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Ohm Remedies
01:34
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Stand clear, I’m working with no plan here
Can’t steer, lost control, the answers
Elude me, too deep, reasons I lose sleep
New sheep I meet, I counted a whole fleet
Loosely, wake up…then I brew tea
Loose leaf, let the dream world came choose me
Who’s he? Well, that’s a matter of clues, see
A doozy, and I’m still trying to improve me
And prove the way to your life is like Bruce Lee
In some ways, yeah, no one is one
The fun has begun, let’s see if I can hide from the drum
Face the facts, rhythm is inside of my lungs
But what becomes, well, that’s a matter of sums
Gather the ones you love, hold em close, and dear
Not from fear, love permeates the air
Breath it in, before it choose to leave again
Believe me friend, it’s my pet peeves again
We defend, our flaws, sometimes pretend
Let’s wash it clean, conditions, can’t leave them in
The reasons in, PLAIN ViEW, there within
My aching skin, my bones, and my heart won’t mend
My soul enclosed in the same cage I’ve been
Same days I win, some I go lose again
The blues my friend, yeah, I learned to sing ‘em too
You got your own remedies, well, please bring em thru
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You think much? Most folk don’t seem to do such
A smooth touch, that’s a method to do what?
Cut up, just like records on Kru-Cut
Circa ’84, circa ’85
Circle Psychology is more than meets the eye
Changes we go through, the brain it must do
Healing, always trying to chase a feeling
Face the ceiling, patterns in the walls revealing
Heroes, villains, civilians and the cries of children
By the Millions, scarred by the senseless killing
Tense and chilling, life feels ripe for fulfilling
Full feelings full blast, full grown empath
Foundation built to last, Plus the name in math
I came in last, then asked what other race you have?
Make me mad? Please, don’t make laugh
I don’t compete, even though my speech elite
I rather teach, and reach my soul thru the beat
For whom the bell tolls, that’s how it goes
Kangols, shell toes, low cut afros
That was a time in life when tension was thick
Tricked into division with a smidgen of wit
Isn’t it a shame how the pain don’t quit?
Yeah, it’s the same ole skit
Close knit, better get while the getting is got
I’m getting a lot of thoughts about switching my plot
Itching to rot eternally when my time comes
Pine box top notch for some hand beat drum
Yeah surprise, I was just my resting eyes
But I’ll be fine rhyming here for the rest of my lives
The best of lies come with a special disguise
It’s called the truth, any other route I despise
Doubt on the rise, dry like a drought in the skies
A mountain sunrise, yeah, that’s a treat to your vision
A piece of peaceful living, Mother Nature in rhythm
That’s Mother Nature in rhythm…
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3. |
Gainful Enjoyment
02:19
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MCing is art, I’ll never switch my stance
Of which I’m fans, that’s a matter of circumstance
Certain strands of DNA in certain brands
You circus acts, better learn to work with hands
Sort your plans, yeah sport, last chance
Last call, last dance, (be)fore the style advance
Howling fans? NAW, but the HOW’s enhanced
Trials and chance, yeah, and a thousand CANS
Self-encouragement is nourishment, I’m not full
I got tools to learn, then break these rules
Safely pull the rug from under my feet
Wha cha know? A nicer rug RIGHT BENEATH
What a relief, wiser, pleasing speech
Weave thru beats with ease with the true elite
My true defeat, likely not truly to meet
I chill in the heat, pressure is a stranger to me
DANGER, I’m free, I’m about to claim my degree
State my decree, but let em know how late I’m gonna be
The weight of the tree measured against the size of the seed
Besides what I need, trying to gain some things from my deeds
Gainful enjoyment versus painful employment
Just think for a moment, which one is your motive
Gainful enjoyment versus painful employment
Just think for a moment, which one is your motive...HUH?
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4. |
Faith In The Rhyme
03:34
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Now, HOLD UP, is he performance-enhanced?
Forming his plans, stand in a formative stance
Bring up the hands, let’s test my wing span
Oh, Aye man, it’s just performative dance
I’m boarding for Cannes, It’s nice in Nice, the peace, the sands
Clear water left me feeling twice the man I AM
Or was, because I can
Learn and grown, light up some love then burn it slow
Turn it low, then hit em with a love inferno
Internal, no telling what a try could earn you
I turn to instincts, I think, and I learn to
Yearn to fix all the things that concern you
So we don’t turn to where the red fern grew…COO?
Your move, I’m just here to improve
When ego’s bruised, the innocent’s the known accused
See the cues, or walk around sleep, hit snooze
I get grooves in my mind that I’m deep into
I’ll lead you thru, yeah, so you can peep em too
Don’t keep them to yourself, please follow thru
Not testing crews, or ciphering in vestibules
Or on festivals, I’m just eating vegetables
Working my day job, spending my pay cut
Working out on the body, writing rhymes to say stuff
Travel the world more, self-care world tour
Refuse to be miserable, that’s what the song’s for
What FOR? Cloud 9, beyond the allowed time
‘Bout mine and always had faith in the rhyme
53 and I’m in prime and I still got faith in the rhyme
Aged right just like fine wine, that’s why I got faith in the rhyme
If I don’t get mine it’s a crime, but I still got faith in the rhyme
Yeah, about time I shine, I got faith in the rhyme
Faith in the rhyme, yeah, it’s all part of designs
Mathematic formulas of how numbers combine
Coming to find the best part is deep on the road
Heaviest load, towed by your mind in the snow
I personify, here’s a new style that I’m gonna try
Go outside, now I’m going live my life
Give me a slice a peace and decent price
A piece of recent history before your eyes
The mystery lies in the way that misery tries
To act high and mighty when we say time flies
Well, alrighty, I had to change my route entirely
Prior me felt the present time was conspiring
Tiring, acquiring a need to inspire me
A spark applied to the dark inside me
Accomplished, I promise, I emote like Gromit
But watch for the commas, or get a taste of the drama
But still keep the faith in the rhyme…
53 and I’m in prime, I got faith in the rhyme
Aged right just like fine wine, that’s why I got faith in the rhyme
If I don’t get mine it’s a crime, but I still got faith in the rhyme
Yeah, about time I shine, I got faith in the rhyme
Sometimes I might doubt my mind, I still keep faith in the rhyme
Styles of the various kind, yeah, I got faith in the rhyme
Doubt if you wanna, I ain’t lyin’, I got faith in the rhyme
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5. |
The All of Me
02:09
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Past Me:
The sunsets here you could never forget
I’ll never regret, not even one of the steps
Promises keep, even when anonymous, yep
A sign of respect, something that you find less and less
Nevertheless, I met you here to address
Your progress on your quest and your present glow
Present Me:
Well, fa sho’, they seem to get the info slow
Ya know, like a letter in a envelope
But that’s the cure, I think that’s the way to go
The clay to mold, I would never say I’m old
And so I’m told, destined for a finer road
I’m fine I suppose, but could use a lighter load
The light alone help when the nights are long
Never write for wrong reasons cause diseases spawn
What’s he on? Nothing but the sight of dawn
Intoxicating like it’s painted with Krylon
This is the all of me
This is the all of me
Please Believe
This is the all of me
This is the all of me, the all of me
Please Believe
This is the all of me
The all of me, the all of me
Please Believe
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6. |
Expensive Dreams
01:47
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Starts with life experience, the pros and cons
Flows in songs convey all the rights and wrongs
The night is long especially when the fight is strong
Our light is gone, trauma in its brightest form
I was warned, but by then I was worn
Facing scorn, fabric of reality torn
Sound the horn to drown any doubt that’s born
Count the score, escape from a time forlorn
Scout the field for questions, then fill/feel the form
The field I’m on there’s no room to mourn
From night to morn, a knight to the oath I’m sworn
It’s not the norm, I don’t serve kings or queens
With rings and things, focused my own regime
To stay clean, cleanse my soul like saline
Like sailing, just trying to take in scene
This take obscene, but only if you look in-between
The rook is team player, or so it seems
Things deceive, let’s reprogram the machines
Slanderous schemes you think would only work pre-teens
But we’ve seen unfolding of sins in streams
Tense extremes, focused like the prince of thieves
Sense my needs, indeed, then I commence to feed
Hence I’m freed to rinse off the blood I bleed
Cut me deep and leave me with a pensive theme
The ones we don’t follow be the most expensive dreams
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7. |
Including Me
03:36
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I wouldn’t say I’m a stranger to love
And this ain’t a grudge, if this is all I get, this ain’t enough
Gaining my trust is easy as obtaining a hug
My arms are wider than the sky, take a look above
If pain’s a must, let love help my brain adjust
Famous or bust, that ain’t language for US
And anger will crush your soul, cause your angels to hush
It’s painful enough there’s far too many angles to touch
Remain in my clutch at least until I change into dust
Every fiber of my being is the part you can trust
Art of the crutch could never touch heart of the hunch
I do it like such, get it done like water for lunch
Quickly, pick me while the flavor is ripe
I’m favored to write until I write the favorite you like
Maybe tonight, is this one? Does it suffice?
My cuz advice (Choice!), never lose sight of your price
Your worth is life, even if you work for life
The perfect disguise until you find your purpose and prize
And never fall victim to the worthless lies
(including your own…)
Including me, Including me, Including me
Demoralized, the devil flaunts the proudest of lies
Loudest of cries silently seen thru his eyes
A dream once died, yeah, but now it’s alive
How to survive determined by how it’s defined
And defied, let’s see if the lies align
The ties that bind cut em, what surprise you find
These eyes of mine, can hardly wait to rise-n-shine
Inside my dreams, the place where I finally find
Peace of mind, if only one piece a time
At least it’s mine and some of the decent kind
Recent finds suggest I should Increase my line
Of credit embedded in the great beyond
Behind the signs, revealing that fear be gone
Hear the song, but please don’t hear me wrong
That’s the story of my life, the hurt that’s strong
At curtain call, imma share my worth with y’all
A keynote, up close and personal
As far as curses go, I haven’t found the fix
But bound to click writing over sounds of sticks
And that’s drums, you know I love the pound and kicks
Snares like bricks sitting in the palm of your fist
Slamming on the concrete to make ‘em hear you exist
This theory is bliss, proof something clearly amiss
Nearly a myth, in truth, I barely exist
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8. |
Blue Streak
01:52
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Do they love me or hate me?
Lately, I can’t seem to find the key to break free
Make peace, wake-sleep, repeat, then…new week
A blue streak, mystique, so what does that make me?
Frankly, I don’t need nobody to thank me
And thankfully, I found a better way to let angst free
Angrily, NOT how I’m trying to live
I’m trying to give something for the lows and mids
The highs unrecognized, but their sight’s within
Close distance, slowly FOCUSING
I wrote this in a state of mind I’m not missing
That’s if my mission was the kind ya win
A monument was built in my memory palace
A gift that allow us to focus on the times that we’re proudest
When love was loudest, try not to remember the malice
I’m tracking the mileage, a more important way to define it
Still I’m reminded…that the brighter the shining
Sometimes it makes it harder to find ‘em
Still I’m trying, leaving the debris behind him
Realignment with myself is my first assignment…
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9. |
Silent Screams
01:17
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I dislike the alt-right outright, alright?
That’s as plain as I can put it…all white
Some got a knack for acting fly, but it’s all hype
Check their flight plan and it’s all at a small height
There’s certain things that keep me up all night
Like if roles were reversed then what would the walls write?
Would we get a lecture from architecture?
Or would they sympathize cause they know we are pawns to pleasure?
Sure, I consider pros and cons, but they’re hard to measure
In terms of self expression, hmph, I know the art of extra
Extra, read all about it, whether you believe or doubt it
It’s all the same in the end
Even when attempting again
Thought I was destined to win
My brain is clearly clouded….
So Imma speak about it
Strength to power, by transitional means
I don’t need a castle, I’m the king of my dreams
Cause for affection, that’s a sight unseen
No silencing, these are just are my silent screams
Strength to power, by transitional means
I don’t need a castle, I’m the king of my dreams
Cause for affection, that’s a sight unseen
No silencing, these are just are my silent screams
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10. |
The Missing Peace
01:36
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Here’s your last chance, choose to slow down or a fast dance
Clasp hands, hold on, there’s been a change a plans
Fading sands, time slips away to a distant land
This was planned but found a missing piece of a man
The mission still stands, not to keep it real for no fans
Real is the brand, since on rhyming on the reels with mans
That’s Wildstyle, on the prowl, yeah, the child was advanced
But now he’s lost, can’t get across, so he stops where he stands
What does he mean? What does logic bring to a dream?
What is a team? He’s all alone, his views extreme
OR SO IT SEEM, cause see he’s a calm as a stream
And they can’t trust it, it’s like some mysterious thing
Heroes and kings, or zeros trying to hold back the queens
Can’t go back to teens, those days are gone, save all your screams
Like tractor beams, attracting everything in your orbit
So pick where you point it, cause every move you make is recorded
Every move you make is important…
Not every good deed is rewarded
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11. |
Water Over Bridges
01:52
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Set fate free, see how far my will can take me
I will bleed every pint of blood, can’t sedate me
I’m moving forward, not for glory, not that I would ignore it
My story’s a different category, so let’s explore it
My origin is transition from sword to pen
I was sure to win, that’s what I thought way back when
Still trapped in a corner, ain’t got no corner men
I need a plan, need to think, bring the chorus in
Water over bridges
Water over bridges
Water over bridges
New plan, I stand here before ya today
Just to say, I’m ready to re-mold the clay
New shapes and colors, not based on the needs of others
These ancient wonders, rare like a patient lover
Hate can hover, wait til it’s safe to smother
Kill all joy, like it’s your fate to suffer
But there’s another road we can choose to pave
And, lose the slave mentality that rules the day
Water over bridges
Easier said than done, I agree, I’ve won
Not one of these battles, but I’ve just begun
Praise due to phase two, check this art I drew
In wild style lettering, like it’s ’82
Or ’89 when I was just one of three
We wanted to be, larger than life can be
But now I see, it’s not about the size of the tree
Decide what I need, then I provide it for ME
Water over bridges
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12. |
What Time Reveals
02:12
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One last time let’s take a look at your life line
Examine if it all strained, frayed just like mine
When light shines, I must be lost in night time
Cause I find more dark clouds than bright signs
I’m proud even when I totally broke down
I found the strength to fight, but is this the tenth round?
I’m tense now, didn’t take much to convince how
Far he had to go to make every step worthwhile
Fertile ground, ripe for the growing of new crops
You do or you do NOT, you value what YOU got
It’s too hot, I gotta cool of so I pull off
The wool from the eyes, surprise the lies lost
I exhaust every option till I got ONE to get done
The task, lose it all or win SOME
And I’ve been one to always speak my mind, cause it feels best
Will it pay off? I hope time reveals yes
What time reveals…
What time reveals…
What time reveals…
The difference from real and the way things feel
What time reveals…
What time reveals…
What time reveals…
The difference from real and the way things feel
The way things feel..that’s what time reveals
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3Wisemen Entertainment Minneapolis, Minnesota
3Wisemen Entertainment is the brainchild of Kevin Beacham, and is the over-arching brand for his various ventures of the past and present; Stories About Songs Podcast (Coming Soon!), Time Travel Radio, RedefineHipHop, Redefinition Radio, Caught In The Middle Magazine, etc... ... more
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