Story Behind The Song
The band's reworked version of "keep your receipt" was chosen to be the theme song for E! Entertainment Network's 5-part series "101 Favorite Stars Way Back When"
An episode of CW50's One Tree Hill included "keep your receipt".
"Keep your receipt" was downloaded over 2 million times via Kazaa from cornerband.com
An episode of Lifetime Television's Missing featured "keep your receipt"
Song Description
mellow song with acoustic guitar over a vintage sounding drum loop. spoken word/rap male vocals with a big group chorus. Lyics inquire about bring music back to the basics.
| Song Length |
2:41 |
Genre |
Rock - Alternative, Rap - Alternative |
| Tempo |
Medium Slow (91 - 110) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Cool, Glad |
Subject |
Music, Regret |
| Similar Artists |
Sublime, Bruno Mars |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
Every time I turn on the radio I don't know what to believe
seems every other sucka MC I hear fails to please my ear
disposable scenes always reappear on MTV and BET
Hell, I'm too embarrassed to be an MC
so call me MC Phoney (Boney)
the Super-Disco Treat
Whatever happened to the old school beats
the new school is too cool, even for me
I want to return it but I lost my receipt
Well there once was a time when beats and rhymes
by design and thought were wrought for movements of all kinds
the mic was more than a tool/ it was a weapon
to cut through deception/ the symbol of progression
since the inception to a generation later
we still mix mics with records and cross-faders
hail to the mavericks and renegades/ the m.c.'s of better days
I wanna thank you for the memories
We're just a three man party brigade
kickin' it new school like Dr. Dre
and we're takin' ya back to the good ol' days
where the reign of Rob Bass would make the whole
place, move your feet, to the funky 'ol beat
and don't take that seat (why?)
because that is mine
like Cher I wish I could turn back time
and bring back every MC that I find