Chords used
Am
C
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Gm
Eb
D
A
Em
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F5
F/C
G5
G/B
A5
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1.
This Is For You Original
Key: AmMediumAm
C
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Am Checkin' it out
C Yo people always cGome up to me
And like "mFan I want some pushing and shit"
I wanna hear about you, where you from, where you been
So I say...
I sprouted in the spring of '80, sail the seas from
A thrid world home shipwrecked in Indonesia
Drifted to Virginia, got the cargo like an historian
Taking it back without Donnie Darko in the delorean
Learned beatboxing mimicing BGC
You remember the titans but I never did CTC
Just public elementary to the PTA college, straight noise
NWA tapes hidden under beds before Playboys
'92 went Down Under I'm like E.T.
Cause no one spoke this language except some dude at the BE
See we found a bond, it was just an excuse to cut us off
But you damn right, the only two dudes rapping at the bus stop
And even though we fronted we still grew to what was right
Using a busted boombox and half a headphone as a mic
We all got different roots so we all bust so differently
I'm proud now I'm a conducter of my own modern symphony
This is for you, you're the reason I wrote this
You're the reason I stand in the rain and get my clothes wet
Oh it's just another taste from the bottle
Oh it's Bliss N Eso's page from the novel
We do this music, I can see complete views
Of who I am, where I stand my feet feels sweet dude
But I never grew up on sugar and here man the stage is earth
So fuck taking my history as a fact to the guage my worth
We birth a child un-aided
Growing flowers in the pavement so to renew the fallen faded
Feel this essence I'm calling way through the faces of solemn shaded
But no one can find it, it's my precious like Golem stated
I'm lost with my Walkman switched to pill tracks
Bewildered so I predict the forecast
I see gulls and yellow browns fall upon the ashfault
I drive a street sleeper like a bee keeper protecting his last foes
That contains the essence I found
It's the heat that we bless in the sound
Kids with funny chuckles try'na suckle huckleberry
Your necks with players chains, trying games so it yields acceptance
And it's the same spark within the childs fusebox
That lights the way then my crew flocks
These sticks and stones will never trip these clones
So we just nit these poems to clothe and fit these homes
Of the needy, indelible graffiti sokes in
Then gets buffed the next day, no emotions have hold in
If you're thirsty there's a well just where you live
But come with an open mind, bring your cup but not a CIF
You see the meaning of life is like that book you read
Where the chapter is missing (chapter is missing)
While the future is ours to manifest as we wish
But you can't change the past cause the apples been bitten
You see in January I woke to a bed full of roses
And Febuary wouldn't exist without her closeness
Suppose it's just March's way on how to start the day
Let my soul spill and fill half the lake
Her harmony's the only thing that can make me behave
Hoping next month grows wings and takes me away
If you could at least see me dancing on my notepad
Oblivious of the things I don't have cause
Music is everywhere, music is life
To the rythm of the tap drip music is mine
Music is yours, and you can feel it on tours
From trains to bus rides, down south to up north
May the force be with you see this with three fistfuls
Of poetry with power, life I know it's in the flowers
It's magic when my minds in orbit
From here to the end of the year, through July and August
See as a youngin' hip hop made me want the worlds riches
It even had me out there calling girls bitches (bitch!)
But when I found my sign as a mountain goat
Alone in my zone I built a house of hope
To sustain the weather in September had some leverage for November
And the note I gave December when I met her
From invisible cloaks, crossbows and catapults
To questions and answers to the problems that we haven't solved
I sit and dwell and soak up nearly half the curve
With a bottle for tomorrow as I laugh and burp
That's me on top of the hill with a heart of dirt
On a high in the sky with the stars and birds
Oh it's just another taste from the bottle
And I hope this feeling stays till tomorrow
2.
The Sea Is Rising
Key: GmHardGm
F
Eb
GmAnd all I Fknow is the sun is shining
EbYet we fight on through the night
GmWhile the 'burgs are Fmelting and the sea is rising
EbI don't know so I ask them why
Yeah, why are they Gmrefusing to listen
Why are these Ftroops on a mission
And why are they Ebshooting these victims over their view on religion
Yeah why do Gmwe all search for love like we got Fcupids addiction
Why with Ebpoliticians you can't tell the truth from the fiction
Why do we Gmpollute where we're living
Why are these Fyouth put at risk
And why is this Ebruling dominion kept us consumed in this prison
GmI won't jump through the Fhoops of this system
Nothing Ebstands between you and the pursuit of your vision
I grab a Gmloop of this rhythm it's puts the Fjuice in my pistons
So jump Ebback, react spit in the booth with precision
When I'm Gmcruising with ism' yeah I'm Fdueceing the spliff
It's a EbBnE show bitch getting loose was a given
I don't Gmwant them to look back when the Ffuture was written
And know we Ebkilled ourselves with nuclear fission and stupid decisions
Shit GmI'd rather an asteroid Fdue for collision then know the Ebplanet got fucked by the human condition
Sing the tune with conviction!
GmAnd all I Fknow is the sun is shining
EbYet we fight on through the night
GmWhile the 'burgs are Fmelting and the sea is rising
EbI don't know so I ask them why
GmAnd all I Fknow is the sun is shining
EbYet we fight on through the night
GmWell if you don't Fknow, shit and I don't know
EbI guess all we can do is ask them why
Yeah I'm an Gmold school poet, I Fcherish the ink
That cosmic Ebcowboy that doesn't care what they think
Real Gmmagic isn't card tricks Fbig cribs and cars bitch
It's making Ebsomething out of nothing through this hardship
GmAnd even though that the Fearth is weak
We still Ebbomb each other and idol what the churches speak
It's like this Gmland is either run by Flabour or liberal
But Ebdon't get it twisted they're the same as the criminals
So Gmopen your eyes simply Fnotice the issue
That we Ebstuck to our guns without promoting the pistol
We only Gmorchestrated the sound that Fwe all love
EbSplit because of colour but bound because of blood
So Gmbefore we all blow and they Fsell the scene
Know that the Ebonly thing that's bullet proof is my self esteem
See this is Gmway beyond cash, and Fego tripping it's an Ebepic electric eso ecosystem
Grow with me!
GmAnd all I Fknow is the sun is shining
EbYet we fight on through the night
GmWhile the 'burgs are Fmelting and the sea is rising
EbI don't know so I ask them why
GmAnd all I Fknow is the sun is shining
EbYet we fight on through the night
GmWell if you don't Fknow, shit and I don't know
EbI guess all we can do is ask them why
3.
Reflections
Key: AmEasyAm
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C
Well I've beenAm
Running round this globe Gfor a couple of spins now
CGrown from school days the outcast from the in crowd Am
I keep my chin down as Gtime flies and seasons vanish
CHold the self belief to manage grip and seize my canvas Am
Paint the colour that Gconnects with me and speaks my language
CTry to release my baggage be free to relieve the anguish Am
When it's freezing cold Gfeel the warmth between my toes Cof this earth I walk
Creation is what feeds my soul Am
It can ease the load Gclimbing on the steepest road Cso I preach this ode to
remind myself to keep control Am
When it's all too much Gand I dive to free fall I Ctry to centre myself on the
centre of life's see-saw Am
I crave the fun times the Gsunshine entices
COf wandering temptation and unwind my vices
AmFrom the drugs to the girls Gand the beers I'm drinking and Cremember what's
at staking staring in the mirror thinking Am
Well I've been Gdown this road Cbefore
It's been one hell of a rideAm
The challenge is to Gbalance on that fine Cline
Between the earth and skyAm
And I will Gwait for the morning Csun till the way is clear as dayAm
Well okGay halleluCjah
Now watch me take the stage
Am Oh a oh
G Oh a oh
C Oh a oh
(Eso) Yeah
AmIt's the hunt for the high the people I've met the Gplaces I've seen (ohh)
CThe stories I've told the forks in the road chasing my dream (woahh)
AmOn the brink stop and think I'mG telling you dreams don't cost a thing I Cknow
we all die alone but I feel faith within that cosmic linkAm
I surf the starlight where Gevery wish is worthy
Only Chappy when you've got it often makes you miss the journey
AmCoincide with chemistry
GFlow and ride my energy
We'll Cgrow our grass greener than that other side will ever beAm
The man on the mic the Grose on my drum kit
CHappy with my reflection even though I've done dumb shit
AmAnd sometimes I think of stuff Gkeen to get that instant rush
CFiending for that pick me up that's probably why I drink too muchAm
It's not the feeling of the Ghigh when you're running round
CIt's the friends that you find when you're coming downAm
From smooth sailing to Gfoggy rocky roads I won't be Cfaked by my reflection
like that dog that dropped his bone Am
Well I've been Gdown this road Cbefore
It's been one hell of a rideAm
The challenge is to Gbalance on that fine Cline
Between the earth and skyAm
And I will Gwait for the morning Csun till the way is clear as dayAm
Well okGay halleluCjah
Now watch me take the stage
Am Oh a oh
G Oh a oh
C Oh a oh
Oh aAm oh
Oh aG oh
Oh aC oh
Oh a oh
AmG
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4.
Act Your Age
Key: DHardD
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Em
Am
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D(When I wake up...)
AWhen I wake in the morning
GI smile to myself like I'm thanking God
CShit, no more folks like, Em"Jonathan, when you gonna grow up and get a job?"
Am'Cause I made that job, no Steve, Dthat job's kept me hungry and foolish
AIt's the coolest, GI'm dive in like Kendrick and drink some rum in the pool bitch
COr beers on the roof, Emit's the workaholic in the magic sun
AmTill the esky is empty, Gshit, what's life if you ain't having fun?
DSo forget your age and those walls, AI'm bursting through that maze
COn top of the tour bus in a teen wolf mask surfing USA
AmAnd we got that baggage packed, Emhappy gas, massive laughs, yes I can dig it
DSo I joke like Tom when Josh, ABaskin in these toys like a big kid
GIt's my habitat, CI can't leave the trees like an Orangutan
AmI'm running on air anchorman and EmI never land like bangarang.
CWhy don't you act, Dwhy don't you just act your age?
GWhy don't you act, Emwhy don't you just act your age?
(You know what I'm saying, yo
Enough of that shit, check that)
CYo, I'm acting the fool
DNo shame, I came, I shat in the pool
GYeah, better pass that blunt, I'm about, about it, you can ask my Mum
EmShe'll tell ya, I'm psycho mate, my ideas make your lightbulbs break
AmI make it look so damn easy, when I rock that Borat mankini
FCuck what they say, Dyou don't miss your chance, Gto eat chocolate cake with your hands
EmYou rock a bubble beard, Amwhile you're taking a bath
CAnd where a simple fart still makes you laugh
DLike, Hahahaha, blurp blurp, hahaha
And then a big brown shark came
AmNow I'm on the stage acting up, Emyelling bombs away while I grab my nuts
GStill living it, Dlike it's all a movie
CStill killing shit, on Call of Duty
EmAnd I still think I can move like the Matrix
AReal shit, shrooming in Vegas
EmOr when I play with my dogs, even right now while I'm making this song
GSo how's about it, let's laugh till there's power outage
DThat's all I have to say, fuck them all, and don't act your age
CI'm makinâ pancakes
WChy don't you act, wDhy don't you just act your age?
WGhy don't you act, Ewhy don't you just act your age?
CThey're always saying to me, they're always saying
D"Why don't you act, Gwhy don't you just act your age?"
EThey're always saying to me, Emthey're always saying
Am"Why don't you act, Awhy don't you just act your age?"C
CThey're always saying to me, they're always saying
C"Why don't you act, Dwhy don't you just act your age?"
GThey're always saying to me, Emthey're always saying
C"Why don't you act, Emwhy don't you just act your age?"
5.
My Life
Key: AmHardAm
C
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Em
F5
F/C
G5
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A5
A/E
Pump this tAmape in the deck, place the key in ignition.
We won't wCait in the red light, only green's in my vision
Yeah, jourGney to the mind again, aboard the brain.
These featEmhers make me levitate in waterfalls of pain.
Keep your fortune and your fame, mate, I'm chillin on a tree branch.
Laughin at the squares drawin perfect circles free-hand.
We kill the doubt, the path, the vine is limitless.
My rhyme is the reason that they can't define the pyramids.
Travel at the speed of light with Ceekay Jones,
with full faith of where this freeway goes.
A spectrum of colors, it's like our time has come
to ride high til we fly through that rising sun.
BAmaby, it's a new day, drivin on the through way,
aCll I see is bright green lights.
FGorget what you were coming, no that shit ain't for me,
IEm'ma just live my life.
MF5y lF/Cife,G5 itG/B's mA5y lA/Eife,A5 A/E
F5it'F/Cs myG5 liG/Bfe. IA5 do A/Ewhat IA5 wanA/Et, I do what I want to do.
My life, my life, my life, my life.
My life, my life, my life, my life.
My life, my life, my life, my life.
I do what I want, I do what I want to do.
6.
Down By The River
Key: DmMediumDm
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DmDown Dmby the rivFerF i
GLearnGt how to sFwiFm
DmWherDme the records play aFnd wFash GawGay all the stress that?s FbeFen
DmIt Dmfuelled my FfiFre
GItG took me hFigFher
DmUp Dmand up and up (lFet?s FGo)
GC?Gmon C?mon C?mon (lFet?s FGo)