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Find Your Way
02:56
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STRAIGHT UP hungry stomach MAD growling /
ON THE MOVE TO A PLACE THAT we NEVER BEEN~
Where the SUN AND the MMOOOONs JUST vibing
AND WE sing WITH-OUR souls to the dead~ //
The NEEDLE POINT massagES the vinyl
High fidelity tells me at a live show //
It’s getting close when the SUN GO DOWN/
Eye to eye WHEN THE LIGHTS GO LOW //
CONNECTION, THEN begin countdown and
Sudden energy, GO around COME around~~ ///
{NOW} The passion IS / massive, to the sound~~
Heartbeat to the music, keep it pounding ///
Stay on it, obliterate these conflicts/
Delete obsolete mentality and you’ll find it^
Solid rock bottom feeder in the lake, (PAUSE)
No time to lose, you BOUND to find your way/
I believe that you’re never too lost
I believe that you’ll find your way
Even if it takes too long
Everybody gonna find their way
On a Crusade to save the hang man’s soul~~
You never lose if you in control
Effortlessly beyond, we transcend
Wordsmith skill, incredible, bruce banner
Word coordinate, annihilator and traffiker
Double decade set sail on my travels Yeah
Moving ON; why you looking at me for? //
The world is yours as long as you reach for it. //
In the breeze where the cool wind blows
Or In a dream that’ll never grow old
bboy bgirl, just be you^^
Be free, believe, and be true~
See, I believe that you’re never too lost~ /
And I believe that you’ll find your way~ /
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I’m IN a beautiful world~ out of control (echo)
My MIND IS breaking down~ How do I let / you know?
I’m IN a beautiful world~ out of control (echo)
Body IS crumbling down~ How do I let you go?
You either end this now /
Or end up underground
Somehow we lost-it-- all~~~
But on the way -- we / found
This love is way TOO / strong
They’ll never break these walls,
They BREATHING down our necks but never will they take us down~~
No way they’ll ever KNOW ~~~
The way we feed -- our / souls
Somehow to end it up here~ We only just HAD - to - GO
/The only way you gonna stop me is -- if you TAKE my / life
/The only thing you gotta knowww, IS - THAaaT tonight
I’m IN a beautiful world~ out of control (echo)
My MIND IS breaking down~ How do I let / you know?
I’m IN a beautiful world~ out of control (echo)
Body IS crumbling down~ How do I let you go?
I know I’ve always known
I know I’ll always grow
Someday is not too far~
Tomorrows just that / close
Whether I’m all alone
I know I’ve got to go
No matter where I end, I always start right back at one~~
I’m moving on, on
I’m moving forward
Somehow to end it up here~ We only just HAD - to - GO
The only way you gonna stop me is -- if you TAKE~ my / life
The only thing you gotta knowww, IS - THAaaT tonight
I’m IN a beautiful world~ out of control (echo)
My MIND IS breaking down~ How do I let / you know?
I’m IN a beautiful world~ out of control (echo)
Body IS crumbling down~ How do I let you go?
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Life’s short - daisy dukes
Life’s beautiful - sun shine~ through~
Living life fast~ – ain’t the way /
- Slow down -- embrace the day
Life’s short, knife and a fork
No silver spoon – 1 meal course,
Beautiful how the universe - flow-
Mind, body soul in control
And we sing songs, just to capture
The moment, yeah, life at its maximum
Til we floating in the sky, in our castles
Not growing is -- never an option
Living life fast will give you blurred vision
In a flash you’ll be back, who you really kidding?
What chu doing with the time that you’re giving, kid~?
Are you living life, or simply just living
Another day - will go on by~
Another night, soon realize ~
Another day - you’ll never get back
So tonight, let’s reach real high
Live life - like it’s your last
Live life like it’s your first day
Live life with no regrets
Let nothing get in your way~
Life’s short - daisy dukes
Life’s beautiful - sun shine~ through~
Living life fast~ – ain’t the way /
- Slow down -- embrace the day
Life’s short, knife and a fork
No silver spoon – 1 meal course,
Beautiful how the universe - flow-
Mind, body soul in control
Not gonna lie, I’m a simple kind of guy who
Still fly -- with broken wings~
Moving on, on Orion’s belt,
I’m a long ways away from everything~
In this life I’m okay with fate
But I’ll never let chance take away or shape
This future, See I shoot for the stars
The universe here - lays in the palm
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Home
04:20
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Left the familiar to trek into the unknown
Heard so many stories, had to leave the throne
Home of the free, equal opportunity
Soar high like THOSE who flew before me
Leave the simple kingdom and start a new beginning
Ready for smiling faces, open arms embrace us
(Ready for smiling faces, open arms embrace us?)
But they got us singing the blues
Red, white carpet, celebrity me and you
If had only we knew
No sunrays, blocked off by the building tops
Green grass too few, leave your native tongue tied
Time the learn the new
Yea, ill learn what you got to say
You ain’t got to learn mine
Ill learn your wrongs and rights
Live life in disguise
But every minute I’m here I hear the angels cry
(every minute I’m here, I hear the angels cry)
And they keep calling me to come home
Now opportunity knocks
Open up or we bust in the door
Stop what you’re thinking
Levitate OFF the floor
Innocent no more, everyday life’s a struggle
Gardening’s a chore, trade it in for a factory
The good life seemed like it was just yesterday
They all looking at me like I’m no human being
I’m a laugh away from the pasture that seemed so green
An ocean away it didn’t seem I had a place
And now in a foreign land I seem to have no say
Stay out of my site
Living it by the knife
The art, and cultures only way to survive
Raggedy clothed Andy, standing out by the sideline
Once was a king, no longer even a jester
Uncle Sam’s welcome, turned to Uncle Fester’s
A gesture of love, a gesture of pity
Doesn’t describe this life, living inside this city
So I -- sing to my brethren, take it in as a lesson
You’ll get pushed, pulled, torn in every direction
But stand strong, hold your head up and aim high (aim high)
Its love that we carry, the reason we didn’t die
It’s the hidden inner beauty, they’ll never take us alive
And they keep calling me to come home
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AIN’T easy explaining the way I AM
Straight jacket silent - black sheep AND
AIN’T easy explaining the way WE IS
Figure eight loops - the only way to live
No time to lose, got to go and get it
Whether in a hearst or burst of energy - RIP IT
No right or wrong, No rhyme or reason,
Let the soul compose, complete that masterpiece
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You got heart and work smart for a living
Got love to maintain intelligence
Not a / knock off – you realer than real
And you simply / one in a mill
Day time waitress, night time student
Full day hustle, but you know you get through it
Whether a 9 a 5, whether you in school
Weather the storm,
cuz you know what you gotta do
Go on now - take the world in your hands
It’s a feeling that lifts your spirit
Spin it around, yeah - let your soul dance
Night on the town - you queen of this city
Girl, you got me hypnotized
So fly, can’t lie, I can’t deny
First class with a little bit of sass
One glass, two glass, and a toast for the lady
OH Girl, got me hypnotized
So fly, can’t lie, I can’t deny
First class with a little bit of sass
One glass, two glass, you got me going crazy
And not a lotta men are ready for your strength
When intelligence scares them, so you stay friends
But that’s all right though, you living life and
Never let anybody tell you any different
You put in work, if you want it, then you get that
Whether its vintage - Gucci or a Coach bag
You the star of your movie and you know whaaaat
-- moral of this story is you so .. bad
That you so good ~~~,
And the - way - you got style,
You no good
I’m a sucker for the strong minded women
The kind beyond - drinks and - a smiling gimmick
That’s the truth, nothings ever an accident
Take another step towards what’s in store for ya
Treat yourself to the nicer things
It’s your life, you want it, you get it, cuz you a queen
Girl, you got me hypnotized
So fly, can’t lie, I can’t deny
First class with a little bit of sass
One glass, two glass, and a toast for the lady
OH Girl, got me hypnotized
So fly, can’t lie, I can’t deny
First class with a little bit of sass
One glass, two glass, you got me going crazy
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This is temporary, not a moment to lose
Never FALL short, never take the easy street cruise
Take the path less travelled,
Bruises and scratches, but your thick skins adaptive
Got to get this cuz we never had it,
Got to do this so we have it
It’s not the music or the words- it’s a habit
Don’t confuse me with the average, I’m a champion
Got wings on the souls of the shoes
Got dreams of flying to the moon
Obviously not so simple to do //
Nothing come easy, but you’ll always get through X2
Got wings on the souls of the shoes
Got dreams of flying to the moon
Obviously not so simple to do //
Nothing come easy, but you’ll always get through X2
I’m not waiting for the planets to align
I’m a star in the sky with a flame in the eyes
I’ve come far to get close,
post -
Traumatically alive - until I’m ghost,
I’m full throttle with the force on this light speed course
obstacles topple over when I’m out soaring,
I’ve decided from the day this was ignited
It’s more than a nights work, it’s my LIFE, YEAH.
You see, you and you, him and her, check your shoes,
Yea lift them up, see that. Your Soul.
Those are wings, you got wings. We all got wings
So use em, ---
Fly high. Sky high.
Fly high. Sky high.
Fly high. Sky high.
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ADRENALINE begins, and these -- voices are saying (saying)
INFINITE WISDOM’s no GLITCH - WE JUST GOT TO MAINTAIN
BENEFIT cuz IT RESONATES, IN THE HEAD, MATTER OF FACT ITS SPACE AGE
Back WHEN THESE DREAMS WERE FAR BEYOND light years
I WAS CAUGHT IN THE MIX yep hypnotized without no fear (fear)
Staring off in space - THESE THOUGHTS would NOT DISAPPEAR,
SLIPPING OFF THIS CHAIN, oh, I’VE REACHED THE POINT OF NO RETURN,
While the world sleeps here, while the world turns, YEAH
WE WANT IT ALL, ALL
THE SUN, MOON, CLOUDS, STARS
WE WANT THE WORLD, World
WE WANT - WHAT - is - OURS,
Until we done, DONE
never settle - nothing less
Until we gone, GONE
never settle – never rest
All in this program, free for the download
Capture the will to be free- simple life it ain’t, NO
Welcome to in between - pandora’s box spills
Life in this fast lanes less thrilling than you think
Up rock TIL we make contact, this is the soundtrack
Restlessness til we vanish, lessons to be stacked, yo
On towards a WAY we go, now in control, we grow
AND know that you are owed a bit more in this loop hole
WE WANT IT ALL, ALL
THE SUN, MOON, CLOUDS, STARS
WE WANT THE WORLD, World
WE WANT - WHAT - is - OURS,
Until we done, DONE
never settle - nothing less
Until we gone, GONE
never settle – never rest
Rhyming with Sonic Rain
with a twist of the neck no main--taining
WE’RE triple effect,
infected with // this - viral strain,
that had got you sick - that got me sick
That got me sick
Mentally infused
Displace the pace
Too fast in fact
Pick your up slacks
Generating you mind to the highest in the sky
I’m the drop coo genre
Yea that’s right
Im the drop drop coo genre
Make you rock rock rock extra
Adrenaline rush in tacked so fast
You want make it to the last
Call for the cast
Release the beast don’t live in the past
You do the math
Taking a chance at chance and attack to the max
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Bad Kids
03:03
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11. |
Paperboy Mentality
03:02
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Fres Thao Minnesota
I am a Hmong American poet, Hip Hop artist, multidisciplinary artist, activist and educator. My life long love of poetry, Hip Hop and storytelling has spawned eight albums, including Illegoalien’s ‘Blank Canvas’ and a vinyl release of my ‘Mind Full Of’ album, and one book, Lullabies for Happiness, A Manual for Love and Peace. ... more
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