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Better To Be
03:14
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Do I have to work all day
Just to make bills to pay
What happened to individuality?
I’d like to re-examine, please
Better to be than to do
Better to be than to do
My worth defined by the concrete
Certificates and awards up on my wall
Celebrate the tasks that I complete
Would I be myself if they did fall?
Better to be than to do
Better to be than to do
Better to be than to do
Better to be than to do
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2. |
I Don't Need You
03:47
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Met you years ago
My mom knew you first
You seemed not so bad
Certainly not the worst
I look at all you try to do
I have to decide
Many years we spent
Talking, spreading joy
Also self-obsession
Turned to a cruel ploy
I look at all you try to do
I have to decide
Now my path is clear
I don’t need you here
We spent time apart
Nearly seven years
But without that distance
I see revived fears
You try so very hard
To be everything you can
To everyone in the world
Lost sight of your purpose
I look at all you try to do
I have to decide
Now my path is clear
I don’t need you here
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3. |
Leaving This Place
03:23
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When I feel stifled, I
When I feel stifled, I
When I feel stifled, I
When I feel stifled, I
I can always take control of my life and experience
Turn the key, unlock the door, so easy I’m delirious
I can always take control of my life and experience
Turn the key, unlock the door, so easy I’m delirious
I can always take control of my life and experience
Turn the key, unlock the door, so easy I’m delirious
I can always take control of my life and experience
Turn the key, unlock the door, so easy I’m delirious
When I feel stifled, I
When I feel stifled, I
When I feel stifled, I
When I feel stifled, I
I can always take control of my life and experience
Turn the key, unlock the door, so easy I’m delirious
I can always take control of my life and experience
Turn the key, unlock the door, so easy I’m delirious
I can always take control of my life and experience
Turn the key, unlock the door, so easy I’m delirious
I can always take control of my life and experience
Turn the key, unlock the door, so easy I’m delirious
When I feel stifled, I
When I feel stifled, I
When I feel stifled, I
When I feel stifled, I
When I feel stifled, I
When I feel stifled, I
When I feel stifled, I
When I feel stifled, I
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4. |
Too Tired
02:40
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I love the way we talk
The way you look at me
Sparkling in your eye
You light up my life
I’m sorry, dear, but I just have to say
I’m too tired
I need to go to bed
Wishing I could stay up late
Your wit and intelligence
I sure to appreciate
Every second and chance
I’m sorry, dear, but I just have to say
I’m too tired
I need to go to bed
I’m sorry, dear, but I just have to say
I’m too tired
I need to go to bed
I’m sorry, dear, but I just have to say
I’m too tired
I need to go to bed
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5. |
Promise You Did
03:58
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You promised
You promised
You did
You did
You promised
You promised
You did
You did
If this union were to thrive
All those dead words would come alive
I sift through the past times we’ve had
Trying to find where things went bad
I can boil down all our troubles
Simpler than blowing soap bubbles
It’s the same that afflicts our nation
Failure at communication
You promised
You promised
You did
You did
You promised
You promised
You did
You did
You promised
You promised
You did
You did
You promised
You promised
You did
You did
You promised
You promised
You did
You did
You promised
You promised
You did
You did
You promised
You promised
You did
You did
You promised
You promised
You did
You did
You promised
You promised
You did
You did
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6. |
Light Heart
03:26
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Sweet things float
About, around your head
Only seeing stars
And the brightest colors
You have a light heart
You have a light heart
You have a light heart
You have a light heart
Nothing dark appears
In your vision
All the love around
Collects inside your space
You have a light heart
You have a light heart
You have a light heart
You have a light heart
You have a light heart
You have a light heart
You have a light heart
You have a light heart
You have a light heart
You have a light heart
You have a light heart
You have a light heart
Nothing dark appears
In your vision
All the love around
Collects inside your space
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7. |
Looking To The Future
03:53
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The past is full of thorns and cobwebs
We can learn by reflecting on these
But to make progress and grow better
We can’t only be looking backward
I will be looking
I will be looking
To the future
I look around me and see our follies
Our flaws, though glaring, appear so clearly
We need the time to reflect and focus
Or else our lives will repeat past mishaps
I will be looking
I will be looking
To the future
To the future
I will be looking
I will be looking
To the future
To the future
To the future
To the future
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8. |
Label
02:49
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Somebody’s walking down the street
Now, that is someone I’d like to meet
But our skin tones are different
Maybe I shouldn’t talk to them
Different things are different
Genus, schema, label
I hear some music pouring in
To my house from outside cars
It’s not familiar to my ears
Maybe deep inside it stirs my fears
Different things are different
Genus, schema, label
Different things are different
Genus, schema, label
Different things are different
Genus, schema, label
Different things are different
Genus, schema, label
Different things are different
Genus, schema, label
Different things are different
Genus, schema, label
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9. |
Time
03:09
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They say it marches on
But it lacks the will to be so regimented
Our measurements barely touch its essence
Precise instruments all so trivial
Time
Endless
Flowing
Time
Endless
Flowing
Time
Endless
Flowing
Time
Endless
Flowing
It never stops to wink at me
Its course unshakable and steady
I’d say we can learn from it
But nobody’s immortal
Time
Endless
Flowing
Time
Endless
Flowing
Time
Endless
Flowing
Time
Endless
Flowing
Time
Endless
Flowing
Time
Endless
Flowing
Time
Endless
Flowing
Time
Endless
Flowing
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10. |
Danger
02:09
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See through the facade
Attention captured
This is danger
This is danger
Rise above
Pave your way
This is danger
This is danger
This is danger
This is danger
This is danger
This is danger
Rise above
Pave your way
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11. |
Study
01:46
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12. |
The Test
04:57
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You spent so much time
Getting to this stage
But now these lazy bastards
Fill you with rage
Looking at the atmosphere
Feeling in the air
Each mistake you fear
Totally unfair
This privileged man is bunk
His work ethic is trash
B ut when it comes pay day
He rakes in the cash
This has got to change
Unequal treatment
Time to analyze
And demystify
You can always work harder
But should you break your back?
Is it worth it?
This is the test
For decades we have spoken
Of how our men and women
Aren’t just like tokens
This system is broken
What could make us value
The work of one person
Over one another
That just isn’t right
Who care if one’s a doctor
Of their special field
That doesn’t even mean
That they have a clue
We will call this out
It’s our given right
He shouldn’t get an out
Just because he’s white
You can always work harder
But should you break your back?
Is it worth it?
This is the test
You can always work harder
But should you break your back?
Is it worth it?
This is the test
You can always work harder
But should you break your back?
Is it worth it?
This is the test
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Nyentek Chicago, Illinois
An “adventurer in electronic sounds-poetry” whose music is “mind-bending, at times blissfully bizarre.”
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