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1.
I'm the Energy MC but I'm not MC Squared I don't support nuclear, in fact it makes me scared No, I'm MC Delta T, I'm so hot I AM heat 200 degrees is less than nothing to me Don't call me Mr Fahrenheit, call me Miss Kelvin Freddie lands on Mars with Marvin and Melvin I use international system, coz that's how pros do it - yeah, metres per second squared is my g-unit (G-unit, drop it to tha flo) I'm the energy master of your ceremonies I'm hosting the death of the bourgeoisie I control the mic, I don't drive but I bike Have fun when your petrol sees another tax hike You're a sucka mothafucka driving round the block Looking for a sucka bitch to suck your cock Well if you ask me I'll tell you where to stick it Coz you're wasting gas and that's just not cricket (You're sitting on chrome but you're all alone There ain't no dog wanna eat your bone You're driving so fast, it's a waste of gas I'll pop a cap in yo ass, put your hands up...) So I'm chillin in my crib with my homie King Hubbert He says, “I think we've peaked and I don't really love it” If we could turn back time there'd be an easy solution: Cancel the industrial revolution But the invention of a time machine is still pretty distant The Great Leap Backwards can't be done in an instant What we need to do is to make a transition To a future of low energy and low emissions So I'm writing rhymes about this day and time And how everyone's only out to make a dime You might say my songs have no worth An 8 bar verse ain't gunna save the earth But if my words make you stop and question Why we do what we do then I've made an impression So if you get offended by my radicalism Remember I'm offended by capitalism Ted Trainer called me up on the telephone today He said, “Yo, waddup, I think we need a simpler way Even if we're real efficient we're still energy deficient All the world’s renewables can never be sufficient To sustain the lifestyles that we're demanding Are you understanding? We can't keep expanding! Economic growth must be left behind We need a whole new culture, a new state of mind” The only way to alleviate my anxiety Is to replace consumer capitalist society If you don't know where to start, Rob Hopkins is da man He'll help you write an Energy Descent Action Plan Farms growing medicines, fuels, food and wood People sharing skills, tools and cars in da hood Friendly small communities just like the old times Fuck the global corporations: LOCALISE! MC Delta T layin down tha phat beatz I'm so hot I am heat mrs joyful in da house yo up in dis Bangin dat gangsta shit (Think Locally; Fuck Globally)
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I was on the prowl for a mistress To take some of the chill off my winters Took you home coz you looked cheap and easy I didn’t know how much you would please me You are the one who makes my blood bubble But if I fall in you I'll be in hot trouble You would never let me feel cold But I fear that you're going to vapourise my soul You're too hot to be an economiser And you're too cool to be a superheater, baby First you get wet, and then you get steamy And that's why I call you my boiler lady Oooh, I change state in you Oooh, that's why I call you my boiler lady For someone whose temperature doesn't change Your turbulent behaviour seems strange When you get on your Rankine cycle You transform into a raging psycho You're too hot to be an economiser And you're too cool to be a superheater, baby First you get wet, and then you get steamy And that's why I call you my boiler lady Oooh, fluid in your tubes Oooh, that's why I call you my boiler lady Your fuel bills are way through the roof And you're fussy about what I put in you If I penetrate you with hard water We're gunna end up with a limescale daughter You're high maintenance to the max And you're always blowing shit out your stack All that coal has made your heart black And I need a whole room for you, you're so fat Boiler lady, I found a new lover She comes with a sign that says "do not cover" I can turn her on with the flick of a switch So good riddance to you, you carbon spewing bitch You're too hot to be an economiser And you're too cool to be a superheater, baby First you get wet, and then you get steamy And that's why I call you my boiler lady Oooh, it's not me, it's you Oooh, goodbye my darling boiler lady
3.
Electricity flows from his fingertips and his breath makes windmills spin His gaze is rays of golden sun and they'll burn you if you sin But when he sees you mining coal he cries tears into hydro dams He's the energy god of the land It's his responsibility to supply all the energy For earth and all that's heavenly for now and all eternity He runs on his treadmill all day and when he runs it generates And all the gods clap and say yay and turn on their laptops to play He wishes he could stop to rest but it's his job, he'll do his best Power sure makes gods feel blessed but how he wishes they'd use less At least he looks good in a toga not that any ladies notice They're too busy reading Vogue and heating rooms for bikram yoga Electricity flows from his fingertips and his breath makes windmills spin His gaze is rays of golden sun and they'll burn you if you sin But when he sees you mining coal he cries tears into hydro dams He's the energy god of the land The people down on earth don't see they're using too much energy And soon he thinks that maybe he will have a heart attack or three If he drops dead on his feet the energy will fast deplete And all the people there will bleat and mourn for all their wasted heat He tries to send them subtle signs that he can't keep up with the times Global warming gets denied and peak oil covered up with lies But god is love and love is blind and though he knows his dear mankind Will kill him one joule at a time for them he'd gladly bleed and die Electricity flows from his fingertips and his breath makes windmills spin His gaze is rays of golden sun and they'll burn you if you sin But when he sees you mining coal he cries tears into hydro dams He's the energy god of the land
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Foxy lady!... It drives me crazy Planet says NO! Planet says NO! Planet says NO! Foxy lady... There’s one thing you should know It’s the only way to go Please put out your paper Recycle bottles when you can Compost green waste as you need to Reduce your waste - that is the plan Planet says NO! Planet says NO! Planet says NO! Foxy lady... There’s one thing you should know Come on baby, here we go Insulate your home now baby Turn your lights off when not in use Score your car some bio-diesel A greener life is what I choose Planet says NO! Planet says NO! Planet says NO! Foxy lady... There's one thing you should know Come on baby, here we go With the trees cut down, oil wells drilling Chainsaws rattling and the big boys chilling Radiation flowing, deserts start snowing World disasters, Fukishima’s glowing Trees cut down, oil wells drilling Chainsaws rattling and the big boys chilling There's one thing you should know It's the only way to go Planet says NO! Planet says NO! Planet says NO! Foxy lady... There’s one thing you should know It’s the only way – let’s go! And the planet says YEAH!... Oooh aaah Ride a bike or get out walking Turn the TV off a while Put your smoke butts in bins provided And this should make the planet smile Be kind to the earth, she's a foxy lady The things that they’re doing, it drives me crazy Future of the planet seems real hazy Foxy lady, things seem shady Trees cut down, oil wells drilling Chainsaws rattling and the big boys chilling There's one thing you should know It's the only way to go Planet says YEAH! Planet says YEAH! Planet says YEAH! Foxy lady... There’s one thing left to know Hold on baby here we go Foxy lady!... Oh babe you drive me crazy There’s one thing left to know Come on baby, join the show!
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So your power bill's in and there's a frown on your face But don't worry about it, coz I'm on the case I'll track down all your vile energy thieves Insulate your ceiling, and fix all your leaks I'm hot on the trail of rogue heat escapees Check your thermostat, watch me save your degrees Change your showerhead, turn down your hot water Then I'll save it by jumping in with your teenage daughter Triple glaze your windows, turn off your lights Don't leave your television on overnight Out with your beer fridge, put it in the main fridge If you got no room then put ice in your beverage Ban the fan heater and get a heat pump Don't degrade electricity to heat, you chump I'm the energy detective I'm the energy detective, yeah I'm the energy detective, bitches and hoes I'm the energy detective, yo I don't just save your energy but money, too Who's your retailer, how big is your fuse? What plan are you on? Is it alright? Would you use cheaper energy in the night? If you wanna risk it and live on the edge You can pay spot prices or maybe a hedge I'll analyse your tariffs right down to the hour Tell you the best time of day to take a shower Don't turn everything on at one time Your demand charge is an economic energy crime I'm the energy detective I'm the energy detective, yeah I'm the energy detective, bitches and hoes I'm the energy detective, yo I like saving money but i love saving the earth Without it we'd be dead so it's got maximum worth So many motherfuckers just don't even care That we're pumping out carbon into the air They keep making coal plants and mining the ground Driving V8s in circles round and round I'll catch them and send them to energy jail The things they have done are beyond the pale So don't burn coal, it's real bad, not good If you gotta burn something then i guess burn wood But before you combust stop and think for a sec Do you need this now or can you take a rain check Make sure you're not doing anything shocking When the energy police come a-knock-knock-knockin' I'm the energy detective I'm the energy detective, yeah I'm the energy detective, bitches and hoes I'm the energy detective, yo
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If you're really that keen to be dead Then take a bullet to your stupid head If you're kind you'll shoot your children too To save them suffering because of you You're homical, suicidal So sadistic, masochistic It's our fate that you dictate Please save us before it's too late You've always got all the latest things Living the lifestyle of a king But that shit won't help you at last call The higher you are the further you'll fall You're so high in the society Egotistic, not holistic Deaf and dumb and blind and numb You're living in an oil drum You've got that smug look upon your face As you kill the whole damn human race Making orphans everywhere you go Mass murder from the comfort of your home You've got that smug look upon your face As you kill the whole damn human race Making orphans everywhere you go Mass murder from the comfort of your home You're homical, suicidal So sadistic, masochistic It's our fate that you dictate Please save us before it's too late So high in the society Egotistic, not holistic Deaf and dumb and blind and numb You're living in an oil drum With all the torture you've caused worldwide I understand your grounds for suicide But why'd you have to take me down as well? You stupid bitch, I hope you go to hell You're homical, suicidal So sadistic, masochistic It's our fate that you dictate Please save us before it's too late So high in the society Egotistic, not holistic Deaf and dumb and blind and numb You're living in an oil drum We’re drowning in an oil drum We’re drowning in an oil drum Look at what we’ve become How could we be so dumb We’re drowning in an oil drum We're drowning in an oil drum
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She don't ride no scooter She don't drive no car Coz she's walking the talk And there ain't nowhere too far She won't light no fire She won't burn no coal She says you know it ain't right Keep the coal in the hole Because she's so, because she's so, so solar So she's got a tight ass from all that walking It was difficult to meet her when I first started stalking I asked her for a blow job but she don't eat meat I love her compost toilet coz it flushes a treat When I lick her hairy armpits then she sighs and groans But it doesn't sound the same on the telephone Her pussy has a bell to protect the birds She doesn't do McDonald's to protect the herds Because she's so, because she's so, so solar She's got no chemicals To spray on her vegetables She cooks with organic She's saving the planet Her map of Tasmania Grows wooly and wild She don't use no hairspray To keep that shit styled Because she's so, because she's so, so solar She released a battery chicken coz she's into finger lickin' And she gets cross with the Japs when the whales they start a stickin' So she did an occupation to protect the NZ nation And she likes a crafty smoke when she enters an irration She has a solar panel and she washes with a flannel She doesn't like Fox news, she prefers another channel She's one hell of a lover in her home spun pullover With her ethical cotton she grinds until she's sodden
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I was happy with my new lover I wasn't looking out for another But then you pumped yourself in my life And now I want to make you my wife The two of you both run off electricity Which is great coz it can be made renewably But that doesn't mean it is infinite or free So I like that you use it more responsibly It's cool she's got 100% efficiency But your coefficient of performance is THREE You give me more out than I put in She was better than my ex but you're an obvious win She can heat it but you can work it She can make it but you can move it She's one way but you reverse it She can fake it but you can prove it Heat pump, heat pump You're my heat pump Heat pump, heat pump I love heat pump If you want heat you can make it from electricity But you can move more heat from the same quantity It's all about the quality of your energy Second law efficiency, entropy and exergy So don't downgrade your high grade energy to low grade heat Use it to move your heat carrying feet You can even move it from a cooler to a hotter I don't care if they say that you far better notter She can heat it but you can work it She can make it but you can move it She's one way but you reverse it She can fake it but you can prove it Heat pump, heat pump You're my heat pump Heat pump, heat pump I love heat pump Sometimes it gets too hot in the summer And that's where shes a bit of a bummer She turns off And illicit affairs with my fans Leave me feeling unsatisfied, guilty and sad But you can be my all pleasing girl for all seasons If I'm hot or I'm cold you fulfil all my needs and You're totally cooler than the fans were too There's no catch with you, you're too good to be true She can heat it but you can work it She can make it but you can move it She's one way but you reverse it She can fake it but you can prove it Heat pump, heat pump You're my heat pump Heat pump, heat pump I love heat pump
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It's restricted I'm conflicted I'm addicted To dinosaurs White line picket I can't kick it I'm addicted I just want more See I'm tripping again, feel that rush in my veins As I'm hooning in race cars and jetting in planes But as I am flying and feeling this high I am also aware that climate change and peak oil are nigh It's a bad dirty fuel habit Don't make me give it up or I'll go manic If it's fossil fuel I don't care if it's cut - I'll have it It's a bad dirty fuel habit Dead dinosaurs rotting under the earth Did they ever have a clue how much they'd be worth? Fuel and plastic - it's fantastic! No I'm not being sarcastic Though they're really great inventions It's time for an intervention Let us practice fuel abstention Turn off your combustion engines The party was great but now it's over We're going to have to learn to live sober It's restricted I'm conflicted I'm addicted To dinosaurs White line picket I can't kick it I'm addicted I just want more I try to stick to the green and turn down all the rest Of the junk that they say is meant to impress But sometimes I need a hit and then I go and inject Money into the oil economy and the greenhouse effect It's a bad dirty fuel habit Don't make me give it up or I'll go manic If it's fossil fuel I don't care if it's cut - I'll have it It's a bad dirty fuel habit

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released December 2, 2012

Produced, recorded and mixed by Sarah Williamson at Albany St Studio, Dunedin 2012

Mastered by Jonny Dyas

All songs written by Sarah Williamson except tracks 4 and 8 by Kill, Martha (Sas Ambicus, Lani Morrison, Worik Stanton, Metiria Turei, Tania Turei)

Sarah Williamson plays all the instruments (vocals, piano, drums, phat beatz, ukulele, saxophone, recorder, box accordion, glockenspiel, melodica, didgeridoo, tambourine, banana shaker) except tracks 4 and 8 by Kill, Martha:
Sas Ambicus: Vocals
Lani Morrison: Vocals
Miles Renyard: Guest drums
Worik Stanton: Ukulele
Metiria Turei: Bass guitar and bass ukulele
Tania Turei: Ukulele

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mrs joyful Dunedin, New Zealand

- mrs joyful - geriatric art punk -
rafia work enthusiast
dubious speler and grammarer

- MC Delta T - Little Girl Nerdcore -
Pretty fly for a physicist
Bears an uncanny resemblance to mrs joyful

- Kill, Martha - Hardkohr Manchester Ukulele Gangsta Crack -
From the suitcase on the left she took her favourite axe.
The voice was clearer now: Kill, Martha!
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