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WestSide Anthems
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Issue 005
Culture

WestSide Anthems are for the culture on four wheels. Windows down, lowered out ute — hit that track on repeat.

01 /
Where We Live
Retro 90s WestSide Hip Hop · 1:45
0:00 1:45
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Lyrics
Heretaunga Street West.
This is where we ride with 52 businesses on the WestSide.
Dax Cafe in the morning. Sutto pulling shots.
Kami sushi rolling. Thai orchid hits the spot.
Four blocks deep in Hastings. Built it from the ground.
WestSide is the heartbeat. Spread the word around.
WestSide, WestSide. We don't need a sign.
Four blocks, one street. Every business shines.
WAMJAM in the laneway. Music fills the air.
Hastings City's culture. WestSide is always there.
I switch the frequency. We global. Now.
A thousand artists worldwide taking that vow.
The Line.Wtf digital art movement.
Every piece a statement. Every drop improvement.
Creatives on every continent locked in tight.
WestSide birthed a movement that reached the world. Tonight.
WestSide, WestSide. We don't need a sign.
Four blocks, one street. Every business shines.
WAMJAM in the laneway. Music fills the air.
Hastings city's culture. WestSide's always there.
Flex fitness to rest back. Well West on the rise.
Lien lashes. Spex eyewear. Open your eyes.
From the 100 block to the 400 and WestSide.
No postcode. It's a state of mind.
WestSide Hastings. The Line.wtf.
This is where we live.
No postcode.
It's a state of mind.
02 /
Even My Problems
Low-fi Trap House · 2:10
0:00 2:10
Lyrics
Yeah... Heretaunga Street West...
Where you go to feel better about yourself
Or at least look better
Same thing
Hit The Lolly Shop first, bag full of snakes
Dollar Warehouse next, two dollars a plate
Shosha on the left, Hawke's Bay Vapour right
Blowing clouds on WestSide from morning to night
Music Works got guitars I can't afford to play
Whitcoulls got a journal I'll write in one day
The Line Gallery got art that makes me feel deep
I don't understand it but it's giving me sleep
WellWest, FunWest, feelin' so fine
Lien Lashes on fleek, Spex Eyewear divine
Bliss Thai Massage got my shoulders released
Flex Fitness open... I walked past at least
Booked at Bliss Thai for a sixty-minute session
Left feeling spiritual, that's not an exaggeration
Kupa Martial Arts said I lack discipline
I said "respect" and never went back again
Rezpect Dance got the moves I don't have
The Physio fixed the back from the moves that I had
Anna's Beauty Lounge, Lili Beauty too
Shampoo Plus washed the bad vibes out my roots
WellWest, FunWest, feelin' so fine
Lien Lashes on fleek, Spex Eyewear divine
Bliss Thai Massage got my shoulders released
Flex Fitness open... I walked past at least
Urban Retreat said "relax"
I said "I'm trying"
Dollar Warehouse said "everything's two bucks"
I said "even my problems?"
They said "no"
...WestSide
Dollar Warehouse said
"everything's two bucks"
"even my problems?"

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