How Far?

“
Я хочу позаботиться о молодёжи – у них есть, что сказать, а я хочу донести это через свой бит.
”
—Тони Аллен

**How Far?** — это четвёртый сингл и семнадцатый трек из седьмого альбома *Gorillaz*, *Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez*. Трек был выпущен 2 мая 2020 года без предварительного объявления. Он не считается официальным эпизодом серии *Song Machine*. В записи песни участвовал нигерийский барабанщик Тони Аллен и британский грайм MC Skepta.

## Информация

"How Far?" была написана и записана за несколько недель до самоизоляции в результате пандемии COVID-19W. Это была последняя песня из альбома, которая была записана в студии до того, как было принято решение о изоляции.

Эта песня была выпущена в качестве официального трибьюта Тони Аллену, который умер от аневризмы аорты в возрасте 79 лет 20 апреля 2020 года. Эта песня стала первым посмертно выпущенным материалом с участием Тони Аллена.

## Текст

[Интро: Тони Аллен]

Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha

[Припев: Skepta]

Yeah, wah gwan brudda?

Time to hustle for the money, give a change to your mother

Change them sheets, you got stains on the cover

Better look sharp, now your face on the cover

[Куплет 1: Skepta]

Like a chameleon, see a change in your color

Crabs in the barrel wanna hate on each other

So my life gets better, whatever the weather

I dance in the rain and I bathe in summer

It's the black Corleone in the button-up shirt

Before we take off you better buckle up first

Fresher than the President

Psychedelics got me in my element

All negativity, that's irrelevant

Amber Leaf or ganja leaf, I back strap when I wrap the sheets

Now I feel to go for a drive so I grab my keys

Shades on, roof down, tryna catch a breeze

Ridin' 'round the hood, got the Devil in my ear

Can you smell that? Smells like jealousy in the air

Don't know who they're tryna scare

Looked at the man in the mirror

that's the only enemy that I fear

A zombie knows who to frighten

Just know I love the action but I move in silence

And, right now, I'm just takin' what's mine 'til Elizabeth returns to diamonds

[Припев: Skepta]

Yeah, wah gwan brudda?

Time to hustle for the money, give a change to your mother

Change them sheets, you got stains on the cover

Better look sharp, now your face on the cover

Tryna be the boss of life, gets tougher

I hope you're ready for the truth that you're gonna discover

Always gonna be a Judas at the Last Supper

Stay woke, it's a rocky road on the come-up

[Куплет 2: Skepta]

I take the shots like Scorsese

More money, more problems and more ladies

Everyday somebody die, still, mothers give birth to more babies

The Earth spins, the world gets more crazy

You gotta have a suit for the christening

A suit for the wedding and a suit for the court case

Probably wear the same suit to the funeral

Tryna see the bigger picture

man it's bigger than the portrait

Bigger than me, no, you can't fight of your demons with vitamin C

Have to open your mind, use your vision and see

Keep your eyes on the prize so vigilantly

Love how you live, remember the world, full of expensive shit

Can't forget the poor 'cause you're friends with the rich

Stay true to the mold, I ain't ever gonna switch

[Припев: Skepta]

Yeah, yeah-yeah, Yeah, wah gwan brudda?

Time to hustle for the money, give a change to your mother

Change them sheets, you got stains on the cover

Better look sharp, now your face on the cover

Hm, who's that pressin' on the buzzer?

Better check the camera, you don't wanna get stuck up

You listen close, you can hear death around the corner

One wrong move and we're all gonna suffer

[Бридж: Тони Аллен]

Ahh, oya

È dì dé, è róo òri, oya

È dì dé, è róo òri, oya

È dì dé, è róo òri, oya

È dì dé, è róo òri, è dì dé

[Припев: Skepta]

How far brudda?

Time to hustle for the money, give a change to your mother

Change them sheets, you got stains on the cover

Better look sharp, now your face on the cover

## Интересные факты

* Тони Аллен ранее работал с Деймоном Албарном в *The Good, the Bad & the Queen*, *Rocket Juice & the MoonW* и *Africa Express*.
* Тони Аллен исполняет часть композиции на языке йорубаW, на котором говорят в Западной Африке, прежде всего на юго-западе НигерииW.

## Примечания

1. ↑ Gorillaz Pay Tribute to Tony Allen With New Song ‘How Far?’
2. ↑ Damon Albarn breaks down Gorillaz 'Song Machine' track by track | X-Posure | Radio X
3. ↑ Gorillaz Share New Song “How Far?” With Tony Allen and Skepta: Listen
4. ↑ Tony Allen, Pioneering Afrobeat Drummer, Dead at 79