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Introduction by Nicholas Reville Sage Francis is a rapper out of Providence, RI and half of Non-Prophets (the other half is DJ Joe Beats). Sage made a reputation for himself by consistently winning poetry slams and freestyling competitions, and has built something of a cult following. His style is always personal and often highly political, but refreshingly free of preachiness. With his new Fuck Clear Channel Tour, Sage is pushing music industry politics to the forefront. Now when someone announces a "Fuck Clear Channel Tour", you know Downhill Battle is going to have to do an interview. Clear Channel is notorious for what they've done to radio-- consolidation and homogenization are the operative words here. They've been investigated for anti-trust violations More... (Submit New Sage Francis Lyrics) (Submit New Sage Francis Lyrics) Review about Sage Francis Emotional content | Reviewer: Onepostthenquit ------ About the song Sea Lion performed by Sage Francis I'm not sure i'd call it punk attitude, The style I wouldn't call an anti-establishment hammer. But I agree he's incredible. It is very rare that there are two artists in the same genre comfortable enough to actually share their insecurities, triumphs, and childhood baggage with the world, much less in the same song. Saul is very well known and respected for his ability to speak what he sees, and given his history he's seen alot. Now I'll be adding Sage to my playlist for sure. beaverzeal | Reviewer: beaverzeal ------ About the song Makeshift Patroit performed by Sage Francis i'd like to report the user 'george bush' for using offensive language. apparently his 'conservative' education got in the way of letting other people enjoy artistic expression and discuss it on a mature level. please delete his comment and mine when you do so others that happen upon this site wont be turned away by ignorant out cries. oh and that bit about 20 years in the future isn't going to help the worst president in history sell books. What's george bush doing nowadays, hope hes not back on that coke binge! The guy below me can blow me | Reviewer: Fuqu Bush ------ About the song Makeshift Patroit performed by Sage Francis Congress didnt approve his war with Iraq first of all you idiot and it was the first pre-emptive war in the history of this great country. So that truth is already out. The other truth that is out is that GW Bush Did more damage to freedom then any terrorist could dream by way of the patriot act, the military commissions act, and loads of executive orders(Homeland Security happened under his watch to!). You should really know something about the guy you think is great before you sound off you fuckin idiot. Kill yourself. Read this | Reviewer: george bush ------ About the song Makeshift Patroit performed by Sage Francis you guys are all stupid. yall have a liberal education, probably jobless (by that i mean refuse to work) and young. all of the media and your faggot friends hate george bush and what he stands for (conservative america) so ou do too. you use the wars (which is justifiable and morally right) as an excuse to call our government corrupt instead of showing your support. 20 years from now the truth about the bush presidency will come out, and you will see what a great president he was, and you will admire him for the way he handled the entire 8 years he spent in office. If president bush made the decision to go to war, and congress backed him up, i'm pretty sure there was a good reason for it (even limbaugh, your left-wing leader said there were WMD in iraq. who are you faggots to say we shouldnt be in the middle east, ytou dont know all the facts, you dont have a security briefing every morning. and until you do, i'll trust and support the man who does, president bush. Grief | Reviewer: Grief ------ About the song Crack Pipes performed by Sage Francis To me this song represents the grief one feels when a loved one dies a sudden and violent death. Albeit from drugs or some other cause. In particular it draws to mind the five stages one goes through in a typical grieving process. The first verse deals primarily with denial "everything'll be fine we all assume that it would go back to normal soon" and ending with anger. The second verse goes through the last three, being bargaining, depression and finally acceptance. At least, that's my take on it. Show a little bit of audience participation now! | Reviewer: NoMagicInTheBreakDown ------ About the song Escape Artist performed by Sage Francis Bro, its a metaphor. The line is "If I shot my full load with the first hand I played, I'd be a monkey in a box hanging with the David Blaines" Meaning, if he was spent then he'd just be another David Blaine want to be. The swimming with the sharks mouth full of Razor blades is another piece to that metaphor. Meaning if that had happened, he'd be copy catting sharks in order to be like them. There's Nothing Like That Sweet Old Song | Reviewer: Teddy ------ About the song Bridle performed by Sage Francis “Same fire New passion Old flame Trade it in for a summer fling There’s nothing like that sweet old song… This particular verse really stood out from the rest of the song I think mostly because I have been in and out of a relationship with the same girl going on five years now. No matter what I seem to do or who I ever meet there really is nothing like when me and her are together.. A Hug with no Hands | Reviewer: SteezeXL ------ About artist/band Sage Francis Just watched Pride and Glory and heard Water Line in the credits. Went to google to find out the song name and got the info. This guys is refreshingly lyrical going out CD shopping tomorrow. His presence voice and lyrics are a must hear. Its all Love, SteezeXL LISTEN AND LEARN | Reviewer: big kitty b ------ About the song Slow Down Gandhi performed by Sage Francis i love sage francis with all of his meaningful lyrics. this one i think really stands out. It reveals so much about what a lot of people think but dont know how to communicate it well. let sage do that for you Meaningful Rap | Reviewer: freak1 ------ About the song Slow Down Gandhi performed by Sage Francis You read the lyrics along with him or along to the "the legion of doom" remix and you can almost have a feeling of true strength, this message is clear, stop blaming others in society, because its our fault, if the world is gonna change we have to change and by damn, it sends the message loud and clear! (at least that is my opnion) Sage | Reviewer: lyrical headspin ------ About the song Crack Pipes performed by Sage Francis The song is about him overdosing. Sterile robots are doctors and Detox is the first step to rehab. Its him having to face his family being sober and to have to handle and make amends for all of the damage he had caused them Awkward Genious | Reviewer: AdamC ------ About the song Cafe Girl performed by Sage Francis This song captivated me the first time I heard it and I got hooked on it. Sage Francis has a way of taking you to the weirdest place you've ever been. Painting a picture of anti-social behaviour that is much more real than anything I've heard in a hip hop song. He does this with just being himself, or so it appears. This is the type of song that an eccentric poet like myself would be content listening to over and over. I've never done a review before but this deserves attention. ,.-=*=-.,,.-=*=-.,,.-=*=-.,,.-=*=-.,,.-=*=-., | Reviewer: Fyren ------ About the song Crack Pipes performed by Sage Francis For the dude that didn't get the crack pipes I think it has something to do with him happening to mention real PIPES cracking like heating the house kind As per the heating and cold influxiation conenction and then him realizing he said crack pipes and having a moment of memory about his past addiction and another moment of consideration...... I think. confused about the second verse | Reviewer: colin ------ About the song Sea Lion performed by Sage Francis I have never got this song with the lyrics in the second verse? can someone shed light on where those lyrics are from? All the live versions I have have Swam Burger for the second verse, but those are obviously not the same lyrics. Please help! wow | Reviewer: Anonymous ------ About the song Makeshift Patroit performed by Sage Francis i just came across this song for the first time. i am an iraq war veteran who initially bought into the b.s. and now knows the truth firsthand. this song hits home! i added to myspace and will share with everyone i know...peace. Intelligent Rap | Reviewer: Dale Daykin ------ About the song Slow Down Gandhi performed by Sage Francis These are some of the most thought provoking and intellectual hip-hop lyrics I've ever come across; and they're put too one sick beat as well! It makes a nice change to hear someone rapping about the things that matter, rather than tits and guns. Amazing. | Reviewer: jane doe ------ About the song Makeshift Patroit performed by Sage Francis I lost interest in hip hop years ago due to the trite subject matter of the lyrics. That was, Until i happened upon Sage Francis. And I happened upon him while listening to the "9/11 Synchronicity" podcast. I sat up and was so surprised at his thought provoking lyrics. He has such courage! Keep fighting the Good Fight! bridled by a broken bridle | Reviewer: Ambrosia ------ About the song Bridle performed by Sage Francis What I heard when I listened to this song was a squeal of a person choked by the answer to the riddle of a broken “bridle” that separated him long ago from his fiancé, who left him without an official leave of absence (AWOL). The “voice message” in the intro, I think, broke the “maze” created by the sudden disappearance of the woman she loved and she still loves. Apparently, the speaker had experienced the cheating twice and wrought by the same guy (If he’s a butchered pork, he was, so to speak, murdered twice with the same knife: “double dead”): “Same fire New passion Old flame Trade it in for a summer fling There’s nothing like that sweet old song… Tip over Root the trees Bend the leaves Blend in with the open wound The freeze frames keep him warm… The day’s frost is scraped off the weight loss The new sign that says keep off As he speeds off into the storm… Out of spite the lighting strikes him twice He’s peaking out on the pike and cheatin life Peeling out on the lawn” At the end of the verse, he decides to pull the “bridle” that choked him, that still chokes him. However, it was not his “fiancé” or “woman” whose at the other end of the bridle, but “reigns”, “shower”, the “storm”, the “maze”, “high tower”. The “divorce” didn’t angered two people, but the clouds: “He’s pullin’ on the reigns, the bridle, the shower the storm The maze, the high tower, clouds are at war… The reigns, the bridle, the shower, the storm… The maze, high tower, clouds are at war The reigns, the bridle, the shower, the storm… The maze, the high tower, clouds are at war, clouds are at war, clouds are at war...” For me, this is the most poignant part of the song, as he realizes that the he was never really tied to the heart of the person he loves but only to bridles, the clouds, the reigns, high tower and shower. Hence when he hauled the bridle, all of them fell simultaneously, aggravating his despair. I liked the repetition in the end. It made it more emotionally pleasing. It stressed the solitude of the persona, showing that he was so alone so much so that he had to ask nature to mourn with him. And what I loved most with Sage Francis is his use of images. He wraps strong passions in creative images that both appeals to the senses and the soul. I may have heard a squeal as when I heard the song, as I’ve said earlier, but one that muses, controlled with the melody and the metaphors of the sagacity of sage. Sage Francis continues to assert the dignity of hip-hop in this song. He is a revolution in rap. You guys are fuck tards | Reviewer: David ------ About the song Sea Lion performed by Sage Francis The song is about being an individualist, and he shows this through his life story. A singer can hide behind his music becuase so many fucking tards listen to the beats and mindless sing the song's lyrics. His mother gave him a childhood which symbolizes his birth and the things that his mother gave him. But she didn't do jack and he hates her for it. The lines "Hop in the van. Jump in the water. Crawl to the land." are examples of the shit he did himself without the help of his mother/parents. The next part about going to town is his entreprenuership and going out to make his own money with no help. Johhnny Appleseed brought seeds from Pennsylvania to plant in the mid-west. Thus a methphor for his life. The genes are the genes of society's norms, which are bad. The crowd clapping is a methapor for people's inablity to show themselves in society. and his facial expression of confusion parrallels what people are feeling. The dont' need your go ahead quote means to do things by yourself. Like what i'm doing for you. Figure it out bitches. Sealions are lazy and hes just givin u an example of a lazy animal that symobolizes peoples inablity to do anything by themselves. seems a little too simple but.. | Reviewer: marina ------ About the song Sea Lion performed by Sage Francis ^ seems a little too simple but in my ideas.. it's just he experiences insecurity and confusion (or lost-ness?) through his whole life bc of what his mom did..or didn't do to him as a child.. wow, that was really interesting kylie. and stevo,i'm not sure what you mean about pinnochio.. but as for the 'metal suit' i think it just means his new "hard exterior" because of his past. :D You could review the artist/band Sage Francis in Biography page You could review Sage Francis album by visiting Albums page and selecting an album You could review Sage Francis song by clicking the song which you like  Download "Sage Francis" Music | |
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