Creepin' In Just Like an Itch

Creator; Santogold

Got no need for the fancy things
All the attention that it brings
Tell me no, I say yes, I was chosen
And I will deliver the explosion

Can't say it's gonna get me far
Do no good to say what you are
I run the streets and I break up houses
River runs deep and the flame devours it

Me, I'm a Creator
Thrill is to make it up
The rules I break got me a place
Up on the radar
Me, I'm a Taker
Know what the stakes are
Can't roll it back, it's understood
Got to play our cards

Me, I'm a Creator
Thrill is to make it up
The rules I break got me a place
Up on the radar
Me, I'm a Taker
Know what the stakes are
Can't roll it back, it's understood
Got to play our cards

Sit tight I know what you are
mad bright but you ain't no star
polish up til you make it gleam
your M.O, I know what you mean
Tail ridin' and I know it's true
while they screamin' I love you
Down deep you know there aint no flow
a soul decay, was D.O.A

I know what you here for now
Words out you're an idea whore though,
now don't you crush on me
I'll see you in your pipe dreams
whether or not you know it's true
You're who they dictate to
That shit must hurt real bad
fakin' what you wish you had

Me, I'm a Creator
Thrill is to make it up
The rules I break got me a place
Up on the radar
Me, I'm a Taker
Know what the stakes are
Can't roll it back, it's understood
Got to play our cards

Here all the folks come ask about me
Band wagon, know they used to doubt me
Blind side tend to hit real hard
you should heed the warning, get a body guard
Steady friction in this bitch
Creepin' in just like an itch
so far I got the last laugh
still the rich rise up, still I live fast
wouldn't know it face to face
Got no soul and got no taste
Moving in speed up the pace
I got it locked though, what a waste
All the talk is standard fare
Walk the walk if it gets you there
on the grind til the gig is up
Im 'a smash 'em down
put a muzzle on them like "what!"

Me, I'm a Creator
Thrill is to make it up
The rules I break got me a place
Up on the radar
Me, I'm a Taker
Know what the stakes are
Can't roll it back, it's understood
Got to play our cards


     Santogold is pure creativity, and as the youngsters would say nowadays, "She's quite dope." I myself am far from a fan of hip-hop, rap, and oftentimes pop. While having this hip-hop/rap genre about her, Santogold does not portray mainstream. She elicits a sense of strength and fierceness through her music; an essential to good music. This song is a favorite of mine, and I love the message. In a weird, sort of uncanny way, she says that the world would be nothing without creativity, and creativity can't be done without stretching the limits, and testing the rules.

     I read an article recently that actually said that in this day and age, having an MFA was more useful than many other degrees. In other words, this is the generation of creativity. (If I could find the article I would attach it, but I'm having trouble finding it again!)  In the chorus Santogold sings, "Me, I'm a creator, thrill is to make it up, the rules I break got me a place." This was the first time I looked at the lyrics and saw what she really said, and these lyrics just seem to be sticking to me. I'm taking these words as this:, "In order to be creative, you have to push back standards and rules." Being an extremely expressive person, I find that idea to be quite titillating. I mean were taught rules in school, at home, basically everywhere. Do a lot of these rules prevent our minds from thinking as far and wide as humanly possible? One of my favorite icons, Marilyn Monroe once said, "If I'd observed all the rules, I would never have got anywhere." Many of the rules we learn are meant to be stretched or tested. If not we would be living in a cookie cutter world. I am not writing this to suggest that we start an outbreak on rules, but to suggest that we should always strive to find new limits and test boundaries in social norms, in science, and in our own minds. The ability to learn and teach is important, but the ability to create and accept is a pure gift.