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Searching (Intro)
01:11
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16 years prior to this being recorded I dreamed of making music
That dream became a hobby and that hobby became a life-long passion
The music contained in this project is deeply personal
It contains within it the life experiences, philosophies and musings of an imperfect soul
I hope it will entertain you to some degree
And whether it makes you sad or it uplifts you I hope you will find something within it to which you can relate
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Life is a journey with ups and downs
That ends with death and every king loses his crown
Whether poor or rich you can't escape from time
So while you're still here make the best use of your life
One thing I've learned you can't avoid the pain
Set your sights on your goals and try to maintain
If your dreams come true you have the most to gain
And those that sit on their ass have no right to complain
Every man is searching for purpose and meaning in life
Some follow Buddha Muhammad some follow the Christ
Searching for a role that will fulfill their soul
And leave a legacy so great it will break the mold
Life is quite hard but easy to lose
You have to kung fu fight your way thru it like Bruce Lee
Don't live your life so loosely
Maintain your discipline to get yourself where you should be
Build a legacy
Legacy what will you leave behind?
I'm talking legacy a gem for others to find
I'm talking legacy dedicate yourself to the craft
So that others that follow may walk in your path
I feel my heart bleed coz I'm living for the moment
Living like a hedonist and I really can't control it
Tryna get my head in scripture maybe I can find a way
To get back on the path to a legacy that's great
Building on the foundation that was laid down in me
When I was younger and my heart and spirit were roaming free
Tearing down the walls of hate and with the use of my speech
Speaking words unto men that will bring liberty
hhmmm- Now that's a legacy worth living for
Everyday I wake my heart wages war
Will I leave a legacy of joy or a legacy of pain?
A legacy of pride or a legacy of shame?
Wait I realize that I got the answer
My legacy's growing inside me like a cancer
I feel my head rush and my heart beat
My heart bleeds these beats right there that's my legacy
Legacy what will you leave behind?
I'm talking legacy a gem for others to find
I'm talking legacy dedicate yourself to the craft
So that others that follow may walk in your path
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Just Like That
03:37
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Freedom or jail clips inserted a baby's being born
Same time a man in murdered the beginning and the end
The line between life and death is very thin my friend
When a body drops we cry no need to pretend
So many great memories of lost family and friends
Live now when you die you can't make amends
Coz whether accident or time, sickness or a gat
In a split second it could all end, just like that
When I was young I had a dream that life would be dope
When I'm older then I grew and saw it ain't no joke
You live and learn day by day, 1 step at a time
Follow your dreams and live your life homie, don't live mine
You will get torn down by the voice of reason
You will fail along the way homie, life has seasons
Keep the passion burning, flames alive with heat
I'm a dreamer too that's why I rap to this beat
If you love what you do you'll pursue it to the end
Wealth is not a dream bro it's a means to an end
Don't allow riches to rob you of the joy
You felt pursuing things you loved when you were a boy
Show love to your people don't let the dream alienate
Take charge of your life, you decide your fate
Dream awake dream big and keep on the track
Before the grim reaper takes u away, just like that
The cards of life are dealt on the table of death
Equalizer of all he's the ultimate threat
They call him the grim reaper, the soul eater
Santa Muerte, King Yama and Marzanna
No escape, you can't run from it
So live your life to the highest degree
Start living or start dying
The power to choose the path lies with thee
Stay true to the fam loyalty comes first
Love, honor, joy, peace, stay true to your word
Let your fam feel love in the things that you do
The clock runs signified by the sun and the moon
A hundred years of life at most is what you get
So avoid making choices that you'll regret
Coz the day will come when we all fade to back
The casket drops the soil pours, life gone just like that
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The Weak
02:26
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A walk down memory lane
I take a step and peep through the wire
I stand back and view the work of my forefathers
They tilled the land to help the country go farther
And without whom life woulda been harder
It tickles my brain to think that I am now a man
The weight of the world is sitting snug upon my shoulders
It's on me now to work the land with my own hands
To build my people up and to move great boulders
When my time is up, others will follow on
I gotta run with care so I don't drop the baton
And even if it drops, I gotta pick it up
And run the race till the end never givin up
Coz I'm building a legacy
When I die chances are they won't remember me
And that's fine but I hope my work will speak
In loud volumes and push my people to the peak
There's no room for the weak here
Moving at a slow pace but progressing each year
When we win we clap hands and we raise up our beers
Loud applause for the ones that made our path clear
So we could walk through, and face new challenges
Incur the damages that come with new conquering
As we strive to bring the Earth to a great balance
We will be victors holding up Excaliburs
It's up to you to build your own bridge
Between your dreams and reality
Don't give up when you've backslid
Move sober like you reached your moment of clarity
Coz there's no room for the weak here
Moving at a slow pace but progressing each year
Growing bolder day by day as we face our fears
When fighting for your dreams sometimes you gotta shed tears
I said, I said
There's no room for the weak here
Moving at a slow pace but progressing each year
Growing bolder day by day as we face our fears
When fighting for your dreams sometimes you gotta shed tears
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The heart dies a slow death. Shedding each hope like leaves
Until one day there are no hopes. Nothing remains
Nothing but bitterness, resentment, anger and regret
I been through heartbreak multiple times and lost love makes my heart ache
It's easier to break another heart than for you to take
The weight of being left behind is like a stab in the chest with a sharpened steel stake or sharp shank
Sometimes you're caught and wanna escape like Shawshank
When the affair feels like you're trapped up in a shark tank
You can't think, it's time to plan your break and change your fate
Do it like a man can't afford to be down-faced
I knew her since the days of college to be honest
I was smitten by this kitten though our love was forbidden
We were too different-hearts-were too rigid we were in a rush
To fall in love sisters brothers friends others warning us
But love lives way beneath the skin
And makes the most unlikely become kin
Perseverence results in the win
But I didn't and that's where my story begins listen
All this fighting, fussing, Can't take this no more
Peace is fleeting in my heart can we just settle the score?
I love you, so deeply but it seems we just can't level
Coz talking to you's like a conversation with the devil
3 years go by still looking fly she's a keeper
Her beauty still hits me when I peep her but this is
Where the story takes a major turn and soon we learn
You never know what flame in another heart burns
I told her girl we need to meet
In a sweet tone that didn't hint at grief
She would feel it soon when it got too real
Our conflict would match Palestine & Israel
I told her girl I wanna break up
She started crying her face smeared with make-up
She stated that I knew everything she gave up
Her family disowned her mad cake she gave up
Is another lover why I have to suffer?
Did I do you wrong or disrespect your mother?
I gave up everything just to be your lover
And you do me like this you stupid motherf***er
"That's true" I thought to myself
The mental bond is long gone and I really can't tell
If the love is there anymore feels like I'm locked in a cell
By myself I lost the feeling like I can't read Braille
Over time, we slowly got our act together
Lovey dovey cheesy lines like mozzarella
2 years of war led to great bitterness the note
That she left behind simply said "We're finished kid"
From time to time I still see her in Blantyre
We never talk we just wave that's all that transpires
She got kids I got one on the way
They will never know of the love between her & me
Love affairs end and we shouldn't take it too hard
The fire fizzles out the pain burns deep in your heart
But you can still heal if you don't mess with the scar
One day you may meet the one to rekindle the spark
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He who hears words of counsel and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house upon the rock.
The rain came down, yet his house did not fall.
And he who hears words of counsel but does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house upon the sand.
The rain came down and his house fell with a great crash.
They say experience is a teacher well I'm learning my lessons
Life is a stressful journey filled with curses and blessings
Each man walks his path we add up the math
At the grave is where we meet to celebrate victory at last
Along the way we meet challenges that shape and mold
A lot of us will die with epic stories untold
Take notes and follow as I narrate
The tale of my experience which left my heart cut agape
I met a woman who rocked my world
Fine honey I was feeling she became my girl
We started building making plans life was good at the time
So caught up in my own feelings man I lost my mind
Out of nowhere the rug was pulled from under my feet
I nearly choked I lost my breath and my heart skipped a beat
I was smitten, punch drunk on the Kool-Aid of romance
Oblivious to the fact I built my world on the sand
At the edge of a precipice I stand and stare
Holding pictures of you I smell your long brown hair
As the air blows past I dream of the past
In the blink of an eye (poof) it goes so fast
"Would I take it all back?" is the question I ask
I would not, the pain's a lesson not to be forgot
I bled internally and shed a thousand tears you couldn't see
As my heart was still in shock and I was in disbelief
Many moons passed still I hold the pain in silence
As my heart battles my brain I'm filled with violence
Then I snap to my senses and remember I'm alive
On my Gloria Gayner tip homie I will survive
And the pain becomes a memory I'll share with my friends
About a girl I once knew who had my mind in a trance
As I take my new girl's hand and proceed to dance
I hope and pray that we won't build our world in the sand
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Duality
04:30
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A dead seed fallen on the ground
From it life springs forth like a fount
Someone's born while another takes their last breath
The duality of life vs. death
Some is done on purpose some in total vain
Some are walking round free some in ball and chains
The good die young and the evil reign
Some are celebrating some are crying out in pain
The lion roars the sheep falls the ground shakes
The forest dies down at his mandate
The strong survive is a lie that man made
I have seen the weak trample over high gates
And with high stakes man decides his own fate
As the hammer falls the heart cries in high pain
Jubilation rings when the stone mind change
Proving once again life is not a damn game
The victor raise his arms as the loser droops his head
The buzzard waits to live on the carcass of the dead
The graves crack open as the night falls
As the dead roam searching for the night crawl
Life begins at 40 or so the saying goes
Woe to those who chose to go before the cock crows
Reaching dusk but never seeing the dawn
The ones they left behind stand broken and torn
And we mourn for the fallen ones we love
As we fantasize that they're with God up above
We celebrate the fall of the children of the beast
Still we feign a tear and whisper gently "may he rest in peace"
The hypocrisy of man is beyond measure
In the pain of others some will tend to find pleasure
One man's trash is the next man's treasure
Stand your ground, fight your war, never fold to pressure
Life's an elevator it goes up and down
We graduate with death fully dressed in cap and gown
Where we go after, nobody truly knows
Is there another chapter? Does God save our souls?
Or does the pain persist? And is life a joke?
Do the good live on? Do our sorrows croak?
Is there darkness after? Or does the light persist
Will my life count after I enter the mist?
Where vanity lies, purpose cannot thrive
Where passion exists, purpose cannot hide
So we live our lives, one day at a time
Always treading forward, never look behind
Search for peace of mind, and a love divine
Many mountains we climb, in search of the shine
Can't get back lost time, so we gotta grind
On the death bed we cry, with regret on our minds
What good is the world, if you lose your soul?
When it's said and done, life will take its toll
We cannot control it, it's beyond our reach
That will not deter us from tryna reach the peak
If you find peace, you're a blessed man
Don't forget to share it with, your brother man
The paradox of life, we cannot explain
Live your life for Christ, for to die is gain
Duality
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Kond1 Lilongwe, Malawi
I'm a music producer and rapper from Lilongwe, Malawi.
Thank God for music. Thank you to my supporters for your love.
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