Lyrical Kingfish (performing under the alias ‘Just Ice’ / ‘Fish’) delivers a high-energy spoken word and hip-hop performance of ‘Can You Hear Me Out There,’ a piece exploring themes of substance use as a coping mechanism and the desperate need to be heard and understood. The segment closes with post-performance crowd interaction, host commentary, and an intermission announcement.
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[02:18:12] out there? That’s what I like. Come on, Just Ice. You know what time it is. You know what time,
[02:18:17] let’s go. Hey yo, and I performed so many times on this stage, I consider this my motherfucking
[02:18:22] house. Take it how you want to take it. Yeah. Can you hear me out there? Can you hear me out there?
[02:18:33] Can you hear me out there? Yo, can you hear me out there? Hey yo, I just want to sit down in
[02:18:41] a comfortable chair. Put a little something in the air. Takes my cognac with an ice cold beer.
[02:18:47] Is what I’m saying even reaching your ears? Hey yo, can you hear me out there? Can you hear me
[02:18:53] out there? Yo, can you hear me out there? Can you hear me out there? Hey yo, I’m trying my best to
[02:19:03] initiate when I’m good and bent. It helps with folks way. We get the happy smoke. We hate misery.
[02:19:09] The liquor lubricates the pre.
[02:19:11] Activity. Then I ask the crew for help. I pick up my pen and it move itself. I make fire with
[02:19:18] these words, not with a match. It’s kind of hard to read this chicken scratch. If I drink a light
[02:19:23] beer, will the space be brighter? My spliff went out. I misplaced my lighter. Now the practice
[02:19:29] level is real. I think like alcohol abuse. When you spill your drink, I got my cognac poured.
[02:19:35] Smoke is rolled. Can’t seem to find the remote control. Found both in my lap. What a miracle.
[02:19:41] I’m twisting right rhymes, but you don’t hear me though. I just want to sit down in a comfortable
[02:19:46] chair. Put a little something in the air. Taste my cognac with an ice cold beer. Is what I’m saying
[02:19:53] even reaching your ears? Hey yo, can you hear me out there? Can you hear me out there? Can you hear
[02:20:00] me out there? Can you hear me out there? Hey yo, I’m screaming at the top of my lungs. If I run out
[02:20:09] of beer, I’m going to stop and get some.
[02:20:11] While I’m there, might as well get duck smashers. Seems like the other brands burn much faster.
[02:20:16] It’ll get your pockets when you’re high as meat. Not just mixing all the different varieties.
[02:20:21] You got smoke to keep you up, smoke to put you down. Smoke to make you smile, smoke to make you frown.
[02:20:27] Smoke to make you think, smoke to make you clown. Whenever my man holding, I try to take a bound.
[02:20:32] Everyone knows about best intentions. My profits should invest in pensions. But I’m out here buying
[02:20:39] alcoholic beverages.
[02:20:41] But I’m always hype. Then I need to say it, if it’s weed in my ducks, cognac in my snifter.
[02:20:46] A pint again is part of me as I drift away in a comfortable chair. Put a little something
[02:20:52] in the air. Taste my cognac with an ice cold beer. Is what I’m saying even reaching your ears.
[02:20:59] Hey yo, can you hear me out there? Can you hear me out there? Can you hear me out there? Yo, can
[02:21:07] you hear me out there?
[02:21:09] The Smell The Smell
[02:21:09] The Smell The Smell
[02:21:09] The Smell Thatolic
[02:21:10] The Smell The Smell
[02:21:10] just wanna sit down in a comfortable chair, and put a little something in the air,
[02:21:15] taste my cognac with an ice cold beer, it’s what I’m saying, even reaching your ears,
[02:21:20] and yo, can you hear me out there, can you hear me out there, yo, can you hear me out there,
[02:21:29] yo, can you hear me out there, everybody just throw your hands in the sky,
[02:21:34] and wave them from side to side, and if you came to party with Smut Rock tonight,
[02:21:40] let me hear you say, alright, alright, alright, and now scream, and now scream,
[02:21:51] oh, I love y’all, come on, yo, I just wanna sit down in a comfortable chair,
[02:21:56] and put a little something in the air, taste my cognac with an ice cold beer,
[02:22:01] it’s what I’m saying, even reaching your ears,
[02:22:03] yo,
[02:22:04] can you hear me out there, can you hear me out there,
[02:22:08] can you hear me out there, yo, can you hear me out there,
[02:22:15] yo, can you hear me out there, can you hear me out there,
[02:22:20] can you hear me out there, yo, can you hear me out there,
[02:22:24] you gotta do it, you gotta do it, you gotta do it, you gotta do it,
[02:22:26] You can find him at Lyrical Kingfish on Instagram
[02:22:53] Since he wants to give out his handle
[02:22:54] Hey, give it up for Fish one more time, y’all.
[02:23:08] Hey.
[02:23:11] I just wanted to say,
[02:23:13] how’s he doing?
[02:23:19] Wow, he broke it.
[02:23:20] Oh, sorry.
[02:23:21] I had to turn it down because Fish allowed.
[02:23:22] Yeah, he is.
[02:23:24] Yeah, I know.
[02:23:26] Oh, we know Fish.
[02:23:27] We know.
[02:23:28] We got to do one thing about Fish.
[02:23:30] Oh, okay.
[02:23:31] Next time.
[02:23:32] Next year.
[02:23:33] Or the year after that.
[02:23:35] Can you hear me out there?
[02:23:37] I got a raise in my hand.
[02:23:41] That’s what we drink.
[02:23:42] We drink and raise.
[02:23:44] Shameless plug for a product I don’t know.
[02:23:48] So, folks, we’re going to take our five and eight minutes.
[02:23:54] Eight minutes.
[02:23:55] Intermission.
[02:23:56] All right.
[02:23:57] It’s a middle.
[02:23:57] It’s a middle.
[02:23:58] You do bathroom.
[02:24:00] You do whatever you got to do.
[02:24:01] Raffles.
[02:24:02] Two or five dollars.
[02:24:03] Raffles due for five dollars.
[02:24:04] Vendors.
[02:24:05] Vendors.
[02:24:06] Please go see our vendors.
[02:24:08] Talk to people.
[02:24:09] Talk to people.
[02:24:10] There’s a survey in the back.
[02:24:12] Yes.
[02:24:14] Also, there’s some S.Y.T. bracelets.
[02:24:17] We had a great friend make all of those.
[02:24:20] So, please feel free to pick one up and take one.
[02:24:23] Woo!
[02:24:24] So, we’ll see you back in eight minutes.
[02:24:28] Eight minutes.