The final chapter of the trilogy. UnOva is a breakbeat opera—17 tracks chronicling the rise and fall, the glory and the wreckage, told in shattered rhythms and constructed language.
[Intro]
(Today)
(Today is the day)
[Chorus]
My time's gonna come
One day my time will come
My time's gonna come
One day my time will come
My time's gonna come
One day my time will come
[Verse 1]
We all have these moments...
...where we look around...
...and everything is alien...
...and we realize...
...maybe we don't belong here...
[Chorus]
My time's gonna come
One day my time will come
My time's gonna come
One day my time will come
[Verse 2]
...and we realize...
I can't live like this
...maybe we don't belong here...
This ain't living
Where's my paper?
They don't see me yet
Empty pockets, empty future
Maybe I oughta pray
Maybe this is all there is
I pray this isn't true...
They don't know my name
But they will
[Chorus]
My time's gonna come
One day my time will come
My time's gonna come
One day my time will come
My time's gonna come
My time's gonna come
One day my time will come
My time's gonna come
One day my time will come
My time's gonna come
[Verse 3]
Got to get over
Today
Today's the day
I can't live like this
This ain't living
Where's my paper?
We all have these moments...
If I don't move, someone's gonna move me
So I gotta get up
[Chorus]
My time's gonna come
One day my time will come
My time's gonna come
One day my time will come
My time's gonna come
One day my time will come
My time's gonna come
One day my time will come
[Verse 4]
They don't see me yet
Empty pockets, empty future
Maybe I oughta pray
Maybe this is all there is
If I don't move, someone's gonna move me
So I gotta get up
[Chorus]
My time's gonna come
One day my time will come
My time's gonna come
One day my time will come
My time's gonna come
One day my time will come
My time's gonna come
One day my time will come
[Outro]
...where we look around...
...and everything is alien...
[Chorus]
My time's gonna come
One day my time will come
My time's gonna come
One day my time will come
My time's gonna come
2Dance With You▼
I could take the cities night
and wrap around you,
Take the neon lights and make a crown,
Take the uptown busses,
Taxis, subways,
And for your love song tone their rumble down.
Take the city's heartbeat,
Make a drum beat,
Put it on a record, let it whirl,
And while we listen to it play,
Dance with you again and again and again...
3Daily Day▼
[Spoken Word]
I had to leave home when I was a young girl...
so I never really had a "home"...
it was one place after another...
[Spoken Word]
Crazy what smiles over here.
I never really loved you.
[Spoken Word]
This is crazy.
And this is my life like do you...?
[Chorus]
Leave home
Come back
[Spoken Word]
You have to learn how to HUSTLE...
make moves...
Roll with the punches!
[Spoken Word]
Bring it on man...
BRING IT ON...
[Spoken word]
Naaaaww I GOT THIS....
well...
whatever this is...
...maybe I don't want it...
[Radio static][Spoken word]
...they ask me about the hard times...
like I'm supposed to have an answer...
baby, I just lived through them...
that's all any of us do...
[Spoken Word]
...you don't get over nothing...
you just get through...
you just get through...
[Chorus]
One day
One day
One day...
[Spoken Word]
Bring it on man...
BRING IT ON...
Ain't nothin' gonna stop me...
[Spoken word]
Naaaaww I GOT THIS....
[Spoken Word]
I had to leave home when I was a young girl...
[Spoken word]
Naaaaww I GOT THIS....
43-2▼
[Whispered - scared, internal]
...this is it...
...no more talking about it...
...no more someday...
...everybody's gonna say I'm crazy...
...maybe I am...
...but staying here is dying slow...
...can't keep living on the edge of my own life...
...watching myself wait...
[Chorus]
...three...
...two...
...three...
...two...
[Whispered - committed but terrified]
...watching myself wait...
[Chorus]
...three...
...two...
...three...
...two...
[Whispered - committed but terrified]
...watching myself wait...
...no more talking about it...
...no more someday...
[Chorus]
...three...
...two...
...three...
...two...
[Whispered - committed but terrified]
...but staying here is dying slow...
...can't keep living on the edge of my own life...
[Chorus]
...three...
...two...
[Spoken - calm, floating, wonder]
...air under me now...
...can't go back...
[Spoken - quiet resolve]
...wherever I land...
...at least I jumped...
...at least I'm moving...
[Chorus]
Oooohhhhh...
The ground will come...
[Spoken - distant, fading]
...but not yet...
...not yet...
5Big Breaks▼
[Verse 1]
...told you it was coming...
...y'all didn't listen...
...well listen NOW...
[Verse 2]
...this that moment right here...
...the one I saw when I had nothing...
...it's real now...
[Chorus]
...big break...
...big BREAK...
...yeah...
[Verse 3]
...big break...
...doors opening where there were just walls before...
...couldn't see me then...
...can't ignore me now...
[Verse 4]
...let me feel this for a minute...
...been waiting my whole life...
...this right here...
...this the one...
[Chorus]
...big break...
...BABY!...
...yeah...
...big break...
...BIG BREAK...
...BIG BREAK...
...BIG BREAK...
[Verse 5]
...been waiting my whole life...
...this right here...
...this the one...
...this right here...
...this right here...
6Get Back▼
[Spoken]
...grab that cash...
...both hands...
...stash it...
...they said get a good job...
...I got a BETTER one...
...four star daydream...
...think I'll buy me a...
...nah...
...think I'll buy me TWO...
...keep your hands off my stack, Jack...
...I'm alright...
...I'm alright...
...TWO...
...root of all evil, they say...
7Don't Force It▼
[Intro]
...feel that...
...it's soft flow...
...with some of the force...
...moving through everything...
[Verse 1]
...used to push uphill...
...now it just... moves me...
...trust it...
...let it guide...
[Verse 2]
...they don't understand...
...think it's luck...
...nah...
...this is the force...
...always been here...
...just had to tune in...
...luminous beings, right?...
...not this crude matter...
[Chorus]
...do or do not...
...I DID...
[Verse 3]
...no try about it...
...rolling now...
...force is strong with this one...
...can't stop...
...won't stop...
...the universe bending my way...
[Chorus]
Don't force it
The force...
Strong
But don't force it
[Verse 4]
...this IS the way...
8Get Right▼
[Intro]
...get right get right get right get...
[Spoken]
...let me explain something...
[Verse 1]
«whole crew in the»
«wait who invited»
«doesn't matter we HERE»
«GET RIGHT»
[Chorus]
We up now!
We up now!
GET RIGHT!
GET RIGHT!
GET RIGHT!
Said we wouldn't...
We here...
[Verse 2]
...you ever get everything you wanted...
...the flow about cherry...
...remember when we had nothing...
...now we got everything...
...everything...
[Verse 3]
Yeah it was a hard come up...
...but right about now we're in it...
Up to our necks...
[Chorus]
GET RIGHT!
GET RIGHT!
GET RIGHT!
...this right?...
...this right?...
...my peoples...
...day one...
...get this together...
...ain't forgetting...
[Outro]
What do they say?...
In New Orleans?....
..Laysayzz Bon Temps Rouler...
...this is what we wanted, right?...
9Darkness▼
Go ahead Of me!
The both of you!
Go down those stairs...
You don't recognize me...
Do you boy?
Murdered by Dr. Doom
Holy Moly!
My hardest punch
And he didn't even feel it!
Why sure!
And there now...
Mind you no tricks now...
I can't abide a liar...
Murdered by Dr. Doom
Holy Moly!
My hardest punch
And he didn't even feel it!
10Peak▼
[Intro]
When we finally got there...
...it was a surprise...
...not what we had expected...
...AT ALL...
...view's nice...
...real quiet though...
[Verse 1]
...everybody got their hand out now...
...funny how that works...
[Chorus]
Lonely up here
At the Top
Real Lonely
At the Top
Find your way home
Lonely
At the Top
Real Lonely
At the Top
Find your way home
[Verse 2]
...everybody got their hand out now...
...funny how that works...
...couldn't find me when I was hungry...
...NOW they see me...
...couldn't find me when I was hungry...
...NOW they see me...
[Chorus]
Lonely
At the Top
Real Lonely
At the Top
11Probably Fine!▼
[Intro]
I need sleep...
Listen to me...
[Verse 1]
...okay okay okay...
...that guy looked at me funny...
...he's just got a weird face...
...it's probably fine...
...he's definitely plotting...
...what's he gonna do??...
[Verse 2]
Why you smiling at me?
There's nothing funny about this...
[Spoken - spiraling but funny]
...phone buzzing...
...who could be calling me?
[Chorus]
Who's calling me?
Who's calling me?
Who?
Who?
[Verse 3]
...this is crazy...
...I'M crazy...
...success made me crazy...
...or was I always crazy and now I can afford to notice?...
...probably fine...
...it's probably fine...
...right?...
[Chorus]
Who's calling me?
Who's calling me?
Who?
Who?
[Outro]
...it's probably fine...
...it's probably fine...
...probably...
[Chorus]
Who's calling me?
Who's calling me?
Who's calling me?
Who's calling me?
Who's calling me?
12Get Got▼
[Intro]
...thought I was untouchable...
...now it's gone wrong...
(laughing)
[Verse 2]
...phone rings...
...don't recognize the number...
You know what's kind of funny?
But really really sad....
...answer anyway...
...they found him...
...they coming for you next...
[Intermission]
...shoulda mind yo business..
Panic... sets in...
Panic...
[Verse 3]
You remember that time?
When I told you that thing?
You never listened to me.
...grab the bag...
...grab the keys...
Now... you pay the price.
[Verse 4]
«too late»
«this how it ends»
«should've seen»
"...suspect in custody..."
[Police radio][Verse 5]
...crown's off now...
...told you it was heavy...
"...suspect in custody..."
[Police radio]
13Optimistic▼
[Intro]
Billie says she isn’t satisfied now....
[Verse]
She wants to get somewhere, maybe on the stage. She wants to make money — a lot of it!
She doesn’t expect any happiness — she is used to taking hard knocks, tough breaks.
Someday, she thinks, she’ll get a real break. But she’s not very optimistic about it.
Billie is convinced the future will be as unglamorous as her past.
[Outro]
But she’s not very optimistic about it.
14Said and Did▼
[Intro]
...so that's IT then...
...said and done...
[Verse 1]
...had it all...
...lost it all...
...still here somehow...
[Chorus]
So I said "hey...
Said and done"
[Verse 2]
...can't unsay...
... what was said...
...can't undo what was done...
...just gotta sit with it now...
[Verse 3]
...funny thing is...
...I'm still me...
...broke, alone...
...back where I started...
...but still me...
[Verse 4]
I don't hang out with them anymore
I learned my lesson
The hard way
They...
They never cared...
Not really.
Now it's my turn.
[Outro]
...said and done...
...said and done...
...but still me...
15Get Up▼
[Intro]
Something's different today
Can't explain it
[Verse 1]
Still there
The way...
[Chorus]
I can't explain it
I can see the light
In the raindrops
Oh, so good inside...
I can see it
[Verse 2]
I guess the whole time
Amazing...
Start again
Different this time
Eyes open...
[Chorus]
Ooohhh
Ooohhh
Ooohhh
[Chorus]
I can't explain it
I see the light
Through the raindrops
Through the night
[Verse 3]
Clouds...
It was so cloudy, cold
It rained all night
And then the clouds just parted
And we could see the lonely sun
[Chorus]
I can't explain it
I see the light
I can't explain it
I see the light
Ooohhh
Ooohhh
Ooohhh
[Outro]
Something's different today
Can't explain it
It was so cloudy, cold
And we could see the lonely sun
16Changed Everything▼
[Intro]
...It's back!...
...It's different though...
[Verse 1]
...got it all again...
...or something ...
...something like it...
[Verse 2]
...the ones who didn't make it...
...the ones left behind...
[Verse 3]
...yeah this is totally different!...
...doesn't look the same at all...
[Chorus]
Wow what a difference...
Oh gosh that changed everything!
Hey whaddya know about that?
I can hear again.
[Verse 4]
...they'll call this winning...
... this doesn't feel like winning...
[Chorus]
Wow what a difference...
[Verse 5]
...It's still here!...
...just... very surprising...
...that's all...
...Are they gonna count it?...
...right...
[Outro]
Oh, we're playing games now...
Oh gosh that changed everything!
17Get Gone▼
[Intro]
...look at that...
...still here...
[Verse 1]
...after everything...
...all of it...
...thank...
...God...
...if there is a god...
[Verse 2]
...look at that...
...still here...
...after everything...
...all of it...
...thank...
...God...
...if there is a god...
[Verse 3]
...what a long...
...strange...
...we...
...you know...
[Chorus]
Oh, I didn't know we
Were going this way...
I think I'm lost?
I think I'm lost?
[Verse 3]
...I just...
...what's next?...
...don't need to know...
...just glad I'm here to find out...
[Verse 4]
...man...
...am I glad that's over...
I think I'm lost?
...man...
...am I glad that's over...
[Outro]
I've been thinking it over
...man...
...am I glad that's over...
It's time
It's truly time
I've been thinking it over
Trust me
It's truly time
To just
Get
Gone