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1. |
Earth Country
03:07
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Why can’t we just all be on the same level
Baffled why you wanna be a rebel,
Judging people over tidy tables
Why can’t we just all be on the same level
Baffled why you wanna be a rebel,
Judging people over tidy tables
I’ve got this planet earth pride
And I can’t hide,
I love everybody in it
Blue brown green yellow peoples
Men being ladies, ladies being men: You’re winnin
Every time you be yourself you’re in it
I don’t wanna be another solemn soul
There’s a whole world full of empty roles
To be better, braver, valued, kinder spill it
Your feelings are valid
And our time here is calloused
Worn over 10x faster than a carousel
In a mock speed palace
I need real love, real life, real friends
Mending bad relationships they have come to an end
Spend me, mend me, and then unbend me while I lend you my heart, take it all
The more we give, the less we fall
And let it all go, let it all go
Why can’t we just all be on the same level
Baffled why you wanna be a rebel,
Judging people over tidy tables
Why can’t we just all be on the same level
Baffled why you wanna be a rebel,
Judging people over tidy tables
But hey, I found the treasure
It was inside, inner pleasure
And I’ve never been better
* Happiness forever isn’t getting rich,
But being virtuous, that’s my endeavor *
No one sees eye to eye on creators
So let’s not berate each other on our poor behavior
Only you can be your savior
Only you create the flavor
Only you can be a good neighbor
Only you can pick you up
When you’ve lost the flavor
Zest for life, best is right, live for night
live for day time
Fight less, feel more,
evolve, fall back then resolve
Why can’t we just all be on the same level
Baffled why you wanna be a rebel,
Judging people over tidy tables
Why can’t we just all be on the same level
Baffled why you wanna be a rebel,
Judging people over tidy tables
I’ve got hobbies but I wanna dabble in love
Don’t you know that that’s the only way to rise above
I’ve got hobbies but I wanna dabble in love
Don’t you know that that’s the only way to rise above
So why can we just all be on the same level
So why can we just all be on the same level
So why can we just all be on the same level
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2. |
First Love
03:58
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I've only got eyes for you
But baby I love looking at my new bass
And though I hold you closest to me
I let my mic touch my lips cause it helps me sing
I've only got eyes for you
Until I close my eyes and hear the music
And then I'm lost in the fluidity of movement
I find that groove.. I find that.. I find that groove yeah I find that.. I find that groove, I find that groove
We can still be lovers
but music is my mother
music is my brother
music is my boulder
that'll always hold me, that'll always be free
Ya'll feel me? Ya'll feel me?
Yea We can still be lovers
but music is my mother
music is my brother
music is my boulder
that'll always hold me, that'll always be free
Ya'll feel me? Ya'll feel me?
I only got eyes for you
And they stray when the third makes its way past the main frame
I know i could never forget this rhythm embedded
Script to edit written in the genesis measure it
On six strings eighty eight keys four strings
Kick hat snare one mic and a beast to feed
I got the collar and lead I got some peace to keep
I ain"t clean but I'm tryna make it part of my dream
Say I've only got lines for you
when I'm tryna synchronize the depth of what I feel inside
With words to be the only guide I've gotta hit a harmony to set it free
This echo on the breeze could be the best of me
You were there for me when I was down the only peace of clarity I found was paring with the sound
Starin' down my every thought about the distance
That tone that lies betwixt us
I've never been the same since
I found that groove I found that groove
This sight could make moves
I found that groove I found that groove yeah
We can still be lovers
but music is my mother
music is my brother
music is my boulder
that'll always hold me, that'll always be free
Ya'll feel me? Ya'll feel me?
Yea We can still be lovers
but music is my mother
music is my brother
music is my boulder
that'll always hold me, that'll always be free
Ya'll feel me? Ya'll feel me?
I wanna let the music take me like you take me
Wakin' to the beat, shakin' to the beat,
it's the sound that saves me
Like a wave I rock and like waves we roll
Like the flow we push, like the ebb we pull
Can't help but move, I found that groove
I found that groove, yeah I found that, I found that groove I found that, I found that groove, I found that groove
We can still be lovers
but music is my mother
music is my brother
music is my boulder
that'll always hold me, that'll always be free
Ya'll feel me? Ya'll feel me?
Yea We can still be lovers
but music is my mother
music is my brother
music is my boulder
that'll always hold me, that'll always be free
Ya'll feel me? Ya'll feel me?
I've only got eyes for you
(But baby I love lookin' at my new bass)
I've only got eyes for you
(I let my mic touch my lips cause it helps me sing)
I've only got eyes for you
(Until I close my eyes and hear that music)
I've only got eyes for you
And then I'm lost in the fluidity of movement
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3. |
Pen to Page
03:22
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When my pen touch the page, I display
Words on my mind taking shape
(I gotta get it down)
Phrase on the page is my escape
Give me one more breath to take
I’m tryina step the straight the narrow winding meditate
Negotiate with the left and the right side of my brain
Every thought another link locked in my chain
Forged in the flame with the joy and the pain
I can’t decipher whether it’s holding me down or keeping me grounded
We mortals be dumbfounded surrounded say loud, yes!
I am the obstacle and there can be no obstacle my fire cannot topple yo
My mamma fed me vegetables and told me that when I was grown nothing would be impossible
I botched a couple possibles they showed me what I need to know the more we buy the more we’re sold
The more we let go the more we hold so I gotta gotta let this ink flow and let the voice in me show
We be the gospel self-taught apostles conquer thoughts hostile passion is colossal
Conquer thoughts hostile passion is colossal
Conquer thoughts hostile passion is colossal
Conquer thoughts hostile passion is colossal
passion is passion is
When my pen touch the page, I display
Words on my mind taking shape
(I gotta get it down)
Phrase on the page is my escape
Give me one more breath to take
I write to recite my plight
With words that will give you sight
Into this amazing life
But ever so fragile mind
I find, If I don’t get what’s on my brain on the page
I go insane, and I never wanna do that
I gain, so much more
When I take time to rhyme
I fill my time with scribbled pieces of paper
no matter what kinda scrap I’m in
I chime in by singin proud
I wanna pump up the crowd
I get down I get loud
So let’s get down let’s get loud
I get down I get loud
So let’s get down let’s get loud
(I come to get it when I get it down)
When my pen touch the page, I display
Words on my mind taking shape
(I gotta get it down)
Phrase on the page is my escape
Give me one more breath to take
Take take taking what I want to be a
Wait wait wait don’t wanna wait and see
Need need need it I know I really need some simple sense of relief
Now I’m a born of a ghost that outlasted it’s master
Was cast with a mask and a pension to chapter the scattered matter Scribble the drivel and giving it a little rhythm with the mention of some sentiment
I only know it benefits me though my uncle told me gifts were meant for sharing with me the people
Y’all know every day we shadowing box with that ego don’t know how it speaks until you read it on the sheet
If y’all know what I’m talkin about then grab a pen and jot it down
If y’all know what I’m talkin about then grab a pen and jot it down
If ya’ll know what I’m talkin about then grab a pen and jot it down if you Jot down jot down the jot down
When my pen touch the page, I display
Words on my mind taking shape
(I gotta get it down)
Phrase on the page is my escape
Give me one more breath to take
When my pen touch the page, I display
Words on my mind taking shape
(I gotta get it down)
Phrase on the page is my escape
Give me one more breath to take
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4. |
Windy
02:58
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Leaves break
most structures remain
But we stay
safe indoors
Some say they’d rather brave the wind
It’s insane out there but they don’t care
Charity
can you hide
I’d rather brave the wind
And keep my pride than go inside
Don’t pity me
I’d rather freeze than kiss your feet
Leave me in the street
Cause I don’t care
Leave me in the rain cause I don’t care
I’m perfectly satisfied out here
Just leave me in the rain cause I don’t care
I’m perfectly satisfied out here
Leaves break
most structures remain
But we stay
safe indoors
Some say
they’d rather brave the wind
It’s insane out there but they don’t care
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5. |
Rage
04:02
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How you Livin when you’re seeing red
Rage is why I play
I play my rage
Anger fuel my heart,
Heart fuel the anger in you
(How you living when you’re seein red)
How you sleepin in an early bed)
Can you feel me seething
The devil is teething,
The devil is new
The devil is old and blue
Just like you
Just like you
Old soul
Too true
Crude muse
Blue view
Refuse accuse reuse remove
behoove the scratching at the open wound
Not through until the deed is done
We’re rollin the mud to spill blood when feast comes
Candle lit you can smell the lanolin traveling
subconsciously handling thought of what’s unraveling
What’s the price what’s the cost
What’s the vice who’s the boss
Only when given life
Then can you fully witness loss
I see myself in the rage that swells within you
nothing special
Tell me that this life is mine
treat me gentle
I can’t say this life is mine until I’m not afraid and made something special
Fuck the rest when is the mission just to let go
Captive to the comfort torn asunder watch it plunder
Count the numbers such a wonder where’s your mother
How she lookin in an early bed
how you livin when you seein red
Just like you
I don’t like who I am
When I’m mad but when I’m mad
I’m not sad
And I don’t like who I am
When I follow the plan, the man
(Don’t follow the man,
Don’t follow the plan,
He’ll lead you down a dirty path)
It’s a collar with a license
Keeps the pet from being frightened
It’s the hand doing the feeding
Everything you needed
If you believe it
How you livin when you’re seeing red
How you sleepin in an early bed
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6. |
Know Where to Hide
05:42
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I can’t get out
Of here
A life
Is meant to be lived
Outside
No one can hide
When you’re stuck inside
There’s nowhere to hide
And no end in sight
There’s no end in sight
There’s no end in sight
I’ve gotta get out
Of here
Hopefully a loan
Won’t put you in debt
For life
Harder and harder to face
Government gender and race
Everything seems so complacent
Apathy empathy simply adjacent
Humanity wrought with the taste
The bitter the battered the wasted
Too many places to hide
Staying in place isn’t staying alive
Going outside doesn’t mean you are ready to die
Didn’t decide on the flag and the pride
Never could trust the likes
Listing your privilege witness the price
This Is your mother’s reflection
Worn are the hands of affection
Nothing is free not even we
Air that you breath can be taken so easily
The disease killing in the streets could be you and me
I’m reaching for some solidarity
I can’t get out
When I’m stuck inside
Stuck inside my cell
The end is in sight
It’s nearer than I’d like
The end is sight
Let me out
Of here
I’m alive
There’s no where to hide
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7. |
Givin' up
04:15
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Giving up giving up
giving up giving up
Give it up
Do you feel like your life is a question(giving up giving up on you, giving up giving up on me)
Give it up
Do you feel like your life is a question
Your very existence hanging on the essence a thread
Measure it
In investment persistence neglect and indifference
In whether you engage or resist it
Bet on it
Too many of the many want the drive but don’t got any
Too heavy work a plenty
What you wanna stack a penny
What you gonna trade
What you want in life
What you tryna hustle in this game
Is the pleasure worth the pain
This passion ain’t the same when we’re snuffin out the flame
Do you feel like your life is a prison
Your every emotion posing as a victim
Can you identify
Betwixt the fear and the wisdom
Every disposition that’s been holding you back when you listen
Decipher the fragile mind
Frust ration
Medicate the contemplation
To heavy work a plenty
Why you tryna disengage
What you wanna change
What you gotta face
What you want a purpose in this life
Does the pleasure lead the reins
This passion ain’t the same when we’re
snuffin out the flame
Do you feel like your life is a question
Giving up giving up
giving up giving up
Give it up
Take the hurt put it in a box
Stir it up pop the top off(give it up)
Pour it out, watch it empty the cup
That was once half full, ya see what happens when the pain stirs up?
Oh
But they don’t wanna see you in pain
Then don’t wanna see it when they give up again
And I don’t wanna see them in pain
I don’t wanna witness if they give up again
Don’t quit, they can fight this
A winning bull in a stadium of liars
Be the bull, leave out the shit
Be the shit and leave out the bull
It’s
Perseverance
Don’t come and tell me that you want the drive but don’t got any
Too heavy work a plenty
What you one the many many
What you gotta face
What do you create
Whats a real purpose in this life
Is the pleasure worth the pain
This passion ain’t the same when we’re snuffin out the flame
do you feel like your life is a question
give it up
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8. |
Wash Out
04:47
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What do you see what do you look like
Take your skin off and stretch it out
I’ve got my fingers in the paint
these stains won’t wash out
this image is a part of me
Wash out I want it now gratification
Wash out I want it now something to take in
Mixing colors into one
redefine with shape and size when color is gone
this line is what we see
this mask is a face to me
Wash out I want it now gratification
Wash out I want it now something to take
Take your skin off and stretch it out
I’ve got my fingers in the paint
these stains won’t wash out this image is a part of me
Wash out I want it now gratification
Wash out I want it now something to take
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9. |
In Person
03:35
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It’s tempting
Cause I’m feelin alright.
Lonely..
Can I spend the night ?
Hardly, you’re riddled with disease.
Help me, I’m not sick, won’t you let me in please
It’s hard (I’m not real on a screen)
Hard to get along (you know exactly what I mean)
Through a phone (through a telephone)
This is all wrong (this is all wrong)
It’s not (we aren’t real on a screen)
How we’re meant to be (we were meant to be free)
Off a telephone (you can see me at home)
Get off the telephone
I wanna see you
I wanna see you
In person
I wanna see you
I wanna see you
In person
I wanna see you
I wanna see you
In person
I wanna see you
I wanna see you
Face to face
You’re thirsty for a piece of the pie
Well I’m hungry for a slice of life
Is it living.. to ignore the outside?
I’m thirsty for some sweet sunshine.
It’s hard (I’m not real on a screen)
Hard to get along (you know exactly what I mean)
Through a phone (through a telephone)
This is all wrong (this is all wrong)
It’s not (we aren’t real on a screen)
How we’re meant to be (we were meant to be free)
Off a telephone (you can see me at home)
Get off the telephone
I wanna see you
I wanna see you
In person
I wanna see you
I wanna see you
In person
I wanna see you
I wanna see you
In person
I wanna see you
I wanna see you
Face to face
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10. |
I've Got Air
02:38
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Hey you
Sheep man
Open
You’re eyes
Smell the
Coffee
Bitter
With lies
Sheep are blind
Nippin at four heels
Whole flock trippin chew cud for the last meal
Rather have a dog than wolf
Or a sheep than a goat
It’s the temper and the coat
One goes one follows
I’m a witch I float
Can’t walk on water
Won’t breed for the slaughter
I’m the reap and the sow
Don’t keep what you know
Only really own what we seek and we do
Theres fear in the truth
What’s clear in the news
When it targets you
I stray okay go way
Be safe okay touché
Angry where’s the love babe
Life is death my god it’s something
I feel slightly ashamed
Like someone’s playing a game
And everybody’s jumping at the chance to get in the race
What chance can you take
When the strays get ate and the strong backs break
I do I do I don’t I don’t
I won’t
Stock up
For things
I need
Cause I need
Fresh air
The things
Don’t please
I’ve got air
I’ve got it I’ve got it I’ve got air
I’ve got air
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Woodbae and TreeStar Seattle, Washington
Woodbae and TreeStar (Nicole Ledgerwood and Jonathan Moreno) form this multi genre duo... One might call it "Hip Hop
Lite".
Original music and original beats. Est. in 2017 (Seattle, WA)
3/22/24 TAPROOM AT BAYVIEW CORNER w/ OSCAR GOLDMAN
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