[music] >> male announcer: From beautiful downtown Solana Beach, this is San Diego's musical showcase, "Live At The Belly Up."

In tonight's episode, Thievery Corporation: an international mix of Dub, Bossa Nova, Electronica and Hip Hop.

♪ This is a fight to survive.

♪ ♪ This is a fight ♪ ♪ to try to thrive.

♪ >> Chris Goldsmith: Thievery Corporation is really like this collective of musicians who travel around with a group of singers from different genres and different countries even.

And together they create this sort of traveling road show or like review, in an old-fashioned way, except there's nothing old-fashioned about their music.

>> male: We are "Live At The Belly Up."

Please welcome to the stage Thievery Corporation.

[audience applauding] ♪ It's been a long journey ♪ ♪ and I'm glad ♪ ♪ that we've arrived.

♪ ♪ We hit you with the vibe ♪ ♪ that you truly can't deny.

♪ ♪ We knowing it's a blessing ♪ ♪ every day we stay alive.

♪ ♪ The world is rough so we ♪ ♪ must fight to survive.

♪ >> Lif: Now, Solana Beach, before we rock this thing right now, I need to see b-boy and b-girl stances all across the crowd.

Everybody in the crowd do this.

[music] ♪ Yo, we set it off in many ♪ ♪ valuable ways.

♪ ♪ During the day, ♪ ♪ at night time.

♪ ♪ Here's the rhyme.

♪ ♪ Design we project on the ♪ ♪ screen seem to promote ♪ ♪ dreams.

♪ ♪ In other words, up the ♪ ♪ smokescreens.

♪ ♪ When like minds connect, ♪ ♪ frauds hit the deck.

♪ ♪ You expect supreme intellect ♪ ♪ on the set.

♪ ♪ We're pushing negativity to ♪ ♪ the outer-sphere.

♪ ♪ My van Gogh flow cuts off ♪ ♪ your outer ear.

♪ ♪ Beware of those who keep ♪ ♪ close to fear.

♪ ♪ Because they may overlook ♪ ♪ their own flaws.

♪ ♪ Pause, give yourself time to ♪ ♪ explore.

♪ ♪ Your inner core where the ♪ ♪ true you is kept raw.

♪ ♪ This is a fight to survive.

♪ ♪ This is a fight to try to ♪ ♪ thrive.

♪ ♪ This is a fight for you ♪ ♪ and I.

♪ ♪ A fight for getting by, ♪ ♪ a fight to feel alive.

♪ ♪ This is a fight to survive.

♪ ♪ This is a fight to try to ♪ ♪ thrive.

♪ ♪ This is a fight for you ♪ ♪ and I.

♪ ♪ A fight for getting by, ♪ ♪ a fight to feel alive.

♪ >> Lif: Solana Beach.

Everybody just clap.

Clap.

Rock.

Clap.

Rock.

Let me hear y'all scream.

[audience screaming] ♪ We're standing at the edge ♪ ♪ of a canyon.

♪ ♪ Surveying the land and ♪ ♪ you're thinking expansion.

♪ ♪ Not even realizing that the ♪ ♪ time is advancing.

♪ ♪ You see another world in ♪ ♪ each direction ♪ ♪ you glance in.

♪ ♪ This energy might become ♪ ♪ infectious if you let this ♪ ♪ seep into your synapses.

♪ ♪ Yet perhaps, just the birth ♪ ♪ of an era.

♪ ♪ A world much better than the ♪ ♪ one you found on the ground ♪ ♪ of your endeavor.

♪ ♪ Another galaxy filled with ♪ ♪ planets and stars.

♪ ♪ For never-drab, die-hard ♪ ♪ fans to hit the floor.

♪ ♪ Pause, give yourself time to ♪ ♪ explore.

♪ ♪ Your inner core where the ♪ ♪ true you is kept raw.

♪ ♪ This is a fight to survive.

♪ ♪ This is a fight to try to ♪ ♪ thrive.

♪ ♪ This is a fight for you ♪ ♪ and I.

♪ ♪ A fight for getting by, ♪ ♪ a fight to feel alive.

♪ ♪ This is a fight to survive.

♪ ♪ This is a fight to try to ♪ ♪ thrive.

♪ ♪ This is a fight for you ♪ ♪ and I.

♪ ♪ A fight for getting by, ♪ ♪ a fight to feel alive.

♪ >> Lif: Solana Beach.

Clap.

Clap.

Rock.

Clap.

Rock.

Let me hear y'all make some more noise.

I think you can do better than that.

Matter of fact, let me see, where's the livest section of this crowd?

Everybody on this side make some noise.

Now, everybody on this side make more noise than them.

Let's give it to 'em.

♪ This is a fight to survive.

♪ ♪ This is a fight to try ♪ ♪ to thrive.

♪ ♪ This is a fight for you ♪ ♪ and I.

♪ ♪ A fight for getting by, ♪ ♪ a fight to feel alive.

♪ ♪ This is a fight to survive.

♪ ♪ This is a fight to try ♪ ♪ to thrive.

♪ ♪ This is a fight for you ♪ ♪ and I.

♪ ♪ A fight for getting by, ♪ ♪ a fight to feel alive.

♪ ♪ This is a fight to survive.

♪ ♪ This is a fight to try ♪ ♪ to thrive.

♪ ♪ This is a fight for you ♪ ♪ and I.

♪ ♪ A fight for getting by, ♪ ♪ a fight to feel alive.

♪ ♪ This is a fight to survive.

♪ ♪ This is a fight to try ♪ ♪ to thrive.

♪ ♪ This is a fight for you ♪ ♪ and I.

♪ ♪ A fight for getting by, ♪ ♪ a fight to feel alive.

♪ ♪ This is a fight to survive.

♪ ♪ Sing it with us.

♪ ♪ This is a fight to try ♪ ♪ to thrive.

♪ ♪ This is a fight for you ♪ ♪ and I.

♪ ♪ A fight for getting by, ♪ ♪ a fight to feel alive.

♪ ♪ This is a fight to survive.

♪ ♪ This is a fight to try ♪ ♪ to thrive.

♪ ♪ This is a fight for you ♪ ♪ and I.

♪ ♪ A fight for getting by, ♪ ♪ a fight to feel alive.

♪♪ >> Bob Garza: The band formed back in 1995, and I actually consider us more of a production unit than a band.

I met Eric, he had just opened this bar-lounge called Eighteenth Street Lounge in Washington, DC.

And Eric heard that I'd been producing music.

And he's like can I buy you a beer?

[music] ♪ Whoa, oh.

♪ ♪ Higher heights, yes.

♪ ♪ Hammer Gideon war.

♪ ♪ Gangsters we know ♪ ♪ who you are.

♪ ♪ Can't hide behind no battle ♪ ♪ scars.

♪ ♪ We can see yuh whether ♪ ♪ near and far.

♪ ♪ Man ah go rise against ♪ ♪ system.

♪ ♪ Ah ha no Nakago sword.

♪ ♪ Though me trip a false ♪ ♪ alarm.

♪ ♪ Oh, when you slip that's ♪ ♪ when the guns draw.

♪ ♪ True sons of Zion.

♪ ♪ Exiled in the streets.

♪ ♪ Overseers of Babylon, ♪ ♪ spreading lies and deceit.

♪ ♪ Children of Zion.

♪ ♪ Shot down in the streets.

♪ ♪ While the forces of Babylon.

♪ ♪ Want I and I on our knees.

♪ ♪ Yeah.

♪ ♪ Oh, oh, oh.

♪ >> male: Greetings family.

Are you listening?

[music] ♪ Well, everybody just ah ♪ ♪ bawl, say dem hab di ♪ ♪ true seed.

♪ ♪ Who inferior, superior, dem ♪ ♪ think that we no need.

♪ ♪ We bleed the same color, but ♪ ♪ the same air we breathe.

♪ ♪ It nah matter 'bout we eh ♪ ♪ no no ancestry.

♪ ♪ And the older we ah born ♪ ♪ in ah de cosmic sea.

♪ ♪ Meridian point, sacred ♪ ♪ geometry.

♪ ♪ Land and Vatican, Washington ♪ ♪ DC, the whole ah dem ah ♪ ♪ one, and Holy Trinity.

♪ ♪ True sons of Zion.

♪ ♪ Exiled in the streets.

♪ ♪ Overseers of Babylon.

♪ ♪ Spreading lies and deceit.

♪ ♪ Children of Zion.

♪ ♪ Shot down in the streets.

♪ ♪ While the forces of Babylon.

♪ ♪ Want I and I on our knees.

♪ ♪ Yeah.

♪ ♪ Oh, oh, oh oh.

♪ ♪ Higher heights, yes.

♪ ♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh.

♪ ♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh.

♪ >> male: Once again family, are you listening?

[music] ♪ When Selassie I come, ♪ ♪ we gonna run out Babylon.

♪ ♪ When Selassie I comes, ♪ ♪ we gonna run out, run out, ♪ ♪ run out, Babylon.

♪ ♪ Higher heights, yes.

♪ ♪ Run out Babylon.

♪ ♪ Whoa, oh, oh, oh.

♪ ♪ Guided by your daily fix.

♪ ♪ Spychiatrists and ♪ ♪ polytricks.

♪ ♪ Hypnotize and drop in ah ♪ ♪ your mix.

♪ ♪ Oppressors.

♪ ♪ Guided by your daily fix.

♪ ♪ Spychiatrists and ♪ ♪ polytricks.

♪ ♪ Hypnotize and drop in ah ♪ ♪ your mix.

♪ ♪ Oppressors of Babylon.

♪ ♪ Higher heights, yes.

♪ ♪ Of Babylon.

♪ ♪ Whoa, oh, oh, oh.

♪ ♪ Of Babylon, yes.

♪ ♪ Of Babylon.

♪ ♪ Family, once again.

♪ ♪ Well, everybody just ah ♪ ♪ bawl, say dem hab di true ♪ ♪ seed.

♪ ♪ Who inferior, superior, dem ♪ ♪ think that we no need.

♪ ♪ We bleed the same color, but ♪ ♪ the same air we breathe.

♪ ♪ It nah matter 'bout we eh ♪ ♪ no no ancestry.

♪ ♪ And the older we ah born ♪ ♪ in ah de cosmic sea.

♪ ♪ Meridian point, sacred ♪ ♪ geometry.

♪ ♪ Land and Vatican, Washington ♪ ♪ DC, the whole ah dem ah ♪ ♪ one, and Holy Trinity.

♪ ♪ True sons of Zion.

♪ ♪ Exiled in the streets.

♪ ♪ Overseers of Babylon.

♪ ♪ Spreading lies and deceit.

♪ ♪ Children of Zion.

♪ ♪ Shot down in the streets.

♪ ♪ While the forces of Babylon.

♪ ♪ Want I and I on our knees.

♪ ♪ Yes.

♪♪ [audience applauding] >> Rob: You know, I love Letter to the Editor.

We have Racquel Jones who's from Kingston, Jamaica, on that track.

And you know, she's sort of new to the family, and we recorded the album down in Port Antonio, and that's where we discovered Racquel.

[music] ♪ Pocket full a promises.

♪ ♪ Baby empty bellies.

♪ ♪ Poverty and democracies, ♪ ♪ and political rallies.

♪ ♪ But who the rich a lobby ♪ ♪ for using me for votes.

♪ ♪ Pretend a mi yuh sorry ♪ ♪ for dem win and it's a joke.

♪ ♪ I'm sick of trick or ♪ ♪ treaters in costumes ♪ ♪ disguised as leaders.

♪ ♪ Charismatic public speakers, ♪ ♪ false prophet ♪ ♪ and fake healers.

♪ ♪ Articulate perfect grammar ♪ ♪ scammers scamming us ♪ ♪ of votes.

♪ ♪ In front of TV camera with ♪ ♪ an innocent approach.

♪ ♪ No more lies and fallacies.

♪ ♪ Bun apologies.

♪ ♪ Try nuh ask please ♪ ♪ when ah squeeze ♪ ♪ and yuh 'pon yuh knees.

♪ ♪ Justice or else says ♪ ♪ the Minister Farakhan.

♪ ♪ So me stand up ah Gordon* ♪ ♪ house wid meh glock ♪ ♪ inna me hand.

♪ ♪ If I take it literally geez ♪ ♪ I'm kinda sorry.

♪ ♪ But somebody ♪ ♪ need fi answer, ♪ ♪ wah dem really do to Percy?

♪ ♪ Gimmi di microphone and make ♪ ♪ mi rep di innocent.

♪ ♪ Paying recompense for money ♪ ♪ spent to feed the ♪ ♪ government.

♪ ♪ Gimmi di microphone get the ♪ ♪ people riled up.

♪ ♪ Too much piled up ♪ ♪ get di ting dem oiled up.

♪ ♪ Parallel universes in the ♪ ♪ same ol' hemisphere.

♪ ♪ Authorities they don't care ♪ ♪ with dem nose up in the.

♪ ♪ 'Cause our bombs dem ♪ ♪ metaphoric.

♪ ♪ We talk di truth and make di ♪ ♪ youths dem better for it.

♪ ♪ 'Cause I'm a fighter, yeah.

♪ ♪ If you agree put up yuh ♪ ♪ lighter, yeah.

♪ ♪ 'Cause our bombs dem ♪ ♪ metaphoric.

♪ ♪ We talk di truth and make di ♪ ♪ youths dem better for it.

♪ ♪ 'Cause I'm a fighter, yeah.

♪ ♪ If you agree put up yuh ♪ ♪ lighter, yeah, ay, ay.

♪ >> Racquel Jones: What's up everybody?

If you are a fighter, I want to see every lighter up right now.

[music] ♪ Make the stench from ghetto ♪ ♪ fences permeate dem ♪ ♪ residences.

♪ ♪ Extend up through the ♪ ♪ trenches up to where the ♪ ♪ presidents is.

♪ ♪ Karma 'pon di ones and twos.

♪ ♪ Yes, you turn the tables.

♪ ♪ Had enough ah you with your ♪ ♪ parables and fables.

♪ ♪ Jamaican bad gal queen and ♪ ♪ revolutionary.

♪ ♪ Neva quick fi start a war, ♪ ♪ but shoot whenever ♪ ♪ necessary.

♪ ♪ Product of the inner city, ♪ ♪ where me come from it nuh ♪ ♪ pretty.

♪ ♪ Survive the nitty gritty, ♪ ♪ ain't nobody taking pity.

♪ ♪ Survival kinda tricky in New ♪ ♪ York, Cali and Philly.

♪ ♪ Ah di same ting a gwaan down ♪ ♪ ah Kingston City.

♪ ♪ Hey.

♪ ♪ 'Cause our bombs dem ♪ ♪ metaphoric.

♪ ♪ We talk di truth and make di ♪ ♪ youths dem better for it.

♪ ♪ 'Cause I'm a fighter, yeah.

♪ ♪ If you agree put up yuh ♪ ♪ lighter, yeah.

♪ ♪ 'Cause our bombs dem ♪ ♪ metaphoric.

♪ ♪ We talk di truth and make di ♪ ♪ youths dem better for it.

♪ ♪ 'Cause I'm a fighter, yeah.

♪ ♪ If you agree put up yuh ♪ ♪ lighter, yeah, ay, ay.

♪ ♪ These are the da days of the ♪ ♪ last days.

♪ ♪ 'Pon the last page of di ♪ ♪ book of the dark age.

♪ ♪ We ah part ways wid ♪ ♪ oppressor, seek ♪ ♪ predecessors, wake up ♪ ♪ ancestors, den we team up ♪ ♪ together.

♪ ♪ We will meet, we will meet ♪ ♪ 'pon di battle ground.

♪ ♪ Trade mi microphone for a ♪ ♪ shottie and some copper ♪ ♪ stones.

♪ ♪ Just be ready when di gavel ♪ ♪ sound.

♪ ♪ Bun a folly ground first.

♪ ♪ Jah surround us so we never ♪ ♪ nervous.

♪ ♪ Was a mental war, now this ♪ ♪ turn physical.

♪ ♪ From long time, scars we a ♪ ♪ reap the residual.

♪ ♪ From slavery to now, the ♪ ♪ ting get critical.

♪ ♪ Dem cyan' kill we soul cause ♪ ♪ dem sight sey we spiritual.

♪ ♪ So they be like, hey.

♪ ♪ Prod the bull under Sykes as ♪ ♪ subliminal.

♪ ♪ Get dem mad, they chastise ♪ ♪ dem as criminal.

♪ ♪ Give wi drugs under guise ♪ ♪ say it clinical.

♪ ♪ 'Cause our bombs dem ♪ ♪ metaphoric.

♪ ♪ We talk di truth and make di ♪ ♪ youths dem better for it.

♪ ♪ 'Cause I'm a fighter, yeah.

♪ ♪ If you agree put up yuh ♪ ♪ lighter, yeah.

♪ ♪ 'Cause our bombs dem ♪ ♪ metaphoric.

♪ ♪ We talk di truth and make di ♪ ♪ youths dem better for it.

♪ ♪ 'Cause I'm a fighter, yeah.

♪ ♪ If you agree put up yuh ♪ ♪ lighter, yeah, ay, ay.

♪♪ >> Racquel: San Diego.

My name is Racquel Jones, and you're rocking with Thievery Corporation, and we're about to fight tonight.

So if you know you're here to fight with us, I just want to see you dance for a little.

Hey.

Thank you.

Mr.

Lif, whey yuh dey?

>> Rob: We've been independent since we've started, and we decided to put out the records ourselves.

And the first CD that we put out, I remember Eric was like, "Should we put out 500 or should we put out 1000?"

I'm like, "Let's put a 1000 and be daring."

So we put out 1000 CDs and the next week we get a call from Germany, from Cologne, this record store called Groove Attack, and they ordered 2000 more CDs, and from there it just like kept going.

And I was like, "Man, maybe we can have a living doing this."

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>> Rob: Now, we might as well be like picking up, like hitchhikers in a way, off the musical highway.

Like we'd find people in bars that are, you know, cafes singing and stuff, and we'd be like, "Hey, you want to come to the studio and record?"

And all of a sudden they're part of the family, and like sort of moving down this, you know, this highway that we're going on.

♪ Groove is dead so ♪ ♪ I'mma rhyme like a lunatic.

♪ ♪ We do it with an ♪ ♪ unassuming wit.

♪ ♪ The Corporation conjured up ♪ ♪ the bass and the tempo.

♪ ♪ My name is Lif, that's the ♪ ♪ intro, now let's go.

♪ ♪ Flow of life throwing strife ♪ ♪ into the mix.

♪ ♪ To the big, dark condition ♪ ♪ and the word is sick.

♪ ♪ The powers that be, power in ♪ ♪ me to speak of our stress ♪ ♪ and strife that I see every ♪ ♪ day.

♪ ♪ We'll just speak of our ♪ ♪ culture of fear.

♪ ♪ Open your ear.

♪ ♪ They're telling us ♪ ♪ terrorists about to strike ♪ ♪ maybe tonight, right.

♪ ♪ Let me just back up slowly ♪ ♪ with critical analysis of ♪ ♪ those who control me.

♪ ♪ Used to be we just had a ♪ ♪ screen in the crib on the ♪ ♪ TV.

♪ ♪ But now we carry screens ♪ ♪ when we leave.

♪ ♪ See, laptops, smartphones, ♪ ♪ now we're never alone.

♪ ♪ Little affliction I call ♪ ♪ media dome.

♪ ♪ On the low famine is the ♪ ♪ programming.

♪ ♪ Want to watch your favorite ♪ ♪ show because it's so ♪ ♪ slamming.

♪ ♪ Hold hands and let's gaze ♪ ♪ into the beautiful glare.

♪ ♪ While we're here, so ♪ ♪ immersed in this culture of ♪ ♪ fear.

♪ >> Lif: Solana Beach, where you at?

Yo, we're going to have some fun tonight.

When I say Solana, y'all respond by saying, "Big up, big up."

Solana.

Solana.

Solana.

Yo, I need to hear them, I need the crowd to roar.

[roaring] [music] ♪ Fear the IRS, ♪ ♪ fear the INS, fear God.

♪ ♪ More afraid of a credit card ♪ ♪ than a terror squad.

♪ ♪ Really y'all, we're stepping ♪ ♪ the weapons overseas.

♪ ♪ Master Card and VISA won't ♪ ♪ allow me to breathe.

♪ ♪ They deceive, the enemy is ♪ ♪ in the fine print.

♪ ♪ They assassinate solid with ♪ ♪ no single assailant.

♪ ♪ Walls I'm stealing to get ♪ ♪ the view of the blue skies.

♪ ♪ Beautiful, typical trying ♪ ♪ to survive.

♪ ♪ Do I, represent an element ♪ ♪ ahead.

♪ ♪ A sentiment that you feel on ♪ ♪ the road for real.

♪ ♪ Deal starts with a spark ♪ ♪ concludes with a handshake.

♪ ♪ Physical to alter your ♪ ♪ subliminal landscape.

♪ ♪ Leave thinking I can really ♪ ♪ trust that guy.

♪ ♪ You'll be honest 'cause you ♪ ♪ should have really punched ♪ ♪ that guy.

♪ ♪ Now it's operation ♪ ♪ shank-a-banker.

♪ ♪ Thank you for the loan.

♪ ♪ See you when you come to ♪ ♪ repossess my home.

♪ ♪ Alone at night sweating, ♪ ♪ visions of Armageddon.

♪ ♪ I never seen the threat, yet ♪ ♪ I feel threatened.

♪ ♪ Thoughts on our society ♪ ♪ designed to smear.

♪ ♪ Freedom, don't succumb to ♪ ♪ this culture of fear.

♪ >> Lif: Solana Beach, put your hands to the sky.

Side to side, side to side, side to side, side to side, yeah.

♪ Don't succumb to this ♪ ♪ culture of fear.

♪♪ >> Rob: I went to this high school and they had this class called Electronic Music, that you could take as an elective.

So I got to work with the first drum machines, the first step sequencers, analogue, modular synthesizers, real to real tape decks, and I just started playing with that stuff.

And for me to be involved with a program that taught me how to use all of that, it inspired me to create and become an artist that way.

And I don't think I would be here if that class didn't exist.

>> Lif: This world could be a cold and very cruel place, right?

Within it, some people will thrive and survive but unfortunately, other folks will fall by the wayside.

This is the story of those.

♪ The city was cold.

♪ ♪ Replete with these sheets ♪ ♪ of old ways.

♪ ♪ Stained tenements that were ♪ ♪ built for bold slaves.

♪ ♪ Days collapse, street's ♪ ♪ name, perhaps.

♪ ♪ Were traps, you could see it ♪ ♪ in the concrete cracks.

♪ ♪ The lost hope's smoked.

♪ ♪ The skies would devise for ♪ ♪ slowpokes.

♪ ♪ Dreamers who seem to touch ♪ ♪ zenith.

♪ ♪ Their arms couldn't reach ♪ ♪ without touching the breach.

♪ ♪ A blunder, so the summers ♪ ♪ woulda summoned police.

♪ ♪ The heat reached through ♪ ♪ crevices.

♪ ♪ To verify the visage of the ♪ ♪ nemesis.

♪ ♪ No blemishes to find on this ♪ ♪ intricate design.

♪ ♪ And odd no-brainer, the ♪ ♪ container was the mind.

♪ ♪ The poverty-stricken ♪ ♪ victims.

♪ ♪ Produced the paint for the ♪ ♪ portrait.

♪ ♪ So humble, yet the struggle ♪ ♪ was sold and went corporate.

♪ ♪ It hit the world stage and ♪ ♪ got celebrated.

♪ ♪ This odd mix of love and ♪ ♪ hatred.

♪ ♪ The ghetto matrix.

♪ ♪ It's on you, it's your mind.

♪ ♪ It's a complex plan that ♪ ♪ keeps us confined.

♪ ♪ It's on you, it's your mind.

♪ ♪ It's a complex plan that ♪ ♪ keeps us confined.

♪ ♪ It's on you, it's your mind.

♪ ♪ It's a complex plan that ♪ ♪ keeps us confined.

♪ ♪ It's on you, it's your mind.

♪ ♪ It's a complex plan that ♪ ♪ keeps us confined.

♪ >> Lif: Now, Solana Beach, if you out here just trying to live good life, let me see you put your hands in the sky.

[music] ♪ The mantra of the mission: ♪ ♪ make money off the missing.

♪ ♪ The streets with the rhythm ♪ ♪ when the six rounds hit 'em.

♪ ♪ The shells danced in the ♪ ♪ moonlight, the sunshine.

♪ ♪ The blues, you could view ♪ ♪ them on the news at 9.

♪ ♪ The vines grow over ♪ ♪ headstones and then homes.

♪ ♪ Composed to give prose to ♪ ♪ the anguish and moans.

♪ ♪ The worries of the world ♪ ♪ can't stop the cash crop.

♪ ♪ The blood drop signifies a ♪ ♪ rise in the stock.

♪ ♪ The matrix that enslaves us ♪ ♪ stops to seemingly balk.

♪ ♪ But can't deny the fact that ♪ ♪ the act has gone pop.

♪ ♪ Nonstop, the plot thickens ♪ ♪ with his and her children.

♪ ♪ Echoes of the plight, like ♪ ♪ to have the youth listen.

♪ ♪ Is it ghetto?

♪ ♪ Is it urban?

♪ ♪ Are you certain?

♪ ♪ Are you a servant here to ♪ ♪ keep the sales surging?

♪ ♪ All in all, it seems that no ♪ ♪ one can escape it.

♪ ♪ This odd mix of love and ♪ ♪ hatred.

♪ ♪ The ghetto matrix.

♪ ♪ It's on you, it's your mind.

♪ ♪ It's a complex plan that ♪ ♪ keeps us confined.

♪ ♪ It's on you, it's your mind.

♪ ♪ It's a complex plan that ♪ ♪ keeps us confined.

♪ ♪ It's on you, it's your mind.

♪ ♪ It's a complex plan that ♪ ♪ keeps us confined.

♪ ♪ It's on you, it's your mind.

♪ ♪ It's a complex plan that ♪ ♪ keeps us confined.

♪ ♪ Sing it with us now.

♪ ♪ It's on you, it's your mind.

♪ ♪ It's a complex plan that ♪ ♪ keeps us confined.

♪ ♪ It's on you, it's your mind.

♪ ♪ It's a complex plan that ♪ ♪ keeps us confined.

♪ ♪ It's on you, it's your mind.

♪ ♪ It's a complex plan that ♪ ♪ keeps us confined.

♪ ♪ It's on you, it's your mind.

♪ ♪ It's a complex plan that ♪ ♪ keeps us confined.

♪♪ >> Lif: Now, Solana Beach, I want everybody in this room to think about all of your greatest hopes and all of your greatest dreams and on the count of three, we're going to make enough noise to make those dreams come true.

Three, two, three, two, one, scream.

[audience screaming] >> Lif: Nuff respect to all my big dreamers out there.

>> Rob: You know, and in terms of like our message, you know it's like, it's not about telling people what to think, it's just about trying to make people think.

You know, and so like if they can connect to singer, like Loulou who is from Iran, maybe people will understand that you know Iran isn't just this devil, politically, but it's a place of great culture, and singers, and artists, and there's something to be gained from connecting with, you know, these cultures.

And when you talk a lot about, you know, you know, the sort of global connective, connectivity or whatever, but you know, it also comes down to not just technology but connecting with human beings and art.

[music] [music] ♪ Careful what you wish for ♪ ♪ they warned when I was ♪ ♪ young.

♪ ♪ We held the star, the lotus ♪ ♪ sun, on the long days of the ♪ ♪ sun.

♪ ♪ Love can shine so brightly.

♪ ♪ Light the whole world with a ♪ ♪ spark.

♪ ♪ Love can change so quickly, ♪ ♪ we lost, we end in the dark.

♪ ♪ Love has no heart.

♪ ♪ Love has no heart.

♪ ♪ Love has no heart.

♪ ♪ Attraction's so magnetic ♪ ♪ somehow keeps us far apart.

♪ ♪ Calls us like a mirage, then ♪ ♪ it says "Au revoir."

♪ ♪ Love has no heart.

♪ ♪ Love has no heart.

♪ ♪ Love has no heart.

♪ ♪ You thought of us so clever, ♪ ♪ protected from loves pain.

♪ ♪ Heartbreak leaves us in a ♪ ♪ haze, while loves lures us ♪ ♪ once again.

♪ ♪ Love has no heart.

♪ ♪ Love has no heart.

♪ ♪ Love has no heart.

♪ ♪ Love oh, oh, oh, has no ♪ ♪ heart.

♪ ♪ Oh, oh, love, oh, oh, love ♪ ♪ has no heart.

♪ ♪ Oh, love, oh love, oh, oh, ♪ ♪ oh oh, oh, ♪ ♪ love has no heart.

♪♪ [audience applauding] [music] ♪ Television, controls what ♪ ♪ we see.

♪ ♪ And the programs, yes, ♪ ♪ false realities.

♪ ♪ But you let them hide from ♪ ♪ the light, oh yes.

♪ ♪ Is hidden in a plain sight, ♪ ♪ ah no.

♪ ♪ Now massive weapons of ♪ ♪ distraction every day.

♪ ♪ Is it a natural reaction to ♪ ♪ just look away?

♪ >> male: Yes, once again family.

This is just a reminder.

[music] ♪ Well, useless feeders, ♪ ♪ breeders and headers, yes.

♪ ♪ Is all they think of we.

♪ ♪ Poison this food supply.

♪ ♪ From the unholy sea.

♪ ♪ Prescriptions only leads to ♪ ♪ addictions.

♪ ♪ They steal our attention.

♪ ♪ With the worst intentions.

♪ ♪ Oh, no.

♪ ♪ Now massive weapons of ♪ ♪ distraction every day.

♪ ♪ Is it a natural reaction?

♪ ♪ Now massive weapons of ♪ ♪ distraction every day.

♪ ♪ Is it a natural reaction, ♪ ♪ family, to just look away?

♪ [music] >> male: Yes, once again, family, we can't remind you enough.

This one here goes out to Slumber Shirley, who turn away from the artificial battery organic family.

No more being romanced back to being human beings you know.

[music] ♪ Whoa, higher heights, yes.

♪ ♪ Whoa, higher heights, yes.

♪ ♪ Whoa.

♪ ♪ Family.

♪ ♪ Are you smarter than your ♪ ♪ phone?

♪ ♪ Or are you just all alone?

♪ ♪ Modern tricknology.

♪ ♪ Take away knowledge from we.

♪ ♪ Spoiled to the core.

♪ ♪ By the fruit of the serpent ♪ ♪ tree.

♪ ♪ Always selling us war.

♪ ♪ They're just taxing the ♪ ♪ poor family.

♪ ♪ Now massive weapons of ♪ ♪ distraction every day.

♪ ♪ Is it a natural reaction?

♪ ♪ Now massive weapons of ♪ ♪ distraction every day.

♪ ♪ Is it a natural reaction, ♪ ♪ family, to just look away?

♪ [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [singing in foreign language] [singing in foreign language] [singing in foreign language] [singing in foreign language] [singing in foreign language] ♪ through the light ♪ ♪ I can carry your pain ♪ ♪ through the light ♪ ♪ I can take all your worries ♪ ♪ Come on, I can carry ♪ ♪ time and space ♪ ♪ Come on, I can carry ♪ ♪ time and space ♪ [singing in foreign language] [singing in foreign language] [singing in foreign language] [singing in foreign language] [singing in foreign language] [singing in foreign language] ♪ through the light ♪ ♪ I can carry your pain ♪ ♪ through the light ♪ ♪ I can take all your worries ♪ ♪ Come on, I can carry ♪ ♪ time and space ♪ ♪ Come on, I can carry ♪ ♪ time and space ♪ [music] [music] [music] [music] ♪ through the light ♪ ♪ I can carry your pain ♪ ♪ through the light ♪ ♪ I can take all your worries ♪ ♪ Come on, I can carry ♪ ♪ time and space ♪ ♪ Come on, I can carry ♪ ♪ time and space ♪♪ [music] [music] [music] [music] >> male: Well, until the philosophy that holds one race superior and another inferior is finally and permanently discredited and abandoned, there would be war and rumors of wars, family.

Run it.

[music] [music] [music] ♪ Yo, oh nah.

♪ ♪ Higher heights, yes, yes.

♪ ♪ Here we go.

♪ ♪ Miss Liberty turn in a ♪ ♪ Jezebel.

♪ ♪ All the dreams you go sell, ♪ ♪ turn in a hell.

♪ ♪ Your bed of roses are filled ♪ ♪ with thorns.

♪ ♪ Your righteous robes are ♪ ♪ tattered and torn.

♪ ♪ If she had only stood for ♪ ♪ love, that would have been ♪ ♪ enough.

♪ ♪ She wouldn't have to hide in ♪ ♪ her shame.

♪ ♪ If she had only stood for ♪ ♪ love, that would have been ♪ ♪ enough.

♪ ♪ But now we all just burn in ♪ ♪ her flames.

♪ ♪ Amerimacka, oh what a ♪ ♪ beautiful lie.

♪ ♪ Amerimacka, is like licking ♪ ♪ honey off of a knife.

♪ ♪ Amerimacka, oh what a ♪ ♪ beautiful lie.

♪ ♪ Amerimacka, oh what a ♪ ♪ beautiful lie.

♪ [music] >> male: Solana Beach family, how you feeling?

All the way around, we would want to see some hands up in the air right about now.

Hands up, hands up, hands up, hands up, hands up, hands up, hands up, hands up, hands up.

Here we go.

[music] [music] ♪ The land of the free built ♪ ♪ on slavery.

♪ ♪ Our consciousness in ♪ ♪ captivity.

♪ ♪ The Promised Land is the ♪ ♪ lion's den.

♪ ♪ Our culture of greed has got ♪ ♪ to end.

♪ ♪ Now we're laying in the mud, ♪ ♪ looking up above.

♪ ♪ Tear water just a drop from ♪ ♪ the sky.

♪ ♪ Trying to keep us in the ♪ ♪ mud, separating us from ♪ ♪ love.

♪ ♪ Never let them conquer the ♪ ♪ I.

♪ ♪ Amerimacka, oh what a ♪ ♪ beautiful lie.

♪ ♪ Amerimacka, is like licking ♪ ♪ honey off of a knife.

♪ ♪ Amerimacka, oh what a ♪ ♪ beautiful lie.

♪ ♪ Amerimacka, oh what a ♪ ♪ beautiful lie.

♪ ♪ Ay yo, Amerimacka.

♪ ♪ Gonna miss Amerimacka-macka.

♪ ♪ Amerimacka, this spun like ♪ ♪ ah choppa, choppa.

♪ ♪ Amerimacka, miss ♪ ♪ Amerimacka-macka.

♪ ♪ Amerimacka, gonna Ameri.

♪ ♪ Sing.

♪ ♪ Amerimacka, miss Amerimacka.

♪ ♪ Me look up in the sky I ♪ ♪ only see ya with a altar, ♪ ♪ altar.

♪ ♪ Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

♪ ♪ Ay.

♪ ♪ Amerimacka, miss Amerimacka.

♪ ♪ Me look up in the sky, I ♪ ♪ only see ya with a altar, ♪ ♪ altar.

♪ ♪ Whoa, whoa.

♪ >> male: Solana Beach family, can you help us sing this one?

Sing.

♪ Amerimacka, ♪ ♪ oh, what a beautiful.

♪ ♪ Sing.

♪ ♪ Amerimacka, it's licking on ♪ ♪ the half of a.

♪ ♪ Sing, sing.

♪ ♪ Oh what a beautiful lie.

♪ ♪ Amerimacka, oh what a ♪ ♪ beautiful lie.

♪ [music] >> male: Yes, once again family.

Give thanks for all the love and support throughout the years beautiful people.

Thievery Corporation loves each and every one of you.

Yeah.

All the way from the back to the front, side to side, can we hear your beautiful voices one more time?

Can we hear your beautiful voices?

Here we go.

♪ Amerimacka, ♪ ♪ oh what a beautiful.

♪ ♪ Sing.

♪ ♪ It's like licking honey off ♪ ♪ of a.

♪ ♪ Sing.

♪ ♪ Oh what a beautiful light.

♪ ♪ Amerimacka, oh what a ♪ ♪ beautiful lie.

♪ ♪ Amerimacka, oh what a ♪ ♪ beautiful lie.

♪♪ [music] >> Rob: Lebanese Blond is a track we did back in the day, and we didn't let the fact that we didn't have a huge studio or we didn't have tons of money to record, we just did it from the soul and from the heart.

And that song came out, and you know, it's probably our most popular song, and it got license to Garden State, which at the time, I remember they sent us a request, you know, like we're going this small independent film called Garden State.

You know nobody really thought anything of it.

Nobody thought it would be as big as it was, and you know, that song became just huge, and a lot more people discovered it because of that movie.

[music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] ♪ Pat up, pat up, pa, pa.

♪ >> Loulou: You guys.

[audience singing] [audience singing] ♪ Too low to find my way.

♪ ♪ Too high to wonder why.

♪ ♪ I've touched this place ♪ ♪ before.

♪ ♪ Somewhere in another time.

♪ ♪ Now I can hear the song.

♪ ♪ Clouds drifting through the ♪ ♪ blinds.

♪ ♪ A half a million thoughts.

♪ ♪ Are flowing through my mind.

♪ [music] [music] [music] ♪ A satellite recalled your ♪ ♪ voice.

♪ ♪ Sent me round the world ♪ ♪ again.

♪ ♪ All the night you've dreamt ♪ ♪ away.

♪ ♪ Sent me round my heart again ♪ ♪ One touch upon my lips.

♪ ♪ And all my thoughts are ♪ ♪ clear.

♪ ♪ I feel your smoky mist.

♪ ♪ Up to the stratosphere.

♪ ♪ Too low to find my way.

♪ ♪ Too high to wonder why.

♪ ♪ I've touched this place ♪ ♪ before.

♪ ♪ Somewhere in another time.

♪ ♪ Now I can hear the song.

♪ ♪ Clouds drifting through the ♪ ♪ blinds.

♪ ♪ A half a million thoughts.

♪ ♪ Are flowing through my mind.

♪ ♪ Oh, oh, oh.

♪ [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] ♪ Too low to find my way.

♪ ♪ Too high to wonder why.

♪ ♪ I've touched this place ♪ ♪ before.

♪ ♪ Somewhere in another time.

♪ ♪ Now I can hear the song.

♪ ♪ The clouds drifting through ♪ ♪ the blinds.

♪ ♪ A half a million thoughts.

♪ ♪ Are flowing through my mind.

♪ ♪ Pa dap.

♪ [audience singing] [audience singing] >> Loulou: One last time.

[audience singing] [audience cheering] [music] >> Lif: Hit it, yeah.

Solana Beach, what you are about to see, what you are about to hear, you never heard before, 'cause it's that raw.

You know what?

I got one question for y'all.

I got one question.

Are you ready?

[audience cheering] >> Lif: We're going to give it to you now.

♪ They try their best just ♪ ♪ to mash up the resistance.

♪ ♪ Warning shots and sirens ♪ ♪ from a distance.

♪ ♪ Riot gears and barricade for ♪ ♪ an instance.

♪ ♪ And the words from mi mouth, ♪ ♪ mi no response.

♪ ♪ Hollywood sending signals of ♪ ♪ destruction.

♪ ♪ Stereotype the ghetto youths ♪ ♪ as a bad man.

♪ ♪ Overcome the rough time and ♪ ♪ we grow strong.

♪ ♪ Step up in a life, now them ♪ ♪ want to shake we hand.

♪ ♪ We are eternal, made of the ♪ ♪ Creator.

♪ ♪ Won't fall to the soul-less ♪ ♪ devastators.

♪ ♪ Divide and conquer, and try ♪ ♪ to separate us.

♪ ♪ Up to this day, them still ♪ ♪ tryin' to rape us.

♪ ♪ One.

♪ >> Lif: Solana Beach.

Solana Beach.

Are you ready?

[music] ♪ One, and in comes the two ♪ ♪ to the three.

♪ ♪ And one, in comes the two to ♪ ♪ the three.

♪ ♪ And one, in comes the two to ♪ ♪ the three.

♪ ♪ And one, and in comes the ♪ ♪ two to the three.

♪ ♪ And one.

♪ >> Lif: You see, I like how y'all sound, but I think next time around, I think y'all can get louder than that.

I think y'all can louder.

It goes, let's get the-- ♪ One and in comes the two to ♪ ♪ the three.

♪ ♪ And one, and in comes the ♪ ♪ two to the three.

♪ ♪ And one, and in comes the ♪ ♪ two to the three.

♪ ♪ And one, and in comes the ♪ ♪ two to the three.

♪ ♪ And.

♪ ♪ They try their best just to ♪ ♪ up the resistance.

♪ ♪ Warning shots and sirens ♪ ♪ from a distance.

♪ ♪ Riot gears and barricade for ♪ ♪ an instance.

♪ ♪ And the words from mi mouth, ♪ ♪ mi no response.

♪ ♪ Hollywood sending signals of ♪ ♪ destruction.

♪ ♪ Stereotype the ghetto youths ♪ ♪ as a bad man.

♪ ♪ Overcome the rough times and ♪ ♪ we grow strong.

♪ ♪ Step up in a life, dem ah ♪ ♪ want to shake we hand.

♪ ♪ We are eternal, made from ♪ ♪ the Creator.

♪ ♪ Won't fall to the soul-less ♪ ♪ devastator.

♪ ♪ Divide and conquer, and try ♪ ♪ to separate us.

♪ ♪ And to this day, them still ♪ ♪ tryin' to rape us.

♪ ♪ One.

♪ >> Lif: Solana Beach.

Solana Beach I need y'all to let me know.

We need y'all to let us know, are you ready?

[audience cheering] ♪ One, and in comes the two ♪ ♪ to the three.

♪ ♪ And one, and in comes the ♪ ♪ two to the three.

♪ ♪ And one, and in comes the ♪ ♪ two to the three.

♪ ♪ And one, and in comes the ♪ ♪ two to the three.

♪ ♪ And one, and in comes the ♪ ♪ two to the three.

♪ ♪ And one, and in comes the ♪ ♪ two to the three.

♪ ♪ And one.

♪ >> Lif: You know, what?

I think you might have made it to the bonus round.

I think Solana Beach made it to the bonus round.

In fact, my brother, Robby Fires.

Robby Fires, so boy you bring that fire.

Bring it.

[guitar playing] [guitar playing] [guitar playing] [guitar playing] >> Lif: Are you ready?

Here we go.

One ♪ And in comes the two to ♪ ♪ the three.

♪ ♪ And one, and in comes the ♪ ♪ two to the three.

♪ ♪ And one, and in comes the ♪ ♪ two to the three.

♪ ♪ And one, and in comes the ♪ ♪ two to the three.

♪ ♪ And one, and in comes the ♪ ♪ two to the three.

♪ ♪ And one, and in comes the ♪ ♪ two to the three.

♪ ♪ And one, and in comes the ♪ ♪ two to the three.

♪ ♪ And one, here comes two, ♪ ♪ three.

♪ ♪ One, here comes two, three.

♪ ♪ One, here comes two, three.

♪ ♪ One, here comes two, three.

♪ ♪ One, here comes the two to ♪ ♪ the three.

♪ ♪ And one.

♪♪ [music] [music] [music] [music] >> Lif: Thievery Corporation.

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