Little Willie Shake - To Be Or Not To Be (funk hop)

Straight outta Stratford to the Philly hood, you ain't never heard Shakespeare like this! Featuring a hard driving funk groove, jazz horns and hip-hop style vocals, the words hit differently in these modern times.

So, let's musically bridge the gap between the 16th century and the 21st to come together for this new interpretation of Hamlet's famous "To be, or not to be" monologue.

Little Willie Shake - To Be Or Not To Be lyrics:

[verse 1]
To be, or not to be, Damn, that's a hard question, yo!
Should I stay or should I go against the flow, let my troubles go, no?
My life is MINE, that's not a crime, nor a rhyme, it's not my time
I just wanna be left alone, go home, get in the zone, change my tone

[chorus]
To be or not to be,
To sleep, perchance to dream,
You gotta be you and I gotta be me,
You gotta be heard and you gotta be seen

[verse 2]
Cuz I don't wanna die, just wanna get high, to sleep, perchance to dream of sheep
One, Two, Three, just need to be me, alive, to thrive, four, five, in deep, so sweet!
But there's the problem cuz if I shuffle off this mortal coil what have I got?
Dreams? Respect? My body, nothing, can't move forward, can't look back, might need a plan of attack

[chorus]
To be or not to be,
To sleep, perchance to dream,
You gotta be you and I gotta be me,
You gotta be heard and you gotta be seen

[verse 3]
If I spare a bare bodkin to my own heart, the start of something that pulls me apart
Be not afraid, make lemonade, take comfort in the shade of that ol' willow tree, see?
If not me, then be, don't be cowardly, take on life and strife, live and laugh, become one and a half
Until your final breath, knowing it's death, but in the meantime, man, let's share a snack

[chorus]
To be or not to be,
To sleep, perchance to dream,
You gotta be you and I gotta be me,
You gotta be heard and you gotta be seen

[spoken word]
Little Willie Shake, out!

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