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Light and Shadow
04:51
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The rain falls and vapours rise from the earth
The death of one is another one's birth and the last one always ends up first
Wisdom brings hurt and sadness mirth.
Light and shadow......
Beauty beguiles and becomes a poison to the soul
Strength can be found in relinquishing control
Things that go up start out from below
The sum of all the parts makes up the whole and to lead is to follow
Light and shadow.....
The end of hate is the beginning of love
The high will be low, the low lifted above
What hides in the dark will be brought into the light you know.
Time will mean nothing in the afterglow.
Light and shadow....
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Lines measure hate by the yard
They alienate
They discard
Lines box up fear
Put people in and seal them there
Lines whip in backlash
Leave welts
Like a soaked leather strap
Lines might protect
But they divide
Lines lead but they deny
They create paths but can hide
So when you say
Somebody have to draw de line
I want to know
Who hand you dat rod of correction?
And dem equal signs to stick
at the end of your long division?
Who hand you de big book and say read
While others listen?
Who tell you to make your mark in pen
So it cyan erase or rewrite or amend?
Who tell you play man or politician or god
And decide who have rights
And who is abhorred?
No you say, somebody have to draw de line
But who?
And why?
Why you
Have to draw de line
Against who?
Have we forgotten caring?
When we label rather than love
We stop sharing
Who can be safe when some get heard
And when some speak
We stop hearing
Dis gun talk, rum shop talk
Wielding words I would not use
Telling me my violence
Is to want to choose
words that matter to me
I see in your face you do not approve
Should I be feminine but not feminist
Willing but not easy
Should I be conscious but not too political
Challenge, but not your authority
Should I be a good person but accept
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Mystery
03:50
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How does one begin to even explain?
The greatest thing at the heart of the smallest thing
Like what keeps this universe circling?
Like the reason for more oceans and seas than mountains and trees
Disastrous happenings, are they for our awakening?
Yet still no-one sees, no-one's listening.
The most powerful thing is always invisible
And divine things come in 9s, 7s and 3s....8s, 12s and 13s
Look around then it will be revealed
Those with eyes to see will see that this life is mysterious
Everything is mysterious
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Adama
02:58
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Run Away
05:58
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I need to escape, this dark and lonely place
But if I proceed too hastily the very truth may elude me
So I turn around and embrace it to know exactly what I'm letting go of
And though I don't really want to stay, I can't just runaway.
Behold, the sting, the stench, the spears and fire of our own ugly face
When it is time for them to retire, it is bitter thing to taste
It seems that passion and desire are fears and demons at the gate
Waiting to replace what was colourful with dirty grey
To a place where there's no daylight
Does this fight really make it shine brighter than sun?
Run, I want to run but it won't change this condition. ....
So I must stay.
Because another day becomes a thousand tomorrows....
It must end today.
So I must linger and embrace it like no other
If I move evasively it will only get stronger
Uncover the shame, the shock and the horror
Why does it have to be this way?
Is Love in league with the dirty grey?
To keep me searching for where daylight shines
Or is the midnight really much brighter than the sun?
Fight I have to fight there is no time for me to run
To keep on searching for where daylight shines
Does this fight really make it shine brighter than sun?
Run, I want to run but it won't change this condition....
I must stay
I can't just runaway because another day becomes a thousand tomorrows
It must end today.....
So I must linger and embrace it like no other......
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Empty Words
06:09
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No more of these words that come without feelings
No more of things thoughtlessly said without shame
Just try to think before speaking your mind (repeat)
No more words of love that just shackles and chains
I am running out of blood, bleeding for you
And still that is not enough, turning cold and blue
But this time I'll keep my heart where it should be
Than trampled in the path of words so empty
No more don't say a thing if it will have no meaning
No more words we regret that are just inhumane
After all the things are said when will you do?
At least half or some of the things you said that you would do
This time the door is shut for sure
Words alone they just don't work anymore
When you're running low on blood
Do till you overdo but it's never enough
You've turned cold and blue
And still have to find your heart, torn and dirty
Scattered in the path, the words were empty
No more of these words that come without feelings
No more words from the head when the heart speaks so plain
Don't say anything, if you're not going to do anything, don't say anything
The door is shut for sure; the door is shut for sure
Cause’ words alone they just don't work anymore.
When you're running out of blood, do till you overdo
It's never be enough turning cold and blue
So this time I'll keep my heart where it should be
Than trampled in the path of words so empty
I'm running out of blood...
So this time I'll keep my heart...
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Whispers
05:33
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Don't destroy what's only, barely just started
Right now the important part is to enjoy
Foolish and coy, naive and too open hearted
Please don't become disenchanted and give into the void
There is no happily ever after for the heart that is made of plaster
The days go by as you sit and wonder...
And wish that our conversations could turn into whispers
Something sweet.....
Say something sweet.
Too much joy too much for one soul to carry
Such is the fate of the lonely...
A fatal ploy...
But don't avoid the one that engulfs all your senses
Even broken down some fences and trenches destroyed
Someday there is a happily ever after for the one more water than plaster
Such a beautiful soul to exist and resist
Would it be wrong to wish this whisper into a kiss?
Something sweet.....
Please don't destroy what has only just begun
Right now the only solution can't be found in separation
Try to enjoy this, whatever you want to call it...
A dream of passion or spiritual bliss...
Just don't avoid
There is a happily ever after
For the one more water than plaster
Such a beautiful soul, don't go any further
Stay a while till conversations turn to whispers
Something sweet...
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Love Ltd.
04:44
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We're living on limited love but it can still make you see
Living on limited love but it never blind nobody
But are you ready to see this?
Is the why to which no-one really knows the answer?
'Cause when we give unlimited love, the response is uncertainty
If truthfulness pushes things further apart
And honesty is not really enough to start
Then hide it away for another day
Safe from those who want to prey upon you
Living on limited love that could still make us see
But when we give unlimited love, no-one behaves responsibly
Like some kind of demented play with the heart
A spell that nothing seems to really undo
This world of limited love that makes the blind still see
The ones that love least play the ruling part
Do as they please and tick you off on a chart
So hide it away for another day
It comes in handy when you really need to heal with limited love.
The one who loves ends up hungry
Take care of unlimited love and use it carefully
Most times when you try it give it
It's your fault when they take it all and then they leave you,
Alone, in this world of limited love that still makes you see...
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Innerspace
03:32
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Old Souljahs
05:00
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This temple is sacred
Yet many will try to bring it down
Singing the song but the dance is all wrong
Deceptions to debase what was created to be elevated
So with a compass to point the direction
Grace and Wisdom for the right position
Old souljahs know the solution is to live through each mission.
Cause there will be more to come and to overcome
This holy ground must be protected
Time in fear is time lost in preparation
Move light and pay attention to everything around
And when things get heated, please don't get distracted
Take a compass to know the direction
Grace and Wisdom for the right position
Old souljahs know the solution is to live through each mission.
'Cause there'll be more to come and to overcome
Old souljahs know the position
It's the reason they always overcome
For the battle is not of flesh you see
But of spirit and principality
Live through each mission....till the day is done
Cause there'll be more to come and to overcome.
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Shine Forever
04:59
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Sometimes the sequence makes you wonder
Like no end can be found
Sometimes your true self you will discover
16, 000 feet underground
Remember the lotus flower blooms in murky water
And all diamonds are formed under great heat and pressure
Yet they shine forever....
Then we could shine forever
Then, of course, there is the question
Is this all part of the plan?
Fire of purification.
So that we may understand
That to be cast into the fire just makes the metal purer
And the grass will be still there after the storm blows over
Then we could shine forever
Just remember the lotus flower blooms in murky water
And all diamonds are formed under great heat and pressure
And to be cast into the fire just makes the metal purer
And the grass will be there long after this storm blows over
We will shine forever...
I will shine forever......
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Access Denied
05:33
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What is freedom if you don't decide?
And what is choice if your hands are tied?
Beyond the shackles and chains the world is wide
Removed from pleasure and pain the world inside cannot be denied
Why do we always abuse the freedom to choose?
And always have to loose to what we misuse?
Cover it up and hide it away.
Keep it disguised
Access is denied when you've never tried to open you eyes
See clearly now, the open door.
The one that has never been closed before
See yourself in the sea of lies...
No more disguises
The truth, to be wise is to open your eyes.....
Then the world is wide
Access denied....
If you run and hide.....
So open your eyes
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Coreysan Bristol, UK
Coreysan is a Bristol based/Trinidad born musician and producer who describes his music as Electronic Caribbean Hybrid
Music.
Earthy bass and soulful beats with raspy, soothing vocals and a storyteller approach to his lyrical compositions, reminiscent of Calypso, all combine to give his music a rootsy, thought provoking, bass driven and mysterious flavour.
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