SHOWDOWN TO LIVE

Song Information

Artist: L.E.D.LIGHT VS. GUHROOVY fw/45
Composition/Arrangement: Toshiyuki Kakuta
Lyrics/Vocals: Joey Slick
Guitars: Takao Kon
BPM: 115
Length: 1:59
Genre: MIXTURE
Movie: ?
First Music Game Appearance: beatmania APPEND GOTTAMIX2 ~Going Global~
Other Music Game Appearances: None.

Lyrics

THE LAST SAMURAI HOLDIN' IT DOWN UP HERE
DEMONICALLY BEAT POSSESSED AND SLAVE TO THE RHTYHM
MY SWORD DEFINES THE CROSSROADS BETWEEN HEAVEN AND HELL
BEAT WARRIOR IN EFFECT, WELCOME TO MY REALM

I HAVE ONE LIFE TO LIVE, TO GIVE NEGATIVE OR POSITIVE
AND ALL THAT'S RELATIVE
WITH DOPE BEATS AND SCRATCHES I CRACK A DEVILISH GRIN
THAT'S JOINT ONE LIVIN'

DODGIN' BLOWS FROM FOES
SNAPPIN' BEAT TECHNICS
GRINDIN' MY TEETH - YEAH INCREASE
YO SLICK SHOW THESE FOOLS WHATS UP
HELL YEAH
ORE DEMON DA
SCRATCHIN' RONIN DA NA
CROSSFADE MY BLADE
CHALLENGE ALL TO INVADE
A DROP FROM A LEAF ON A DISTANT TREE
LIKE THE TIME TO REACT LIKE THE NEEDLE ON WAX
IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS HIP HOP TEST
MY FOE IS THIS GAME NO TIME FOR SHAME
A SLASH TO MY BODY, I FEEL NO PAIN
I RETURN THE BLOW AND LAY THEM DOWN TO REST
CRASHING BEATS EXPLODE
TURNTABLES SPIN LABELS
STEP TO THIS 'CUZ YOU'RE ABLE
NO TIME TO THINK, JUST REACT
AND CRUSH THIS BEAT WITH A BATTLE AX

DAY TO NIGHT AND NIGHT TO DAY
TESTING SKILLS IS HOW A WARRIOR PLAYS
TO LIVE TO DIE AND DIE WITH NO REGRETS
DON'T FORGET - THE LAST SAMURAI
DAY TO NIGHT AND NIGHT TO DAY
TESTING SKILLS IS HOW A WARRIOR PLAYS
TO LIVE TO DIE AND DIE WITH NO REGRETS
DON'T FORGET - THE LAST SAMURAI

PUT IT DOWN 'TIL THE END
NO TIME TO SPEND
THERE'S NO LIFE WITHOUT BEATS
YOU'LL DIE IF YOU CHEAT
BECAUSE LIFE IS NOTHING WITHOUT FEELING
IF YOU'RE FAKE, YOUR SOUL I'M STEALIN'
BECOME ONE WITH YOUR WEAPON
AND COUNT ALL YOUR BLESSIN'S
FOR THE MUSIC WILL KEEP YOU LIVIN'

DAY TO NIGHT AND NIGHT TO DAY
DAY TO NIGHT AND NIGHT TO DAY
TO LIVE TO DIE AND DIE WITH NO REGRETS
DON'T FORGET - THE LAST SAMURAI
DAY TO NIGHT AND NIGHT TO DAY
TESTING SKILLS IS HOW A WARRIOR PLAYS
TO LIVE TO DIE AND DIE WITH NO REGRETS
DON'T FORGET - THE LAST SAMURAI
TO LIVE TO DIE AND DIE WITH NO REGRETS
DON'T FORGET - THE LAST SAMURAI

YOU ONLY HAVE ONE LIFE TO LIVE: LIVE

Song Connections / Remixes

A sequel to SHOWDOWN TO LIVE, titled COMPLETE CONQUEST, can be found in ギタドラ! GUITARFREAKS 4thMIX & drummania 3rdMIX.

Trivia

Despite being credited in SHOWDOWN TO LIVE's artist, GUHROOVY is not credited on the beatmania APPEND GOTTAMIX2 ~Going Global~ Original Soundtracks booklet.
SHOWDOWN TO LIVE marks the first appearance of vocalist Joey Slick in BEMANI.
SHOWDOWN TO LIVE marks L.E.D.'s only beatmania song to never be transplanted into another BEMANI series.
- It is also, along with HELL SCAPER, one of his only two beatmania songs that hasn't appeared in DanceDanceRevolution.

Song Production Information

L.E.D.

Music that takes rapping and scratching from hip-hop and mixes it together with hardcore guitar is colloquially referred to as "mixture." With the song SHOWDOWN TO LIVE, I further mixed them together with trance, big beat, and other techno elements to create the song.

In my work, I often create dance music tracks that are mainly techno or house, but I like hardcore (punk) and melo-core too, and often go to live shows. And, whenever I go to live shows, I start to think things like "man, being in a band would be cool." Just when I was thinking "OK, for the next song I'll do what I'd do if I formed a band," Togo-chef ordered that he wanted an American street-style track, which turned out to be the start of creating this track.

FYI, the rapper who's spitting out cool rhymes in this track is Joey Slick AKA "45," an active DJ who hosts a program on InterFM.

Video Production Information

None.

Difficulty & Notecounts

beatmania difficulty rated from 1 to 9. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from KANI KANI CRAB.)

Game	SP Difficulty			DP Difficulty
Game	Normal	Hard	Another	Normal	Hard	Another
Notecounts	395	-	-	478	-	-
beatmania APPEND GOTTAMIX2	3	-	-	3	-	-