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1. |
Moon Goddess
04:20
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It’s all coming together right here now 2x
It’s all coming together right here
Who’s that? It’s love can you feel it coming through that?
Conscious revolutionary music
Yeah you can feel it in your veins
Let it seep into your brain, remain
It’s like a renaissance coming down upon us all around
A warm jungle rain with the steady soft sound
Beneath the canopy on solid dry ground
The tribe members huddled up smokin’, blowin’ clouds
While the poets speak from the coração
Transform to the modern day – it’s us and the crowd
When I kick rhymes it’s straight from the soul
Ain’t been a minute since I let a sucka know
If you on the negative, homie gotta go
‘Cuz we irie in here homie pass the dro
I stand by while you’re passin’ the dro
And I’m sippin’ brew but neither one is out of control
It won’t prevent us from writin’ dope passionate flows
Or feelin’ the love that can happen at shows
Love is when you really connect, it’s respect
It’s people that you wanna protect
And for the lump in your neck first get the words out
Butterflies are normal when you care how it turns out
Take it slow when you don’t wanna burn out
Anyone inhibiting your growth should be blurred out
Recognize each piece of the puzzle
Pay attention to the signs yeah the signs remain subtle
(Chorus)
Yeah you can feel it on your skin outside to within, begin
It’s like a movie but we’re making up the script as we go
Making choices based on what we think that we know
While the challenges are difficult and hurtful
Looking back I’ve seen my life roles go full circle
Transform from the fan to the artist
Positivity from a portrait of my hardship
Ever had the chance to be the inspiration
In somebody else’s day?
It’s a hard knock’s road and a heavy load
When you got nothing useful to say
Let’s take this opportunity to celebrate life
The modern world struggle could be left to the side for tonight
‘Cuz we should be howlin’ at the moon
Dancin’ by the fire while the spirit is in bloom
Take this one chance to celebrate life
The modern world struggle should be left to the side for tonight
We should be howlin’ at the moon
Dancin’ by the fire, the spirit is in bloom
We love this life! We work for what we know is right
Know your passion’s reaction to what’s in your soul
So we focus and we harness
And we let it grow and we let you know
That we stand right here for the revolution
Love is embracing you exist
Not only revolutionaries raising up our first
Carbon-based lifeforms searchin’ for their bliss
Bet you never seen another time like this
The universe allowed me to find my niche
And no one ever taught me how to rhyme like this
But ya put the round peg in the round hole
And violá - that’s the story of how I found soul
Love is straight from the heart
Lesson in a broken one tear it all apart
When Babylon gets you down turn it into art
I write how I wanna feel and that’s where I start
Love for the romance check buffalo stance
Hip hop ya don’t stop the body rock
Love is more than a word
Language can’t give what it truly deserves
But we know what it means intuitively
Yeah words and reality are two different things
Love is more than feeling, it’s what your heart’s concealing
It’s everyday revealing, it’s how you livin’ your life yeah
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2. |
I Get By
03:23
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If you alive then breathe in
‘Cuz I wanna give the people somethin’ to believe in
If you deceivin’ be exposed so
The people know exactly what they should oppose yo
If you alive then feel good
Give thanks for your days recognize like you should
If you a screw face stressin’ out
Open up your fuckin’ heart let the pressure out
Blam! Here the fuck I am
Ready to initiate a revolution right here where I stand
Who that be with a phat beat
Talkin’ about tryin’ to make the people happy
It’s my life and my right to enjoy it
Give thanks for my life – and I
Give thanks for my life – and I get by
It’s my life and my right to explore it
Give thanks for my life – and I
Give thanks for my life – and I get by
I run around like a chicken with its head cut off
Sleep deprived all just to get by
Real results - into my life I invite
The insight needed to get the fuck up out the pig sty
Wince while my sis smokes smack and sniffs lines
In and out of detox for the 5th time
Accruin’ mad debt, diggin’ a hole
Like she’s a magnet, no self-control
But I know there’s much more to life than pleasure see
And the pleasure’s much more than just sensory
I’m thinkin’ long term settin’ my goals yo
And if I falter at least I know
That I tried to keep a smile trekkin’ mile after mile
Life is climbing a mountain - each segment is a trial
So peep the progress and memorize
What you’ve accomplished and recognize
That there’s always more to see beyond the next horizon
Soak it in and simultaneously exercisin’
Life – it wasn’t meant to be wasted
Society balanced with the inner vibration 2x
(Chorus)
We keep on with the travellin’
Inner demons that we are battlin’
What was tying us down is now unravelin’
Yo we tryin’ to live right – right
It’s easy to divide, takes effort to unite
Anyone can criticize or find what they don’t like
What they don’t like is usually self-reflection
Energies spreading out in multiple directions
Connections, yo the meaning of life is life
Ya heard me said the meaning of life
Is why we kick the positivity and uplift the vibes
Spread love to the people, reconnect with tribes
Your ego’s on a rampage and it’s unfounded
Look around we’re all boundless
This silly chump thinks he’s spiritually
Superior to Linguístory and MCAD
But yo we’ll wreck your ego back in check
Microphone check, suckas disrespect. Why they disrespect?
‘Cuz we speak with a mish mash lingo
And challenge the views of a privileged gringo
B-I-N-G-O, yo bingo!
(Chorus)
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3. |
Courage
02:55
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It takes courage, courage just to be yourself
Courage not to be like anyone else
It takes courage, courage just to be yourself
Courage not to be like everyone else 2x
Hey yo fuck ‘em – anyone who tells you to be
Anything less than what you feel you’re destined to be
Inevitably people go with the herd, fuck what ya heard
I’m ghetto educated ya nerd, puffin’ the herb
I ain’t got no complex
Nigga wasn’t raised in the Midwest projects
I flex hard like the rest of ‘em
Champion wanna test? Bring the best of ‘em
And for the rest of ‘em – keep it real
Power to the people, respect, you know the deal
I’m 5 foot 9 light skinned sucka oreo
That’s what the haters used to say, how the story go
It’s one drop of the race call me out a coon
A new school Darwinian baboon
Or whitewashed if you ask any hater brotha
I ain’t your fuckin’ nigga ‘cuz you hate my mother
‘Cuz she’s whiter than the sheets under my fluffy cover
I’m thankful that I’m here and so I gotta love her
Nevermind the reason that you hold somebody else above her
Your fear is still the reason why the world is fighting, yeah
Yo courage for the strength to look back
But also to move forward in fact
It’s a blessing to be humble and strong
We need to start uniting, yeah
Yo courage for the fact that we’re here
Courage every day of the year
So the people find the strength to get along
I’m from the city where Ted Haggard’s seen as a savior
I took Sociology of Deviant Behavior
And felt like I was readin’ about my crew in the textbook
Made me wanna hit these academics with a left hook
For turnin’ individuality simplistic
Makin’ their rebellious mentality statistics
Box in and categorize misfits
Discouraging cats from tryin’ to make a difference
But the truth is no one really fits in a box
Those that do are the ones we should watch
You should’ve seen the look on their face
Audience full of gangstas when I took to the stage, yo
You should hear the responses I get
When people ask what type of music I say “hip hop, legit”
Straight up I’m rockin’ sandals and flannels
And if I was famous I wouldn’t change the channel
Fuck it ‘cuz every word I spit comes from the heart
And I’m thankful just to play my part
I’m gonna be the Gary Snyder of hip hop
An earth child livin’ and writin’ nonstop
When I’m dried up with nothin’ left to say
I could write some pussy ass music like The Fray
But until that day I’m turning insight into rhyme
To be unique is to be divine
(Chorus)
It takes courage – it takes what? 3x
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I look to the east and watch the sun rise
As if light and land were making love before my eyes
I see my son sleeping in his mother’s arms
As if her inner strength was what kept him from the harm
I see so many people living on this globe
If you let your light shine you could never be alone
I’m looking back and for every night I’ve wasted
I’m making up for lost time living my creations
Yeah from NYC building tops to CO mountain tops
If true love can be found or not I’m still willing to try
‘Cuz it’s the means not the ends so I’m willing to die
Precisely because I love this life see
I’m not bored – I let the grand allure entice me
And lately seems the world innately
Needs some revolution soul like MCAD
I’m blending beats with poetic introspection
A paradox to look within for outward connections
But I figure if I share this with you
The worst that could happen’s we don’t share the same views
So give it a spin, a minute or ten
Take a sec to realize that you’re living again
Our soul purpose is to cultivate the essence
Using this communication aiming at transcendence
(Chorus)
Harness – energies arising
Grounded to the Earth then I open up my eyes
And I see this light is naturally
And beautiful Earth is precious and organically
Connected to the stars
Connected to the rhythm and the pulses of 16 bars
Connected to the essence
Connected to this moment right now just to recognize my presence
Love – the center of the sun
And harnessing the mysteries that make this life fun
It’s a beautiful day to be alive here
Yeah it’s true, we all die here
But living is the reason that we learn to be strong
And it shows. Be mindful of the way that it flows
And if you open up your heart and show it love then it grows
And that’s truth. Check it yo I’m living proof
That facts are not always what is real, here’s the deal
Truth, yo it changes with time. And your mind
Your mind is something that we can’t find in this place
Energies, particles, and space
(Chorus)
Love’s the only way
To make this world a better place to live our days, yeah 2x
That’s love that comes from the heart undercover
Not just what couples feel for one another
It’s love galore once you figure out your true mission
And every step as your vision comes to fruition
A seed transforms into an oak tree
A helpless little infant becomes an adult
We watch joyously the gradual transformation
Of ideas into realities beyond imagination
So follow what it is that sparks your fascination
Peeps that gain your admiration
Makes your gravitational pull
What we used to do after school and it’s true
The only one who really knows your aspirations is you
You, you, you shining there
Wherever you let your mind go
Make sure you open up and let your loving flow
Yeah, my soul purpose
What is, what is your soul purpose?
What is my soul purpose? 3x
(Do you know what it is?)
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5. |
Come Together
02:43
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The things we see ain’t never gonna change unless we
Organize and come together right now let’s see
If we can live without this war, if love is what we’re fighting for
Then maybe we could find some peace or at least some love
Instead of all this
Bloodshed, gunfire aiming for the masses
The devil man collecting your taxes
Burn fire to blaze down this Babylon
It’s my rights to Earth that we’re standing on
Real change not false hope and promises
I don’t trust a single thing Obama says
It’s just my family and me out here strugglin’ to be
My daughter’s more than just a worker bee, she’s born to exceed
All the mandatory exercises fuelin’ the greed
I’ma teach her how to live with the Earth and harvest the seed, but
(Chorus)
Madness comin’ from a world so savage
It’s the nature of the beast that the average head must survive
But regardless of the damage
Once our belly’s full we move on to livin’ lavish
And they said it was the decade of the Mother Earth
Why? ‘Cuz we shopped at Whole Foods while she fuckin’ burned?
How do we achieve unity?
Community fragmented – won’t unite ‘til we’re singin’ eulogies
Then it’s back to just livin’ for the now
We want change but can’t get past the how
Can’t even agree what it’s all about
The question is - Are we gonna be around when it all comes down?
(Chorus)
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6. |
99
03:41
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Said they all still sittin’ there, don’t wanna do the work
Say they wanna be free but me see
That they all still sittin’ there don’t wanna do the work 2x
In an age where the real kings and queens are unseen
Our eyes are all veiled by different shades of green
I can’t wrap my head around the complex schemes
Being carried out in upper echelons behind the scenes
Bettin’ against the debt they’re sellin’ as collateral
We’re like some fenced in but well-pacified animals
I’m driving back and forth to work chillin’ in my off time
Tryin’ to comprehend my small role with my small mind
So few even think about the big picture
Those of us who do get discouraged by the figures
Never enough time to sift through all the jargon
We repeat half-truths – even I’m a fuckin’ charlatan
It’s no surprise we wanna close our eyes
Feed our nuclear families, no room for closer ties
And that’s how economic slavery goes on
We’re caught up in the system so we can’t see beyond
Yeah you’re free to go and try to make a fortune
But it’s mathematical fact that only a small portion can
The difference in wealth is disproportionate
To the difference in intelligence but we’re supportin’ it
So fuck the 1 percent, I’m all about the 99
It seems impossible but I say it’s ‘bout time we tried
(Chorus)
Hey it’s the end of the day
And I’m fuckin’ exhausted what can I say
I wanna smoke weed and really just kick back
Spend time with my queen and relax
I just worked for 23 days in a row
This shit’s gettin’ outta control
I swear to god I’m fuckin’ losin’ it
Now she’s boozin’ it
Tryin’ to kill the memories and the pain
It seems like everybody’s got somebody to blame
And I know there’s bigger issues at hand
Yet I stand disconnected from the bigger picture
Look at me I’m a wisher and a disser
And everyone can diss alright
But it’s time to come together like a fist, unite
And rise tall, stand again
And learn to build your confidence
And it feels good just to be alive
But don’t ever let the feeling be complacent
I’ve seen music heal a junkie in a basement
Even if it’s only for a moment’s time, and a rhyme
I swear to fuckin’ god it can change the way we think
And how we feel. You know the revolution is real
(Chorus)
Now they rise and fight for what they know is right, right on 3x
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37 and I still ain't changed
Out there hustlin' runnin' them games
I don't give a fuck what anyone claims
Hiding all the evidence scatter the remains
Watch it burn down in flames
The Obama's and the John McCain's
A new puppet who's taken the reigns
Of being the face of someone who explains
"Yeah we takin' all your money
Worker bees who make us honey"
'Cuz I bet the nectar's so sweet
When I dip it in a cup of herbal tea
One in one billion heard of me
Fuck it I'ma keep screamin' AD
Duckin' all you techno wannabe's
I’m at mad ease when I'm livin' amongst the trees
Whoa-yo, whoa-yo - the Earth has everything we need
Whoa-yo, whoa-yo - narcissistic with their selfish wants and greed
Whoa-yo, whoa-yo - the Earth has everything we need
They sell you fantasies yeah
Manipulate your dreams yeah
Is nothing what it seems here?
New face ain't a damn thing changed
Governments here seem so strange
Some people only wanna point blame
Repeating what they know is insane
And how we ever gonna change the game
If everybody wants to be the same?
Fucked up tryin' to build yourself a name
You got lost and you sold your soul for fame
I'm willing to accept givin' up my culture
O problema é que a Babilônia não me solta
(The problem is that Babylon won't let go of me)
Yeah this train's not stoppin' anytime soon
It's runnin' off the tracks before they would decide to
Who bought up all the land and made the common man
Grapple with answers to the questions he don't understand?
Machine without a face, spawn of the human race
Now who's controllin' who? Which one is settin' the pace?
Ey yo it's marvelous livin' in this modern metropolis
Information at my fingertips, infinite options
Oftentimes I hypothesize the world through my father's eyes
Would've never ended
Now we revel in this evanescence
Yeah now it's stretched thin, secretly the greedy men repentin'
Like a child who only feels remorse when caught red handed
Watch out for the cactuses and thorns
Walkin' on this path you should be warned
Life wasn't so cancerous before
But swallow up 'cause ya had to fit the form
All in the name of convenience
A nation full of defeatists
Join 'em if you can't beat 'em
Commerce would crush any modern day Jesus
The thing about all this consumption
Besides all the eco-destruction
Is feeding an endless void, only increasing the psycho-dysfunction
Here we are now ridin' out the wave
Countin' down, SINGULARITY awaits
It's been a journey since man stepped away
Human history snowballed to today
O céu azul da cor do mar
(The blue sky the color of the sea)
Tanta beleza ninguém vai notar/lembrar
(So much beauty no one will notice/remember)
Fauna e flora ao meu redor
(Fauna and flora all around me)
Relatos deixados por qualquer escritor
(Accounts left behind by any writer)
Whoa-yo, whoa-yo - the Earth has everything we need
Whoa-yo, whoa-yo - narcissistic with their selfish wants and greed
Whoa-yo, whoa-yo - the Earth has everything we need
Test n me want me, fiah
Sell you fantasies, yeah
Test n me want me, fiah
Manipulate your dreams, yeah
Test n me want me, fiah
Is nothing what it seems here?
Test n me want me, fiah
Just shine ya light, say
It's revolution
Just shine ya light, just shine ya light
When the people say
It's revolution
Just open up and say
Love, and shine ya light, and shine ya light
And keep on
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8. |
Vignette
02:11
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Yeah I’m still funky as I age
I give thanks for the cycles of 7
Try to cultivate wisdom and turn the page
Yo I’ve spent a lot of nights lookin’
And howlin’ at the ceiling
Not knowin’ I was really tryin’ to howl at the moon
But doomed to fail ‘cuz I’m in a manmade room
I’m a Wandering Monk but I am not enlightened
When we finish up with the set is when I start imbibin’
At that point my soul is a vacuum
Cravin’ conversation, my condolence is past due
For just waitin’ to talk instead of listenin’
Ego is an existential predicament
Kinda like the human mind’s appetite
To view things as all cut and dry – either black or white
But I’m the problem and solution simultaneously
Think about the Mother Earth I want Sabin to see
A groovy life like mine
As I write my rhyme I excite my mind
Death is certain so we shouldn’t be uncomfortable
Lest you dedicate your life to nonsense like a Juggalo
Yeah fancy meetin’ you here on the planet
Let’s live it whether or not god’s hand planned it
Yeah I know exactly what it is you talkin’ about
I feel like I’m out here walkin’ about everyday
Tryin’ to find balance, walkin’ the Tightrope
Yo I’ve spent a lot of days deep into thought
And thinkin’ about the mystics
Statistics tryin’ to shape my destiny
Black youth drugs with a gat right next to me
Complexity – it’s a beautiful thing
It’s black, white, yellow, red and we formin’ a ring
I bring hope with our visions
Watch love manifest conscious decisions
I pretty much roll with the deviants
Naturally born with a hustler’s ingredients
A walking paradox, a Gemini, a perfect contradiction
I’m the Alpha and Omega
I’m workin’ for the future of my daughter
Tryin’ to do what you’d expect of any good father
Livin’ while I’m tryin’ to put the food on my shelf
While bio-toxic chemicals attackin’ our health
I’m revolutionary, militant but loving as well
They say we’re goin’ to heaven but we’re livin’ in hell
I watch ‘em swell, egos are burstin’
Fuck what you’re told to be, be a good person
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9. |
Gregorian Rant
03:23
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Heartening my fruits, weakening my roots 2x
Feelin’ strange in the land of the comfort seekers
‘Til I came to understand they’re not proper teachers
Might teach you how to follow leaders
Not how to be a sovereign thinker
Treat the planet like it’s not a keeper
With the plastic life frontin’ like god believers
And they act like the shit’s not a problem either
I’m confused feelin’ like I’m obsolete
This might explain the jungle fever
I wore an Indian headband and puffed the reefer
Seen as an underachiever
Look closer there’s gotta be somethin’ deeper please
A product of suburbia
Taught that elsewhere live the scurvy ones
As a kid never questioned it
Or knew what caused the poor man’s deficit
But when rap came there was cause for query
Back then it was the only way I saw the fury
Even though I was only 10
I could hear the pain bleedin’ from the souls of men
That hold the pens – a glimpse into a world unknown
Disconnected from the culture that dispersed the poems
But mysteriously drawn to it
Not knowin’ one day I’d be a conduit, like
(Chorus)
Born out but he wasn’t a keeper
Late night insomniac no sleeper
Maybe troubles go a little bit deeper
I’m not afraid of death but just the grim reaper
Economics in a pound and a beeper
Fuck what they got I got the shit cheaper
Damn it’s as simple as that
Live hard, get rich, grow old, and get fat
That never was a life for this one
Raised in a very complicated condition
Praised? Not once, there was more an omission
Of positivity in the schooling system
So I took it to the streets right
My Chanunpa – white man peace pipe
Help the youth man to see the light
Co-Intel Pro’s there to make you fight
Delete me? Another statistic
I’m positively goin’ ballistic
Why try? You could never resist it
Love is a catalyst you better get with it
Shift it, now speakin’ of mind frames
It’s relative if you speakin’ of time frames
L-25 my Einstein
Corporations project your prime time
Who’s that fuckin’ with me?
They wanna poison our food and kill the trees
They wanna fill our bodies all up with disease
And fertilize what’s naturally found
(Chorus)
I uplift my roots
And I plant them wherever this Earth bears its fruits
Roots – like banyan tree community
It’s love for the world, it’s all I see
It’s peace, love, and unity
I uplift my roots
And I plant them wherever this Earth bears its fruits
And my love is my life
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I’m gonna listen to myself, gonna go my own way
I don’t pay much attention to what the critics’ll say
I’m gonna hold my head up high when I walk
Gonna hold my head up high when I walk 2x
If my actions were determined by the popular opinion
I’d be a quaky paper tissue floatin’ in the wind
And I can’t foresee the future when I’m makin’ my decisions
At least I know I didn’t fold, I made ‘em from within
So what’s an instinct? What’s a gut feeling?
Ralph Waldo Emerson did self-reliance hit the ceiling?
Don’t go against the grain for the sake of it - the fakest shit!
I’ll swim with the stream when it’s authentic, instantaneous
Instantaneously goin’ with the flow, don’t ya know
There’ll be critics standin’ behind every door, that’s fo sho
And I brush off all the judgments to the floor - where the dirt at
These hater motherfuckers talkin’ shit - where the turd at
You stinky ‘cuz your pinky’s probably bigger than your dick
And egomaniacs think they’re so fuckin’ slick
When it’s not a battle it’s just my manifestin’
And I’m blessed and ready for the suckas who be tryin’ to test
(Chorus)
Critics – clueless
Cynics be like “who’s this?”
Got a lotta dick in they mouth but can’t do shit but run it
Talkin’ down another man’s lifestyle
Or talkin’ it up but not walked it once
I’m not your chump boi I’ll call your bluff
It’s obvious y’all not rock wit us
The metropolis is full of hopsta punks just like you
Imagine the million chumps just like you
It’s torturous I’m basically forced to bust
On this course because niggas is way more than bug
Needin’ way more than hugs and on a daily basis
Face it – your whole front – debased it
Call it tough love. It’s what you think is what we dub
In the cut like Vinyl Grooves it’s the funk
That gets us up to put it simple miss me much
With that bold chatter ‘cuz I have a whole platter
(Chorus)
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11. |
Love Yourself
03:56
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I can feel you watching me, some have animosity
Don’t you know it’s only judgment on yourself
I can feel you want to be something that you cannot see
Open up it’s time to truly love yourself 2x
It seems to me like common sense is understanding ignorance
Is hating on yourself when that won’t make you feel right
It seems to me like confidence is bordering on arrogance
There’s certain people here that seem to have fallen for lies
And I can see in front of me obstacles that wanna be
Bigger than my faith to overcome mountains that size
And I can see inside of me these feelings are dividing me
I’m hoping I can find some peace of mind in my life
Yo yo, yo what’s it gonna take?
I wanna know what’s it gonna take?
I gotta know what’s it gonna…
Ya ya check it ONE
They say that great art fits its own definition
Whether or not it ever gets any recognition
How many geniuses died unappreciated?
How many minds gave up the quest to be creative?
I wanna know ‘cuz this isn’t just a hobby, see
It’s how I live and develop my philosophy
You came to drink but I came to spill my guts
So god bless the few people dancin’ in the front
Or with your arms crossed, listening intently
Afterwards you critique gently or directly
We’re here to bust this original rap
Wandering Monks on the scene yeah bridgin’ the gaps
AD’s native rights, black pride bring it back
I’m european american reppin’ cultural awareness
The 2 styles – while they blend and intertwine
Complement the differences and strengthen both sides
Now ya can’t deny the first album’s straight fire
Still we’re steady makin’ music tryin’ to take it higher
A beat-makin’ soul singer with a literary word slinger
Real artists, true thinkers
And I think our shit’s deserving of a local buzz
And I think our shit’s deserving of a tour buss
On the real I know I gotta pay dues
But Freedom Movement has - way beyond phase 2
Although I don’t wanna join the game of cuttin’ throats
A lotta CO rappers are a fuckin’ joke
Wandering Monks but that doesn’t mean we’re Buddhists
My ego has to thrive before I call it an illusion
(Chorus)
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Who am I to describe what the funk is, what the funk means
What the funk does to your soul when you let it unfold
We all feel it so it’s better left untold
Gettin’ back to the captive beast with its confusion, apathy
Each life could be a masterpiece
But our head is a self-contained catastrophe
We like to point our fingers but the target’s movin’ too fast...
Hip hop is not redneck music
Wanna talk peace? Ya gotta dead that useless rhetoric
Think the one in charge is the president?
Your rationale is drowned by your sentiments
You hate the welfare system
These lazy bastards gettin’ money for free
While you slave your whole life away...
Away we go! Why the fuck you wanna stay here?
It’s not rocket science, my people see clear
It’s all love but yo some people disrespect
That’s why we got a microphone... microphone check
Yo love is the reason for the revolution
Love in action, not just your lips smashin’
‘Nuff talkin’ suckas need to get to walkin’
Motherfucker put in the work
We got a plan, no it’s not just Fuck The Man
We tryin’ to take resources back
Yo but first we gotta educate. Scratch that - we gotta care
It ain’t worth shit if love ain’t even there
It’s funny I was thinkin’ how I used to love to go to just relax
And fall asleep in the park
Some people like to shine just to ease upon their minds
While some other people scared of the dark
We know we got some problems but we know we can solve them
With love and hard work we know problems can go away...
I'm a monk wander longin’ for truth, preach in the booth
And give it back to you never retreat - speakin’ it factual
Keepin’ it funky fresh freakin’ the facts
Feelin’ the soul flower bless my mental to help me relax
I'm Bullhead*ded strong - dem dead wrong tryin’ to play us
I savor the application when I slay ‘em to the pavement
Save your placement, change your bases
Keep your hands up ‘cuz only one it takes it
Wandering Monks Bullhead*ded starting to jump
You get it part of the funk ‘cuz we givin’ them what they want
Show and prove but then move slow
Move yo body back and forth to the grove smooth yo
I break it down, get tinted and stay fly
While they 85 dumb, deaf and blind tryin’ to hide
Wandering Monks Bullhead*ded we get it live 2x
Yeah me, I'm a productive member of society
I contribute to when I'm not rioting
I enjoy the finer things in life like privacy
You enjoy designer jeans and the things you are acquiring
Livin’ the life out your cell phone set to the music that I'm pirating
I for one cannot get used to all these ironies
They trying to take everything
I wrote a letter that reads “I want a leader that bleeds”
I wrote it anonymously. When I'm gone they'll miss me
But right now I'm considered nuisance because I'm ready to fall
Bring down the too big to fail and stand up to the institutions
They try to distract us with confusion
So far it's working, we're losing. So get up and do somethin’
Wandering Monks and Bullhead*ded make you move somethin’
Like mountains - just to prove somethin’
Wandering Monks and Bullhead*ded make you move somethin’
The hills are alive!
I got an engine powered by the sound of music
It’s stupid to hand the mic to cats afraid to do shit with it
Yeah we’re sittin’ in an interesting position
‘Tween the mainstream and snot-nosed hip hop hipsters
Ya know you smudged the peanut butter on the chocolate
Brethren - 2 great tastes that taste great together
‘Cuz some people they will never get it
Wandering Monks together with Bullhead*ed
Blau! Colorado’s on the map now
We revolutionaries that’s a fact
We screamin’ fuck the system, we tried but can’t work with ‘em
They call us Bullhead*ed ‘cuz we can’t be bought no way...
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13. |
Puppet Show
04:09
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The government’s got plans for your kids
And it’s more than schools and expensive vids
It’s sold off for the highest dollar bids
It’s pharmaceuticals flippin’ their lids
When they can’t keep focused and they’ve never been inspired
By old ghosts who should be retired
And they know a dying system when they see it
Confused by the elders who teach that they should try to be it
Struggling to go against the grain
Taught to remain in a straight line never indicating
I’m struggling with blowing out my brain
How ya gonna tell you’re gon’ be fine
When you’re losing your mind right here next to me
You were struggling to keep your cool
Yo and can ya blame me?
Sooner or later we all gotta act normal and just swallow the crazy
Take me to safety I’m jaded and lazy
I’ll be the face of any propaganda if you pay me
Did I let myself get pigeon-holed by the fear of ridicule
Or are the prison bars just invisible?
The line between what I decide and what’s defined for me
Is elusive and blurry like testin’ for sobriety
True - contradiction is a part of life
Curb the skepticism, our denial’s a survival mechanism
Who’s the fool? Who’s the mack?
Who’s the richest of the people here supplyin’ the crack?
‘Cuz we know Bill Clinton’s in the middle of a totem pole
Even as the president the overseers let him know
“You’re just a puppet in a game and we tell you what to do
If you know what’s good for you”
The whole world got down with some political theater
2012 yuppies fell for predictable leaders
You know I love a good laugh with my puppet show
To think that calling it that’s so uncomfortable
Like “How dare you call a spade a spade?
It was a great debate!
My black progressive’s here to save the day”
Romney was groomed to be a douchy fascist
You had to swing left gettin’ lost in semantics
‘Cuz modern presidents are puppets for the crown
Your birth certificate is how it’s goin’ down
The stock market is another word for slave traders
The Red Cross and Illuminati infiltrators
The Knights Malta, Lord of the Rings
Freemasonic temples and the destiny of kings
The looking glass telling what the future brings
The letting go of materialistic things
Divide and conquer!
Divide and conquer people faction by faction
(That’s the method they use)
No time to bother like the truth’s a distraction
(That’s the sad, sad truth) 2x
I’d rather know The Truth even when it hurts
At least then I know where I’m standin’ to get to work
I’d rather know The Truth even when it stings
At least then I know where I’m at and can start clean
I hear ‘em sayin’ that The Truth is relative
I know it’s complex I’m just sayin’ spare us the embellishments
I navigate within this web of control
And still see opportunities to break the mold
And I will play the game if I have to
If it’s that or forfeit what would that prove?
It’s transformation inside me as I choose my destiny
Yo love is more than choice, it’s conviction
It’s separation from the wickedest system
It’s inspiration inside me and love’s all that I see
Yeah we know that time on Earth is precious
We ask for guidance every day and hope Creator will direct us
With love and truth and proof that there’s more than this
With so much suffering it’s time for some bliss
Excuse me while I kiss the...
Sky is fallin’ with a chemical cloud
With all the eco-destruction - can you even stand it?
Let’s unify good people and transform the planet
Let’s be love, light and lead the way right
‘Cuz I feel so, feel so good tonight
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14. |
Hard Times
05:50
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We hard and our tissue is scarred from
Young hustlers searchin’ for stardom
We’re kinda numb to the world ‘cuz since the beginning
We’ve been taught repetition instead of wisdom
‘Cuz they cold and mechanical
Watch corporate minds acting unimaginable
Yeah from the country to the capital
Across all borders the empire is expandible
Their egos are fanatical check the mathematical
We are incompatible
The elite view us as mere animals
But they’re the machine - fiendish and irrational
I’m fucked tryin’ to pick up my luck
‘Cuz I suck at these 9 to 5’s, Orwellian vibes
So don’t sell me your lies then tell me goodbye
If I’m gettin’ fucked it might well be defined
Big business, big competitions
In these military missions in the name of the flag
We stagnant society fragments as we polarize
Oh what a drag
While they call egalitarians commies
The ideal neocon promotes death and poverty
Shocked politically, not analytically
Thinkin’ about the real life prisoners of war
I’m lucky that I mostly fight it psychologically
Dodgin’ propaganda instead of missiles launched at me
Laughin’ at the irony, help the blind to see
Illuminati’s in control of our society
Where’s the love y’all? 3x
And we love revolutionaries on the scene
If ya know what I mean then throw your hands up
Party people stand up, stand up
‘Cuz it’s been a long time since people showed they cared
Steady marchin’ up the stairs of the capital
Cops puttin’ tension in the air
The same message here is unity
Peace and love go out to our community
The pigs are at the bottom like us
Why do they defend what we don’t trust?
‘Cuz their checks are paid by those who use ‘em as a crutch
Show you right son in case you never heard it
Power to the people yo that’s the fuckin’ verdict
Burn it! Your format needs to be refurbished
The people blocked the streets
To start with we need a tourniquet
Individually part of the collective
Balance with the inner peace - choose your directive
Yeah from micro to macro
It’s time to separate the life flow from the financial
We hard knocks - like Jane, Nothing Shocks
‘Cuz my Addiction speaks truth with conviction
My affliction with this judicial system
Is always being guilty until proven innocent
Represent the streets, upper lower class
Workin’ in this rat race losin’ all my cash
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15. |
A Luta Continua
03:24
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Illuminati like to see the people struggle
Illuminati out there startin’ all the trouble
So let us rise and stand against them and choose more love
They wanna see us all confused in our own bubble
We selfish livin’ while they taxin’ all us double
So let us wake to understand them - it’s fear or love
But do ya feel us risin’ up, do ya feel us risin’ up 4x
So rise and shine again 2x
Not withholding, not separate and lonely
Even with ourselves we don’t know how not to be phony
Spend all day starin’ at a screen or drivin’ through the maze
A species with amnesia in denial of its violent ways
Get a load of this - don’t throw a fit
Surveillance state - or police state
You take the bait - you make it great
You fight against - you might regret
Just as every organization’s structure like a pyramid
Society is no exception
Usury is interferin’ with our freedom to live on Earth
Our freedom - and I care because I love
So if you love your life you get involved
Meditate or write or rap or bring the heat to City Hall
So if you love your life you get involved
Sometimes the truth’s so covered up it seems impossible to solve
Not withholding, not separate and lonely
So rise and shine again
Not blindfolded, not ignorant and molded
Swallowed so much bullshit we no longer even notice
Disinformation - opiate of this here nation
Sophisticated ways to neutralize my generation
Any leader I believed in ‘til hell froze
Findin’ out I’ve been lied to like “hell no!”
Yeah they lead the opposition with a swell tone
Everybody callin’ everybody Co-Intel Pro
But it can’t be that everyone’s a real foe
Yeah they track our whole lives on our cell phone
And the media monopoly’s a shit show
No one here’s really a threat ‘til they’re well known
Disinformation - opiate of this here nation
Sophisticated ways to neutralize my generation
My generation yeah seen so much trouble in this world
We tryin’ to make a change ‘cuz what we see needs so much love
And I care because I love
So if you love your life you get involved
Get involved, we hope our people get involved
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Wandering Monks Denver, Colorado
Wandering Monks’ music is unlike most hip hop you’ll hear, old or new. Their sound is a distinct, yet cohesive amalgam. Their lyrics inform and challenge without resorting to soap-boxing. Their captivating choruses weave gems of insight and truth through layers of danceable beats, producing sincere messages that convey anything BUT the hedonistic indifference found in most popular club music. ... more
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