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So many generations past since the landscape changed
Foreigners Where The Rockies Meet The Kansas Plains
Modern life's elements that we can't escape
Usin’ music as a means to expand our range
Music is Universal, English is not
Still what better way of unleashing the thoughts
Onto beats creating straight seamless hip hop
The truth, whether spoken by a genius or not
To empower for the sake of redeeming the flock
Criticizin’ those behind the most fiendish of plots
From world domination through economic enslavement
To media facades, they're testin’ my fucking patience
But music is Universal and anyone can feel..
If it is Real, through the Music we can Heal.
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Monks Wander as a protest to livin’ for the industry
The same could be said of the one Linguístory
And maybe with McAD in the light of day
We could find a way to rhyme our way to divinity
Yeah 'cause we're approachin’ this hip hop religiously
Our words become a symphony and make you have epiphanies
So these lyricists turned pro at exposing corruption
The whole world should know how it functions
We go our own way when we shine the light
We go our own way 'cause we know it's right
Blessings be for the people in the good fight
Hold on 'cause it's gonna be aight
Fusin’ the political and spiritual, melodic to the lyrical
Explicit and satirical, but utterly sincere for you
We Give It Away like the Chili Peppers did
And the Funky Monks are here to repeal the deficit
It could be good if the people would
Come together organize the streets and the hood
It's not a ghetto thang yo we're not gangstas
Those are devils frontin' Wall Street banksters
And this westernized lifestyle’s blurrin’ up our vision
To make us settle for some wack permanent position
I don't wanna stay discouraged with the system
I concur, I wanna stray from the herd and play with words for a livin’
Like this time my rhyme will be divine
'Cause it's coming from the heart and not the mind
Watch the Kundalini climb up my spine
And I know for a fact that it's still beautiful to be black
And I'm ashamed of the color of the people at the top
But I don't deny my roots or try to be what I am not
I got past the self-hate, call it paradox
I wanna thwart eurocentric hierarchy 'til it drops
That's hella peace son, word is bond
It's a revolution and you know what side I'm on
I don't give a fuck if you’re white, long as you down to fight
As Wandering Monks we must shine light
Analyzing our surroundings like post-modernist philosophers
Assessin’ what to do until depletion of the aquifers
Never buryin’ our heads in the sand
Fully aware but without a shred of fear, fear of death or the man
So we speak our voice on what we know is not right in this life
Monks Wander as a protest to livin’ for the industry
The same could be said of the one Linguístory
And maybe with McAD in the light of day
We could find a way to rhyme our way to divinity
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Focus and Purpose
02:58
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Bless for the ones who choose to focus
Bless for the ones who work hard
Anyone livin' with a sense of purpose
Knows the more effort, the greater the reward
Give thanks, give my thanks and praises
For everything that we've done so far
So far some amazin’ shit's happened
Now we march on with a whole lot of heart
I feel so good today, wanna stay energized and do my part
Stimulating to the physical and mental
Creation's the joy of makin' a mark
I know there's so many things to say
But it doesn't really matter just as long we start somewhere
1 time for conflictin’ information
2 times for the sticky situations
3 times for unknown destinations
Peace to the whole entire Freedom Movement Nation
I'm thankful for this Collective Illusion
Allowing me to grow in the direction of my choosin’
On a given day I'll demonstrate a different way
Of thinkin’ that the day before ousted from my dinner plate
But it's all good even if I zig-zag
'Cause I step back and take a look at the big path
And I see that despite the little turns
I'm manifestin’ what I want through my life and words
(Chorus)
Yo check in my head what it is I wanna manifest
Breath into my chest and exhale waitin’ for the outcome
Wait and hear my out, son – yo you gotta work too!
Yesterday I had the thought that I could get away
But now I wanna stay and make a better life for me and you
Some say things will remain strange
Never gonna change what you gonna do ... so
Said I came here to speak the truth, always looking for the proof
Yes, bless for the youth
Love for the things you do, Love when I microphone check 1-2
(Chorus)
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The First Step
04:01
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Some people get scared when we talk revolution
Some people get vague when ya talkin’ solutions
I thought we were just talkin’, didn't mean to kill your buzz
When I speak my mind I'm not a narker or the fuzz
But here you stand against me, as if I really was
Acknowledging the problem just to spoil all your fun
Your life is easy and you got minimal obligations
With all the chillin', partyin' and the intoxication
Gone are the days when that was my main occupation
Back then we both agreed the system was abomination
But couldn't ever quite articulate why
I dug deeper in it while you seemed to change your mind
If you think the world is all good then you're blind
But I won't lose my bro just ‘cause we don't see eye to eye
Resistance is an intellectual endeavor
But if you don't care I still Love you forever
Resistance is a philosophical endeavor
But if you don't approve I still Love you forever, yessir
(Chorus)
Now I don’t work in a sweatshop or watch my land get ravaged
By comparison I'm not at a disadvantage
If the pigs hassle me I know it's not because of skin color
Still I give a shit and you act like it's a sin, brother
Maybe you see my position as a contradiction
I support the industries causin’ these conditions
I drive a car, pay taxes, and big business
Is a big part of my life, so ya hear me bitchin'
Hmmm…. You're right
I don’t know how to change it, but it makes me wanna fight
All I know is that the first step to findin’ a solution
Is to talk about it and to clarify all the confusion
Denyin’ the problem doesn’t make you positive
I acknowledge it and say Fuck The Fear ‘cause I wanna live
Denyin’ the problem doesn’t make you positive
I Love my son, I Love my fam and friends and I wanna live
(Chorus)
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Time To Switch
03:20
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I transform like an autobot. Like cops? Not a lot.
Fuckin' with the reefer in the back of a parking lot
Feelin' good but I know that it's really not
Last night another innocent got shot
Gang warfare – yo I mean the government
Scud missiles, oh look there another went
Targeting kids like the streets of Palestine
Your television is an act of war against the mind
Feel good? Yo I feel fuckin' confused
Like I just got hustled and used
I got no problem with the fact I gotta choose
Yeah I know to win somebody probably gotta lose
I send ‘em Love but they respond with hate
I wonder how much more that I can take
It's the same concept in place from the plains to the tropics
Cowards steppin' up because their name's microscopic
And they ain't gettin' props without a gun or a title
The same typecast that will become homicidal
Scarin’ kids, fear-mongerin’ for kicks
Usin’ drugs as a tool to be dominant and slick
You know I caught one plottin' to get rich
Planted coke up in my friend's ride and offered him a pitch
But this time the plans of blackmail got baffled
By the lawyer's relative, but it's still a constant battle
Yo, this type of thing happens all over the world
The poor struggle while the crooked get rich
We work hard for the few greedy people at the top
Yo it's Time To Switch!
Like - makin' a switch means takin' a risk
So I beg and insist the population get pissed
The majority shouldn't have to hurt and suffer
Just ‘cause their priority's not to subjugate each other
I send em Love but they respond with hate
I wonder how much more that I can take
I disperse through galaxies, reversin’ fallacies
That the human race would disgrace this
Place that we're given, blessed to be livin'
In a world that's as beautiful as this
So raise your fist, and raise your consciousness
And we could flip pyramids and run this shit
We could bring it back yo Power To The People
Fuck the free world ‘cause the emperor's deceitful
I wanna start a new world from scratch
Like "you burnt the cookies nigga start a fresh batch"
To start with every time they pull us over
Or harass us it shouldn't be so they can meet a quota
The justice system means Justice Not Profit
Authority is for the wise, not the heartless
Healthcare is for the ones who wanna heal
Gettin' filthy rich shouldn't be a part of the appeal
Education is not just regurgitatin’ information
Or settin' a blueprint for imitation
People get involved for the wrong motives
Integrity is lost and the craft becomes soulless
You say I hold this hopeless vision of a world
Where the code isn't greed and a closed first
I say to conquer from within, inner discipline
Instead of tryin' to dominate the fellow citizens
For the Love Revolution
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What would you think if everything we learned about here was wrong?
What would you think if everybody blindly just went along?
What would you think if families stopped communicating what's real?
What would you think if everybody here forgot how to feel?
What would you think?
I instinctually distrust what they tellin' us
I mean what the hell? That makes me sensible, not rebellious
Celebrity worship in the corporate news
How could you not see this nazi vision is misconstrued?
I'm not definitively singin’ the blues
I'm just inhibited by bullshit 'til you get a clue
So let's wise up ‘cause they want us to be confused
Apathetic and easily amused
They want us jaded and faded to keep us disconnected and hated
For everything we stated – it's like that!
We puttin' motion in movement for manifested improvement
Because the problems have proven to be so bad
Some people here be trippin’ and flippin’ and quick to grab a clip
And pop a couple off in a pig’s ass
'Cause they want us all reactin’ to fear, what's happenin' here?
What if Andrew Jackson was here?
(Chorus)
In this Orwellian reality they kill us with the subtleties
The school undermines parental mental custody
We're disconnected from the past generations
So we have no point of reference to contrast our complacence
Am I just paranoid or thoughtful
When the fine line between a patriot and Stockholm Syndrome
Is difficult to see? It’s invisible to me
Double think, double speak, hypocritical decree
So don't let your kids get lost in the system
We need to show ‘em love and we need to uplift ‘em
We need to bring back some of the old ways
Your money ain't bought us no better days
Most people focus on materialistic
Dreams that appear to be unrealistic
So let us be judged on what we do and everything we say
How can we be free with Big Brother breathin’ down our necks
Watchin' every step, readin’ every text
Every message sent on the internet
Or word spoken on the phone, we will not be left alone
You can't even go to the doc without the man knowin'
And so I'm livin' in the open
But I don’t ignore the thorn in my side, I'll expose it
Unwash your mind, see the world for the first time
Unwash your mind, let your spirit soar
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War for the profit, bombs for the savior
False flags and erratic behavior
Water full of chemicals, leached all our nutrients
Fill the sky up with toxic pollutants
Greed brought about this preventable fuckery
Food without poison is a bourgeois luxury
Somebody tell me how the Monsanto company
Is still running rampant from India to Hungary
From the collapsing of the dollar to the raping of Afghanistan
Bloody hands from Chase Manhattan to the Vatican
Yo I study revolution, work for the movement
We wanna see some real improvement
Choosin' to sever ties, independent better life is possible
Break down the power structure obstacle
I see more and more cameras, chem trails everyday
I don’t know who's watchin' but they're altering our DNA
We're not against fair trade, without semantics
Without the new world order's antics
Slanted perspectives, can't get protection
Subliminals in advertising every direction
I don’t watch television, I watch what I ingest
Knowin' every step, yes it's the age of the silent weapons
But I'm doin’ what I can, preppin' from afar
Reading Angels Don’t Play This H.A.A.R.P.
(Chorus)
Sterilizing the Third World, cancerous vaccines
Cuttin’ down the populace all in the name of peace?
Live for the heart while I die by the sword
Burn paper money while they stock up gold
They'll exploit anything ‘cause cash is priority
McDonald's advertisements targeting minorities
Sorcery used to abused the majority
Livin' for survival, mundane and disorderly
No democracy, no right, no left
Just a seven-headed serpent and none of the heads are severed
'Cause it's fake money and fake politicians
Crooked governments with their military missions
We question it all ‘cause we know that they've already
Compromised the info, reverse psychology
Slaughtering the innocent, manipulating the youth
With the television, GMO foods and pharmaceuticals
We down with the grassroots, keep your stock tips
Fuck Wall Street and all their politics
All of it, can't believe so many people swallow it
That's why we spell it out - the mass media never taught us shit
So what's it gonna be - take back what's yours?
Or let the queen and Club of Rome decide for ya?
Love for the game yo even for the obstacles
Freeze suckas like y'all was popsicles
Genocide of indigenous populations worldwide
Centralized power was the goal so they colonized
From centuries ago to the present it was all designed
To swallow every human in this pyramid, monopolized
Recognize the enemy, summon the forces
These are the bastard children of conquistadores
Gene-spliced crops released into the biosphere
Unrestrained crossbreeding, no place to hide here
Stay right here, let’s unify right now
And kick these sick serpent motherfuckers out
Yo the who, yo the what, yo the where, yo the why
Illuminati’s tryin' to suck you dry
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1, 2
That level of power that you can't comprehend
Imperialism, fascism, tyranny
It's obvious - what does this appear to be?
Imperialism, fascism, tyranny
It's obvious - what the fuck else does this appear to be?
You gonna react like Gandhi or Che Guevara?
Civil disobedience or militaristic drama?
Maybe you don't even think it needs to change
Maybe your thoughts not your actions go against the grain
We should've noticed all of the clues
My position of privilege is relative to your point of view
I look at the caste system I'm part of
And see that where I get to depends on where I start from
Although it's not restricted to birth
And some can get ahead with good luck and hard work
I look up and see I'm gettin' fucked
I look down and see indentured servants gettin' drowned
Worse than me
Cashiers, farm hands, phone reps, oil rig crews and overseas manufacturing
So we don't even need to prove corruption
We're forced to hurt those below to serve those above us
(Chorus)
Maybe it's not real if you only heard of
People that are killin' in your name committin' murder
And maybe everyone should have to hit the front line
Like if you think we ought to war you should do time
Get your gun strapped, catch a flight to Iraq
'Cause you should see what happens when you drop a cluster bomb
Big money big dollars let's invade Iran
'Cause Halliburton needs another bloody paycheck
(Chorus)
The laws protect the ones that make the laws
If crime's a symptom, they attack the symptoms not the cause
The scenario gets even more flawed
It's not the white-collar criminals that rot behind bars
Even though they're really worse for us collectively
And force the lower class to street crime by necessity
You demonize the ones for drug deals and robbery
They probably forgot to plead – the bank itself is robbery
(Chorus)
Inequality by itself is the problem
Half the world's wealth is engulfed in a small group
Fifty percent owned by three percent
No matter what your status that stat should appall you
It's even worse when you find that it's all true
Call to conspiracy but nothin' theoretical
About the fact that power makes people unethical
And grab everything within reach of their tentacles
I'd like to think the elite is expendable
To illustrate I gotta get hypothetical
If we unite and pop the three percent's bubble
The world's standard of living will be doubled
Word up, right? That means we kick these shady capitalists
Who’s sittin’ pretty at the top - out
See what good livin’s really all about, no doubt
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Travelin'
03:30
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There's nothin' quite like boarding a plane
Headed south of the equator to some foreign terrain
Calendar full of blank days
Just waiting to be written on like blank white pages
The night time flight to Argentina
The shedding of my fear of employment and FEMA
A gang of grad students en route to Patagonia
The drinks make me sleep to Spanish Nickelodeon
Buenos Aires as a transfer center
LAN Peru flight 1-2-3 to Santiago
The Andes look naked as I look down upon those
Jagged peaks barren when compared to Colorado's
On the ground fuckin' paid the fees
But a familiar face in a peculiar place puts my brain at ease
Randall Conner in the place to be
To lead me through bus and subway lines and explain to me
The way of life he'd adopted
And soon walk to Bellavista preppin' for barhoppin'
You could say it was a funny week
Singin' Guns 'n Roses loud, teasin' putas like tongue in cheek
La comida Chilena no fue tan buena
Pero sé que no conocí la verdadera cena
And it's all cool people in the travel circuit
Peace to Viña del Mar, dread mullets and Metallica shirts
These memories make me who I am
This goes out to my family and my friends
For the times in the past and the times yet to come
We've had so much fun, yeah
For the times that we laughed and the times that we cried
Even some who have died, all the crazy things we tried
It made me who I am, so let's keep Travellin'
The next chapter began with a walk to the train
To the bus to the airplane to take me west to east in day
Montevideo as a transfer center
United flight 1-2 to Rio de Janeiro
On the ground exchangin' currency
Makin' my way through tried my best to hide my nationality
But goddamn I Love Travelling
A Cidade Maravilhosa brimming with vitality
The bus ride up the mountain highway
Brought me back to 2005 when I was 19
Takin' turns near a hundred foot cliff
I reminisce and also hope the bus doesn't tip
But by the end of the night I found myself in a room
Playing Portuguese Pictionary with a crew
Juiz de Fora hasn't changed at all
I reunite with people I love and see how they've evolved
Ibitipoca trip – the time of my life
Reggae blastin' through the jungle we were drivin' at night
The conversations and the starry sky
Talkin' resistance – intelligent ladies with some gnarly wine
The next day greenery and swimming holes
Waterfalls galore – A Natureza never gets old
Back in JF the days were full
There was food, there was drink, there was música e futebol
I can't forget my time down in Sampa
When me and DJ NGS mixed the hip hop with samba
Now I write to glorify and immortalize
My experience like Jack Kerouac recorded life
(Chorus)
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We’re Under Pressure, the city is crumblin’
The people are strugglin’, there’s not much left for work here, see
You chase money like a dog chase bones
Something ain’t workin’ you be losin’ your homes
Big banks like to process loans
One after another like you all was clones
The biggest trick the devil ever pulled
Loanin’ fake money to the people he controlled
Self-regulating fascists delegating
Cash that’s never been accounted for thus far
You run game for your new car
$200,000 in debt - nigga you’s a star?
Get the fuck outta here with that stupid shit
Everything that you own is on plastic
You don’t own it - the bank owns you
They own your car, your house and your crew
They own everything we callin’ our community
They own him, her, you and me
(Chorus)
As I carry this weight, system in place
Trading my time for these pieces of paper
I’m losing my patience and wasting my days
I have so much to give but I’m trapped as a slave
At the bottom of the pyramid I see it so clear
How our brains are bein’ washed, how our skins are bein’ sheered
But I’ll stand right here ‘til we all come together
And say No More because we deserve better
Let the men at top know that they don’t own you
When there’s billions of us but the snakes are few
So let’s move somethin’ do somethin’ take to the streets
Emanate light then we take down the Beast
But I still got my song and we still got heaters
Never ever gonna sell ourselves to the elitists
Never gonna bow down, never gonna cease
I’m gonna speak truth ‘til I can no longer breathe
I’m gonna creep slow, and it’s out of their control
I’m gonna revolt and I wonder who might join me
(Chorus)
Everyday our lives are swallowed by the war
The unclean, unseen omnipresent force
There’s more money owed than there is in circulation
And that’s how the elite covertly murder nations
Ever notice how the struggle never ends?
The rising cost of living now we’re all runnin’ thin
Inflation’s an equation for a permanent enslavement
Interest is the whip they use to hit us
I wanna travel back in time to 1910
And bomb Jekyll Island ‘cause it might prevent
These sheisty men from controllin’ every aspect
Of future generations from our work to our assets
Take a look around and see how it manifests
Even intelligent and educated cats
That are latched in the blue-collar trap for the rations
And repetition kills all their passions
But I need that phony-ass number on the screen
Too far from my food source, I’m part of the machine
So that number I depend on for nourishin’ my seed
And all else is secondary, know what I mean?
But to think those few that benefit from it
Are laughin’ watchin’ men and women plummet
I summon the courage to take action
At least to unmask all these phantoms that trapped us
(Chorus)
We’re under pressure - And it’s not gonna get better
‘Til we all recognize there’s a common oppressor
We’re under pressure - And it’s not gonna get better
‘Til we all can agree there’s a common oppressor
We’re under pressure - And it’s not gonna get better
‘Til we swallow pride and start comin’ together
We’re under pressure - And it’s not gonna get better
‘Til we organize and start comin’ together
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Still Universal
03:33
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Shout it to the world as we work for peace
It’s love for the revolution
People fighting for their justice here, ‘cause there’s no justice here
It’s love for the revolution
So keep on fight for your justice here, ‘cause there’s no justice here
As we’re lookin’ out on the whole entire globe
See a humanity filled with kindness and hope
Friendships bein’ forged, people fallin’ love
Babies bein’ born, the dead risin’ above
And crashin’ back into the ocean of existence
Like a wave that enjoyed its moment of fruition
I observe soul everywhere that I visit
We’re from the same light but seem so different
The mysteries of life are Still Universal
We’re tryin’ to unite for a willful reversal
Of power and push these profiteers outta here
Reconnect with the earth and make it loud and clear
We don’t want your chemicals and commerce
We just wanna be free and sovereign
Let it be through spirit that we’re all united
Instead of by the same products we’re all buyin’
Instead of by the same masters we’re all servin’
Workin’ for the same interests and purpose
Instead of by the same language we’re all speakin’
The feat is to keep what makes us unique, so...
Be yourselves let Love and who you are shine on
Be yourselves show Love for who you are is right on
The globalist mind tried to take away individuality
But that proved to be a fallacy
We reinvent with each subsequent governance
Stayin’ one step ahead of the covenants
I’m set free by my creativity
And no institution can take that from me
Musical fellowship in the internet age
Trade sound files then we take it to the stage
Like - That’s the mixer, the mic and the speakers
All we need to turn out the people
She wrote “America The Beautiful” top of Pike’s Peak
The beauty was real but the land was a piece of the whole
Not elite or the sole holder of beauty or freedom
Now that’s real, feel it deep your soul
The mysteries of life are Still Universal
We’re tryin’ to unite for a willful reversal
Of power and push these profiteers outta here
Reconnect with the earth and make it loud and clear
We don’t want your chemicals and commerce
We just wanna be free and sovereign
Let it be through spirit that we’re all united
Instead of by the same products we’re all buyin’
Instead of by the same masters we’re all servin’
Workin’ for the same interests and purpose
Instead of by the same language we’re all speakin’
The feat is to keep what makes us unique
(Chorus)
LOVE!
Shout it to the world as we work for peace through revolution
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12. |
My Time
03:48
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My Time is all I have, caught myself wishin’ that away
Couldn’t wait to get to Saturday
Watchin’ my days pass
Mediocrity and lowered expectations
Childhood goals and dreams become misshapen
Suddenly all the magic disappeared
Creative folks settle for mechanical careers
I got a head full of numbers and a list full of chores
Rules to follow and rules to enforce
Everybody watch how I perform
No motherfucker’s gonna knock me off course
I’m gonna jam the round peg in the square hole
‘Til it fits tight no more air flow
I’m gonna fit the job ‘cause no job fits me perfectly
So compromise eternally
Let us forget our values
Never commit a taboo
A lesson in just how to swim with the stream
Youths nowadays them followin’ the masses
Military schools and mind control classes
Learn to be yourself, don’t be like other fascists
Don’t be hollow like paper money cash is
It’s culture creation, it’s mass manipulation
It’s my life, it’s my right to self-determination
So this here is my time to shine
How did I end up here? Idealistic and naive
Like “Fuck the money interests, it’s not what I believe”
I started workin’ to buy booze and weed
Then it turned into providin’ food and needs
Then at 21 started up a family
And bucks were a much bigger than just me
Kids and college, I could not handle it
Welcome to the world of retail management
Just bite your tongue when needed
Hours of life deleted
“It could be worse,” we plead to get through the day
I’m not sayin’ that it’s mindless - just soulless and heartless
Not everyone wants to be an artist
But no one wants to be a damn robot
Monday morning traffic, TV and Zoloft
(Chorus)
Watchin’ my days pass me by
No more wastin’ my time
It’s My Time, it’s my money
It’s my life, it ain’t funny
It’s my passions, my actions
It’s why I work everyday for them rations.
Don’t write it off as vain hedonism
I’m not Homer Simpson or lame Peter Griffin
I’m down to put in work when I’m down with the mission
People think life depends on the system
I’m not Homer Simpson, not Peter Griffin
I’m down to work when I’m down with the mission
People think life depends on the system
What about my own mission?
I know it’s hard to go backwards
But let’s check where we’re at first
You gotta pay to exist on this fat Earth
It’s obvious, I didn’t have to go to Stanford
To know we’re capable of livin’ better standards
It’s My Time, it’s my money
It’s my life, it ain’t funny
It’s my passions, my actions
It’s why I work everyday for them rations.
It’s My Time, it’s My Time, it’s My Time
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13. |
Ancient Wisdom
03:11
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Whatever it is, there must be somethin’ here inside of me
Somethin’ innate drivin’ me to try to be in line with these
Good people of your variety with your own sense of propriety
Seekin’ a wholesome life on the fringes of society
Confide in me because intuition is what’s guidin’ me
If it’s guidin’ you then we’re justified in what we try to do
And findin’ truth’s a pursuit we’re all entitled to
As these lifestyles prove to be sustainable, reliable
Not some maniacal hysteria - it’s viable, America
Let’s find a groove and we might improve a life or two
Let’s lead by example and create more and buy less
Honor Ancient Knowledge ‘cause it’s important digest
I guess it’s been said before throughout the generations
But this is an example of modern representation
Of the counter-culture ideologies, try to follow these
So we can avoid any further future fuckin’ atrocities
‘Cause if we had kept it simple from the start
We wouldn’t be in this ridiculous predicament apart
From the essence of our bein’, and yes I’m European
But that doesn’t mean I represent the message that you’re seein’
On the TV or the billboards advertisin’ stillborn
Merchandise that others kill for while their inner souls are still poor
But not you, not me, not us, not we
We’re among “the few, the proud” that see through servin’ the economy
I see another way, another way to live our days
It’s not too far away, we still got some work to do
You close your eyes and all sorts of alibis
Learn to find comfort in lies, instead of what you know is true
We can disagree and still work in harmony
‘Cause life might eternally be reflections of opposing views
I reflect, you reflect, we reflect, mic check
But we still come together as One
It’s not an anthem of extremism
I know that between this and that
There is a middle ground - grounded in serene wisdom
Not excess or deficiency, just doin’ some things differently
I read a little, thought a bit and then had an epiphany
If someone took the liberty of buildin’ what’s around us
Then the irreversibility of structures, roads and houses
Is something we cannot change
But I also thought maybe if we use our hearts, balls and minds
We could just stop playin’ the game
Or at least try to redirect the currents
Consolidate the bullshit - accounts, bills and insurance
Car insurance, home insurance, health insurance, life insurance
I see a culture in desperate need of reassurance
We sure as hell should not live this way
But today’s a business day
So give away your precious time, your clever mind’ll get it straight
But if you say that’s the life for you and wanna get away
Then I know you’re part of my tribe and we can imitate
Indigenous Wisdom, Indigenous Wisdom, Indigenous Wisdom
Yo - reflections in him like
And I’m glad to be a part of your tribe
And see the brilliance of your heart and your mind - Word up
You know what I’m sayin’ it’s like nothin’ left to do but come correct
You know what I mean it’s like you can only go crooked for so long
Before eventually you gonna come full circle back
So we gettin’ our warriors, our Love soldiers
And whoever’s really down
It’s a revolutionary sound when we get the people to chant
Get the people to chant
Love, Peace and Revolution
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14. |
Fiah Back
03:28
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Wanna love or runaway, will ya
Bless one put your gun away
For ya bumba-cops what we gonna say
Ya fire, we fire back
How ya gonna teach peace
When all we ever see are police
And they rarely show love at all
How the youth gonna learn when
We don’t ever show no bodies returnin’
Whenever a soldier falls
It’s “Do what we say, but do not as we do”
That’s the message we get from you
It’s “Love and obey,” it’s just “Do what we say”
Or we will, fire! Fire!
(Chorus)
I know it’s probably hard for you to hear
That we don’t want you here
It’s just as hard for me to have to say
That you should go away
Until you get your mind in check
And treat the people with respect
You got some nerve to come and sweat me like this
Will ya let me know if you can relate
Before ya pull your gun will ya hesitate
‘Cause it shouldn’t have to end like this.
For the 4 out of 5, this goes out to the 4 out of 5
To the 9 out of 10, to be safe call it 9 out of 10
For the 9 out of 10 cops who’ve earned the title of “pig”
You uphold such a crucial job so why all the abusive slobs?
Are you out to flex your ego or just enforce flawed procedure?
When the flashy lights and sirens come
I picture what would happen if I owned guns
Every time I see a pig standin’ outside
The driver’s window of some man’s ride
I wanna clip him so dude can go free
Instead of more revenue, I’ll tell you what they need
A degree in psychology, sociology, Buddhist philosophy
Police violence in current events
So we need the finest to serve and protect
And that means all the racist self-hating alpha-male
Power struggling facist cops gotta go, so we let ‘em know.
(Chorus)
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She think that you wanna be, everywhere that she’s gonna be
‘Cause she thinks someone like you
Got nothin’ better to do but fantasize
When it’s time to get real, lord knows she just can’t feel
No thug like you but nobody wanna mess with you ‘cause
You ‘bout it, ‘bout it, ‘bout it
Don’t nobody wanna mess with you
She thinks that you wanna be, everywhere that she’s gonna be
‘Cause she thinks someone like you
Got nothin’ better to do than fantasize
When it’s time to get real, lord knows she just can’t feel
What it means to be alive, she struggles inside
This for the fellas who just gotta tell us
How they mack every woman in fact
They got 10 hoes if you wanna keep track
They got mad dough if you wanna go platinum
Flash some for the people with the ice
And dress fresh for the people lookin’ nice
And attitude like you got no gratitude, ‘cause you cold as hell
Cool mothalova with undacova program
Claimin’ that no man could ever compare to you
Like Sinead O’Connor but you know it ain’t true
‘Cause nobody wanna mess with you
(Chorus)
Should’ve known way back before gettin’ involved
That it was you tryin’ to see how many men would revolve
Around you if allowed to think that with some effort
You would let ‘em get up in ya
Maybe have somethin’ profound too
But you ain’t feelin’ ‘em mentally or physically
And god knows you don’t act out of sympathy
It’s obvious that you get off on attention
It’s a much stronger drug for you than intimate connection
So you’re not gonna find me bitin’ the bait, girl
One day you’ll recognize we’re part of the same world
So don’t bother gracin’ us with your presence
It’s humility - real people live with this lesson
Black Rhino:
Me heard say that the devil wear Prada
Drive big Benz luv money luv spend
Don’t you know that that will your end, girl
No big money can buy you friends, boy
Gucci watch will destroy your riches
Mind your Most stop callin’ gals bitches
‘Bout it life that’s livin’ senseless
Try tell them but they’re not listenin’
(Chorus)
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16. |
Tightrope
02:44
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To have stumbled down a wrong path
Taken a look back finally realize that
Life Is A Great Balancing Act
It’s a fallacy that without challenge and tact
You can unravel the facts of life
And reach the greater rewards
I need a way to explore our human tendencies
Different actions yield different results and
Dependency on any external person, place, thing or function
Is a negative when it takes the form of consumption
It’s something I’ve observed now for quite some time
Can’t be constructive without learnin’ how to rightly combine
Work and leisure, I’m a firm believer
That neither the pleasure seekers nor the overachievers
Really got it right and it’s a very fine line to walk
Yes indeed, it takes a very refined mind not to fall off
The Tightrope
Experience the pitfalls of either extreme
Over-correct and see the other side, you’ve seen what I mean
If you’ve ever found yourself too deep in one scene
If you withdraw abruptly it will be without ease
But exercising our capacities as reasoning beings
We can control our impulse and see what they’ve seen
‘Cause light from darkness must divide to reside with one another
We go back and forth between extremes
Indeed it seems I need to glean the skills to walk The Tightrope
‘Cause light and darkness coincide by havin’ balance with each other
We go back and forth between extremes
Indeed it seems I need to glean the skills to walk The Tightrope
If you feel you have been misled, misguided, misfed
You could get some sympathetic gestures but instead
Your choices decide if you rejoice or resign
If you conjoin or divide your life
The choice of balance is yours
You can plan it before or take it as it comes
Put the effort in up front or confront the outcome
Be aggressive, be passive
Just accept it or be mad at it
Be skeptical or gullible, be vulnerable or savage
Be social whore or curmudgeon
Raw foods or use the oven
Reckless nymphomaniac or celibate like monks
Absolute nonconformist to the point of isolation
Or a weak-minded clone whose soul’s in hibernation
We go back and forth between extremes
Indeed it seems I need to glean the skills to walk The Tightrope
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17. |
Is One (Prod by Dj NGS)
05:10
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Is personal growth just learnin’ to cope?
Or is it finally gatherin’ enough courage and hope
To turn a vision to reality? No vicious fallacy
Is keeping me from fulfilling my mission with my cavalry
We gotta recognize The Rose That Grew From Concrete
Given the conditions it’s a blessing that we’re on beat
And able to use what we got to manifest
This beautiful expression from the top of Everest
To depths of the ocean I’m in love with what I’ve chosen
Reach the pinnacle and kiss the center of the lotus
Light flowering, love is overpowering
Fears that underestimate the courage that’s devouring
The frail essence of the darker side’s presence
When the contrast is necessary for these life lessons
Ancient Wisdom and connections to the stars
I’ve seen Transformation in the seediest of bars
I’ve seen devastation in the wealthiest of homes
I’ve seen visions of a devil manufacturing clones
And now there’s talk of what it meant to be a human
I think we’ve all been casted in a TV show for Truman
Is wisdom and truth distant and aloof?
Or is it hidden in the fabric of our limited view?
Awaiting us to pay attention to and let us learn a lesson through
Each circumstance, whether good or bad is not the question
You could spend your whole life blind to your own barriers
Internal < -- > external bondage, which is scarier?
The thought of reaching your potential or the pessimistic feeling
That the world is somehow built to go and bring you down
There’s darkness in everything here
There’s lightness embracing your fear
When people are evil …
You say it’s all a dream
Sometimes I think an angel’s watchin’ over me
Reexamine all the times that I could’ve died
Realize I’m thankfully surprised to be still alive
My light shines out to the world and continues to infinity
That’s who we are, born on this Earth
Practicing our alchemy
To go from savage and wild to havin’ a child
Adapt and find balance in it after a while
All the growth and self-development, sharpening intelligence
Inspired by the love within the father/son fellowship
It’s different when you know you’re settin’ a blueprint
Conscientious of the consequences of your movements
From ether to matter, illusions that shatter
I’m workin’ desperately to gather all my lessons in this life
It seems like time is of the essence and I wanna make my presence
On this Earth have value and worth, but first
I simply wanna recognize the beauty
Of existing on a planet where this energy runs through me
So, is personal growth just learnin’ to cope?
Or is it finally gatherin’ enough courage and hope
To turn a vision to reality? No vicious fallacy
Is keeping me from fulfilling my mission with my cavalry
Is love and romance just some little dance?
Neurochemical reaction that puts us in a trance?
Or is it more than just traditional social norms and rituals
A unifying force to be truly unconditional?
Is love a choice, a feeling or a state of being?
Exclusive and eternal or indefinite and fleeting?
And there’s nothing like connecting to the Oneness
Embracing yin and yang and letting go to become bliss
There’s darkness in everything here
There’s lightness embracing your fear
When people are evil …
You say it’s all a dream
Sometimes I think an angel’s watchin’ over me
Reexamine all the times that I could’ve died
Realize I’m thankfully surprised to be still alive
My light shines out to the world and continues to infinity
That’s who we are, born on this Earth
Practicing our alchemy
So often I find I’m walkin’ the line
Between opposing what I know is the most awful of crimes
Exploitation of humanity, first world insanity
But still seekin’ fulfillment and stickin’ with my family
I believe I know my own self-worth
I indeed will return to the Earth
I believe I know my family’s worth
All indeed will return to the Earth
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18. |
Peace
02:29
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Yo Peace to the Motherland
Peace to my sisters and my brother man
Bless to the Most High, if you feel the love put your hands to the sky
Respect to the real hip hop, to the real MC’s y'all don’t stop
More Peace ‘stead of gunshots
Find another way to deal with the blood clots
Peace for the revolution, Peace for the whole entire Love movement
Peace for the future, Peace for the enemies, we don’t wanna shoot ya
Peace over conflict, Peace for suckas that only wanna start shit
Yo Peace when I’m out homie
Peace for the haters who don’t really wanna know me
Peace to the VG crew, Peace to the Midwest hustlers too
Peace when you wanna pull a piece
For all the dirty cops holdin’ down the streets
Stressed like you needed a release, black criminals for the white police
Know what I’m sayin', bring it back, bring it back, bring it back
Bring it back, bring it back
Bring it back, bring it back let’s repeat the facts
First off I gotta say Peace
Just to counteract the beast ‘til the turbulence has ceased
Peace to the hard face doesn’t wanna hear it
We’re gonna crack your shell to get to your Spirit
Peace to the blue collar workers
We’re more than our jobs as indentured servants
Peace to the Briargate - paradoxically you inspired me
To try to reach a culturally enlightened state
And I’m blessed to know that like minds relate
Peace to Juiz de Fora
My 2nd home (plush!) full of leaves and flora
Peace to those pushin’ real info
Without you we’d be in a room without a window
Peace to those livin’ off self-expression
Peace to those livin’ with good intentions
Yeah, almost everyone deserves to hear the word Peace
Yo Peace - what’s the opposite?
Wars made to look good for the populace
Yo Peace - what’s the opposite?
Rapin’ the Earth for the short term profitin’
Yo Peace - what’s the opposite?
Europeans that homogenize continents
Yo Peace - what’s the opposite?
Flashin’ money ‘cause ya don’t have confidence
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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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