1. Proud Of Me (with Akilis & D-Rey)
2. Outer Space Old School Funk (with Ezzelle 12)
3. In The Backyard (with Senz of Depth)
4. Everything Is… (with D-Flow, Melstar & Abbygirl)
5. Cool For Now (with Ray Swift)
6. First Love (with Mike C, Melstar & Pipoca)
7. Avenues, Boulevards, Highways & Streets (with Ray Swift)
8. The Projects (with Blue Kusaka)
9. Breath Talk Hope Life a.k.a. Carly Patterson (with Ezzelle 12)
10. What’s Real (with Stereotype)
11. Lost… Angieless (with V.I.L.A.)
12. 5th Dimension (with Blue Kusaka)
13. Paradise (with Stereotype)
1. Proud Of Me (with Akilis & D-Rey)
This one’s for Little D
My main man
I just want to thank you
For giving me this opportunity
To really live
I hope I do you proud
Seven pounds seven ounces born Friday the seventh
Made my day I’m in heaven
I’m caught in an immediate and eternal connection
I look upon your face and I marvel at your perfection
Knowing that it could quickly turn into my own reflection
So I’m cognizant to keep on in the right direction
You still ain’t learned to talk and yet you teach me plenty lessons
Every single second that I spend with you’s a blessing
I support your head and neck you remind me to keep my head up
I show you how to take a step you show me how to step up
I’m so impressed by how fast you grow
But that’s just your way of suggesting I should take things slow
It’s amazing when I think of how my task at hand
Is to do all I can to raise a true man
But in all I do I understand I never knew
How to be a true man till I was taught by you
I could spend forever thinking ’bout you and me
My best friend I love being around you D
And your everything is who I vow to be
In the end I just want you to be proud of me
You know I secretly smile cause you cry when I leave
And when you smile I sometimes want to cry its so sweet
If I know what you need count on me to relieve
But sometimes when I don’t know why you cry I grieve
Hard to conceive you spend all day developing ways
To learn who I am and express yourself to me
I’d like to say do the same for you
So when it feels I got too much to do
I’ll remember you’re my one and only number one priority
I’m dedicated to letting you get to know me
I don’t want to tell you stories how I used to be
I’d rather live for you now and you tell others what you see
I just want to be someone that you’re proud of
The simple fact that I call you son makes me so proud love
And this a bond that can never be severed
Endeavor thru whatever spirits tethered together
So eager to let loose act like a youth
And now that I got you I got an excuse
Thank you, you inspire me to better myself
As youth slips away I’m focused more on my health
Doing mental calisthenics to maintain my wit
At the same time trying to stay physically fit
Cause I love playing intelligent and rough with you
And it increasingly gets harder keeping up with you
When we compete I’ll never let you win on purpose
That way when you taste victory you know you deserve it
And while some might say that I’m a talented man
I’d rather that be an opinion you come to first hand
I expect you to be better than me at everything I ever did
No pressure I know you’re a kid
But I hope one day you’ll look and think what I done was at least alright
Cause it helped propel you to new heights
I used to rock shows roll with top pros stop no
Shocked those listening when I dropped flows
Freestylin’ off the top of the dome leaving minds blown
Speaking on the everyday happenings at home
Nowadays I see a lot less of them crazy times
So it’s tougher to come up with all them crazy rhymes
But the thing about it son is you my life now
And ain’t never been a moment better in me life than right now
I love the crowd I know my place
Is always on stage it’s a role I embrace
Though now I’m playing for an audience of one
It takes no less to please you and it’s no less fun
And while I’m always gonna rock mics
It’s nice to have the chance to operate the spotlight
So come on step in let it shine on you
Do your thang let your essence just shine on through
This is your moment have it
Whatever you want grab it
If you can’t seem to catch it
Get on my back we’ll track it
Challenges we’ll attack it
Nothing’s outta your reach
You’re a rocket ship I’m the fire underneath
Whatever you need I’m a strive to provide
So together we succeed together we thrive
And I feel so alive you’re the answer to why
And the reason I live even after I die
If you had a younger brother
I’d probably be jealous of him
Cause you’d probably want to be his best friend
Still I’d love him
I hope he don’t hear this and take it the wrong way
Guess I’ll have to write a joint for him one day
I love you D-Rey
I gotta say hey to your mom
My beautiful wife
You know we’re both nothing without her right?
Go ahead, play
2. Outer Space Old School Funk (with Ezzelle 12)
One two one two three four
Five six seven eight nine
Yo here we go
It’s time to start the show
On your mark get set
Y’all ain’t seen nothing yet
These cats are hard as hell
Nico and Ezzelle 12
Y’all ready?
Here it is
So real that you wont believe me
But being hard is just so easy
When not writin’ I recite rhymes
But in the mean time I hope you have a nice time
And I understand that it might sound twisted
But I could never be contradicted
I just kick that futuristic
Old school flava to get you lifted
Blast off like the Florida cape
Ray of light shine from behind the 8
From the home of the tones that decapitate
To hook you up with fate man it’s piece of cake
Go head and debate TASTES GREAT mo’ fillin’
What more can I say we chillin’
Blood spillin’ call it a raw deal
Cause a style so fresh is rare and that’s real
Wheels spin like a Armstrong bike
I come on strong I know you like
When the lightning strike and the thunder sounds
I be goin’ so low like underground
Now at times you might find that I run with a crew
But a man gotta do what a man gotta do
So while some pass mics like Grey Poupon
I hold tight and look cute like a Pokémon
That’s why these girls on my jock ain’t that the truth
Hero in the eyes of all the youth
You ain’t feelin’ me I’ll show you proof ya big goof
From the front to the back – hey
All my peeps where ya at – ho
From the East to the West – ay
You now rockin’ with the best – yo
Throw your hands in the sky – ah
Make em move side to side – ooh
Now everyone gather round – right
I know you wanna be down – true
You can’t run and you can’t hide
We’re gonna get ya oh yeah we’re gonna get ya baby
Cause both our eyes are opened wide
We’re gonna get ya oh yeah we’re gonna get ya
Please feel free to sing along
You’re listening to a brand new song
That you might not have heard before
But once you do you will want more
Power music electric
Oh when it all falls down like Tetris
Get in where you fit in cause life is too short
I ain’t never been to jail but I been to court
And I got off and that was sweet
Now party people get on the floor and get down to the beat
Y’all don’t need a reason to move
Just do it cause you’re feelin’ good
Let’s go everybody anybody
If a body meet a body comin through the rye
I lay ya body flat and watch ya sorry body die
I’m the guy that’ll smash ya heads in
Suggest you pack a big stash of Excederin
The bad man mama warned you of
Big barbarian like homie the gov
Haha just playin’ I’m all about love
Right here baby come on over gimme a hug
Nick quad trip dub
Whether in your whip or in the club
Turn a mutha out like pull the plug
Glub glub glub like we in the tub
Speakin’ of which I could use a bath
It all adds up if you do the math
The funk I bust is a grade A plus
I’m that skinny ass cat who be so damn phat
and I’m peace like that LIKE WHO? like Sula
Lonestar known as slick Nick the ruler
Now lemme see you shake your hips like hula
Outer space old school funk
Outer space old school funk
Outer space old school funk
Comets, spaceships, flying saucers, aliens
Planets, meteors, stars, moons, galaxies
3. In The Backyard (with Senz of Depth)
Welcome everybody this is how we do
Just come on in and get yourself straight and see yourself straight thru
To the back and find yourself a nice patch in the sun or the shade
And conversate with cool cats and fly ladies
Anything you can imagine you might need is on the house
And ain’t no need to pay nobody back that ain’t what we about
We about to have a cypher where some folks is goin’ be bustin’ freestyles
You guaranteed to crack a smile
My man Miles crack a cold one
I sip expensive cab sav
You goin’ back to Cali hit the ave check the pad
Where we gather make the most of what we have lovin’ living
Every day feelin’ like summertime combined with Thanksgiving
In the the yard – whut?
The back – whut?
Now lay your head back
And kick your feet up
And when we kick back
No need to act up
Just relax
And feel the happiness get stacked up
Quick back it up easy back it up and let
Mr. Nickelback embellish on the cut
I’m bout to take y’all way back like back in the day
When I was young well now I’m old but still I act the same way
When I hear a track play the kind that bump
Make me have to sit back when it hit me in the front
And make me have to say got dam that’s the jam
Like the time I heard Watermelon Man on that joint from Dig Plans
Now we on some straight West Africa hits Japan
So dope other crews get jealous like Los An
But from here to San Fran we stand thru ill weather
Yet still stick together like twins in Siam
We keep it in the fam but always expand
By extendin’ a hand to everybody we meet
On them boulevards, highways, and streets
To the back alleys, backyards, and back seats
After a moment thinkin’ back upon somethin’
Mind back to the future ain’t no future in your frontin’
Relaxin ’is a means for sheddin’ stress and not for slackin’
We less on the regression more for gettin’ back in action
Perpetual progression mixed with regular reflection
Advancin’ steady movin’ in the forward direction
Takin’ chances I can’t always live my life by the book
In fact my sister got a tat sayin’ back’s a place to never look
I think it’s cool long as nobody’s left behind
In which case I heel up and bring it back come rewind
Payin’ homage to the ones who helped to make my world a better place to live
And so back’s a place I always gotta give
I do this for the kids the sisters and the brothers
The aunties and the uncles the fathers and the mothers
And all the others who got my back I got your back
Call it a comeback I’ve returned like the mack
Spittin’ raps and rippin’ tracks while we sometimes sippin’ daqs
But we never flip the facts rhymes urate with the acc
It’s like that and we still feelin’ fabulous
So fill up the chalices spark some more happiness
Home is where the heart is and my heart is with my homies
And you can be my homie even if you don’t know me
I don’t be havin’ time to pay mind to what others owe me
I only wanna make sure that nobody’s feelin lonely
I hope you’re feelin’ good like Tony Toni Tone
Come catch me in the back just coolin’ with the cronies
A word to all the phonies who be frontin’ like they hard
Just bacdafucup and stay the fuck out my yard
4. Everything Is… (with D-Flow, Melstar & Abbygirl)
(Melstar)
Everything is illuminated
It is what it is
Thank God we made it
(Melstar & Abbygirl)
Everything is illuminated
It is what it is
Thank God we made it
Thank God we made it
(Nico)
It’s been a hard day followed by a long night
The moon sets as persistent clouds
Drag a lazy sun from her desolation
I wake into an even deeper slumber
Surrounded by darkness
In a universe of distance
Blindly I navigate
Through serpent infested gardens
Indulging in that which brings me pleasure
However fleeting
I subsist
With indifference toward all that is outside of myself
With indifference toward all that is inside of myself
Stuck in a hard place no a rock to stand on
The night crept on as I kept on
Stepped on by anguish crushed by the weight of the sky
Crying out loud trying hard not to cry
Eyes wept on as my tears shed
In a river like a plague turn to blood bled blood red
Once dead still am I got to endure
What’s life? Looking ahead the scene’s obscure
Not sure in too deep I can’t go back
But every road that I take is like a circular path
I need an answer now I can’t let it be
Cause I would pay any price but I’m broke and freedom ain’t free
I call on anything greater than me
And then the clouds separate and then finally
It’s like
I rediscover my significance
Formed from the dust of the earth
The dust now settles
I rise and bathe myself in Borealis showers
Encompassed by rejuvenation
Like the creator on the eighth day
A cross illuminates the southern sky
As Cygnus triumphantly spreads her wings
Like an ugly duckling
Humbly I fall before heaven
As prominences of gratitude leap
From the surface of my being
And I marvel in such glory for the first time
Yet again
They say first time rain next time flames
Under pressure push through the pain
Last call done came but I missed the boat
Cold hold onto hope try to stay afloat
40 days 40 ounces and 40 nights
Inundated by sorrow in a flood no floodlight
Screamin’ out God don’t let me drown
Still holdin’ to what held me down
Until I finally was given strength to let go
I made it through the fire like Abednego
Now a candle in the dark helps me to believe
It’s like coming back home on Christmas Eve
They tell you look back but I’m glad somebody did
Man that somebody pulled me out of some shit
(Nico & Abbygirl)
Everything is…
Everything is…
Everything is…
Everything is…
5. Cool For Now (with Ray Swift)
Comin’ up I never had too much but it was always enough
To keep my head up when the times was tough
But at times I found that when I let my head hang down
It was only then that I would find change on the ground
That led me to believin’ in any event
I could always find a reason for me bein’ content
I don’t claim responsibility for how things is
Though I do govern my responses and the way that I live
And so comin’ up some times was rough but it was never too much
And all the struggle only made me tough
If you can call it a struggle it’s more like a ride
Just buckle up and keep your hands and arms inside
And then realize whether we be livin’ like kings
Kind of all comes down to how you’re lookin’ at things
And maybe one day I could come up and rule somehow
But yo I’m straight as a ruler man I’m cool for now
Monday it rained – But yo I’m cool for now
Tuesday’s still wetter – Man I’m cool for now
But it can only get better so I’m cool for now – Cool for now
Cool for now – I said I’m cool for now
Wednesday the sun came up – Yeah I’m cool for now
I walked outside and met her – Said I’m cool for now
It don’t get no better and that’s why I’m cool for now – Cool for now
Yeah I’m cool for now
A lot of women got kids but lack husbands
A lot of rappers got skills but lack substance
And me bein’ exemplified was never the aim
But if it happens I’m a be prepared ever the same
I check game as I’m droppin’ it straight from the top
And I don’t sweat another brother cause he tryin’ to go pop
But nowadays some are too concerned with makin’ the band
While they breakin’ the man I’m down for takin’ a stand
Makin’ a plan grabbin’ mics and takin’ command
Flowin’ for true hip-hop fans and shakin’ their hands
Throwin’ a pound gettin’ down feel the vibe goin’ around
And makin’ sounds with the freshest in town
I don’t talk about the killin’ but I never come soft
Never bust ante up take a hit then walk it off
Sweat it out you got somethin’ to say then let it out
But always keep it right when you be runnin’ the mouth
And keep on runnin’ after the prize
Stay on your feet never fall and don’t fall for them lies
Cause some guys get away with whatever fools allow
But no use knockin’ the hustle man I’m cool for now.
You cool? – It’s cool.
I’m cool. – We cool?
You cool? – I’m cool.
We cool. – They cool?
He cool. – She cool.
She cool. – He cool.
They cool. – I’m cool.
It’s cool. – Cool.
Life is like a heater but I stay cool
Mama said wanna be an eater be a fisher – cool
So I try to get smarter before tryin’ to get richer
And gain understanding staying rooted in the scripture
We all got stress but you can’t let it get ya
Gotta shed the excess until you find the right mixture
Of the little things and then suddenly it hits ya
Everybody’s life is like a separate motion picture
The camera’s always rollin’ so it’s never time to edit
Success is measured in how many times you show in other peoples’ credits
And I ain’t tryin’ to win a Golden Globe
I only want a story that’s worthy of being told when I’m old
Pass it on to my kids’ children
Because we all pass on and don’t no one know when
And it’s hard to say exactly where I’ll be in the end
But yo I’m cool for now and I’m a still be then
You know how you have some days
When it seems like ain’t nothin’ goin’ your way
You just gotta think it ain’t gonna be like this forever
And so I’m cool for now
Then there’s those other times where everything is just perfect
How you wish it would be
And it’s then I look at life and say
Man this is cool
6. First Love (with Mike C, Melstar & Pipoca)
(Melstar)
I never knew sunshine quite like this before
A heaven sent warmth from above
Now I am so proud I’m callin’ you my own
You’re my first my one and only love
(Nico & Pipoca)
I still remember the first time I saw you you blew my mind
With your heavenly presence and smile so divine
Pure elegance and grace from your face to feet
And in astonishment I wondered if we would ever meet
And then one day we finally did and for the first time we talked
And when we said our goodbyes I must admit that I was shocked
That I could hold a conversation?
Naw it’s just a bit of a surprise
That a girl like you would even take the time to talk to simple guys
But soon I learned your beauty went far deeper than the skin
I got familiar with the woman within
It was like you’re so out of a dream yet so real
With many more surprises only time would reveal
It’s been an extremely enjoyable emotional experience
Since you came along and I could go on forever
On the way you made me feel back in the days
And ’bout how ever since then I’ve never ceased to be amazed
Now it’s been one year since you and I’ve been together
I can say without a doubt it’s been my best year ever
Incredible when I look back on everything that’s happened
And discover that we’ve been through more than I could have imagined
You’ve always stood beside me and it’s crazy cause it’s me
I got so many imperfections seems you just don’t see
But in reality you just in tune with what really matters
You see the good inside me and for that I’m greatly flattered
It don’t matter what the situation is you do your best to understand
And help me see that we can make it hand in hand
While it’s true that you and I may have our differences
Still we know each other well enough that
We complete each other’s sentences
And when we disagree we learn from it and forgive
And what I’ve learned it’s not until you shared your heart you’ve truly lived
And so I thank you for the life you’ve given me girl you’re the best
And I’m so lucky I’m yours
Better yet I’m so blessed
And I feel that this could last forever
And I feel that this could last for all time
It’s like before we knew each other we were meant for one another
And connected on a level of the soul and mind
That in and of itself is special
And I’m so humbled that you feel the same
You’re like the love I always wanted love I never thout I’d have
I think I wanna have your baby
I wanna be your baby’s dad
(Melstar)
My one and only love
My one and only love
My one and only love
My one and only love
7. Avenues, Boulevards, Highways & Streets (with Ray Swift)
Avenues boulevards highways and streets
To all my people in cars and all my people on feet
Pump up the volume nod your head to the beat
And when the track finish throw the song on repeat
Now if you’re on the freeway with the bass in your seat
Or strollin’ with your boom box outside in the heat
Turn it up turn it up just feel the beat
Avenues boulevards highways and streets
It’s been said the destination is a small percent
Of what matters never discount the time spent
On the journey you heard me I’m putting it down
You gotta always remember when you gettin’ around
To choose your path wisely and if you stick to a plan
Then make sure that you enjoyin’ it as much as you can
Because no matter the time and no matter the weather
One thing that’s for certain is it all comes together
Where the white lines separate black masses
Out in the avenues that’s where it all happens
Some see the highway as just a means to an end
But when you reach the end you find that’s where it really begins
Cause you can take on a mission have mad vision
Grip the steering wheel in both hands and be driven
Have all the will in the world but if you can’t find a way
You goin’ always be stuck at point A
A lot of cats say the streets raised ’em
Some take it even one step further than that and say the streets saved ’em
Well I was raised by my moms and pops
But coming up on the boulevard rolling through stops
Is where I got educated and I gained respect
For the one thing in common lets us all connect
Though it seems we strangers movin’ different directions
Opportunity waits at each and every intersection
Cause we all the same body that longs to be filled
We share different tools the aim is to build
The streets are like a city’s bloodstream
Me I’m like that black blood cell tryin’ to keep the stream clean
Now hip-hop’s sick but I transport the remedy
Straight from the heart to all the outer extremities
Cure making sure each word is said right
And we won’t be stopping for no red lights tonight
I wrote this while driving on the 91 westbound
Sunroof wide open with the windows down
Pen in my notebook one eye on the road
With a disc from Ray Swift in the Sony Xplod
Got something to share with those
Who no matter where it is they don’t ever stop tryin’ to get there
If you’ve already made it then you probably don’t care
This song is for the people who be going somewhere
Now Rosecrans Avenue ya don’t stop
Imperial Highway ya don’t stop
Out to Beach Boulevard ya don’t stop
To the Valley View Ave ya don’t stop
Artesia Boulevard ya don’t stop
Alondra Boulevard ya don’t stop
You’re on Telegraph Road ya don’t stop
I love Clemson Street ya don’t stop
To the 5 and the 10 ya don’t stop
605, 105 ya don’t stop
405, 110 ya don’t stop
710, 91 ya don’t stop
101, 134 don’t stop
55, 22 ya don’t stop
57 to the 60 don’t stop
210 to the 118
And to the 71
To the 170 ya don’t stop
14 and the 2 ya don’t stop
And to the 90 yeah ya don’t stop
Avenues boulevards highways and streets
SI Unit
What street you on right now?
8. The Projects (with Blue Kusaka)
It’s the projects, the literary process
By which I produce these legendary objects
I invest my soul to bring limitless prospects
While steady making progress
Let me let you in on this opportunity
To experience what’s got me constantly
Occupied so intimately that my occupation
Becomes gainin’ inspiration from infinite situations
I’ll say somethin’ now just so I clear up the confusion
This here is actual magic it isn’t an illusion
The words… verbs… nouns… sounds that I splice
Like an infinitesimal decimal I’m precise
Perpetually mentally in motion now I’m showin’
My devotion passion and imagination get goin’
Find me flowin’ like a fountain then I’m lost in the vibes
In amounts that’s near impossible to count or describe
Pronounced alive on arrival like Inspectah Deck
I’m workin’ for a mic check while payin’ proper respect
Mr. Kusaka rock a pair of SL-1210 MK2 Techs
So you can come and you can boogie like Vex
I never say probably for me success is not an anomaly
But it’s simply something that’s gotta be had nobody stoppin’ me
Jams spannin’ the gamut from tragedy to comedy
Party bop to talk on political party policy
Pop culture references like American Idol
To straight verses from the Bible Christ and his disciples
Breakin’ bread with my fam and breakin’ heads of my rivals
With quotes that be so potent you’re hopin’ for subtitles
Composin’ my recital’s like a chef cookin’ a recipe
Selectin’ all the best ingredients is a necessity
I need to get the perfect blend to end up with poetic
Rhymes that’s tight and beats that’s hype and right to get you energetic
I’m dedicated educated with a fire burning
Stay discernin’ earnin’ credit in this school of higher learnin’
Turnin’ in my senior project for a masters degree
Summa cum laude in the field of ceremonies
Now I graduated feelin’ like I just got off restriction
Time to get scientific like that museum off Exposition
In this competition got my sight set on blue ribbons
Wanna feel the bass like NaOH or Chone Figgins
Let the treble burn like acid when I’m flexin’ on these tracks
A chemist servin’ you the lesson like the Cut from Jurassic
Hip-hopologist with the scholarship
I go for knowledge over dollars so I’ll never be profitless
Apocalypse is comin’ Nicodemus transcends
It begins in the lab with a pad and a pen
Takin’ down notes like an analyst records data
Blue records musical notes and works the cross fader
Nothing greater keep it balanced like an equation in chemistry
Project purpose is providing pleasure for your sensory
So turn up the mass and lay low on the density
In other words pump up the intensity
9. Breath Talk Hope Life a.k.a. Carly Patterson (with Ezzelle 12)
Yeah kinda smooth just move with it
Breath
Involuntary but necessary
Alone the very essence of existence
Persistence without thought
Talk
Verbal written or bodily utility
Method of expression
Grants ability to share commonly
Hope
The all encompassing motivational force
Leading to every decision
And the subject of all vision
Life
The beginning the end
The friend the enemy
The contest the context
The energy
I’ve come full circle to square and floated
Through ethereal space with the slightest of cares
As thoughts fill the air on a magical vibe
Blessed be the younglings along for the ride
Inside these walls a secret’s exposed
A long forgotten myth that everyone knows
Relate to those whom I happen to reach
In relative terms through methods of speech
Seek companionship travel in depth
I commence the quest and take the next step
Now come as the time change to night from day
And clouds change from white to gray right this way
Come on it’s gonna be alright
The intangible intricacies intrigue
Lucidity found by those who journey to read
In between the lines zig-zags waves and curves
Amidst other places things people and verbs
Unsettled our nerves and yet still we play through
Factor time down to powers we’re raised to
Achieve unity when divided by one
The difference is found not in all but in sum
Product of creation evolved to a state
Where provision’s manifested in the form of a plate
Of knowledge that can prove a satisfactory meal
Though this new enlightenment I feel is somewhat surreal
Yeah you feel it?
I wander the sequence of honest attempts
To make sense of that which my senses sense
In this dissolution resolve to stand strong
Though these answers are more frequently stumbled upon
So merrily I fall somewhere in between
Ice and steam this life is more than a dream
Maintain my flow row gently down the stream
Elegant like Carly Patterson balancin’ on beams
In the sky I spy Jack and his beans
Just another indication things are not what they seem
When in this fairy tale I find myself surrounded by gremlins
Caught in a cypher with no wings
Know what I’m sayin’?
At that point I knew I was in trouble
But ain’t no trouble I can’t get out of
Breath – exhale
Talk – express
Hope – expect
Life – exist
10. What’s Real (with Stereotype)
(Nico)
Now sometimes I’m confused but I’m never surprised
Cause it’s so much available to open my eyes
And others look at me like I’m a worthless tool
But somebody must be looking through the eyes of a fool
Cause every choice I make is based on what I perceive
And if you disagree then that’s what you believe
But who the hell are you to tell me I’m wrong
Everybody’s in my business still I’m alone
(Melstar)
Things I’m living through right now
Got me questioning what’s real
Is it based on what I’m feeling?
Is this really how I feel?
Been betrayed by intuition
I can’t trust a memory
Will I ever understand?
Or was I never meant to be?
(Nico)
Had to take it on myself to keep myself on track
Getting up from the ground I shake the dirt off my back
Spent a long time wondering what life is about
Now I’m at a point think I finally figured it out
Used to not give a hoot but now I’m starting to care
I’m gettin’ older I thought I made it somewhere
But tryin’ to get my foot in I slammed my toe in the door
I thought that this was heaven but I don’t know anymore
(Veckter)
Now everything moves so quick
As I lose my grip with this obelisk
Thru the dire straits of cyberspace
While the eyes dilate think you might relate
Feel the heart vibrate every twist of fate
Make the mind wanna relocate
To another state with every riff and spliff
Gettin’ so lit so illiterate
So tired of these hip-hop hypocrites
Soarin’ so high like a hippogriff
With every toke and joke I slowly watch
All these dreams go up in smoke
With a overdose of comatose
Every time so close till I Roanoke
All hope lost no self esteem
Just a requiem for a dream
(Nico)
Wanna fly wanna touch sky
Wanna know what’s up take a look from the bird’s eye
Gotta get high wanna know shit dope shit no shit
Smoke this come on take a hit little hopeless
Just a little bit that’s it get baked
Get fake sleep fall awake have and eat your cake
Not enough wanna love got the best hot sex
Drop X don’t stress about the after effects
Brother hold up slow your roll
Think a little bit ’fore you lose control
Cause you play with a match and you could get burned
And it ain’t all good if it’s no return
Yeah reality’s fucked but make no mistake
If you’re fucked up too it’s not an escape
On the real I ain’t God I ain’t judgin’ you
I just hope if He’s real He like what I do
11. Lost… Angieless (with V.I.L.A.)
It’s been how many months since I’ve been penning this rhyme?
Swear it feels like its been since the beginning of time
And you are always on my mind
Memories of how I left you behind
It’s no use trying to focus on what’s next in line
I can’t believe how much I think about my ex sometimes
And those September nights watchin’ sunsets on the beach
Before the fun fell just outta reach
And the times we had nothin’ short of the best
But that’s not to say we wasn’t put to the test
With you givin’ all that you got and me stressin’
That whole is what you got good enough question
Me just a youngling eagerly hunting
For something to cure my wanting though
She was right under my nose I suppose the story goes
But I can’t go for that no
Everybody knows you always had glitz
I heard recently you got a bit more ritz
A couple championships
Just know this, I’m glad you’re thrivin’
Believe me when I say that I’m survivin’
The bottom line’s well I improved my game
Got a lotta clientele tryin’ to sign my name
Hell you probably goin’ thru the same well whatever
This was never meant to be forever ever
I don’t lie when I say I’m a much better man
Than I was back then when we were together
To that you can’t have objections
But without us we can’t have perfection
It ain’t that I ain’t too proud to beg
It’s more like c’mon now I shouldn’t have to beg
What I’m tellin’ you is that I’m ready for you to be ready to go back to the past
Now that I got futuristic class
Know it ain’t right for me to take my current situation for granted
Especially when it’s almost exactly the way that I planned it
That’s why I can’t understand it
Never thought it’d be so hard to manage
And it ain’t like we Ike and Tina
But still it’s like why did I get married man Mike and Trina
Lackin’ satisfaction
I’m tired of sittin’ ’round saying we’ll see what happens
It’s time for some action but from who? Me or you?
If it’s me that’s cool. Just tell me what I should do
And if it’s get with you I’m on the first flight I can catch
As long as I got a place to crash
And I would hate to clash so I’m a trash the greed
And I can’t wait cause we a great match indeed
I just miss you so hard I need to kiss you so hard we bleed
I miss you Angie
12. 5th Dimension (with Blue Kusaka)
In the first millenium the aliens were scattered cross the land
Selected to dwell amongst man
Now we swiftly leaving our mark upon the third
So I paused at the zenith for a chance to get heard
Tick tick think quick St. Nick the cosmic wonder
Could have caught me at the ark when the Lord brought the thunder
And the rain came down like a meteor shower
At the equinox set time forth an hour
I’m in a foreign land where I was born native
When I was created my style is so creative
I read the verses then I wrote my verses
Like Pete wrote the verses I quote the verses
It’s complicated living as a stranger
But at the same moment I’m impervious to danger
Knowing that my imani’s what keeps me protected
And even in my freedom brothers still get respected
I maintain equanimity even when I suffer
Cause if you don’t suffer you never get no tougher
I approach my dwelling here as if I was a stone
Combined with many other asteroids in the belt to make homes
Terrestrial I can’t become accustomed
I said yo I’m a do this for my Man cause I trust him
He told me everything I need to know was on the tablet
I took that to the heart as I set off into orbit
And I listened close to hear what other creatures had to say
I heard that ancient scholars used the stars to guide their way
I glanced at the ecliptic saw the Libra constellation
But I came across my astronaut helmet through salvation
The Captain gives the pilot the okay
I cruise through the expanse created on the second day
I took the time to calculate the range of His vicinity
I multiplied 3 decimal point one 4 times infinity
Came up with a very big number
Represent new year’s day till the last of December
I once thought on increments that fell between seconds
But now my thinking’s straight and I’ve always been sober
The Captain overlooks personal imperfections
It’s all made possible by means of resurrection
Brothers heard my thoughts and their response was like true this
But when the sun sets they act shady like Judas
And they warp throughout the various altered mental states like a vortex
Space dust intoxicates the cerebral cortex
Ignorant indulgence like it’s smoke in the lungs
Now they selling they souls to the fangs the forked tongues
Become at one with the planet
Contemplate existence and the phrase is God damn it
The irony’s immense and the consequence is scary
I live in reverent fear boy I’m interplanetary
And I strive to always keep my mind in constant preparation for some action
Self controlled in hopes of the fullest satisfaction
Not conformed to ignorance while dwelling in the blackness
Instead I’m transformed like my name was Ultra Magnus
Earthlings crave the sun like the angiosperm
The day they get too much be the day they get burned
Trying to play it cool like smooth like silk
Me I’m just a baby wanting milk
The 4th dimension’s time and the 5th is of the spirit
I’m spending all my ¼s on this level till I clear it
Complexities can’t always be perceived by the mind
The true solution’s often hard to find
Divine is controlling it’s more than intervening
I learned that about life when I searched for the meaning
And although I’ve been granted an extensive education
I still remain open to some more interpretation
I can’t never learn enough I’m always moving up
Foundation staying solid like the beats out of the cut
A product of justification and glorification
I took the time to read about my pre-destination
I found out I had a purpose like nia
Self-determination like kujichagulia
But faith in greater forces comes before self-reliance
Because I’ve been redeemed I perform death-defiance
And I travel light speed as I dodge enemy missles
Possibly cause I went to flight school with the epistles
Every rhyme I state my phasers activate
My humanoid composition functions as a bait
It’s way too many souls fronting like they’re in control
But deep within themselves they can feel the black hole
The problem is the auricle and ventricle’s hollow
I had to give Him thanks when He filled my tank
Now I’m following the path like Peter follows James
Worth more than the aurum that’s refined in the flames
Now we on a roll teamed up with the almighty
Everything under control get beamed up like Scotty
In my space capsule set the frequency on 7
I throw up a peace sign as I teleport to heaven
True this life can get you down if you let it
I’m flying home when it’s all over where you headed?
The paternal entity is on the internal
While the total of the external focus is placed on the eternal
All that’s in the future goin’ soon be in the past
I’m trying to go for something that’ll last
13. Paradise (with Stereotype)
(Melstar)
I often dream about the day when I will see you
And I’ll hold you in my arms and I will promise
I will be there when you call
My life is for you
I never mean to hurt you
And although you’re here in me
At times I wonder if you’re hearing me at all
(Nico)
As she began the evening she suppressed the ugly notion
That she had the power to make everybody disappear
She dressed herself in something really pretty
As she glanced into the mirror touched her belly grinned and wiped away a tear
She fixed her makeup and convinced herself that it would be okay
If she could make enough to make it through another day
But each and every night before she lay she took the time to pray
And ask the Lord if there could ever be another way
She stepped outside the door to face the world and started off
In no particular direction cause her future was a blur
The longing that she had within her heart was the desire
To receive the same affection that she had for him or her
The love song she would sing as she would stroll the streets at night
Was to the person deep inside who gave a purpose to her life
She took one last step and then she saw the lights
And then he swept her off to paradise
(Melstar)
You can’t take my joy away from me
I’ve got everything I need right here inside of me
So I’ll keep holding on to what I have
To who I have
(Nico)
As he began the evening he took time out to reflect upon
The things that he’d been through and look around all he had
And thinking back to how it used to be it wasn’t hard
For him or anyone to see that recently it wasn’t bad
Cause he had known the struggle of a youth in search of truth
And how a she could be the driving force that brought him to success
But unlike her his unending devotion for whatever it was for
Was somehow able to keep everyone impressed
He always had the best it seemed he lived a dream so who would guess
With all that he possessed that he was never satisfied
And while the world would see him on the street out in his ride
What no one knew was secretly he kept a bottle by his side
The only thing he needed in his life was just to love somebody
Who would love him back and who would hold him through the night
This is how they met he’d never seen the light
So he carried her away to paradise
He and she, you and me, undercover
We’re making love and thinking ’bout how much we hate each other
We live to die, with too many lies to trust
And every time we bust lust transforms to disgust
Cause though we come in close we’ll always be alone
We need a rock but somehow we become each other’s stepping stones
And then we wonder where the days went
We paralyzed with amazement, the answer’s in the pavement
It’s covered in cash, broken glass, and heart fragments
We walk the thin line between need and attachment
Drugged up on placebos addicted
Unpredictable fate got hopes evicted
And still we press on in the quest for something greater
But God enabled us with the power to be creators
But now you got your own now, leave me alone now
Go on now
As he or she we’re not sure which began the evening
He or she was filled with hopes of one day coming to the world
Cause although she was drowning at the bottom of the ocean
Maybe he could find her bring her up and uncover her pearl
And maybe he or she was just naïve when he or she believed
That he or she could live and overcome all that was wrong
Cause all throughout her life a lot of hims had come and gone
But he or she would find a peace within the comfort of her song
Now they can talk about one starting off disadvantaged
But if damage was irreparable is left to me and you
And what makes one a criminal can also make a person innocent
And that one thing is just not knowing what to do
Now whether he or she would be like her or be like him
Is hard to say and either way who knows if either one was right
So maybe he or she already lost the fight
But now the only light that he or she will ever know is paradise
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THE PEN, THE VIEW, THE ANGELS
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