RHYMESTER – HEAT ISLAND (feat. FIRE BALL)

Lyrics: Sasaki Shiro, Sakama Daisuke, Fire Ball
Music: Sakama Daisuke, Fire Ball

The islands of Japan are scalding hot
Like water hitting the boiling point
Is this a festival?  Or some omen?
Japan’s become a red, red, red zone
So it’s time to make a quick decision
We need to make a vow here
To clean up Zipang¹ once and for all
And bring it back here once again

East Asia’s in a critical situtation
Males and girls sweatin’ in crowded conditions
Yo, ya’ll might as well throw off all your clothes
Keep dancing like you’re going crazy
“I can’t control myself”
What’d you expect?  This here’s Utamaru comin’ at ya
The message you just got is steaming hot
So watch out, danger, danger!

Look! The sky!  The sky!
A good luck charm fell down
So let’s take a look around
It’s the last dinner show of the year
Spin your tables, towels and mirror balls
Go ahead and lose control
Like a dancehall freak in Jamaica
If you wanna learn how it goes now’s the time
Japanese people, raise your lighters!

*Open invite, fan this country’s flames with a loud sound
Just like that, heat it up some more
The fire’s swelling, this is a lucky omen
Sing out and shake this era with a loud voice
Ease up, we’re still heatin’ up
The islands are uprising, keep burning

It’s he-he-heating up
This skinny country’s hot with friction
These are turbulent times like in Macbeth
Everyone’s shook and stuck in a dumb arms race
It’d be easier if they all just walked with their cocks hanging out
My freaky flow cooks the lower ranks
Man, forget those countries and their plans
What you need is a hard head like this

I’m a rollin’ rollin’ down-and-out ronin
Part-time lecturer in Heisei era Japan
I’m in charge and well versed in hip hop logic
Gonna make more Japanese say ho!  (Ho!)
Males and females, your asses are on fire like Mt. Kachi-kachi²
Will you get higher or turn into ash?
Think I care?  I’m adding fuel to the fire!  Fwoosh!

(Who’s bad?)  Blood’s simmering at a boil
Everyone here’s outta control
The fires are still smoking, it’s not over
You can say everyone’s cheering in unison
Like the Sou brothers³ are crossing the finish line
Seems like a good time to fully combust
Let’s blaze it up some more, Fire Ball

(Repeat*)

This is where a new age beings
Anticipation’s building for what’s coming
We’re tuff pirates ready for a change
Carrying the treasure of a high sense flow
Let’s not lose our humanity
Population explodes in our faces
The time’s coming when we’ll pay
For the environment we’ve created, come on
Civilization bloomed with a shock
Progress continued on at its own pace
This is what happens with indifference
You ready?  We’re at war with the earth
The world’s in chaos and all bystanders will get caught up
It’s a show down
From east to west, these islands need peace
Hey hey hey hey Japan

(Repeat*)

**Ugh!  These islands are an inferno
Building up immense heat
Danger!  It’s gonna get hotter, come on!
Zipang’s about to burst at any moment

(Repeat**)

***Temperature keeps risin’, fire burnin’
Flames blazin’ in a rollin’ fire ball
Boom shaka rock, sound of thunder rollin’
Feel the sound, who you callin’?
Temperature keeps risin’, fire burnin’
Flames blazin’ in a rollin’ fire ball
Kings of the stage, sound of thunder rollin’
Feel the sound, call in Rhymester

(Repeat***)

^{1 – Mummy-D quotes famous historical figure, Ryoma Sakamoto, here. The word Zipang is the old Portuguese word for Japan.
2 – A reference to “Kachi-kachi yama,” a Japanese folk tale where a tanuki literally gets burned by a rabbit.
3 – The Sou brothers were Shigeru & Takeshi Sou, popular marathon running twin athletes who competed in the late 70’s/early 80’s.}