1. |
A Secret
00:32
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2. |
do da do
02:22
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CHORUS
i wanna hear you singing clear, its that do da do
get your hands up in the air, you could do that too
let me take you for a journey don’t worry bout destinations
live your life for now don’t know if the rest is waiting
i open up my itunes, instrumental playlist
typing out some lyrics thinking this could be my greatest
concept in my mind, rhyme schemes on the page
now i’ve reached a certain stage, certain phase of the process
forgot bout my rage and i realize that im not stressed
i put my thoughts together then i see what i have got left
find the beat i'll rock next, the lyrics hit the spot best
flow as smooth as water got you looking for the lochness
judging every line im on a mission with this music
its hard to keep in mind that no ones listening to it
but that don't really matter cus i do this shit for me
spit my wit out on a beat just to put my thoughts in speech
but these beats are like my sneakers only rock em if theres soul in it
songs are like a movie scene, know i'll play my role in it
aiming for that whole minute, not fifteen second fame
play every card im dealt this is my fifty second game
i played em all
i wanna hear you singing clear, its that do da do
get your hands up in the air, you could do that too
let me take you for a journey don’t worry bout destinations
live your life for now don’t know if the rest is waiting
they tell me that life is a road and so im traveling
they tell me that this game is a war and so im battling
its really just about all the people thats surrounding you
are they really down with you and are they profound as you?
or do you drown them fools when you bring up deeper things
cant keep up with the thoughts cus thats what the weakness brings
they don't seem to get it, i just say the things i wanna say
pensive minded music, thats the way that things are gonna stay
people say but ryan your too nice to be a rapper
i smile cus i know that they can't see what i am after
i just wanna make some music and i found that i could write
i don't really have to use it but its sounding just so right
and so i step inside the lab without a pencil or a pad
just a laptop and some headphones and i'm ready to attack
then my thoughts turn into music and the rules go out the door
and i realize that im ready for whatever is in store
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gotta a day with loki and the base is so deep
we start cooking up rhymes until you lames would od
take a break to debate about this hate we don't need
next day im on the train with a place to go be
trynna coordinate my flight, make my plane with no e
left the place that growed me same state that showed me
i got roots from different places so i take from both seeds
had to change my whole chi so i could break and grow free
if your fates in your reach gotta wade in so deep
the hardest thing with rhyming is to make you know me
i would hate to believe its a fate that owns me
learning from experience its pain that showed me
cant rely on other people or your fate wont flow free
if i had the time I would make my own beats
but I've got school and i've got work, and other things to handle
this music is my break its like its bringing me a candle
on top a birthday cake and i can see my name is written on it
put this beat inside my mind then rhyme all of my wishes on it
rap some of my thoughts and then i rap some of my dreams
i swear this shit is easy but dont think thats how it seems
Chorus
Its a cycle so let it be
can’t control gotta set if free
trying to see what we could be
but we don’t have the time
dont discount the time i’m taking, typing out these lyrics
i'm crafting every single line, just hoping that you hear it
hoping you can feel it, even if its for a moment
cus this time i spend is sacrifice your ears are my atonement
at the same time i’d keep doing this if nobody was listening
cus hip hop is the language that bout half my thoughts are written in
fuck it i mean most of em, sometimes i feel more close them
when i write then i rap them let the beat just play the host to them
i play the songs out loud its like i start a conversation
that takes place between my voice and mind i find that so amazing
so i ceaselessly record my thoughts, emotions or opinions
in my rhymes and in my sketchbook just to see whats really in them
i define myself more clearly, every time that i create
which in turn can help me find a lot more ways i can relate
its cycle that i’m growing through, everyday i’m showing you
but by the time you give me props i bet that they’ll be overdue
it really doesn't matter though cus this aint what i hope to do
its simply art to ease my mind through everything i’m going through
its something that i love to make so why would i stop doing this
the answer is i probably won’t you might as well get used to this
Chorus
Its a cycle so let it be
can’t control gotta set if free
trying to see what we could be
but we don’t have the time
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CHORUS
born in 92 round when dre released the chronic
"came out the doctors office" i was launching like a comet
they thought i died at first but i was ready to ride
ten pounds two oh's few as heavy as i
when i think about it i gotta give a hug to my mom
cus she's small, five feet tall and no drugs to be on
man that had to painful, mom i have to be grateful
you brought me to this world and for that i am thankful
life is like a cycle you can't finish or start it
your alive and then you die thinking isn't this heartless
i don't know where i am heading but i'll give you a promise
i'll keep bringing it honest, if you witness this artist
i’ll never try to claim that i’m a kid from the projects
if wanna know my story gotta picture the smartest
kid who's spitting rhymes that keep hitting the hardest
with an appetite so vicious i diminish the harvest
CHORUS
i was two years old when big was ready to die
east coast versus west there was a steady divide
my outlook and geography were opposite of his
born and bread in california no one's stopping me to live
switched to the other side vermont is where i come from
music in my mind so my thoughts are never unsung
twelve years later feel at home on the east coast
college in new york so i guess it seems i keep close
major in design while I slay em with the rhymes
when i put my pen to paper can't erase a single line
i'mma keep on drawing sneakers like these gangsters draw their heaters
and these critics draw conclusions before they hear me through the speakers
imma teach them how to listen dude, they gone know my mission soon
i'll try to speak more clearly so my message isn't misconstrued
be honest and stay humble man i'm sure that you can get it right
thats the state of mind you need if you wanna live your life
CHORUS
since hov asked if he could live, i've been trynna do that
in ninety six i was a kid but i kind of knew that
not everybody lives, but everybody dies
so perversely you could see your whole life as a demise
i’m trying not to do that, some people asking who dat
say its that kid from school that you never knew rapped
the one with good grades who was always late to class
you wonder how he does it but you always hate to ask
balance rapping with my school, making money making artwork
try to pump as hard as mine probably make your heart burst
try to think as much me it probably give you migraines
i find trains of thought to hop on top and then my mind change
one things never shifting all the time i'm on my grind
if they say that time is money i've got money on my mind
gotta watch the hands thats dealing you the minutes that your blessed with
to make it as that next hit and do it how the best did
CHORUS
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5. |
Drive (feat. Loki)
03:39
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what i spit is so hot it’ll have you all thinking
my saliva is on fire like what the hell is he drinking
hand my listeners a shovel cus i want them all to dig this
if being ill is good then im infected with the sickness
i need to rap man, like the day before Christmas
but beats are Christmas presents, i just cant wait to rip this
I dream of hot sixteens like a perverted thirty year old
I try and keep em clean but I prefer a dirtier word
I’m something you rarely see like a murderous nerd
my flows potent, drink it your words’ll get slurred
and its so hot, you touch it you’ll get burned to the third
my words don't defer i prefer to be heard
so i aim for the top, like the perch of a bird
if im not there yet then im hardly deterred
cus failures never occurred, to me or my partner
when im done i’ll be the one to decide my departure
CHORUS (X2)
so many artists are blind like when you lead with no light
for me its easy to find a simple reason to fight
i’ve got these thoughts in my mind i’ve got these dreams in the night
but they dont have the same drive they dont have the same sight
put beats between my teeth and im biting all the way down
making music miracles while im writing on a greyhound
im driven cus i listen to the boy whose inside
i don’t care where this thing takes me im enjoying the ride
my skills hit with ill wit im sharper than a drill bit
harder than a steel tip, go farther than a field trip
on real shit going and i know i never will quit
i’m hotter than the fire when you liars get your grills lit
not trynna make a mill quick, im just making music
this could be a weapon it depends on how you use it
you could hear a threat in every syllable i do spit
im tighter than a noose get and i will never loose it
but thats just half the picture, I'll write a massive scripture
and preach my teaching have you feeling like the past has hit ya
but still im futuristic, its clear this youths artistic
painting out my vision using nothing but the true linguistic
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6. |
Breathe (Interlude)
01:29
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the room is dark
the beat is loud
i close my eyes
and see the sound
i write my words
i read em out
ignore the hate
it feeds the doubt
i say the things
i feel about
the world i hope
they hear me now
i play it back
i’m feeling proud
i’m on the road
i see the route
my futures here
i see it now
i hear the cheers
i see the crowd
the time is here
its really now
i breath it in
i breathe it out
i breath it in
i breathe it out
i breath it in
i breathe it out
i breath it in
i breathe it out
i breath it in
and then i’m out
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7. |
Truth
03:18
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im sick of how these rappers all embellish the facts
they try to sell us this trash it seems their seldom in fact
living well as they act , the truths enveloped in black
take the mask and all the jewelry off, i'll help you with that
remember when a gentleman was easy to find?
seems the game is always changing like the seasons of time
will we ever stop the people with diseases from dying?
say i wanna make a difference, they say please get in line
everybody got their purpose, got their reason to grind
i seized the door to mine, turned the keys now i shine
my verses all so cold that they be freezing your mind
my words are like a blessing you should sneeze when i rhyme
trynna do it like kendrick, perkins or lamar
that means i'm either beasting or i'm becoming a star
cus im driven like i come with six speeds and V eight
you vegans can’t be beefing spit seeds in your v8
CHORUS
if you’re gonna make it, then you better make it true to you
thats why it made me happy when i called this album do da do
all my music's free, so some people ask me who thats to,
i doubt most people get it even if they really knew the truth
button up my shirt thinking lets look dapper
my verses are more visual than sketchbook chapters
the mic is like my burner homie lets cook tracks or
give it to them straight let them get hooked faster
roasting up this record how i spin it then carve it
the rhymes are adding flavor strong as spinach and garlic
cooking on these beats now the bass is like my stove top
sauté for a minute mix rhymes in it and the flow hot
burning like the sun up in the sky at the break of noon
play it loud at night let my voice reverberate and boom
everybody's fate is soon didn't mean to break the news
it don't matter how you lived it'll end in grave or tomb
thats just cold reality, i always spit the truth
even if its not what you expected from a youth
who just raps to take his mind away, you'd think that he would fabricate
but naw i'd rather tell you bout my life and how i navigate
CHORUS
if you’re gonna make it, then you better make it true to you
thats why it made me happy when i called this album do da do
all my music's free, so some people ask me who thats to,
i doubt most people get it even if they really knew the truth
i’m the sickest edition, its the shit you've been missing
all your lines must strong, thats the trick when you fishing
small pond, big ocean, homie pick your position
these rappers be more pussy than my dick has been getting
i’mma take you for a journey, you just sit there and listen
i can open up your mind with all this wit that i’m spitting
my inspiration seems somewhat mystical switching
from crooked i to mondrian to christopher hitchens
one kicks it with rhythm, second gives me a vision
the last one opens eyes when i’m just sick of religion
no matter what the medium i'm always taking cues
from a mind that came before me and knew how to break the rules
just to redefine the art, and to change the conversation
so often ostracized by those controlling stations
of communication, its knowledge that they fear
i realized that before i’ve been at college for a year
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8. |
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called my mom the other day but i didn't have too much to say
i told her bout my classes and the things that happened round my way
i told her no regrets to feel. i study hard. im getting meals
im even in some rapping contest trynna win a record deal
truthfully im doing fine but i just feel im losing time
when im not creative makes me feel like imma lose my mind
so i take a minute to just think about what i can do
what type of thing i like to do is sure to be exciting you?
im cutting down this mental block that i have just been fighting through
and if you feel this verse than you can thank this beat im writing to
put the beat up on an easel and im lethal with the art i spit
and you can’t really see it all cus this is just a part of it
i verbalize a vivid picture anytime that i get on
with lyrics for acrylics trade my paintbrush a microphone
the speakers are my gallery so tune it in and listen up
and ill take out my pallet knife so i can just go mix it up
Chorus
my thoughts are constellations in the sky that is my mind
each syllable is racing but i dont know just what you’d find
if they got illumination cus you never see me shine
you never see me shine man you never see me shine
lately i can’t fall asleep, cus i’m too busy dreaming
hear advice from both shoulders those are two busy demons
but i ignore them both, they've got nothing they could give I
ambition and humility the only things i live by
sometimes its hard to see but i promise thats the truth of it
spend time around me i guarantee that even you'll admit
some people doing foolish shit and waiting for the soonest hit
i try to keep my roots like my dentist when my tooth was chipped
so i wont ever change after i've been in the booth a bit
was told that i'm too nice to be a rapper by some jewish chick
i told her i've got talent listen heres some fucking proof of it
now i hear my songs when they are playing in her room and shit
its nice when people notice man but thats not what i do it for
same reason i might draw or paint, motivates me to record
the reason i stay up at night, typing out my lyrics
i know i need to say this but i think they need to hear it
Chorus
my thoughts are constellations in the sky that is my mind
each syllable is racing but i dont know just what you’d find
if they got illumination cus you never see me shine
you never see me shine man you never see me shine
I finally fell asleep i'll take a break in my dreams
but even there it seems that i'm making rhyme schemes
I’m tossing with the drums and I’m turning with the melody
this rapping is a passion thats not something you can sell to me
american as apple pie and i just want a piece of it
my only limit is the sky, you might as well peace with it
its funny cus this piece of art can help me find some peace of mind
and if i break my heart apart it helps put back the piece i find
until i rest in peace i will be writing over instruments
from requiems to classic jazz, or knowble beats im into it
i promise with the calmest sense of honesty upon this
this beat is like my bible and im testifying on it
i’ll be truthful under pressure like when threats are flying honest
I’ll be candid like the greedy when their checks their riding on it
like a death defying comet i can fly beyond the human eye
you say that i am like you but thats just comparing truth to lie
Chorus
Loki: walk down the steps to my yard set to connect with the stars
trying to find some inspiration, while inside my mind
my thoughts are flying by as i bide my time sitting waiting,
but fuck man i can't seem to focus
it sucks and its got me feeling hopeless
so my mind leaves its home with, its own mish
going go this way and that until i notice, that at
the same exact moment knowble just made a track,
and there it lays intact alread taking the weight of a locomtive
thats racing fast, in a direction that i'm hoping to go with
so plan on making a for it cus even though its a loco motive
you know i gotta go sieze the day and hold the moment,
so as it approaches the caboose and the coaches
make the earth shaking like it was making a pact
but i notice the motion doesn't phase the grass
they just wave a last goodbye as i wait to catch whats
passing by laying flat by the railroad track
contimplating taking this path, going for dolo
soley roaming on my own, a solo
no bro ho no i go alone a hobo
staying low as i wait for the train to go slow so,
so i can go hop onto the top of this thought
stay till the day that its brough to a stop
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9. |
See the Problem
02:10
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on the beat I'm steady flowing like a breeze across the lake at night
but inside I'm just wild trying to see if my mistakes are right
to see if i can grow from them and try to be a better man
I'm spelling out a message and I'm hoping that these letters can
inspire you to look around and see how you can change your life
any harm that you have done, i bet that you can make it right
but thats just optimism from a pessimistic dude id
say that I'm a realist but you’ll probably get that misconstrued
its not that I don't hope for brighter days and safer night times
but i know it take a while to find the right lines
sweat and tears the only things you ever got for free
hard work and dedication they're what means a lot to me
my mom said i should always stay true and keep my dreams
my dad said follow cash to see the root of peoples schemes
cus men are money motivated and thats what makes america
instead of chasing cash you should be chasing for some character
and trust me im no better in my polo and my jordan fives
I know we're all consumers but im saying there is more to life
its just i understand these problems have some deeper roots
they cut through corners but the culprits don't wear cheaper suits
I'm talking lobbyists, the ceo’s and corporate lawyers
the politicians and the interest groups who are employers
this system needs an upgrade lets push the legislation
they say you fall or fly and, it seems the ledge is waiting
but we don't want to jump off we think they'll offer more
while congressmen got jump-offs behind their office doors
we cannot wait for change we need some strong directions
to point this movement forward until the next election
because lets face it, bankers just ignore the protests
and politicians shun the youth because we always vote less
we need some progress, the problems based on corporate greed
banks got golden parachutes while they allow the poor to bleed
this problem has more layers man i promise there is more to see
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who are you now i feel that i barely know ya
you used to always be a rider like winona
perhaps im missing the past and bringing it back below ya
its true I’m sick of this act the rhythm is wack and slower
so i just pick up the track and give you this rap to show ya
that while you sit in the back a bitch your lap your missing the fact
im quick as a rat but never do that you give me your rap
im giving it back i turn of the song like clickitedy clack
just leave, get gone, don’t give me a dap
don’t care if the door is a hit in the back
close it its over, we keep getting older
my speeches get bolder while yours seem to smolder
im smarter im harder im faster im stronger
you'd need duracells just to last any longer
you lost the fire and passionate style
your flare is not there its been gone for a while
who are now?
Loki:
remember me?
hey, how're you doing? what do you say,
should i be choosing
to use a smooth soothing seducing flow,
no, no moving slow for you i can let it loose like a ho
to prove something to all the girls that i used to know,
those of you who knew i was cool and hoped
that i've be nice to you, but no, i was the rudest bloke
always cracking the crudest jokes but truth be told,
i gave you plenty of chances you blew them though
i think you were all to stuck up, it seemed you used to look down on me
like you were in the balcony, but now you see, its me above you below,
as i take to the center of the stage at a tender young age, rapping
gazing into the back of the crowd thinking back on just how
shortsighted people hated me cus i play them frees
when i had no cadence, you see, back then i hated me
but thankfully the world made me see i could be like houdini
so now from the cage i'm free with none of the bonds of my formerself
i was lo but i found the ki, so play my songs and inform youself
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11. |
F.OO.D. for Thought
03:53
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you've heard alliteration through the alphabet in rhyme
but those don't usually have the content you will get in mine
gooder grammar getting glorified by gotta get it groups
cook lyrics in my kitchen this is alphabetic soup
three verses in this song and im serving food for thought
this is a three course meal better grab your spoon and fork
so lets just start this meal up, so you can eat your fill
but be careful what you order man, you’ll see it on your bill
the first food fed the families failing in famine
either finding fresh fruit or impaling a salmon
making fire just to fry the fish over open flames
its hard to get the picture like its fixed up in a broken frame
now we hope for fame family fortune and a frozen chain
fasting for the feast and forget that we could float away
to foreign lands with different foods and different sets of fables
even different formulas for the folks who set the tables
i find it fascinating that some people can forget
the fact the world's connected unless they flying on a jet
the factories afar they are funded by our finance
while here the family farmers are forgotten its not by chance
fast foods getting faster and we all want it a minute later
wrap these words up in some foil, put this in your 'fridgerator
they want to put the fork in us, don't fold the fights not finished
its freedom that we're feeling for so let your fright diminish
CHORUS
im honestly on top of this, awesome as i rock on this
obsessed with opportunity look onward like an optimist
won't ever opt for opulence, naw i wanna organize
open me like Operator you'll see where my organ lies
my heart is in this offering this authorings my oxygen
wont fold like origami on the options that you offer him
an outcast from the outset, overcoming obstacles
i've finally found my outlet, which i had thought impossible
its like my own oasis, and i feel some obligation
to open to the outside world, observe my occupation
orchestrate an all awareness of the options for our offspring
knowledge opens eyes and thats what we should be offering
instead these outbreaks of obesity obliterate our youth
and oil spills on ocean floors and we don't know the truth
so get in you're oval office with its ornate oakwood desk
don't obey opponents cus we cannot hope for less
CHORUS
dig in, delicious decibels on point like some decimals
some flavor on whats good for you like deep-frying your vegetables
my drive is so detectable, style so delectable
look down on all these rappers and i deem them one dimensional
delusional delinquents who demean what i am doing
lacking drive and dedication you will bring us all to ruin
what happened to the diligent dudes who would defy
the things they found degrading with some skills you could define
are they dormant or defeated or just difficult to find
their daily diet so deficient of nutrition for the mind
its difficult to digest this dysfunctional display
like deception on the network news i see it everyday
will you dismiss me cus i distrust news?
does it disgust you when I discuss food?
im just doing what i'm doing irregardless of you bitches
food is on the table its time to do the dirty dishes
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12. |
I'll Wait for You
03:31
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i’ll wait for you to recognize im here
i’ll wait for you to understand my fear
i’ll wait for you to tell me you'll be near
dont know if im a rapper or if i just like to rhyme a lot
i’ll keep spitting writtens until i can start to climb the top
i really don't care if i ever get to sign or not
i just keep on doing this and i don't have the time to stop
most rappers on some X but, i just wanna find the spot
where people notice talent and appreciate the rhymes i got
I’m trynna touch your soles like the ground that you walk on
got my red paint, hit the town with a smock on
pretty soon the rain comes around and the chalk gone
my message is imprinted in the sound that i rock on
it'll never disappear as long as you can hear me
love me or hate me, respect me or fear me
gentleman of rap putting heads all in a stack
my weaponry is simple, bud, a pencil and a snack
instrumental to attack not for a metal or a plaque
just use it for amusement going mental on the track
i’ll wait for you to recognize im here
i’ll wait for you to understand my fear
i’ll wait for you to tell me you'll be near
no spinach on my plate but i pop eyes open
leave the top five broken when i stop time floating
potent lyrics on my mind all hours of the day
soaking in the sun take my powers from the rays
so my talents always blooming like the flowers do in may
i've go nothing thats in common with these cowards who will sway
im trying to make some green like im mixing blue and yellow paint
but im not gonna change, fake is something that this fellow ain't
approval from some critics wasn't really why i started rapping
they'll try to burn you, then they leave you hard and blackened
id rather have them say "Pensive, he departed laughing
he always stayed himself, even in the heart of action
he loved his family, his friends and every home he had"
if you don't do that too you'll probably be alone and sad
so keep your mind intact and don't be blind to facts
you must react to every second don't let time elapse
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these are more than words
this is more than music
this is just the truth i see i hope that you can view it
giving you this message with some issues that are real
how i feel
these are more than words
this is more than music
this is just the truth i see i hope that you can view it
bringing you
humanity's been wounded but i hope that we can heal
how i feel
so sick and my condition has never really changed
so quick im on a mission to get to center stage
so slick im like a sculptor and pensives what i’ve made
the spotlight is now waiting but im still in the shade
cus i’m a bit afraid, that when im standing in the limelight
then i’ll realize that its really sour like its limelike
and i'll always wonder if i really got the time right
its just…(how i feel)
despite all the promises they are not the kind type
they just hate with no regard for my minds plight
im out here on my own like im grown trynna find right
dont rap about a woman as if she was an object
then thank your mother say you love her in the same project
cus everybodys somebody in some persons eyes
and if you are told different thats the worst kind of lie
thats just…(how i feel)
these words i speak with urgency are more than just to murder beats
replace the nines with number two’s til kids go on a learning spree
im earnestly concerned you see despite the fact that personally
my life is filled with blessings and all kinds of opportunity
i gotta thank my family for their finding a community
with unity as you can see vermonts a kind of sanctity
like canvas to a painter now my futures looking blank to me
so you could see…(how i feel)
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14. |
Never Stop
02:28
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I've loved rap ever since my first cd
the year was Oh One, slim shady lp
we were staying in maine on a family vacation
looking through a record shop that was near the location
of the little old cabin we were renting for the week
the town was kinda quiet so we went in for a peek
i was nine at the time so my mom i had to trick her
used my thumb to cover the advisory sticker
it was fourteen dollars so i promised to my mom
that I’d pay her back the money when we got home to vermont
she smiled, said don’t worry bud, i’ll get this one for you
had my walkman in the car so i knew just what to do
i popped it in, pressed play and quickly turned the volume up
once you get a little man this rapping shit is all you want
now my music library can fill up half my laptop
no pause button could ever really make this rap stop
I’ll never stop loving hip hop its not possible
no matter what may change no matter to the obstacles
the beats a special place when all my thoughts appearing clear
and im flowing like the ocean like my spot is near a pier
im trynna write this letter sign the top with "dear career"
the pen is in my hand but then i stop right here for fear
of what id say to future pensive i forgot im steering clear
of putting pressure on my words but you just got to hear sincere
never brought you here for fear of what you thought of what you hear
i don't smile a lot but this has got me ear to ear
this music is a a way for me say the things i think about
in rhyming form my mind performs the beat just helps me bring it out
for the one percent who cares man my music is for me
ninety nine percent affordable because my musics free
the one percent i'm asking for are minutes out your day
its a movement your supporting every time that you press play
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15. |
Question the Highest
03:56
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i hope the world will remember me
its kinda foolish but thats always something men can be
i mean theres something bout a legacy
life after death is something many people beg to see
see im just thinking bout this fate of mine
will i live or will i die its just a state of mind
will i vanish or remain behind
i've no idea and so instead i choose to play with rhymes
i’ve been writing for a year or two
i’d say its lyrical i really never tried to be the type of dude thats spiritual
if god exists the day i die i’ll pay him my respects
but until that morning cometh i’m concerned with what is next
heard both night and day are coming from isaiah 21
thought you'd probably have that covered by the age of 21
it seems a little crazy how you pray but don't read
give your money to the preachers thats some change we don't need
tried in vain to show me when you sang of glory
say the writings on the wall, but its plain to go see
your just hiding from your future if you play but don't seek
find your answers on your own thats the way to grow free
if you think you see the truth someones messing with your eyes
how can you follow blindly after guesses mixed with lies
i’m not trynna shake your faith my only lesson is to rise
to question every guise every message from the skies
not knowing every answer is a blessing in disguise
uncertainty is always in confessions of the wise
every question is an open door that leads to somewhere new
so if you simply quote the lord and deeds aren't what you do
you're forgetting bout the broke and poor, the things that they are hoping for
i'll spit this till my throat is sore but they aren't who i wrote this for
what about the holy men of god who profit when we vote for war
and tell me what the pope is for, who all the common folk adore
he sanctions pedophilia and tries not to reveal to ya
when dirty priests get transferred from deutchland to sicilia
thats only one example but i promise there is more
if you look through all our history theres a long list of the horror
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16. |
End is Near (feat. Loki)
04:36
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i met a man today and he told me he was killing time
i get it if you’re chilling fine but why the need for villain crimes
he drowned up 60 seconds in a pool of chloroform
then handed me the bottle like i would want to hold it for him
he grabbed an hour pulled a knife and then he stabbed up in it
it took a half a minute but it left a lasting image
he murmered bout his murder as he pulled his 45
they can hurt me this is worth it but they wont take me alive
he shot the day and shot the night then waited for a week
when one came by he shot it and exclaimed im on a streak
soon months were also added to the long list of the dead
and after killing twelve of those he switched to years instead
then decades came along and they started fighting back
they brought a spiking bat, brass knucks, a knife and gat
they left him lying down, looking mangled but the man survived
only to look up then be strangled by the hands of time
clocks will keep on ticking even after we are through
this ride just keeps on moving and no matter what we do
only certainty is death so until that time is here
gotta capture every moment cannot spare no time for fear
cannot spare no time for fear
gotta capture every moment cus your time could soon be near
look at what you've done so far, whats your life consist of?
wanna stand for something but you've gotta fight to get up
think you might just give up, we on a different page
different chapter different book different author different age
i can't ever waste a second, you get it, this is precious
the moments fade and memory is all that you are left with
correction of your mental i suggest its what you get with
you can cross up byron russell or fall off like byron leftwich
the clock is ticking make your choice, how will you proceed
how come you hail for mary but you wont even go deep
im over heads like halos, condoms crowns and horns
not watching for the throne cus it comes with crowns of thorns
you don't think this is true? then your lack of faith is blind
can't go back to wasting time, gotta activate your mind
you only have this life, no one know what lies beyond
if you blink then you could miss it and then all your time is gone
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17. |
A Message (Interlude)
01:52
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the message i teach is to have a high reach
aspirations and dreams woven in my speech
the speech is free but is your mind too?
or do you reproduce manufactured thoughts like a drive through?
repetitive questions but rarely an answer
the mind is enslaved by the media cancer
don't follow those delusions
create your own conclusions
but comprehend the issue first
otherwise its thought pollution
break the chains that your brain is contained within
tethered tongues will follow and the reign begins
the reign of kings who lead all men
will stand forever, subtract two from ten
then flip it sideways, the sign of infinity
aesthetically excellent in simple symmetry
to achieve perfection you must have humility
because arrogant words only hang in futility
if not a word is heard they cant serve the purpose
you cant penetrate minds if you don't learn to work this
these rhymes come from the far reaches of my mind
quickly forming into speeches of some kind
but sometimes its like a star teaching the blind to shine
they don't see and my lines are lost in time
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18. |
Family (Thank You)
02:49
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i gotta thank my family they always by my side
they support me and they challenge me to always try to thrive
wouldn't be the man i am today without what i have learned
from my mother sister father yes they all can take their turn
yes they all can take their turn
yes they all can take their (love you babe)
if you had the family i did i'm sure you woulda told
that the most important riches never rooted in gold
my mother she's so special gotta beautiful soul
mixing personal achievements with the usual role
of a caring loving mother overbearing never smothered
she just showed me how its possible to cherish one another
she's a healer, she's an artist you can feel she works the hardest
she's believing from the start that i can always go the farthest
and my father, he's my teacher, helped to mold my every feature
showed me right and wrong are lessons learned without the need of preachers
gave me tools for independence, said stay humble and be kind
wouldn't say he taught me patience but i don't think that i mind
cus its passion that is driving me, the will to be successful
don't mean nothing if i your doing work that always feels so stressful
gotta find the things you care about, the things that seem important
then just find a way to do it well and that is a good fortune
to my sister know i miss you, keep on sending me those pictures
you headed towards your happiness and that is what i wish ya
when are you coming home? won't you keep me up to date
know i'll see you pretty soon i won't leave it up to fate
always been creative too hope you know you helped me mold
every piece that i produce and every story that i've told
what will the pages hold when your life story unfolds
guess the answers will be told when we've grown up very old
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