Mind Notes Pt.58 'Inspired Rhymes'

I write a rhyme
I feel a vibe
I get inspired
I feel inspired
So inspired

Musical mystic
Gets me higher
So high
Sky high
So high

Write everyday

Rhyme everyday

Bring the drums
And bring the guitar

Come and let the keyboard play

We always got so much to do

We always got so much to say

We'll always find another groove 

We'll always find another way

Trying to catch those melodies

Trying to find some different flows

Jumping down the rabbit hole

We'll improvise
See how it goes

Trying to find the perfect rhythm

Then compose the perfect beat

Then compose the perfect rhymes

For all my thinkers in the streets

There's too much hating

Seems to me we need more focus

Need more loving
Need more progress

Otherwise this life is hopeless

So I choose to live through music 

There for me
My saviour

Far away it carries me away

Then brings me back to nature

Music's always been the cornerstone

It's been the bedrock

Guaranteed to get me going

Always makes my head knock

Always keep it hiphop

Beats rhymes and life

Strictly positive vibrations

As long as I'm alive

Here today

Still here tomorrow

Born to rhyme and keep in time

On beats we build
And beats we borrow

Drown my sorrows

Rise me up to higher heights
And levitate

Inspiration from the sounds

That spin around
We meditate

Never time to hesitate

The clock don't stop
It's always ticking

Recognise that life is short

We make the most and keep on riffing

Cooking up storms in mental kitchens

Searching, Working
Keep it different

Work it, Earn it
Live it, Learn it

Perfect track become the mission

People listen
Others don't

Depends on how you float your boat

We just keep on riding waves

And keep the music cruise afloat

Any time or any place

On any beat at any pace

It's one for all and all for one

So we don't need no poker face

This ain't a race

We ain't out
To hang no medals on our neck

We do this for the love of music

Always keep our self respect

We always keep ourselves in check

Remember where we're coming from

As long as we're alive and well

There'll always be another song

No days off

Keep it moving

Keep consuming food for thought

And scrutinise
The beats we're choosing

Track to track
And day to day

And no two days can be the same

We never know
Just where it goes

Thats why we choose to play the game

Inspiration from all angles

Neural pathways caught in tangles

Life moves fast
We're holding handles

Live and die
We're lighting candles

On the mantle piece 

Some bits and pieces to remember me

Scribble down rhymes

From my times with these melodies

The beats seem to stick to me

They speak to me in different ways

They got me on some different waves

With different flows
On different days

Black and white
And different shades

I'm here and there and everywhere

Day and night
Wrong or right

My words up in the atmosphere

Music really got me here

It really did deliver me

All throughout my darkest times

The music was my remedy

The music was the recipe

The only thing that never fail

From my birth until my death

The music is the holy grail

PEACE LOVE & PEOPLE POWER!

Mind Notes Pt.57 'Tag Me In'

I tap a rapper
Tell him tag me in
I touch down

I grab the mic
And spit a bar
Floating above clouds

Floating on dub sounds
Jamming with crazy crowds

Hype on the faces of the fans
When we vibe out

We drop a banger
Bubble Bounce
And bring it back to back

Bringing the groove
Bring the vibes
Keep on coming

Back to the future
Back to what we're used to

Back to the MPC
To the computer

Swim in shark infested waters
Nemo's adventures

Smash with the iron fist
We roll like new avengers

Strike with a vengeance
And furious anger

Against propaganda
Sent to destroy my brothers

Trying hard to be the shepherd
Lead the flock to safety

Bodies drop from shots and shanks
The crooked streets are really crazy

Cops and robbers trying to chase me
I'ma' speak my peace now

See you when I see you bro'
I'll catch you on the rebound

I ponder pity
On petty people that hate on me

Bankers and barbers
Penny lane
Insane on currency

Only the beat is killer
We pulling records out

Three bar magic formula
Figure the method out

I see this city in front of me
It's a merry go round'
Let the record go round'

And it's more love

While we dibble dabble
Daring feats
On dirty streets

Diamonds in the ruff
And we kicking up dust

Fill a cup up
Get it in with us

Get it how we live it
In the beats we trust

On to the next banging beat
We're on this trip
It's elemental

Feels incredible
Riffing with instrumentals

Back to the basics
Rapping on wax and

It's love over money
We're on a next plan

Not just a next man
Billy bandwagon

People Power is the message
Real talk when I'm rapping

I fan the flames
Flying further than a flying bullet

Sing with a super silver tongue
When I get in to it

Music's my loyal master
I must protect and serve

I am the humble student
I'm trying to spread the word

Of my people
The prophets
Dwellers and dreamers

The free thinkers
Believers
The game changers
Achievers

The real people they need us
To keep spreading the truth

To keep squashing the lies
And keep bringing the proof

So we sing from the roof tops
Shout it out
We loud and proud

Freedom's what we're all about
We're trying to get the message out

Drop the guns
Put down the choppers
Trying to keep the blood pumping

All about the beats and rhymes
We're trying to keep the fans jumping

So I'm on this trip
I'll hit the highway
Doing it my way

Doing it for my people
In the grind daily
Monday to Friday

Doing it for the love
And everything I'm giving

Is from the heart
Right from the start
Born in to this tradition

PEACE LOVE & PEOPLE POWER!

Mind Notes Pt.56 'Same Stuff Different Day'

Same stuff
Just a different day

So I'm tripping
While I'm trying to figure different ways

Because I'm never quite sure
What words to say

And I'm never quite sure
What beat to play

Got music in my heart
So my heart chords play

Got music in my mind
So my brain waves play

Press play
Let's play
It seems life's a game

But we're stuck with our choices
We're stuck with our pain

Same name
But the face a little older

Still walk the earth
No chip on my shoulder

Still the love holder
Mould the flows

So sing, sing along
You know how it goes

And it goes all day
All night

Up town or down town
I get the vibe right

The flows stay tight
Whether beats or over guitar strings

I'm always ready
With these bars full of roses

I'm clocking the angles
I'm making it happen

Relating how the game plays
Through the art of rapping

Theorise philosophies
About the universes

Move with the moon
I speak truth
Through these lunar verses

Hearses
For those who met the reaper

We pray they rest in peace
But sleep they might see ya'

They move right
I move left
I move left again

 Catch me if you can
I'll see you when the dust settling

You might of heard me
I tip my hat

And if you catch where I'm coming from
It's love right back

So turn up the track
And let the rhythm run rampant

No sugar coating
Say it how it is
Standard

The mother ship has landed
Make the most of this of this trip

One life
One love
To the beat my heart skip

I flip the script around
And bring the love right back

Never ego tripping
Strictly love on the track

PEACE LOVE & PEOPLE POWER!

Mind Notes Pt.55 'Another One'

It's another one
And another one
Finger thumb strum
Let the strings run
It's another one
And another one
Hear the high hat
Feel the kick drum

Kick my feet up out the bed

Look I'm on another one

I'm about to start a new day

And chase another one

Time keeps ticking on

We're always on the clock

And my brain don't stop

Because the game don't stop

Wake up and open shop

What you offering today

Me, I got a couple flows

I got something to say

I've been, watching my ways

And watching people around me

So I know a few things

About the game around me

Got my name around me

Got good people around me

But when I wake

I see this concrete jungle around me

My thoughts surround me

With majestic movements

High entropy

So the elements are moving

I keep using

This natural mystic

Some call me a rebel

Others call me a misfit

But who the shoe fits

Shall wear it so

So if you don't
Then you don't

But if you know
Then you know

I can't stop

I wont stop

Until the day I drop

Because mummy taught me
What was what

So even though the streets hot

I'm trying to stay cool

No fool
I kick knowledge

To the youngsters in the school

I know the rules

I see the game
Is fixed from the start

Overstand the situation

So I follow my heart

As I embark on my journey

Through the light and the dark

Leaving my legendary legacy

Before I depart

The family tree is shaking

The leaves are falling down

So we need to find some sanity

Before we fall down

Because it's wild in the wilderness

It's wild in the town

Busy winning
Busy loosing

Busy bodies running around

So for now it's elementary

Dear Watson
Please hear me

We all strive to live life

We all strive to be free

If we look
Then we see

That we all
Can be free

All we need is unity
We're all one family

PEACE LOVE & PEOPLE POWER!

Mind Notes Pt.54 'Smell The Roses'

Drag myself
Up from the dirt

Escape from the pain
Escape from the hurt

Kicking my feet
To stay above water

Trying my best
To stay off the kerbs

No funfair
The game's absurd

Stuck in the trap
Or nine to five work

Trying my best
To keep it legit

But it's hard to survive
On the wages we earn

Sometimes
I feel kind of old

The game's to be sold
And not to be told

I keep telling truths
But I keep hearing lies

And I keep seeing the rise
Of the price of the gold

No dilly dally
I follow the road home

Keep my eyes peeled
Because hearts remain cold

No flat foot
I stay on my tip toes

Collecting my numbers
To break the codes

Soul searching
We draw breaths

Some crash and burn
And draw last breaths

Some long lost
Some still here

Some hold hate
Some hold fear

Some hold hope
Some left holding a rope

I'll never choke on a rope
I keep climbing

Higher and higher
My goal's to inspire

Keep peace in my mind
My love fuels the fire

Since a kid
I clocked all the angles

Sweet sounds moving
Like my godmother's bangles

Brains get mangled
By the machine

But please keep an open mind
Things are not what they seem

People try and live the dream
But the price is high

We can point to the sky
We can wonder why

Because there's you
There's I
There's yours
There's mine

But everything is ours
If we open our minds

PEACE LOVE & PEOPLE POWER!

Mind Notes Pt.53 'Bars Full Of Roses'

We blossom and bloom
Pretty like flowers

Pushing peace, love
And people power

Because that's the word of the minute
The word of the hour

I rise with the sun
And recharge my powers

Just a child
Of the universe

Scoping the cosmos
Writing it down in verse

Talking about things that hurt
And other things that are worse

Talking about things that are good
Showing and proving my worth

So let it spin
For a minute

We push good vibes
And we're right up in it

We roll until the finish
Until the steam runs out

Then we breathe and stop
Let the beats bang out

Create cyphers
Expand like the universe

Making sound waves
Shaking and rocking the Earth

Thinking and making it work
Speaking for freedom

Speak for the lovers
Speak for believers

I was raised
In the jungle

Concrete buildings
Beginnings were humble

Certain times
When my belly would rumble

I knew I had to stand tall
Make it through the struggle

My mind wonders
Call me a dreamer

Call me an optimist
A love believer

I'm an achiever
Self motivation

Self made man
I'm a man of the nation

Mixed heritage
My outlook mixed

I can sit on the fence
Avoid all the tricks

I don't choose sides
Because my side is love

I respect mother nature
The forces above

Might not get love
But show love regardless

Plant seeds of wisdom
Grow in the garden

Please beg my pardon
Repeating my rhymes

Peace Love and People Power
Every time

PEACE LOVE & PEOPLE POWER!

Mind Notes Pt.52 'Still SUPER'

From RockSteady
To SuperStead
From day one
Real rap

 The Lyons still roaring
Still here
Bringing the love back

Trying to bring some peace back
For everyone across the map

Uniting people world wide
People Power's where it's at

Might say I'm too serious
When you hear me speaking truths

But the truth be told
You've got to be careful
About the words you choose

You've got to be careful
About the things you say
And the things you do

Life gets sticky
Stuck like stickle bricks
In superglue

Stand tall
Don't fall
Got to reach the top
We keep on climbing higher

I pledge to tell the truth
And speak the truth
Never a liar

People tell me
That life's messed up
That fuels my fire

I'm trying
To push this vision of beauty
Through barbed wire 

So I do this thing anyway I can
Because the time is now

And when it's time
To meet the reaper
I'm not backing down

Because I represent family
Worldwide
The whole Earth

Represent my solar system
Represent my universe

Ride for my city
Ride for my team

Keep the loved one's close
Sidestep the scene

Mean faces get lean
The streets are far from clean

Fiends on the block
Things are not what they seem

Am I awake
Or am I really dreaming

Because it's seeming
That this world
That's spinning around
Is full of demons

Disbelieving that these heathens
Took our land and let us die

Gunpowder power rules
Money making alibis

So I stay like sellotape
Stick to my people
Keep it local

Keep on learning
Keep on thinking
Keep the peace
Through words and vocals

The universe don't make mistakes
That's why we're all here

We've got to feel grateful
Every year's a good year

Overstand that hate
Is always hand in hand with fear

So we rap it up with love
And watch it disappear

The pen becomes the sword
And knowledge is the key

The powers in the people
We can set us free!

PEACE LOVE & PEOPLE POWER!

Mind Notes Pt.51 'World Love Us'

If we love the world
Would she love us back
If we didn't love
Would she still love us
If we weren't sisters
And If we weren't brothers
Would she still love us
World, would you still love us

I love the world
She loves me back

She's always got my back
Because I'm spinning on her back

Born as the earth sign
Earth's where I'm residing at

London town
Put a pin right upon the world map

See I came
From the bottom up

And the aim
Was to never ever get stuck

Never tempt fate
Never push bad luck

Never mind
Bad mind minds
Never get struck

So I'm sticking
To the mission

But I still try and find time
To hear birds singing

I still try and find time
To stop
Look and listen

And I still try and find time
To count all my blessings

Because I've learnt
Many lessons

Coming up
On this spinning rock
Second guessing

Looking back
Reminiscing and recollecting

Searching the stars
For the dots connecting

Fighting for freedom
I've got to believe

We'll make it man
Beautiful struggle
We travel across the mother land
I'm breaking bread

And shaking hands
And making bigger plans
I recognise
That life's about the love
I overstand
Too many people busy earning
Scheming
Stacking grands
They're all about the profit
Never mind blood on their hands
Travelled through the trees
I see the wood

I see the clearing and
My eyes are wide open
So I choose
To stop and take a stand
So I stand tall

Left foot
Right foot
Always best foot forwards
The haters hate
But I keep it moving

Keep on looking forward
The plan is freedom over money
Always keep the faith
I keep the love
I got my mothers smile

My fathers face
So I'm in the race
Running on the wheel of time
Recording it in real time
Relating it through real rhymes
Hoping we can change these times
And help some people

Change their ways
No matter what has come before
We all can work for better days

Beat produced by Floyd Cheng

PEACE LOVE & PEOPLE POWER!

Mind Notes Pt.50 'Up Out Something'

Get up
Get out
Go and get something
Nothing comes of nothing
So we're always doing something
Get up
Get out
Go and get something
Go!

Get up
Get out
Get something
No fronting
No bluffing
No stunting
No gazing
No time for nothing nothing's
Keep hopping
Skipping
Jumping
Running to the finish line
Forget the Should-a
Would-a
Could-a
Live your life
Do it right
Do it nice
Do something
Because nothing comes of nothing
Unless the storm's brewing
Unless the fire's burning
Unless the wheels in motion
Unless we read the stars
Unless we travel oceans
Every action has a reaction
We're reading signs
Some mislead you
Some will guide you
Through these days and times
Clock chimes
Tick tock
Stick to the plan and never flop
Mystics reading mysteries
The tarot cards on table tops
Snap crackle pop
Early morning rumble
Then it's up and at em'
Another day up in this jungle
Another day up in this hustle
Progress is the only way
Forget about the other days
Wake up and live today


Success
What's the best
What's the worst
What's the tipping point
What's the flipping point
If your life doesn't have a point
So make a point
Make a stand
Make a choice
Make a plan
Seek and find
Adapt and change
Evolve in to a modern man
We can
Work a ting'
Or two
Or three
Or four
Or five
Or skip a few
Or maybe chase infinity
Unlock the holy trinity
Of love
Hate
And in between
Will dreams become realities
Or are we just playing make believe
House of cards
Stack them up and watch them fall
How high can we get
Before we loose it all
When we reach our final days
We'll look back at them all
We might be crying
Might be smiling
Did we give it our all
Did we play the fool
Or did we play the clever clogs
Did we live to reap rewards
Or live to pay the cost
Hopefully our minds awash
With nostalgia and golden memories
And our names
Are remembered through the centuries

PEACE LOVE & PEOPLE POWER!