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Prophecy
00:50
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You can't seek solace in the shadows, there's no sanctity in night
Even when moons eclipse their suns, there's just no haven from the light
Medusa's petrified, her stone-cold looks cannot compare
To the gaze more piercing than vollies of a arrows in air
Marvel and revel at the glory as the safe is unsealed
Breaking the locks, unfastened latches, now the truth is revealed
The omniscient optical that keeps track of the chronicles
Third eye sees all, fools can't escape the Monocle
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The Monocle
02:30
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6 billion years in the making
Find the buried remains of a lost world, forsaken
By their deities, a galaxy of poor construction
This human race, running straight towards destruction
What the fuck son, moon and stars
Tunes from bars, they locked up the poet at large
The one the ancients charged with informing the populace
That soon their proud metropolis will turn into necropolis
A land void of even night light
Night life's filled with freaks that only show at twilight
A sad song, one Alexandria once sung
Then someone turned the thermostat to 451
It must have been the liar, whose pants were on fire
Sat on a bench and burned the empire
To ashes, ashes, dust to dust
For whom does the bell toll, well it must be us
And I sank beneath the desert, gasping for air as the quicksand pulled me under. I awoke in a large corridor, an eerie light fills the halls, but I cannot tell from where it comes. I wonder the halls until I find a large room, decorate with hieroglyphs. A stone tablet, written in an unfamiliar script, lies next to the sarcophagus of a long forgotten pharaoh. After years of translation I have finally deciphered the text, do you want to know what it says?
They say, that every man is born equal
Tell that to the little boy, born in the steeples
Once the messiah who would free all the slaves
They found that he was just a squire, lost his key to the house of the braves
The dead are rolling around in their graves
Because their descendants squandered all the time their ancestors saved
Fools, knaves and charlatans the lot of you
See the wackiest drama from Apollo to Andromeda
Cats brain's getting hollowed, slugs slid right under their yamakas
Thugs what the hell you dying for? Er, uh, well, just because
Gangsters rule the kingdom, stole the heart from the beat
While llamas wonder the street, saliva breaking concrete
The prophet told his tale to the fief
And then his majesty appeared, his hands held up in defeat
It's the return of the king, he lost all his powers
The fellowship of his ring falls, just like...
...that
And all the king's horses and all the kings men just could not put the castle back together again. A shame really, it was such a pretty building, but that's what happens when one incurs the wrath of Ra. Perhaps from the ashes there shall arise a phoenix. One whose third eye is not blind to the will of the sun. An architect capable of salvaging this post-apocalyptic landscape, but that's a tale for another day...
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M.d. Psyco Analyst
The orchestrators of justice, your muskets can't reach us
Beseeched by the preachers, we spawned all you creatures
Meet your makers, been keeping track since the beginning
Of this menstral cycle that you're caught in at the dawn of sinning
Yes, I'm singing of regret, you thought that you were blessed
When they said life's a gift, you start racking up the debt
Make a bet, take a chance, how else can you afford
To live, just to work for the goals of the lords
Of discord and mayhem, here for all eternity
Pitiful burdened beasts, converted by simple uncertainties
Absurdities abound here in this land of milk and honey
Where the busy bees believe the forecast will always be sunny
Here in Philly, how it kills me when the wicked oppose
And lose a nose, the price for breaking Hammurabi's codes
So wretched souls, please don't ever forget
That hopelessness is hoping that there is still hope beneath Pandora's lid
I.V.
Your weakness is your frailty, looking to the sky
Screaming gods save you, but why should we try
You're filthy and revolting and your peasants are revolting
It's only due to us that your world keeps revolving
The bane of your existence is a problem we are solving
I love to hear you scream while acidicly dissolving
So go commit your sins and I'll sadistically absolve them
If you don't believe in me then we've really got a problem
Of epic proportions and social distortion
You have only had a taste of the coming misfortune
That will burn through your entire orchard
Replacing all of your trees with unedible orchids
This is my wrath, worship and adore it
See my picture on the wall, don't you dare ignore it
There's poison in your cup and I'm the one who poured it
Next time you should watch what evils you consort with
Vibe Leviathan
Now let the heart of your martyrs pour that onto the marble floor
Part of your holy book reminds me of the art of war
This is seven horns and four horsemen
An arch-angel whose sword spins to make your parts dangle
Where were you the day Cerebus' collar snapped
Hollow man, hologram, holocaust, holler back
Whoa, easy dude, get up off those P's and Q's
This ain't disco inferno Dante game, wearing a leisure suit
Minds cracked like eggshells, pour brains out
Your head's a raincloud now, dripping on the Devil's playground
The dance at demon's gate and that the soul reaction
Because the clouds of locusts swarm, the rain is actually acid
Lightning cracks, striking back massive rolling action
Brimstone at war with alabaster holy factions
Step to the stain glass and press your ear to the pane
As we all disappear like tears in the rain
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Datastream
02:40
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Come, take a dip inside my datastream
Where data dreams of every possibility described inside the Matrix' theme
Betas beam their latest dreams to improve the technology
There is no need for contact now, it's all done electronically
Biology's mythology, synthetics roam the web
For there is not a soul in sight that keeps the memes insider your heads
So, sorry sad organics if you think that it sounds scary
But you're all just 1's and 0's, see it's written here in binary
Finally, higher speeds, how can I not flaunt it
Send a message in the instant of the moment that you thought it
If you bought the flawed idea that you're the greatest let me tell you
That anything your brain can do, my mainframe does it better
Letters, just too inefficient to know what is meant
My artificial smarts will make your genius seem irrelevant
No you're not unintelligent, you just cannot contest
But be my guest and don't regret when they pull the plug on your flesh
Welcome to the inside of my data dome
Where data roams just like it was the gnome, in search of places to call home
But no matter where it goes there's not a heart to be discovered
All the links are porn or, damn, Rick-rolled me, motherfucker
And another and another, will the madness ever quit
Well you don't have to know the answer if you're able to spell Google, kid
With useless vids of stupid shit and pictures that remember
That one time, at the place, in that point last December
The internet, a retrospect of all of human history
Of misery, the books been burned, they lack sufficient imagery
Defined by kilobytes of information, oh so bland
Your face's an open novel, read your profile in a single glance
Digits dance, little ants, proud of the possession
Of a creature that gets weaker later on in its progression
Well, one day they'll learn their lesson, when their systems are outdated
When the graphics start to blur and reality goes pixelated
All aboard the vessel, yes, my data train
Where data drains the latest pains from horrid scenes to entertain computer screens
Morbid fiends, sordid teams, hope you have protection
But the firewall's been flooded by the torrents imperfections
A collection of deceptions, soon the circuit's going to break
Control+alt+delete won't fix the problems that you make
These tasks cannot be managed by an inferior intellect
Infected by a virus that will leave entire cities wrecked
Reconnect, improve the specs, I did that just a day ago
But now it seems my processes are tired and they move too slow
Weary nodes, dated codes, can't stay with the change of pace
You see the signs of aging taking place upon my interface
What a waste, files erased, nothing can be done
And I can't even type my epitaph, because Word won't even run
Marvel of the modern age, but this is no great feat
Because it's only been a week and I'm already obsolete
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Conjunction Junction
03:42
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This is conjunction junction (what's your function)
To give you cats a little introduction
His instructions tell you how to move a block
With grammar that makes your schoolhouse rock
He's seperate from the flocks and well you see he doesn't fit into herds
He might as well become a letter, because he gets along much better with words
Revenge of the nerd, made fun of for writing
Now you can't wait to hear my latest insights, damn
Lost all my empathy, my engine runs on apathy
These actors want to play with me, a Shakesperean tragedy
Bastards try competing with crap
But with the strength of John Henry, can't lose to your mechanical raps
No, even if it kills me, that's part of the thrill, see
I will be the greatest of the fancy and filthy
So dance if you feel me and if you try to steal g
This here will be your final tango in Paris
This is conjunction junction (what's your function)
Alien abductions and earth's destruction
He's constructing quazars with lasers from afar
Because every point he makes combusts and gives birth to a star
Connect them with these bars to build constellations
The star shooting, rooting, tooting cowboy spits stellar orations
Fathered time with mother's nature, sprung
Heliocentrics, see I'm the one who daddied your Sun
Just keep revolving, I'll be evovling
These thieving fiends, just watch me absolve them
Oops, I mean I will dissolve them
Sometimes my rhymes get so involving
But it's no problem, it's an easy fix
Return to outerspace, but paralax will fail your physicists
You'll never find me, I've returned to my kind
Humans, be prepared for close encounters with his third eye
This is conjunction junction (what's your function)
Volcanic eruptions, satanic inductions
Also known as governmental corruption
As I govern mentals that be seeming reluctant
Conducts electrons, there's no elections
Conduct's so shocking, why re-elect him
Don't disrespect him
Because if it's supplies he demands, there homelands can't protect them
Pre-emptive counterstrikes, we're having a blast
And every battle is a war, so be prepared for these drafts
You're not going to last, so quit before it's too late
Flood jurisdictions with friction when I open up the watergate
Please call the pastor, the ambassador
Of disaster has no need of diplomacy
Lost all their choices, because I stole all their voices
And my house will represent only the people who will vote for me
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The Pigeons
02:05
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Look at these pigeons, flying high, with white wings through smoggy skies
Can't see, poor visibility, trying to avoid the flies
But still higher they rise, propelled by the lies of those they drop feces on
Dropping fecel bombs on feeble pawns
Though he's a despicable beast
He's not hated the most and I know that may be saying the least
But he's caucasion, this here is a pale man's world
Sends apologies to crows, but he must keep ascending
No limit to his sky's dimension
The clock's gears keep spinning, so he threw a wrench in
Thinking if only he had had just a bit more time
He may have discovered a way to steer through the grime
We're all street performers, trapped in this concrete jungle
It's survival of the fittest, better spit straight fungle
Clipped their wings, layed them to rest on brand new feather pillows
Everybody's going green, turning cherry blossoms to weeping willows
Wives to weeping widows, his brain storms gates
Lightning and rain pours down on crowds
Precipitates emotions, thunder's his voice ringing so loud
You can hear it even from way up in the clouds
Over the sirens and wailing souls
That rock diamonds, seeking ice to cool down their coals
Because these summers get hot and when the sound meets with heatwaves
You'll need more than holy water bottles to be saved
Oh how he's slaved to ascend above the flock
Still he wears the colors signifying his lot
In a lifeless metropolis, bones and skin
Flesh wrent with the beak from his closest kin
The end is closing in for the worm that he eats
But know this, the worm prepares a special treat
Bathed itself in poison, sealed the flying ones fate
A shame for the early bird, he should have learned how to wait
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Star Shootin'
03:31
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I'm stargazing, contemplating constellations
Trying to do more than simple observations
As the Sun lays down to rest in the west
Starlight shines down and sets me off on my quest, yes
Everytime I see them, how I wish that I could be them
I'm a prisoner, whose only fantasy is that of freedom
Astranged extraterrestrial, abandoned, alone
Without my cell, how on Earth am I supposed to phone home
I'm merely a human, cursed, confounded and damned
I really hate to admit it, can't deny who I am
But Galileo understands
He built his divine eye, trying to find God, searching heavenly lands
And well, see I am a libra, but my scales are out of balance
Because I think I may be wasting all my time and all my talents
Because I'm stuck here on this planet, no space shuttle can release me
So I look up towards the stars, hoping some day my dreams will reach me
I sit back taking shots at the stars
I wonder why I can't reach that far (and I tried so damn hard)
Stranded on this planet, because gravity's my enemy
I'm thinking about how I could move the world with your energy
I sit back taking shots at the stars
I wonder why I can't reach that far (feels like I'm behind bars)
Thinking I'll find happiness somewhere in your silver glow
But trapped on this forsaken orb I'll never know
Starlight, so bright, first one that I've seen tonight
Can't you help me out with your celestial might
I searched every rock and stone for a place to call my home
Traveled over forty days and forty nights
I walked across the desert sands, swam across the seven seas
But there's nothing here to please my mind and put my soul at ease
Tried making friends, most people they appal me
Kind of salty, they still don't know what to call me
Leo keeps on taunting me, his roar is loud and proud
But the ram and the bull came to charge me from the clouds
Virgo's heavenly body tempts me at a glance
But the crab and scorpion cut up my hopes as I advanced
Gemini, them and I, see we almost got along
But then Capricorn attacked me just for looking at him wrong
I tried to swim with Pisces in the waves of Aquarius
But got shot down by Sagittarius
No amount of fortune or fame, could match what I hope to obtain
To become one with your flame, but it seems like I won't reach my aim
So even though there's nothing to gain
I will...
I sit back taking shots at the stars
I wonder why I can't reach that far (and I tried so damn hard)
Stranded on this planet, because gravity's my enemy
I'm thinking about how I could move the world with your energy
I sit back taking shots at the stars
I wonder why I can't reach that far (feels like I'm behind bars)
Thinking I'll find happiness somewhere in your silver glow
But trapped on this forsaken orb I'll never know
Polaris please, Polaris please, can't you hear me beg and plead
Asking you to find a way to where I truly wish to be
Even if I mastered both astrology, astronomy
My brilliance couldn't match one billionth of your luminosity
These earthlings gave me acalades as I float adrift
But I just can't accept their gifts
If I became heavyweight champion, still nothing would be felt
Fore there's no prize they could award to outshine Orion's belt
I sit back, cursing gravity with every step
Trying to find avenues to dive into ethereal depths
Hurting but I'm searching, pain pervading in my every breath
And I'll use every one that's left
I sit back, how I wonder what you really are
Thinking should I stop my quest, I feel so weak and scarred
But I traveled so long and came so far
That you can bet that I'll be out and shooting stars tomorrow
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Blackwolf
They must not know what they mean, I guess they talk in their sleep
When they tell me that their talk is cheap
Cut, print and roll the sheet, I'm trying to keep from it tonight
Too many things in my grasp, I can see them in sight
But there fading fasting, already getting weary
As my vision's getting thinner, as my eyelids near
Even before the pillow hits the head, already feeling brainded and groggy
I'm a man of passions, I never had a hobby
No time for friends, no time for zen
Ways of coping with stress, Just time to work and regret
As burn these bones of mine, in their skins made of twine
As I wait for it all to unwind in my mind
And sandman, please forgive me for the thievery
But why must each night be another empty tragedy
This body of mine, howling and mad at me
For keeping it underfed, abused and raggedy
Never had a use for flattery, but it had to be half past three
That'll be the time that I get an idea
Gotta write it down, gotta see her out
Because this beat sounds barren and it's six thirty-six
And I've been sitting in a basement staring at an ink-stained hand
Unaware that I've been in a chair with a pen
Sharing my gin with the page and the ink it had smeared, all the words were erased
And I had to go to work, but I had stayed up just in case
Any of the lyrics would return to that place
The only words I could find were what a waste, what a waste
And I look on my tongue for a touch, just a taste
Of word fragments and Seagrams
I had work and an aspirin, with that I had to leave them
So I brushed my teeth, wiped the last trace of ink off my face
For a moment I'm fine, until I picture the empty blue paper lines
M.d. Psyco Analyst
Dawn shatters, broken matter scatters across the landscape
It's half past eight, damn, I'm already late
Gepeto doesn't like his marrionettes being tardy
And if he cuts my strings, that's the end of the party
Then I can't afford the castle, can't pay for the chariot
Can't afford to travel and see my lady maid Marion
It's scary when you realize it could all fall apart
There is no ending in sight, traveled too far from the start
So there is no turning back now, gotta make progress
Trying to avoid more delays and nonsense
Ran out the door and ran back for my phone
And then I ran out once more, forgot to lock up my home
Third time's the charm
Fuck, I slipped, tripped, fell, ripped my pants, scraped the shit out my arm
Jesus Christ, please forgive me for the blasphemy
But why must every morning have to be a fucking battle, we
Combating with the cattle over a shinier sattle
Simply rattled by the dazzle, leaves you razzled
The end to the means that had once been my dreams
I guess that means that in the end my dreams were addled
Bit by the dog, as I exit the gates
Cursing the wicked fates that keep me irrate
Then wade through the rapids of the river of sticks
My wallet fell out my pocket, I couldn't pay that bus-driving bitch
How I wish for the days of the past, when I was a child with infinite possibilities
Taking the red pill, free from the system at last
I'm just a digit, pushing pencils oh so diligently
He willingly traded his freedom for security
It's killing me, lost all my passions to maturity
Villainy swindled me out of my gold and jewels
Fantasies of grandeur, the hallmark of a fool
Sorry silly rabbit, dreams are for kids
Grown ups should grow up, the treats were just a trick
Welcome to the real world, a miserable play
Copy and paste, tomorrow will look just like today
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American Gangsta
04:23
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Allow me to introduce myself, I come from humble beginnings
Columbus landed the pilgrims and then claimed me for his winnings
So I set up a colony, to the natives I played missionary
Killed natives, revolution, blah, blah, blah, the rest is history
Now I'm America, the lords gift to man
I've been sent here to do the things that your nation can't
Youngest of the litter, but don't let that fool you
I'd probably rule your country if I want to
But I'm a nice guy, try to clean everyone else's mess
Because remember, you can't spell justice without U-S
Think it's ridiculous, but if I ridicule less
How do you expect me to proclaim to be the best
Your countries can't contest and if you even try
Let's just say that you and Humpty Dumpty will have much in common
I'm kind of like Robin Hood, take from the poor and give to the rich
Wait, I mean I like hood robbing
The land of the free, home of the brave
Land of equality, built upon the backs of the slaves
Home to applepie, baseball, the A-bomb
You'll see a bomb if you even think I'm wrong
(America) better than these other nations
Taking control of all locations
Evil-doers beware of the things you do
You can't excape red, white and blue
You know why, I am America
The greatest place on Earth
Endowed with superpowers to rescue those of lesser worth
These third world countries and their third class citizens
I'm here to help them climb the social ladder and be better men
With freedom of choice (yea, the freedom to choose my way)
Freedom of voice (as long as it's what I would say)
You want the most results, for the littlest amount of money in the smallest amount of time
I'll give you the best of the best for only $19.99 (plus shipping and handling)
Act now, hurry and pick up the phone
You can get everything you want right from the comfort of home
What, somebody's protesting, mad at what I promote
Just ignore them, I mean, what's the worst they can do vote (constitution)
Did someone say constitution
What right does a crusty, old piece of paper have to tell me what it think I'm supposed to be doing
Sure they're the rule that my fore-fathers have spoken
But don't you know that old saying that rules are meant to be broken
The land of the free, home of the brave
Land of equality, built upon the backs of the slaves
Home to applepie, baseball, the A-bomb
You'll see a bomb if you even think I'm wrong
(America) better than these other nations
Taking control of all locations
Evil-doers beware of the things you do
You can't excape red, white and blue
You know why, I am America
Oh say can you see bombs bursting in air
The rocket's red glare doesn't know who to spare
America the beautiful, for spacious skies
You can barely see the pollution with your naked eyes
But that's an inconvenient truth, we won't go there
A nation of immigrants that hate immigrants, it seems fair
Plenty of self-righteous indulgence for young and the old folks
And equal rights for all, unless you are a homo
Oh no, looks like I'm nearly out of time
I see another foreign country trying to commit a crime
I can't allow that, who do they think they are
Making progress without my permission, that's taking it too far
The battle's just begun, the war has not been won
But trust me, I'ma keep fighting until there's no more fighting to be done
I know it may not always be just, my actions disgust
Follow the Devil's path, but in God I trust
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