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Monday, 30 March 2020

Mind Notes Pt.33 'They Say'




Beauty's in the eye of the beholder
But I'm only getting older
Now I feel a weight on my shoulders
Because my death is getting closer
So please beg my pardon
Ain't no fruit up in my garden
Now my heart is getting hardened
I'm just trying to be a good man
They say, They say , They say
They say, They say , They say
They say, They say
They just never stop talking
They never stop speaking


They never stop
The voices never stop
The heckles never stop
And the haters never stop
My brain never stops
And this pain never stops
Inevitable facts
Wonder when I'm going to drop
The days never stop
The nights never stop
The love never stops
The fights never stop
My stomach tied in knots
From anxiety pains
Trying to sieve through the sewage
That spills out of my brain
Am I insane
Or is this really happening
Did I wake up yet
Or am I still dreaming
My heart's still bleeding
Because life still hurts
But I still wake up
Eat food
Go work
Never go berserk
But the tipping point
Is always looming
Testing
Proving
But I'm just human
I'm just me
I'm just one man
Love me
Or hate me
Here I stand


They say when your young
Reach for the top
You can be anything
You really want to be
But what if I 
Don't want to run around in systems
Can't I just be
Busy being me
I'm stuck on one island
It's far from tropical
And day to day backchat
Is far from topical
Give me a back pack
A ticket
And I'll leave it all
Fresh air on the mountain tops
Swimming through the waterfalls
Life could be beautiful
But some people are evil
Searching for truth
Through the eye of a needle
In a hay stack
They stack
Billions and trillions
And still wage war
On our families and children
Born a civilian
Through unchartered waters
Removed from our ancestors
Sons and daughters
They brought us the future
But stole our souls
Blinded by diamonds
Silver and gold



PEACE LOVE & PEOPLE POWER!



Mind Notes Pt.32 'It's Strange'




It's strange
As the time keep turning
It's strange
As the mind keep turning
It's strange
As the worm keep turning
And it's strange
As the world keep turning


Sip ginger and lemon
Reminisce
Things seem good
But things seem amiss
Soft like kisses
But sharp like shattered glass
Trying to catch up
Because time moves fast
I laugh
I cry
I'm searching for clarity
Trying to find my balance
Then they pull the rug from under me
I'm running on the spot
Because time is running out
I ain't never stopping
Until the day I'm leaving out
So I'm here
For a minute
I'm in it
To win it
Because he who feels it
He who knows it
And I feel the energy
My people coming back to me
But people still leaving me
So much uncertainty
One day at a time
Hold my heart in my hands
Never get blasé
About the universe's plans
I never know
What's in store for me
But hope and pray
The universe takes care of me


Am I coming or going
Sometimes I'm confused
But sometimes I'm knowing
Show my vulnerability
Because I recognise
Life's finite for me
Searching for answers
Because life isn't fair
Longing for company
When no one is there
Shave off my hair
And bear my heart whole
Try not to get sucked
Like stars through black holes
But it's hard
It's hard
And my tears burn hot
Trying to get along
But I ain't got a lot
Trying to be a good man
Love in my heart
But it seems like
Nice guys always finish last
Been hurt by people
I lost some people
Pain and hurt in my heart
What does it equal
No sequel
A one life show
SO even though I know
I don't really know



PEACE LOVE & PEOPLE POWER!

Mind Notes Pt.31 'Pudding'




Slipping
Tripping
Trying to find our footing
Eat the dinner
And the pudding
Loosing
Winning
Loving
Living
Don't spoil your dinner
Save room for the pudding


Unno' ready 
Man we ready for it
Man a seasoned 
Betta put the pepper on it
Man a reason
Debaters an the hecklers
Circles sacred
You could come check for us
You could jam with us
But if we in a jam
Would you stick around 
Plan with us
If you in the fam'
Then you know it's all love from us
And even if u ain't man
It's still all love from us
Little youths in a babylon system
School of hard knocks
Ghetto children
Made it through the episode
Round' the corner
Down the road
We never saw
We never told
Little youths in a babylon system
School of hard knocks
Ghetto children
Made it through the episode
Round' the corner
Down the road
You'll never guess
You never know


Unno' ready 
Man we ready for it
Man a travellers
Running with the free sprits
Man a thinkers
Warriors
Survivors
Living history
History resides in us
So you could get it in with us
But if it falls down
Would you stick around
Build with us
If you in the know
Then you know
We got a lot of love
An if you don't know
You could ask around
 Ask about us
Little youths in a babylon system
School of hard knocks
Ghetto children
Made it through the episode
Round' the corner
Down the road
We never saw
We never told
Little youths in a babylon system
School of hard knocks
Ghetto children
Made it through the episode
Round' the corner
Down the road
You'll never guess
You never know



PEACE LOVE & PEOPLE POWER!

Mind Notes Pt.30 'Cash Flow'




'Cash Flow' produced by Mystic Mr Sam

5 pounds
10 pounds
20 pounds
50 pounds
Hundred pounds
Thousand pound
Million pounds
Billion pounds
Economics dictate
Our basic elements
Blood sweat and tears
Spent on pounds and pence


I'm really that guy
I tell a man one time
I'm really that fly
Flying high
Way above these mother lovers
Peering down
Clocking all these blood suckers
Something seems bait now
All of a sudden
These suits tell me I'm great now
This feel like a shake down
I tell an executive
To put my flipping tape down
I wasn't born right now
Been around the block a few times
Got the know how
When it comes to the break down
Pick apart a contract
And dash it in their face now
I'm still here right now
Must have done a  few things right
From I touched down
Because it's grim when I look around
Grim when I see realities
Of man made pounds
Because money hungry struggles
Always got us seeing double
Always caught up in this trouble now
And it's money breaking homes
And it's money breaking bones
And it's money breaking people down
All this constant conflict
This topic of rhetoric
Got my stomach feeling sick now
Because they say that
Life ain't about money
But that seems funny
When you check it out
Because money got our backs
Flat against the wall
Climbing for life
We're still falling down
And ever day's a dice with death
Unless your born
With a silver spoon in your mouth
Man made democracy
Is based in hypocrisy
The poor stay poor now
Got to stop buying in to their game plan
My people
Lets wake up
Right now


It's amazing
How pieces of metal
And pieces of paper
Still conquer
It's absurd that the wool
Still tight on our eyes
While they pull off this caper
Keep chasing that paper
Exploit your neighbour
The corporate cogs turn round
Conservative and labour
Republicans and democrats
The corporates run these towns
Sickness and suffering
Conquest and warfare
The bombs still fall down
Capitalist philosophies
Now become prophecies
They got us on our knees now
Bullets burn
War pays
They ain't busy curing aids
They busy building tanks now
And if we take to the streets
For our piece of this piece
They going to strike
Bring the troops out
Long arm of the media
Make us think it's easier
To live life this way
Nothing comes of nothing
And you ain't getting nothing
Unless you out here getting paid 
Because freedom is relative
If you got the credit kid
If not kick that can
Because they took what they want
And they left
And they sold us
A dream of a different land
Now life ain't free
And nothing ain't fair game
Everything is name brand
So we stay star stuck
While we buy blindly
Into their money made game plan
But there'll always be another day
There's definitely a better way
Because mother nature still gives
If we put down the money
And we open our minds
We can save all our kids kids kids kids 


PEACE LOVE & PEOPLE POWER!

Sunday, 18 March 2012

Mind Notes Pt.29 'It Is What It Is'



It is what it is
SuperStead speak the truth
Rich and poor
Money rules
And the bills are proof
We all know the score
But we fix our gaze
So evil prevails
While we're counting the days

It is what it is
RILLA speak the truth
Rich and poor
Money rules
And the bills are proof
But man make the money
Money don't make the man
Stop doing what you want
And start doing what you can


SuperStead
Run up on the track 
Like a gorilla
Beating home truths on my chest
They call me RILLA
50 FEET DEEP
Shake the dead like thriller
Words penetrate minds
On the beats I'm a killer
Killing hate with love
Because knowledge is truth
The truth may hurt
But love is proof
We all human beings
And we all trying to eat
But many stars succumb
To a premature sleep
The road's uncertain
Only death is certain
Six degrees of separation
From person to person
Grandfathers
Fathers and sons
Mothers and daughters
We forsake all the gifts
That the universe brought us
Lost all trust
And lost all hope
We tied ourselves up in knots
And now we choke on the rope
They say ignorance is bliss
But can't see into abyss
Busy chasing paper money
While our souls are amiss


Get up
Stand up
Stand up for your rights man
Bob told me when I was young
I had to fight man
But fighting with the fists
Ain't like fighting with the pen
We not trying to make enemies
We're trying to make friends
We ain't cave men
Don't need to bump heads and fuss
Eyes were made to look
So there's no need to cuss
Because choices are tough
But we all get to choose
Will we fly
Will we die
Will we win
Will we loose
Blue, green or brown eyes
We all see the same
State of affairs
Then spin it round in our brain
We make our own ideas
Based on our own points of view
I might see the same view
But not perceive it like you
Hope my words get through
Hope I'm speaking in tune
Standing on the terra firma
Looking up at the moon
Because we're all under the sky
And we reside on the Earth
People need to recognise
What their loves are worth



PEACE LOVE & PEOPLE POWER!