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Ones Like Me
03:09
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I snap out from the sleep
That I’m livin in,
Crushing weight grinds my soul
Into Gelatin.
Get back, step back,
Tryna take my life back.
All this and that
Shit drives me off track.
I gotta keep it together
Up in my head and I
Just gotta learn to love the weather
And the grey skies
Because it aint gonna get no better,
No one can get it,
Ah just fuck it,
Forget it.
Upon the altar where I lost myself before,
I found a better place.
Inside the shelter of this heaven that I saw,
There was no human race.
You see,
I breathe out disease,
Spit ice that’ll freeze.
I think it’s time
I get to know myself a little more
Inside and out,
I’ll spill myself out on the floor
So I can see what makes up me
And what makes me tick
And what makes me scream,
it seems That I can never get things right,
You’re either out of reach
or I’m out of sight
and I’m sorry I converse
in metaphors and rhymes,
but if It makes it any better,
I try spit them on time
And you’re lucky,
Laid back with your apathy and bliss
While you bask in your gluttony
and don’t give a shit
But there’s kids like us
That are cursed with a gift,
enigmatic passion,
Lay back, take a hit,
Close your eyes.
Upon the altar where I lost myself before,
I found a better place.
Inside the shelter of this heaven that I saw,
There was no human race.
I went looking for something new to believe
And found the ones like me.
I cut the stitches forcing my spirits eyes closed
Allowing me to see.
Many try but can’t open their eyes,
Their brains work but their souls are blind.
It must be tough when you’re cold inside;
No passion or fire, they don’t live but survive.
And I was once just like them,
No thought of the stanzas end,
Only focusing on my shit.
All I learnt was that it’s not worth it.
You see,
Upon the altar where I lost myself before,
I found a better place.
Inside the shelter of this heaven that I saw,
There was no human race.
I went looking for something new to believe
And found the ones like me.
I cut the stitches forcing my spirits eyes closed
Allowing me to see.
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2. |
Cracks In Their System
02:51
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How do you know if he’s a politician?
He be crackin on your back
With that whip like a sergeant.
How do you know that him a bloodclot for sho?
He be countin his stacks
Like the piles of dead soldiers.
How do you see through their operation?
You crack open your mind
To see the cracks in their system.
The blood, it flows away,
We don’t want your war.
The money pours like rain,
Protected by their laws.
It’s time to fight today
But what we’re fighting for
Is a world with no more
Greedy fucking corporate whores.
No way,
No way.
We will have our say.
No way,
No way,
Won’t do what you say.
How do you know if he’s a politician?
He be crackin on your back
With that whip like a sergeant.
How do you know that him a bloodclot for sho?
He be countin his stacks
Like the piles of dead soldiers.
How do you see through their operation?
You crack open your mind
To see the cracks in their system.
Wah di rass,
Me rhaatid with them fassyhole,
Them wanga-gut,
eat the peoples heart and soul.
This rudeboy say no more
Of this fascist man.
Tear him down, fight them back
We must, we can.
No way,
No way.
We will have our say.
No way,
No way,
Won’t do what you say.
How do you know if he’s a politician?
He be crackin on your back
With that whip like a sergeant.
How do you know that him a bloodclot for sho?
He be countin his stacks
Like the piles of dead soldiers.
How do you see through their operation?
You crack open your mind
To see the cracks in their system.
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D.M.C.
02:23
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Those places have meanings,
Those faces bared feelings
That meant something to you and I.
The neighborhood screaming,
The film on the screen in
The places we hung out at night.
I need some DMC
To make sense of this life,
Overwhelmed by these feelings
It’s been a weird night.
I’ve tried to understand
My brain and comprehend
I just can’t believe in
A simpler life.
Coz what i need is
DMC.
What I need.
DMC.
What I need.
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4. |
Monophobia
04:37
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So I'm trapped in my head
at the edge of a bed once again,
what a surprise, I've never felt so alive
and so dead inside
at the same time
and I don't wanna be alone again
so please stay because I need your company.
I wanna forget how to feel everything,
I wanna learn to be my own crutch and relief.
Is it okay to feel alone
even when I know you're here?
It makes my heart feel as cold as stone.
It makes me feel like I should just disappear.
Back in my dreams
I have these surreal and vivid encounters
and I wish I knew what they meant.
but some things are better left misunderstood
and some things are better off dead.
and I don't wanna be alone again
so please stay because I need your company
I wanna forget how to feel everything,
I wanna learn to be my own crutch and relief.
Is it okay to feel alone
even when I know you're here?
It makes my heart feel as cold as stone and
It makes me feel like I should just disappear.
You crawled inside of my eyes
and now I only feel fear.
When I see myself at night
the mirror screams at me in tears.
I thought you only left marks on my heart
you're in my thoughts and my dreams too
because when I finally get some sleep,
I only dream of you.
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Lights out, it doesn't matter.
The sky will light up pretty soon at the crack of dawn,
that's when the madness sets in,
realize you're out of sync with the life you're livin.
It’s alright though,
you're not alone in it,
there's always your shadow
so learn to love all your own thoughts,
one day you'll realize something.
So take it or leave it,
These thoughts will be all that we’ve got.
Except badly constructed sentences
and rhythmic creations
leave my senses all hindered,
define what it means to be truly awake,
I wonder whether it's a nap or my life I should take.
Shit, i cant do this,
I think I’m gonna break.
What shit should I take to ever feel like I am free. Please God replace yourself with someone like me.
Instead he just put me inside of your minds where I reside in your conscience, planting these seeds.
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7. |
Bicycles vs. Bills
02:24
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You just don’t know what you’ve got
Until it’s what you’ve lost
Grow up fast and hard
And you’ll face the costs
Adolescent games
Turn to bills you gotta to pay,
You’ll be stuck wishing
For another yesterday.
Count your cents
And oil up your bicycle chains.
Some stolen cigarettes
And a hoody in case of rain,
I know that I would
Trade in my life for that again.
Contemplating ditching home
And hopping that freight train.
Nostalgia will drive a man insane.
You just don’t know what you’ve got
Until it’s what you’ve lost
Grow up fast and hard
And you’ll face the costs
Adolescent games
Turn to bills you gotta pay,
You’ll be stuck wishing
For another yesterday.
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8. |
Sail Away
02:25
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Tonight I drink alone
For those that fell behind
For those that became one
With the sands of time
My comrades and foes,
My brothers and sisters.
My family and friends
My partners and lovers.
Now that you are gone,
You will live on in song.
Although our hearts may plead
for one more day.
Through our losses we become strong,
Through constant pain we’ve learned to march on.
If we cry a river, we sail away.
My friend, I know
my transparency is at it’s peak.
A hole in my heart
That I’ve filled with whiskey.
My brother, please
Don’t lose the life in your eyes
Don’t let the world take you,
Please God, don’t let him die.
Now that you are gone,
You will live on in song.
Although our hearts may plead
for one more day.
Through our losses we become strong,
Through constant pain we’ve learned to march on.
If we cry a river, we sail away.
We sail away.
We sail away.
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9. |
Road Kill
04:05
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What do I believe?
What do I know?
This human problem needs to go.
Dragging corpses off the roads,
Innocent animals forced to go.
We exit life, we give them peace.
Save the planet, kill yourself, please.
To resist it or support it
Our extinction has a purpose,
Every human, every problem,
Many solutions to solve them;
Voluntary mass extinction,
Humble exit, peaceful ending,
Misanthropic or respectful,
Selfless love or merely hateful.
What do I believe?
What do I know?
This human problem needs to go.
Dragging corpses off the roads,
Innocent animals forced to go.
We exit life, we give them peace.
Save the planet, kill yourself, please.
This shit, it means everything to me.
Goodbye mankind,
Very kind of you,
Goodbye mankind,
Humane, honest, true.
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I woke up and I realized
that I’ve got nothing to lose,
I’ll grow old or I may die young
But I’ll never lose my youth.
I’ll spend my life and the rest of my time
On this earth in pursuit of the truth
I’ll help out and do what I can
To walk in every wise man’s shoes
Like you.
Many people in my heart and memories,
Many sights, many faces and smiles.
Our blurry nights and the pains that we feel
Kinda help us get to know ourselves.
I wish you well with your ventures my friend,
Be strong, be ever growing and loud
Coz after all we’re just young pirates wanting treasures
And to make someone in our lives proud.
Something speaks to me before I fall asleep.
It says to chase my dreams, and not to chase money.
It tries to tell me how to find true love and peace.
It teaches me things that I never knew about me.
I swear I’ll try my best to be happy
Living with only the things that I need,
It’s kinda difficult to do so
Living in a world that rewards greed.
I swear at some point I’ll try and learn
To have a small amount of humility.
I’ll spend the rest of my days trying to figure out
How to be the best version of me.
You’ll see.
Something speaks to me before I fall asleep.
It says to chase my dreams, and not to chase money.
It tries to tell me how to find true love and peace.
It teaches me things that I never knew about me.
Something speaks to me before I fall asleep.
It says to chase my dreams, and not to chase money.
It tries to tell me how to find true love and peace.
It teaches me things that I never knew about me.
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FiveSidedDice Port Elizabeth, South Africa
FiveSidedDice is a multi-genre music project from the coast of South Africa which was started in 2008. After attaining an inclusive degree in music having done a year of a general diploma in music at Nelson Mandela University, the journey of FiveSidedDice remains ongoing, and the sound ever-changing and evolving. The music of FiveSidedDice and affiliated projects is available across all platforms. ... more
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