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Lurker
04:00
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yea I read that
yea I saw that
yea I got into the history went all back
I know more about ya than ya should be comfortable with
but you will never even know cuz i am never gonna say shit
And I can guarantee that i'm a learn some more today
You need a dose so make a post so what cha got ta say
I consume and populate a masterpiece of work
A world of everyone unto my own from which I lurk
And who does it hurt
Well yea it's kind of weird
I didnt come up with this
It wasnt my idea
It's only been 20 years Im still making my decision
Do I invite criticism just to hope somebody listen
lol to myself
scoff to myself
raise hell to myself
mouth off to myself
Maybe I don't really know what the hell to say
Give me no reaction if you feel the same way
Lurking like a mole
Add nothing and leave no trace
Down and in a hole
Nobody sees my face
open point click scroll
Im up on the human rat race
without the response uh bill uh tee
I teach nothing
anti-influential
I watch the rationalization of human differential
Without taking on a battle or even the potential
I don't have to ever wonder if I said what I meant to
This is not the place, this is kind of reckless
And my personal space, people won't respect it
None of this is commentary this is all confession
This is not the way, I still have some questions
engagement is useless, well yea that may be true
but those sound like excuses so who you talking to?
If you like to watch these people here like to let you
And some of them may even be happy that they met you
They can get you if you wanna let them get to----try it
or continue to keep your stuff set to----private
Contribute to the highway of this info fire hydrant
While you take it to the face or stay silent
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Blank
04:52
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3. |
Party
04:11
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An extremist leader asks a question strictly for the rhetoric
A credible leader does not dignify the bull shit
Followers of the extremist are emboldened by the silence
And the credible get squeamish since we’re talking about violence
So the credible blink and decide to give an answer
Repetitions of the question keep building up the cancer
Especially when delivered from the mouth of the credible
Giving the impression that the question is respectable
The audience in ignorance think there are two sides
And start looking to their party as the expert who decides
Most of the time it's not as if they even have to look
But we can’t have ambiguity we need them on the hook
Now here is where the real rubber meets the rocky road
And all the party people have to reap up what they’ve sewed
What we see now in the field that has risen
From the glorification of dominance and division
Are people with blue and red lenses on their vision
Who give a shit about anything but the competition
And if your bold enough to say it, they’re not even gonna listen
But you’re career depends now on maintaining your own prison
And perpetuating the stream of constant criticism
That perpetuates the stream of constant cynicism
Well you’re living in a dream
They’re making an incision
To surgically retrieve
The thing you swore to never give em
A devout senior picks the party echoing their code
Been aligning with with this camp since 17 years old
Always buying what they’re sold and doing what they’re told
Proudly standing hand in hand and representing bold
Then up and out of nowhere a wild demagogue appears
Obviously talking bullshit but speaking to their fears
With nowhere else to go they think back on all the years
As fuel for the fire and things start shifting gears
All the talk is looking active now they can’t believe their eyes
The enemy of their enemy was their enemy. Surprise
Staring down the barrel of their own demise
They can’t beat him join him in repeating the lies
And completing the rise of the next of the same
Not knowing where they’re going and forgetting whence they came
Yet well aware their views are no longer a priority
And well aware their views are now in the minority
They keep taking the abuse and keep voting accordingly
Thank you fucking idiots for faithfully supporting me
It’s time for all of us to now turn the course of history
I’m in a lot of people’s pockets and what they keep on whispering
Is that we need to be sure they can’t be regulated
They understand it’s out of hand and how much they are hated
Without further ado here is the long awaited
Fraud we’ve perpetrated that will leave y’all devastated
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4. |
God Country Money
04:58
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Happy Ending
04:30
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I do this for you
cause you do everything for me
But it's me not you, we both know that's true
here we are once again
even after all this time and everywhere we've been
how can i explain it, i simply do not comprehend
this constant cosmic conflict contemplation of the end
in the morning when i rise
theres a moment when i have to decide
to pick up where i left off or lay it down
im sorry i cant tell you where im at right now
with a spirit that's willing but flesh that's weak
i don't know what i'll say if i choose to speak
accept this truth that will hold forever
no matter what happens you deserve better
than this
Forget about run as an option
All fight alright
Stir the pot son
We'll see what will rise and what will settle
What little lies will be left to peddle
This is all just baggage prior humans have amassed
How long can it last
in the morning when i rise
theres a moment when i have to decide
to pick up where i left off or lay it down
im sorry i cant tell you where im at right now
with a spirit that's willing but flesh that's weak
i don't know what i'll say if i choose to speak
accept this truth that will hold forever
no matter what happens you deserve better
than this
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6. |
Jammin Through
04:23
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7. |
Lerv
04:32
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It's patient, kind, and never fails
like the things we think we know
And it will put it's finger on the scale when it's time for the trumpets to blow
*2
With the tongue of an angel and an all seeing eye
I can open the sky or be a shoulder to cry
I can move heaven and earth and make the worlds collide
And then stand atop the rubble like At least I tried
and be nothing
Without love it is all nothing
Worthless, pointless, nothing
Philosophy, theology, your liturgy your life
Philanthropy, humanity is vanity and trite
Love covers a multitude and it's a good thing too
noone knows the reasons for that better than you
Before you pick up a stone
You shouldn't even throw
Maybe think about the things that you should already know
And extend it, defend it, pretend it matters more
Than to be against
Instead let's be the loudest for
Those who don't know don't care or frankly don't believe
Your Samaritan neighbors even your enemies
Childish quibbles and hate manifesting
Stuck by the rule the exception is suggesting
The greatest of these is the greatest of all
Anything other is simply dropping the ball
If it's too close to call, I'm playing it safe
I'm giving thanks like it's November I'm joining hands to say grace
In the face of the force of the folks who gon' hate us
Cause I know no force no folk and separate us
When the perfect arrives incomplete disappears
If there's anything you think you understand in your years
If there's anything you cannot overcome for your peers
If there's anything beneath the surface causing you fear
Give it time Pray and meditate
hesitate when tempting fate and using words like predestinate
Instead demonstrate how to anticipate the chance for an early date
At the Pearly gates
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Notes to Self
04:24
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Be different, but not too different to be left to your difference
Please listen, but not to the words instead to your inference
There will be an advocate with no director
And you will be your own sole protector
Find the way and walk in it
A thousand years in a day that is over in a minute
Reach for the finish, struggle to attain
Happiness in slavery, comfort in the pain
Awed by the obvious in every direction
Understand the obvious is just a reflection
Dont get caught in concerns of a different dimension
Or hoping for a cure when there's only prevention
Everything costs time so always pay attention
And embrace change, especially correction
You, me, and everything we see
Will change in an instant from the temporary
And I tell you the truth that you will be judged
So whatever you do, do it all with love
This is the mire
The insatiable desire
The unquenchable fire
The home of the liar
Do you want to visit
Do you want to stay
There's nowhere else to go
and you know it any way
Together we are in this
But together we are not
You only look to take away the only thing I've got
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9. |
Parables of Me
04:13
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v1
I remember reading about a radical guy
He did some radical shit and lived a radical life
He became a politician and then I forget
But I remember the story of a radical guy
who lived a radical life, became a politician
and died
v2
I remember reading about a thoughtful guy
He taught some radical shit and lived an examined life
People didn't listen but locked him up instead and then
He was dead
Chorus
v3
I remember reading about a revolutionary guy
He broke the chains on himself and others in his life
He met some politicians and then I forget
But I remember the story of a revolutionary guy
Who broke chains for himself and others in his lifetime
Chorus:
I read about these people in class
I read about these people as a window to the past
I read about these people but now I see
I was reading parables of me
It spoke to me then, because of who I am now
I didn't see then, it was showing me how
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10. |
Rage Quit
02:52
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11. |
Rise Kill Eat
03:03
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12. |
Transparency
03:29
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13. |
Two Face
03:14
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14. |
Uwubwub
03:21
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15. |
Wide Lane Luxury
03:24
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