sometimes love is no fun Ya better run Sometimes this love is no fun Now baby tell me your sorry And you'll never leave me And you'll need me always And you'll only think of me Me You'll only think of me Ya better run Sometimes love is no fun Ya better run Sometimes this love is no fun
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Black Spring The fawning fool stood alone Helpless the pining lovers thought of home Rhythm Of my world (will) dance & cry She was a black sparrow Bars in her windows Cars casting shadows Wings sharp as razors Half crazed Loneliness gripped his soul Passing Round and round Here we go Love me (her) But i hope you know She was a black sparrow Bars in her windows Cars casting shadows Wings sharp as razors She was a long, long way from home She was a long, long way from home
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Death Rap #1 01:06
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Let It Go 03:59
If I could Id catch a star Find a way to bring it down (I'd) tie it up Around my neck And wear it as i walk around Some might say Its my usual way To try so hard but it cant be found It may be Within my reach I let it fall to the ground Let it go Let it fall to the ground Like every little thing i touch Let it go The emptiness you feel Makes that other shit not hurt so much Hows about you tell me baby? Taste the ashes from my mouth The music is over This dance is over And I'm a long long way from home Blood shot eyes Grey light skies I feel so far away I see your face Its out of place man Your eyes give you away Let it go Let it fall to the ground Like every little thing i touch Let it go The emptiness you feel Makes that other shit not hurt so much May you reap What you sow You really think you are in control? The days are dark And bright with pain You'll never see home again Some might say "Its the price you pay" What more is there left to say? Ill fight you hard Till i fall And i wont have it another way Let it go Let it fall to the ground Like every little thing i touch Let it go The emptiness you feel Makes that other shit not hurt so much
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Poison Wine 03:53
Night came on dark was the night blue was the light Oh come on in dripping down like broken glass flowers of chance drown in flame But i want to tell you oh its people like you people like you i wanna be like you i wanna love like you i wanna live like you people like you Great star wormwood fall poison wine eyes divine you never get lonely with the cannibals crowned in gold big shiny teeth Oh but they'll tell you "its people like you" people like you i wanna be like you i wanna love like you i wanna live like you people be like you
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Hold Tight 04:50
All night way down in the dirt way down oh baby, oh baby, oh baby my baby ran away oh we all fall down im not the same im down We'll fall down Hold tight keep your head high remember that your goal is to live in the sky problems will come problems will go till the day that you die hold tight and keep your head high What i know is what i know what i know is what i know She gets high She gets high When i look in your eyes babe i get that fire babe i gotta let it go i gotta let it go down baby down i aint going down slow Hold tight keep your head high remember that your goal is to live in the sky problems will come problems will go till the day that you die hold tight and keep your head high
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Down 03:04
Wide awake inside the evening paid in flesh its not easy eyes are wild lost in youth there's no meaning in their truths all the lies they stir your blood hands are steady are you ready? my arms are open i'm diving in your ocean I'm down down down down down down Innocents bathed in blood dancing devils falling angels spinning plates turning phrases with their gods and their praises i'm afraid you cant hide out of place out of mind a canned life tethered to a lie so what you gonna do? tell me what ya gonna do? are you down? down? down? down? down? down?
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She was born in the city beautiful baby bright child of "god" apple of her daddy's eye til he stepped out for ice cream & cigarettes and he never came back just a kid and already guilty of a crime for being born unexpectedly for being another mouth to feed for being a girl ya see mommy and daddy mommy and daddy had other plans Brutalized marginalized Her history was a silent one but She carried Her burden well So sick of half baked promises and 5 am declarations She wondered about life somewhere else time time is the only true currency so whats your time worth to you? You see in Fat Kat City All you do is Time
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City Girls 04:36
All by my hand They go by Heart of Hearts Jet Black Threadbare over-coat How come you dont call my name anymore? Yet you tell me "i miss you baby"? I fell for the sky Love at your feet The Night in your eyes Dead end street My Dark Angel This Dark Creed (and) these Serpents These Serpents on my feet She got a blade in her cheek Slick as grease Open up your belly So dont you get ugly You know ya gotta be crazy She was sweet as candy She wonders why You even came Why you stay? Or who the hell you think you are? He was Fatally romantic Overly dramatic Certifiable Crazy Oh baby.. All by my hand They go by Heart of Hearts Jet Black That dream I was chasing Was just an invitation To a broken heart To a broken heart She'll break your heart
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Behind the roses in the hour of bitterness an eternity of warm tears drown out my lost years Hey yea dont you say yea oh it'll be alright oh you dont know say hey yea dont you say yea oh it'll be alright but i dont know i dont know & you dont know Midnight proverbs violent shadow trembling flower as mad men oh they whisper Hey yea oh dont you say yea oh it'll be alright oh but you dont know say hey yea dont you say oh it'll be alright i dont know you can never go home again you'll never go home again
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I'm leaving on a midnight train take me far away from here full moon is shining pale light im driving take me far away from here right now because i wont wait till i find find my way home right now baby right now baby right now Cast you from the garden better say a prayer this aint no place of mercy no safety you'll find none here take me far away from here all of our lives we play this game a dance on through a burning flame and im burning baby im burning baby im burning Worry on my mind shadows on the wall i'm hanging by a breeze been crawling on my knees 7 leagues 7 league boots
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Blue Sky 04:19
Stumbling through the poison rain Son of a violent Son alone with no direction home Yea but its time to go Guilty by association no destination off we go down a hole rabbit hole Blue sky find the truth behind the lies dark eyes i'm lost in your sin come on baby you gotta let me in I'm trapped on a singular path going no where and moving fast i know its time to go i go alone They say a body doesn't fall very fast moving forward no looking back unknown these boots find the road i'm on the road Blue sky find the truth behind the lies dark eyes i'm lost in your sin come on baby you gotta let me in
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Next Exit 02:18

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CMJ- "Like a lounge lizard weaned on Primus, J Hacha De Zola cranks and curdles and clomps around his slithery croon tunes."

Songwriting Magazine (UK) - "The music of New Jersey native J Hacha De Zola stalks the periphery of society, the dark corners where slippery characters meet and down-and-outs go to drown their sorrows."

MAGNET Magazine - "Delightful theatrics.”

Stereo Embers Magazine -"“A wobbly and battered desolation that brings to mind Mark Lanegan fronting The Doors. It’s stunning stuff.”

SLUG Mag- "Not since The Hold Steady 'Separation Sunday' has a concept album provided both emotional depth and entertainment."

Utne Reader- "One could be forgiven for assuming J. Hacha de Zola is a transient, back alley carnival showman followed through town by a band of tangle-haired misfits. The kind of alluring character found in old children’s books."

Adams World- "Escape From Fat Kat City features a distinct Doors influence, as Hacha De Zola almost sounds as if he's a visitor from another era of music."

Jersey Beat- "This brilliant artist writes brutally honest songs.”

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released January 8, 2016

Debut Record by J Hacha De Zola
Released Jan 8th, 2016
Produced by J Hacha De Zola & Jerry Ramos
Engineered/mastered by Jerry Ramos
Mercury Recording Studio, Rahway, NJ.

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J Hacha De Zola New York, New York

“The kind of alluring character found in old children’s books.”

UTNE

“A wild man in the vein of such fire breathing artists like Screamin’ Jay Hawkins and Captain Beefheart.”

— Paste

“A fantastic power that is as carnival-like and playful as it is possessed and cacophonic.”

— Atwood Magazine
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