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  1. Keys to Life

From the recording Long Dark Night

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Lyrics

VERSE

Get your mind right, open up the window if you will/
fuck a closed minded-hater trying to tear down the shit you build/
this is real, don't be terrified/
I’m the caring kind/
I try to do unto others as they want through their paradigm/
but I know I got rage/
even off stage/
sometimes I cut my own fam with a sharp blade/
but it's a double edged sword, I get cut too/
I apologize, please believe me - I love you/
I'm a rough dude, man - but I shed tears/
over things in the past and all my intense fears/
this world is a cold beautiful nightmare/
most of y'all don't give a shit, a few of y'all might care/
there's a time to be a human and a time to be an animal/
the evil that men can do - curb stomped mandibles/
the rich are so rich, and the poor are so helpless/
we're at the mercy of men with corazones selfish/
and so vein, cocaine, living fuckin' large/
who claim they were made in the image of a god/
they do us real dirty, and our children gettin' robbed/
universities cost, damn - time to get another job/
we're all running towards or away from something/
fat asses on the floor feeling lazy, sluggish/
testing my flow is like testing Krayzie's thuggish/
I don't fuck with top forty, never play their rubbish/
I sit and contemplate the meaning of my existence/
I ain't stressing about H-1 and getting touched by it's sickness/
I'm ill enough, hock-tooey, contageous/
hundreds of thousands of bars, fluently spray shit/
and I vent like Carlin, chug pee!/
I love my karma and my karma loves me/
dawn the armor and drop bombs from above geese/
solve my problems like Darth Maul and bust thee/


HOOK

(one mind)
life compass, slash conscious to guide you/
(one heart)
life clock, we all run out of time soon/
(one love)
it's all we need to start fulfilling a dream/
we can all be great if we're all willing to be/
(sunlight)
shine bright so that they will remember you/
(becomes dark)
watch out, beware the evil that men can do/
(one love)
it's all we need to start fulfilling a dream/
we can all be great if we're all willing to be/


VERSE

I know a piece of god (buddah) is inside everybody/
if you're not your khakis - you're not your Maserati/
why'd they have to kill the Don Killuminati?/
should have killed Bill, or bombed the new Denali/
some folks deserve more than slashed tires/
flash fires - (get a grip) like my dad's pliers/
tax payer necks tapped by some vampires/
damn liars, propaganda scams buyers/
I rap higher, their wrapped in flat tire/
and so vein, a brain full of bad wiring/
weak foes exposed in a satire/
my pen writes, vocal cords cast fire/
billionaires - prepare for a vast drought/
flip your world upside down while you're passed out/
can't blame karma cuz it lashed out/
i draw tanks, smashing through your glass house/


HOOK

(sunlight)
shine bright so that they will remember you/
(becomes dark)
watch out, beware the evil that men can do/
(one love)
it's all we need to start fulfilling a dream/
we can all be great if we're all willing to be/


VERSE

Down with execs and private jets/
most of us collect the slightest checks/
I cast a hex/
you’ll be perplexed/
Wall Street rats ransacked to feed the rest/
you can’t steal from a million folks/
lie and cheat for civilian votes/
sly devils … i bash your minions’ hopes/
Dark Night - a group of brilliant blokes/


VERSE

I know a little love is inside all humanity/
we can take flight and defy the laws of gravity/
there's only a close few who I'd call my family/
a mad scientist trying to fight off insanity/
we got the right to pursue and discover happiness/
haters try to stand in our way because we have a wish/
fools grilling beef get their muthafuckin' asses kicked/
me and my brother - bread and butter, another classic hit/


VERSE

No physical feature is good indicator/
regardless of race - it should be a neighbor/
no matter the face - it could be a hater/
god is all creature, love meager to major/
it's hard to care if the people are strangers/
but all unify in the heat of some danger/
no stranger anger, but freedom is greater/
burn your burdens and breathe in the vapors/


HOOK

(one mind) life compass, slash conscious to guide you/(one heart) life clock, we all run out of time soon/(one love) it's all we need to start fulfilling a dream/we can all be great if we're all willing to be/(sunlight) shine bright so that they will remember you/(becomes dark) watch out, beware the evil that men can do/(one love) it's all we need to start fulfilling a dream/we can all be great if we're all willing to be/