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The Most Depressing Song In The World

from The Nobody Hole [A Sci​-​fi Hip​-​Hop Opera] by Sum

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Sum's Notes: This music was sitting around in Badtouch's computer for a while. The vocal sample is actually a piece of his grandmother's legendary freestyle of 2004. Yes, his grandmother (well into her 90s) had a mean ass freestyle that still boggles us to this day. Somewhere in there she said "everybody's singing, everybody crying" and this became the crux of what Badtouch called "The Most Depressing Song in The World". That was the name of the beat, and it stayed the name of the song. Badtouch and I thought maybe this would be a good way to set up the album....and here we have our opening scene.

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The Nobody Hole…starring in order of appearance..

Mother Lowenfall
Pygmy Paul Lowenfall
Manda
The King of Thieves
Jaquelantern
And…Old Man Geechi

(chorus X2)
You’re always sad and you always cry
You’re always mad, still you always try
Everybody's bad, everybody lies
Everyone’s been had, everybody dies


Narrated by….Nzinga Kadalie
Written by…SumKid Majere
Performed by….. SumKid Majere & Badtouch
Musical Score by…. BadTouch
Illustrated and Designed by….Doug Hoffman

Introducing new artwork by Jared Rogness, Jeff Hurst and Jerome Lewis



His teeth were crooked chunks of caramel
His brown skin was covered in bumps.
His days were all the same to him
Cold oatmeal, sugarless…lumps.


His breakfast was always lonely
His mother was always drunk
He’d thumb thru his sketchbook at the table
Then pack a popsicle for lunch

It always melted by recess
It never did bother him much
He always died at ten o’clock
Anyway, so what’s the rush?

The boys would beat his ass at school
These days he just felt numb
They’d dunk his football-shaped head
Into the toilet after taking a dump

His name was Pygmy Paul
And today’s the same ole day
Go to the mall right after school
Escape’s just an arcade away

But his mother found his secret
When she broke into his room
This would change the course of history
Forever after, I presume

Maybe this is the same ole day Paul. Naaaahhh… it aint.

The Tale of Pygmy Paul

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from The Nobody Hole [A Sci​-​fi Hip​-​Hop Opera], track released October 29, 2010
Produced by Badtouch. Written by Sum. Performed by Nzinga Kadalie. Illustration by Doug Hoffman.

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Sum Los Angeles, California

House of the Red Solar Sky (LP) coming in 2023.

Two-time Indie Music Award nominated songwriter, with music all over your favorite TV shows and videogames. Almost 20 yrs deep, always getting better, virtually unknown but constantly collaborating with legends, go figure. My space-funk band is called The Milky Way, we are currently hibernating. See my website for the full story. ... more

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