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Jump In
05:00
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marching to the drums of my own beat
chopped them from the new MC Paul Barman LP
track 11 with Questlove, thanks legends
making music's making my stresses strength lessen
every jam session with the SP is a dance lesson
depression doesn't stand a chance in that dimension
make my share of mistakes and bad decisions
but when i got into sampling i had a vision
undeniable, had to give it a try or 2
gazillion to kindle a fire loop for flying through
like Evel Knievel my feats will leave you people's
noodles boggled like a newly wild beagle
so fatal to egos my doodoo rhymes illegal
but lets get back to the raps that you can find believable
i'm a nincompoop on a sinkin schooner
trying to keep it cool but i want it sinkin sooner
i'm jumping in
jump into the river
even if its frigid as an inuit winter
fighting with nature is when we get a temper
like a waiter that expects strictly big tippers
living with purpose is like swimming with flippers
free as a bird, not a lemming with the herd
i'm spinning with the earth until they put me in the dirt
body nourishing some worms that eat my liver for dessert
if i don't curb the sugar it could be sooner than later
do me a favor, pretend when i say lunar equater
it makes sense, i'm too dumb to create a correct
reference, but the rhyme scheme made it worth the breath
regardless, same way that from birth to death
i'll be an artist, i was dancing just after my first steps
i'd sing along with the wizard of oz and mary poppins
mom's vacuum was a microphone to mini collins
like most, early on i was into drawing
like few i kept on with it through my teens
then at twenty i fell in love with the SP
and beat making became what would obsess me
for a decade but the stage never seemed to request me
center of attention was the last place i wanted to be
had to reasses my approach at artistry
got back to the craft that started me on this odyssey
to my suprise it was kind of like riding a bike
except i'd made strides since my mind was aligned
with my body and soul as i'd chop the samples
learning how to curate sounds and make them my own
like now when sights ignite inspirado
and its time to try to alchemize it like el dorado
last time L town almost had a tornado
outside felt kinda like the place to go
jumping in
jump in
to the stream and embrace temperatures extreme
jump in
the steam of the spring is best seen from within
jump in
because being afraid of the current stings
much worse than the pain of the plunge
i'll say it once more, its time to jump in
off of the dock into the lake
stopping the clock isn't a thing
got to move on swift in this game
eye on the ball, swinging sustained
life's not gonna stop bringing the pain
but its alleviated when we sing in the rain
or croon at the moon in sync with the phases
or praising the sun for the rays as it blazes
might seem trite, might be cliche
but i need reminders just like you may
these brains need training to travel off track
before the easiest path is too deep to crawl back
to the fresh snow, boundless as it is cold
but with breath control it feels baptismal
inhale fully and let it out slow
in harmony with the wind as it blows
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2. |
It Starts Tomorrow
02:00
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here's a bunch of words gearing up to serve
ears with what they crave, hearing funky ways of steering what we say
spirit to the brain, lyrics of the pain, lyrics of the joy
lyrics that display we're one and the same much more
than separate and different but the president's henchmen split
us into rigid districts and bogus definitions
so we never unify and revolutionize
the twisted system with a new design that human kind can live with
there are few things quite as sick as ag-gag laws that prohibit
journalism about factory farm chickens
cows, pigs and plants that we feed ourselves and kids with
only other option's growing a garden and going vegan
far from easy when forty hours a week gets
barely enough to cover a fairly eventless weekend
barley, hops and water bury the resentment
but its there like a hibernating bear until hunting season
and it starts tomorrow
gotta stop drowning my sorry sorrow
count blessings, everything is borrowed
i love the moral of the movie Fargo
appreciate what you have
greed is dangerous as mustard gas
so here's a message to the upper class
take your bloody cash and shove it up your ass
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3. |
Go Crazy
04:59
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rock with this festive rendition
brought with the best of intentions
plot twist, i'll tear it up relentless
like a twister, render the area defenseless
cause hysteria in stereo
bars ensnaring you just to let you go
claws of a bear couldn't get me open
quick as dope instrumentals cooking grizzly poems
raw food for thought, fresh out the ice box
watch son rise without the sight loss
clocked in tight on the target tonight
and im launching the vibe, you can call it the lung shot
shock like a thousand volts, skulls jolt
brought brains to the brink so the soul's pulled
taught A to Z but i got my own code
call me crazy, i already know though
so go crazy with me
there's no need to think, just breathe
in deep then out and repeat
let go of everything just release
and go crazy with this
lazy ass riff that may be mad stiff
i'm no Beethoven with the beat making
unless your talking about that movie mastiff
have not a clue what to do or what im doing
but have lots of fun so i'm cool with the confusion
jammin' on the one until i'm one with the music
some call it the funk, i'm callin it the fusion
looping the loops getting loose as loose gets
loosing my head like Lucy Liu, get it?
chopping with the intent of Honzo steel
but its only the sample that im trying to kill
vinyl and tapes i find at Goodwill
even applied there for dibs and good deals
beat making is the engine, drawing is the wheels
rapping's air conditioning, Hip Hop is the grill
on this conceptual art-mobile
call it the Chop-O-Matic like Ron Popiel
until the loan's paid in full, there's no chill
call me crazy but you know I know still
so go crazy with me
there's no need to think, just breathe
in deep then out and repeat
let go of everything, just release
and go crazy with this
raw joint thats far from on point
i'm not a wiz with the composition
just a loon on a mission to rock until y'all join
go crazy
when i say go crazy, i'm saying
comparatively, completely insane
isn't fun for anyone just the same
as never risking anything, its a game
but its serious and its name is balance
the aim is meaningful fun building talents
the way i see it, each action's an art
as long as it bonds the hand with the heart
when we get better at anything
we get a little bit better at everything
neverending
ups and downs
some time spent stagnant
some leaps and bounds
some ecstacy
some devastation
its always been the way it is
with creative meditations
nobody's perfect
still we can ace it
once in a blue moon
just takes some patience
and strong will against
high regulations
i play wack-a-mole with
my expectations
i expect failure
i respect the challenge
i accept the anger
of uncorrected balance
i celebrate wins
and learn from the losses
bad sportsmanship
disturbs the process
respect self
respect others
respect earth
respect the universe
respect God
respect Jesus
but most of all
respect deez nuts
my bad, i'm mad
like Al Neuman
a new man
annoying
still, and dumb
but less than
when i didn't try hard as i could
to make it good
and peaceful
peace y'all
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4. |
On a Ride to the Lake
06:05
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planted the seed, watered the soil
have what i need, want the whole world
jamming in peace but i'll settle for
a handful of peeps to pop this kettlecorn
salty but sweet, proper metaphor
all the mood swings of a toddler, maybe more
like emu wings its quite clear i'll never soar
except in my dreams, its a nightmare i can't abort
now i seem like a winer that cries for sport
see i was writing this right after the bike that i adore
got a flat tire for the second time in four
days, and thats dire since its my form of transport-
ation and i work like two miles north
of my residence where i'm like two hundred dollars short
of this month's rent, nothing new but i'm not a sore
loser, just a loser thats also sore, to the core
could be a lot worse, surely i'm not cursed
in the middle of a little growth spurt with my artwork
mechanical pencils, posterboard and markers
are essentials to mentally go to war and conquer
my inner monsters to keep me from going more bonkers
dont need a sponsor to quit, just need my focus sharper
using sharpies keeps the sketches growing stronger
can't redo a second but we can stretch the moment longer
when we do our best with what we have
the entrance to heaven opens or at least the path
can't control the world but the self is right here
going too fast or slow, shift to the right gear
its up to you and only you, i swear
just like i decided where to put my snare
autonomy is like god to me
i worship at the alter of the SP
i plug in the RCAs and escape
up into my happy place, outer space
puffing on some potent stuff like johnny blaze
getting open as the ocean to surf the sonic waves
kicking poems with the motion, the verse is on its way
from the lungs, up the throat, through the mouth it sprays
through the air to the ear canals and brain
of you there hearing how weird the styles remain
back with the flow that is a cold
rapid that goes from pad and pencil
to mouth and the throat, then microphone
over these drums into those in your earholes
which transmit this language to your mind
which decides if the rhymes is worthy of your time
if it is, cheers, glad to be here
if its not, cheers, i'm glad to be obscure
i'm concerned with the process far more
than the outcome to give the progress a hard core
notably overly obsessed for sure
but until i figure out my exit its more war
not business-minded but savvy enough
to know that my talent's value goes up
the more i practice which is more effective
the more i focus on the current objective
and if i double my wage i can double my free time
and become less befuddled by the bleak grind
not slavery but what is it called
when living within your means means not living at all
each late fee is like a kick in the balls
but also a flame beneath the ass of my art
so if my songs seem sicker than y'alls
i thank my bank in part for thrashing my heart
it strengthens the passion when its ravaged apart
then saved by the music like a magical dart
nature is ruthless with a capital R
but complaining is useless for the most part
escape is true bliss, escape from confines
of the mind and the walls that make us inside
i was writing these raps on a ratrod ride
not to be satisifed until the lake was in sight
come along with me on a ride to the lake
buzzing like a bee is my bicycle chain
said that like Yoda since the rhyme is the aim
who even cares what i'm even saying
isn't life just bizarre in the craziest way?
it is right? or am i crazy insane
maybe its a combination, okay
but i'm not a complete abomination today
come along with me on a ride to the lake
bike rattling like a rattling snake
i take the trail all the way from hell
to my favorite hill where everything is chill
i can see for miles and breathe with certainty
that the air is clean, i can see a million trees
and just three machines, bike, phone and speaker
simplicity makes the inner psycho serener
or is it more serene? i don't know, geeker
am i bullying my gaggle of streamers
nah just bullshitting, professionally
certified, sir if i serve a fly verse can i earn
a fiver for my verbal fire? does my word
design stir the iceberg that ties serpentine neural
fiber up tighter than vipers when strikers
its my birthright sure as i wore a shiner when writing this
Yoda would say hot was the day
tried to beat the light, did not want to wait
hopped on the pedal with all of my weight
chain slipped off and i fell on my face
jumped up and got right out of the way
told a passer-by that i was okay
walked slowly home hoping i wouldn't faint
bump on my dome about the size of a grape
got back to my place began chopping a break
and making this beat as i started to think
all of the cranium nodding it takes
might strenthen the membranes guarding the brain
so maybe all those creative nights
that may have seemed in vain, they might've saved my life
same with my fall for humbling me
to get a helmet and quit rushing my speed
coming through
feeling cool
but not too cool
to do what i got to do
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5. |
Word to Flynn
02:42
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stormed this way ten years before it made sense
made it to the wizard and was awarded patience
made it through the blizzard, survived the flood
saw it right in front of my eyes once when lightning struck
i think that thunder is still in me
gut feels tinny, wonder if it conducts electricity
recently all i want is simplicity
can't seem to settle in this city intrinsically
Flynn relates, you can sense it in this beat
since the pain is ubiquitous endlessly
there's a day and a way that everyone you know will leave
only to return like the forest leaves, hopefully
we never know much for certain on these odysseys
until they close the curtains the plot proceeds
in between the turbulence and monotany
its up to us to seek for something worth the suffering
i searched up and down and what i found
is having fun and spreading love around
if we get together and gather round
we could tether the clouds and rope heaven to the ground
no reverend but devout to blessing with the sound
whether practicing myself or passing mixes out
or with illustrations of my illest favorites
showing them hoping to promote some of the greatness
that motivates this soul to stay creative
even though its been feeling so emaciated
in this generally cold and crazy nation
don't love socialism, dont hate corporations
just know the system's broke when their only regulations
are written for the filthy rich by their filthy bitches
puppet politicians giving speeches with no transcripts
for millions and stealing from the generous
through donations to fraudulent foundations
as if its not enough takin a third of our stuck wages
the evil fuck faces deserve a thousand deaths
and they'll recieve them because thats what a coward gets
they want us powerless so they can sip blood from chalices
and molest our kids in their disgusting palaces
and the blind wonder why everyone is out of it
corruption snowballs until we do something about the shit
i don't know what but won't let doubt get me down a bit
i put on a good song and get down with it
its how i been manifesting the catalist to flip
frown to grin and lesson the chances i flip out again
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