Uh, yeah, yeah, I know it's your sister's wedding
Nah, of course I'm not going up west to buy records
Yeah, I'll be back by 12:30, yeah, later
Synchronise watch, 11:30, give me an hour
And I'm gone
Scamper across two roads to see the 73 stopping
I sight Dobe and I manage to hail him, grabbing the bus
I board, no I haven't got the right change
Pound to the angel?
11:40, off the bus, street, Big Issue, station ticket
Ah, should've got a travel card, damn, forget it, anyway
Escalator, 1-2, train
Sorry, 'scuse me, 'scuse me, sorry, sorry
Quick quick, hurry hurry, quick quick, hurry
No time to call Dima Swoods at work
It's strictly solo running
Saturday morning, me against the clock
And I change at King's Cross
Off at Leicester Square, stairs, escalator, machine
And straight into a herd of Scandinavian tourists
Ah, sorry, 'scuse me, 'scuse me, sorry, sorry
Hurry hurry, quick quick, hurry hurry
People so fiery, a route challenge
And I'm- gone
Over the square, into the alley, Chinatown
Avoid the man wheeling the cooking oil
Over Shaftesbury, Compton, Warder, Broadway
Who wears that underwear?
Poland Street, miss the bongos
Saturday morning, for the man
Uh, yeah, Charlie, how are you man?
I'm lookin' the new Skitz 12
Oh, but he dunno, he's gotta go
And so as he turns to offer obscure indie hip-hop
I turn, but fall into one of the lost Scandinavian tourists
(?)
Someone suggests another shop, someone suggests another life
And, stepping outside, I'm offered and try to resist
An early morning road draw
I have officially given up
However, in my unofficial capacity, I once again indulge
No time for bredginization
I can't stay, I'm not here, I'm gone
11:45 passes to 11:50
Pass through Deal Real - sold out
I find Spranger outside, enjoying sunshine
Holding a Skitz 12
Have I heard it? I'm trying
Quick quick, hurry hurry
Oh, quick quick, hurry hurry, quick quick, hurry hurry
Poland, Lexington, Silver Place to Soul Jazz
Where Ethan is playing rare, obscure, expensive jazz
To rare, obscure, expensive DJs
In rare, obscure Japanese denim
Look, Ethan, man, um, yeah, is it early
Uh, you got the Skitz 12?
You've sold it
To the rare, expensive Japanese DJ
Who tells me Russ Allen's been playing it
Patrick Ford's been playing it
Peter's had it for a year and a half
And have I heard it?
Well, with a rare, expensive look I say
"Actually, no, but I'm trying"
Job done, all end well
Quick quick, hurry hurry, quick quick, hurry hurry
Oh lord, it's Big Street, Golden Square, Lower John's
Brew a gentleman to release the groove
Conversation about last night
Louis Vegas set an early 80's New York club culture
And, like, Dinosaur Earl, I go bang, and boom
And bump into a familiar Scandinavian tourist
You're in the wrong shop, mate!
Yeah yeah, listen, JC, I'm cool man
Yeah, listen, have you-
Yeah, yeah, she's fine man
Listen- nah, please, JC!
Have you got the new Skitz 12?
Ugh, sadly, I hear myself offer £50 for his copy
And at 7 minutes 42 seconds past 12 there's
Thoughts of Pete in antlers, there's thoughts of
Wild pigs, there's thoughts of a vexed girlfriend
And it's time to cut my losses before my losses cut me
Ah, break for Shaftesbury, destroying the Green Cross cold
I head along the road in the road
Chinatown, Leicester Square, stairs at 30 miles per hour
Escalators, 10 minutes, 7 seconds past
Keep on the right, I'm comin' through
King's Cross, Angel, escalator, 1-2
And at 17 minutes past it's up the street
73 is passing, I board the central reservation
Where the 10-year-olds will break your windscreen
And- No, I haven't got the right change!
A pound? I should've bought a travel card! Never mind!
Quick quick, hurry hurry, quick quick, hurry-
Oh, Essex road rage, off the bus
And at 28-36 past, I
Break the Hackney Saturday morning land speed record
And make the bus stop to my gates in 1 minute, 24 seconds
Hit the bell, and home
Yeah, yeah, it's me
Uh, nowhere, just a- jog around the park
What you listening to?
...the new Skitz 12?
You got it yesterday?
Have I heard it?
Uh, nah, no, I didn't even know he had a new one out