We Winnin | Ben Fagan & the Holy City Hooligans (w/Righchus)

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Artist:Ben Fagan & the Holy City Hooligans (w/Righchus)
Album:The Freestyle Sessions 1
Title:We Winnin
Year:2010
Track number:8
Total tracks:8
Genres:Hip Hop/Rap / R&B / Soul
Liner notes

"I wrote this song with Ben Fagan in mind. He came in and completely switched the direction I had in mind into something better. I started out with a Matthew Santos sound in mind for the chorus and it turned into Citizen Cope." - Righchus

Lyrics by Righchus and Ben Fagan
Produced by Max Berry
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About the artist

Ben Fagan makes "music with a message." His songs can lift you up or bring you deep. Whatever the mood, poignant lyrics and visceral melodies wiggle under your skin to reach body and soul. From early on, Fagan’s been a " wordy guy.” At 4 years, he wasted no time memorizing all the lyrics on his brother’s Weird Al Yankovic albums. He spent the following years expanding his repertoire, crooning to the sounds of his favorite icons: Boyz II Men, Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson, Bob Marley, Sublime, to name a few…Fast forward to college and beyond ... Freshman year, he spit enough words to win an MTV Campus Invasion Freestyle Contest…Senior year, with Phi Beta Kappa locked down and fronting his rock band on school nights, Fagan made his mark on the college scene.

As a frontman, Fagan's been described as a "consummate performer." His first band (the Plainfield Project), based in Charleston, SC, drew a following that packed local and regional venues. Its ska/reggae-influenced rock earned heavy rotation on Charleston adult contemporary radio. Fagan wrote or co-wrote all of the songs on the band’s cd collection of sun-drenched grooves, ranging from trippy to soulful...

Ever-evolving and committed to keep it fresh, Fagan launched his Holy City Hooligans project in early 2011. Much in the style of Sublime and OAR, their sound mixes a blend of genres. In May '11, the band released its debut cd, "The Freestyle Sessions 1." The lead track on the release ("We Will Remain") also enjoyed heavy rotation on Charleston radio.

These days, Fagan and his Hooligans split their time gigging on both East and West coasts. Growing crowds of new and existing fans are shakin' to the funky chops, swayin' to the soulful grooves, and bouncin' to the hip-hop beats. Street-smart and irrepressible, the Hooligans are charming followers from the L.A. beaches to Hilton Head Island, with no plans to slow down anytime soon.
www.benfaganmusic.com
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Lyrics

WE WINNIN

(CHORUS) We winnin' and it sounds like oh oh oh oh oh/ And this winnin' is all that I know oh oh oh oh/ Illa Kamp in the building lettin' shots off/ World series attitude hittin' walk offs/ My actions speak loud, that's why I talk soft/ Now where your girl at, I'm trying to get my rocks soft/ Probably go harder with a polished flow/ Steppin' to the plate like a young DiMaggio/ Apollo Creed and Rocky I want that same feel/ Me and Ben Fagan, Righchus and Plainfield/ Talkin' mad shit steppin' on the playing field/ I'm just trying to stay up no training wheels/ Getting love from the country to the islands/ Dudes say they eatin', I can hear their stomachs growling/ Keep flying 'til the day they shoot you down/ Leaping off the launching pad, barely left the ground/ I see through all the hate, that's why I keep grinnin'/ Look 'em in the face while I'm yellin' out/ (CHORUS) We winnin' and it sounds like oh oh oh oh oh/ And this winnin' is all that I know oh oh oh oh/ Let's celebrate like its Cinqo de Mayo/ Young fire spitta, yeah I speak pyro/ I can't lose it's the return of the ooze and you might just miss a step if you snooze/ I choose, to keep it lyrical/ Righchus, a.k.a the evolution of the negro spiritual/ Right between Huey Newton and Ghandi/ Individual, somewhere in the middle/ Reincarnation of the homie Malcolm Little/ Use my Jim Carey voice, can you get these riddles/ Yeah no trespassin' in my sandlot/ No pots and pans this money keeps my hands hot/ I keep flyin 'til the day they shoot me down/ Leapin' off the launchin' pad barely left the ground/ I see through all the hate, that's why I keep grinnin'/ Look 'em in the face while I'm yellin' out/(CHORUS) We winnin' and it sounds like oh oh oh oh oh/ And this winnin' is all that I know oh oh oh oh/ Never stop 'til the battle is won/ Sittin' on top and it's only begun/ And I've barely left the ground/ And I ain't comin' down/ Never stop 'til the battle is won/ Got it on lock and it's only begun/ And I've barely left the ground/ And I ain't comin' down/ (CHORUS)

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