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Mastodon
03:01
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RIPPIN WRECKIN SHOP, WHEN THE RECORDZ ON
JUST BOOGIE WOOGIE, YA'LL HERD LIKE SOME MASTODON
ITS 78, MAYBE... 63, YA'LL SEE ME ON THE TV WONDERING WITH STEVIE
WHATS GOIN ON IN THIS WORLD. I CANT SEE!
AND EVEN IF I COULD, ITS IMPOSSIBLE LOGICALLY
I SAID GOOD POINT STU, BARBRA W..... WHAT ABOUT YOU
NO RESPONSE AS IF I WAS SICK AND HAD THE FLU
COMIN THRU! CAUSE THATS WHAT IM SUPPOSED TO DO
PICK UP JAZZ FLUTES AND CLUCK YOUR WITCH IN HER COOCH
UNDERSTAND ME YO! YA'LL BETTER GIVE ME A GRAMMY
CAUSE I SAID NOTHING, NYOU STILL KNOW IMGONNA HIT YOUR BITCH WITH THE JAMMY
NINJAZ IN PAJAMAZ COMIN ATCHU WITH A HAMMER
WHILE IM STANDING PROFILE DUET BESIDE DIANA
STEAMING HOT JUICES DRIP TO FLOORS OF THE CABANA
I SEE HER TITTY POP OUT, RIGHT INFRONT OF THE CAMERA
TAKE A WALK WITH JAMIE SUMMERZ WHILE IM FUNKIN DONNA SUMMERZ
GRACE SLICK IN THE BACK SEAT WITH HER DRUMMER
TIME TO CHASE THE WHITE RABBIT, GOIN DOWN A SATIN HOLE
WHEN WE GET THERE, ASK FOR ALICE, AND THATS ALL I KNOW
I BELIEVE IT TO BE TRUE, BECAUSE I BELIEVE IN YOU.
AND YOU IN ME, YOUR LISTENING TO ME RIGHT NOW, DONT YOU SEE?
OR RATHER DONT YOU LISTEN, DONT YOU HERE? IM STANDING RIGHT INFRONT OF YOU
DONT YOU PERCEIVE IT CLEAR? LIKE ALL OF MY PEOPLE
WHEN IM SPINNING THERE RECORDZ. IM JAMMIN RIGHT THERE WITH THEM
IM IN THERE PRESENCE
MAXING LIKE A STATUE, STAND ON GOLD LIKE ST.MATHEW
MY BARS STACKED ONEANOTHER LIKE STONE IN A CASTLE
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Blind lead the Blank
02:47
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IN MY THOUGHTS I TRAVEL FAR FROM OUR GALAXY
MUCH FURTHER THEN ANY EYE CAN SEE
AND AS FAR AS I CAN SEE... THERES NO NEED FOR ME TO EVER COME BACK
RHYTHMIC SCIMITAR .. OLD BONES AND RUST.
THE PHYRIC SCRIMISHARR. LOST VICTORIES IS DUST
OPEN BOOK AND BENT SPINES, MOLDED COVERZ
COVERING OUR MINDS.. BLEEDING SMELLS THE BLIND
BANDANA OVER HIS EYES
TEND TO.. TEND TO THE MEEK
BEFORE HE OPEN HIS MOUTH TO SPEAK
HE PRAYS... ONE HAND TO THE SKY, ONE HAND TO THE DIRT
ON THIS MULTI-COLORED DAY
RAIN,BLOOD,SNOW, ANDHATE CHOSE UNWISELY HE WOULD SAY ....
BUT I... AM... A MAN... WITHOUT... VISION , WHOS TO REALLY TAKE...
WHAT HE SAYS SERIOUS, WERE YOU EVER CURIOUS
OF WHAT REALLY RUNS THROUGH HIS CIRCUITS
NEAR THE SAME DYNAMICS BUT VERY SLIGHTLY ALTERED
AND THEN YOU TRULY START TO GET NERVOUS
HE SEEMS... TO SENSE, FAR BEYOND MOVEMENT
AS IF HE CAN HEAR YOUR FEARSS..
HE SEEMS ... TO SENSE FAR BEYOND MOVEMENT
AS IF HE CAN TASTE YOUR LEERS
STARING AT A PRINCE BATHED IN BLOOD OF THE SOILS
HIS STAFF UNCOILS AND HIS GARMETS PROVE ROYAL
RISING SHADOWS OUT HIS BACK, BROKEN WINGS OF DAMNED SOULS
FLESH RIPS.... FOLLOWED BY A LARGE HOLE
FIRE EMITS... FROM LIVEN PITS
AND PILLARS OF OLD CRASH THROUGH CLOUDS AND STARS
THE SIRE WHO SITS, INFRONT OF YOUR EYES
TENDS NOT TO DEAL WITH MORTAL MEN
EMPIRES HAVE FELL, AND MANY WORLDS ALONE
IN THE DARKNESS OF HATE AND LUST
HE HAS COME, TO CLAIM ANOTHER ,JUST ANOTHER, YOUR THE SAME AS US
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Illicit Emporium
02:28
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IM YOUR LOCAL DRUG DEALAH
IM YOUR HABIT HEALAH. BLACK DALIA
SMOKE IN THE ATMOSPHERE BREEDAH
IM THE ONE WHO BRING THE WHITE TO YOUR NOSE.
IM THE ONE WHO PUTS THE COMFORT IN YOUR SHEETS, COVERING YOUR CLOTHES
---| IM THE ONE... WHO WILL... DO IT WITH YOU.
IM THE RAWEST PURE UNCUT STRAIGHT EDGE IM TRUE
IM UH.. KINDA LIKE THE DOLLAR BILL YOU FOLD UP
IM WORTH A WHOLE BUNCH, SOMETHING YOU WILL NEVER EVER TOUCH
CUT ME UP A LITTLE, MAKE SURE IM PRIME
AND I SWEAR I'LL FINISH IT, BEFORE I DO THIS NEXT LINE
HANGIN UNDER CANOPYS, HAND SLAP SLARERIES
SPREADING YOUR ANATOMY, IF YOU SHORT ON CELERY
ITS IN HIS DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SUN WE CAN FIND IT!
AND WE CAN USE THIS TIME TO PRACTICE EMBALMING
I SWEAR I DIDNT DO IT! I WAS THE ONE, WHO ALWAYS WAS THE TRUEST
IM SERIOUS, I MEAN, IM SORRY, BUT I HAVE NOTHING NOT THE
MONEY NOR THE PRODUCT, I GOT PROPER FUCKED,
BY SOMEONE WHO LOOK LIKE BRICKTOP.
FORE HE FINISHED HIS SENTANCE, I HIT HIM WITH A TRICKSHOT
PULLED OUT THE FLINTLOCK, USED IT LIKE A CROOKED COP
WIPED OFF ALL MY PRINTZ, PUT THE GUN IN HIS HAND,
AND MADE IT LOOK LIKE IT WAS HIM
JORDO HANDING MENES SLEDGEHAMMER AR BIGS SHOP
BUT WHAT I DID BRING WAS
THE LAW
MY MAN, I CANT LIE BUT I DONT HAVE ANYTHING, NOT THE MONEY
OR THE
IM YOUR VOCAL HOPE STEALAH
MICROPHONE CONEALAH
LIVE IN THE THEATER
OPERA AT MY LEISURE
COMIN THRU RECIVIERS
LIKE VIETNAM BLEEDERZ
WHITE NOISE IN THE BACKGROUND OF YOUR SEISURES
WAKING UP WITH AMNESIA, AND A CPL LESS PAIRS OF ADIDAS
SUN, I NEED THAT, LIKE VITAMIN D
AND WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT ROCKIN MICS.. THATS THE ONLY LIFE FOR ME!
SAILIN ACROSS THE SEVEN SEAS, WHEN STEPPIN ON SEVEN EMCEES
WHOS STYLE SOUNDZ PHAT, BUT LIKE THE CRAP FROM MCD'S
AND WITHOUT A SMILE OR SAYIN PLEASE
I LAY YOU DOWN FLAT, WATCH THE FAT SIMMER, OFF YOUR BACK
PORK RIND GRIND, HORSE RADISH SWINE
I DINE WITH FINE WOMAN, ALL THE WHILE, I RHYME
THEY LOOKIN IN MY EYES, LIKE I HAVE SOMETHING TO OFFER
ALL I HAVE IS A CLOSED COFFIN, EASY RIDER DENNIS HOPPER
I SWEAR I DIDNT DO IT, I NEVER CHALLENGED YOU TO RHYME
YES YOU DID, AND THATS EVEN WORSE THEN WASTING MY TIME
HOLD ON A SECOND? I THOUGHT YOU WAS DRUG DEALAH
YES I PEDDLE MY WARES THROUGH EVERY ADICT USER AND BELIEVER
WELL WAIT A MINUTE BROTHER, DONT TREAT ME LIKE ANOTHER
WELL YOU IS, AND YOU ABOUT TO DIE, IN A GUTTA
LORD FORGIVE ME FOR I HAVE SINNED,
YES YOU HAVE, NOW ATONE. I WILL SEND YOU WITH A REQUIM
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The Notion
02:02
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5. |
Temple Grove
02:21
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IVE BEEN IN TEMPLES, AND HOLIER PLACES THEN THAT
I'VE SEEN SPIRITS RISE FROM STATUES, AND WHEN SOMEONE APPEARS
GO RIGHT BACK
I SAW CHILDREN UPON CHILDREN, PRAYING TO AN UNSEEN GOD
AND NOT ONE PRAYER WAS ANSWERED. NOT ONE, BUT THEY DID NOT CALL HIM A FRAUD
THEY, CAME BACK THE NEXT DAY. AND ASKED FOR THE SAME THING, OR MAYBE SOMETHING DIFFERENT
BUT IT REALLY MADE NO DIFFERENCE.
I DONT THINK IN THE END, THEY WERE REALLY ASKING FOR ANYTHING
BECAUSE HAPINESS CAN NOT BE SUMMED UP IN ONE WISH.
MOST LIKLEY. AS KIDS DO. THEY PRAYED FOR THERE MOTHERS,
ASKING GOOD HEALTH OF THERE FATHER. NO GREED INSIDE OF THE BARTER
GOLD COMPASS ON THE CHARTER
WORD THATS PURENESS, AND IF YOU ASKED THOSE SAME PARENTS
THEY ASKED FOR RICHESS, NOT WISDOM AND CHERISH.
ITS CARELESS. LIKE HAVING 5 PEOPLE ON A MOTORCYLCE
BUT YOU DO, WHATCHU GOTTA DO, INSIDE OF THIS LIFE CYCLE
LAUGHING WHILE IM RHYMING. BUT CRYING ON THE INSIDE.
DRINKING TERRIBLE TONIC. WONDERING, IF THE TEMPLES I SAW.
HOUSED THE SAME PROBLEMZ
I SERIOUSLY DOUBT IT, BECAUSE WHAT I LACK IS OUTLOOK
WHAT IM SAYIN IS YOU CANT GET IT RIGHT NOW, GO SOME OTHER PLACE AND LOOK
I WAS IN AN ANCIENT BEDLAM, WANDERING LIKE THE STEPS OF HEAVEN
BUT IT WAS REALLY VARANASSI, AND I WAS WITH BABU AND THE UNKNOWN
DUAL SIDED MICROPHONES RECORDING VOCAL TONES.
OF HAPPY SONGS IN SAD TIMES. TEACH YOUR CHILDREN RIGHT, THEY CATCH BAD VIBES
KINDA LIKE CATS OR DOGS WHEN TORNADOZ IS COMING, A CHILD HAS WAY MORE POWER THEN YOU
YES THEY CAN SUMMON. ULTIMATE ENERGY, WE ARE NOT TAUGHT TO HARNESS IT.
OR THAT REACHING THE GENIUS OF MADNESS IS AN ACCOMPLISHMENT
I SWEAR TO YOU. ITS SO FUCKED UP THAT I GOT TO SAY IT.
CHILDREN WHO LIVE IN POVERTY, ARE BETTER OF THEN THE ONES WHO FAKE FITS.
THE TRUE WORLD APPEARS FAST AND VIBRANT. WHEN YOUR SIBLING DIES OF A DISEASE
WERE EASILY PRESCRIBING. ITS SICKENING, LIKE REMOVING INCENSE FROM BUDDAHS GRIP
WHEN I GO BACK, I'LL NEVER COME BACK TO THIS CRYPT. I WILL BE SENT IN THE RIVER
BURNING WHILE IM DEAD. ASHES IN THE WIND WHILE YOU SHIVER.
I NO LONGER LIVE FOREVER
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6. |
Solitude
02:01
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YO I LIVE IN MY SOLITUDE,
IN A SOLID ROOM
WITH 4 CORNERZ, LIKE A RUBIX CUBE
I STAND WITHIN MY CYPHER, FIRM WITHIN THE SQUARE
AND WHEN I NEED REST, TAKE STEPS, HIBERNATION OF A BEAR
COOLIN LIKE A MUTANT
WHO JUST LEFT THE CRYO FREEZE,
BUT I GOT THINGZ TO DO MAN, FIRST I MUST PYRO TREES
GET LIFTED... PYROTEKNIC MYSTIK
GIFTED, LIKE GOOD KIDZ ON CHRISTMAS
NEVER DID I LISTEN, IN MY OWN MIND
I WAS DOIN WHAT I HAD TO DO, AND DOIN JUST FINE
RIPPIN WRECKIN SHOP, WHEN THE RECORDZ ON
JUST BOOGIE WOOGIE, YA HERD LIKE SOME MASTODONS
IM ANCIENT AS CAVEMEN, LIVE INSIDE OF A DASE MAN
ITS HARD TO USE REACREATIONALLY, IM A SLAVE DAMN
AND LITTLE DID I KNOW, IN THE MIDDLE OF MY DOME
SITS A PLACE WHERE I SIT, SIMPLY ALL ALONE
THERES NOTHINGNESS AND EVERYTHING, AND ANYTHING
AND ALL OF THIS, AND ONLY IN THIS PLACE DO I ACTUALLY EXIST
THE PERMANENCE IS OMINOUS , AND OBVIOUS OBLIVION
BUT DAMNIT DOES IT FEEL GOOD THAT I CAN ACTUALLY LIVE AGAIN!
AND THATS FOREVER,
THE PLACE I'LL GO WHEN I LEAVE,
WHEN IM SEVERED, FROM MY WISDOM AND MY SEED
I'LL PASS ALONG EVERYTHING, EXCEPT THIS ONE ROOM
WITH MANY CONNECTING JUNCTIONS LIKE KING TUTS TOMB
DONT DO WATCHU WANT, BUT DO WHAT YOU WILL
RELAX IN THE PRISM, THIS IS THE PLACE YOU BUILD
BECAUSE EVERYTHING FALLS. AND EVERYTHING ENDS
BUT ANYTHING CAN BE REBUILT MY FRIENDZ
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Ka-tet ( Dark Tower )
02:44
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IT WAS A STRANGE SCENE...
WITH GREY BEAMS AND HEAVY CALIBERS
COMING DOWN THE STREET, WALKIN ROUTE 7
COULDA TOOK THE SHORT WAY BUT HEARD VOICES FROM HEAVEN
CALLIN ME KA-TET KA-SHUME AND KA-DIHN
A SACRIFICE MADE FOR THE WRITER
WE ALL MUST DIE FOR THE TOWER
OY WITH LOUD CRIES AND SUNKEN CHEST
I SEE BLOOD BELLOW, FROM BELLIES AND COLLAPSED LUNGS
ONLY BECKONED FROM THE YOUNG
IT WAS BAD HIPS THAT SAVED MY LIFE AND TOOK YOURS
ANOTHER WRITER WRITING THE STORY , CONSIDERED A CHORE
WITH WILD EYES AND SPINNING HEARTS, I LEFT THE PLACE
WHERE A SINGULAR ROSE GREW IN EVERY SINGLE SPACE
A PERPENDICULAR HUM, FOLLOW FROM THE CLOUDS
ON THE PATH OF THE TURTLE, FROM THE BEAR TO THE NOW..
FUTURISTIC LUCRATIVE, DIMENSION JUMPING, WALK-IN
BOMBADIER EYES WITH GUNSLINGER POPKINS
WE ALL DIE! WE ALL MUST FADE AWAY
BUT MY ONE OF MANY HAS BROKEN, IN THE SAME WAY
ITS STUPID TO SAY, BUT I KNEW THIS DAY WAS COMING
MY BESTFRIEND AND MY SUN WALTER O DIM
THE WEED EATAHZ SPITTIN OIL BLACK IN SALOONS
RAISING BEGGAZ FROM THE DEAD FLOODING BEDS LIKE MONSOONS
WALK THROUGH LIKE BLUE PORTALS IN THE CAVE OF VOICES
YOUR WORST FEARS COME ALIVE AND MAKE BAD CHOICES
PEARL HANDLES THAT YOU CAN READ ON A GOOD DAY
WHEN YOUR STRONG WITH THE TOUCH , FORGET THE PAST OF DEATH
THE OLD ONES, MEN OF RUST, AND LITTLE INTELLECT
WITHOUT MANY DAYS OF RETROSPECT
... YOU FORGET
LESSONS TAUGHT IN MELTING POTS
IMAGINE THAT... AMMUNITION BEING PRECIOUS
TO OVER ZEALOUS
EXPIRE ENTIRE TOWNS, BUT ITS ALWAYS ONE MAN
WHO CAN TAKE THE CROWN
OR THE LIFEBLOOD OF AN OLDEN KING
IT WAS MY KA-TET, AND NOW ITS ONLY I WHO SING
THE SONG OF SUSSANAH,TO MY EYES THE TEARS IT BRINGS
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Gidora on the River Styx
02:05
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yo MY.. REASONS TO BE..
UNREASONABLY
HEATHENISTIC CYANIDE
EASY TO SEE
MY POURS POUR HATE
WITH A VILLAINOUS THEME
MY DOOR STAYS SHUT PERMENANT
I LET YOU FREEZE
PERMEATE ON THAT THOUGHT
MARINATE IN PERMAFROST
REVERSE CONFFESIONS I BURST COMPLEXIONS
AND LEAVE FACES LOOKIN LIKE BURNT INFECTIONS
OR MORE OF MY OFFERINGS, COFFERS OVERFLOWING
WATERZ OF LIFE, BUT MOST OF US TOWING,
BEHINDE A ROWBOAT THATS MORE FOREBODING
THEN CEREBUS, GHIDRA AND HYDRA COMBINING
EVEREST, FUJI, LUCANIA COLLIDING
EXPLODING, IMPLODING, NOTHING IS SURVIVING
THE HEART IS COLD, THE CORE IS MOLTEN
DOWN, THE RIVERZ OF HELL, IS WHERE WERE GOING
A DEVILISH MIRACLE THAT IM EVEN FLOATING
IN MY IRON CLAD VESSEL I AM ALONE
IN MY ROBES OF WOE MAKE WAY TO MY THROAN
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9. |
Act One
01:56
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BECAUSE YOU DIDNT UNDERSTAND
BECAUSE I THOUGHT I WAS THE MAN
BECAUSE WHEN WE SPOKE TO EACHOTHER, NEITHER OF US GAVE A DAMN
AND I WONDER, WONDERED WHY, BUT I WAS ALWAYS SO HIGH.
AND I, COULDNT COUNT THE DAYZ AS THEY PASSED BY
HOVER LIKE OZONE, GET INTO YOUR ENDZONE
PLAY THE FIELD WELL, NEVER RUSTY LIKE A TROMBONE
CONTIMPLATED KILLIN YOU. NAH THATS A LIE, BUT YOU DO IT SO WELL
STILL TO THIS DAY WHEN I THINK OF YOU MY PANTZ SWELL
YEA THATS SWELL FOR YOU THERE FEELAZ
BUT FOR ME IT MAKE ME MIGHTY MIGHTY JELOUS
WHILE IM HOLDIN KING MIDAZ'S TRIDENT
FEELIN VIOLENT LOOKING IN YOUR EYES SEEING IF YOU READY TO DIE KID
THATS WHATS UP
BECAUSE, I WONDERED TO MYSELF WHAT THE FUCK,
THERES NOTHING IN THE WORLD THAT MAKE ME AAACT LIKE THIS!
AND IM FLIPPIN LIKE ACT 1 ON THEATRICS SCRIPT
FIND ME RIGHT... AFTER THIS, ->
AND I MIGHT TELL YOU TO GO DIE... ON INFECTED MATRESSES
BECAUSE I CANT CONTROL WHAT I THINK OR WHAT I SAY
AND ON ANY GIVEN DAY, IM LIABLE TO GO LIKE JFK
LOOK OUT YO WINDOW, WATCH FOR THE SNIPER
ALL YOU SEE IS MENES, SHIMMYING LIKE THE PIED PIPER
FRUIT GET RIPER, BUT EVENTUALLY IT ROT.
AND THATS WHY I SMILE, WHEN I THINK ABOUT YOUR BOX. GOD DAMN
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10. |
BASEMENT DWELLAZ London, Ontario
EMCEES
PRODUCTION
LONG LIVE HIP-HOP
MENES THE PHARAOH
THE MASON AKA
BRONZEFEET
ARCHANGEL THE RIGHTHAND
COLD NORTH BARBARIANZ. ANCIENT CAVERNZ . LETHAL LULLABYEZ . BDZ . PHARAOHMENES BRONZEMASON A.ANGEL . PEACE TO THOSE WHO TRULY ROCKED IT! EVERLASTING WISDOM . REVIVAL THROUGH SACRIFICE.
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