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The Ape Prince
07:23
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Behind the wall
We take what we want
We're all dying, you know...
So we might as well be happy
Behind the wall,
whispers the snake Nubunu,
He's lying, you know..
That he wants you to be happy, yo...
Take what you want, Do what you feel. (How long I been here?)
It's You who decides That which is real. (Who knows...now I want to leave)
Some day I will...
Behind the Wall..
The ape run amok
The Lion and Gull
Beg their friend to calm his hunger
The fire in him threatens the flower gardens
The quiet and dim spaces
escape back to the sea
Escape body-mind
Break body-mind
Escape body-mind...
One breath at a time.
I'll sublime...and peak over that--
I wanna know all the world from me they've hidden
My eyes wanna see all the jewels of possibility
"I'll climb the Wall" Ape runs to tell his comrades.
"You try, you'll fall" Lion and Gull say unamused.
A man deserves all that his heart desires.
A child preserves that which will give him what he needs.
"Just take heed...or you'll meet your demise on that wall, no need to see the sea"
"Rise just to fall, Ape, can't you just feel ease, besides you've--"
"Chased all the fawn and smoked all the trees they've--"
"Breazed past the wall and fled to the sea there."
"Fine, take your snake, rucksack and leave you..."
"Can't be convinced you've been deceived by him."
Providence...Silly ape, Silly.
Love's all he needed all along.
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2. |
The Lighthouse
04:31
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All my life
I been searching for something but I don't know what, Lord.
All my life
I've been wandering through the night
And stable footing's hard to come by when your lamp ain't lighting
It's cool, I'll find a way
All this life
It's as if I have a hole in my being
At the core, right at the heart
I'm always grabbing, I'm always thirsting, I'm always grippin' for that
Thing that'll give me a full feeling
It's ok I'll find it, Lord.
Oh Lord, what keeps a man satisfied?
Is it fame, or is it riches, or is it a lovely wife
Maybe one day you'll give us a fucking clue
Unless you have, and we're just ignoring it
Maybe that's just what we do
Lord, I'm just going towards you.
I'm just flowing towards you...
but you know temptation stands in my way.
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The General
06:28
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He's a police chief now.
He's a commandant
He's a general
In the wake of a war announcement
Yoweri Museveni
Commander, Protector, Defender.
Banana clip always at the tip of the tongue
Don't make me get my weapon boy
You won't want me play with this toy.
He's the general
He's the big man calling the shots
Massa CFO man.
Best believe he's stacking a lot
Mr. Barack Obama
Commander, Protector, Defender.
Banana clip always at the tip of the tongue
Don't make me drip my venom out
I spread my flesh, you see my clout
Baby Boy, don't make me grip up on that wood
Medal make me wish a nigga would.
Metal make me wish a nigga wood. (that Tienanmen death)
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4. |
Bad Karma
03:24
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What you're doing to me.
Then gets done unto him
And in turn onto you
That hand is turned unto you.
Grab a plate, 'cause you want some food
Masturbate, 'cause you wanna feel good
Venerate, 'cause you need a god
Take the bait, and debate that man
I wanna feel good.
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5. |
Parable I
04:14
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"Young man," he's told,
"Don't be so bold"
"Holla if you need me, know I'll be running to join your
war company."
"Not on your own, no."
"Arjuna you don your bandana"
A brave boy told, "Don't ever fold. Live life by that soldier's code."
Boy die by that code in time.
An ancient story.
Man, I feel me get old...
Baby boy, in time you'll see; It'll leave you breathless.
And she asks of us we "Love me like you love your mom"
My baby...
It'll leave you speachless
A story told
From stage to stage
Dance age to age
Act play to play, you
just want relief from "you"
Just want release from "you."
Two acorns in the water are wont to drift apart
Young couples cling to comfort
Yet apart, there's soil for leaving.
I feel me get old
In time you'll see she says,
"Don't fear."
"Love me like you love your mom, my baby"
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6. |
Parable II
05:38
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7. |
Moon, I Already Know...
06:02
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The way back
Is fraught with tears
The way back
Rips shores back year by year
The way back (to you, love)
Will be made clear
I say that (that's all I ask)
And feel not I'm mistaken
My way home (while out at sea)
My way home (all my life)
My way home (I lose my crew)
My way home (my folk, my people)
Through time, through sin
Through thought, through karma
Through boy, through father
From child to mother
Through testing
Through flame, through fire
Through losses, Through lives retired
Through trial, Though we may tire
Through evil, be not beguiled
My mother, my dad, my brother
May perish; I hope these pains are worth it
Long as I live
You don't want it: object of your desire
I want it...I think I need it: this suffering
You don't want it.
My god, my god...
My god gives and he takes
My god makes and he breaks
My god burns and she kills
This journey: It tests man's will
These lessons, you won't want it
These blessings: oh now you want them, huh?
My way home (while out at sea)
My way home (all my life)
My way home (I lose my crew)
My way home (my folk, my people)
When all is done, I hope I see you
The ones we love drift off to sea in time
Love them little things while you can
Love the time you spend with your people
Love's the only thing that we got
Love, in time, will free all our people
My people...God free my people
Through losses,
Through lives retired
Through trials, though we may tire
Through evil, be not beguiled
My mother, my dad, my brother may perish
I hope these pains are worth it...
Spend time with those you love.
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8. |
Foreshadowing
04:46
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A black cloud this way comes
I know you know the feeling
Of the war drum
A giant's muffled steps
Heart beating out my chest,
Just do it already
Smell metallic air
Stand erect, the hair on the back of necks
Sweat-dripped finger tips
I lick my dry lips, and I think these words,
"Just do it already"
I can't break down, won't break down
Tell myself, "Hold it all in"
Can't let it get to me.
If I die 'fore I wake
Too bad I know the place
My soul will take
Do I fear that day? No.
Or do I simply say,
"Just do it already"
I feel the waves of change a-brewing
I smell the ill will of weak men stewing
I beg you, Lord, please get to doing
I don't think y'all heard me
A black cloud this way comes
I know you know the feeling
Of the war drum
A giant's muffled steps
Heart beating out my chest,
Just do it already
I can't break down, won't break down
Tell myself, "Hold it all in"
Can't let it get to me.
Lord, give me strength
Lord, protect me.
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9. |
The River, The Garden
01:53
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10. |
The Lethe, The Sea
03:21
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Burn my wings
Take my skin (flay my skin)
Take my feathers (flay my feathers)
Flay my fins (claim my fins)
Dust my bones (crush my bones)
Pluck my scales (pluck my scales)
Burn my feathers
Rot my hair
Take my eyes
Take my skin (break my skin)
Dust my bones (crush my bones)
Pluck my wings (tear my wings)
Rot my hair (steal my hair)
Do your chore (pluck my eyes)
(Imma get you through it)
(burn my tongue) Do me in
(take me 'round) Do your chore
(to your place) Make me do it
(show me wonders) Settle that score
(show your face) dust my bones
(blind my eyes) pluck my skin
(deaf my ears) Burn my feathers
Make me suffer
But still want more
Make me do it
Settle that score
Take my children
Take my land
Take my riches
Break my hands
Oh destroyer, set me free
Make me suffer
Make me breathe
Make me bleed
Make me Be
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