Conscious lyricism reflective of domestic warfare present in present day, inner-city culture.
lyrics
Chorus:
Transcend these cities as refugees.
Still pretty, paint a face on.
Unfocused on lack, but still in need.
Attentive, but restless.
Damsel in distress to avoid the heat.
When is what's real gonna be what feeds us?
Ooo, ooo, ooo, the freedom.
Living on your toes to avoid your knees.
Oh, claw these walls so your heart keeps beating.
Paint on a smile to cover the greed up.
When is what's real gonna be what feeds us?
Ooo, ooo, ooo, the freedom.
Verse:
The old world order is the new world order with gadgets.
Beefed up on steroids, pain killers and flying droids.
God damn, God damn, God damn.
Do you thank God for Uncle Sam?
He's a pathogen, profiting by auctioning the oxygen away.
Let a dawg breathe.
Domestic refugee.
I'm boot-strapping my business cause nobody's gonna rescue me.
The rule book I abide by was co-authored by "yours truly."
Flow game fluent is my duty.
I do it diligent.
Everything's intuitive except for rationality.
Define your nationality by building your own nation.
That's the current situation.
Are you a time teller or a clock builder?
Future focus, nothin else iller.
Screaming vocal chords.
Rippin up the city's floor boards.
Yeah, equity is actually
A falsity that often we
Wait on the wind to glow it
To us
Truth they'll never show it to us.
Keys to your freedom
Make em throw it to us.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Chorus:
Transcend these cities as refugees.
Still pretty, paint a face on.
Unfocused on lack, but still in need.
Attentive, but restless.
Damsel in distress to avoid the heat.
When is what's real gonna be what feeds us?
Ooo, ooo, ooo, the freedom.
Living on your toes to avoid your knees.
Oh, claw these walls so your heart keeps beating.
Paint on a smile to cover the greed up.
When is what's real gonna be what feeds us?
Ooo, ooo, ooo, the freedom.
credits
from Synergy in Exile,
track released November 4, 2014
Female Vocals: Sphie
Male Vocals: Diop
Production: Mandog and Sphie
Synergy in Exile is a collaborative project between Hip-Hop MC Diop Adisa, singer, songwriter and yogini, Sphie and
Indianapolis-based producer, Mandog. Synergy in Exile blends pop, hip-hop and electronic flawlessly. The lyricism, reflective of social justice, equality and freedom comes from a dynamism of immersion amidst inner-city and urban struggle....more