The Game Ain't Based On Sympathy

Joy Orbison aka Peter O'Grady has teamed up with rapper Joe James for bastard, a one-take, two minute song that dropped at the end of January.

Understated performances from both belie an infectious, insistent song that demands repeated listening. Fingers crossed that this isn't a one-off collaboration.

Since I had the polo with the big pony, 

They've been pony

Shh, all the best things got built up slowly

All the worst things crash and burn 

And last five minutes, and die with a moment

Straight road when I roam through Roman

Hard-headed but I’m still soft-spoken

She's waiting for her nails to dry 

And it's making us late, that’s why she's moody

I came in a vest and slacks, 

They're pulling out suits and now they wanna sue me

She drunk too much wine, 

Said she wanna go home, she's feeling woozy

And she's getting all flirty, 

Dirty dancing, 

Patrick Swayze

The game ain't based on sympathy, 

So I had to go find me a loophole

How can I jump on a mic, do monotone?

Now my left wrist doing up two-tonе

Every day, I've done missions

You can't blamе me when I want to free roam...yeah

Now it’s just peppercorn sauce with a t-bone

Hm, now it’s all there, it's all proper

You know we used to push rocks

Now I’m rock Nocta tracksuits into Roka

Goblin giving me brain, 

Got a skull in my hand, I'm not the witchdoctor

Don't die for your pride and posture

You know my team ain't regular

It’s a Fergie, Prime United, big shooters

I got the nicest roster

Still uptown doing nicest lobster, 

But I don't need no abomination

Get paper, 'cos I've got a lot of patience

Got Zodiac ting all doing my Swede in

Talking 'bout affirmations, yeah