1. |
The Rift
01:20
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2. |
Horizon
03:06
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Watch the sun spit blood on the horizon
The worlds dying, the world’s dying
Caught a rush of something inside then
It went silent, it went silent
No one is waiting for you
No one to take you by the hand
No one to walk you through this
No one to help you understand
How it ends
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3. |
See You Again
03:26
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Used to be so simple
All the games we would play
We spent years chasing shadows
Never thought we would change
Used to feel so young
Life seemed like it wouldn’t end
What happened to the people we were
If I never see you again
(I remember how it used to be)
Used to be so simple..
Heading home with the setting sun
Heavy soul & a steady gun
All alone with everyone
But That’s alright
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4. |
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Will things be different / will they stay the same
Am I gonna be famous / or do I even believe in fame
If you could go way back then / (to) when it wasn’t all just a dream
Not just make believe / our future reality
Gonna do things my way / gonna play by my rules
And if you could see my face / you’d know I believe it, too
Maybe I’ll even be a millionaire
Yeah I’ll have diamonds in my pocket
I’ll be walking with diamonds in my pocket
(I’ll be walking with diamonds in my pocket)
We’re gonna do big things / gonna go real far
(I’ll be walking with diamonds in my pocket)
We’re gonna get somewhere / we’re gonna reach the stars
(I’ll be walking with diamonds in my pocket)
Wanna see new things / wanna go real far
(I’ll be walking with diamonds in my pocket)
Wanna get somewhere / wanna be a star
Things are gonna be different / never stay the same
And if I have it my way / everybody’s gonna know my name
Come back then with me / to when it wasn’t just a dream
Not just make believe / our future reality
Now we’re doing it my way / now we’re playing by my rules
If you could see what I see / I know you’d be smiling too
Maybe I’ll even be a millionaire
Yeah I’ll have diamonds in my pocket
I’ll be walking with diamonds in my pocket, diamonds in my pocket (yeah)
You know it’s hard out here for people doing the right,
some people worse than me, they be starving like every night,
stars their only light, they never had electricity,
so I thank God for every single blessing He’s given me,
but I can’t help it ya’ll, maybe I’m selfish,
I find myself drawn to the power that wealth gives,
and I ain’t alone, my people in the struggle know,
we want a piece of the pie but first we gotta get the dough,
it’s a process, a sequence, improbable quest,
I want a hip-hop monopoly, community chest,
maybe then and only then I’ll be relieved of the stress,
that comes with holes in ya pockets, man nickels get missed,
lost pennies are felt, money’s the root of all evil, I do bad by myself
(I’ll be walking with diamonds in my pocket)
We’re gonna do big things / gonna go real far
(I’ll be walking with diamonds in my pocket)
We’re gonna get somewhere / we’re gonna reach the stars
(I’ll be walking with diamonds in my pocket)
Wanna see new things / wanna go real far
(I’ll be walking with diamonds in my pocket)
Wanna get somewhere / wanna be a star
Now things are different / still it’s all the same
But I know we’re getting somewhere / no we ain’t chasing fame
Stay right here with me / and I’ll show you what I’ve seen
Not just make believe / this is reality
I know life is in the little things / and we’ve already come so far
Now we’re playing on the same team / yeah our names are written in the stars
I don’t need to be a millionaire
Cause I’ve got diamonds in my pocket
I’m walking with diamonds in my pocket
(I’ll be walking with diamonds in my pocket)
We’re gonna do big things / gonna go real far
(I’ll be walking with diamonds in my pocket)
We’re gonna get somewhere / we’re gonna reach the stars
(I’ll be walking with diamonds in my pocket)
Wanna see new things / wanna go real far
(I’ll be walking with diamonds in my pocket)
Wanna get somewhere / wanna be a star
(x2)
Over 2nd time:
(Now things are different)
(And we’ve come so far)
(Now I believe what I’ve seen)
(It’s written in the stars)
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5. |
Electric
03:53
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Don’t need your pressure
Got enough stress up on my own
I’ll keep my head up
I’ll do whatever fills my soul
I can see forever
I can feel your resonance
Everything’s electric
There is only present tense
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6. |
From the Sea (extended)
09:46
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7. |
One More Time
03:37
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When the light shines in
My world looks so bright
There are times
When life will try
To bring you down
When you get high
Those you love
Will make you cry
Folks you trust
Gon’ tell you lies
But don’t give up
When you’re tired
Of all the dead ends & goodbyes
There is light
On down the line
You can still fall in love at least one more time..
One more time,
Feels like life is tryin’
To bring you down
When you get high
Those you love
Will make you cry
Folks you trust
Gon’ tell you lies
But don’t give up
When you’re tired
Of all the dead ends & goodbyes
There is light
On down the line
You can still fall in love
At least one more time
(Fall in love)
(When the light shines in my world looks so bright)
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8. |
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I’m the one they overlooked, you see nobody understood,
how he gon reach the people, he ain’t even from the hood,
he ain’t even tatted up, i wonder if he tough enough,
to any haters pucker up, I deliver bars Iike upper cuts,
tho I was never upper crust,
my little middle class ass, was past spendin cash on fashion,
copped so many comic books, got lost in a dream and imagined,
that I could be anything outside the box sin,
my wingspan make these circle city blocks seem,
smaller than before,
cuz all I wanted was more,
more time, more trust,
more love, more us,
more her, more them,
more enemies turned to friends,
well I finally made amends,
cuz indy gave me a blend,
of the purpose and direction,
35% of reflection
is acceptance of the lessons learned,
I’m in the public eye until it’s time for court adjourned,
key to the city, who got it locked like a quarter turn?
The only thing I ever really needed was respect, the only thing I ever really cheated was just death
So i’ma do it til it’s nothin left, what I been through, you couldn’t even guess…so i’ma leave you to the rest
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9. |
All You Get
03:33
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Time is just a word
Life is but a dream
Love is all you need and
Money ain’t a thing cuz
Everybody dies but
Not everyone lives so
Take it all in stride
One life is all you get
Let it all out
Bet it all on yourself
Get it all done
Better off all alone than
waiting on someone else
let it all come
Get it all felt
Let em all break your heart
Tell em all
They will not break your soul,
They will not take control,
They will not make you start giving up
Better on down the road
head is up in the sky
Everyone down below
Never gon’ get this High
Let em all know
Never gonna let them down
Never gonna let you go
Everything comes around cuz
Time is just a word.. (chorus)
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10. |
Can Not Be
05:28
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Love can not be changed
Love can not be blamed
Love can not be saved
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11. |
Cascade
05:07
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Falling like a cascade
blunts in the ashtray
Overflowin’
No one knowing if this is our last days
So we’re living fast
Trace pictures of the past
Pray to the gods of cash
Stay working til our backs break
Caught up in a rat race
Trapped in a damn cage
All of this for stats paychecks & a handshake
Promises we can’t break
politics we can’t change
People that we can’t save
Bulletwounds & bandaids
Falling like a cascade
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12. |
Away
03:58
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You could take it all away
I would make it all the way
Left foot right foot we could get it right put everything behind us reaching for the light of day to find our way home
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13. |
Summer's Gone
03:29
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If you don’t believe in ghosts
Then why do you look frightened
If those angels watch you close,
Why’re you afraid of dying
Caught you staring at the silence
between stars that shine above us
Wondering if Gods that made us
do this too ya cuz the love us,
or they hate us,
or there's nothing but
The stardust that we come from
Time alive divided by the things
we run to or we run from
We become a sum of moments
what is done cannot be undone
Seasons pass like river waters to remind us we were young once...
Summer’s gone
All the leaves have changed
Something’s wrong
I see it in your face
Time moves on
Like a passing train
When all along
it’s the past we crave
We’re all alone
Summer leaves
with the promise of being back
The realest tragedy is
wanting what’s in the past
Something future-less,
Yet we stay attached
Til it swallows up the now,
letting days elapse
Ain’t no changing that which
Itself escaped the chains
Of being what it claimed to be,
To have us play it’s stupid games
Look what we became
Bitter and afraid
Searching for someone to blame
For the mess we made
Lying to ourselves
Saying it’s the best we gave
We’re obsessed with praise
‘Nothing less than great’
Testing fate with obsessive traits
Demonstrating how to get away
Without getting straight
Kissing the devils face,
Praying for heavens grace,
Missing the lessons &
chasing pain in depression wake
So we self medicate,
Talking to the mirror like
‘Nothing’s wrong’
Can’t seem to face the fact that
Summer’s gone.. (chorus)
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14. |
Tranquilina’s Aria
01:46
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15. |
Solo Mission
06:13
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I used to lie a lot
Mostly to try and not be different
Cried a lot cuz I could never find a spot to fit in
Wanted to die and thought of ways to stop my clock from tickin’
Like my life was lost or maybe just that I was not for livin’
All I found was contradiction
The plot thickened
All I felt was constant friction
Like what belonged was missin’
wishin’ I believed in anything with a strong conviction as believing that I wasn’t shit..
Still ain’t shit...
still as real as it gets watching the colors leave the palette when you’re feeling depressed
Watching lovers lose their balance when they see you’re a mess
and losing touch with all around you when you’re dealing with stress,
I guess it’d be perjury if I said something worked for me
My purpose is to further my self worth beyond uncertainty
Cursed with being smart to see just how absurd I act
And birthed into this earth without a perfect map..
It’s time for a solo mission / gotta find what I’ve been missing
It’s time for a solo mission / gotta find some peace of mind
It’s time for a solo mission / gotta find what I’ve been missing
It’s time for a solo mission / gotta find some peace of mind for myself
All this darkness haunting me / got me so that I can’t see
No stars above are guiding me / it’s a lonely sky
And maybe it’s time to take a deeper look at what’s inside of me /
Face the demons that are taunting me (yeah)
All this weight that I’ve been bearing / all the secrets I ain’t sharing (ooh)
Well they’ve got me suffocating
And there ain’t no God that’s saving me / but if I go there I’m afraid
That you won’t follow me / still it’s crystal clear to me
It’s time for a solo mission / gotta find what I’ve been missing
It’s time for a solo mission / I gotta find some peace of mind
Time for a solo mission / gotta find what I’ve been missing
It’s time for a solo mission / ain’t no one can save me now but myself
(If you find you find what you seek / all the joys you will keep
Past and future meet / there you’ll find yourself)
(x 2)
I wanna talk about the pain that we’re in / I wanna walk with the strength of my friends
I wanna stop and feel the rain on my skin / feel like I’m alive / stop chasing the end
(x 2)
It’s time for a solo mission / gotta find what I’ve been missing
It’s time for a solo mission / gotta find some peace of mind
Time for a solo mission / gotta find what I’ve been missing
It’s time for a solo mission / (gotta find some peace of mind)
Yeah life, you got my listening / my fate is my decision
It’s time for a solo mission
It’s time for a solo mission / this is my soul’s ambition
I’ve got to find redemption / I gotta find some peace of mind for myself
If you find what you seek / all the joys you will keep
Past and future meet / there you’ll find yourself
(x2)
As you were meant to be / living in perfect peace
Send the storms back to sea / Here you can truly be
As you were meant to be / living in perfect peace
Send the storms back to sea / Here you can truly be free
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16. |
Where We Belong
05:41
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The weight of it can break you
The days they slip away
And take a piece of you away, too
Like details, of the faces you forget, make you afraid that the world you knew was fading into hazy distant shapes you can’t remember how this feeling became all that you can taste.
Now the meaning and the reason have you silently enslaved
In a dream you never needed in a country gone insane..
It’s gone too far
can’t go back
It’s all we are
It’s what we lack
It breaks my heart
It drives me mad
It’s all my fault
It’s all I have
It’s just too bad
It’s all been done
It’s all been said
It’s all begun
Is it all for self? For god? For country?
For all we know, its all for nothing
If it’s all for show
the show’s over
I’m going home
To grow old
While I hold you close
The sun sets on a golden coast
We are not alone
No we’re not alone
This must be where we belong
Giving up the ghost
And waking up
To see the dawn
Rest In Peace to our memories
Burning these effigies of our ways
Turning our heads to see what’s ahead
Keep learning how not to do it the same
And they say
Time will tell
But I’m done listening
Life is hell
And I’m no Christian
Blind and deaf to the common goal
You are not alone
No, you’re not alone
This must be where we belong
Giving up the ghost
And waking up
To see the dawn
And if it’s all for show
the show’s over
I’m going home
to grow old
while I hold you close
The sun left us a while ago
But we’re not alone
No we’re not alone
This must be where we belong
Giving up the ghost
And waking up
To see the dawn
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17. |
Raindance
04:10
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It’s all on us to change
Can’t keep living so afraid
Got to keep each other sane
Til the rain, rain, rain, rain, goes away
Be careful with your heart
This world can eat it whole
Remember who you are
Before you lose control
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Michal Menert Denver, Colorado
With 'From the Sea', Gualala, California based artist and producer Michal Menert and his band the Pretty Fantastics have crafted a musical salve for those suffering from the relentless stream of contemporary reality. The record churns at the intersection of jazz, hip hop, and electronic music; following its own internal rhythm, it ebbs and flows between crystalline clarity and swirling opacity. ... more
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