Blood Upon The Risers

Trying something completely different with this one. Instead of my usual rap tracks, I decided to experiment with military cadences — the kind of chants soldiers use during marches and airborne training. Blood Upon the Risers is one of the most famous and intense airborne cadences ever written. It tells the dark story of a rookie paratrooper whose parachute fails during a jump. I wanted to bring that raw military energy and storytelling to Rap Fame and see how it sounds in my voice and style. It’s gritty, intense, and a lot different from the music I normally make, but that’s the point — pushing into new territory and trying new sounds. Sometimes the best way to grow as an artist is to step outside your comfort zone. He was just a rookie trooper and he surely shook with fright He packed up his equipment and made sure his pack was tight He had to sit and listen to those awful engines roar And he ain’t gonna jump no more (Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die! Gory, gory what a hell of a way to die! Gory, gory what a hell of a way to die! He ain’t gonna jump no more!) “Is everybody happy?” cried the Sergeant looking up Our hero answered bravely, “yes!” and then they stood him up He leaped right out into the blast, his static line unhooked He ain’t gonna jump no more (Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die! Gory, gory what a hell of a way to die! Gory, gory what a hell of a way to die! He ain’t gonna jump no more!) He counted long, he counted loud, he waited for the shock He felt the wind, he felt that clouds, he felt the awful drop He jerked his cord, the silk spilt out and wrapped around his legs And he ain’t gonna jump no more (Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die! Gory, gory what a hell of a way to die! Gory, gory what a hell of a way to die! He ain’t gonna jump no more!) The risers wrapped around his neck, connectors cracked his dome The lines were snarled and tied in knots around his skinny bones The canopy became his shroud, he hurtled to the ground He ain’t gonna jump no more (Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die! Gory, gory what a hell of a way to die! Gory, gory what a hell of a way to die! He ain’t gonna jump no more!) The days he’d lived and loved and laughed kept running though his mind He thought about the girl back home, the one he’d left behind He thought about the medics and wondered what they’d find He ain’t gonna jump no more (Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die! Gory, gory what a hell of a way to die! Gory, gory what a hell of a way to die! He ain’t gonna jump no more!) The ambulance was on the spot, the jeeps were running wild The medics jumped and screamed with glee, they rolled their sleeves and smiled For it had been a week or more since last a chute had failed He ain’t gonna jump no more (Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die! Gory, gory what a hell of a way to die! Gory, gory what a hell of a way to die! He ain’t gonna jump no more!) He hit the ground, the sound was splat, his blood went spurting high His comrades were then heard to say, “a hell of a way to die!” He lay there rolling ‘round in the welter of his gore He ain’t gonna jump no more (Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die! Gory, gory what a hell of a way to die! Gory, gory what a hell of a way to die! He ain’t gonna jump no more!) There was blood upon the risers, there were brains upon the chute Intestines were a-danglin’ from his paratrooper’s suit They picked him up, still in the suit, and poured him from his boots And he ain’t gonna jump no more (Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die! Gory, gory what a hell of a way to die! Gory, gory what a hell of a way to die! He ain’t gonna jump no more!) Let me know what you think about this new style. #rapfame #militarycadence #airborne #army #storytelling #musicexperiment #rapartist #lilmirage #militarychant #darkstorytelling