Matt Xander - Scraping The Barrel. Taken from the Fornicating Arachnids EP out now on CD and all digital formats Directed and edited by Steven Guzman for SGZ Filmed at Sydney Props and on location at Sunday Vibes, The Louis Hotel Lyrics: Matt Johnston Beat production: Debate for The Bookies Cuts: DJ Riley JM Drums, Synths: Cory Blight Vocals recorded by Cory Blight at Rockstart Studios Produced and mixed by Cory Blight at Rockstart Studios Mastered by Ben Feggans at Studios 301 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mattxandermusic/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/theriffmc Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mattxandermusic/ Matt Xander Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6KFq49MBbYWNKxfggcKzhD Riff MC Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6YSTvMVzgkTjBGgvg5EYUB Lyrics: So what’s new? We head to the booth, picking a turd or a douche They hold their pickets, they test our limits, they’re looking to murder the truth They’re tryna call it News Limited, when it is limited news. But we got no pistol, we got no rifle, fighting with rhythm and blues Because we don’t really have a choice like Sophie so we Keep on voting in the dopes that we don’t need though they’re achieving nothing And all the ones who should be winning the elections Spending every single second curing hair-loss and erections Like, science was golden now it settles for bronze We’re in a jam like the band Eddie Vedder was from Like Betterman song we lie so we’re getting along We used to long to be better, now you’d better belong God damn it, what happened to them? Our leaders are on strings, like a marionette We gotta choose either Kodos or Kang It looks like we’re scraping the barrel again God damn it, what happened to them? Our leaders are on strings, like a marionette We gotta choose either Kodos or Kang It looks like we’re scraping the barrel again If that’s the best we’ve got we’re clutching at straws We got the raw prawn or the poor luck of the draw Your uppity laws, man they keep fucking us all Oh come on we all want a fair suck of the sauce bottle I’m goin full throttle, I wanna make heads bobble I’m tryna stop the shamozzle, you waffle on about nothing Your policies all perfectly strange like Bartokomous Ruined like the acropolis now like Nick Giannopoulos Not for the pompous, the toffee-nosed aristocracy Fuck em I ain’t no fortunate one like I’m John Fogerty There’s no clearwater but I’m clearing the air I’m tellin ya we’re scraping the barrel again God damn it, what happened to them? Our leaders are on strings, like a marionette We gotta choose either Kodos or Kang It looks like we’re scraping the barrel again God damn it, what happened to them? Our leaders are on strings, like a marionette We gotta choose either Kodos or Kang It looks like we’re scraping the barrel again Never benevolent while selling us medicine Fill our head up with chemicals til we’re under their spell again We don’t forget like elephants, we won’t let em be elegant We know anything relevant goes to men with no melanin Don’t blame me, I voted for Kodos Don’t blame me, I voted for Kodos Don’t blame me, I voted for Kodos We’re tryna score goals they keep moving the goalpost God damn it, what happened to them? Our leaders are on strings, like a marionette We gotta choose either Kodos or Kang It looks like we’re scraping the barrel again God damn it, what happened to them? Our leaders are on strings, like a marionette We gotta choose either Kodos or Kang It looks like we’re scraping the barrel again itunes: https://itunes.apple.com/au/album/fornicating-arachnids-ep/id1266746175 Bandcamp: https://mattxander.bandcamp.com/releases Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mattxandermusic Twitter: https://twitter.com/theriffmc Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mattxandermusic

Written by Matt Johnston (before the Tones & I song) Produced by Forces and Fury Vocals recorded by Espa at Mixed by Espa Video directed by Sarah Maxwell Cast: Matt Xander Peter Beamish Angel Williams Tim McGuinness Crew Director/Head shooter: Sarah Maxwell Producer/Second Shooter: David Moussa Lighting/Styling: Steph Micayle Styling/Makeup: Charisma Gaffer/Grip: Tim McGuinness Produced by Sydney Classic www.sydneyclassic.com.au Filmed at Sydney Props Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mattxandermusic/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/theriffmc Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mattxandermusic/ Spotify: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6KFq49MBbYWNKxfggcKzhD?si=Oo-aefxFThyb7hUJM6H7fw Lyrics So I’m back for another spell on the conveyor belt Taken something fun but then you dumb it down and made it hell You say may as well we don’t need to pay em well So I’m gonna phone it in like Alexander Graham Bell Now I’m putting on my jester hat I get paid entertaining aristocrats I just wanna make Whoopi like Sister Act I keep swinging but the ball just missed the bat While I sing for my supper you sit back and relax We got jazz and pizzaz like razzamatazz And while the fat cats act so matter of fact I’m running round while the back track's Yackety Sax If It’s your time to shine go and polish my shoes You don’t wanna see red get on top of your blues You wanna rise to the top go and tread on some feet Or better yet go shake a leg, keep in step with the beat Do what I tell you to do Jump when I say, move when I tell you to move Got you where I wanted you and now you’re under my command So dance, monkey, dance! Strip when I holler at you You exist so that I can make a dollar or two Well you want your opportunity to shine? I’m giving you that chance. Now dance, monkey, dance! Get into gear, perform tricks Rollover, play dead, sit Ubu, sit You keep spinning the city thinking we’re primitive simians But Darwinian’s winning and we’ve evolved our opinions listen, we’re tuned in to the fucking apprentice And wonder why we end up with Trump and Brexit The reckless, sexists pests are left with The whip that we gave em leaving us defenseless Forced fighting like a colosseum dying but no mausoleum wallet thieving, dollar seeking, work for me or cop a beating We don’t need em overseeing us we’re fucking human beings way I see em closer to assholes than a perineum You want flair then you’d better beware We got the hot shoe shuffle like we're Freddy Astaire I’m so high that I’ll never get down from there Now shake it round like you’re in A Cape Town Affair Do what I tell you to do Jump when I say, move when I tell you to move Got you where I wanted you and now you’re under my command So dance, monkey, dance! Strip when I holler at you You exist so that I can make a dollar or two Well you want your opportunity to shine? I’m giving you that chance. Now dance, monkey, dance! Do the tranky doo , jitterbug, swing, do the cha cha You can pop it, lock it, drop it, you can do the lambada Do the robot, foxtrot, walk like an Egyptian Waltz, shimmy, two-step, you can do the funky chicken Do the boogie woogie, hootchy kootchy, twist, hully gully Hokey pokey, xibelani and the pentozalis Dirty dance like Swayze, born to hand jive baby Do the worm, dab, twerk, come on werk, werk, werk Do the rumba, samba, zorba, zumba, hula, the guapacha Macerena, pantsula, conga, polka, para para Do the krump, do the running man in you baggy happy pants We know that you’re funky now dance little monkey dance Do what I tell you to do Jump when I say, move when I tell you to move Got you where I wanted you and now you’re under my command So dance, monkey, dance! Strip when I holler at you You exist so that I can make a dollar or two Well you want your opportunity to shine? I’m giving you that chance. Now dance, monkey, dance!

Originally published as Riff MC Taken from the Poking Bears EP. Filmed at Green Key Studios Directed by Angela Davies Camera Operator Gen Rose Producer Mark Paisley Lyrics by Matt Johnston Music by Kultar Ahluwalia Vocals recorded by Michael Wheatley at Nut n Butter Studio Mixed and Mastered by Michael Wheatley at Nut n Butter Studio Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mattxandermusic/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/theriffmc Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mattxandermusic/ Matt Xander Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6KFq49MBbYWNKxfggcKzhD?si=Oo-aefxFThyb7hUJM6H7fw Riff MC Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6YSTvMVzgkTjBGgvg5EYUB Lyrics Will I forget memories? Not Today Will I befriend enemies? Not today Will I let em tread on me? Not today Not now, not ever there’s no other way Will I let it slide by? Not today Will I turn a blind eye? Not today Will I play the nice guy? Not today Not now, not ever there’s no other way I turn the heat up, I’m never putting my feet up We beat up on those that need us, keep feeding all the machinas We need to weed out the Ginas, they clean us out while we’re sleepin They’re seeking out all our weakness, our freedom’s been shot to pieces, And oh please repeat it, I know you’re not pleased to meet us You’ve been a witch like Sabrina, from teenager to elitist I’ve seen the way you treat us is mean, I scream like Peters Too much debating, need to get educated like Ritas And those jocks are shocking us, Murdoch is mocking us They shot to prominence, leap frogged on top of us We’re just the commoners, want more like Oliver They got no tolerance, tryna stop all the foreigners They lock out all of em offshore, its your problem Put pain on all of us, remain anonymous Those keen economists tryna rip off the lot of us Shopping til all the products get shoveled down our oesophagus Will I forget memories? Not Today Will I befriend enemies? Not today Will I let em tread on me? Not today Not now, not ever there’s no other way Will I let it slide by? Not today Will I turn a blind eye? Not today Will I play the nice guy? Not today Not now, not ever there’s no other way I can’t keep track of the packets going to Packer My stack of chips on black is like having it on a platter But when its time for their taxes they vanish, abracadabra In fact, like Acca Dacca- Highway to Hell and then back again And even Stevie can see there’s no meaning reading it Feeding their propaganda they slander in all their media They pick up their millions givin us our opinions Tryna convince civilians everything’s beer and skittles here They got the wood but we can turn it like Shane We rose from the ashes we can do it again I said it's inhumane not all of us are the same Sorry Ice I hate the player and I’m hating the game And while we’re stuck in the office like we’re Ricky Gervais You build up your empire like you’re Citizen Kane They all say ‘get more money’ just like they were G’Mai But like Darren Hinch once said “Shame, shame, shame” What you see here what you say here what you hear here let it stay here when you leave here Will I forget memories? Not Today Will I befriend enemies? Not today Will I let em tread on me? Not today Not now, not ever there’s no other way Will I let it slide by? Not today Will I turn a blind eye? Not today Will I play the nice guy? Not today Not now, not ever there’s no other way

Taken from the EP ‘Fornicating Arachnids’ available on CD and all digital formats. Video directed by Charlie Somes for Over The Quarry Productions Producer: Alyce Comey Makeup: Jess Zigmantas DOP: Chris Kakorliris Gaffer: Ryan Hibbs Editor: Ryan Hibbs Cast Matt Johnston Alex Pike Rebecca English Steph Lumiere Paul Prakash someone else that I forget Written by Matt Johnston, Sahar Salashori, Luke Carrol, Rhett Boland, Krishaan Wright Lyrics by Matt Johnston and Sahar Salashori Music by Matt Johnston Additional drums, guitar and synths by Cory Blight Produced and mixed by Cory Blight Recorded at Rockstart Studios Mastered by Ben Feggans at Studios 301 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mattxandermusic/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/theriffmc Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mattxandermusic/ Matt Xander Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6KFq49MBbYWNKxfggcKzhD Riff MC Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6YSTvMVzgkTjBGgvg5EYUB Lyrics We’re all lab rats feedin the fat cats We’re heading in the wrong direction better back-track There’s no winners here, so why we livin here? We work jobs til we drop or just disappear We the populous we've had enough of this But we got a thick skin like a rhinoceros It seems ominous to all the commoners Work so the boss got pockets that are bottomless Wake up again I’m hearing Sonny & Cher Everyday is just the same that they’re beginning to blur Think it started with the ones who made monotonous work I say they’re greedy but they tell us they’re an entrepreneur Check your personality when you appear in the door There’s no individuality in here any more It’s a game, you’re king, we’re all of the pawns Rich get richer, poor still poor I don’t want to be Stuck in the rat race You don’t want to be Stuck in the rat race Can’t we all agree That we can defeat this Then we will be, then we will be, then we will be free So let’s advertise to keep em pacified I’m doin 9-5 feels like I been paralysed Discuss strategy it's not a charity So keep bringing in the chips like Rafferty Get rid of them until the bitter end Don’t really care if you never get dividends Live in the moment ,screw that promotion cos You know even if you win the race you’re still a rodent Making products none of us can afford But we line up down the aisles even out of the door Making lay-offs and then give the board another reward Just so we can say the Gross Domestic Product has soared Yeah we all commute in where we work til the grave Chained to computers, we’re virtually slaves This pursuit is never ending like we’re trapped in a maze We’re no longer human we’re just fucking rats in a race I don’t want to be Stuck in the rat race You don’t want to be Stuck in the rat race Can’t we all agree That we can defeat this Then we will be, then we will be, then we will be free Get back in your cage you damn vermin, damn vermin get back in your cage I don’t want to be Stuck in the rat race You don’t want to be Stuck in the rat race Can’t we all agree That we can defeat this Then we will be, then we will be, then we will be https://open.spotify.com/artist/6KFq49MBbYWNKxfggcKzhD https://itunes.apple.com/au/album/fornicating-arachnids-ep/id1266746175 https://mattxander.bandcamp.com/releases https://www.facebook.com/mattxandermusic/ https://twitter.com/theriffmc https://www.instagram.com/mattxandermusic/

Originally published as Riff MC. Available on Riff MC - Poking Bears EP. Reuploaded to the Matt Xander channel. Selected for screening at Dendy Cinema as part of A Night of Horror International Film Festival. Directed and edited by Aladdin Royaal Produced by The Box Studios Cast Karina Beilina Mark Williamson Matt Johnston Sahar Salashori Lyrics by Matt Johnston Music by Tommy Staples Vocals recorded by Michael Wheatley at Nut n Butter Studio Mixed and Mastered by Michael Wheatley at Nut n Butter Studio Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mattxandermusic/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/theriffmc Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mattxandermusic/ Matt Xander Spotify: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6KFq49MBbYWNKxfggcKzhD?si=Oo-aefxFThyb7hUJM6H7fw Riff MC Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6YSTvMVzgkTjBGgvg5EYUB Lyrics I’ll cut straight to the chase, no small talk We’re putting words on walls and not chalkboards I’ve drawn short straws, always the warhorse Born on Pall Mall, you’re born on Boardwalk They’re telling us lights out we’re downsizing No surprise my urge to kill rising I’m stuck underground but still fighting I’m gonna strike down the right wing like lightning I stuck by you through thick and thin You took that salt and rubbed it in I won’t forgive you for your sins I won’t give up I won’t give in You can’t take this one here away I will be strong, I will be brave I’ve fallen but I’ll rise again I’ll raise my hand up from the grave You tried writing me off like I’m a bad debt Shook your head so much you got a bad neck But I’ll never lie down, don’t need a mattress That gives me more fuel just like Caltex You wanna paint it all red with my blood Call Sarah Michelle Geller tell her I’ve got a grudge You want to stamp on us, trample us while you climb up You’re like the top of a tower clock, your time’s up You want slaves like you’re Magatu Sucking life from our veins like Nosferatu You can’t choose my resting place So this won’t be my final destination I’ll burst your bubble like Hubba Bubba So if you want a quitter then find another I’ll climb up from 6ft under Never gonna keep me down like Chumbawumba I stuck by you through thick and thin You took that salt and rubbed it in I won’t forgive you for your sins I won’t give up I won’t give in You can’t take this one here away I will be strong, I will be brave I’ve fallen but I’ll rise again I’ll raise my hand up from the grave