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When I am doing my toasting, I am singing and talking my own lyrics. I am not doing any free-style toasting. What I am doing is something similar as what was a habit at Jamaica during the 70ies, for example in the famous Studio One or Lee Perry's Black Ark Studio. Different singers recorded their songs on existing instrumental tracks tracks, previously recorded by the studio owner's band.
Mr Government Man   










Mr Government Man, what happened to the promises you made at your election... Always an actual topic!


Track for  toasting: Many different ones - a good instrumental track for this text is The Clash - "One More Time Dub".



Racist Politics

This text I wrote shortly after the murder of the Dutch extreme-right populist politician Pim Fortuyn. When it became more than clear that Holland wasn't any more the country of tulips and tolerance, but of anti-Muslim feelings and repressive anti-immigrant politics.

Track for toasting: Dub Syndicate - "Cuss Cuss"
 
Girl at the Railway Station














Text about the street-prostitutes, waiting for their clients at the north-exit of the Amsterdam main station, in the 90ies...

Track for toasting: Scotty - "Tonight" (instrumental version)