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Bird Baby Bandit
Flying high in the skyies, looking for twigs and leaves
To take care of their young
Like byrdz in the woods
But the byrdz who forget, how to build nests in trees
Spend their days on the wire
These are byrdz in the hood
Flying high in the skyies, the great byrdz of prey
Were caught on video
Taking the babies away.
(These are definitely not byrdz in the hood)
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Magic Wand
I be the Wanderer, cause I'm the Wanderer, I go around, round, round...
There may not be
No place for me
But I sho' to be everywhere there ain't
When it rains in Africa
When it rains in africa, africa come alive
I smell the violet of the trees
Violet, that triples in size
trees that fly
a Zulu can not tell u, but I will try
man learned to build from the ants
Ants! the Architect
and we get our rhythm from singing birds
birds that fly; we got our rhythm from the birds
I close my eyes to see the light
close my eyes, so I can see the lights
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Riding with the Undertow
Ive used up all my self-denial, I dont have any more hate
Im riding with the undertow
Holding on to the overweight
I know what goes around, Comes around again
Let it slide, let it slide
That's why I, let it slide
Because you can never know, What phase youll go thru next
Or when the disbelievers catch on, and cancel all your bets
But I let it slide, let it slide
That's why I, let it slide
You may be happy someday, You may have found yourself a friend
But you'll never be quite ready, For what happens in the end
That's why I, let it slide
Let it slide, thats right
Whatever goes around, Comes around again
But I let it slide, let it slide
That's why I, let it slide
Aint got enough money, To buy your own suicide
But let it slide, let it slide
Thats why I, let it slide
So send me my denial and dont make me wait
I ride with the undertow
Holding on to the overweight
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Deep Sea Diver
A deep sea diver, she climbs the highest cliff
To take her chances, with the wild unknown
She spread her wings, and flies upon the depths
For the love of her life, for the test of her own
As her confidence prevails, she descends between the rocks
Into the ocean below, a free bird escapes the flock
It is all she now; he had crossed the line
Although her heart may stay, the mind she not leave behind
She goes to prove exactly, who and what I am
Even with all her faults, that dont mean a damn
Unless she know now, what Im without he
Unless she go fly, from the mountain to the sea
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Open Your Legs
So tell me gorgeous, is it asking too much?
For you to put down the phone, so we can go home and fuck.
What seems to be the matter, are you worried about us being alone?
Are you staying? or would you rather, me take your ass back home.
I just couldnt get to sleep, theres no need to be upset.
I put my up on her cheek, but shes too worried about a test.
Why dont you let me help you? I dont want to let you go.
Tell me what I have to do, and thats all I need to know.
I know that you still love me, but Im responsible for a child
Were no longer married, and I cant deal with you right now.
Now I dont understand, why you came into my shop.
You kissed the fingers on my hand, and said your dish was hot.
Im sorry about that; and please dont take me for a liar
After seeing you again, I know my love still burns like fire.
If what you say is true, he began to stroke her hair.
I know what we can do, walking slowly up the stairs.
Lets talk about it in the morning, and you can get some rest.
Whatever reason you being here, we dont need to talk about it yet.
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Why We Unsheathe the Sword
Woe, woe contagious plight?
Hit me once again
Forces to lean right
Me saga without a song
Me shadow without me shine
Now comes the truth
Now comes the time
We are not displaced; we without origin
Boldly we go; before the harlequin
Shame, shame, false serenity
Now mourn the death, caused by your stupidity
What is now in the wind?
What is in ? now the wind
The cycle without its wheel
A film without its reel
The fugitive without reward
Why we must unsheathe the sword
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On the Wire
It seems so unrealistic
To expect that these issues
would not be reconsidered
they stare in to the mirror
and needlessly disguised
regarding they reflection
the birds upon the wire
it seems so unrealistic
there once was a mayor
who lived upon the wire
he started as a player
but ended as a liar
it seems so unrealistic
and needlessly disguised
for birds whos characteristic
is flying through the sky
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Tits Parade
On the chiefs birthday I arrive in the village
Where a riot had started, but without any pillage
All the revelers were chanting, stamping their feet in the dirt
A thousand girls came dancing, in the street without their shirts
Musicians and poets were gathering, drawing people into the charade
Straight through the center of town, came a marching tits parade
But at the birthday celebration, the daughter of the chief
performed a dance, for her father and his guests
the dance was so exotic, and the guests were so impressed
that he swore that he would give what ever she desired
to continue entertaining them the girl demanded payment
for conceded guilt and sensual motives, she demands the death of a prophet
Oh, the rights of the famous, the chief was so distressed
If not my oath was had witness by any of my guests
Dance for me again Salome! Dance for me and my guests!
Dance for us Salome, dance again at my death!
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We Without Origin
We are not displaced; we without origin
Boldly we go; before this harlequin
We want to be free, but freedom we cant afford
Our only hope depends, on the mercy of the Lord
We want to be safe; safetys not our way of life
Caught in the middle passage, lost between day and night
We dont need to understand, we dont want to care
It doesnt matter where you go, when you dont come from anywhere
The range of occupations held by slaves, was nearly as broad as that held by
free persons
The highest position slaves were to attain was that of slave minister
Although a few slaves even rose to become slave monarchs, as did Moses
and some of the sultans of Islam.
At a level lower than the slave ministers, were slaves working in
administrative service, either as government property or owned by private
individuals but dispatched for government work.
The so-called temple slaves were those who worked for religious institutions
and unless they were ultimately destined for sacrifice to the gods, temple
slaves served in many occupations ranging from priestess to janitor.
Slaves who fought as soldiers were usually considered of higher status, this
special type of soldier slave was found in the Ottoman Empire. Captive
children were often taken to Istanbul and raised to be professional soldiers,
or janissaries. A practice learned from the earlier Islamic Empires.
However most societies explicitly refused to employ slaves in combat, this
action was taken out of fear that it would be necessary to free the slaves
who had learned to fight in organized warfare.
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While some higher-status slaves worked as merchants and were entrusted
with large sums of money most slave societies, particularly in the American
South, forbade slaves to engage in any type of business or commerce.
Only a small portion of slaves throughout history were fortunate enough to
be employed in any of these elite or prestigious occupations.
To the contrary, most were assigned strictly physical labor, often the most
degrading that any society had to offer.
Among the worst forms of slave employment were prostitution and other
occupations demanding extreme hard physical labor; such as mining.
Slaves were used in mine for gold, coal or silver mines in Africa and
throughout the Americas.
Slaves have been used extensively in farming and agriculture, to build great
construction projects such as military fortifications, roads, irrigation
projects, to build temples or dams; from the Egyptian pyramids, to ancient
Babylon and through the industrial revolution.
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Laying down the law
What if nobody voted, nobody at all?
Take a stand, be a man
Lay down the law
Get a job, get wit the program
Lay down the law
Draw a line in the sand
Lay down the law
Dont be afraid of being too cruel
Dont be afraid if imposing punishments
Dont allow your workers to do as they please
Lay down the law
Remember our failures, come from weakness and indifference
Remember the hard lessons, thats the main concern
Disrespectful, uncontrolled, disliked by their superiors
Lay down the law
We cant allow our customers to do just as they please
What if nobody voted, no body at all
Who would be in control, who would legally have the right to govern?
Hello?
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Look into my eyes
Look into my eyes, live it peacefully, happily and with prosperity.
The most certain event for all living things is death and yet we know so little
about it.
We seems to spend more time dead than alive.
I know of people that have been dead a lot longer than they lived.
Life is then merely a transition, like a pit stop on a journey to some where
we really belong
or is it?
It may come sooner or it may come later in life but the Inevitable alwayshappens.
We carry out our actions and behave as if we are immortal
and death does not enter into our scheme of things.
But once you understand death, then you can really understand life
and this will help you to live it peacefully, happily and with prosperity.
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Secrets of the Tunnel
I knew I had to stay away
If I saw her again what was I to say
The mistakes we made, were not all at fault
Theyd have stopped the train, if the tunnels could talk
A young lady with questions of her own
But thought she best, leave us alone
Who studied us both so carefully
She wanted to please me desperately
I know how your feel, I understand
From under the table she touched my hand
At that moment, there was a know at the door
But who would you say, theyre looking for?
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If tunnels could talk
If tunnels could listen to what people shared and know all that happens
between here and there
I tunnels could speak and tell what they knew, would it change our
perspective, would it change what is true.
If tunnels could talk, then what would they say? Can you prove over night
what you did the next day?
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How to feel a shopping cart
Lunchtime specials, shop and save
Dont be fooled, bring a friend
Two for one, have more fun
Extra portions, shop and spend
One time offer, cakes and pies
Burger and subs, pickup or delivery
Buy two, the third one is free
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Honest Chikn Foot
In the cold, black distance of a full moonlight
Came a symbol of great power to unite the nations
Living within our psychic heritage
It called to me with this vision of the world
A world that has reached past its limits of division
Past its anger, envy and distrust
To a place where many nations coexist
I am practicing like these amalgamated Africans who had no money
To bribe or amass great armies
No power, nor arsenals of guns for the show of force
To control the subjugate masses, I, no laws to promise hope and dreams
forever deferred
No, we became Ayisyen in the land of Taino-Ayisyen
Who let the tools of combat crawl from our body and mind
Our veins are the vortex for a unified African psychic force
You will as you must, you will surrender to that
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Psychiatric shrink
I came home from the hospital, shot full a holes
My poor neighbor she cried god save this soul
The nurse was problematic, she should has nurse me back to health
But she sold out the patient a share of power and wealth
With a evil, greedy physician who pretends to heal the sick, with a mixed
bag of drugs and a head full tricks.
Why should I pay a doctor 100 dollars/hr for his time
When he calls himself a psychiatrist but cant even read my mind
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Mythopoetics
How many times
Characteristic of the mythopoetic, was the practice of storytelling with music
and with song
have I come to you
I take you to be my lawfully wedded wife, my constant friend, and faithful
companion
Characteristics. For better or for worse, in sickness and in health
With the light. Mythopoetic
To have and to hold, from this day forward
How many times. Storytelling
In the presence of God, I offer you my solemn vow
have I come to you. With music and with song
With the words
To honor you, and respect you, as long long as we both shall live.
I cant help you
To prepare for the journey and prepare for the resurrection.
The space between the two eyebrows is the point at which the spiritual eye
opens
How many times have I come to you, with the light
How many times have I come to you
with the words, I cant help you
An object once seen, even after the eyes are both destroyed, the knowledgethat "I have seen remains.
How many times have I come to you, with the light
How many times have I come to you, with the words
I cant help you
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Tycheetoes
Image the soul is a real being, it is an eternal entity.
Desire, aversion, pleasure, pain, and intelligence are of some its qualities or
some of signs.
How many times have I come to you
The object of the notion of I am is the soul and no understanding or
remembering is possible without a soul.
With the light
The eye cannot see and the ear hear without a soul.
How many times have I come to you
The senses are like instruments and there were an artist to use these
instruments. That artist is the soul.
with the words
I cant help you
How many times have I come to you
With the light
How many times have I come to you
with the words
I cant help you
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Find some video
The world is completely dark at least have of the day
All the logic, peace and sanity can not take that darkest away
Its part of the life we live in, its the price of civilization
How can we expect anything different from such a word is beyond
explanation. Civilization equals Domination.
The African was told that it is he who is uncivilized that he can achieve what
others have achieved by adopting European ways. But he forgets that what
he sees, what he desires was accomplished by dominance whether Arab or
European these advancements were accomplished on the backs of slaves.
Diplomacy is not a substitute for dominance and will never put you on equal
par with the oppressor once you have been one of the oppressed. You are
merely a tag-along or wanna-be community filled with envy for the
pretty, smiling, civilized people who look like you want to look. They live the
way you want to live and do the work that you want to do. These are the
people that get all the love and respect that you want to get. The Love of
God.
If their God loves them the way they say God does, then I want to be like
them and Ill worship their God too! This is the basis of all conformity,
assimilation, conversion, and all civilization.
Theres just one problem; one side of the equation that you and I still dont
understand. That is you cant just wanna-be them and worship their God
as they do. Youve got to be them and worship their God as they do before
the looking pretty happy and respected stuff comes along. Otherwise, youre
just wanting, still wanting, and waiting.
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Parole patrol
You may say what about guilt-by-association can that work for Gods
blessing too? Some people think so happy-by-association. I do believe itspossible to be happier by associating with happy people. But I doubt that
you will become beautiful or wealthy by tagging-alone with beautiful,
wealthy associates. I dont believe that. I believe you have to define your
own community, your own group or tribe if you like. In the community you
are unique and offer a unique contribution to others in the community. When
this is done in exchange for unique services or contributions for other
members of that group the community will prosper and succeed like as
family. Nothing is more beautiful than a happy family.
You may say what about guilt-by-association can that work for Gods
blessing too? Some people think so happy-by-association. I do believe its
possible to be happier by associating with happy people. But I doubt that
you will become beautiful or wealthy by tagging-alone with beautiful,
wealthy associates. I dont believe that. I believe you have to define your
own community, your own group or tribe if you like. In the community you
are unique and offer a unique contribution to others in the community. When
this is done in exchange for unique services or contributions for other
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Registered hipnocyst
This for us not by us
This about you, not of you
This for you, not by you
This the new world disorder
The new world apocalypse
Your apocalypse and epitaph