Kirker - Luke Norris

We’ve got 90% of the market out there that we can somehow turn into automobile

users

If we can eliminate the rail alternative, we can create a new market for our

cars

Uh, yeah

Hour-long commute it’s a blessing and a curse

Started blasting music once I put that in reverse

Little bit of chance you may wind up in a hearse

But I find some inner peace on the best days and the worst

James Donlon to Buchanan to Kirker to Treat

Seven days a week, yeah I put that on repeat

If it’s a good mood, know who I could turn to

Freddie, Denzel, Kendrick

Most of all MF DOOM

When the wheels spinnin' and I’m in my feels again

Saba, Tyler, Cole, maybe Ye now and then

CARE FOR ME carefully carried me through these tough times

Provided me with clarity, I’m cherishing these punchlines

All this music while I’m driving, it’s my chance to practice

While I’m vibin' I’m still thinking, «Man I gotta match this»

My goal to memorize these albums

So I could hear it in my head and never am without them

Without this music would I be the same person?

Probably not

I take the key out the ignition and it’s oddly hot

Honda in the garage, formerly its Molly spot

Return to normalcy, but alone an awful lot

In the driver’s seat, sit in the dark once I put it in park

But I’ve only been a novice since last August

This pandemic shut down driving lessons and I needed three

Had gotten two before they stopped it, are you kidding me?

Mom and I took four trips to the DMV

With wait times longer than for TDE

If Newsom ever says something, it’s the opposite

Six-month extension on permits, that’s inoperative

I look at public transit hampered by conglomerates

General Motors and Ford, they preponderant

I see high-speed rails like in Asia and Europe

Transportation evolves, no longer buggies or stirrups

And one more thing to mention 'fore I go

I be singing these songs and you ought to know

What some white kids rappin' when they all alone

«It's what the artist says, honestly c’mon bro»

You can’t forget your race and try to act slick

'Cause if you pulled over, you remember that quick

And that’s systemic, just check the statistics

Symptom of disease, and injustice the sickness

[Outro: Luke Norris and

Sample

This is the first song I’ve ever recorded in a car

And honestly way better than a bedroom

Highly, highly recommend

Aight, I’m out

This is a story about how things got the way they are

Why sitting in stalled traffic seems perfectly natural

Why our public transportation is the worst in the industrialized world

And why super highways cut right through the hearts of our cities

This is a story about how the auto and highway industries reshaped America