[00:00:00] The Art Of The Handshake (Explicit) - Hilltop Hoods [00:00:01] Written by:Don Van Vli [00:00:03] Golden era records in conjunction with hilltop hoods proudly presents the art of the handshak [00:00:12] I used to wake up bathroom face wash cartoons [00:00:15] Ma dukes far too smart to start to [00:00:17] Talk to this awful swine with a score to [00:00:20] Settle with the world whose only crime is that it bores you [00:00:23] Walked to the train it was covered from the floor to [00:00:25] Ceiling in graff and stickers up back no ticket [00:00:27] Can't afford to life off the payroll [00:00:30] Lye rolled up made my eyes and my brain roll [00:00:33] Headphones wrapped like a vine 'round my kangol [00:00:35] Walked like a bengal tiger and the train rolled [00:00:38] And the train rolled and the train rolled and the train rolled on [00:00:42] Then I was stopped by these two cops who got made rude [00:00:45] I'm like what there's not a whole lot that you can do [00:00:47] Then whop bop a lu a whop bam boo [00:00:50] Next stop what have you got the whole damn crew [00:00:52] So I grabbed 'em by the wrist then switched to a grip thumbs [00:00:55] Flipped then we clicked then we finished with a fist bump [00:00:58] This chump tried to get cute with me and diss us [00:01:00] About the handshake I said man wait [00:01:02] There used to be a time like way before this song [00:01:04] When all the handshakes were like twenty seconds long [00:01:07] And they just went and they just went [00:01:09] And they just went and they just went on [00:01:12] There used to be a time like way before this song [00:01:14] When all the handshakes were like twenty seconds long [00:01:17] And they just went and they just went [00:01:20] And they just went and they just went on [00:01:24] The handshake is thought to have developed as a gesture to demonstrate [00:01:28] That neither party at an encounter is carrying a weapon or poses a threat [00:01:33] Over hundreds of years this simple act has developed into [00:01:36] A sometimes complex ritual [00:01:38] And a way to convey status mutual affiliations or just plain respect [00:01:43] I used to wake on a Saturday play in the matinee [00:01:46] Game get faded on the train down to adelaide [00:01:48] Headphones playing looking out at fresh painted walls [00:01:51] Rakim saying we about to get paid in full [00:01:54] My man entered cap and black sweater [00:01:56] Jacks get all up on a fella that act clever [00:01:58] Train tracks were graffed with back to back letters [00:02:01] But we came to rap and that was back when a [00:02:04] Dj would supply the wax stage had a lino mat [00:02:06] Place full of writers in a raiders or a giants cap [00:02:09] Casing with minors crates are piled by the back [00:02:11] We'll break in in time to hit the stage and freestyle attack [00:02:14] Walk in like I'm possessed by the beat mix [00:02:16] Clean kicks full of more hot air than a phoenix [00:02:19] Move right away to my crew side of stage [00:02:21] Nothing new but this groove how we do night and day [00:02:23] Bring it back no high five shit is whack [00:02:26] We're bringing that old side to side finger snap [00:02:29] Fist poke stop and lock just don't stop the rock [00:02:31] Look away handshake body pop [00:02:33] There used to be a time like way before this song [00:02:35] When all the handshakes were like twenty seconds long [00:02:38] And they just went and they just went [00:02:40] And they just went and they just went on [00:02:43] There used to be a time like way before this song [00:02:46] When all the handshakes were like twenty seconds long [00:02:48] And they just went and they just went [00:02:51] And they just went and they just went on [00:02:54] Not all cultures consider a firm handshake as a sign of respect in fact [00:02:59] A grip that's too tight can often be considered as offensive [00:03:03] Scientists at the university of manchester taking into account [00:03:06] Twelve different variables developed a mathematical formula for the handshake [00:03:11] To which people would be the most receptive