Run Up Quick

Run up quick
Something is going on over here
Run and tell it's happening downtown
Shout it out, scream it, play it on the radio
Without a doubt it's happening right now.

Run up quick and you run up strong
But you can't outrun the coming dawn
The seasons too nor the sun and moon
I saw you running to the river in the month of June
And that's too soon
Because July is the time that rely on rhyme
Sometimes your reason is blind
And the season's divine
So come on little mama turn the water to wine.

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Yell it from a window
Yell it from a roof
But you can't bullshit me because I'm bullshit proof
Well it's face to face and it's eye to eye
I've got a 40oz bottle and some 45's
I've got Atlantic, Buddha, Stax and Hi
Let the needle kiss the record let it open wide
I'm from The Wonder City where it's hot outside
We burn sage now to increase the vibe.
Well you run up quick and you run up strong
But you can't outrun the coming dawn
The seasons too nor the sun and moon
Everybody's running baby tell me now how about you?
You can run from the east and run to the west
You can run to the one that you dig the best
You can run to more and you can run from less
But you can't run from that beat in your chest
No Stress, if you can't run no more
Just walk on down to the corner store
Then meet me down by the cypress grove
That's where I've seen some lost souls.

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What I Am

I am rock and I am stone
Flesh and I am bone
I'm the sun and I can burn up the darkest night.
I am fire and I am ice
Sword and I am knife
I'm the moon and I can slice with the sharpest light.
Because these days like the desert all you've got is the light
And though the clouds bring weather you're fire burns as bright
As a glowing neon letter on a Las Vegas night
That's hot…good thing I'm the ice.
Because I'm colder than cold when it comes to the blues
Lift us up baby and let's lift up the youth
If you're tired of propaganda then let's burn up the roof.
We don't need no water let the motherfucker burn poof!

I am rock and I am stone
Flesh and I am bone
I'm the sun and I can burn up the darkest night.
I am fire and I am ice
Sword and I am knife
I'm the moon and I can slice with the sharpest light.

Fire burns up impurities refines the gold
And wood must be heated to ignite the soul
So let's set it on fire until all we are left with is coals.
Oh no! I forgot the wind so:
I'm the wind I'm the water I'm the fire and earth
I'm the four seasons, day and night, a power surge.
You're worth all you've ever had since birth
And that's worth much more than any coin and purse.

I am rock and I am stone
Flesh and I am bone
I'm the sun and I can burn up the darkest night.
I am fire and I am ice
Sword and I am knife
I'm the moon and I can slice with the sharpest light.

And when the new day dawns and the smoke is gone
Sound system designated champion.
Week half-steppers all just turn and run
While we get it on until the early morn
I know a lot of people out there are feeling confused
Lot of people out there feeling the blues
Myself I'm not exempt I get down too
But when I do this what I choose:

I burn.
I'm set aflame
Just the same
As it's been since the beginning of time
I've got no reason or rhyme
So I burn
I'm set aflame
Ashes to ashes
Dust to dust the same
I'm on fire
Because it's getting so hot these days
I burn.
I am rock and I am stone
Flesh and I am bone
I'm the sun and I can burn up the darkest night.
I am fire and I am ice
Sword and I am knife
I'm the moon and I can slice with the sharpest light.

Aquarius Skies

In the morning time, when I rise
The sunshine feels so fine on my eyes
Because the night was so long
The days have been so short
And I've been feeling so wrong.
Sometimes you want to step outside and just fly
But with your feet on the ground, all you can do is look up and wave hi.
My Grandmother told me one time
She sat so still that she saw the Divine
Every color of the rainbow
With her eyes closed and an open soul
And while her body laid still
She took a trip outside and rose high
How must that feel?
Like the masters from the East
They need their bodies the least
They taught Jesus to free us.

I need salvation
From Aquarius a days vacation
And I breathe sensations
They say it's good just to be alive.

I guess I'll go now
Get my groove on
Grab some coffee and put my boots on
I got some work to do until next week
Maybe then I'll gas up and drive to the sea.
I'll dive straight down into the suds and salt
If I never come back it won't be my fault
But even if it's just for one day
I'll will raise some cane and set the day ablaze.

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This life: just an anomaly
First you're here next you suffer then you're set free.
Precious moments in this reality
Can't waste them trying to design the key
And we damn sure must be rid of fear
Express now who we really are
Keeping our sights on the stars
Way up high above Aquarius skies.

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Sanctified

Maybe the planets are pulling on me
Maybe my sun sign's rising in the galaxy
But like the tides rise maybe so will I
Stand, Be counted, Be sanctified.
You know as well as I do,
Things are changing at crazy pace
You can feel it in the air,
You can feel it in the air.
Well at least with me
I can feel some change,
I'm being rearranged
And in fact it feels strange
But, I can't complain
Because to stay the same is to go insane,
Well Sam Cooke sang “A Change is Gonna' Come”
So I stand in the sun and scream come get some
Lord, make a vessel of me.
Grant me a sharp sword made of light and peace.

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Nighttime comes with the setting sun
And these days the dark grows strong.
But a slight breeze stirs through the grass and burrs
With the note of a triumphant song.
You could set me aside as holy
And consecrate my soul see
I want to be the change I want to see in the world
And you're the only one that knows me.

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Well I've seen the moon pull up the tides
Gardens planted by the full moon light
In the palm trees leaves it brings the sap to rise
And I'm nothing but water inside.
Well it's the Age of Aquarius some they say
They say the indigo color is here to stay
You have to keep your feet planted on the earth today
But to the stars is where we pray.
And when the cost of living gets so high
The rich he banks, another child she dies
On the Tigris and Euphrates here the mother's cry
You can't pay for the cost of war.
So lift us up and fill our cups,
Let the dams be broken, wash away the muck.
In the physical plane it seems that most are stuck
And that's what we're fighting for.

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Lampin'

Lord have mercy
We're just lampin' out licking cups
Layin' back so yes what's up
I just want to get up on my own two feet tonight
I think I just might

Let's go over to the supper club
We can bump some nasty dub
Reverb on the snare
Sweet music can take you anywhere you want to go.
So put yourself in cruise control
There's nothing else you need to know
You aint all ready learned a life ago
Lets burn like fire then get cool like snow
Even though
Your world it seems so bleak at times
When you know
Your government is full of lies
And to most
It comes as just a big surprise
Some people close their eyes
Others cut their ties
Just be wise
And let the trumpets take control and you'll blow
Until there's nothing left of Jericho
I know
Rockin with the beat on the two and four

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And though the cost of living is high
And we've watched the art of giving die
In the morning before the rooster cries
We'll be disowned three times trying to live our life
But time flies
And we'll ride the flight of time
Until it lights on a higher paradigm
And at night when the sun has refused to shine
We'll connect our minds then we'll pass some wine
A good time you cant take that away from me
So lets lamp from Gunnison to Tennessee
All my camp all my friends and family
Plus spirits ascended particles collectively
Connect us though not physically
And like the moon pulls up the sea
Let it pull up you and me
Rockin' until my soul is free.

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Ann Marie

Ooh wee, Ann Marie
You're divine and you're fine yes it's plain to see
Sweet like a childhood memory
From the vine to the wine come burn some time with me.
Twenty-four-carrot gold couldn't hold
A candle to the wind that blows you're soul.
You're a child that's wild for the rock and roll
You're the sun, you're the one that's screaming out for more.
On days when the rain explains to me
That the rain is the same thing in the sea
And the night is the day without the sun that shines
Ann Marie speaks to me without space and time.

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Pen to the paper shaping words by day
She's a dreamer and a steamer at the ol' café
Making change for the planes that'll take her away
Reading Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemmingway.
At night by candlelight she's got a song that she sings
She's on fire in her attire, silver hoop earrings.
Sometimes she's got no rhyme only hears sirens.
But at the club she can shake man she spreads her wings.

Then she flies...
She walks into the room and the record just skips
I must admit, my earth shifts on its axis
Scales tip, She's more precious than gold.
So sit back baby and sing this song you know It goes:

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Tough Times

I've been going through some tough times
And nobody's got an answer for me.
Looking for a clear sign
But revelations I can't see.
I get down on my knees and I pray
But the clarity just seems to slip away.
I guess these tough times will make me wise
Hell, what more can I say?

I think I'll go down to New Orleans and find me
A gypsy woman and some destiny
A solution that could set me free
An answer to my problems and some clarity
Confusion has become my companion
True love and music have gone
My guitar sat in the corner of my room
But my house is now a pond it's gone.
So with pen and paper you try to make sense
Of everything that's going down
Lesson after lesson we learn in this life
Another lesson has just come round.

I been going through some tough times
And nobody's got an answer for me.
Looking for a clear sign
But revelations I can't see.
I get down on my knees and I pray
But the clarity just seems to slip away.
I guess these tough times will make me wise
Hell, what more can I say?

And for some it seems so easy
I wonder if others ever go through times like this
I wish the god inside could just come alive
And fill my heart to the brim with bliss
But the universe she's unfolding
Exactly the way she should
And deep down I know and I realize
That through tough times comes some good.

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Looking back on my life
The waters have been all but calm
Sometimes the storms they rage for days on end
The dark clouds they sing my song
But shipwrecked I am not
And surrender I never will
Because the God inside can never die
A man with peace is a man who's cried
You can't triumph unless you try
So sit back baby and watch us fly
Through these tough times once again.

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Symbols & Signs

Just show me where the water is
A change of perspective
Is all a man needs sometimes.
Feel the coolness wash away
All the troubles of the day
And ease your worried mind I say oh yea.
Cause up above is a fighter plane
I feel the thunder hear the rain
It's all a man can do to stay sane
In these times of increasing heat.
This world can eat you alive
And make you never feel satisfied
Just then you realize
That we all must stand up and fight for what fuels us.

And if there's love in the rain
I think it's safe for me to say
That the blood in my veins
Is made of the same thing
And if I am the rain
Then we are one
Rising from the heat of the setting sun

Ooh now I'm back again
Just a cloud in the wind
West of the river's bend
Child can we live again
Because soon we'll be underneath
The leaves of the Cottonwood trees
Yes the ones that cradle me
As I drift back to the source.
And when at last the time has come
Rain into the river and the river runs
Fighter planes land and we burn our guns
And we meet on the seven seas as one
With the seven seals and the sacraments
The Tree of Life and the time we've spent
The superstitions we implement
The metaphor is evident.

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Rain, falls so far down
Collects and congregates with puddles on the ground
And in the darkness of the night it can never be found
It takes the morning sun to come around before it rises
Just like space and time
Water and wine
Everything gets washed down a window pane
Symbols & signs,
Symbols & signs.

And if there's love in the rain
I think it's safe for me to say
That the blood in my veins
Is made of the same thing
And if I am the rain
Then we are one
Rising from the heat of the setting sun

Black Reign

Black Reign
Yes watch them fall like rain.

Many thoughts come to mind as mythologies die
And as I view the world's state can't help but ask why
Must the empire seek world domination?
Bombing and killing while envisioning creation
Consecration turned to damnation
Americans can't even go on vacation.
We're hexed, whose next, whose writing the checks
to the military industrial complex?
Do they reflect resp
ect, intellect, good intent, wisdom and a calm mind set?
No.
All they expect is a check and a pet,
Corporate lapdog leaders with agendas to set.

Black Reign
Yes watch them fall like rain.

And as your mind's wined and dined by media's lies
Hypnotized it's kind of hard to criticize.
Open your eyes begin to analyze:
Half the world hates United States
Surprise, surprise.
I love my country but I fear my leaders
The jungle's concrete and it's full of mosquitoes
Oil seeking, blood sucking liars and cheaters
Enslaved by the laws of the country that freed us
All empires historically fall
Let's learn from the past and wake up yall.

Black Reign
Yes watch them fall like rain.

The Postman

Yes it's the postman baby
Coming down your avenue
He's got his left handed truck
He's got a letter for you.

One over to the two three four
Yes that's the postman knocking at your door
He's got a letter for you and you know he's going to bring some more.
Everyday he's up with the sun
Heads to the office grabs the mail then he runs
His feat hit the street and he's out on his beat
That's when you know his day's begun.
He's the one
Keeping your mailbox fresh
Loading you up with bills and checks
Respect is demanded for the man in the blue
He's the one who brings the mail to you.
So the next time you see him
Run up to your door and meet him, greet him
Tell him he's the post with the most
Dropping off letters to you coast to coast

Yes it's the postman baby
Coming down your block
He's got his left handed truck
It makes frequent stops.

P.O.S.T.M.A.N
Ain't that a postman
Doing all a good man can, so can I get a witness hand?
By land or sea
Got your priority plus your overnight
Put insurance on it so your feeling just right
Lick it and seal it tight
Is your package going to make it
I think it just might
So put your red flag up
And he'll stop his left handed truck, come say what's up
He'll grab your outgoing
Come rain come shine I don't care if it's snowing
He's knowing that you just can't wait
Postman let him demonstrate
So he's a little bit late
He's been laid back in his seat
Hauling cheeba
And it can't be beat.

Yes It's the postman baby
Coming down your avenue
Yes I know he works for the man
He's got a letter for you.