1. |
A Million and One
04:29
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A Million and One:
VERSE 1:
If I had to count up my mistakes it’d be a million and one
i’d have to admit, the dumb was almost brilliantly done
I have to forget regret because the path that we get
is either hazardous or becomes our Lazarus pit
now I emerge the young man who wrote Sisyphus
Atheist taught in God body while I’m basking in the dissonance
Splashed, got a buzz then it passed
(cause) As for my momentum, honestly I’m vastly the antithesis
Like Onesimus, free’d from my bondage when I flee’d
made clean, now proceed paying homage
we're displaying promise in the rhyme
and I don’t define morals, but (I) draw from a time thats primordial
I’m primed to defy normal while I’m, still a mortal in his prime
through a means that is Oral, which means I’m immortal
fall short of divine, trying to love all of my enemies
but its hard to be cordial when you’re maligned
Lord knows how they treat us, publicly they used to beat us
devised a new way to delete us its equally egregious
from the moment we’re a fetus feed us Trappin’ or Rappin’ or go and buy you some Adidas
the cycle is completed they’ve depleted our psyche
teaching whites to not receive us, ‘less they see us in Nikes
or a great suit, or on a stage either way its all the same
entertain or give them something they relate to
lets celebrate us,
lets celebrate all parts of our cultures for every part of our life's
pardon my mic, I’m blessed to live in a country with these freedoms
but I only pledge allegiance to my God and my wife
police your tribe with two rules, I’ve named them Barney and Phife
Love God & Love people in this life
police your tribe with two rules, I’ve named them Barney and Phife
Love God & Love people in this life, A Million and One
VERSE 2:
It's been a minute that your boy has been pursuing this,
Wanted to quit the game but never could go through with it,
I was touring, met a million different stewardess'
But now they're asking "who is this?", and questioning my stewardship
When I was new to this, I would hit the stage excited,
a backpack and hooded sweaters for days
It was pure, just hyped to put them letters to page
now I’m coming for heads, and rhyming with a veterans rage
Big Nom has gotten better in spades
a generation of fine wine cause yo we’ve gotten better with,
yeah, we’ve gotten better with age, my sage rhetoric's a medic to confederate ways
And every Rapper claiming they're woke now
I'm asking, before Eric Garner was choked down
Before they smoked Brown everything that y'all wrote down
The relevance, how many of them bars could you quote now?
I swear this isn’t getting me biter
just encouraging artists, think on what you pick to deliver
I’m in full support of anybody speaking for justice
but consistency is key to get the people to trust us
they tease in disgust, cause they don’t see
the truth is coming in my reign, like Im caesar Augustus
thats deep, how deep? deeper than Atlantis
deep within the ocean, no thats deep beneath the planet
you’ll never catch me popping a molly
but, my ancestors got it popping in Mali
also Togo, Ghana was so close
the irony I’m Cali, my people seem to rally at Gold Coasts
my brother Science from the Valley my Co-host
I’m Gallery, tally up we proudly some locals
knowledge comes when you acknowledge you don’t (know), thats Socrates
This is for the ones who never rocked with me, Million and One
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2. |
Agape
04:46
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AGAPE LYRICS:
This empathy’s a funny thing, the love below, a love supreme
I’ve read about this crazy love thats living FOR THE LOVE
I used to love her, I was made to theres no other
As for music every season is the same you know I do this FOR THE LOVE
(LOVE LOVE LOVE)
Its quite the embarrassment, for me to see the plight of Americans
When in sight speaking Arabic (than) you’re a terrorist
But whites who would carry sticks with rhetoric shared with Hitler are spared from the very list
They wish on any immigrant who has shared their midst
Man I would need a therapist, their affairs are fair but you bare a fist
No one cares to listen to their position in this
(LOVE LOVE LOVE)
For reals to deepen a man we fathom, type of treatment I can't imagine
So I’m meeting you with compassion when I do this FOR THE LOVE
(LOVE LOVE LOVE)
Its awfully awkward when a man wants to box you in
They’re telling you to smile but they’ve never been a mile in your moccasins
‘Cause often men are then brought to sin mansplaining their doctrine
When its automatic “spouse in the house” they’ve locked them in
(LOVE LOVE LOVE)
They followed a rotten trend and they thought that their women won’t stop them by hoping to not offend
But God within died for you, set the example thats not pretend
To deepen a man we fathom, type of treatment I can't imagine
So I’m meeting you with compassion when I do this FOR THE LOVE
(LOVE LOVE LOVE)
Its very disheartening, that if you ain’t openly partnering with us blacks
They label you “bigot” but facts would say you don’t see what your partner sees
A part from being the product of a different scene, we ain’t different we run on consistent genes
Just asking don’t listen in passing or do it indifferently
Live to become the man you wish, if you disagree I won’t brand you as a “racist”
Table the labels and open the manuscript
(LOVE LOVE LOVE)
For reals to deepen a man we fathom, type of treatment I can't imagine
So I’m meeting you with compassion yo I do this FOR THE LOVE
This empathy’s a funny thing, the love below, a love supreme
I’ve read about this crazy love thats living FOR THE LOVE
I used to love her, I was made to theres no other
As for music every season is the same you know I do this FOR THE LOVE
This empathy’s a funny thing, could you be loved, a love supreme
I’ve read about this crazy love thats living FOR THE LOVE
I used to love her, one love there is no other
As for music every season is the same you know I do this FOR THE LOVE
(LOVE LOVE LOVE)
Its truly tiresome, to get profiled then have to decide “should I try to run?”, ‘cause I don’t know under his badge if he’s real or a violent one
Priors? None. As he approached from behind my trunk inside I sunk
I’m riding clean, his hands beside his gun
(LOVE LOVE)
Incited some despair now inside I’m done, the backup arrived they come and then box me in
I’m scared that I’m leaving inside of one
(LOVE LOVE LOVE)
For reals to deepen a man we fathom, type of treatment you can't imagine, so please meet me with compassion when you see me FOR THE LOVE
(LOVE LOVE LOVE)
Its totally troubling, when your better half’s womb is bubbling, but the baby inside is struggling’
Have you ever received a burden that has never been seen or heard of? The most cleverest doctors nervous
Have you ever pretended to be strong when your wifey just couldn’t keep on, cause the life created together they’re saying as quick as it came could be gone?
To deepen a man we fathom, a treatment you can't imagine, so please meet me with compassion when you see me FOR THE LOVE
(LOVE LOVE LOVE)
For reals its vexing me, like a venomous message hexing me, I ain’t benefit yet from the work done thats upsetting me
(LOVE LOVE LOVE)
For years Ive kept this dream, when nobody would believe I bet on me, though I body every beat I bless it don’t reflect on streams
(LOVE LOVE LOVE)
For fear of wretched things, I grind in rhyme to death but find the checks don’t meet the needs I failed my wifey and my seed
For reals to deepen a man we fathom, a treatment you can't imagine, so please meet me with compassion when you see me FOR THE LOVE
This empathy’s a funny thing, the love below, a love supreme
I’ve read about this crazy love thats living FOR THE LOVE
I used to love her, I was made to theres no other
As for music every season is the same you know I do this FOR THE LOVE
This empathy’s a funny thing, could you be loved, a love supreme
I’ve read about this crazy love thats living FOR THE LOVE
I used to love her, one love there is no other
As for music every season is the same you know I do this FOR THE LOVE
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3. |
Act of Love
05:11
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ACT OF LOVE:
CHORUS:
I’ve got so much love inside
My soul is buzzing
I can’t hold my love in
Now I gotta walk it
Now I gotta walk it out
I’ve got so much love inside
My soul is buzzing
Talk a little, live the motto
“Walk a little, give a lot of”
Now I gotta walk it
Now I gotta walk it out
(2x)
VERSE 1:
This reminds of the Oceanside Pier on the 4th of July
Before the drinks gone and the Cops role by
This reminds of a drive in the heat of the sun rays on a Sunday
With “Summertime” and “Luchini” on repeat
This reminds of my young days, with tackle Football at the beach
Riding waves, rockin’ a Wave Cap trying to keep my Rows neat
Acting foolish, we’d walk the shore for ladies go and seek
And no ones stepping to us, ‘cause me and my Bros deep
This reminds of a cold sip on a warm night, where’d the day go?
discussing Micro Brews from San Diego
This reminds of them endless cyphers in the parking lot
And when we say we Freestyle, that means its off the top, no premeditated
Late night sessions with a potency
‘Cause I’m from North County, and we breed some dope eMCees
This reminds of a drive in the heat of the sun rays on a Sunday
“It was a Good Day”, “Back in the Days” both on repeat (not a kid anymore)
This reminds of a backyard boogie and a BBQ
You know you are my loved one if I’m back there trying to argue you
This reminds of a group of Skaters tricking candid
I watch they bring me joy even though they seem to never land it
This reminds of a group of 50 standing up shore
To watch their homie baptize, now 50’s in an uproar
This reminds of a drive in the heat of the sun rays on a Sunday
With “Summertime” and “Luchini” on repeat (This is it what)
CHORUS:
I’ve got so much love inside
My soul is buzzing
I can’t hold my love in
Now I gotta walk it
Now I gotta walk it out
I’ve got so much love inside
My soul is buzzing
Talk a little, live the motto
“Walk a little, give a lot of”
Now I gotta walk it
Now I gotta walk it out
Bridge:
I let my feet speak truth to those who haven’t got a clue
because one act of love is worth a thousand words I rap to you
Yeah, a thousand words I rap to you
One act of love is worth a thousand words I rap
(2X)
Poem:
And I’ll be honest, us artists, we use so many words yet we say so little
I aim to be the opposite, I know I met you by the ocean, but let me take you to a palace of stars
Verse 2:
Galaxy bars yo the black Sulu is back
Who knew I’d be that next Rap Guru in fact
You can google this cat
I teach a love based on action, but often times I’m frugal with that
Like the time I met a man with no shoes and tried to give him mine
But next thing it blew my mind
As he respectfully declined, ‘cause all he really wanted to get from me
Is a way to pass the time and what I do know is that
When he asked me, “aye yo you got a way to play this music?
I’ve got a pair of headphones but aint no way to use it”
Grabbed my iPod then thought, “he ‘gon probably loose it”
“I’m sorry bro”, I left there feeling pseudo and whack
He was homeless I approached with a nod, and a greeting
out the norm I could’ve sworn it was God that planned the meeting
Tried to give where he was lacking its odd, the man was needing I could see it
I wonder if his noodles in tact
Then it hit me, I should’ve just asked him
I decided what he needed and intent determined action
I left the man no better than we met, bet
Just telling stories through this music like the Kubo of Rap
Bridge:
I let my feet speak truth to those who haven’t got a clue
because one act of love is worth a thousand words I rap to you
Yeah, a thousand words I rap to you
One act of love is worth a thousand words I rap
CHORUS:
I’ve got so much love inside
My soul is buzzing
I can’t hold my love in
Now I gotta walk it
Now I gotta walk it out
I’ve got so much love inside
My soul is buzzing
Talk a little, live the motto
“Walk a little, give a lot of”
Now I gotta walk it
Now I gotta walk it out
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4. |
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yo i came up in this, rhyming on the school bus, we’d pull up/
(then) head to class, when schools up, Blackstar would school us /
my teacher she never taught me ‘bout Mumia Jamal/
albeit was all that I could see or recall, ‘cause I was bleeding this call/
to be this leader with gall, to speak for black folks and the church alike/
that work could start, here just learn to work this mic/
a work of art, fear came with my following, symbiotically/
afraid my self expression would misconstrue my ideologies/
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apologies for deep seeded insecurities /
its probably from these, peeps who killed whats pure in me/
That teacher irresponsibly she told me I’m a lost cause/
the thought of you falsely seeing me wrong, subconsciously I lock jaw’d/
True story, (that) starts before my families new glory/
bought a bigger house, but thats another tale, two stories/
Now I move forward in euphoria, loosed warrior, proof?/
renewed my mind, picked up the pen and slew four of you/
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Its Thomas Wayne meeting the Dark Knight, my son he made it/
Iron will, becoming tony stark like, when my chest is plated/
Went form show em god, to being Ill, to justice be the key/
A peace has been instilled when he revealed, I’m all three of these/
Divine bars of irony 3, is all deity /
Full circle perspective, but the WHY’s got new scenery/
Identify with BDP, with Martin, Eric Dyson/
But its all overshadowed by the horizon/
THEORY OF SELF
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5. |
Siren Song
04:17
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VERSE 1:
In the modern time (space), they try and try, to redefine race
redefine love, redefine God, if you say it enough than it's true is the mind state
But truth doesn't change when belief does
Stranded in Mars You would still be (earthling)
Still needing (mercy)
An Avion label on a bottle of Moscato You would still be thirsty
-building a new road
The materials hold us a healing
Slowly revealing a new bulb
I caught lightening in a bottle, but they don't know the feeling of true gold
-oh that's too bold, and so the ceiling is too low
But what I'm dealing is too cold
Check my philosophy, Lost in the meeting of the minds
John Locke is appealing to Rousseau
Sucked in by the songs of the siren
Shipwrecked in the arms of Poseidon
I stereotypical black male I can't swim
I'm at war with the stars but I can't Finn
I’m gonna stand up and face them
We all want a Lambo, and wanna be friends with Lando
Till you land in his station
You know your true friends When the ammo is facing your way but effects them
from the powers that be, cause they hate what I say their direction
a section church views me as a crazy leftist
when I told of our plight yo they gave me exits
Spoke of the broken, ears they are closing
And pose like, nobody showed them
Condemned by the world that the culture of church ain't diverse
Then she claim me as hers but I'm nobody's token
CHORUS:
Viewed like I belong in asylum
Song of the siren (2x)
Those times yo I long for an island
Song of the siren (2x)
Chained by the limbs but i learned to grow
With a name they condemn not affirm at home,
in the vein of the Saints who were burned in Rome
Song of the siren (2x)
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6. |
Foreshadow
01:08
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8. |
Chapters
03:30
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CHAPTERS:
VERSE 1:
“Last time was the last time”
is what I said repeatedly and felt
but the last time said the same when confiding in a friend when I said I needed help
but from last time nothing changed, trying mind over matter man I’m never beating self
when it hurts and its doomed for disaster
my story aint done time to write a new chapter
I had the whole thing figured out
never again are the canning me
I had a dream and a plan in me
(execute) then I’ll be providing for my family
Im grinding while they’re lying on a canopy
the currency aint coming was I living in a fantasy?
‘cause planning aint providing what I plan to keep
when it hurts and its doomed for disaster
my story aint done time to write a new chapter
he was verbally abusive, but for some reason you went back again
and they were gunned down for being different in this land of the free, someone tell me hows this happening
and she was run down for just being in his path, he was trappin’ now she’s trapped in Human Trafficking
when it hurts and its doomed for disaster
our story aint done time to write a new chapter
Bridge:
On and on and on and on, the beat goes (4x)
Chorus:
Mind the storms and find the refuge
best believe the best is yet to come
the saga continues (3x)
rest in ease the stress will test you
best believe the best is yet to come
the saga continues (3x)
Verse 2:
the never ending story to enlightenment
but the problem is we liken this to negativity so naturally we aint liking it
well yeah its bad news but I’m saying, end of the tunnel has light in it
we’re pouring on the clovers and the sedatives
our story isn’t over though they said it is
trapped in this head abyss
i’ll get ahead of this tragedy I’m Oedipus
competitive etiquette bet it gets the best of us
you’re on the precipice of an exodus
when it hurts and its doomed for disaster
our story aint done time to write a new chapter
and I know turning the page isn’t effortless
buried in the lesson is a triumph when he’s testing us
a narrative to save the death of us
but spoke through song, because he set the precedent in Ephesus
eliminate that negative that rest within the pessimist
when it hurts and its doomed for disaster
our story aint done time to write a new chapter
Bridge:
On and on and on and on, the beat goes (4x)
Chorus:
Mind the storms and find the refuge/
best believe the best is yet to come/
the saga continues (3x)
rest in ease the stress will test you/
best believe the best is yet to come/
the saga continues (3x)
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9. |
Rhodes to Rome
03:54
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Rhodes to Rome:
VERSE 1:
I was told Rome wasn’t built in a day
work hard stay, stay humble, and everything you built gonna stay
then away went the creative space thats essential
then placed in a state existential
I’m so dramatic but the reason, an artist like me then creates
is we have to, this art is like breathing
but dog I’m tired
I tried to blame Karma, she a dog gone liar
and honors attacked,
Dr. King suffered, the same fate as Osama Bin Laden wheres the Karma in that?
Big Pharma’s intact with an opioid crisis
I believe in “cause & effect” so now I’m looking to my vices
Rome wasn’t built in a day (3x)
But for all who bleed through it, do all roads lead to it
but on an odd night I saw light,
looked in the mirror, and then remembered the reflection there is God like
bearing the image of omnipotence
the sentiment was there, but buried in the fear of tryna get the rent
(Fear), that's the operative now isn't it
Once I learned that, all the gray went away as if a prism lit
Full color spectrum of infinity
It all works for good, which directly effects my identity
i've gotta find the lesson, (I'm working on it)
For reals I've gotta find the lesson, (I'm working on it)
Just another tale of the doubtful
The lesson isn't if we fail, it's the tale of learning how to
CHORUS:
Rome wasn’t built in a day
But for all who bleed through it, do all roads lead to it
(4x)
VERSE 2:
today you took another L
Well live in that, hell swim in that, dive deep
immersed in the depths 'till your eyes meet
Your revelation, disguised in betrayal and pain
My teeth grit, then I eat what's been
Then spit, but the gems I keep
'Cause "blessed is the one whose sin
The Lord will never count against them"... IV
Rome wasn’t built in a day (3x)
But for all who bleed through it, do all roads lead to it
when in speak, I'll truth you with no plan
To "YouTube guru", or “5 step program”
they lie cause they know the needs
Of their followers, is to follow their steps with total ease
to benefit masses, is A generous mask
For you to see to make you believe they hold the keys
And since we brought it up, I rebuke the falsehood
That if you isn't popping now, then you ain't working hard enough
forget that school of thought
Ditch that pull to stop, knowing you can out spit that fool
Let them drums knock at gutter shows, Ink dry and shutter close
Vectorize or finalize that novel that you should've wrote
Arose from the concrete another rose, Utter those words
In another words believe in yourself
Give an offering that's all of you,
Put in the hours, works as hard at your craft as you do with your follow through
Call a crew and build with your friends, not just to build follows
and don't follow trends let them follow you
Be inspired by dopeness, take license
but theres a line dividing inspired and Mike Tyson
Be inspired by your favorites
but truthfully that line is what truly separates you from the greatest
No guaranteed success in the traditional way
but Rome wasn’t built in a day
they told me that...
CHORUS:
Rome wasn’t built in a day
But for all who bleed through it, do all roads lead to it
(4x)
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10. |
My Two Sense
02:00
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Verse 1:
I feel my heart congeal and start to freeze/
I fear my heart will peel apart from me/
I feel it parked in these houses, how they treat spouses/
he was blasted across the street/
Im feeling at odds with friends I don’t often see/
Im feeling that y’all condone how the cops did Keith/
(“Nomis why you gotta preach?”)/
I see its cool for me to speak online but not on beats? WORD/
Im feeling at odds at church the Black Sheep Peer/
when folks get back from Pakistan, Iraq, they clap and cheer/
Yeah I’m glad you’re safe/
but I can’t blindly back the praise of actions made when back in action, when I’ve known your ratchet ways and how you acted here/
(But for reals though, Im glad you’re home safe),
Attracting jeers for years/
They’re ravenous, came to battle us/
aim remain the catalyst/
estranged but strangely named the same/
Panic’d and drained/
at these inanimate manikins panning for fame/
I need a healing new hope ‘cause I’m feeling like Anakin/
Im feeling like Darth the Vader is haunting, Vader is taunting/
I gave my concerns then made a response/
They painted my “Nuts”/
I kicked the canvas down, your paint of me sucks/
Im tainted and came to erupt/
On the corrupt I bang/
while bumping Kurupt, they targeted us to hang and named it “War On Drugs”/
Verse 2:
I’ve seen my path, I’m fighting natures call/
Ive seen the Graff the writings on the wall/
Ive seen them ALL scream and shout, how their team is stout/
I dreamed that route but forced to take the scenic/
I dream about my genius how/
A following brings them out, if I turned machine they’d say they seen it/
(Cyborg Terminator) NO, (so turn the fader) SLOW/
And sing this one my son I mean this/
‘Cause you know the King will come before the Kingdom comes/
I saved the fetus, rise through him, MAKE WAY THE PHOENIX/
By the day my seed is hatched imma pray they catch they need this/
Shedding the fat and asking where the meat is/
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11. |
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Heart Headed:
Chorus:
heavy is the head who wears the crown
but ready is the head that never needed it
the levees being fed and let us down
it’s headed for your head you best believe in it
Verse 1 (Sintax):
The God of Abraham hard-hearted the Pharaoh cold
killer as he delivered the children of Israel let em go
skin shiver me to the soul
like the angel of death he's trying to neck with me bro
it's hair raising apparently so how arrogantly slow we narrow path go
like an arrow to that sparrow you got your eye on blow
we're broken all the way down to the ion node
I've actually seen the waters divide and land dry
hands high and the sun resist it's path in the sky
locust and the fly holy host with my own eye
deliverance personified in bronze to make alive
and guess what? I called it a lie I said the things I've seen were actually contrived
Cause we can see God and not see at the same time
I call it being legally heart and head blind
he speaks to us in seasons and mathematical primes
so you can feel the reason in the sublime
but we're so heart-headed too thick to resign
Lord God forgive the failings of our feelings and mind - heart headed
Chorus:
heavy is the head who wears the crown
but ready is the head that never needed it
the levees being fed and let us down
it’s headed for your head you best believe in it
Verse 2 (Nomis):
this is where compassion meets intellect
the Rastas fostered me as family, but also taught me Menelik
long before I’ve been a vet, my listeners have benefit
‘cause making this more than just rhyming (yo) I’ve been adept
in effect this, “this is bigger than hiphop”
and I’m rendered ineffective when i forget
yeah i’ll quote them, though its evident we don’t see eye to eye
but I & I recalls a super power built on misguided dead presidents
(DEEP) bars homie let it sink in
speaking with the depth of a novelist, I’m 20,000 leagues up in the Nautilus
everything could crumble but I've gotta risk it all
'cause my Agape is the way I show my God exists
we can debate ’til we're blue in the face about how to erase poverty and guns in school
I can't control the spending habits of the needy, but I know from when I'm reading it's our job to keep their stomachs full
come up out your wallet run that
A dollar won’t correct our loses, but it meets a need in the process
(yeah) ’til it meets the greed of the bosses
they’ll stay, apathetic but keep on feeding us “progress”
and we don’t need a Colossus or Weather Witch
(brain storm), find the one, leave the 99 where the flock is
walk in one spirit, ‘til none fear it
sons peer it young, so I start in front mirrors
Bridge:
I got one lyric pointed at your head for start
the other one is pointed at your heart
(2x)
Chorus:
heavy is the head who wears the crown
but ready is the head that never needed it
the levees being fed and let us down
it’s headed for your head you best believe in it
Can I teach peace can I (4X)
Bridge:
I got one lyric pointed at your head for start/
the other one is pointed at your heart/
(2x)
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