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The Cat's Loose Again
00:27
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Tomcat:
Tell me how do you conceive all that you believe
When the sun sets tell me what is it you'll leave
What we want, what we need, what we kill in the name of greed
What we see and believe, what shall die so we may feed
Build it we destroy it, kick it til it bleeds
watch but we avoid it, block out all the screams
Put our greed and wealth ahead of what we need
Tear down all the forest and poison all the seed
This is mine, wait in line, got no time, more to buy
Do some crime, need a dime, this was theirs, now it's mine
Palm n fist, push n shove, live a life of fear or love
This will be the legacy you leave behind in your blood
Germaine Jackson:
All these things, that we have made, will live until the end of time,
For our mistakes, someone must pay, what will we leave behind
Tomcat:
What we call our history once was called their future
We've taken all the mysteries replaced them with computers
Call ourselves the righteous, but all i see are vultures
Our wallets get fatter as we destroy our culture
Sold your soul to an industry for some currency
We hand out poison in a bottle marked remedy
Suite and tie, walk the line, live a lie, til you die
We could fly through this life, coz real dreamers never die
Germaine Jackson:
All these things, that we have made, will live until the end of time,
For our mistakes, someone must pay, what will we leave behind
What will you leave behind
Tell me what will you leave behind
Tell me what will, tell me what will,
Tell me what will you leave behind
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White
04:02
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White light at night on the white wall
White is the ceiling and white is the floor
Tomorrow shall be white, just like the day before
Listen to the footsteps, they're coming down the hall
We sit and we wait, while they sit there and lie
No level of faith and no level of pride, can
help you in this place, can keep you alive
Every man was born and every man shall die
If they're coming' in, they're leaving' one way or another
Some on their two feet, some under a cover
That which does not kill you can only make you stronger
Or leave your mind in tatters, always feeling like a loner
Jesus freaks down on their hands and knees praying,
as I sit and wonder what I'm meant to put my faith in
I've seen a man pray and I've seen him pass away
Tomorrow isn't promised, we only have today
Forget about lies, they're written in the sand
How can I believe in God if this is what he planned
This is no karma or redemption for a sin
This is just the life, the only one we're given
Loneliness surrounds us like a plague
You can hear their lies, when they tell you everything is gonna be ok
Hollow screams echo down a hollow hall at night
I turn to see my friend, his skin is painted white
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4. |
Amen
01:05
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BK Ultra:
Corporations across the nations making a literal killing spilling blood
Launching their rockets, they line their pockets, with cash flowing like a flash flood.
Try n’ disguise their lies while liberty dies, Ignoring cries, they grinning,
And it’s just the beginning because the lies that they spinning enable them to keep sinning,
Land of the free in a state of confusion, Houdini freedom’s an impressive illusion,
More hypocritically dramatic, than politically democratic, we need a solution,
A messiah or a miracle, don’t mean to sound cynical but we’ve come to the pinnacle.
We must unite together, think now or never, whether, we wanna be oppressed forever.
Tomcat:
I know we gotta stand together as one
No answer lies in the barrel of a gun
Millions die with the click of a pen
We got guided missiles and misguided men
I see sadness behind these actions
Anger behind the reaction
What we really need is to love one another
Can any man justify the right to suffer?
Deep down we all live a lie,
we deny our ourselves of what doesn't make sense
Until we repent because men do not cry
So others die and that's the consequence
BK Ultra:
We gotta act against being attacked, and what we lacked in the past was a disaster,
but we can make it last, leave no exemption, achieve redemption but we gotta move faster,
I forgot to mention, our potential, to be influential, is endless,
Their cash flow's torrential and it’s confidential, but we can end this.
Justice, is meant to be blind but instead it wound up dead,
Assassinated by the People in power, the ones hiding the horns on their head.
long line at the gates of heaven, if ignorance is bliss,
Check out World Trade Centre 7, how the fuck did we miss this?
Too busy buying propaganda, so stand ya self up and demand ya Rights back
and set your sights back, to the right track, or fade to black.
At some point getting paid must of outweighed, the good of the people,
Everybody unaware that they prayed to the devil, when they prayed to the steeple.
Tomcat:
Maybe the prophets misread the words
Saying they were sent from heaven above
Grab a hold of another corporate herd
Say that they all come together for love
What they really all share is a grudge
Everyone under them shall be judged
The good and the bad the wrong and the right
We both start wars and we both do fight
My eyes now open and my heart is too
We all fear death we've all seen a few
Stop looking up above 'cause it's no use, we need
love, less lies, a little more truth
We can talk, talk talk and talk all day
Pray to your god, pray life away
Nothing's gonna change if you don't make a stand
The world is yours, live it with an open hand.
BK Ultra:
The preachers and the teachers, it’s a shame that they’re one in the same,
Different ideas but never fear, because their aim is to shift the blame,
To, terrorist troops, minority groups
Got you running through hoops in search of the truth
But it’s no use, unless we voice our views, and light the fuse,
to detonate, educate to retaliate, To annihilate, obliterate
Eliminate, eradicate, the opposition, finish the mission,
get them wishing, that we were still deaf dumb blind - oblivious,
to their actions so insidious and the truth, that’s simply hideous.
Fight those drunk with power, I hope by now you’re thinking, that we gotta stop ‘em drinking,
Nowadays Immorality is linked to immortality, society’s sinking
we gotta change the mentality, although Originality’s my speciality,
we gotta face reality, all alone it won’t stop the brutality.
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6. |
Follow The Leader
04:05
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What's good for the majority is more of a necessity
than the needs of one, but ain't it funny
that the majority own the guns
The people want unity but
they need a division, everybody shut up
listen to your television
they can shape your disposition
Coz it can give you greater wisdom
Now in high definition
Do we find love in wealth or poverty
Shape the world with your own two hands
Be your own man like Gandhi or Dr. King
Gotta make a stand when you step into the ring
But its much easier
to listen to the leaders
Swallow what they feed us
What they can't do we must
And in God we trust
Do we care that our lives are being run
by a self proclaimed greater power
While we count down the hours
And they watch from the towers
And I guess we're all slaves in our own way
But who am I to say any different
Welcome to the vile, sick, hypocrite, misfit,
Middle finger up, power to the people not the politics
What I really want is a world where everybody
can think for themselves
And I wish I could believe that our hearts will overcome
our need for wealth
And I can feel a sadness when I open my eyes
And see that nobody is living their life
But instead a disguise and a mask for their lies
And their dreams that they hold buried deep down inside
They cannot take our freedom this is our
world we live in this is not a prison
they must think we trust their wisdom
while we play along with their system
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Tomcat:
From a, different place coming in the same
direction, this is an obsession
Always keep you guessing, give you a
lesson, show no digression
I'm the beat maker, Paradox the
breath taker, underestimate the
power of the distant ground breakers
That's your first mistake huh
One dream two different faces
One destination two different places
We hold the key, no matter
where you're from north south east west,
we all come together for the
feast, fill the belly of the
beast, hip hop unite us as
one, we shine like the sun
Rhythm 'n' melody bring us together,
we're light like a feather when we're dancing on the
clouds, where we scream and we shout, living
life with no doubt
There is only one international
language, I'll tell you what the plan is
and what the vision be, to
unite this planet as one family
One family, one family
One family, one family
One family, one family
Paradox drop it on the beat
Paradox:
Tomcat:
Unity peace among one another, hiphop
be our family we fight as brothers
Tomcat Paradox come together
non stop, east side west side
come together peace sign
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9. |
Oceans pt. One
02:29
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You got a kindness, and the innocence, a smile and the laughter
I got a passion, and the knowledge, that comes from something darker
I thought that you were strong, and you thought that I was kind
I thought that you could make me smile and you thought I was wise
But constantly you cry, with a heart full of regret
And the truth is I might be the biggest prick you've ever met
Please tell me what you're feeling, I should take more care where I step
There's a child inside your heart, and a monster in my head
I think we know ourselves, but so often we forget
I feel bad for so many of the things that I have said
I wish I didn't have to say or write them in this song
But I need you to know how I feel and I feel like something's wrong
My heart is here if you need it, but no longer can I carry you
I wish you would believe me when I say that I am proud of you
But instead you fall apart, with no love left in your heart
And now you got me thinking that it's time that we depart
But I'll fight, and I'll cry, and I'll give you all I know
In the hope that you'll help yourself so that we can grow
Things are getting darker, but I know a light will show
So please help me to help us I'm not ready to let go
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Tomcat:
No compromise, no time to stall
This mountain is steep, I'll scale its walls
I reach the peak, and look out at the world
At the base is a river, followed by a thousand more
Mountains to climb, with nothing but time
I make our way down, the road starts to wind, I
see a blind man, behind him is a thunder
A great battalion of sheep and I wonder
If I'm asleep, eaten alive by the
secrets I keep, live on your knees or
die on your feet, freedom and fear
are the company, I choose to keep
And I'll always strive and although I fuck up
At least I'm alive, to make my mistakes while you
lay here half dead, in a place where it's safe to play
I will not stop, until I die on the way
Germaine Jackson:
Sleep walker, I am a sleep walker, sleep walker
Sleep walker, I am a sleep walker, sleep walker
wake me up, wake me up, wake me up, wake me up...
Tomcat:
Let down your guard, it's time to let go
Walk your own path, there's no need to follow
Give in, to this passion that burns
Forget about tomorrow, no longer hollow
This journey we share, we'll travel together
Through any weather, leaving nothing but our
footprints, that wash away in the rain
No destination we travel forever, my
patience is weak, my passion is strong
This mountain is great, but together we move on
With no time to slow down I forget to take in
All that we've seen, and all that we've been
We reach the ocean and watch from the sand
Then through the waves, we see a land
Filled with emotion we walk to the shore
You take my hand then we set out once more
Germaine Jackson:
Journeys we take, decisions we make
I'm not asleep yet I'm not awake
This journey we take, decisions we make,
I'm not asleep yet I'm not awake
As I lay dormant in my mind I'm haunted
always afraid of the world outside
I sit and wonder inside is a thunder,
always afraid to live my life
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Bloom
03:10
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I will be the rain that will wash the pain away
You can be the flower that grows the next day
From the rays of the sun in the soil of the ground
And it will be blessed with a secret we found.
The wind will now heed me to where I must go
As a new day arises another flower grows
As the rain parts and makes way for the sun
Lonely is my heart for my work here is done.
So the rain makes its way across the land and the sea
Searching for a place where it can be at peace
If the rain stays too long and the rivers overflow
It shall wash away the earth so no flower could ever grow.
Again the wind blows and I will be on my way
Always in search of a land in need of rain
And as I set forth and make way for the sun
Fulfilled is my heart for my work here is done.
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12. |
Heatwave (feat. Man Cub)
02:50
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Man Cub:
This is about that moment we all remember,
reminiscing about that one summer with a lover,
Finding yourselves within one another,
lying on a beach somewhere, You see...
They were the days, of our hot sweaty nights,
misty heat haze, just hangs about the lights,
the wind, was cool, but the air was soft an warm,
As we sit and stare in to the distant coming storm,
Crashing like a grand piano on its last encore
Toes in the sand, I couldn’t of asked for more,
The wind in the trees was the only sound I heard,
This is sure to please, its beauty is absurd,
The scent of the ocean, the songs of the birds
Catch the emotion, better than any words,
this is our vacation, away from the 'burbs,
such a sensation, we must conserve
Tomcat:
Long walks in the park til the dark of night
Cool summer breeze got us feeling alright
Lay down in the grass til its growing through our finger
tips, I can still feel you on my lips
Heatwave in the summer waves crashing like a thunder
Experimental youth a new world we discover
Long nights with lovers under the sheets we misbehave
Get up do it again coz were on a heatwave
Man Cub:
now they were the days that our memories are made,
we worked hard, played hard, never let love fade,
I didn’t see it then, it was a subtle change,
innocence lost but gained a knowledge strange,
Within you I found me, within me you found you,
A love plain to see, had me feeling brand new
it didn’t last for long, what’s left is this song,
so no matter the years, well always have here,
Even after the tears, the memory is clear,
I cannot forget, our summer at the beach,
it lives on forever, in this little speach
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Scatterbrain
03:48
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This is dedicated to all the scatter brains,
Who think outside the frame 'til they're tearing at the seams
Hold it all inside, looking' tired all the time
Go to bed but can't unwind, something laying on your mind
For every rule I make, another I break
What's the price of safety, with honesty at stake
Distracted by the give and take, hustle bustle of the day to day
We lay awake at night, have we gone astray?
No writing on the walls, were taught not to write it
A way the world works, we're taught not to fight it and
There's something beautiful inside, something heavy
on the mind, we could put it on the line, instead we hide it
Born into a world with our lives on a line but
I don't wanna live a lie, break free I'm gonna try coz I can
feel it scratching at the surface, all the time
and I think you know we have a greater purpose inside
No matter what it takes, we run until it aches
Despite the demons we face we got no time to waste
We push our minds and our bodies 'til they fall apart
Nothing's gonna stop us until the day that we depart
This is a message of love, a message of passion
This one is for everybody swimming in the deep end
You could live in fear of failing what you start,
Or you could live with strength, always thinking with your heart
This is dedicated to all the scatter brains,
Who think outside the frame til they're tearing at the seams
Hold it all inside, looking' tired all the time
Go to bed but can't unwind, something left out there to find
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I'm sorry when I do you wrong
Sometimes I can't control myself
And I'm so glad that your strong
I know we can get through this together
When the clouds come you smile at me
To give me hope in stormy weather
You are my light in the darkness
And I hope you shine forever
It comes over like an endless rain
And I sink to the bottom of its ocean
The currents will pull me away
My mind flooded with so much emotion
And then you take my hand
And whisper 'I love you so'
Through all this pain in my heart
I hope you know that I love you
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